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(half-collapses with a shriek: but leaps up suddenly again, and runs towards the
count).
Yes, del Fuente! These stones
Must be torn down at once . . .
Help me! Look! It is a matter of life and death!
THE COUNT.
Whose life? Behind this wall
Is really only empty air...
You have sworn it yourself, Clara.
CLARA.
I swore to you that I was faithful,
And for this fidelity I have
Sacrificed to you my love.
Yes, there is a life behind the wall
Indeed, a precious life, del Fuente!
Away now, away you false shame
Whereby I became a tigress!
Come, oh come! You sweet dishonor,
Make me once again a woman!
Yes, del Fuente! Him, I love...
Him, the only one I have loved,
Don Fernando is in there!
He is innocent! Oh, he came
Here to lead me to freedom,
And I led him to his death,
Which he suffered in silence
In order to rescue what I proudly
And stupidly called my honor!
Kill me, kill me now, del Fuente,
Oh, but rescue him, save Fernando!
THE COUNT.
You talk wildly. Just bear in mind:
There is nobody behind the wall,
Everything was just an old legend.
I will not kill anyone here,
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