Scene 1. Same room at night. A score or more of peasant men and women, and half as many revolutionists assembled. They are singing as the curtain rises.

Hark, brothers, hark!

[Knock, knock, knock!]

What do you here,

Knocking in the cold?

Red are your hands,

Frozen are your feet,

[Knock, knock, knock!]

What do you here,

Knocking in the cold?