A stout little retainer came in with chains and led them away , looking very much frightened and evidently forgetting the speech he ought to have made . Act third was the castle hall , and here Hagar appeared , having come to free the lovers and finish Hugo . She hears him coming and hides , sees him put the potions into two cups of wine and bid the timid little servant , `` Bear them to the captives in their cells , and tell them I shall come anon . '' The servant takes Hugo aside to tell him something , and Hagar changes the cups for two others which are harmless . Ferdinando , the ` minion ' , carries them away , and Hagar puts back the cup which holds the poison meant for Roderigo . Hugo , getting thirsty after a long warble , drinks it , loses his wits , and after a good deal of clutching and stamping , falls flat and dies , while Hagar informs him what she has done in a song of exquisite power and melody . This was a truly thrilling scene , though some persons might have thought that the sudden tumbling down of a quantity of long red hair rather marred the effect of the villain 's death . He was called before the curtain , and with great propriety appeared , leading Hagar , whose singing was considered more wonderful than all the rest of the performance put together . Act fourth displayed the despairing Roderigo on the point of stabbing himself because he has been told that Zara has deserted him . Just as the dagger is at his heart , a lovely song is sung under his window , informing him that Zara is true but in danger , and he can save her if he will . A key is thrown in , which unlocks the door , and in a spasm of rapture he tears off his chains and rushes away to find and rescue his lady love . Act fifth opened with a stormy scene between Zara and Don Pedro . He wishes her to go into a convent , but she wo n't hear of it , and after a touching appeal , is about to faint when Roderigo dashes in and demands her hand . Don Pedro refuses , because he is not rich . They shout and gesticulate tremendously but can not agree , and Rodrigo is about to bear away the exhausted Zara , when the timid servant enters with a letter and a bag from Hagar , who has mysteriously disappeared . The latter informs the party that she bequeaths untold wealth to the young pair and an awful doom to Don Pedro , if he does n't make them happy . The bag is opened , and several quarts of tin money shower down upon the stage till it is quite glorified with the glitter . This entirely softens the stern sire . He consents without a murmur , all join in a joyful chorus , and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro 's blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace . Tumultuous applause followed but received an unexpected check , for the cot bed , on which the dress circle was built , suddenly shut up and extinguished the enthusiastic audience .
XXXXX and Don Pedro flew to the rescue , and all were taken out unhurt , though many were speechless with laughter .
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