(Following Tree, they dance joyously within. Outside, Melchior, Belshasar and their Followers wait in the dimness.)
BELSHASAR
A bell! I hear a bell tolling.
MELCHIOR
A sword! The clang of a sword!
NINTH ACTION
(Outcasts)
STAGE B AND AISLE I
From the right of HEROD’S Gate sounds the tolling of bells—from the left, the clangor of swords.