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THE HOMICIDE: A TRAGEDY.

Alas, alas! thou look'st upon the ground,
And dost not look at me!

VAN MAURICE.

He is very faint, and hears not what thou sayest.

[She embraces the knees of Claudien, who sinks slowly to the ground, supported by Van Maurice and Ardusoffe, and the curtain drops.]