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 Save ruin and disgrace to serf and master. But see! the parley is at end! it means Surrender and exchange of prisoners, As I infer from seeing Elsie freed From her captivity : will she come here?

Enters Elsie. Travis leaves the window and comes to meet her. Oh, Travis! freedom smiles on thee again! And twice as gratefully, since I receive it Given through thy hands and from thy lips announced. Thou know'st what has occurred ? Pray, tell me how? {{center|{{sc|Travis.}} My knowledge rests on inference alone, Since I beheld thee 'mong our countrymen. Thy own lips must impart to me thy venture. {{center|{{sc|Elsie.}}}} My tale is brief. Sad and disconsolate About my father's unmoved stubbornness, I went, while yet he was engaged with thee.