Lifting his head.
I don't see it.
ANATHEMA.
It is the city which is awaiting you. Now listen. What is that noise in the distance?
DAVID.
Listening.
That—of course, Nullius, that is the echo of the waves of the sea.
ANATHEMA.
No. It is the voice of the people, who will come here soon and will demand miracles from you, and will offer you the kingdom of the poor on earth. When we were hiding in the rocks, I heard two men speak as they hastened to the city: they said that you had been carried away by some evil one and that it was necessary to rescue you from that evil one and offer you the kingdom.
DAVID.