[_People have clambered over the ship's side, others have extended
a bridge, and the aspect of all indicates the immediate arrival of the
expected ones, as the curtain falls_.]




ACT II.

[_A Garden before ISOLDA'S Chamber which lies at one side and is
approached by steps. Bright and pleasant summer night. At the open
door a burning torch is fixed. Sounds of hunting heard_.]


SCENE I.

[BRANGÆNA, _on the steps leading to the chamber, is watching the
retreat of the still audible hunters. She looks anxiously back into
the chamber as ISOLDA emerges thence in ardent animation_.]

ISOLDA. Yet do you hear?
I lost the sound some time.

BRANGÆNA (_listening_). Still do they stay:
clearly rings the horns.

ISOLDA (_listening_). Fear but deludes
thy anxious ear;
by sounds of rustling
leaves thou'rt deceived,