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as a tender heart! [OSWALD offers to go down into the dungeon.] MARMADUKE How now, what mean you? OSWALD Truly, I was going To waken our stray Baron. Were there not A farm or dwelling-house within five leagues, We should deserve to wear a cap and bells, Three good round years, for playing the fool here In such a night as this. MARMADUKE Stop, stop. OSWALD Perhaps, You'd better like we should descend together, And lie down by his side--what say you to it? Three of us--we should keep each other warm: I'll answer for it that our four-legged friend Shall not disturb us; further I'll not engage; Come, come, for manhood's sake! MARMADUKE These drowsy shiverings, This mortal stupor which is creeping over me, What do they mean? were this my single body Opposed to armies, not a nerve would tremble: Why do I tremble now?--Is not the depth Of this Man's crimes beyond the reach of thought? And yet, in plumbing the abyss for judgment, Something I strike upon which turns my mind Back on herself, I think, again--my breast Concentres all the terrors of the Universe: I look at him and tremble like a child. OSWALD Is it possible? MARMADUKE One thing you noticed not: Just as we left the glen a clap of thunder Burst on the mountains with hell-rousing force. This is a time, said he, when guilt may shudder; But there's a Providence for them who walk In helplessness, when innocence is with them. At this audacious blasphemy, I thought The spirit of vengeance seemed to ride the air. OSWALD Why are you not the man you were that moment? [He draws MARMADUKE to the dungeon.] MARMADUKE You say he was asleep,--look at this arm, And tell me if 'tis fit for such a work. Oswald, Oswald! [Leans upon OSWALD.] OSWALD This is some sudden seizure! MARMADUKE A most strange f
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