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The Wayfarer .
The Bridegroom .
The Bride .
His Parents .
Her Parents .
His Uncle .
Her Grandmother .
Many guests, servitors, musicians, etc.
An Old Nurse .
The pleasance in front of the manor-house of Belcaro. It is laid out upon a hillside and affords a view, over some miles of undulating olive groves, of the towers of a medieval Tuscan town and of the mountains beyond and round about it. Immediately adjoining this boxed and laureled pleasure-ground is the doorway of a Romanesque chapel. A bell is ringing. — Present: the Nurse and the Wayfarer .
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[The Bridal Party appears, accompanied by guests, musicians and the retainers of the castle, and moves along slowly toward the door of the Chapel.]
( to the Groom's Father ).
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( to the Nurse ).
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[The Bridal Procession has reached the entrance of the Chapel. As it is about to pass through, the Bride's Grandmother appears from within.]
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( aside to the Nurse ).
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( stepping forward with an air of great dignity and authority ).
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[The Bride's Grandmother , still unreconciled, withdraws into the shadow of the doorway.]
( aside to the Wayfarer ).
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[A hasty step, accompanied by the clicking of armor and the jangling of swords, is heard. Enter the Groom's Uncle , followed by several attendants.]
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( aside to the Wayfarer ).
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[The Bride's Grandmother suddenly reappears in the doorway, and sees the Groom's Uncle
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( to himself ).
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( with a quick adaptation ).
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( reluctantly ).
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( pointing to the Groom's Uncle ).
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( to the Wayfarer ).
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( feebly ).
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( to the Bridegroom ).
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( to the Bride ).
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( to the Bride's Father ).
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[The Chapel bell goes on ringing. Two acolytes, sent to learn the reason for delay, stand upon the threshold in an attitude of amazed protest. More of the men draw their swords, and a general combat seems imminent, when the Wayfarer , his eye rolling in a fine frenzy, and his carriage full of dignity and authority, advances into the midst of the group.]
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( pointedly, to the Wayfarer ).
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( to the Wayfarer ).
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[The Bridal Procession enters the chapel. There remain outside only the Wayfarer and the Nurse
( after a long pause ).
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