iC. I ] TUE TOIPUiK IX CVrWI. ul Pure chine* tho Virgin Mother, yot she lavishes her li^ht' R.HEI:T. Art thou a Christian maiden ? ASTRAL» (tmphaticdly). Art thou a Templar Knight ? HontRT. (Freeing hit,.s If u i'h f •"•/ nf' Jrvm h-r tm-ircling arms.) Ha! thou awuk'st mo from slumber, I'll loyally stand to my vow, I'll flee thee, Enchantress!— ASTKAIIS. Thou'lt flee?—Into Nature's kind bosom wilt thou ? TltE Soi.DIEIts (hurrinlly running in). Tli- Turk*, knight!— IlOBFRT. Then follow*, exultant, me into the thick of tho fight ! [Hurries vff with the mlli-r-. A-iRALI' (Uas'eniag after him tcith outstrt'ch^l arms). Stay, Robert !— Ef DO. (Cming out of the hut, stern awl commanding.) Astral is ! ASTRALIS (tuddenly pausing). Him draws, as it draws me, omnipotent Might, Into blood, into night ! [Woe* slowly into the hut. El'DO (Alone, with fuhlnl hands). So the lover retireth, but—Love Waits the Light. [JBKT, ON the #.NNE side as ROBERT.