I'll call him! I will save him! David! David!—
I his discomfiture and ruin!—David!

(Searches.)

Hear, David! hear me! David!

(Sees Saul.)

The king! My father!
I cannot—am not—whither shall I, whither...?

(Flees, as a scuffling is heard and David's voice.)

David. Loose me, I say. 'Twas Michal, and she called!

(Appears, withheld by Abiathar.)

(Breaking free.) I say that it was she!