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SCENE
IV
FROM
"THE
DRUNKARD'S WARNING"
(Enter Louisa
Mo~daunt
with a child z"n her arms)
L
OUISA.
With faltering step I have thus far traced him,
dreading his fearful purpose!
My
limbs grow feeble and
I faint with terror. Oh, pitiful heaven, sustain me
through the calamities that await me and let me die in peace!
What is my fate? A heartless husband flies from his wife and
child that languish in vain for sustenance, to squander that pit-
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