Theodemir.
They lie by the fires and are silent. (Exit Ildibad.)
Teja.
See to it that something is brought to them also. I already ordered it. Will they sleep?
Theodemir.
No one will sleep.
Teja.
At midnight, come and fetch me.
Theodemir.
Yea, Sire. (Makes as if to go.) Teja (with a shade of anxiety). Theodemir, stay!... Thou hast always been my adversary.