The ransom of the peasants : a dramatic poem in five acts : act 5

Abstract

The Bay of Bur Marrad. At the mouth beside the edge of the tongue of black rock is seen half of the stern of a vessel with sails furled as though waiting for someone to depart secretly. The silence of that strip of rock at that lonely hour of night, the moon as yet not having risen, is sufficient to arouse suspicion of flight. The old house, furnished for a summer resort ny the Lord Don Carlos, is seen on the right-hand side at the top of the rock which conceals the prow of the vessel; it stands there, encircled by thick walls to withstand the fury of wind and wave. The walls are battlemented and the indentations resemble bared teeth. Beneath, some barred windows show here and there. At a height of ten feet from the rock, whence rises a section of the wall, there is an adequate serving as windows, about two feet high, which is also barred. A shaft of light flickers from it. On the side of the bay, high up on the slope, can be seen in the darkness trees and fields. GUERRINO comes out from behind the rock, wrapped from head to waist in a black mantle; old PEDRO climbs up after him, a bunch of keys in one hand and a light in the other.