Johnny B. We will never give him up to the law!
Paudeen. Make your escape! We will not let you be followed.
[They struggle with Constables; the women help them; all disappear, struggling. There is a shot. Martin falls dead. Beggars come back with a shout.]
Johnny B. We have done for them; they will not meddle with you again.
Paudeen. Oh, he is down!
Father John. He is shot through the breast. Oh, who has dared meddle with a soul that was in the tumults on the threshold of sanctity?
Johnny B. It was that gun went off and I striking it from the constable's hand.
Martin [looking at his hand, on which there is blood]. Ah, that is blood! I fell among the rocks. It is a hard climb. It is a long climb to the vineyards of Eden. Help me up. I must go on. The Mountain of Abiegnos is very high ... but the vineyards ... the vineyards!
[He falls back, dead. The men uncover their heads.]
Paudeen [to Biddy]. It was you misled him with your foretelling that he was coming within the best day of his life.