THE JAILER.
Thanks. Don't compromise me.
[He goes out.
JANE (alone).
Kind Heaven! What shall I do? It is I who have destroyed him. I must be the one to save him! I can never do it, never! A woman can do nothing! The scaffold— The scaffold! Oh, it is horrible! Come, no more tears; let us have action! I never can do it! I never can do it! Have mercy on me, my God! I think some one is coming. Whose voice is that? I recognize it. It is the Queen's voice! Ah, all is lost!
[She hides behind a pillar. The Queen and Simon Renard enter.
SCENE IV
The Queen; Simon Renard; Jane, concealed
THE QUEEN.
Ah, the change surprises you? I am no longer myself? Well, what does that matter to me? It is the truth! I don't want him to die—now!