Chapter XIII: Act III: , lines 58-74

[After 3] stage-direction om. Remorse.

[Between 3 and 4]

_Ordonio._ Believe you then no preternatural influence?
{ Believe you not that spirits throng around us?
{ I thought you held that spirits throng'd around us?

Corr. in MS. III.

_Ter._ Say rather that I have imagined it
A possible thing; and it has sooth'd my soul
As other fancies have; but ne'er seduced me
To traffic with the black and frenzied hope,
That the dead hear the voice of witch or wizard.

Remorse.

[4] _you_] you Remorse.

[5] employments] employment Remorse.

[9] things] guilt Remorse.

[10] Stand ye from the altar Remorse.

[After 10] [_Here_, &c. . . . scene Remorse.

[13] spells] spell Remorse.

[21] unstun'd] unstunn'd Remorse.

[After 23] [_Music_ Remorse.

[29] build up] upbuild Remorse.

[37] [_Here behind the scenes a voice sings the three words, 'Hear, sweet Spirit.'_ Remorse.

[After 43] SONG.--_Behind the scenes_, &c. Remorse.

[50] chanters] chaunter Remorse.

[58-74] are printed as ll. 1-17, Act III, Sc. I Remorse.

[61] of] in Remorse.

[70-72]

A silver toy his grandam had late given him,
Methinks I see him now as he then look'd--
Even so!--He had outgrown his infant dress,

Remorse, Act III, ll. 13-15.

[79] Stage-direction om. Remorse.

[87] Stage-direction om. Remorse.

[88-9]

But what if he had a brother,
Who had lived even so

Remorse.

[91-2]

_Valdez._ Idly prating man!
Thou hast guess'd ill: Don Alvar's only brother
Stands here before thee--a father's blessing on him!
He is most virtuous.

Remorse.

[96] excellently] exquisitely Remorse.

[Between 104 and 105]

[_Music again._

_Teresa._ 'Tis strange, I tremble at my own conjectures!
But whatso'er it mean, I dare no longer
Be present at these lawless mysteries,
This dark provoking of the hidden Powers!
Already I affront--if not high Heaven--
Yet Alvar's memory!--Hark! I make appeal
Against the unholy rite, and hasten hence
To bend before a lawful shrine, and seek
That voice which whispers, when the still heart listens,
Comfort and faithful hope! Let us retire.

_Alv. (to TERESA)._
O full of faith and guileless love, thy spirit
Still prompts thee wisely. Let the pangs of guilt
Surprise the guilty: thou art innocent!

[_Exeunt TERESA and Attendant. Music as before._

Remorse.

[106] an eye of flesh] a human eye Remorse.

[108] come quick] O come Remorse.

[109] and if he lives] but if he live Remorse.

[After 110] _The whole music clashes into a Chorus_ Remorse.

[111] demon] demons Remorse.

[113 foll.] For the rest of Act III, as published in Remorse, vide _post_ pp. 851-8. According to the Editor of Osorio as first published in 1873, 'The rest of this Act is entirely different in the published Remorse.' This statement needs qualification. The remainder of Act III of Osorio was rewritten, much was omitted, much added, and the 'dramatic ordonnance' of this part of the play was remodelled on a different plan, but the following lines 174-82, 195-202, 210-31 and 246-7 were included, with certain alterations, in Remorse. See Remorse, Act III, Scene II, ll. 64-71, 79-87, 94-114 and 185-6.

[140-3] _And . . . come_ MS. III erased.

[After 146]

Doth swim with love and pity--Well Ordonio
O my foreboding Spirit, he suborn'd thee,
And thou didst spare his life

Corr. in MS. III.

[299] interpolated by S. T. C. MS. III.