THE SEPERATION: A TRAGEDY.
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COUNTESS.
ROVANI.
The war has ended sooner than we guess'd,
And we have made good speed.
COUNTESS.
ROVANI.
COUNTESS.
But gladness comes with pain. I will retire,
And for a moment strive to calm this tremor.
(To Sophera.) Follow me not.
[Exit.
ROVANI (looking after her as she goes off).
Of a good lord's return from foreign lands
By wedded dame received; but so received,
Never till now. How's this? What is the matter?
How shall a simple bachelor, as I am,
Have thoughts of this bless'd state, if such as she
Cold and capricious prove?