like an avalanche.)

ESSIE (hurrying to Judith). He has gone to save Richard, hasn't
he?

JUDITH. To save Richard! No: Richard has saved him. He has gone
to save himself. Richard must die.

Essie screams with terror and falls on her knees, hiding her
face. Judith, without heeding her, looks rigidly straight in
front of her, at the vision of Richard, dying.



ACT III

Early next morning the sergeant, at the British headquarters in
the Town Hall, unlocks the door of a little empty panelled
waiting room, and invites Judith to enter. She has had a bad
night, probably a rather delirious one; for even in the reality
of the raw morning, her fixed gaze comes back at moments when her
attention is not strongly held.

The sergeant considers that her feelings do her credit, and is
sympathetic in an encouraging military way. Being a fine figure
of a man, vain of his uniform and of his rank, he feels specially
qualified, in a respectful way, to console her.

SERGEANT. You can have a quiet word with him here, mum.