(_He breaks out crying and, staggering about, falls first upon his knees, then face forward upon the ground. Instantly it becomes pitch dark_) THE DREAM VISION (_During the following, a shaft of light, falling upon Harry Egerton, shows him lying near the boulder. As he cries out, he partially rises, his form and face convulsed with anguish_) FIRST VOICE. (_From up the mountain, full of pleasure_) Harry! Harry! Come to the heights! SECOND VOICE. (_From the valley, full of sorrow_) Harry! Harry! Come to the valley! THIRD VOICE. (_From far back, full of peace_) Harry! Harry! plunge into the darkness, The abysses and the waterfalls and silence! THE THREE VOICES. (_In chorus_) We are Realities! We are Realities! VOICE. (_From above_) One life to live! FIRST VOICE. Come to me, Harry! SECOND AND THIRD VOICES. She will grow old. VOICE. (_From above_) One life to live! SECOND VOICE. Come to me, Harry! FIRST AND THIRD VOICES. You cannot help them; you've no power. VOICE. (_From above_) One life to live! THIRD VOICE. Come to me, Harry! FIRST VOICE. (_Gayly_) Fool! fool! SECOND VOICE. You cannot die; there is no death. VOICE. (_From above_) Decide! HARRY EGERTON. My God! VOICE. (_From above_) Decide! HARRY EGERTON. My God! VOICE. (_As of a drunkard singing_) If you was in the gutter, Bill, And I was on the roof---- VOICES. You're going mad! You're going mad! HARRY EGERTON. Mother! mother! (_Presently, about twenty feet up in the rear and on either side, faint lights begin to appear and faint sounds of music are heard. Gradually the lights brighten a little and the sounds of music become more and more audible until one becomes conscious that on the left an orchestra is playing and to the right a piano. One also becomes conscious of a vast and beautiful hall over the floor of which, as the music plays, the forms of dancers are gliding. Occasionally from here and there flashes a sparkle as of diamonds, and low rippling laughter is heard. In the foreground for a space of twelve or fifteen feet, cut off from the main hall by the faintest outlines of an immense arch, small groups of elderly people stand about watching the dancers, or saunter right and left into the adjoining apartments. In these apartments also people are seen moving about, and there is a hum of voices as of men and women in conversation. At no time does it become very light, and all that passes seems to pass in a dim shadow world._