The Crowning of Peace

Cue-sheet for Man of Doubt

(Child) Will it be long before she comes?
 
(Father) Sir, we greet you.
(1, 0) 66 I greet you all.
(Mother) Sir, have you news of the Queen?
 
(Mother) Sir, have you news of the Queen?
(1, 0) 68 What Queen?
(Mother) Her name is Peace.
 
(Mother) Her name is Peace.
(1, 0) 70 And do you wait for |her|?
(Mother) It is said she is to dwell with us for ever.
 
(Mother) It is said she is to dwell with us for ever.
(1, 0) 72 Friends, you lose your time.
(1, 0) 73 You listen to a legend.
(1, 0) 74 What was, shall be.
(Mother) But, sir, it was for this our sons went forth to find her.
 
(Mother) But, sir, it was for this our sons went forth to find her.
(1, 0) 76 Men go upon a hundred ways, and a hundred times when they come back, their hands are empty.
(Father) If they do not bring her, tomorrow is but as yesterday.
 
(Father) There is no end to loss, and men's work will be broken for ever.
(1, 0) 79 Their work will be broken for ever.
(1, 0) 80 What was, shall be.
(Maiden) You speak thus in the market place!
 
(Maiden) Do you not see the people would have her Queen for evermore?
(1, 0) 85 Yes; once again the people dream.
(Child) Don't dreams come true?
 
(1, 0) 100 The people make a holiday.
(1, 0) 101 It is their fashion.
(1, 0) 102 They are happy for an hour—and they forget.