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THE ROBBERS.
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Daniel.

God forbid!—I will send none to heaven before his time, far less to....... (He runs off.)

Francis.

(Looking after him.—A pause.) To hell, he would have said.—Yes, I feel he's right.——Are these their shouts of triumph?—that hissing there, is it hell's serpents? Hark, they are coming up!—they are at the door!—Why should I shudder at this sword's point?—Ha! the gate is down!—Now 'tis impossible to escape.—(He attempts to throw himself into the flames, and is pursued by the Robbers, who rush in, across the stage.)

SCENE, A Forest.—A ruined Tower, as in the end of the Fourth Act.

The Old Count de Moor seated upon a stone.—Charles de Moor in conversation with him.—Some of the band scattered through the forest.

Moor.

And was he dear to you, that other son?

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O. Moor.
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