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THE DEATH OF
WALLENSTEIN.
Dearest daughter!
Dearest daughter!
THEKLA.
I'm not weak—
Shortly I shall be quite myself again.
You'll grant me one request?
I'm not weak—
Shortly I shall be quite myself again.
You'll grant me one request?
WALLENSTEIN.
Name it, my daughter.
Name it, my daughter.
THEKLA.
Permit the stranger to be call'd to me,
And grant me leave, that by myself I may
Hear his report and question him.
Permit the stranger to be call'd to me,
And grant me leave, that by myself I may
Hear his report and question him.
DUCHESS.
No, never!
No, never!
COUNTESS.
'Tis not adviseable—assent not to it.
'Tis not adviseable—assent not to it.
WALLENSTEIN.
Hush! Wherefore would'st thou speak with him, my daughter?
Hush! Wherefore would'st thou speak with him, my daughter?
THEKLA.
Knowing the whole, I shall be more collected;
I will not be deceiv'd. My mother wishes
Only to spare me. I will not be spar'd.
The worst is said already: I can hear
Nothing of deeper anguish!
Knowing the whole, I shall be more collected;
I will not be deceiv'd. My mother wishes
Only to spare me. I will not be spar'd.
The worst is said already: I can hear
Nothing of deeper anguish!
COUNTESS and DUCHESS.
Do it not.
Do it not.
THEKLA.
The horror overpower'd me by surprize.
My heart betray'd me in the stranger's presence;
He was a witness of my weakness, yea,
The horror overpower'd me by surprize.
My heart betray'd me in the stranger's presence;
He was a witness of my weakness, yea,
I sank
