Initiated Druses—Djabal, Khalil, Anael, Maani, Karshook, Raghib, Ayoob, and others.
Uninitiated Druses, Prefect's Guard, Nuncio's Attendants, Admiral's Force.
Time, 14—.
Place, An Islet of the Southern Sporades, colonised by Druses of Lebanon, and garrisoned by the Knights-Hospitallers of Rhodes.
Scene, A Hall in the Prefect's Palace.
ACT I
Enter stealthily Karshook, Raghib, Ayoob, and other initiated Druses, each as he enters casting off a robe that conceals his distinctive black vest and white turban; then, as giving a loose to exultation,—
Karshook. The moon is carried off in purple fire:
Day breaks at last! Break glory, with the day,