Basil.

[Rising.] Then we shall have a night of tumult. Come, Gregory; let us not witness all this unseemliness.

Gregory.

[Points to the left.] Look yonder. Is that a pleasanter sight?

Basil.

Prince Julian——; with roses in his hair, his face aflame——

Gregory.

Ay, and after him that reeling, glassy-eyed crew. Hear how the halting tongues babble with wine! They have sat the whole day in Lykon’s tavern.

Basil.

And many of them are our own brethren, Gregory; they are Christian youths——