MARY. Where, then, am I to do penance?
ABRAHAM. Go into the inner cell. There you will be safe from the wiles of the serpent.
MARY. Most gladly as it is your wish.
ABRAHAM. Now I must go to my good friend Ephrem. He alone mourned with me when you were lost, and he must rejoice with me now that you have been found.
MARY. Of course.
Scene IX
EPHREM. Well, brother! If I am not mistaken, you bring good news.
ABRAHAM. The best in the world.
EPHREM. You have found your lost lamb?
ABRAHAM. I have, and, rejoicing, have brought her back to the fold.