veil which drags about his feet. Nothing can be seen of this man save one bare arm which passes through a slit in the veil and holds a lighted candle of yellow wax. Beside him walks a priest in the costume of All Souls' Day. Then another party of halberdiers in red. Then a man dressed in white, bearing a black banner with a white cross. At the right and left, files of halberdiers carrying torches.
Jane.Do you see, Joshua?
Joshua.Yes. I see such things every day.
[As the procession is about to debouch on the stage, it halts.
Master Æneas.He who walks behind me covered with this black veil is the high and puissant lord, Fabiano Fabiani, Earl of Clanbrassil, Baron of Dinasmonddy, Baron of Dartmouth in Devonshire, who is to be beheaded at the Market of London, for the crimes of regicide and high treason.—God have mercy on his soul!
The Two Banner-bearers.Pray for him!
[The procession passes slowly across the back of the stage.
Jane.This is a terrible thing that is passing before our eyes, Joshua. It freezes my blood.
Joshua.That villain Fabiani!
Jane.Hush, Joshua! A villain, indeed, but most unfortunate!
