Cathleen

You have seen my tears And I can see your hand shake on the floor.

ALEEL (faltering)

I thought but of healing. He was angelical.

CATHLEEN (turning away from him)

No, not angelical, but of the old gods, Who wander about the world to waken the heart-- The passionate, proud heart--that all the angels, Leaving nine heavens empty, would rock to sleep.

(She goes to chapel door; ALEEL holds his clasped hands towards her for a moment hesitatingly, and then lets them fall beside him.)