Illo (comes back). Where art staying, Tertsky?
The house is full, and all expecting you. 30
Tertsky. Instantly! Instantly! [To the Countess.
And let him not
Stay here too long. It might awake suspicion
In the old man——
Countess. A truce with your precautions!
[Exeunt Tertsky and Illo.
FOOTNOTES:
[641:1] In Germany, after honourable addresses have been paid and formally accepted, the lovers are called Bride and Bridegroom, even though the marriage should not take place till years afterwards.
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broken] broke out 1800, 1828, 1829.