David is here? Oh, have pity on me, people! do not deceive me; I am blinded by deceit, and falsehoods have made me deaf. Do I hear right? Is David here?
BEZKRAINY.
Yes, there he stands. But you are too late—he has already distributed all his fortune.
PURINES.
He has already distributed all his fortune.
WOMAN.
What are you doing to me, people? Two days and two nights I have been looking for him—the people deceived me, and now I am too late. I will die on the way now—I have nowhere else to go.
Tearfully, flings herself about on the dust-covered road.
ANATHEMA.
It seems that somebody has come to you, David.