Death to Fabiani! Long live Elizabeth!
SIMON RENARD.
They cry long live Elizabeth, now!
THE QUEEN.
My God! My God!
SIMON RENARD.
Choose, madame [with one hand he points to the cell], this head to the people [with the other hand he designates the crown which the Queen wears] or that crown to Madame Elizabeth.
THE PEOPLE.
Death! Death! Fabiani! Elizabeth!
[A stone breaks through a pane of glass near The Queen.