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Show 448 THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. ACT IV. The scenery is the same as that of the second act. SCENE I.-Aldegonde and her spirits appear in the air; they alight, and the gloomy twilight is illumined by their torches. Aldegonde places herself upon the tripod, and repeats her commands of revenge. Seated upon the mystic throne, the demons convey her to the fountain, into which she pours the contents of the vase amidst the most terrible imprecations. She makes a sign, and the spirits of darkness descend into the earth ; nature resumes her wonted aspect, and all becomes tranquil. S C E N E II.-The sound of the horn announces the approach of the hunter troop that are conducting Silvia and Alidor to the palace of the Enchantress, who, having whispered a secret command to one of her attendants, retires. S C E N E III.-Silvia and Alidor, entering with their attendants, are invited to repose themselves; fruits are presented to them ; a female slave, according to the orders she has received, offers them a cup of water from the charmed fountain ; but scarcely has Silvia carried the cup to her lips, when a cloud of flame descends and envelops her, and the next moment she becomes a hideous monster. Every one immediately avoids her and escape for their lives, while she herself seems unconscious of this horrible change. S C E N E IV.-Silvia perceives Alidor, who has returned to seek for her, dreading lest she may have been devoured by the beast. All-ignorant of her disgusting |