Roland remained quiet, and by that means let slip the suitable opportunity of the intermission, for pressing through the crowd to Manna.
The Oratorio was ended, but the applause of the assembly, did not seem likely to end. There was a universal call for the stranger's name.
"Name! Name!" resounded from a thousand lips, with noisy demonstrations and shouts.
Then Master Ferdinand tapped with his baton again upon his desk, nodding in a friendly manner to Eric, who held back, and all cried:—
"Silence!"
Eric rose, saying in a composed voice,—
"My sincere thanks. That I have been able to take part here, has been to me a divine service, a service to divine art; and because I do not desire by any unfamiliar name to lessen the feeling of devotion awakened within you, and for this reason only, have I been reluctant to give you my name."
"Name! Name!" was again called out by the assembly.
"My name is Doctor Dournay."
"Huzza! Huzza!" burst out the whole assembly, and the orchestra played a threefold flourish, all shouting:—