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Einar.

                           Alas
Only in Him? She is undone.

Brand.

What say you?

Einar.

              Damn'd, to my regret.

Brand.


[Quietly.]


Go, scoundrel!

Einar.

               <g>You</g> shall feel as well
The clutches of the Lord of hell;—
For both, eternal torments wait.

Brand.

You, wretch, dare sentence to the Fire!
Yourself late wallow'd in the mire——

Einar.

On me no spot is to be seen;
The tub of Faith hath wash'd me clean;
Each splash has vanish'd, scraped and scored
On Holiness's washing-board;
In Vigilance's mangle I
Have wrung my Adam's-vesture dry;
And shine like snowy surplice fair,
Soap-lather'd with the suds of Prayer!

Brand.

Hold!