Yes, yes, yes, I will, I will. Oh, let me go! See you this spear? Know you what spear it is? With this spear will I slay the beast with seven heads, and then I shall get back my soul again. Christ himself has promised me that. He was with me to-night.
The first Soldier.
Hunger and weariness have turned his brain.
One of the New-comers.
To the camp with him; there he can sleep his weariness away.
Agathon.
Let me go! Oh, if you but knew what spear this is!
[The soldiers lead him off by the front, to the right.
The third Soldier.
What could he mean by that beast?