JUDGE. I promise on my oath——
THE OTHER ONE. You can take no oath, for you have already perjured yourself. But promise first of all to set the children free—and then all the rest!
JUDGE. I promise! Before the sun has set, the children shall be here!
THE OTHER ONE. That's the first step ahead, but if you turn back, then you'll see that I am as good as my name, which is—Legion!
He raises the rattan, and at that moment the JUDGE comes able to move again.
Curtain.
[ACT III]
A wine-cellar, with rows of casks along both side walls. The doorway in the rear is closed by an iron door.
Every cask is marked with the name of the urine kept in it. Those nearest the foreground have small shelves above the taps, and the shelves hold glasses.
At the right, in the foreground, stands a wine-press and near it are a couple of straw-bottomed chairs.
Bottles, funnels, siphons, crates, etc., are scattered about the place.