break from her are heard.

The Don orders his servant to see what is passing out-side; no sooner does he do so, peering out at the door, than he recoils, terror knotting his tongue: he has seen the stone statue of the Commander advancing toward the door. The strange visitor enters and declines the courteous invitation extended to him to share in the supper, saying that the spirits that come from Heaven eat nothing but the manna and quails of Heaven. But he asks the Don whether he will accept his own invitation to take supper at his "dwelling." Poor Leporello, hidden under the table in the extremity of his fear, urges his master to refuse — in vain. He has accepted the invitation, and he stretches out his hand to shake the statue's in conclusion of the bargain. He cannot break free of the iron grip. The statue calls upon him to repent of his sins, but he cries: "No, no — I scorn repentance." So the statue promises him the fires of hell, and vanishes as tongues of flame and clouds of smoke rise up and flood the room...

As for the living characters who remain, they appear upon the stage: now Don Ottavio may be joined to Donna Anna, and Masetto may wed Zerlina. Poor Leporello may seek out a new and kindly master. Only the forsaken Donna Elvira, who tried to the very last to save Don Giovanni, is fated to remain alone. And the opera closes with a merry song in which all join, turning upon the just fate to which Don Giovanni has come...