All. Isis! Drive out the evil spirits! Answer us! Answer us!
High Priest. Louder! Louder!
The People. Sorrows! Tears! Sobs! Cries! Have pity!
High Priest. Once more, though you die!
The People. Thou dost abandon Egypt! What ills will overwhelm us! Help! Help us! Have pity!
High Priest. Have pity! Have pity! [bursting into sobs] Oh! unhappy people, Isis, if thou dost abandon them.
Voices [amid the sobs of the others] She hears us not! She answers not. Evil is upon us! Evil overwhelms us!
High Priest. Desperate! We are desperate!
All. We are desperate!
A Cry. Her head is bending! No! Yes!