SCENE I.--_The gate of the castle._


MAIDSERVANTS _(within)._

Open the gate! Open the gate!

PORTER _(within)._

Who is there? Why do you come and wake me up? Go out by the little
gates; there are enough of them!...

A MAIDSERVANT _(within)._

We have come to wash the threshold, the gate, and the steps; open,
then! open!

ANOTHER MAIDSERVANT _(within)._

There are going to be great happenings!

THIRD MAIDSERVANT _(within)._

There are going to be great fêtes! Open quickly!...

THE MAIDSERVANTS.

Open! open!