See the accused innocent in the middle.

The ordeal of poisonous water has been administered to him, as a test of his innocence or his guilt.

He begins to be sick, and pale.

Alas! yon mournful shriek of his relatives confirms that the loss of his freedom is now sealed.
And whither shall we go now?
The night is approaching fast.

Let us find some friendly hut, where sleep may make us forget for a while the sorrows of the day.