ACT I.--Why is _Raoul_ blindfolded?

What is _Miss Valentine_ doing in somebody else's house?

Why does _Raoul's_ servant come in and sing a hymn?

Why is he apparently pleased when _Raoul_ is blindfolded and taken away?

ACT. II.--Account for the dresses of the bathing-women who come in and dance before the Queen. Where are the machines?

What is the Page's song, "_No, no, no, no!_" about?

Is _Raoul_ in love with the Queen, or the Queen with _Raoul_? In either case account reasonably for the subsequent conduct of each of them.

What is the Queen singing about at commencement of Act?