Chapter 19

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

Outside I kneel;Outside the garden, outside Paradise!Oh, woe! Oh, bliss!

Outside I kneel;Outside the garden, outside Paradise!Oh, woe! Oh, bliss!

Outside I kneel;Outside the garden, outside Paradise!Oh, woe! Oh, bliss!

Outside I kneel;

Outside the garden, outside Paradise!

Oh, woe! Oh, bliss!

De Vardes

De Vardes

De Vardes

Weep not!

Weep not!

Weep not!

Weep not!

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

I love thee so!

I love thee so!

I love thee so!

I love thee so!

De Vardes

De Vardes

De Vardes

Paimpont! Paimpont! I feel thy magic wind!

Paimpont! Paimpont! I feel thy magic wind!

Paimpont! Paimpont! I feel thy magic wind!

Paimpont! Paimpont! I feel thy magic wind!

ReënterGrégoire.

ReënterGrégoire.

ReënterGrégoire.

Grégoire

Grégoire

Grégoire

Citoyen Vardes—

Citoyen Vardes—

Citoyen Vardes—

Citoyen Vardes—

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

Grégoire, Grégoire! the purse—The purse of gold!—

Grégoire, Grégoire! the purse—The purse of gold!—

Grégoire, Grégoire! the purse—The purse of gold!—

Grégoire, Grégoire! the purse—

The purse of gold!—

Grégoire

Grégoire

Grégoire

Hein?

Hein?

Hein?

Hein?

De Vardes

De Vardes

De Vardes

Let be! Let be!No purse was there! Dost hear, dost hear, Yvette?No purse, no gold, no paper, no Lalain!Thou dost not think that I would take my life?

Let be! Let be!No purse was there! Dost hear, dost hear, Yvette?No purse, no gold, no paper, no Lalain!Thou dost not think that I would take my life?

Let be! Let be!No purse was there! Dost hear, dost hear, Yvette?No purse, no gold, no paper, no Lalain!Thou dost not think that I would take my life?

Let be! Let be!

No purse was there! Dost hear, dost hear, Yvette?

No purse, no gold, no paper, no Lalain!

Thou dost not think that I would take my life?

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

No!

No!

No!

No!

De Vardes

De Vardes

De Vardes

Well said, and like the Duchess Jeanne!Let not Grégoire mistake thee either!

Well said, and like the Duchess Jeanne!Let not Grégoire mistake thee either!

Well said, and like the Duchess Jeanne!Let not Grégoire mistake thee either!

Well said, and like the Duchess Jeanne!

Let not Grégoire mistake thee either!

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

I said I know not what, Grégoire, nor why!Sometimes a woman says she knows not what.Why should I talk of purses, faith, now why!

I said I know not what, Grégoire, nor why!Sometimes a woman says she knows not what.Why should I talk of purses, faith, now why!

I said I know not what, Grégoire, nor why!Sometimes a woman says she knows not what.Why should I talk of purses, faith, now why!

I said I know not what, Grégoire, nor why!

Sometimes a woman says she knows not what.

Why should I talk of purses, faith, now why!

Grégoire

Grégoire

Grégoire

What do you here, Citoyenne?

What do you here, Citoyenne?

What do you here, Citoyenne?

What do you here, Citoyenne?

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

I know not.I strayed this way, a gaoler let me in.‘Tis of the sights of Nantes, this church, this gaol!

I know not.I strayed this way, a gaoler let me in.‘Tis of the sights of Nantes, this church, this gaol!

I know not.I strayed this way, a gaoler let me in.‘Tis of the sights of Nantes, this church, this gaol!

I know not.

I strayed this way, a gaoler let me in.

‘Tis of the sights of Nantes, this church, this gaol!

Grégoire(toDe Vardes)

Grégoire(toDe Vardes)

Grégoire(toDe Vardes)

I have in charge to guard you through the streetTo the old Prison of the Séminaire.They who lodge there go onward to the Loire!

I have in charge to guard you through the streetTo the old Prison of the Séminaire.They who lodge there go onward to the Loire!

I have in charge to guard you through the streetTo the old Prison of the Séminaire.They who lodge there go onward to the Loire!

I have in charge to guard you through the street

To the old Prison of the Séminaire.

They who lodge there go onward to the Loire!

[He turns toDe L’Orient.

[He turns toDe L’Orient.

[He turns toDe L’Orient.

[He turns toDe L’Orient.

