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"And now, my lord," resumed Stephano, "I will give you that explanation relative to the diamonds which you might have had without bloodshed; but patience and aristocracy are as much at variance as a thief and the headsman. Read this paper, my lord; it is not the worst testimonial which I could produce in proof of good character."
"Follow me, my lord," said the bandit-captain; "and I will conduct you to a place where you will find as dainty a couch as even a nobleman so accustomed to luxury as your lordship need not despise." Thus speaking Stephano opened an iron door at the end of the hall, and led the way along a narrow and low corridor, lighted by lamps placed in niches at short intervals.
His command had stirred the seas and sent the winds abroad which brought Milan and Naples within his hand; at his bidding the isle was full of sounds; Ariel served him with tireless devotion; he read the sweet thought that flashed from Miranda to Ferdinand; he unearthed the base conspiracy of Caliban, Trinculo, and Stephano; he read the treacherous hearts of Antonio and Sebastian; in his hand all these threads were gathered, and upon all these lives his will was imposed.
The poor girl, overwhelmed with shame, left the church crying bitterly, and I, feeling real sympathy for her, could not help saying aloud to Stephano that he was a madman. I ran after the girl to offer her my consolations, but she had disappeared, and could not be induced to join us at dinner.
What indications are there in the play that Prospero was high-strung and spirited, a revenge-loving Italian? Trace the effects of remorse on each of the ill-doers. Is there any reason to suppose that Antonio, Stephano, or Trinculo are repentant? Is it out of character for Caliban to be? The 'Faerie' of the play. The duration of the play.
To gain that spot it was necessary to pass the buttress in whose shade the two banditti lay concealed. Stephano trembled as he followed that lady whom he knew to be as intrepid, bold, and desperate as she was beautiful: he trembled, perhaps for the first time in his life, because never until now had he felt himself overawed by the majesty of loveliness and the resolute mind of a woman.
But consider for a moment if ever the Imagination has been so embodied as in Prospero, the Fancy as in Ariel, the brute Understanding as in Caliban, who, the moment his poor wits are warmed with the glorious liquor of Stephano, plots rebellion against his natural lord, the higher Reason.
And he handed to the marquis the document which he had compelled the Countess of Arestino to sign. Manuel read it with astonishment. "Then she has the diamonds in her possession!" he exclaimed; "and you must have seen her since I was there!" "My lord," replied Stephano, as he received back the paper, "I was at the Arestino Palace ere now, at the same time, and in the same room, as yourself.
"I have ascertained, my lord, beyond all possibility of doubt," answered the valet, "that the assailants of the convent were a terrible horde of banditti, at that time headed by Stephano Verrina, who has since disappeared no one knows whither; that the Marquis of Orsini was one of the leaders in the awful deed of sacrilege, and that her ladyship the countess, and a young maiden named Flora Francatelli, were rescued by the robbers from their cells in the establishment.
"In a word, my business with thee is touching the diamonds of the Duchess of Arestino." "And my business with your lordship is touching the countess herself," observed Verrina, also in a cool and deliberate manner. "Ah!" cried the marquis, with a sudden start. "Yes, my lord. But this is no place for explanations on that head," added Stephano, glancing toward the Jew.
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