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Ha! see I rightly? Rosa from Mull?

Yes, Dugald; here thou see'st A woeful bearer of unwelcome tidings.

What, hath thy lady sent thee?

Alas, alas! I have no lady now.

Ha! is she dead? not many days ago She was alive and well.—Hast thou so soon The castle quitted—left thy lady's corse?

Think'st thou I would have left her?—On the night When, as they say, she died, I from the castle By force was ta'en, and to mainland convey'd; Where in confinement I remain'd, till chance Gave me the means of breaking from my prison; And hither am I come, in woeful plight, The dismal tale to tell.