ROMEO AND JULIET. 21

 

all the while she was coming nearer and nearer to the time of her
awakening. Then he drank the poison, and died beside his sweetheart
and wife.

Now came Friar Laurence when it was too late, and saw all that had
happened—and then poor Juliet woke out of her sleep to find her
husband and her friend both dead beside her.

The noise of the fight had brought other folks to the place too, and
Friar Laurence hearing them ran away, and Juliet was left alone. She
saw the cup that had held the poison, and knew how all had happened,
and since no poison was left for her, she drew her Romeo’s dagger and