UGOLINO.
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Count. Yes!
'Tis Ugolino! like an adder's fang,
Let the name strike into your sinking heart,
And make an easier passage for my sword.
Ser. What mockery is this? put up thy weapon,
If I have wrong'd thee, speak it like a man,
And I will answer thee as may become one.
Count. If thou hast wrong'd me, "if," but words are idle
And fall like snow-flakes on the beacon fire.
Thou can'st not make me reparation—Life itself
Was not so dear to me as was Olympia,
And she has scorn'd me—and for thee—thee, villain!
Whose damned arts have poisoned her young soul,
Therefore die! die! and boast in hell thy triumph! [They fight, Serassi falls.
Ser. Fate, thou hast done thy worst.—O, murderer,
In thine own death pang, think of this dark hour,
And let thy soul despair. [Dies.
Count. It is accomplished!
[Stands in an exulting attitude over body.
Enter Angelica hastily, r.
Ang. My lord! my lord! he follows close behind me, [Sees body.
God for his mercy! who lies bleeding there—
Count. [with a shout of triumph.] Serassi.
Angelica casts a hurried glance at the face, shrieks and sinks into Ugolino's arms.
How now! Julio! coward boy!
Why Julio!—S’death, some one approaches—nay, then,
My arms must bear thee to a place of safety.
[Exit bearing Angelica, u. e. r.
Orsi. [without, with same domino.] Hollo! why what the plague!
thou skipping page,
Where in the devil's name hast jump'd to?
Enter Orsino, r.
Boy, I say!
Well'an this wild goose chase be wench hunting,
Good Signior lady bird! take back thine office,
For I'm a weary of't—Marry, and now I think on't,
I heard a something like a woman's shriek—
I could not sure have frightend the fair lady,
Before she saw me. [sees body.] Eh! what have we here?
A wounded man! The virgin guard me! surely,
I know this face. The Marquis de Serassi. [Stands astonished.
Enter Caliari, r.
Cali. So I have track'd his steps. No lady with him,
What's that he looks on? why, how now, Orsino!
'Tis Ugolino! like an adder's fang,
Let the name strike into your sinking heart,
And make an easier passage for my sword.
Ser. What mockery is this? put up thy weapon,
If I have wrong'd thee, speak it like a man,
And I will answer thee as may become one.
Count. If thou hast wrong'd me, "if," but words are idle
And fall like snow-flakes on the beacon fire.
Thou can'st not make me reparation—Life itself
Was not so dear to me as was Olympia,
And she has scorn'd me—and for thee—thee, villain!
Whose damned arts have poisoned her young soul,
Therefore die! die! and boast in hell thy triumph! [They fight, Serassi falls.
Ser. Fate, thou hast done thy worst.—O, murderer,
In thine own death pang, think of this dark hour,
And let thy soul despair. [Dies.
Count. It is accomplished!
[Stands in an exulting attitude over body.
Enter Angelica hastily, r.
Ang. My lord! my lord! he follows close behind me, [Sees body.
God for his mercy! who lies bleeding there—
Count. [with a shout of triumph.] Serassi.
Angelica casts a hurried glance at the face, shrieks and sinks into Ugolino's arms.
How now! Julio! coward boy!
Why Julio!—S’death, some one approaches—nay, then,
My arms must bear thee to a place of safety.
[Exit bearing Angelica, u. e. r.
Orsi. [without, with same domino.] Hollo! why what the plague!
thou skipping page,
Where in the devil's name hast jump'd to?
Enter Orsino, r.
Boy, I say!
Well'an this wild goose chase be wench hunting,
Good Signior lady bird! take back thine office,
For I'm a weary of't—Marry, and now I think on't,
I heard a something like a woman's shriek—
I could not sure have frightend the fair lady,
Before she saw me. [sees body.] Eh! what have we here?
A wounded man! The virgin guard me! surely,
I know this face. The Marquis de Serassi. [Stands astonished.
Enter Caliari, r.
Cali. So I have track'd his steps. No lady with him,
What's that he looks on? why, how now, Orsino!
