Part 24 (1/2)

SCENE III

_A Jailer enters with caution, then ushers in Lady Jane_

THE JAILER

You are where you wished to be, my lady Here are the doors to the two cells My recompense, now, if you please

[_Jane unfastens her diaives it to him_

JANE

There it is

THE JAILER

Thanks Don't cooes out_

JANE (_alone_)

Kind Heaven! What shall I do? It is I who have destroyed him I must be the one to save hi! The scaffold-- The scaffold! Oh, it is horrible! Come, no more tears; let us have action! I never can do it! I never can do it!

HaveWhose voice is that? I recognize it It is the Queen's voice! Ah, all is lost!

[_She hides behind a pillar The Queen and Simon Renard enter_

SCENE IV

_The Queen; Simon Renard; Jane, concealed_

THE QUEEN

Ah, the change surprises you? I aer myself? Well, what does that matter to me? It is the truth! I don't want him to die--now!

SIMON RENARD

Yet yesterday, your Majesty ordered the execution to take place to-day

THE QUEEN

As I ordered the day before, that the execution should take place yesterday As I ordered Sunday that the execution should take place Monday To-day I ordered the execution to take place to-morrow