Street in Presburg, by moonlight. Tent of the Queen of the gipsies, large curtains at the back; it is lighted by a lamp. On the opposite side of the stage are houses, one of which, a hotel, is lighted up. Arline is discovered asleep on a tiger's skin.
Arline, Thaddeus
Patrol ->
Arline, Thaddeus
<- Devilshoof, Gipsies
[N. 8 - Silence! silence! ~ the lady moon]
Arline, Thaddeus, Devilshoof, Gipsies
<- Florestein
[N. 9 - Wine! wine! if I am heir]
Arline, Thaddeus, Devilshoof, Gipsies, Florestein
<- Queen
Arline, Thaddeus
Queen, Florestein, Devilshoof, Gipsies ->
Where have I been wandering
[N. 10 - I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls]
And do you love me still?
[N. 11 - The secret of her birth]
And dare you aspire to the love
Arline, Thaddeus, Queen
<- Gipsies, Devilshoof
[N. 12 - Happy and light of heart be those]
Arline, Thaddeus, Queen, Gipsies, Devilshoof
<- First gipsy
Morning is beginning to dawn
Queen, Devilshoof
Thaddeus, Arline, Gipsies, First gipsy ->
Another street in Presburg. Daylight.
[N. 13 - In the gipsies' life you may read]
A grand fair in the public plaatz of Presburg. On one side a large hotel over which is inscribed "The Hall of Justice".
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Florestein
[N. 14 - Life itself is, at the best]
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Florestein
<- Gipsies, Devilshoof, Thaddeus, Arline, Queen
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Florestein, Gipsies, Devilshoof, Thaddeus, Arline, Queen
<- Count, Officers
My dear uncle, it delights me
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Florestein, Gipsies, Devilshoof, Thaddeus, Arline, Queen
Count, Officers ->
It's no use restraining me
(Arline gives Florestein a violent slap on the face)
It is the very person from whom
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Gipsies, Devilshoof, Thaddeus, Arline, Queen
Florestein ->
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Gipsies, Devilshoof, Thaddeus, Arline, Queen
<- Florestein, Captain, Guards
[N. 15 - To the hall, to the hall]
(Arline is conducted by a file of the Guard, led by the Captain, and preceded by Florestein and his party into the Hall of Justice)
Gentry, Soldiers, Citizens, Peasantry, Rope-dancers, Showmen, Waxwork, Gipsies, Devilshoof, Thaddeus, Queen, Florestein
Arline, Captain, Guards ->
Interior of Count Arnheim's apartment in the Hall of Justice. A full-length portrait of Arline, as she was in the first act, hangs on the wall.
Whate'er the scenes the present hour
[N. 16 - The heart bow'd down by weight of woe]
A robbery has been committed
Count
<- Citizens, Guards, Gentry, Florestein, Arline, Devilshoof
It is your lordship's nephew
[N. 17 - Hold! hold! / We cannot give the life we take]
Count, Citizens, Guards, Gentry, Florestein, Arline, Devilshoof
<- Thaddeus
