Curiosity was excited only when Serina, the daughter of Acasto, in love with Chamont, made her appearance.

Lavinia's winsome face, her eyes half tender, half alluring, her pretty mouth with not an atom of ill nature in its curves, her sympathetic voice, at once attracted the audience.

It was a pity, everyone felt, she had so little to say and do.

Her few lines expressed but one sentiment--her love for Chamont.
Lavinia played the part as if she felt it, which was indeed the fact, for she was thinking of Lancelot Vane all the time.

When she came to her final words in the fifth act-- "If any of my family have done thee injury, I'll be revenged and love thee better for it" the house thundered its applause, so naturally and with such genuine pathos were they delivered.
The curtain fell.