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LOVERS’ VOWS

Both.

Thank you, reverend Sir.

[They both run to fetch him a chair].

Anhalt.

I thank you, good people—I ſee you have a ſtranger here.

Cottager.

Yes, your Reverence; it is a poor ſick woman, whom I took in doors.

Anhalt.

You will be rewarded for it. [to Agatha.] May I beg leave to aſk your name?

Agatha.

Ah! If we were alone——

Anhalt.

Good neighbours, will you leave us alone for a few minutes? I have ſomething to ſay to this poor woman.

Cottager.

Wife, do you hear? Come along with me.[Exeunt Cottager and his Wife.]

Anhalt.

Now——

Agatha.

Before I tell who I am, what I am, and what I was——I muſt beg to aſk——Are you of this country?

Anhalt.

No—I was born in Alſace.

Agatha.

Did you know the late rector perſonally, whom you have ſucceeded?

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