For hard on fifty-year. We took naught out, And shifted naught: just burnished up the brasses, Till they twinkled as Zillah’d kept them, while she could ... And so, with not a coffin-board betwixt them, At dead of night we fired the caravan ... The flames leapt up; and roaring to the stars, As we stood round ... The flames leapt up, and roaring ... I hear them roaring now ... the flames ... I hear ... Flames roaring in my head ... I hear ... I hear ... And flying izles ... falling sparks ... I hear Flames roaring ... roaring ... roaring ... (_She sways forward, but JUDITH catches her in her arms._) Where am I? Judith, is that you? How did I come here, honey? But, now I mind-- I fell ... He must have hidden in the heather To trip me up ... He kicked me, as I lay-- The harrygad! JUDITH: Jim! BELL: Nay! What am I saying? I stumbled, Judith: you must stick to that, Whatever they may say ... I stumbled, Judith. Think what would happen if they strung Jim up; Should I ... you can’t hang any man alone ... Think what would happen should I ... Don’t you see, We cannot let them string up Michael’s uncle? Respectable ... it wouldn’t be respectable ... And I ... I slutted, fifteen ... I’d an inkling There must be blood, somewhere ... I thought I smelt it ... And it tastes salt on the lips ... It’s choking me ... It’s fire and salt and candle-light for me This time, and Whinny Muir and Brig-o’-Dread ... I’m done for, Judith ... It’s all up with me ... It’s been a fine ploy, while it lasted ... JUDITH: Come ... BELL: Life with a smack in it: death with a tang ... JUDITH: I’ll help you into bed. (_BELL HAGGARD gazes about her in a dazed fashion, as JUDITH raises her and supports her across the floor towards the inner room._) BELL: Bed, did you say? Bed, it’s not bedtime, is it? To bed, to bed, Says Sleepyhead: tarry awhile, says Slow: Put on the pot, says Greedygut ... I swore I’d not lie down ... You cannot dodge your luck: It had to be ... And I must dree my weird. When first I came to Krindlesyke, I felt These walls ... these walls ... They’re closing on me now! Let’s sup before we go! (_They pass into the other room, but BELL HAGGARD’s voice still sounds through the open door._)