(Sees the ashes of the fire. Recalls the incidents of the early night)

And went away.

(Notices that the boulder is gone. Looks down the slope, left)

The boulder thundering down the steep.
I must have slept upon the ground.
Ah, what is this?

(Gets down on his knees where the boulder lay)

The Mine! The Mine! The Mine!


[ACT II]

THE MILL