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THE SEPERATION: A TRAGEDY.
Come then; I'll summon strength: whate'er betide,
Or good or ill, I'll meet it.
[Exeunt.
SCENE II.
An Apartment in the Castle.
Enter Countess and Sophera.
COUNTESS.
He is within the gates; here will I stop,
Nor wander further: I'll receive him here.
(Listening.) Heaven give me strength! his well known steps so near me!
Enter Garcio; he runs eagerly to embrace the Countess, who faints.
GARCIO.
(Sophera chafes her hands and temples, while Garcio gazes on her with keen observation: she recovers.)
Who wert my gentle love, come I upon thee
