Act 1 Scene 2
In the next scene we have the mother-in-law cradling a young child and Leonardo’s wife sewing. Together they sing a poetic lullaby to get the child to sleep. When the child has gone to sleep the mother-in-law takes the child into another room and Leonardo enters. They talk about Leonardo's horse, and how it refuses to have its horseshoes on. They move on to the wedding of the wife's cousin (the bride). The baby wakes up when Leonardo leaves and again the mother-in-law and the wife sing the lullaby.
Act 1 Scene 3
Scene 3 is set in the house of the father of the bride. The mother and bridegroom are about to meet the father of the bride and as he enters a cold and awkward conversation sparks. The mother embarrasses the bridegroom on quite a few occasions and after a while the mother meets the bride. After the mother has examined her new daughter-in-law they leave and we are left with just the bride and the maid. The maid is quite cheeky and is constantly trying to get at the presents and after the bride frustratingly stops her, the maid then mentions that she saw a horseman ride up to the brides window at three o'clock that morning, she mentions that the man looked like Leonardo. “Don’t Lie!” screams the bride and at that moment Leonardo does ride past.
Act 2 Scene 1
We see the hallway of the bride’s house with the front door at the rear. The bride and the maid are talking about her the wedding. The maid keeps talking about sex and the bride starts to get frustrated. The bride goes off to finish getting ready when Leonardo arrives at the house. The maid and him talk about how Leonardo treats his horse badly. The bride comes back in and they talk about their past relationship. We then have a poem about the bride said by girl 1, girl 2, boy 1, boy 2, maid, girl 3, bridegroom, wife, other, father and Leonardo.
Act 2 Scene 2
We have the maid on her own talking about the wedding, then the mother and father come in. They also start talking about the bride and groom and are joined by the wife and Leonardo. They stop when the bride and bridegroom enter. Then they talk about the wedding itself. The rest of the cast leave and we are left with the maid and bridegroom, the maid asks if he wants a late night snack on their wedding night, he says he doesn’t eat at night and the maid cheekily respond with “perhaps not but I’m sure the brides appetite will have been… well whetted by then.” A young enters and the bridegroom to join the family for a drink.
Act 3 Scene 1
Situated deep in a forest at night, whilst two violins are heard, three woodcutters appear. We see the ride and Leonardo sneaking through the forest because they have just ran away from the wedding together. The bride talks about her and Leonardo splitting up and meeting later on when they have evaded the angry crowd who are looking for them.
Act 3 Scene 2
Three girls sing a song announcing that nobody has returned from the wedding, and that Leonardo and the Bridegroom are both dead. On one side being guilt and shame, and on the other being their uncontrollable love for one another. The dead bodies are brought home, and the neighbours are left kneeling and weeping as the curtain falls.
