Virginia—
Thank you, I need no further help to-day.
[Exit Virginia.]
Kelpies—
Join with us, dance with us, prance with us
Over the sea.
Roam with us, flee with us, be with us
Where we may be.
Paolo, turning from looking after Virginia—
I'm in no mood to join your frolics now;
Perhaps some other day you'll show me how
You ride the combers on the ocean swell.
I must be going now, Kelpies farewell.
SCENE II.
WINTER LANDSCAPE
[Paolo wandering disconsolate on snowshoes—Frosties bobbing up and down behind bushes and snowdrifts.]
Paolo—
What goblins, what strange forms are these I see?
I thought the haunts of men and sprites to flee
And far from every human habitation
Find solace for my grief mid desolation.
Stand forth yon elf and speak, that I may know
These are no tricks that on my fancies grow.
[Frosties all dance out on the snow—Master Frosty steps forward with greeting:]