First Sentry
In any case, those alone should speak who wear a sword. We stand guard for all.
[The two sentries are silent for a while, marching to and fro]
Second Sentry
[Stands and listens] Do you hear?
First Sentry
What?
Second Sentry
The sound is very faint, but the breeze bears it to us. When I was in Joppa, for the first time I heard in the night the distant murmur of the waves. Such a sound rises now from the plain. They are there in their thousands, moving quietly, but the air is stirred by the rolling wheels and the clashing arms. A whole nation must be afoot, falling upon Israel. The noise echoes from our walls like the noise of the sea.
First Sentry