[Pointing to the window.] There.

Sir Tristram.

[Peeping through the curtains.] You’re right. Some people moving about the garden.

Georgiana.

Tris! The horse!

Sir Tristram.

They’re not near the stables. They’re coming in here. Hush! We’ll clear out and watch!

[Sir Tristram takes the candlestick and they go out leaving the room in darkness. The curtains at the window are pushed aside, and Salome and Sheba enter; both in their fancy dresses.

Salome.

[In a rage, lighting the candles on the mantelpiece.] Oh! oh! oh!