One of King Ahab’s lancers, if in white.
Moon-Blossom.
Surely a rider from the army, Madam.
Rose-Flower.
Bringing good news, because he would not gallop
Save with the news of triumph.
Jezebel.
What he brings
Will not be what we look for, because life
Is unexpected, whether good or ill.
And at the door by which a horror enters
Another comes, a muffled one, a silent.
(There is a knocking.)
Enter, without there!
Pharmas enters.