The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda - LightNovelsOnl.com
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ESMERALDA.
For us s.h.i.+nes happiness!
THE PEOPLE.
Live, both of you!
ESMERALDA.
Hear these joyous shouts!
At thy feet receive me, humble girl!
Heavens! thou art pale! What is the matter?
PHOEBUS (_staggering_).
I die!
[_She catches him in her arms. Expectation and anxiety among the crowd._
Each step I took toward you, my beloved, Reopened my wound, that was hardly healed.
I have taken your grave and given you life.
I die! Destiny has avenged thee.
My angel, I go to see If heaven is worth thy love!
Farewell! [_He dies._
ESMERALDA.
Phoebus! He dies! In an instant everything is changed!
[_She falls upon his body._
I follow you into eternity.
CLAUDE FROLLO.
Fatality!
THE PEOPLE.
Fatality!
