By night, within the garden of the man

Who hates you most and fears you least in all Damascus.

REZON: [Rising, and speaking angrily.]

Trust me, I repay his scorn

With double hatred,--Naaman, the man

Whom the King honours and the people love,

Who stands against the nobles and the priests,

Against the oracles of Rimmon's House,

And cries, "We'll fight to keep Damascus free!"

This powerful fool, this impious devotee