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SCENE II.--_A street. Crowds of people hurrying on._

_Enter PROFESSOR OLNEY and FREDERICK
BELCOUR._

OLNEY.
You say the sentence will be passed to-day?


BELCOUR.
Most certainly; and crowds will press to hear it
Judge Bolton has a world-wide reputation,
And 'tis a cause to rouse his eloquence.

OLNEY.
I wish I could be there.


BELCOUR.
What should hinder?
'Twould but detain you for an hour or two.


OLNEY.
My pupils stand between. Yet Isabelle
Might hear the recitations; she does this
Often, when I am ill. A dear, good child:
She thinks her learning of no more account,