Here each soul hears itself in other’s speech.
So dost thou only speak unto thyself
When I say: ‘Seek thine answer in the deep.’
Capesius (hesitatingly):
Ah, in the deep there threatens darksome … fear.
Maria:
Yea truly, fear is there: but ask thyself,
As thou hast forced thy way within her realm
If she doth not reveal herself to thee.
Ask Lucifer, before whom thou dost stand