JOHN
[Firmly.] In the name of Him [He is about to throw the stone, then pauses, half-questioning, half-swooning.] ... Who ... commands me ... to love thee----[A low moaning runs through the people.]
TWO SERVANTS
[Have approached John. They seize him and push him down from the Temple steps.]
HEROD AND HERODIAS
[Walk up.]
THE PEOPLE
Woe to us! He too hath forsaken us. Woe, woe!
JOSAPHAT
[To John, who is pinioned by the servants.] Master, what hast thou done to us?