[She flies to their protection. Quercus also scampers back fearfully, and hides.]

VII

Stark. Ornis. Alwyn. Shy.

[Enter Stark, in garb of a hunter. He

wears a tawny leopard’s skin, and his

head is gorgeously plumed. Behind

him, two panting dogs are held in leash

by attendants. Stark rushes toward

Ornis, passes her oblivious, and seizes

up the fallen bird.]