WALLENSTEIN.
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Hark!-I will punish it severely. Stop!
They do not hear. (to Illo.) Go after them, assure them,
And bring them back to me, cost what it may.
(Illo hurries out.)
This hurls us headlong. Butler! Butler!
You are my evil genius, wherefore must you
Announce it in their presence? It was all
In a fair way. They were half won, those madmen
With their improvident over-readiness—
A cruel game is Fortune playing with me.
The zeal of friends it is that razes me,
And not the hate of enemies.
They do not hear. (to Illo.) Go after them, assure them,
And bring them back to me, cost what it may.
(Illo hurries out.)
This hurls us headlong. Butler! Butler!
You are my evil genius, wherefore must you
Announce it in their presence? It was all
In a fair way. They were half won, those madmen
With their improvident over-readiness—
A cruel game is Fortune playing with me.
The zeal of friends it is that razes me,
And not the hate of enemies.
SCENE V.
To these enter the Duchess, who rushes into the
Chamber. Thekla and the Countess follow her.
Chamber. Thekla and the Countess follow her.
DUCHESS.
O Albrecht!
What haft thou done?
O Albrecht!
What haft thou done?
WALLENSTEIN.
And now comes this beside.
And now comes this beside.
COUNTESS.
Forgive me, brother! It was not in my power.
They know all.
Forgive me, brother! It was not in my power.
They know all.
DUCHESS.
What hast thou done?
What hast thou done?
COUNTESS.
