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SCENE II.
The outside of Mollo's castle. Bertha, Sigurtha, and others discovered on the walls, and several servants and retainers standing by the gate below.Berth.
O, will they ne'er appear? I'll look no more;
Mine eager gazing but retards their coming.
[Retires, and immediately returns again.
Holla, good Murdoch! (To a servant below.)
Thou putst thy hand above thy sunned eyes.
Dost thou descry them?
1st serv.
Mercy, gentle lady,
If you descry them not from that high perch,
How should I from my level station here?
Sig.
(to Berth.)
Go in, my child, thou art worn out with watching.
[Berth. retires, and 2d servant goes at some distance from the walls and looks out another way.
2d serv.
Here comes the noble Selred. (All call out.)
Noble Selred!
Berth.
(returning upon the wall).
What, Ethwald, say ye?
Sig.
No, it is Selred.
Enter Selred, with followers, and looks up to the walls, where Sigurtha waves her hand.
Sig.
Welcome, brave Selred! welcome all thy band!
How far are they behind for whom we watch?
Sel.
Two little miles or less. Methinks ere this
Their van should be in sight. My messenger
Inform'd you?
Sig.
Oh, he did!
Sel.
Where is my father?
Sig.
He rests within, spent with a fearful joy,
And silent tears steal down his furrow'd cheeks.
Sel.
I must confer with him. The king intends
To stop and do him honour on his march,
But enters not our walls.
[Exeunt into the castle.
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