[Enter Goetz.

Goetz

Sickingen: Good luck!

Sickingen:

Marie: Welcome, a thousand times!

Marie:

Goetz: Now quickly to the chapel! I've thought it all out, and time presses.

Goetz:

CONTENTS

Scene II.—Large hall; in the background a door, leading to the chapel. Lerse and men-at-arms. Enter Goetz from chapel.

Scene II.

Lerse

Goetz

Goetz: How now, Lerse? The men had better be distributed over the walls. Let them take any breastplates, helmets, and arms they may want. Are the gates well manned?

Goetz:

Lerse: Yes, sir.

Lerse:

Goetz: Sickingen will leave us at once. You will lead him through the lower gate, along the water, and across the ford. Then look around you, and come back.

Goetz:

[Enter Sickingen, Marie, Elizabeth, from chapel. Drums in distance announce the enemy's approach.

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