Have I not always been with thee, Rabbi?
JOHN
I never knew that thou wast a cobbler ... and that thy children cried for bread! It seems to me that I do not know thee even yet, Josaphat.
JOSAPHAT
Thou knowest what is best in me, for thou hast given it to me!
JOHN
So, then, I know myself alone. And of thee, too, Amarja, I know no more.... Only this I know. [Gazing into vacancy.] I am sent---- [Breaks off.]
JOSAPHAT
Rabbi!
JOHN