Rafe monologue (Act 11) — Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls

That was brother Rufus. I wonder how he came hither.... And there is someone ... away out there in the snow ... men ... coming this way. [_Leaves window and stands directly in front of portraits, with his back to them, and a little way off. Stares anxiously straight before him, and speaks low and quietly._] Perhaps they are soldiers ... or wicked people come to seek for him and take him away.... Rufus went up the little stairs to the Tower.... There's no place to hide in the Tower! [_His voice gradually rising._] They'll find him as soon as they get here.... Oh, _what_ shall I do--what shall I do? [_Stands with hands clenched, listening and thinking, wide-eyed. The portraits move and bend toward him._]