Scene III
A Jailer enters with caution, then ushers in Lady Jane.
THE JAILER.
You are where you wished to be, my lady. Here are the doors to the two cells. My recompense, now, if you please.
[Jane unfastens her diamond bracelet and gives it to him.
JANE.
There it is.
THE JAILER.
Thanks. Don’t compromise me.
[He goes out.
JANE (alone).
Kind Heaven! What shall I do? It is I who have destroyed him. I must be the one to save him! I can never do it, never! A woman can do nothing! The scaffold— The scaffold! Oh, it is horrible! Come, no more tears; let us have action! I never can do it! I never can do it! Have mercy on me, my God! I think some one is coming. Whose voice is that? I recognize it. It is the Queen’s voice! Ah, all is lost!
[She hides behind a pillar. The Queen and Simon Renard enter.