[She kneels on one of the altar steps.
Oh, thank you! You are indeed God the Saviour. You have saved Gilbert.
[The cloth at the back opens. The Queen appears: she comes slowly to the front of the stage, without seeing Jane, who turns around.
The Queen! My God!
SCENE II
Jane, The Queen. Jane clings to the altar, with horror, and fixes a look of stupor and terror on The Queen's face
THE QUEEN (she stands a few seconds at the front of the stage, her glance fixed, pale, as if absorbed in gloomy thoughts. At last she sighs profoundly).
Oh, the people!
[She looks around with anxiety and sees Jane.
Some one is here. Oh, it is you, young woman! It is you, Lady Jane. I frighten you. Don't be afraid. You know the turnkey Eneas betrayed us. Don't be afraid. I have already told you, child, you have nothing to fear from me. What was your ruin a month ago is your salvation to-day. You love Fabiano. There are only you and I in the whole world to-day who have a heart like that. Only you and I love him. We are sisters.