Wild geese . As steadfast as a candle ever burningBefore the image of a saint. Beatrice. [Starting from him.] The candle! [She turns and gazes at the red candle on the table, as thememory of her grief and shame comes back to she turns to Geoffrey, takes a ring from herfinger and gives it to him.] We part now for a little; take this ringCherish and guard it like my love forever. [She takes the red candle and walks to the door of thepassageway; then she turns.] And if perchance in some far future timeYou think but for a moment of this hour,Remember me as one who gave her heartCompletely
Wild geese . As steadfast as a candle ever burningBefore the image of a saint. Beatrice. [Starting from him.] The candle! [She turns and gazes at the red candle on the table, as thememory of her grief and shame comes back to she turns to Geoffrey, takes a ring from herfinger and gives it to him.] We part now for a little; take this ringCherish and guard it like my love forever. [She takes the red candle and walks to the door of thepassageway; then she turns.] And if perchance in some far future timeYou think but for a moment of this hour,Remember me as one who gave her heartCompletely to a perfect love and faith. [Exit Beatrice.] [Geoffrey stands looking at the ring. A terrible sound,half shriek, half groan, is heard in the draws his sword, rushes to the door andpulls apart the curtain; he stands for an instant asthough paralyzed. Anne appears in the door (B) andthe Jester (R). Then Geoffrey disappears down thepassage] Curtain. 75 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ^. ?^°-^*.
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