# Dramas (Baillie)/Witchcraft/Act 3

ACT III.
SCENE I.—A half-formed Cave, partly roofed with rock and partly open to the sky, which is seen through the overhanging bushes; a Burn or Brook crossing the mouth of it, at the bottom of the Stage, banked by precipitous rocks mixed with wood and fern.
VOICE (heard without).
SECOND VOICE (without).
FIRST VOICE (without).
Enter Murrey by the mouth of the cave, bearing Violet in his arms, whom he sets down by some loose rocks near the front of the Stage.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
(Sits down on a low detached rock, and buries his face in the folds of his plaid.)
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY (rising quickly from his seat).
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
Yes, I remember it used to be called the Warlock's den, and had some old legendary pretensions to the name. But there is a noise. (Looks up to the open part of the cave, and discovers Dungarren above, looking down upon them.)
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN (above).
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN (above).
VIOLET.
MURREY.
VIOLET.
MURREY.
[Exit by the way he entered.
VIOLET (alone).
(Dungarren reappears above.)
[He descends by the jutting rocks into the bottom of the cave in the dress and accoutrements of an angler, with a fishing-rod in his hand, and stands before her with a stern and serious look, remaining perfectly silent.]
O Robert Kennedy! look not on me thus! I meant to thank you for your friendly forbearance, but now I have no utterance: I cannot speak to you when you so look upon me.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
(Goes toward the mouth of the cave.)
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
DUNGARREN.
VIOLET.
[Exeunt. ​
SCENE II.
A large Hall or Entrance-room, with deer's horns and arms hanging on the walls.
Enter Nurse with a tankard in her hand, followed presently by Anderson, who calls after her as she is about to disappear by the opposite side.
ANDERSON.
NURSE.
ANDERSON.
NURSE.
ANDERSON.
Enter Donald.
DONALD.
ANDERSON.
DONALD.
ANDERSON.
DONALD.
ANDERSON.
DONALD.
ANDERSON.
DONALD.
Enter the Sheriff with his Officers and Attendants, and Servants of the family following them.
SHERIFF (to Anderson).
ANDERSON.
SHERIFF.
ANDERSON.
SHERIFF.
ANDERSON.
SHERIFF.
ANDERSON.
DONALD (taking the word from him).
FIRST SERVANT (pressing forward, and taking the word from Donald).
SHERIFF.
DONALD.
SHERIFF.
ANDERSON, DONALD, and FIRST SERVANT (all speaking at once).
SHERIFF.
Enter Lady Dungarren, Annabella, Phemy, Nurse, and Maid-servants.
LADY DUNGARREN.
SHERIFF.
LADY DUNGARREN (after having looked over it attentively).
SHERIFF.
LADY DUNGARREN.
ANNABELLA (in a hurried manner).
LADY DUNGARREN.
SHERIFF.
LADY DUNGARREN.
SHERIFF.
LADY DUNGARREN.
ANNABELLA.
NURSE.
PHEMY.
NURSE.
PHEMY, NURSE, and MAID-SERVANT (all speaking at once).
SHERIFF.
LADY DUNGARREN.
SHERIFF.
ANNABELLA.
SHERIFF.
NURSE.
SHERIFF.
A great many, speaking at once.
SHERIFF.
Silence, I say!—(To Annabella.) Have the goodness to answer, Madam: has the rag been preserved?
ANNABELLA.
NURSE.
SHERIFF.
ANNABELLA.
SHERIFF.
Enter Mr. Rutherford.
RUTHERFORD.
SHERIFF.
And have you changed it lately?—(A pause for Rutherford to answer, but he is silent.) Since when has your faith become stronger?
After a short pause as before, several Voices call out eagerly—
SHERIFF.
RUTHERFORD.
SHERIFF.
RUTHERFORD.
SHERIFF.
LADY DUNGARREN.
[Exeunt Lady Dungarren, Annabella, Sheriff, and Rutherford; Anderson, Nurse, Donald, &c. &c. remaining.
ANDERSON.
NURSE.
DONALD.
NURSE.
ANDERSON.
NURSE.
DONALD.
NURSE.
ANDERSON.
NURSE.
ANDERSON.
[Exit, with a courteous motion of the hand, followed by the Sheriff's Officers, &c. Phemy and Nurse remaining.
NURSE.
PHEMY.
NURSE.
PHEMY.
NURSE.
PHEMY.
NURSE.
PHEMY.