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90 In my mad antics I might spurn the board,

And spill the flagons as I did e'en now;

But here I'm helpless. Oh, Beelzebub!

Inspire them with desire to see a father

Make laughter of the undoing of his child!

Ha, some one comes! They'll let me in! [C. door opens.

The Duke

Will none of thy ape's tricks. [He retires, closing the door. wrings his hands and screams.

What ho! Torelli!

And you within, you, my lord duke, 'fore all!

I do proclaim you cowards, ruffians, beasts.

Come out, if you be men, and drive my challenge

Back in my throat, if you've one heart among you!

You speak to men; they 're fiends.

No hope! no hope!

Yes! here's the Duchess; she 's a woman still— [Enter and, L.

Madame, and you, too [To .], plotting your undoing,

I've compassed the destruction of my child,—

The daughter that I loved more than my life.

'T was she they seized last night, and she 's in there. [Pointing to C. door.