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ACT II.

SCENE I. An Apartment in twilight, almost dark; the door of an inner Chamber, standing a little ajar, at the bottom of the Stage.

Enter John of Lorne and Sir Hubert de Grey, disguised as peasants.

DE GREY.

Nay, stop, I pray; advance we not too far?

LORNE.

Morton hath bid us in this place to wait.

The nurse's chamber is adjoining to it;
And, till her light within give notice, here
Thou may'st remain; when I am call'd thou'lt leave me.

DE GREY.

Till thou art call'd! and may I stay to hear

The sweetness of her voice—her footstep's sound:—
Perhaps snatch in the torch's hasty light
One momentary vision of that form—