[_The carriage dashes off._]


SCENE IV

TIME: _three days later; evening_.
PLACE: _the dark wood. A hut is seen among the vines_.

* * * * *

THE FORESTER.
HIS SON.
KAREN.
THE EXECUTIONER.
THE OLD SOLDIER.
THE FAIRY QUEEN.
MOON.

* * * * *

[_The_ FORESTER _and his_ SON _are felling a tree._]

KAREN (_heard calling off_). Stop me! Stop me!

SON. Heard you that cry?

FORESTER (_looking off_). Mercy on us! 'T is the dancing girl I told you
of!

[_Enter_ KAREN, _dancing._]