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COUNTESS. And not heard from him, either? Come, be open. THEKLA. No Syllable. COUNTESS. And still you are so calm? THEKLA. I am. COUNTESS. May it please you, leave us, Lady Neubrunn. The COUNTESS, THEKLA. COUNTESS. It does not please me, princess, that he holds Himself so still, exactly at this time. THEKLA. Exactly at this time?
ROSENBERG. I will remain with thee. THEKLA. I will reward thee. And will commend thee to another master. Canst thou unseen conduct us from the castle? ROSENBERG. I can. THEKLA. When can I go? ROSENBERG. This very hour. But whither would you, lady? THEKLA. To Tell him, Neubrunn. NEUBRUNN. To Neustadt. ROSENBERG. So; I leave you to get ready. NEUBRUNN. Oh, see, your mother comes. THEKLA. Indeed!
THEKLA. The pilgrim, travelling to a distant shrine Of hope and healing doth not count the leagues. NEUBRUNN. How can we pass the gates? THEKLA. Gold opens them. Go, do but go. NEUBRUNN. Should we be recognized THEKLA. In a despairing woman, a poor fugitive, Will no one seek the daughter of Duke Friedland. NEUBRUNN. And where procure we horses for our flight? THEKLA. My equerry procures them.
Who dares make larum here? Hush! The duke sleeps. Friend, it is time now to make larum. Murder! BUTLER. Down with him! Jesus Maria! BUTLER. Burst the doors open. Voices, deadened by the distance clash of arms then all at once a profound silence: Her bedchamber is empty; she herself Is nowhere to be found! The Neubrunn too, Who watched by her, is missing. If she should Be flown but whither flown?
O Heaven! THEKLA, LADY NEUBRUNN, the DUCHESS. DUCHESS. He's gone! I find thee more composed, my child. THEKLA. I am so, mother; let me only now Retire to rest, and Neubrunn here be with me. I want repose. DUCHESS. My Thekla, thou shalt have it. I leave thee now consoled, since I can calm Thy father's heart. THEKLA. Good night, beloved mother!
Oh, my only hope; To die beneath the hoofs of trampling steeds That is a lot of heroes upon earth! THEKLA, LADY NEUBRUNN, and ROSENBERG. NEUBRUNN. He is here, lady, and he will procure them. THEKLA. Wilt thou provide us horses, Rosenberg? ROSENBERG. I will, my lady. THEKLA. And go with us as well? ROSENBERG. To the world's end, my lady. THEKLA. But consider, Thou never canst return unto the duke.
Go and fetch him. NEUBRUNN. Dares he, without the knowledge of his lord? THEKLA. He will. Go, only go. Delay no longer. NEUBRUNN. Dear lady! and your mother? THEKLA. Oh! my mother! NEUBRUNN. So much as she has suffered too already; Your tender mother. Ah! how ill prepared For this last anguish! THEKLA. Woe is me! Go instantly. NEUBRUNN. But think what you are doing!
THEKLA. That time is past And now I fear no human being's rage. NEUBRUNN. 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. NEUBRUNN. And we alone, two helpless, feeble women? THEKLA. We will take weapons: my arm shall protect thee. NEUBRUNN. In the dark night-time?
THEKLA. Darkness will conceal us. NEUBRUNN. This rough tempestuous night THEKLA. Had he a soft bed Under the hoofs of his war-horses? NEUBRUNN. Heaven! And then the many posts of the enemy! THEKLA. They are human beings. Misery travels free Through the whole earth. NEUBRUNN. The journey's weary length
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