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THE PICCOLOMINI, OR THE
SCENE VII.
Countess (returns)Thekla.
COUNTESS.
Like a poor gift to one who cares not for it,
And so must be flung after him! For you,
Duke Friedland's only child, I should have thought,
It had been more beseeming to have shewn yourself
More chary of your person.
THEKLA (rising)
DUCHESS.
Who you are, and who he is. But perchance
That never once occurr'd to you.
THEKLA.
COUNTESS.
THEKLA.
DUCHESS.
THEKLA.
He's of an ancient Lombard family,
Son of a reigning Princess.
COUNTESS.