_Wallenstein._ Go, hear his business. [_To ILLO._ This could not have happened So unsuspected without mutiny. Who was on guard at the gates? _Illo._ 'Twas Tiefenbach. 15 _Wallenstein._ Let Tiefenbach leave guard without delay, And Tertsky's grenadiers relieve him. [_ILLO is going._ Stop! Hast thou heard aught of Butler? _Illo._ Him I met. He will be here himself immediately. Butler remains unshaken. [_ILLO exit. WALLENSTEIN is following him._ _Countess._ Let him not leave thee, sister! go, detain him! 20 There's some misfortune. _Duchess (clinging to him)._ Gracious heaven! What is it? _Wallenstein._ Be tranquil! leave me, sister! dearest wife! We are in camp, and this is nought unusual; Here storm and sunshine follow one another With rapid interchanges. These fierce spirits 25 Champ the curb angrily, and never yet Did quiet bless the temples of the leader. If I am to stay, go you. The plaints of women Ill suit the scene where men must act. [_He is going: TERTSKY returns._ _Tertsky._ Remain here. From this window must we see it. 30 _Wallenstein (to the Countess)._ Sister, retire! _Countess._ No--never. _Wallenstein._ 'Tis my will. _Tertsky (leads the Countess aside, and drawing her attention to the Duchess)._ Theresa! _Duchess._ Sister, come! since he commands it. LINENOTES: [4] _Wallenstein (winks to them)._ 1800. SCENE VII _WALLENSTEIN, TERTSKY._ _Wallenstein (stepping to the window)._ What now, then? _Tertsky._ There are strange movements among all the troops, And no one knows the cause. Mysteriously, With gloomy silentness, the several corps Marshal themselves, each under its own banners. 5 Tiefenbach's corps makes threatening movements; only The Pappenheimers still remain aloof In their own quarters, and let no one enter. _Wallenstein._ Does Piccolomini appear among them? _Tertsky._ We are seeking him: he is no where to be met with. 10 _Wallenstein._ What did the Aid-de-Camp deliver to you? _Tertsky._ My regiments had dispatched him; yet once more They swear fidelity to thee, and wait The shout for onset, all prepared, and eager. _Wallenstein._ But whence arose this larum in the camp? 15 It should have been kept secret from the army, Till fortune had decided for us at Prague. _Tertsky._ O that thou hadst believed me! Yester evening Did we conjure thee not to let that skulker, That fox, Octavio, pass the gates of Pilsen. 20 Thou gav'st him thy own horses to flee from thee.