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SCENE I.
A gallery.Alcestes, Olinthus.
Alc.
And wherefore dost thou now oppose my passage?
I haste to the apartment of the queen.
Olin.
Thou must not enter there, the queen forbids thee:
Olinthus says it.
Alc.
Here at least I'll wait
Till I'm again permitted to behold her.
Olin.
My word may sure suffice: thou must not now
Attempt to appear in Cleonice's presence:
She has forbidden thee to be admitted,
Nor e'er will see thee more.—Yet dost thou hear me?
Alc.
See me no more?—O Heaven!
Olin.
I see, Alcestes,
Thou art struck at this command.
Alc.
Olinthus, no.
Forgive me, but I cannot yet believe thee:
To me my queen can ne'er be so unjust.
O! wherefore should she doom to such affliction
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Olinthus, either thou deceiv'st thyself,
Or me thou would'st deceive.
Olin.
And dar'st thou then
Still doubt my truth?
Alc.
If I have dar'd too far,
I shall know all from her.
[going.
Olin.
Yet stay.
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