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 ''door. The conspirators pause. A silence of surprise and alarm. The knocking is repeated.'' Ormond [walking toward the door. Who's there? Lambert [aside.] The deuce! A Voice [without.] A friend. Ormond. What wouldst thou have? The Voice.By heaven! A friend, I tell you! Let me in! Ormond.Thy name? The Voice. Is Richard Cromwell. All the Conspirators. Richard Cromwell! Ormond.The son of the Protector! Lambert. The whole plot Is known. Rosebery. We needs must open.
 * [He opens the door.—Enter.

Richard Cromwell. By my soul! Saw over one so tightly barred a lair? Nay, ne'er was stronghold held beneath such guard! But for your friendly voices, Rosebery And Clifford, which above the uproar rose Of cups and tables, your poor Richard would Have turned away.
 * [He salutes the conspirators.

Good even, gentlemen! Whose was the health you drank? Permit me, pray,