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Ha! does this rouse thee so? Yet, ne'ertheless, I'll send for him, and he will make thee well.

I'm well if thou art so, my gentle sister.

And I am so; how canst thou doubt it, brother, Being so loving and so well beloved.

O yes! thou art indeed beloved most dearly, Both thee and thine, and so shall ever be, Whilst life gives motion to thy brother's heart.

A brother's heart!—How so? there is a meaning,— A meaning and a mystery in this. Tears, too, are on my hand, dropt from thine eyes;— O, speak, and tell the worst!

I may not now. I pray thee, let me go; I cannot speak.