_Therese stands as if hypnotized by terror, her eyes wide open and fixed upon the door of the workshop. The noise still increases; there is a revolver shot, then a silence. Finally the voice of Monsieur Feliat is heard speaking, though the words are not intelligible, and a shout of men's voices. Then Monsieur Gueret comes in very pale._ GUERET. Don't be frightened, it's all over. The shot was fired in the air. The men have gone out; there are only the women now--crying in the workshop. THERESE. Are you sure nobody is killed? Is it true, oh, tell me, is it really true? _Monsieur Feliat comes in._ FELIAT. Poor Therese! Don't be frightened. THERESE. Oh, those screams! Those dreadful screams! Is it true, really, nobody was hurt? FELIAT. Nobody, I assure you. THERESE. The shot? FELIAT. Fired in the air, to frighten the women. The men broke in the door, and upset a bench, and made a great row. I got there just in time. As soon as they were promised what they want they were quiet. THERESE [_after a pause, slowly_] They were promised what they want. So it's done. [_A silence_] Then there's nothing left for me but to go. GUERET. Where are you going to? FELIAT. You needn't go at once. THERESE. Yes, I'm going at once. [_A silence_] I'm going where I'm forced to go. FELIAT. You can leave to-morrow or the day after. THERESE. No, I leave by train, this evening, for Paris. CURTAIN. FALSE GODS CHARACTERS THE PHARAOH THE HIGH PRIEST RHEOU SATNI PAKH SOKITI BITIOU, the dwarf NOURM THE STEWARD THE EXORCIST A PRIEST THE PARALYZED YOUTH THE MAN WITH THE BANDAGED HEAD THE TWO SONS OF THE MAD WOMAN MIERIS YAOUMA KIRJIPA ZAYA DELETHI NAGAOU HANOU NAHASI SITSINIT MOUENE NAZIT THE YOUNG WOMAN THE MOTHER THE BLIND GIRL FIVE MOURNERS The Scene is laid in Upper Egypt during the Middle Empire. ACT I SCENE:--_The first inner court of the house of Rheou. At the back between two lofty pylons the entrance leading up from below. Through the columns supporting the hanging garden which stretches across the back can be seen the Nile. A high terrace occupies the left of the scene. Steps lead up to it, and from there to the hanging garden. Along the side of the terrace a small delicately carved wooden statue of Isis stands on a sacrificial table. On the right is the peristyle leading to the inner dwelling of Akhounti. The bases of the columns are in the form of lotus buds, the shafts like lotus stems, the capitals full blown flowers. In the spaces between the columns are wooden statues of the gods._