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 [Aside.] The second time my scheme has failed, but wait: I have some better cards still in reserve. [Aloud.] Misfortunes hunt in company—so says The proverb, Lady Bradburn; hence defend Your mind with fortitude— [Interrupting him.]

What must I hear? [Continuing his speech.] And let not rest your undeserved displeasure On the unwilling bearer of the news. Oh, pray ! relieve me of my dread suspense. So hear! By orders sent from Mexico, On evidence obtained I know not how, Your father stands committed to arrest, Arraigned for treason and disloyalty. That charge is false—false as a gem of paste. No subject was so truly, ah! so blindly