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NIGHTMARE ABBEY.
"Celinda—Marionetta—either—both."
"Both! That may do very well in a German tragedy; and the Great Mogul might have found it very feasible in his lodgings at Kensington: but it will not do in Lincolnshire. Will you have Miss Toobad?"
"Yes."
"And renounce Marionetta?"
"No."
"But you must renounce one."
"I cannot."
"And you cannot have both. What is to be done?"
"I must shoot myself."
"Do'n't talk so, Scythrop. Be rational, my dear Scythrop. Consider, and make a cool calm choice, and I will exert myself in your behalf."
"Why should I choose, sir? Both have
