(He goes out.
Simon: And whom have I myself? And whom have I?
(He paces to and fro, for a little, with a hesitating step.
Two trees and all the night behind!
The mist parts and in places the stars appear!
O equilibrium of things in the night! O energy that acts with unconquerable power, according to its nature!
I also will do my work. Creeping beneath it I will cause the great stone to tremble!
And with a blow I will take the burden upon me, as a butcher takes on his back a side of beef!
Oh, to act! To act! To act! Who will give me the strength to act!
Ah! ah!