[Guns again heard]

Gol. Please you, retire, your majesty!

[Men gather excitedly from different parts of the grove. Guests and servants desert the house]

Maz. Come, come!

[A shell breaches the wall, rear. Stones fly among the trees. The house is battered and portico torn away]

Hud. Grant me this favor. Let me be the last
To leave the Grove of Peace. Ha, ha! The last!

Her. Come, father!

Hud. Go! I've asked a favor, friends.

[They turn from him and pass slowly out. Hernda and Chartrien remain]

Her. Now you will come?