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      PERSONS.
    • The Prorege of Arcopia .
    • The Chatelaine of La Trinité .
    • Miss Aurelia West .
    • The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani .
    • Mr. George Occident .

The balustrade of a classic terrace set with potted aloes and banked with rhododendrons. Steps lead up to a Corinthian portico adorned with Pompeian frescoes, and down to a vast basin enlivened by many pleasure-craft. On one hand a long quadruple colonnade, pierced in its middle by a great triumphal arch, backs up an enormous golden figure that towers mightily above the water; on the other a fretted dome rises through the early evening air with an aspect of tranquil expectation. On the opposite side of the basin, similar terraces and porticos at once round out and enclose the shadowed whiteness of the scene.

Present: the Chatelaine, Aurelia West and the Prorege — a man of fifty, who wears a pointed beard and carries himself with an air of serene and amicable condescension.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 207 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 115 chars.

The Chatelaine
( looking into the deepening blue of the sky ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars.

Aurelia . —

Note: Contains 56 words in 4 sentences using 319 chars.

[The walls of the basin, throughout their whole vast sweep, are suddenly outlined by thousands of tiny lights which, with a tremulous eagerness, hasten to double themselves in the flood beneath. A moment afterward a second line of living light runs swiftly along cornices, attics and pediments, and rescues from the descending darkness long rows of shining statues set high in air. Other stars appear in the heavens.]
The Prorege
( leaning in absorption upon the balustrade ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars.

[She waves her hand toward the colonnade. Through its ranks of thick-set pillars a vast pale disk is seen to be rising slowly above a limitless expanse of water.]
The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 119 chars.

[Upon the instant many scores of white globes blossom dazzlingly in midair; they flood with their moony light the long stretches of white arcades and porticos and mingle their opalescent gleam with the yellow ripples that dapple the bosom of the great basin.]
The Prorege
( with a fond paternal glance toward Aurelia ).

Note: Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 108 chars.

The Chatelaine .
( with a mounting interest ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 90 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

[From some point high above the spectacle (the spectacle so far as yet revealed) a great red eye glares suddenly through the darkness and sends down from across the basin a wide and blinding shaft of light.]
The Chatelaine
( starting, and covering her eyes ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

[When the Chatelaine looks again, four or five other lights have joined the first. They overlace the heavens; they sweep with immense rapidity the sculptured sky-lines of many long-drawn palaces; they accomplish the sudden evocation (from the darkness) of unseen domes and unsuspected towers.]
The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 226 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

[From above the serried figures that crest the colonnade a thin red line of light rushes heavenward and bursts into a broad glory of yellow and purple and green.]
The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 75 words in 7 sentences using 380 chars.

The Prorege
( rapt ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

Aurelia
( with a deep breath of invincible determination ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

[An invisible band of musicians has begun to play; their sonorous and voluminous tones are wafted rhythmically through the length and breadth of the court. At the same moment two great fountains throw up their lofty and clustered sprays in changing columns of red and amber and green. Between these two fountains a third, vaster than either and peopled with many fantastic figures, is suddenly redeemed from the dusk by a quick-flung pencil of lilac light. Its waters fall plashing over many steps, and far above the pride of its topmost figure a vast dome, loftier than all else and more dazzling than all else combined, suddenly flashes through the blueness of the night. It is ribbed with light, and crowned with fire, and girdled with torches; it appropriates and concentrates all the splendor and melody and magnificence of the entire spectacle.]
Aurelia .

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

The Prorege
( after an interval ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

The Chatelaine
( softly ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

Aurelia
( vaingloriously ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars.

The Prorege
( leaning meditatively upon the balustrade ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

Aurelia
( to the Chatelaine ).

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 68 words in 5 sentences using 369 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 74 words in 4 sentences using 429 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 157 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 59 words in 7 sentences using 335 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars.

The Chatelaine
( turning away with a sudden blush ).

Note: Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 228 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 118 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

Aurelia
( after a long and thoughtful pause ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars.

The Chatelaine
( blushing again ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 75 words in 13 sentences using 393 chars.

The Chatelaine .
( stammering ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 44 words in 5 sentences using 262 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars.

The Chatelaine
( in a tremor ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 9 chars.

The Chatelaine .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

The Prorege
( coming out of his reverie ).

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 209 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

[They pass away. A moment later a gondola full of colored lanterns and tinkling mandolins glides up to the landing-stage. Mr. George Occident alights and ascends to the terrace. He is followed by the Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani
Occident .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 193 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 133 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 146 words in 6 sentences using 832 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 193 chars.

Occident
( to himself ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 44 words in 1 sentence using 229 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 139 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 56 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 130 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 127 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 103 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

Aurelia , the Chatelaine and the Prorege return.]
The Prorege .

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 177 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 93 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

[The Prorege presents the Chevalier and Occident to the Chatelaine and Aurelia West . The Chatelaine and the Chevalier bow in silence.]
Aurelia
( talking very loud and very fast ).

Note: Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 269 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 160 chars.

Occident .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

The Prorege . —

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

Aurelia
( with a nervous eagerness ).

Note: Contains 53 words in 5 sentences using 268 chars.

The Prorege
( intercepting her ).

Note: Contains 108 words in 3 sentences using 605 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 35 words in 4 sentences using 174 chars.

Aurelia .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

The Prorege .

Note: Contains 65 words in 5 sentences using 325 chars.

Aurelia
( looking backward ).

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

Occident
( who is overtaking them, and into whose face she speaks ).

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 158 chars.

[The three move toward the gondola. Presently the Chevalier and the Chatelaine follow.]
Aurelia
( holding out her hands to them, impulsively ).

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

The Chevalier .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

[The Five enter the gondola and glide toward the great golden dome. In the general brilliancy their faces, their voices, their lights and their music are merged and lost.]
The End .
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