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ARREZI.

I have no choice.

LEONI.

Then, neither can you be responsible.

But now I must away—time hurries on,
One parting word—be calm and resolute.[Exit.

ARREZI.

Hear me one moment more!(Follows him.)

CLARICHA (Coming forward).

Thank God, I have heard all! oh, give me strength

To fly and save him![Exit.

Scene II.—A small Chamber looking to the Street.

Enter Claricha, hastily.

CLARICHA.

All egress is forbidden from the palace,

They will not let me forth, and he must die!
I must behold him murder'd in my sight!
Can I not watch, when first he comes, and speak
At once my words of warning in his ear?
Too late, the armed traitors will be nigh:
Can I not save him? I, who would lay down
My life to save him? Pitying heaven, look down
And aid me in this hopeless misery.(After a pause.)
These windows look upon the street—a scroll
Might save him yet—it is a desperate chance!
Still, if it reach his hand, he were in safety.
(She approaches the table, and writes.)