ACT I.
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(A dark night. The curtain rises, and discovers nobody on the stage.)
(Ulpho speaks.) How dark it is.
(He is answered by a hollow voice which is inaudible.)
Ulpho. I do not feel comfortable, nor as I once did. (Sighs.)
(The stage gradually fills till Ulpho is forced forward to the footlights, which go out. The crowd parts asunder suddenly, and a figure comes slowly forward.)
Figure. (Says nothing.)
Ulpho. I feel chilly.
(Figure smiles contemptuously and puts his hands in his breeches’ pockets. He then addresses Ulpho silently, and, after hesitating more than once, breaks down at last altogether.)