DESTINY
Excuse me, excuse me! It's I who am Fate and it's I who begin and it's I who give orders.... I go first, for it is I who direct everything and I am the only master!...
(The windows open down to the ground and all go out into the starry night, preceded by DESTINY dragging TYLTYL by the hand. THE VEILED FORM follows them slowly, at a distance.)
CURTAIN
ACT II
SCENE II
Outside the Door
The curtain represents a huge double door surmounted with a flattened arch. The door is old, thick and massive, unyielding, bound and studded with iron bars and nails. In the middle of the door is a formidable lock.
(Enter THE FAIRY and TYLTYL, who carries an empty wallet over his shoulder.)
THE FAIRY
This is the Miser's door.