It is nothing. Duchess Duchess Nay, it is from some girl. Guido Guido You know ’tis not. Duchess [turns her back and opens it] Duchess Now, traitor, tell me what does this sign mean, A dagger with two leopards wrought in steel? Guido [taking it from her] Guido O God! Duchess Duchess I’ll from the window look, and try If I can’t see the porter’s livery Who left it at the gate! I will not rest Till I have learned your secret. [Runs laughing into the corridor.] Guido Guido Oh, horrible! Had I so soon forgot my father’s death, Did I so soon let love into my heart, And must I banish love, and let in murder That beats and clamours at the outer gate? Ay, that I must! Have I not sworn an oath? Yet not to-night; nay, it must be to-night. Farewell then all the joy and light of life, All dear
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