[The scenes are mis-numbered in the book and skip from the number IV to the number VI in Act V. (note of etext transcriber)]
The same. Marion, The Jailer
THE JAILER (to Marion.)
Be sure to come at the appointed hour.
[Goes up stage; during the rest of this scene he continues to walk up and down at the back.
MARION (advances with tottering steps as if absorbed in some desperate thought. Every now and then she draws her hand across her face as if to rub off something).
His lips, like red-hot iron, have branded me!
[Suddenly she discovers Didier, gives a cry, runs and throws herself breathless at his feet.
DIDIER (roused with a start).
Here, Marion! My God!
[Coldly.] 'Tis you?