[During the preceding dialogue, the FAITHFUL PRINCE, at the back of the stage, a torch in his hand, superintends a group of SOLDIERS, who are using crowbars and pickaxes.]
CINNAMON
Over yonder, is that not he?
[FAITHFUL PRINCE orders the SOLDIERS to remove a rock, which hides a small bronze door.]
EMPRESS
Ah, I knew——
PEARL
What is he doing?
EMPRESS
What must be done! He too, realising that the hour has come for me to go to my last sleep, is preparing my couch. These galleries beneath the earth lead to my tomb.