Scene.--The meeting place of the Tribunal of the Inquisition. It is
a low-vaulted chamber with ogive arches, lighted with candles. On the
walls are religious paintings. At the foot of the scene is a narrow
glazed window. At the right is a large high gate closing the entrance
of a corridor leading to the Episcopal palace. On the same side, in
the foreground, are seats of the Tribunal. Facing the left are an
altar and a wooden Calvary. On the other side of them are an iron
door and an arch leading to the jail. Seats and stools are scattered
about. It is three o'clock in the morning. At the end of the act dawn
begins to light the windows.