The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts

[Farez disappears at right, Enrique and Arias going to the left, where, screened by rocks and bushes from Zoraya's view, they watch her. Zoraya appears near the gap, coming slow...

ENRIQUE. Not one person! (He places on the stool his mantle, his hat and his sword.) I did not come by way of the bridge, but by the path up the hillside after crossing the rive...

ENRIQUE. (Stopping at the foot of the stairway on seeing Zoraya veiled) Who are you, woman, and why do you not leave with the others? (Zoraya is silent.) Do you not hear me?--Wh...

ZORAYA. Ah! her confessions!--made under the threats of your tortures! (Movements among the members of the Tribunal) You can find whatever pleases you with the aid of him, there...

PADILLA. (Coming quickly out of the church with Enrique) Stop! (The organ ceases to play. Songs of young girls are heard in the church.) Is it you, sorceress, who have plunged m...

CARDENOS. (Coldly) Neither one nor the other!--I am here by order of the Holy-Office to arrest this woman (movement by Enrique to rejoin and protect Zoraya) who practises sorcery.

ZORAYA. And also that of the Koran--In that our religions are the same!--Seat yourself, my daughter (she sits upon the cushions at her side)--and tell me your trouble.

[While dance music is being played, the great double door of the chamber is thrown open--the guests crowd to the windows. The women arrange themselves at the left of the patio,...

RAMIRO. (Turning and quickly going to him) Ah! my lord! What a relief your deliverance is to those who love you! (He kisses his hand.) And what joy you, yourself, must feel!

THE GOATHERD. Certainly, my lord. I have often seen her at night wandering on the heights and making conjurations to the moon, so I was not surprised to see her up there at dayb...

DOÑA RUFINA. (Seating herself in a chair which Ramiro places at the left) No!--I have just arrived from Aranjuez, bringing the Queen's gift to the bride--a very costly girdle-bu...

ZORAYA. (Reëntering the scene) After waiting for him all night I finally fell asleep. They awakened me and I heard your voice. I believed he was there, and I nearly betrayed mys...

[The Members of the Tribunal, Fray Eugenio Calabazas, and Fray Teofilo Ibarra, Dominicans, later Cleofas, Oliveira, Fray Miguel Molina and Fray Hernando Albornos, Franciscans. A...

[Gil Andrès makes both women enter at the left at the same time. The younger one remains at the foot of the stage between the two aides, while Gil Andrès pushes before him old A...

XIMÉNÈS. An insult is not a reply!--She affirms; you deny. The accusation stands. And the Tribunal judges. (To Gil Andrès) Bring the other. (They make come forward Manuela, who...

[There are few persons in the scene, with the exception of some men conversing near the doors. A group of gentlemen, among them Cristobol, Velasco and Rioubos, enter from the al...

ZAGUIR. Here!--last night at sunset, I saw sitting and conversing near the path which leads down toward the bridge of San Martino, perhaps a hundred paces or more from this hous...

[The same persons, Ximénès, Gil Andrès, Keeper of the Jail, two monks, two aides to Gil Andrès stand at the entrance of the iron door at the left. Two Franciscan monks watch at...

CLEOFAS. With the permission of Your Eminence, before the accused is questioned, I should like to inform the Tribunal that, contrary to the royal edict, she has persisted in con...

ENRIQUE. Be considerate, Ramiro. They have the right to speak in their own defence. (He is assisted in stepping upon a piece of rock at the right of the scene. He seats himself...

FATOUM. They know little or nothing. I have come to you because your father--on him rested Allah's benediction--was their master in everything and taught you the secrets of his...

[Don Enrique, accompanied by Lopez de Padilla and other cavaliers and gentlemen, descends from the banquet chamber in the midst of an uproar of congratulations and salutations,...

AISHA. I have again given Al Mansour's wife that black liquor which lessens her husband's sufferings. I also gave a purse of gold to Farizade. Poor Saada is here again. She is d...

Scene--Evening in a Spanish patio in the governor's palace. It is seen obliquely. In the foreground and on the three other sides a portico of columns surrounds the central space...

[Arias and the Archers are clutching and dragging towards the right peasant men and women, whom they have come to arrest. All of the prisoners are loudly protesting, except Fare...

D'AGUILAR. With the assistance of a woman!--Both were fleeing towards the river when stopped by pedestrians, who heard shouts in the distance. The fugitives were flung to the ea...

Scene--A Moorish chamber with three arches. Beyond is seen a garden similar to that of the Generalife of Granada, with a fountain and a narrow canal bordered with trimmed yew tr...

[Zoraya, veiled, cautiously enters unnoticed from the street and goes to the middle of the foreground. While getting her bearings, she sees Fatoum on the landing-place and goes...

CALABAZAS. (Standing at the head of the steps) Woman, the Inquisition has delivered you over for punishment to Toledo. Before you are purified by fire, make a public penance on...

Scene.--The meeting place of the Tribunal of the Inquisition. It is a low-vaulted chamber with ogive arches, lighted with candles. On the walls are religious paintings. At the f...

Scene--Before the Door of the Lions of the Cathedral of Toledo. At the right, the portal in front of which are a number of steps. In the foreground, an alley. There are two othe...

Scene.--On the heights overlooking the left bank of the River Tagus. In the foreground is a road. Flinty rocks, plants and shrubs rise from right to left towards higher rocks ab...

AISHA. Zaguir, who has no right to be here!--but he has a good excuse--since yesterday he has seen men prowling round the house. (She points to the right, Zoraya crosses the sce...

ZAGUIR. Yes, mistress!--Far into the city, but I lost them in the crowd. All of the world seems to be in the streets, for there is a great fête.