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JOSÉ PEON Y CONTRERAS.

and strength of a first love.

V.: And he——?

S.: He did not love her!

Blanca: (From within, with a feeble cry.) Aye!

V.: That cry——

S.: A cry?—Did you hear a cry?

V.: I thought—perhaps, no—I deceived myself,—continue.

S.: And one night—at night!

V.: I know it, now!—Be still! his name!

S.: He stole her—to dishonor her——

V.: Silence.

S.: To defile her——

V.: To defile her!—and, she?

Blanca: (Within.) Open. (Violently shakes the door.)

S.: Hear her.

V.: There—she, there! Wretch—! What have you done? You shall die. (Placing his hand on his swordhilt.)

S.: Yes, yes! Come on, infamous assassin; because, I abhor you as I do

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