[He claps his hands together.
The bust of Pan sinks into the ground. The OLD LADY returns, looking reassured and quietly happy. With a suggestion of firm hope in mien and gesture, she goes up to the JUDGE and takes his hand. The stage becomes filled with shadows that are gazing up at the rocks in the rear.
CHORUS I. [Two sopranos and an alto sing behind the stage, accompanied only by string instruments and a harp.]
Puer natus est nobis;
Et filius datus est nobis,
Cujus imperium super humerum ejus;
Et vocabitur nomen ejus
Magni consilii Angelus.
CHORUS II. [Soprano, alto, tenor, basso.]
Cantate Domino canticum novum
Quia mirabilia fecit!
The star becomes visible above the rocks in the rear. All kneel down. A part of the rock glides aside, revealing a tableau: the crib with the child and the mother; the shepherds adoring at the left, the three Magi at the right.
CHORUS III. [Two sopranos and two altos.]
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax
Hominibus bonæ voluntatis!