HERALD
(Entering) The Caliph demands your choice.
RAFI
Death!
HASSAN
(Bursting in) No, no. O God!
ISHAK
They have chosen too well.
(Exit HERALD. PERVANEH is still in ecstasy when the curtain falls.)
END OF ACT IV
ACT V
SCENE I
Towards the sunset of the next day. The CALIPH's garden (ACT III, SCENE I) once more.
(Enter the CALIPH with ATTENDANTS as HASSAN comes from his pavilion.)