and vain recriminations
Of things which cannot be undone. We have 470
No more to learn or hide: I know no fear,
And have within these very walls men who
(Although you know them not) dare venture all things.
You stand high with the state; what passes here
Will not excite her too great curiosity:
Keep your own secret, keep a steady eye,
Stir not, and speak not;--leave the rest to me:
We must have no _third_ babblers thrust between us.
[_Exit_ ULRIC.

_Sieg._ (_solus_). Am I awake? are these my father's halls?
And _you_--my son? _My_ son! _mine!_ I who have ever 480
Abhorred both mystery and blood, and yet
Am plunged into the deepest hell of both!
I must be speedy, or more will be shed--
The Hungarian's!--Ulric--he hath partisans,
It seems: I might have guessed as much. Oh fool!
Wolves prowl in company. He hath the key
(As I too) of the opposite door which leads
Into the turret. Now then! or once more
To be the father of fresh crimes, no less
Than of the criminal! Ho! Gabor! Gabor! 490
[_Exit into the turret, closing the door after him_.

SCENE II.--_The Interior of the Turret_.

GABOR _and_ SIEGENDORF.

_Gab._ Who calls?

_Sieg._ I--Siegendorf! Take these and fly!
Lose not a moment!

[_Tears off a diamond star and other jewels, and thrusts
them into_ GABOR'S _hand_.

_Gab._ What am I to do
With these?

_Sieg._ Whate'er you will: sell them, or hoard,
And prosper; but delay not, or you are lost!

_Gab._ You pledged your honour for my safety!

_Sieg._ And
Must thus redeem it. Fly! I am not master,
It seems, of my own castle--of my own
Retainers--nay, even of these very walls,
Or I would bid them fall and crush me! Fly!
Or you will be slain by----

_Gab._ Is it even so? 10
Farewell, then! Recollect, however, Count,
You sought this fatal interview!

_Sieg._ I did:
Let it not be more fatal still!--Begone!

_Gab._ By the same path I entered?

_Sieg._