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SCENE II.

The Great Hall of the Castle.

Enter the Countess, meeting Sophera; a confused noise heard without, and a discharge of cannon.

COUNTESS.

What saw'st thou from the turrets, for thy face

Looks pale and terrified? The din increases;
They have not made a breach?

SOPHERA.

I hope they have not; but that fearful engine

Is now against our weakest buttress pointed.
(Cannon heard again.)
It roars again; have mercy on us, Heaven!
How the walls shake, as if an earthquake rock'd them!

COUNTESS.

My child, my child! I'll to the lowest vaults

Convey him instantly.

SOPHERA.

But you forget th' attack is still directed

Against the eastern side; here he is safe.