WITCHCRAFT: A TRAGEDY.
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the sound of horses approaching. Begone; mortal man must not disturb our rites.
[As the women are about to go off, Rutherford, as if just dismounted, holding his horse by the bridle, appears from behind a rocky hillock which forms one of the side scenes, near the front, whilst the lightning, coming in a broad flash across the Stage, shows every thing upon it distinctly for a moment. A loud peal follows: Rutherford and his horse draw back and disappear; and exeunt by the opposite side Grizeld Bane, &c., leaving Murrey alone.]