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will 1800, 1828, 1829.
Scene V
Octavio Piccolomini, Butler.
Butler. At your command, Lieutenant-General.
Octavio. Welcome, as honoured friend and visitor.
Butler. You do me too much honour.
Octavio (after both have seated themselves). You have not
Returned the advances which I made you yesterday—
Misunderstood them, as mere empty forms. 5
That wish proceeded from my heart—I was
In earnest with you—for 'tis now a time
In which the honest should unite most closely.
Butler. 'Tis only the like-minded can unite.