CARLOMAN.
We thank you, father, for we bound our hearts
And brains and bodies with the fearful oath
To live in God, and the great Tempter—Time—
Has thwarted us persistently with bondage
Of interruption. Claims and trifles hinder
Our worship of what passes not away;
[vehemently]
And I am chafed, my father.
ZACHARIAS.
There is something
Terribly painful in your eyes—pray much,
And think but seldom.
[Enter another Cardinal.]
CARDINAL.
Saintly Boniface
Comes from the Frankish Court.
[He ushers Boniface in.]
ZACHARIAS.
A triple blessing
On this most reverend head. You come from Pepin
Or Chilperic? Here is Carloman.