(_They go out, left._)
_SCENE FOUR--Before the church which stands about twenty
feet back from the street. Low stone fences on either side
project in to its corners and form with its front three
sides of a hexagon. To the right, in a higher fence, also
of stone, which runs parallel with the street, is an iron_
_gate, overgrown with vines, leading into the churchyard._
_Between the palings can be seen white crosses marking the
graves. In the corners, just where the fences start in_
_toward the church, stand Lombardy poplars in full foliage,_
_one on either side. The church is built of rough stone,_
_with irregular seams of white mortar. In the center is_
_an arched doorway and beside it two false windows almost_
_covered with ivy. High up over the door is seen the lower
part of a narrow louvre window with several long straws,
which the birds have carried there, hanging down from
between the slats._
_In the open space before the church, a crowd is gathered._
_Upon the steps with his back to the door stands Jardin,_
_the Bailiff. He wears a sleeveless hauberk wrought of_
_chain, and upon his head a heavy open helmet. Some_
_distance to the right, upon a step lower down, Jacques
Sar, wearing a leather corselet and a cap of wolf skin, is
leaning with his right hand against the church. His right_
_arm is off near the shoulder. The crowd is made up of men,
for the most part in their working clothes. Some have no
hats on. Among the latter is Hugh Capet, whose red head
is seen far in near the steps. Jules Bacqueur, with his
sleeves rolled up, stands on the edge of the crowd. Out in
the street to the left, is a group of women. A boy is up in
the poplar tree, right._
_As the Scene progresses, other villagers enter, among them_
_the women of the last Scene._