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(_They rush through the house, right_)
VOICE OF DONALD EGERTON.
Fire on them!
VOICE OF MRS. EGERTON.
No, no, Donald! Shed no blood!
Think of their children!
VOICE OF DONALD EGERTON.
Fire, I say!
MEN'S VOICES.
We are your fathers and your brothers!
A DEEP VOICE.
Fire!
(_A pause_)
CRIES.
Treason! Treason!
THE DEEP VOICE.
Shoot them down!
(_Shots are heard and noises as of a riot_)
HARRY EGERTON.
My G.o.d! My G.o.d!
(_The noises die away. In the darkness the walls are heard sighing_)
HARRY EGERTON.
My father! O my father!
(_A pause_)
VOICE.
(_Forward right, in the darkness_)
It's mine!
SECOND VOICE.
It's mine!
FIRST VOICE.
Let go that hand!
SECOND VOICE.
I had it first!
FIRST VOICE.
Hain't you the rubies?
(_Sounds of quarrelling here and there_)
THIRD VOICE.
(_Centre right_)
Shut up your mouths! You'll have the police here!
VOICES.
(_From the walls_)
Brothers, help! We're fast! We're fast!
FOURTH VOICE.
Pick up the rug, Pete! Let's be off!
(_Forms of men loaded with the spoil of the mansion are seen hurrying out left_)
VOICES.
(_Entering right_)
'Tain't fair! 'Tain't fair!
FIFTH VOICE.
(_Left_)
Make for the river!
