Delethi. And after a month of purification she will be borne to the house of the god!
Zaya. And on the day of Prodigies....
Nahasi. Oh, the day of Prodigies!
Zaya. She will be the foremost nearer to the Sanctuary than all the rest. She will pray with the praying crowd, she will behold the lowering of the stone that hides the face of Isis....
Delethi. She will behold Isis—face to face....
All. Oh!
Zaya. She will beg the goddess graciously to incline her head, in sign that, yet another year, Egypt shall be protected. And when the fervor of the crowd's united prayer is great enough, the head of the Goddess of Stone will bow. That will be the first prodigy.
Delethi. The head of the Goddess of Stone will bow—that will be the first prodigy.
Zaya. And in the crowd there will be blind who shall see, and deaf who shall hear, and dumb who shall speak.
Delethi. Perhaps Mieris, our good mistress, will be cured of her blindness at last.