2!
He is but a fool.
He has lost !
He 1s lost !
Take the staff !
Trace the rule
Of the circle crossed !
[She makes a circle and a cross therein.|
No light therein !
Mother of sin,
Thou hast won !
Death to the sun !
Hail to the glow
Of the corpse decayed !
Hail to the maid !
Ho! Ho!
[She rambles about the stage, muttering savage
runes with dismal laughter. Her words are
inarticulate, when with a last Ho! Ho!
the curtain falls.|
[The scene rises, and we again see the stage as in
Scene I. Maurya and Criospa as in the
opening. Criospa is, however, absolutely
calm.|
Maurya. Criosda, answer !
CriospDa. I obey, having heard.
Maurya. This dawn shall see me take the final flight ?
CriospDa. It shall.