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60 Now to seek out Bertuccio. and tell him

The danger she has 'scaped, and thank the saints

That made me her preserver. [Exit, R. Enter cautiously, L. U. E.,, and , with Servants carrying ladders.

Softly, you knaves! with velvet tread, like tigers—

Say rather, "cats." [A light appears at the window, L. 2 E.

Which is the balcony?

That! I have noted in this summer weather

The window 's left unbarred.

Ha! there 's a light!

If she were stirring!

What an' if she were?

A sudden spring,—a cloak flung o'er her head;

If she have time to scream, you are but bunglers.

My cloak will serve.

If she alarm the house

It might go hard with us.