LELIUS [aside]. I have surely in that window
Heard a noise.
FLORUS [aside]. Some sound descends here
From that balcony.
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SCENE XII.
The Demon appears at a window in the house of LYSANDER.
LELIUS [aside]. A figure
Issues from it, whose dim presence
I distinguish.
FLORUS [aside]. Through the darkness
I can there perceive some person.
DEMON [aside]. For the many persecutions
O'er Justina's head impending,
Her pure honour to defame
Thus I make a bold commencement.
[He descends by a ladder.
LELIUS [aside]. But, O woe! what's this I witness!--
FLORUS [aside]. What do I see! Oh, wretched! wretched!--
LELIUS [aside]. From the balcony to the ground
The dark figure has descended.
FLORUS [aside]. From her house a man comes forth!--
Jealousy kill me not, preserve me,
'Till I discover who he is.
LELIUS [aside]. I will try to intercept him
And find out at once who thus
Tastes the bliss I've lost for ever.
[They advance with drawn swords to recognise the person who has descended.
DEMON [aside]. Not alone Justina's fame
Do I by this act discredit,
But dissensions, perhaps murders,
Thus provoke. Ope, earth's dark centre,
And receive me, leaving here
This confusion
[He disappears between FLORUS and LELIUS, who meet together.
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