All their names as they go flocking

In his book he writes in order;—

Ho! he’s wellnigh all the pack;

For the parish-church is bare,

Lock and bar are bolted there,—

And parson’s off on falcon-back!

[Leaps over the garden-fence and is lost in the moraine. Stillness.

Agnes.

[Approaches, and says in a low voice.]

Late we linger: let us go.