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SCENE II.
Changes to the supposed Haunted Chamber. The Countess rises from the Couch and comes forward.COUNTESS.
The sun is rising. I will speak to Blaise,
Dismiss him to procure a close conveyance,
Ignorant for whom, or what it is design'd—
And then release the patient sufferer.
His look and manners move my inmost soul!
What deep affront; what motive for revenge,
Cou'd make the Count abet such cruelty!
There is a secret in this strange affair
I cannot fathom! The afflicted victim
With Christian meekness, shudders to accuse
My guilty Lord, in spite of all he has suffer'd!
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And clear thyself, or never can my heart
Esteem thee more!
[Goes to the Door leading to the Anti-Chamber and calls out.]
What Blaise! Awake!
Ha! gone!
Then it is time, indeed, to seek the captive,
And to conceal him in mine own apartment,
'Till private means are sought for his departure.
[Enters the Door leading to the Dungeon, and disappears.]
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