A Voice
Go on reading, Pinchas. God’s word consoles us.
Another Voice
Go on reading about the promise.
Other Voices
Yes, read us about the Messiah; about the rod that shall come forth out of the stem of Jesse.—Read about the saviour.—Our hearts are thirsting after the dew of the word.
[The Elder takes up the roll once more, and is about to resume his reading, when there comes a knocking. All start]
A Woman
[Alarmed] Someone knocks!
The Others