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_Low down, far off and small in the background to the right appears a
little palace of pure gold._
_Enter right the_ QUEEN _running untired and nimble, unchecked by those
grey rocks._
_Following her the tired_ PRINCES _come._
ZOON _is no longer last, but about fourth, and gaining._
MELIFLOR _leads._
MELIFLOR: Permit me, great lady. My hand over the rocks. Permit ...
[_He falls and cannot rise._
MOOMOOMON: Permit me. (_He falls too._) These rocks; it is these rocks.
XIMENUNG (_going wearily_): Great lady. A moment. One moment, great
lady. Allow me.
[_But_ ZOON _does not speak. Exeunt L. the Queen and those Princes that
have not fallen. The curtain falls on stragglers crossing the stage._
CURTAIN.
SCENE IV
_The Summit._
_On the snow on the pinnacle of Aether Mountain, with only bright blue
sky all round and everywhere, recline_ QUEEN ZOOMZOOMARMA _and the_
PRINCE OF ZOON.
THE QUEEN: You had known no love before, First of a Hundred?
PRINCE OF ZOON: There is no love on earth, O Queen of all.
QUEEN: Only here.
ZOON: Pure love is only here on this peak lonely in heaven.
QUEEN: Would you love me elsewhere if we went from here?
ZOON: But we will never go from here.
QUEEN: No, we will never leave it.
ZOON: Lady, look down.
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