Soon the sentry returns. This time he's happy - he has caught the culprit. He has Antigone as a prisoner, and takes her in triumph before Creon. He explains how they'd cleaned the earth off the body - but then came a dust-storm, a whirlwind out on the plain. As it cleared, they saw her putting more dust on the corpse, and pouring libations. The rushed out and grabbed her - not that she resisted.