Anybody I please? Wait, madame! The execution will be at night, by torchlight; the criminal covered with a black veil, gagged; the people kept a long way from the scaffold by the pike-men, the same as always. It is enough, if the people see a head fall. The thing is possible. If only the boatman is there yet! I told him not to hurry. [_He goes to the window which overlooks the Thames._ There he is, but we're just in time! [_He leans out of the window, a torch in his hand, waving his handkerchief, then he turns to The Queen._ All right! I will answer for Lord Fabiani, madame! THE QUEEN. On your head? MASTER ENEAS. On my head! THIRD DAY PART II Scene.--_A hall or room into which lead two staircases, one ascending and the other descending. The entrance to each of these staircases fills a portion of the back of the stage. The one which ascends ends at the frieze; the one which descends ends underneath--neither the beginning nor the end is visible_ _The room is draped with black in a peculiar fashion. The wall on the right, the wall on the left, and the ceiling are covered with a black cloth on which is a large white cross; the background, which faces the spectator, with a white cloth and large black cross. These black and white draperies continue until they are lost to sight under the staircases. To the right and to the left, there is an altar draped with black and white, decorated as if for a funeral. Tall candles. No priests. A few funeral lamps, hanging here and there from the vaulted roof, light the room and the staircases feebly. What really lights the room is the great white cloth in the background, through which a reddish light shines as if there were a fiery furnace behind. The room is paved with tombstones. As the curtain rises, the motionless figure of The Queen is seen in black outline on this transparent cloth_ Scene I _Jane, Joshua. They enter cautiously through a little door behind the black draperies, which they push aside_ JANE. Where are we, Joshua? JOSHUA. On the great landing of the staircase down which the criminals go to execution. It was draped in this way under Henry VIII. JANE. No way of getting out of the Tower? JOSHUA. The people are on guard at every exit. They want to be sure of getting their criminal this time. No one can go out before the execution. JANE. The proclamation they made from the balcony rings in my ears yet. This is a horrible thing, Joshua. JOSHUA. Oh, I've seen many such! JANE. If only Gilbert has been able to escape. Do you think he is safe, Joshua? JOSHUA. I am sure of it. JANE. You are sure of it, good Joshua? JOSHUA. The Tower wasn't surrounded on the waterside. Then, when he started, the riot wasn't as bad as it was afterward. It was a fine riot, if you but knew it. JANE. You are sure that he is safe? JOSHUA. And waiting for you under the first arch of London Bridge, where you will meet him before midnight. JANE. Heaven! He will be anxious too.