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SCENE IX.

The Scalp.
Enter Cobthach and Troops, which (on a Messenger's arrival) he places in ambush—Sitric leads on Moriat and Child, pleads his passion with fervency—she, astonished, treats him with disdain, pointing to her child, and vowing eternal truth to her husband, whose aid she invokes—Sitric, grown desperate, seizes her—they struggle—she dashes him from her, and Cobthach with troops surrounds them —Sitric, to prevent suspicion, shakes him by the hand with apparent exultation, pointing to Moriat as his prisoner, and she is guarded off; Sitric endeavouring to convince her of his attachment and contrition, and Cobthach of his promptitude to execute his commands.