Ay, truly, a dear and dear-bought instrument.
Basil.
Christ, Christ—how came it that thy people saw not thy manifest design? The Emperor Julian was a rod of chastisement,—not unto death, but unto resurrection.
Makrina.
Terrible is the mystery of election. How know we——?
Basil.
Is it not written: “Some vessels are fashioned to honour, and some to dishonour”?
Makrina.
Oh brother, let us not seek to fathom that abyss.
[She bends over the body and covers the face.