Cain.‍Have ye not prayed?

Adam. We have, most fervently.

Cain.‍And loudly: I

Have heard you.

Adam.‍So will God, I trust.

Abel.‍Amen!

Adam. But thou my eldest born? art silent still?

Cain. 'Tis better I should be so.

Adam.‍Wherefore so?

Cain. I have nought to ask.