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He betrays discouragement as he compares the English with his 
present confederates. Thoughts of Irene bring him some consolation. 
Sakia now enters and is much elated at the terms of peace just 
agreed to. She congratulates Ulamar on possessing all that’s good 
and all that’s fair and she bids him prepare for new transports on the 
morrow as he is to behold the best of fathers. She foretells that her 
husband will see in Irene the lovely image and the perfect mind his rich 
fancy had pictured for his son. Irene entering, Sakia bestows upon the 
happy pair a thousand blessings. She then withdraws leaving Ulamar 
and Irene alone. 
For Irene’s sake Ulamar triés to animate this meeting with a lover- 
like exaltation; but Irene does not respond to his humour. She is 
downcast and says: 
“A sadness sits upon my soul—a black presage, 
That whispers I must lose thee, Ulamar.”’ 
Ulamar tries to calm her fears by saying that it is mere melancholy 
fancy, but as if to confirm her forebodings a dreadful groan is heard 
with succeeding shrieks and groans; then sounds of battle and slaughter 
which startle Ulamar. Arimat, an Angian, rushes in wounded and 
dying. He informs Ulamar that the French have proved treacherous 
have rallied their broken troops, returned by stealth and attacked the 
town. Ulamar is about to fly to arms; but Arimat assures him it is 
too late to fight, for all the Angians except a few were slain and that 
this dauntless handful were still keeping the enemy at bay, so that 
Ulamar, the hope of the Iroquois, the prop of liberty, might have time 
to escape. He urges Ulamar to fly, and having thus delivered his mes- 
sage he falls to the earth and dies. Irene also begs Ulamar to save 
himself and says she will follow him to life or death. Ulamar answers 
that it cannot be for life as there is no flight for him; he will die fighting 
but not unavenged. At the same moment Zephario staggers in wounded 
and dying. He exhorts the others to die also to escape the fate that 
may overtake them. Irene laments her father. 
Immediately after, the French and the exhausted Angians rush in 
fighting. Ulamar joins his countrymen and is struggling against odds. 
Frontenac, the governor and Miramont, his relative, appear. Miramont 
begs Frontenac to withdraw his men as he alone is sufficient to cope 
with the Angians. Ulamar and Miramont recognize each other as the 
combatants of the morning. Miramont having stayed his arms presents 
Ulamar to Frontenac and informs Ulamar that he had previously made 
Frontenac promise that he should be safe and free. Ulamar resigns his 
sword to Miramont and expresses surprise that one whom he had re- 
garded as so noble in the morning should be engaged in such treachery. 
Miramont says he disapproves of the treachery and would have no part 
