The One God.
HELIOGABALUS
So there is only one now? I heard the rumour only last week. But why get excited about it? Why stir up those poor country yokels at the market, and give the policemen trouble?
LUCIA
I came to preach the Word. I came to bring peace. Aye, even peace to you, Cæsar;—with the sin and blood upon your hands.
HELIOGABALUS
[To the clerk] Mr. Clerk, the defendant is in the shadow. Can't we move the lamps a bit?
[The clerk moves them experimentally]
HELIOGABALUS