JUDGE. Who is that?
THE OTHER ONE. [In a low voice] I am the Other One!
Judge. [To his wife] Make the sign of the cross! I can't!
THE OTHER ONE. The sign of the cross does not frighten me, for I am undergoing my ordeal merely that I may wear it.
JUDGE. Who are you?
THE OTHER ONE. I became the Other One because I wanted to be the First One. I was a man of evil, and my punishment is to serve the good.
JUDGE. Then you are not the Evil One?
THE OTHER ONE. I am. And it is my task to torment you into finding the cross, before which we are to meet some time.
OLD LADY. [To Judge] Don't listen to him! Tell him to go!
THE OTHER ONE. It won't help. You have called me, and you'll have to bear with me.