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316 From cave to roof in Naples. Search all streets. Arrest whomso ye meet. Let no sail stir From out the harbor. Ring the alarum! Quick! This is a general woe. [Exeunt LUCA and FIAMETTA.

The Duke s my friend ; He 11 further me. The Prince oh, hideous fear! No, no, I will not dream it. Mine enemies Have done this thing; the avengers of that beggar Domenichino they have struck home at last. How was it that I heard no sound, no cry, Throughout the night ? The heavens themselves conspired Against me the hoarse thunder drowned her shrieks ! Oh, agony !

Thou knowest it, Annicca ! The thief has entered in the night she s gone. I stand and weep ; I stir not hand or foot. Is not the household roused ? Do they not seek her? I am helpless, weak ; an old man overnight. The brigands work was easy. I heard naught. But surely, surely, had they murdered her, I had heard that that would have wakened me From out my grave.