SCENE--_A Dungeon beneath the Castle Moat. Wife chained to a post, with
bread and water beside her. Enter Husband, with cat-o'-nine-tails._
_Husband._ And now, after ten days' seclusion, will you make over your
entire property to me, signing the deed with your life's blood?
_Wife_ (_in a feeble voice_). Never! You may kill me, but I will defy you
to the last!
_Husband._ Then die! [_He is about to leave the dungeon, when he is
met by a Messenger from the Court of Appeal._
_Messenger._ In the name of the Law, release your prisoner!
_Husband._ Foiled! [_Joy of_ Wife, _and tableau, as the Curtain
falls._