Some one has been assassinated! The beggar!
THE MAN (lifting himself half-way up).
Ah, you come too late, Gilbert.
[He points to the place where he threw the packet.
Take them. They are the papers which prove that Jane, your betrothed, is daughter and heiress of the last Lord Talbot. My assassin is Lord Clanbrassil, the Queen's favorite. Oh, I suffocate! Gilbert, avenge me! Avenge yourself! [He dies.
GILBERT.
Dead! Avenge myself? What does he mean? Jane, daughter to Lord Talbot? Lord Clanbrassil! The Queen's favorite? Oh, I am lost in wonder! [Shaking the body.] Speak! One word more! He is indeed dead!
SCENE VII
Gilbert, Fabiani
FABIANI (returning).