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(To Clara.)
Can it be possible? Oho!
The secret passage . . . Now I remember,
There have been old rumors
About the existence of such a thing here in the tower . . .
But they could never find
It again. And now he,
He must have found it, just when
I had him fast in the trap!
Forces of hell, you have saved him!
Oh I am a fool! Ten times a fool,
Who did not think about this before,
Who did not seize my captive alive!
God, what does this mean?
CLARA.
THE COUNT.
But still
I shall not give up my revenge!
He cannot be far away!
After him, at once!
After him, with horses and hounds,
After him, with lights and torches!
Sound the horn! Let the dogs loose!
Open fire with muskets! Let every bullet count! --
Ha, it will be a merry hunt!
Wait for me here, my dove, until I
Come back again soon
With your beloved, to a joyous
and bloody night of merrymaking!
(He dashes out.)
CLARA (alone).
Oh, what word was that I heard?
Dare I hope? No, oh no!
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