[Illustration: "Earnest youths with long hair."]
_First Villa Resident_ (_appreciatively_). Such a _death-like_
expression, isn't it?
_Second Ditto, Ditto_. Yes, _indeed_! And _how_ beautifully her halo's
done!
_Third Ditto, Ditto_. Will those two men on the bank be the
executioners, should you think?
_Fourth Ditto, Ditto_ (_doubtfully_). It says in the Catalogue that
they're two Christians.
_An Intelligent Child_. Then why don't they jump in and pull her out,
Mother? [_The Child is reproved._
_A Languid Young Lady_. Is that intended for _Opheliah_?
[_The rest regard her with shocked disapproval, mingled with
pity, before passing on._