[Throws himself down and covers his face.

Voice. The spell will not cease,
The curse will not fly,
And spirits shall haunt
Till the murderer shall die.

Rod. Again, spirit or demon, wherefore dost thou haunt me, and what art thou? [Theresa'sspirit rises.] Ha! am I gone mad? Unbar the door! Help! help! [Falls fainting to the floor.]

[EnterNorna.

Norna. Lie there, thou sinful wretch! Old Norna's curse ends but with thy life.

[Tableau.

CURTAIN.

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SCENE TENTH.

Rod. Dangers seem thickening round me. Some secret spy is watching me unseen,—I fear 'tis Hugo, spite the gold I gave him, and the vows he made. A higher bribe may win the secret from him, and then I am undone. Pedro hath told me that a stranger, cloaked and masked, was lurking near the castle on the night when Leonore so strangely vanished [a laugh]. Ha!—what's that?—methought I heard that mocking laugh again! I am grown fearful as a child since that most awful night. Well, well, let it pass! If Hugo comes to-night, obedient to the message I have sent, I'll see he goes not hence alive. This cu