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Not as a petted darling. Art thou well? How has it fared with thee since last we parted? My father too—what dost thou know of him?

Thou need'st not fear for him; he has escaped; He is in safety in a foreign land, Where he, I hope, will end his days in peace.

And shall I ne'er behold his face again? (He shakes his head.) O but I will! I'll go to comfort him, And so wilt thou. Why dost thou turn from me? May it not be?

Oh ask me not! I've sworn

What hast thou sworn?

I cannot tell thee now.

How could'st thou? Oh! how could'st thou Swear to deliver to the tyrant's vengeance, Dead or alive, wherever thou shalt find him, My father, thine old friend, the brave Sebastian?