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Yet human beings have mercy!
THE COUNT.
Remember your oath!
Now all doors are closed to mercy!
(He throws her aside and says aside, as he goes out:)
You ripen now, you ripen, sweet revenge!
CLARA.
(remains a moment lying with her face toward the floor, then
raises her head, looks around bewildered, and leaps up quickly).
He is gone . . . he is gone . . .
To the wall! These brief
Moments are mine.
Do not kill me, wild torment,
Before the work is finished!
(She takes Fernando's rapier.)
God has sent me this steel!
The mortar is still wet and soft,
The stone yields to my thrust.
I feel in these arms the strength of a man,
The intense heat of the world!
Help! I am coming, my Fernando!
(She runs over to the wall and begins to work with the rapier to break it down.
Immediately afterwards the count comes in from the other door, and watches her silently
for some moments. Finally he says slowly):
THE COUNT.
Do you want to tear down the wall, Donna Clara?
CLARA
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