ess
Within this cloak!

[He covers her with his cloak and bends
over her.]

Dear lady I will kill
This man and then myself!

(Denovalin enters.)

DENOVALIN.
Thou, there! Who art
Thou? Speak, thou hound! Who dares thus brazenly
To set at naught King Mark's decreed commands?

STR. LEPER (who has sprung upon the curbing of the wall).
Denovalin, a second time thou shalt
Not flee from me!--Take heed, and guard thyself!

[He springs at DENOVALIN and overthrows
him. He then swings himself up on the
wall and stands there for a second; his
leper's garment is thrown back and he
appears in a coat of silver mail, shining
in the sunlight.]

DENOVALIN.
Tristram of Lyonesse!

STR. LEPER (pulling his cloth from his head).
Dost recognize
Him by the stroke? God help me now!

[He leaps down from the wall. The stage
remains for a time empty. The organ
sounds; the gates are opened and two
guards stand on either side of the steps.
The church is gradually emptied.]

SCENE VI

A SOLDIER (in subdued tones).
What? Dost
Thou weep, Forzin?

2D SOLDIER.
I'm not ashamed! There's none
But weeps, save Mark alone! The very stones
Must weep!

1ST SOLDIER.
It makes me shudder when I think
Of it.

2D SOLDIER.
Come, come, let's all go home.

A GIRL.
Oh hark!
Methought I heard one moan!

2D GIRL.
Oh God! Behold!
Here lies the Queen!

3D GIRL.
They've murdered her!

1ST SOLDIER (running to the spot).
The Queen!

2D SOLDIER.
My God!

1ST SOLDIER.
The King doth call!

A MAN.
She lives no more.

3D GIRL.
Here lies another!

1ST SOLDIER (running up).
Lord Denovalin!
Stone dead!

A VOICE.
Who? Where?

2D SOLDIER.
He bleeds and does not move!

PARANIS (rushes up and throws himself down beside ISEULT).
Oh God! My queen!

1ST SOLDIER (pulling him away).
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