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 [Taking the keys from the table, Elsie, Santa Anna's sword in hand, leaves the room, which she locks behind her. Crossing; the corridor, she unlocks the room in which James Travis lies, and standing at the Threshold, calls out to him ;] Awake, James Travis! rise and follow me! My hand shall guide thy steps to liberty! [James Travis wearing still the bandages round his head., comes from his room and stands like one overcome by a trance.]

Angel! that soothed my fever's agony, Where'er thou leadest me, I follow thee! [While Elsie and James Travis are proceeding to the rear of the corridor, Santa Anna, hitherto lost in a faint stupor, starts for the door, which he tries in vain to force open.] [With violence.] Confound these monks ! what they have built, withstands The wear of times and strength of stoutest hands. [While Santa Anna, in the meantifne, looks for another way of egress, Elsie and J. Travis reach the altar in the back-ground of the corridor. Standing behind it,] [Calls out.] Here is the entrance to the corridor That leads the way to Freedom's hallowed shore.