Go away, Sarah: David is praying. Do not disturb his prayer.
Sarah goes away timidly and cautiously.
DAVID.
Mercy! Mercy!
The noise outside the windows subsides. Suddenly it is heard again: Sarah had notified them that they must wait.
DAVID.
Mercy! Mercy!
ANATHEMA.
In a commanding tone.
David be a man in the face of the great fear. Did you not call them here? Did you not call loudly, in a voice of love, to the silence and the darkness where unspeakable horror dwells? And now they have come to you—North and South, East and West, and like four oceans of tears they have stretched themselves at your feet. Rise, David!