Part 5

_George._ O, Zoe! what have you done?

_Zoe._ Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so!"

_George._ Have I prompted you to this?

_Zoe._ No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. When I am dead she will not be jealous of your love for me, no laws will stand between us. Lift me; so--[_George raises her head_]--let me look at you, that your face may be the last I see of this world. O! George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! [_Dies._--George _lowers her head gently.--Kneels.--Others form picture._]

_Darken front of house and stage._

[_Light fires.--Draw flats and discover_ Paul's _grave._--M'Closky _dead on top of it._--Wahnotee _standing triumphantly over him._]

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Transcriber's Notes

Scene I is announced for Act I, though there is only one scene.

Original spellings left in this book

travelling moccason judgment(s) compagnie travelled fibres Both "hillo" and "hello" are used by the author

Typo? In several places a contraction "wan't" appears where the context requires the verb "want." The change was made.

There is a large amount of slang, dialect and colloquialisms in the play that have been left.

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