STRANGER. He himself walks with the BOY
behind MRS. HALLER._

_Mrs. H._ In this world, then--We have no more to say---- [_Seizing his
hand._] Forget a wretch, who never will forget you.--And when my
penance shall have broken my heart,--when we again meet, in a better
world----

_Stra._ There, Adelaide, you may be mine again.

_Mrs. H._}
} Oh! Oh! [_Parting._
_Stra._ }

[_But, as they are going, she encounters
the BOY, and he the GIRL._

_Children._ Dear father! Dear mother!

[_They press the CHILDREN in their arms
with speechless affection; then tear
themselves away--gaze at each
other--spread their arms, and rush into
an embrace. The CHILDREN run, and cling
round their Parents. The curtain falls._

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