The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5: PoetryByron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
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The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5: Poetry
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
English drama; English poetry
_Jos._ And not the worst, I hope.
_Wer._ Hope! I make _sure_.
But let us to our chamber.
_Jos._ Yet one question--
What hast thou _done_?
_Wer._ (_fiercely_). Left one thing _undone_, which
Had made all well: let me not think of it!
Away!
_Jos._ Alas that I should doubt of thee! 750
[_Exeunt_.
ACT II.
SCENE I.--_A Hall in the same Palace_.
_Enter_ IDENSTEIN _and Others_.
_Iden._ Fine doings! goodly doings! honest doings!
A Baron pillaged in a Prince's palace!
Where, till this hour, such a sin ne'er was heard of.
_Fritz_. It hardly could, unless the rats despoiled
The mice of a few shreds of tapestry.
_Iden._ Oh! that I e'er should live to see this day!
The honour of our city's gone for ever.
_Fritz_. Well, but now to discover the delinquent:
The Baron is determined not to lose
This sum without a search.
_Iden._ And so am I. 10
_Fritz_. But whom do you suspect?
_Iden._ Suspect! all people
Without--within--above--below--Heaven help me!
_Fritz_. Is there no other entrance to the chamber?
_Iden._ None whatsoever.
_Fritz_. Are you sure of that?
_Iden._ Certain. I have lived and served here since my birth,
And if there were such, must have heard of such,
Or seen it.
_Fritz_. Then it must be some one who
Had access to the antechamber.
_Iden._ Doubtless.
_Fritz_. The man called _Werner's_ poor!
_Iden._ Poor as a miser[171].
But lodged so far off, in the other wing, 20
By which there's no communication with
The baron's chamber, that it can't be he.
Besides, I bade him "good night" in the hall,
Almost a mile off, and which only leads
To his own apartment, about the same time
When this burglarious, larcenous felony
Appears to have been committed.
_Fritz_. There's another,
The stranger----
_Iden._ The Hungarian?
_Fritz_. He who helped
To fish the baron from the Oder.
_Iden._ Not
Unlikely. But, hold--might it not have been 30
One of the suite?
_Fritz_. How? _We_, sir!
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