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the outlaw.
[To Moun.] My friends, we'll meet again,
Then will I thank you; now,
Each moment counts a death stroke to my life.
[Exit.
Capt. [To Moun.] Thou shalt repent thy most audacious conduct, and the authorities shall look into this wild seditious rising.
1st Moun. See'st thou that bird on yonder lofy tree?
Seek it and win it to obey thy will;
Or chain the wolf and bid it fawn on thee;—
These thou may'st do ere bend our hearts to cringe.
Thou art a captive and a captive's part is silence.
Then will I thank you; now,
Each moment counts a death stroke to my life.
[Exit.
Capt. [To Moun.] Thou shalt repent thy most audacious conduct, and the authorities shall look into this wild seditious rising.
1st Moun. See'st thou that bird on yonder lofy tree?
Seek it and win it to obey thy will;
Or chain the wolf and bid it fawn on thee;—
These thou may'st do ere bend our hearts to cringe.
Thou art a captive and a captive's part is silence.
Enter Madeline.
Mad. Have they all gone—that dreadful looking robber? Oh, oh! I am so frightened. You wicked man, how could you fight. Are any killed.
[Sees the Soldiers—Screams.
2d Moun. No, no, you silly girl, they are not
[Sees the Soldiers—Screams.
2d Moun. No, no, you silly girl, they are not
