The Fun Library, vol. 8: Stage, Study & Studio
ACT II.
(_Still darker night. Graves spring their rattles and watchmen open. Fate is seen sitting in the background in the shape of a policeman. A glow-worm roars, and the side-scenes shake perceptibly. The moon, which has been slowly rising, falls suddenly down._)
ULPHO. Unfortunate moon!
EMMA. Will you never cease to despond?
ULPHO. Nothing on earth shall ever induce me.
(_He takes his cap from his head, and hangs it carefully on a hat-stand. In a fit of desperation he begins to tear his hair from his head. Emma sinks into a swoon, and leaving Ulpho in the centre of the stage, she goes off at both wings._)