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Ost. Give it me. Leo. Oh, cross fate! But I'll return again for the right one. Baldwin cannot be so wicked as to deceive me, and Benedict is still on the watch, near the door of the prison-chamber. Stay here till I return. Leo. Oh! I cannot go now: that bell tolls to warn them to the great hall: I shall meet them on their way. What is to be done? The strength of three men could not force that heavy door, and thou art feeble and spent.

Ost. (running furiously to the door.) Despair has strength for any thing. Leo. Supernatural strength has assisted thee: now thou art free. (As Osterloo and Leonora are about to pass on through the door, Wovelreid and three