heard remonstrating with her down the hallway. In a few seconds
she re-enters with his boutonniere in her hand. She looks rather
strangely about her, and presses his flower to her mouth._]

QUEEN

My child, my love, it had to be good-bye this time.

[_Far in the distance the air of "Clair de Lune" is being played
upon myriad guitars and flutes._]

_CURTAIN_

* * * * *

Transcriber's Notes

On page 74, the opening bracket in: [GWYMPLANE _with a strange sad
gesture_] was moved: GWYMPLANE [_with a strange sad gesture_]

Stage directions indented in the original book are shown as
blockquotes.

Quaint and inconsistent spelling and punctuation have been retained
from the original book.

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