(goes towards window, when Grimbaldi appears outside on the ladder, menacing Todd with his stiletto)
Ah! (staggers back)
Grim. I told you I would be revenged! I’ve kept my word! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Todd. Remorseless demon!
(Grimbaldi disappears, and flames appear at the back through window)
Todd. Oh! (drops into chair, C.) I shall be broiled alive! phew! I’m stifled! help! murder! (starts up again) Hoh! water! water! air! oh! two wives! two—too much—ooh! h—he—lp!
(the smoke appears to fill the room, and conceals him from the view of the audience; after a short interval the smoke clears gradually away; the Scene sinks, and changes to)
Scene III.
Todd’s Parlour in Cozy Cottage.—(Same as Scene I.)
Todd is discovered asleep, as at the close of the first scene; the candles which were then long, have burnt down in the sockets.