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SCENE II.

Adam, Seth, Selima.
Adam.
What sight is this?
My son! my daughter! Seth with Selima!
[Aside.
This is a day of darkness and of terror;
To you it will be golden, Selima;
Go seek your mother, and, with her delighted,
Cull flowrets sweet to deck thy fragrant bow'r,
And dress thee gaily for thy nuptial day.
Tell her, 'tis I command it; and moreover,
That in submission to thy father's will,
Thou wilt forbear the customary rites
Of pairs new wedded for this day.

Selima.
O father!
I obey.