Julian.
Ah! My faithful ones! Up into the daylight to Rome, and to Greece!
The Soldiers.
Long live the Emperor Julian!
Julian.
We will not look back; all ways lie open before us. Up into the daylight! Through the church! The liars shall be silenced——!
[He rushes up the steps in the background.
The army mine, the treasure mine, the throne mine!
The Choir.
[In the church.] Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil!