SCENE VIII
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GILBERT (alone).
He is gone. He is no longer here. I did not grind and crush him beneath my feet. I had to let him go. Not a weapon about me.
[He sees on the ground the dagger with which Lord Clanbrassil killed the Jew; he picks it up with fearful haste.
Ah, you come too late; you can probably kill no one but myself. All the same, whether you fall from heaven or are vomited up from hell, I bless you. My Jane has betrayed me! Jane has given herself to this infamous man. Jane is the heiress of Lord Talbot. Jane is lost to me! O God! more terrible things have come to me in this hour than my brain can stand.
[Simon Renard appears in the darkness at the back.
Oh, to be revenged on that man! To be revenged on this Lord Clanbrassil! If I go to the Queen's palace, the lackeys will kick me out as if I were a dog. I am mad! My head will burst! I am willing to die, but I want to be revenged. I would give my blood for revenge! Will nobody in the world make this bargain with me? Who will give me vengeance on Lord Clanbrassil and take my life in payment?