Excerpt from Pietro of Siena: A Drama Gemma. Luigi, What can I do in this dark hour? How aid and comfort Send me not away For thou and I have grown together so We may not be divided but with blood. Your hopes, your thoughts are mine your frailties mine. Brother, let me be near thee in the storm. I claim its lightning and its thunder clasp. Ah, send me not away I put my arms About you as of old now come what will. [sound as of door helow hrohen open. Luigi. Sister, they come This scene is not for thee Go then within and quietly I alone Must stand upright against the towering wave. [exit gemma and caterina. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.