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Henry
paused
between
the
First
and
Second
Acts
;
reflecting
,
not
on
the
merits
of
the
play
,
but
on
the
strange
resemblance
which
the
incidents
so
far
presented
to
the
incidents
that
had
attended
the
disastrous
marriage
of
the
first
Lord
Montbarry
.
Was
it
possible
that
the
Countess
,
in
the
present
condition
of
her
mind
,
supposed
herself
to
be
exercising
her
invention
when
she
was
only
exercising
her
memory
?
The
question
involved
considerations
too
serious
to
be
made
the
subject
of
a
hasty
decision
.
Reserving
his
opinion
,
Henry
turned
the
page
,
and
devoted
himself
to
the
reading
of
the
next
act
.
The
manuscript
proceeded
as
follows
:
’
The
Second
Act
opens
at
Venice
.
An
interval
of
four
months
has
elapsed
since
the
date
of
the
scene
at
the
gambling
table
.
The
action
now
takes
place
in
the
reception
-
room
of
one
of
the
Venetian
palaces
.
’
The
Baron
is
discovered
,
alone
,
on
the
stage
.
He
reverts
to
the
events
which
have
happened
since
the
close
of
the
First
Act
.
The
Countess
has
sacrificed
herself
;
the
mercenary
marriage
has
taken
place
—
but
not
without
obstacles
,
caused
by
difference
of
opinion
on
the
question
of
marriage
settlements
.
’
Private
inquiries
,
instituted
in
England
,
have
informed
the
Baron
that
my
Lord
’
s
income
is
derived
chiefly
from
what
is
called
entailed
property
.
In
case
of
accidents
,
he
is
surely
bound
to
do
something
for
his
bride
?
Let
him
,
for
example
,
insure
his
life
,
for
a
sum
proposed
by
the
Baron
,
and
let
him
so
settle
the
money
that
his
widow
shall
have
it
,
if
he
dies
first
.
’
My
Lord
hesitates
.
The
Baron
wastes
no
time
in
useless
discussion
.
"
Let
us
by
all
means
"
(
he
says
)
"
consider
the
marriage
as
broken
off
.
"
My
Lord
shifts
his
ground
,
and
pleads
for
a
smaller
sum
than
the
sum
proposed
.
The
Baron
briefly
replies
,
"
I
never
bargain
.
"
My
lord
is
in
love
;
the
natural
result
follows
—
he
gives
way
.
’
So
far
,
the
Baron
has
no
cause
to
complain
.
But
my
Lord
’
s
turn
comes
,
when
the
marriage
has
been
celebrated
,
and
when
the
honeymoon
is
over
.
The
Baron
has
joined
the
married
pair
at
a
palace
which
they
have
hired
in
Venice
.
He
is
still
bent
on
solving
the
problem
of
the
"
Philosopher
’
s
Stone
.
"
His
laboratory
is
set
up
in
the
vaults
beneath
the
palace
—
so
that
smells
from
chemical
experiments
may
not
incommode
the
Countess
,
in
the
higher
regions
of
the
house
.
The
one
obstacle
in
the
way
of
his
grand
discovery
is
,
as
usual
,
the
want
of
money
.
His
position
at
the
present
time
has
become
truly
critical
.
He
owes
debts
of
honour
to
gentlemen
in
his
own
rank
of
life
,
which
must
positively
be
paid
;
and
he
proposes
,
in
his
own
friendly
manner
,
to
borrow
the
money
of
my
Lord
.
My
Lord
positively
refuses
,
in
the
rudest
terms
.
The
Baron
applies
to
his
sister
to
exercise
her
conjugal
influence
.
She
can
only
answer
that
her
noble
husband
(
being
no
longer
distractedly
in
love
with
her
)
now
appears
in
his
true
character
,
as
one
of
the
meanest
men
living
.
The
sacrifice
of
the
marriage
has
been
made
,
and
has
already
proved
useless
.
’
Such
is
the
state
of
affairs
at
the
opening
of
the
Second
Act
.
’
The
entrance
of
the
Countess
suddenly
disturbs
the
Baron
’
s
reflections
.
She
is
in
a
state
bordering
on
frenzy
.
Incoherent
expressions
of
rage
burst
from
her
lips
:
it
is
some
time
before
she
can
sufficiently
control
herself
to
speak
plainly
.
She
has
been
doubly
insulted
—
first
,
by
a
menial
person
in
her
employment
;
secondly
,
by
her
husband
.
Her
maid
,
an
Englishwoman
,
has
declared
that
she
will
serve
the
Countess
no
longer
.
