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. What does it say?

. [Falling flat upon the ground] Mother of God!

. What have you done? Donina! Donina!

. It wasn't my fault.

. Imperia, Donina is dying.

. Donina! My Donina!

. Leave me! Let me die. You have deceived me. Everybody has deceived me.

. What is the matter? This letter?… What is in this letter?

. Leave me! Leave me!

. Ah! You have killed her.

. It wasn't my fault; she wanted to read it. I've stood it long enough. Let me go!

. Go? You forget that I have you in my parole, you coward! I thought that if I paid your price, I could make of you what I pleased, whether it was good or evil, but it was not the life you led that made you evil, it was your wicked heart, you low-born brother of Prince Florencio, incapable of pity or of love!

. No, let him go. Why did you make him deceive me? Why did you deceive me, Nunu? You can go now; I forgive you. Don't wait here for me to die. They'll give you what they promised you. Give him his pay—he has pretended long enough. I know the truth now. I am dying… It is the only truth that he ever told me.

. You wrote that letter on purpose for her to see it. You knew that it would kill her.

. No. She did it herself.

. Leave this house at once! Don't you wait until Donina is no longer here to beg me to let you go! Go, go!

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