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CLAUDE.

Tell him I am gone forth.—Such ill-timed visits!

Is the sore heart a sear'd and harden'd thing
For every fool to handle?[Exit.

CRAWFORD.

I'll follow him: he should not be alone.

[Exeunt.

SCENE III.

A large Room, with rich furniture, and the walls hung with pictures.

Enter the Provost and Marian, by different doors.

PROVOST.

How is poor Alice?

MARIAN.

She is more composed;

For tears have flow'd uncheck'd, and have relieved her.
I have persuaded her to take an hour
Of needful rest upon her bed; and Jessie,
That kindly creature, watches her the while.