THE PHANTOM: A DRAMA.
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PROVOST.
I scarcely doubt it. I have those in pay,
But little better than the prey they follow,
Who are expert in dogging stealthy rogues;
And it were strange indeed if artless men
Should foil their skill.
And I am right—I hear their coming steps!
Enter Malcolm and Claude.
MALCOLM (after doing silent obeisance to the Provost and Graham, who, with Alice, comes forward to meet them, speaks in a low voice to Claude).
And here, night after night, in all her beauty,
She took her curtain'd rest, and here she died!
But that which I expected is not here:
Is this the very chamber?
ALICE (overhearing him, and in a low voice).
(Pointing.) Upon that spot it stood.
MALCOLM.
(Goes to the spot, where he remains in silence, covering his face with his hands.)
PROVOST.
