Mary Price; or, The Adventures of a Servant Girl — page 35: what you’re looking at

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32 MARY PRICE. | ACT II. Mary. Be warned—there are laws. Lorp C. I defy them; and since persuasion will avail me nothing, thus I (darting towards her) Mary. Help! help! Will no one aid me? (Music.—She flys past him, and towards door—as she reaches ut, a loud noise of voices and knocking without— Lorp C. Ah! what means MARY. It means, villain, (returning ard confronting him) both are suddenly fixed—tableau) that heaven, as I said, protects the innocent ;—rescue is at hand, and the moment of your punishment arrived ! Lorp C. (hurrying up) It is impossible that The c. door is dashed open, and Bitu and Nick hastily enter. Music. BILL. (c.) My lord—my lord, the cottage is surrounded—— BMARy. (R.) Ah, villam—what think you now ? Lorop C, (u.) Search as they may, they shall not find you Mary Price; there are secure hiding places here—raise yonder trap. (Music.—BiLu and Nick look, and percewing ring, raise small trap, R. C., when ToMMyY pops his head up, pre- senting brace of prsiols) Tom. Lie down, Bulldog! (LorD CLAVERING and MEN are fixed to the spot—MARyY ~ ginks on one knee, with hands upraised—tableau) You didn’t expect to see such a jack-in-the-box, did you—not likely, not likely! = BiLL. How the devil did you get there ? Tom. Through a rat-hole! The cellar had got a little window, and Tommy can creep in anywhere. Lorp C. (u.) Kall him! kill him! Tom. I ain’t a going to let °em—not likely, not likely! Mary. (going to ToMMY) Give me one of those pistols? Tom. Bless you, they are no use to you—they ain’t loaded. Britt. Ah! (Music.—The two MEN sewze Tommy, and drag him up trap—LORD CLAVERING makes over to R., and seizes Mary, who screams—at this moment a loud crash with- out—all start—TomMy breaks away, and running up throws open the c. door, when LIEUTENANT AUBREY and ROBERT rushon— LIEUTENANT AUBREY sezzes NICK,R.C.; ROBERT, BILL, L.; and ToMMyY, strutting across, presents ECORMICLOOKS. CO