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FOURTH SCENE

The scene has changed as before, only in reverse order. Open space on mountain heights. The prospeſt is veiled by pale miſt as at the end of the second scene. Wotan and Loge climb up out of the cavern, bringing with them Alberich bound.

Loge

Here, kinsman, Thou canst sit down! Friend, look round thee; There lies the world That was thine for the winning, thou fool! What corner, say, Wilt give to me for my stall ? [He dances round Alberich, snapping his fingers. Infamous robber! Thou knave! Thou rogue! Loosen the rope, Set me at large, Or dear for this outrage shalt answer! My captive art thou, Caught and in fetters. As thou hadst fain Subdued the world And all that the world containeth, Thou liest bound at my feet, And, coward, canst not deny it. A ransom alone Shall loose thee from bondage.

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