What is that noise? [_He goes to the window which overlooks the street._ JANE. Oh! My God! Let nothing happen! JOSHUA. There is a great crowd off there. Pick-axes, pikes, torches. The Queen's pensioners on horseback, and fighting. They are all coming this way! What cries! The devil! It looks like a public revolt. JANE. If it is only not against Gilbert. DISTANT CRIES. Fabiani! Death to Fabiani! JANE. Can you hear? JOSHUA. Yes. JANE. What are they saying? JOSHUA. I can't distinguish! JANE. Oh, my God! My God! [_Master Eneas and a boatman enter hastily through the concealed door._ SCENE VIII _The same. Master Eneas, a Boatman_ MASTER ENEAS. My Lord Fabiani! My lord, not an instant to lose! The people know the Queen wanted to save your life. There is a revolt of the London populace against you. In a quarter of an hour you will be torn to pieces. My lord, save yourself. Here is a cloak and a cap. Here are the keys. Here is a boatman. Don't forget that you owe it all to me. My lord, make haste! [_Low to Boatman._] Remember, you are not to hurry. JANE (_hastily covers Gilbert with the cloak and cap; low to Joshua_). Heaven! If this man will only not recognize him. MASTER ENEAS (_looking into Gilbert's face_). What! this is not Lord Clanbrassil. You are not fulfilling the Queen's orders, my lady. You are helping another to escape. JANE. All is lost! I ought to have foreseen this! Ah, sir, it is true! Have mercy-- MASTER ENEAS (_low to Jane_). Silence! Go on! I have said nothing! I have seen nothing! [_He goes up stage with an air of indifference._ JANE. What does he say? Ah, Providence befriends us. Everybody wants to save Gilbert. JOSHUA. No, my lady, everybody wants to destroy Fabiani. [_During the entire scene the cries have increased outside._ JANE. We must hurry, Gilbert. Come quickly. JOSHUA. Let him go alone! JANE. Leave him! JOSHUA. Only for a moment. No woman in the boat, if you want it to arrive safe. It is too light yet; your dress is white. After the peril is over, you will find each other again. Come this way with me. Let him go that way. JANE. Joshua is right. Where will I find you, my Gilbert? GILBERT. Under the first arch of London Bridge. JANE. Good! Go quickly. The tumult increases. Oh, I wish you were safe away! JOSHUA. Here are the keys. There are twelve doors to open and shut between here and the water's edge. It will take you a good quarter of an hour. JANE. A quarter of an hour! Twelve doors! That is frightful. GILBERT (_embracing her_). Good-by, Jane! A few more moments of separation and we will rejoin each other for a life-time! JANE. For eternity. [_To the Boatman._] Sir, I place him in your care! MASTER ENEAS (_low to Boatman_). For fear of accident, don't hurry. [_Gilbert goes out with the Boatman._ JOSHUA. He is saved! Now for us! We must shut this cell. [_He shuts the door of Gilbert's cell._ All right! Come quickly; this way!