A 2d Girl.
Whence came he here!
A 3d Girl.
He had concealed himself!
Mark (slowly).
—Thou cam'st too soon my friend!
[The leper disappears sidewise under the
steps. The procession goes into the
church, from which an organ begins to
sound. The soldiers and the crowd follow
after.]
A Girl (covering her face with her hands).
Oh, our poor Queen!
A 2d Girl.
She was like alabaster, cold and white!
A 3d Girl.
Not once along the awful way she raised
Her eyes!
A 4th Girl.
She did not wish to see!
The 1st Girl.
Oh fie,
That Mark should shame her so!
The 2d Guard.
Make haste, ye must
Go in!