--"Heavings! That shriek. 'Tis my Grace! TRAGIC DARLING, I come
to die with you." _[Rushes up the chimney, while the Dutch General,
blowing off the lock off the door with his pistol, escapes together with
his friends. The Castle is carefully taken to pieces in sections by the
stage carpenters, while torches are flashed at intervals. Finally a
Roman candle is set off, and the O'Malley Castle falls a prey to a
carefully managed conflagration.--Curtain.]_
ACT III.
SCENE I.--_A quiet place in midst of the turnpike. Enter Cheerful
Heroine and French Officer._
FRENCH OFFICER.--"Fly with me at once."
CHEERFUL HEROINE.--"Why on earth should I fly? I have never seen you but
once."
FRENCH OFFICER.--"'Tis true; but you'll have to settle that with
BOUCICAULT. I'm sure I don't want you to fly, especially with no
property but a low-necked dress and short sleeves; but BOUCICAULT has
arranged it to suit himself."
CHEERFUL HEROINE--"In that case I will fly." _[Enter the_ DOCTOR _and a
band of patriots.]_
DOCTOR.--"O'MALLEY is a prisoner in the fort. We are going to have him
out, dead or alive."
FRENCH OFFICER.--"These are the counsels of madness. Why don't you get
an injunction, or something of that kind, and so get him out peaceably."
DOCTOR.--"It's too late. Besides, Mr. BOUCICAULT wants to end the play
with a fight.
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