Do you hear?

Sarcastically.

It is not I. It is they. Six, eight, twenty-correct. It is always correct with the Devil....

The door opens and David, horror-stricken, runs in. A shout is heard behind him. David closes the door and holds it with his shoulder.

DAVID.

Help, Nullius! They will soon break in—the door is not strong; they will break it.

ANATHEMA.

What do they say?

DAVID.

They do not believe me, Nullius. They ask for a miracle. But do the dead also shout?—I saw the dead they have brought here.