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nearer; Motes skulking in the distance 
are seen.) 
SECOND SUNBEAM — And they are 
here, your majesty! Upon us! ( Shouts 
and laughter sound from every side, nearer 
and nearer; all cower and shrink in ter¬ 
ror.) 
HELIA (crying out in despair) — Pur- 
purius ! Purpurius ! None but the King, 
indeed, can save us now ! This outlaw and 
his crew I had forgot! 
PURPURIUS (sternly ) — 'Tis late now 
to remember! 
HELIA — Oh, spare me, Purpurius! 
Not that I deserve kindness, but that the 
need of this occasion's too great for time 
for chiding! Wilt go, Purpurius — wilt go 
and bid him come ? Go quick—for thou 
canst fetch him. He’ll heed thee — he 
surely will! Say to him that it's not for 
me — unhappy, wretched Helia who hath 
wrought such ill—but for the realm ye ask 
it; for these — and for the Mortals ! And 
oh, make haste, Purpurius, else all in truth 
is doomed! 
AUREA (clinging to him) — Oh, my 
Purpurius ! Oh, dear my lord, Purpurius ! 
PURPURIUS — Courage, beloved ! En¬ 
fold me in thy loving thought, and I shall 
cloaked and shielded be. Adieu! ( Em¬ 
braces her. To the Queen.) Seek deep¬ 
est cover, lady, with thy train, and there 
wait our return. (Kisses her hand and 
runs away, up R., part of his retinue fol¬ 
lowing, part gathering around AUREA. 
Louder derisive laughter and Motes gath¬ 
ering from all sides, advancing, shouting, 
leaping in an abandon of buffoonery ; 
DUST leads them, directing here and 
there; they search under every leaf, etc.; 
HELIA gradually sinks into semi-con¬ 
sciousness at the foot of the bank, near 
FUTIL and TEA ROSE; DUST steals 
her crown and tosses and plays with it, 
finally pulling it apart; the Flowers unit 
and sink down; the Shadows hide 
AUREA in the deepest shade with their 
cloaks; with a great shout the hiding Sun¬ 
beams are discovered by the Motes, and, 
screaming and protesting, are dragged 
forth and compelled to join them in a 
dance.) 
Dance of the Motes and Sunbeams 
{During this dance lozv thunder mutter- 
ings begin to be heard; in the wood up R. 
there appear a close-ranked group of 
Shadows, marching swiftly and well to¬ 
gether; behind them, rank on rank of the 
Silver Legions of RAIN; they advance 
swiftly, marching, wheeling, counter¬ 
marching as they progress in perfect or¬ 
der; next come a small group of Thunder¬ 
bolts; and then the cloud-chariot of RAIN 
in which he stands, with PURPURIUS 
beside him — this is draztm by Thunder¬ 
bolts; the dance goes on, growing wilder 
and zvilder, the Motes too absorbed to no¬ 
tice the louder thunderings and the ap¬ 
proaching cavalcade. A loud crash inter¬ 
rupts the dance, the Motes turn to battle, 
the captive Sunbeams break azrnv, flee and 
hide; the Legions of RAIN rush double- 
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