Second Conspirator: Let us influence the King to make a firm decree that whosoever shall worship any God or man, save the King, for thirty days, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Third Conspirator: That soundeth well! If Daniel be faithful to his God, he will surely disobey this decree; and if the King once signeth it, the law of the Medes and the Persians saith that it cannot be altered.
First Conspirator: Ah, this will surely be Daniel's ruin now!
Fourth Conspirator: Come, let us hasten to the King and have him establish and sign this decree. He will be pleased; he will not think of Daniel.
Third Conspirator: Yea, we will hasten before the setting of the sun.
SCENE II
Place: The same as in [scene i].
Characters: The same as in [scene i].
Time: Several days after the events in [scene i].
[The King is seated on his throne. The four conspirators come before the King and kneel.]