← And then one night, a ball night when he had danced with no one but Ismene, a night when Ismene had been dazzling in her new gown, he had gone over to find Antigone, who was dreaming in a corner like she is now, her arms around her knees, and he had asked her to be his wife. 🔊✎
← The orchestra started up a new dance, you could hear Ismene laughing over there, in the middle of the other boys, and well, now he is going to be the husband of Antigone, 🔊✎
← For the moment, until a new and duly appointed king of Thebes tells them to arrest him in his turn, they are Creon's instruments of justice. 🔊✎
← Fearful news. They had finished putting Antigone into her cave. They had not quite finished rolling the last blocks of stone into place when Creon and those around him hear groans suddenly coming from the tomb. Everyone stops talking and listens, because it is not Antigone's voice. It is a new sound coming from the depths of the cave... 🔊✎