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aiee
ove thee so
PAOLA
Thy right? Thy right to me? Dost thou not see
That all its flmblance faded with the stars?
And that thou hast no more of right to me
For all thy youth and beauty, courage, strength,
Than if thou were’t lame, hideous, old, and senile.
LIONARDO
Paola! tell me that these cruel words
Are but to prove me!chnough, have City!
PAOLA
N°o.
G:A:S:
Be still. The morning came
G.H.F.P.
LIONARDO
The night will come again.
PAOLA
never for us! Away! keep to thy place!
LIONARDO
This is my place – – or else it is the grave
PAOLA
Be careful not to touch me.
tly
LIONARDO
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emigie
How hard and cold and threatening those eyes
That promised and fulfilled „so much of love
For me this night.
then be
PAOLA
Enough, enough. Stand up, stand up I tell thee now.
Or I will treat thee as I saw Remigio
Treat that hold girl, red Perugina
Tho came as you do loudly clamering.
To free