De Vardes(toYvette)

De Vardes(toYvette)

De Vardes(toYvette)

Oh, sunken eyes! Oh, cheek so deadly pale!Oh, rest thee, rest thee, child, in still Morbec!Our Lady guard thee, guide thee with her hand.Farewell—

Oh, sunken eyes! Oh, cheek so deadly pale!Oh, rest thee, rest thee, child, in still Morbec!Our Lady guard thee, guide thee with her hand.Farewell—

Oh, sunken eyes! Oh, cheek so deadly pale!Oh, rest thee, rest thee, child, in still Morbec!Our Lady guard thee, guide thee with her hand.Farewell—

Oh, sunken eyes! Oh, cheek so deadly pale!

Oh, rest thee, rest thee, child, in still Morbec!

Our Lady guard thee, guide thee with her hand.

Farewell—

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

I’ll walk upon the banks of Loire.

I’ll walk upon the banks of Loire.

I’ll walk upon the banks of Loire.

I’ll walk upon the banks of Loire.

De Vardes

De Vardes

De Vardes

No; come not there!

No; come not there!

No; come not there!

No; come not there!

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

I must. It is my road.

I must. It is my road.

I must. It is my road.

I must. It is my road.

Grégoire(He touchesDe L’Orientupon the shoulder)

Grégoire(He touchesDe L’Orientupon the shoulder)

Grégoire(He touchesDe L’Orientupon the shoulder)

Awake, poet, and go along with us!

Awake, poet, and go along with us!

Awake, poet, and go along with us!

Awake, poet, and go along with us!

De L’Orient

De L’Orient

De L’Orient

I am awake! ‘Tis trudge again, De Vardes!

I am awake! ‘Tis trudge again, De Vardes!

I am awake! ‘Tis trudge again, De Vardes!

I am awake! ‘Tis trudge again, De Vardes!

Come, Fanchon and Babette,Olympe and Joséphine!The dancers all are metWithin the forest green!Cerise to me,Denise to thee,But none to Léontine!

Come, Fanchon and Babette,Olympe and Joséphine!The dancers all are metWithin the forest green!Cerise to me,Denise to thee,But none to Léontine!

Come, Fanchon and Babette,Olympe and Joséphine!The dancers all are metWithin the forest green!Cerise to me,Denise to thee,But none to Léontine!

Come, Fanchon and Babette,

Olympe and Joséphine!

The dancers all are met

Within the forest green!

Cerise to me,

Denise to thee,

But none to Léontine!

[He turns withGrégoireto the door at left of thealtar.

[He turns withGrégoireto the door at left of thealtar.

[He turns withGrégoireto the door at left of thealtar.

[He turns withGrégoireto the door at left of the

altar.

De Vardes

De Vardes

De Vardes

Farewell—mydouce!

Farewell—mydouce!

Farewell—mydouce!

Farewell—mydouce!

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

Farewell—my fisherman!Oh—

Farewell—my fisherman!Oh—

Farewell—my fisherman!Oh—

Farewell—my fisherman!

Oh—

Grégoire

Grégoire

Grégoire

Come!

Come!

Come!

Come!

De L’Orient

De L’Orient

De L’Orient

The dancers all are metWithin the forest green!

The dancers all are metWithin the forest green!

The dancers all are metWithin the forest green!

The dancers all are met

Within the forest green!

[ExeuntDe Vardes,De L’Orient,andGrégoire.The church darkens.Yvettemoves to the choirstep.

[ExeuntDe Vardes,De L’Orient,andGrégoire.The church darkens.Yvettemoves to the choirstep.

[ExeuntDe Vardes,De L’Orient,andGrégoire.The church darkens.Yvettemoves to the choirstep.

[ExeuntDe Vardes,De L’Orient,andGrégoire.

The church darkens.Yvettemoves to the choir

step.

Yvette

Yvette

Yvette

Oh, love in my heart! Oh, splendour and light!The bow in the sky, the bird at its height!The glory and state of the angels bright!

Oh, love in my heart! Oh, splendour and light!The bow in the sky, the bird at its height!The glory and state of the angels bright!

Oh, love in my heart! Oh, splendour and light!The bow in the sky, the bird at its height!The glory and state of the angels bright!

Oh, love in my heart! Oh, splendour and light!

The bow in the sky, the bird at its height!

The glory and state of the angels bright!

[She kneels and stretches out her arms to the altar.

[She kneels and stretches out her arms to the altar.

[She kneels and stretches out her arms to the altar.

[She kneels and stretches out her arms to the altar.

Oh, mother of sorrows!

Oh, mother of sorrows!

Oh, mother of sorrows!

Oh, mother of sorrows!

CURTAIN

CURTAIN

CURTAIN


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