[Flinging back the shutter.]
Look,
Look, gossip, how the moon comes dancing in.
Ah, they have driven Prince John across the drawbridge.
They are raising it, now!
[There are cries in the distance, then a heavy sound of chains clanking and silence. Shadow-of-a-Leaf turns from the window and stands in the stream of moonlight, pointing to the door on the left.]
MARIAN
[Starting up with a cry of fear.]
Ah!
[The tall figure of a nun glides into the moonlit hall and throwing back her hood reveals the face of Queen Elinor.]
ELINOR
Lady Marion,
Tell me quickly, where is Huntingdon hiding?