A number of people are rushing about in the grove with loud cries of terror. Far away is heard the music of the procession.

Women.

Mercy! The earth is quaking again!

A Man in Flight.

Oh horror! Thunder beneath our feet——!

Another Man.

Was it indeed so? Was it the earth that shook?

A Woman.

Did you not feel it? That tree there swayed so that the branches whistled through the air.

Many Voices.