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SCENE IV
Handsome Chamber. St. Clare discovered seated on sofa. Ophelia, Tom and Topsy
are clustered around him. Doctor back of sofa feeling his pulse. Scene opens to slow
music.
(Raising himself feebly.)
Tom—poor fellow!
TOM:
Well, mas'r?
ST. CLARE:
I have received my death wound.
TOM:
Oh, no, no, mas'r!
ST. CLARE:
I feel that I am dying—Tom, pray!
TOM:
(Sinking on his knees.)
I do, pray, mas'r! I do pray!
ST. CLARE:
(After a pause.)
Tom, one thing preys upon my mind—I have
forgotten to sign your freedom papers. What will become of you when I am
gone?
TOM:
Don't think of that, mas'r.
ST. CLARE:
I was wrong, Tom, very wrong, to neglect it. I may be the cause
of much suffering to you hereafter. Marie, my wife—she—oh!—
OPHELIA:
His mind is wandering.
ST. CLARE:
(Energetically.)
No! it is coming home at last! (Sinks back.) At last
at last! Eva, I come! (Dies. Music—slow curtain.)
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