Mr. Bunn, Lady Rosie has another idea for you. As there is a difficulty about the fairy appearance, why not try to alarm the soldiers by letting them see a weird and grotesque figure skipping about the mountain in the moonlight? Why not impersonate a goblin?

Well, sir - why not? I daresay you would do it very nicely.

(to Bunn) Oh, of course I meant you to do it.

Me? My dear lady -- have you ever seen a goblin?

No, never - have you?

No; but I have seen their pictures. The generally accepted idea of a goblin is something ugly - small and mean-looking.

Yes, I know.

A mixture of the insignificant and the grotesque.

Yes, I know.

Well, there you are, you see - I really can't make myself plainer.

No; I know. I didn't think you'd want to.

(men entering) You see, unless you do something - and we can think of nothing else - I know I shall not be able to restrain the temper of this meeting - they will summon Judge Lynch in a moment.

It's arrived he is now, your honour. (With blunderbuss. )

(aside to Bunn) Hasn't the time come yet to arrest them?

Patience. (To Dan) Wait - I will make one more attempt to - to save your lives. If this young lady will assist me, I will impersonate a goblin, running after a fairy. It won't be quite like the old-fashioned idea of a goblin. I dare say it will look more like a scene out of "Romeo and Juliet." But it is all I can do for you. I will make myself as frightful as I can.