Daniel
In God's name, who are you?
Poor Man
I am a Jew!
[As he speaks, slowly the tree and everything beneath it is illuminated by the Star of Bethlehem. The light, dim at first, grows stronger and stronger, its rays revealing sanctuary and picking out the points of the cross on the altar. But where the Poor Man stood is nothing. There is no one there. The spirit—if spirit it was—has disappeared. The man—if man it was—has gone. Daniel gives a cry, and, as he does so, the light is extinguished, and suddenly, to the music that has been heard faintly through the door R. during this scene, the full choir sings: "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." In black darkness
the curtain falls
ACT II.
Scene: George F. Goodkind's Library. New York.