He tempts God! Mark what I foretell.

Brand.

Your God ne’er wrought a miracle!

Women.

See, see! the storm!

Voices among the Throng.

Stab,—stone him! chase

The flinty fellow from the place!

[The peasants close menacingly round Brand. The Mayor intervenes. A Woman, wild and dishevelled, comes hurriedly down the slopes.]

The Woman.