ACT II. SCENE I. N-.I-SWC, with a small Hermitage. In the backgr u ' f/ie Sea. KLIKD 1 (JiBM). T1IK star» move subject to their laws eternal ; Harmonious all creation works, obeying, Hy joya or terror ruled, one will su)ornnl. So also mo shall ono solo aim bo swaying, To which I woko through birth of blood and night ; Death's darkening shroud tho bloody Cross must cover, Ouo dny to wako to new cxistenco bright, Which now the silent Valley broodeth over!— (Calling into the hut.) Astralis !— AsTKAI.ts (coming out of the hut). Sir !— ECDO. Tho bread !— [IRFCEN the hat gicett him the wheaten loaf which the receiveil in the court of the Temple, and he hat broken it into two halve*. * Kudo, an emissary from the mysterious Order railed " Sous of the Valley," is tent to prepare Molay for tbe fall of the Order. Tbe " Sons f tbe Valley" had determined on their destruction because tbey revealed too much of the true light with which they had been entrusted, ami souirht o|*nly to free mankind and defy princes, without the tanctioo of the • Valley."—7W.