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Antonia

A Tragedy
Galt, John (1779-1839)
  
ANTONIA,
  
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.
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SCENE XVI.
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SCENE XVI.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.

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SCENE XIV.

Carravagio and Antonia.
CARRAVAGIO.
I wait obedient, lady, to your will.

ANTONIA.
It is not, Carravagio, wise of you,
To walk and pry about the house at night.

CARRAVAGIO.
Some one has slandered me, to say I pry.
Save in the gall'ry, when the moon is up,
Or in the porticos, to study shadows,
I never quit my chamber after dark.

ANTONIA.
Why were you in the gallery last night?
The moon was down before I went to sleep,
And it was pitchy dark;—a dismal night!

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CARRAVAGIO.
My honour'd lady, credit not this tale.
I had retired before eleven rung.
If there were pryers in the gallery,
I was not one. I never will betray.

ANTONIA.
Betray! What sir would you betray of mine?

CARRAVAGIO.
Pardon the word.

ANTONIA.
Sir, you may now retire.

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