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Enter Claude.

CLAUDE.

Is Alice well? I heard a busy noise.

How art thou, sister?

ALICE.

I have had a swoon,

But am recover'd from it. Go to rest.
(Aside to Marian and Malcolm.)
Say nothing of the vision. O, be silent!

MALCOLM (aside, to himself, as he goes off).

Is he so much concern'd? No, no, he is not:

He does not,—cannot feel what tortures me.

CLAUDE.

Dost thou avoid me, Malcolm? Dost thou think

That kindness to my sister can offend me?

MALCOLM.

I've other thoughts, which do no wrong to thee.

And owe thee no account.[Exit.

CLAUDE (aside).

He is offended. (Aloud to Marian.) Thanks to you, dear madam!

For your kind care of Alice. Rest, I hope,

Will perfectly restore her. The fatigue
Of her long journey, and the evening pastime
Has been too much for one so delicate.
(To Alice.)
Undress and go to bed, poor harass'd creature!
I trust to-morrow thou wilt wake refresh'd.