I know but what old Kaad himself recounts;
That, as he led Mark's charger down to drink,
There suddenly appeared before his eyes
The lofty shape of good St. George, erect,
Upon the wall!

1ST BARON (crossing himself).
God save my soul!

2D BARON.
And then?
What happened then?

2D KNIGHT.
Kaad thought at first
He was some mortal man and cried to him
To heed; but in that selfsame moment leapt
The holy knight, and cleared the wall, and fell
The hundred fathoms. But when Kaad ran up,
With all the speed he might unto the spot,
St. George had vanished and had left no trace.

1ST BARON.
No trace?

2D BARON.
'Tis strange!

DINAS.
A wondrous thing!

GANELUN.
But say,
By what did Kaad first recognize the saint?

2D KNIGHT.
I know not, but he says 'twas he; and all
The people, are rejoicing at this new
And wondrous miracle of good St. George.

1ST KNIGHT.
What says King Mark about this miracle,
This saving of the Queen by God Himself?
Hast seen him, Dinas?

DINAS (returning to the table).
Ay, his heart and mind
Are heavy and his soul distressed.

2D KNIGHT.
And Queen
Iseult?

1ST KNIGHT.
What said the King of her?

GANELUN.
The King
Refused to see her, or to speak with her,
Since neither dares to speak of this foul deed
Which has occurred; its memory still throbs,
And tingling flows throughout their blood.

2D BARON.
And yet
He sent the Queen, and without message too,
The head that pledged a perjured oath today,
Upon a silver shield. And well he did.

2D KNIGHT.
My Lord Denovalin a victim fell
Unto a saintly and a holy hand,
But died ingloriously!

DINAS.
As he deserved
So died he. Sir.

[The Barons and Knights sit down again
at the table. King MARK, unnoticed by
the others, comes slowly down the steps,
and walks about. He is oppressed and
agitated. At length he stops, and, leaning
against the end post of the banni