MARKSMAN What utter stuff! CLIMBER [_Desperately._] I said I thought he was in pain; The pain was mine, for in my brain I felt a tugging and a stress I could not understand, unless One in the likeness of a man Had summoned me to Heaven. I ran, I climbed, I reached the topmost stair, And found that I was not all there, For if I’d left the earth behind I should have gone out of my mind, Since God requires a soul and body too To make the substance of His dream come true. I understood God did devise To make this earth His Paradise; I saw our second birth was got Just out of earth by happy thought, But fearful that a Truth so glad Would seem an impudence half-mad, I made him think that God’s design Was just a silly dream of mine. MARKSMAN [_Quietly._] He always believed your dream; He marked it grow Out upon his sleep with bewildered joy, Until at last, just like a little boy, He put his hand up in the dark to feel Her face, and found he had touched something real. [_He opens the box and takes the rainbow from it._] In the cottages they have put out all the lamps, And go about their work in unreflected light. LISTENER [_Excitedly._] The Giant is coming up out of his sleep for the last time, and he is bringing the dog with him! MARKSMAN [_Quietly._] I am not afraid of myself, you need not shout, For I am strong enough to bear them out. [_At this moment the Hand rises again from the chimney. The Marksman is seen stringing the rainbow and letting fly an arrow, which transfixes the Hand. There is terrible darkness for a moment, the stars fall from the sky and the moon turns crimson, leaving pitchy night. With a loud crash the walls of the castle fall away, and in a serene silent splendour of purple and crimson the dawn rises over the sea, revealing the Big Young Hero standing upon the rock with the child in his arms. The Climber and Finn are in each other’s arms, the Thief is holding the puppy._] MARKSMAN They have all come up out of their sleep for ever! LISTENER [_With a great cry of joy._] I always knew this would happen! She’s got the puppy too! ACT V THE GREEN ISLE REALIZED ON EARTH. DAWN _The same as Act I, but this time there is no rainbow haze between, only a great rainbow stretching in the sky across the Hebrides seen in the distance. On a table under the trees the girl has spread all sorts of delightful fruits and cakes. She is now decorating it with flowers, and singing as she works._ SONG