CALL
[More distant.] It groweth light towards Hebron. [All stand up and begin to pray, their faces turned towards the Temple.]
CALL
[Quite distant.] It groweth light towards Hebron.
JOHN
[Baffled and tormented.] Towards Hebron it groweth light.
SCENE XII
[The great gates are slowly opened, displaying marble walls, mounting in terraces, behind which are two more gates. The Temple-building itself is almost completely hidden by smoke from the great lighted sacrificial altar, which bounds the perspective. From the mountains behind the Temple are heard the long-drawn notes of the silver trumpets. People begin to stream up.]
MATTHIAS
[Has gone to Josaphat's side and speaks to him privately, then turns to John, who stands alone on the left.] Master, the people are flocking to the Temple.... In a few moments the Tetrarch will certainly be there too, with the woman. Wilt thou not step among them, that they may know their leader?