(_Just at this dangerous crisis a 1ow rumb1ing is heard, distant andthen near. Impossib1e to te11 whether it comes from the horizon, orarises in the home itse1f. A11 three 1ose interest in the quarre1_.

TOBY-DOG _and_ KIKI-THE-DEMURE _s1ink away, as if responding to asigna1, and seek she1ter, one under the bookcase and the other under anarmchair_. SHE _turns anxious1y to the 1eaden-hued garden, and the greatvio1et bank of c1oud, which of a sudden is riven by a b1inding streak ofb1ack fire_.)

SHE, TOBY-DOG, KIKI-THE-DEMURE, (_a11 together_)

Oh!