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CHEERFUL HEROINE.--"I will manage it all. I will let down a rope from
the fort. You shall all be drawn up and rescue O'MALLEY. Nothing could
be more simple. Come and be drawn up." _[They come.]_
SCENE. II.--_Interior of the O'Malley's cell. Enter Tragic Heroine._
TRAGIC HEROINE.--"'Tis he!'tis he! Though how he managed to change his
clothes and put on such a nice coat, I can't imagine. Dearest, awake!"
O'MALLEY.--"Who calls? Is it the boy with the beer? Ha! my own darling.
Come to this embroidered waistcoat."
TRAGIC HEROINE.--"I have agreed to marry ULICK on condition he permits
you to escape."
O'MALLEY.--"Ha! base girl. Would ye onconvenience yourself to save me?
Never! I will not consent to your marrying ULICK. Try some other little
game, darlint"
TRAGIC HEROINE.--"I will." _[Exit.]_
SCENE III.--_The castle moat. O'Malley in the ditch standing in a
picturesque attitude. The Dutch General stands on the summit of a wall
three feet high, and leaning over the battlements--which tower to the
height of three inches--hands O'Malley a pardon. Enter Tragic Heroine
and everybody else._
TRAGIC HEROINE.--"O'MALLEY. I have saved you. Now save me. I have just
married ULICK. Kill him for me."
ULICK _and_ O'MALLEY _accordingly slash each other across the legs with
their rapiers.
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