(She breaks it—a loud crash—all come forward.)
Enter Aristæus.
Gélan. You know not what you’ve done! The castle’s charm
Is bound up with that mystic talisman!
Now that the box is broken, these fair walls
Are disenchanted!
Phan.P’raps it’s quite as well.
Now that the place has lost its influence
We shall get on much better. We have learnt
A lesson that should last us till we die—