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QUEEN: Yes, Oozizi ...
OOZIZI: She went, as all songs tell, to Aether Mountain.
QUEEN (_entranced_): To Aether Mountain?
OOZIZI: So they sing at evening, when they throw down their loads of
gold and rest.
QUEEN: To Aether Mountain.
OOZIZI: Lady, Destiny sent her; but you must not go. You must not leave
your throne to go to Aether Mountain.
QUEEN: There is a calm upon it not of earth.
OOZIZI: You must not go, lady, you must not go.
QUEEN: I will not go.
[_The Princes drum again, still louder with their heels._
Hark!
[OOZIZI _is frightened, The_ QUEEN _runs to the door._
It is louder! They are nearer! They are coming here!
OOZIZI: No, lady. They would not dare!
QUEEN: I must go, Oozizi; I must go.
OOZIZI: No, lady. They will never dare. You must not. Hark! They come no
nearer. June has maddened them, but they come no nearer. They are quiet
now. Come back, lady. Leave the door, they come no nearer. See, it is
all quiet now. They come no nearer, lady. (OOZIZI _catches her by the
sleeve._) Lady, you must not.
QUEEN (_much calmer, gazing away_): Oozizi, I must go.
OOZIZI: No, no, lady! All is quiet; you must not go.
QUEEN (_calmly_): It is calling for me, Oozizi.
OOZIZI: What is calling, lady? Nothing calls.
QUEEN: It is calling, Oozizi.
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