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All she needs

Is your roofs shelter for the night; to-morrow

Must see her otherwise bestowed.

Go in,

Fair lady; my poor house, with all that's in it,

Is at your service. Had my wife been here,

You had had gentler 'tendance; as it is,

I'll lead you to her chamber and there leave you.

Now to the hunters; I've marked down the deer. [Exit, L. U. E.

You will not stay and crush a cup with me?

No, not to-night.

[To .] Did you not well to trust me?

Farewell; think of me in your prayers!

I cannot.

Choose but do that, sir. [Aside.] Oh, the thought of him

Will come, henceforth, betwixt my prayers and Heaven! [Exit, L., leading in.

His child! Since when did grapes grow upon thistles?

And yet I'm glad to know the tie that binds

The two together such a holy one!

Sweet angel,—sister angels guard thy sleep!