THE FAIRY That remains to be seen. We must hear what Light says: it's a matter for her. TYLTYL Why, of course. Light!... Where is she?... Isn't she going with us? THE FAIRY Yes, yes, but she has a great deal to do at the moment.... She wasn't free this evening.... We shall find her at my place, where we shall go straight from your visit to the miser. TYLTYL How glad I shall be to see her again!... She was so nice, so sweet, so beautiful, so affectionate and kind!... THE FAIRY Come, give Destiny your hand; it's time to start. (TYLTYL _stretches out his arm to the monster, who grips the boy's little hand and wrist in his huge bronze-coloured hand_.) TYLTYL Here you are, sir.... (_Giving a cry_.) Hi!... It's not a hand. It's a steel vice!... THE FAIRY It's nothing, you'll get used to it.... Come, is everything ready at last? Nothing more that we've forgotten? Then one, two, three and off we go!... (_A knock at the door_.) THE FAIRY (_Crossly_.) Who's come to disturb us now? Shall we never get out of this hovel? (_Another knock_.) TYLTYL Come in!... (_A third knock_.) TYLTYL Who's there?... Come in, can't you?... (_The door opens slowly and reveals a female form shrouded in long white veils, like an antique statue. The face, hands, mouth, eyes, hair and eyebrows are lifeless and white as marble. It stands motionless on the threshold_.) TYLTYL What is it? THE FAIRY Really, I don't know.... It must be one of those whom you've forgotten.... TYLTYL (_Vainly ransacking his memory_.) I?... I've forgotten nobody.... I've never seen her before.... I can't remember.... (_Going up to_ THE VEILED FORM.) Who are you? (THE VEILED FORM _does not reply_.) THE FAIRY It's no use asking her. She can't tell you, she can't come to life till you remember her. TYLTYL But I don't. I'm thinking and trying as hard as I can, but I can find nothing. THE FAIRY Very well, very well, we shall see later, when everything is cleared up.... As she blocks the path, we must go out by the window.... Come, this way! We have taken our fate in our hands; and things have begun!... DESTINY Excuse me, excuse me! It's I who am Fate and it's I who begin and it's I who give orders.... I go first, for it is I who direct everything and I am the only master!... (_The windows open down to the ground and all go out into the starry night, preceded by_ DESTINY _dragging_ TYLTYL _by the hand_. THE VEILED FORM _follows them slowly, at a distance_.) CURTAIN ACT II SCENE II _Outside the Door_ _The curtain represents a huge double door surmounted with a flattened arch. The door is old, thick and massive, unyielding, bound and studded with iron bars and nails. In the middle of the door is a formidable lock_. (_Enter_ THE FAIRY _and_ TYLTYL, _who carries an empty wallet over his shoulder_.) THE FAIRY This is the Miser's door. TYLTYL Where are my sweethearts?