Crime & punishment > Peveril of the peak, or, The days of Charles II

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SCENE VI A Hall in the Castle.
Enter S ampson reading a Paper, followed by Fe-
neixa bearing a Lamp.
Samp. ’Tis strange this!—Resign my keys !—
1 Yet ’tis the Countess’s order, and I must obey. Re¬
sign my keys for the night—and to Fenella too !
There’s always mischief in the wind when that lit¬
tle devil’s concerned.
(Fenella advances towards Sampson, and, in
action, demands the keys.)
Well, well—bless me ! how hasty you ladies are !
There are the keys which unlock the outposts,—