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[Helena's drawing room as before. comes into the room.  is looking out of the window, through closed shutters.  in seated down right.]

Any more of them?

Yes. There standing like a wall, beyond the garden railing. Why are they so quiet? It's monstrous to be besieged with silence.

I should like to know what they are waiting for. They must make a start any minute now. If they lean against the railing they'll snap it like a match.

They aren't armed.