WALLENSTEIN.
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NEUBRUNN.
Your father's rage———
Your father's rage———
THEKLA.
That time is past
And now I fear no human being's rage.
That time is past
And now I fear no human being's rage.
NEUBRUNN.
The sentence of the world! The tongue of calumny!
The sentence of the world! The tongue of calumny!
THEKLA.
Whom am I seeking? Him who is no more.
Am I then hastening to the arms———O God!
I haste but to the grave of the beloved.
Whom am I seeking? Him who is no more.
Am I then hastening to the arms———O God!
I haste but to the grave of the beloved.
NEUBRUNN.
And we alone, two helpless feeble women?
And we alone, two helpless feeble women?
THEKLA.
We will take weapons: my arm shall protect thee.
We will take weapons: my arm shall protect thee.
NEUBRUNN.
In the dark night-time?
In the dark night-time?
THEKLA.
Darkness will conceal us.
Darkness will conceal us.
NEUBRUNN.
This rough tempestuous night———
This rough tempestuous night———
THEKLA.
Had he a soft bed
Under the hoofs of his war-horses?
Had he a soft bed
Under the hoofs of his war-horses?
NEUBRUNN.
Heaven!
And then the many posts of the enemy!—
Heaven!
And then the many posts of the enemy!—
THEKLA.
