The Baptized. He is the son of a famous philosopher.
Leonard. What do you demand, Herman?
Herman. High priest, give me the Sacrament of Murder!
Leonard (to the Priests). Give me the oil, the dagger, and the poison!—(To Herman.) With the sacred oil once used to anoint kings, I now anoint thee to their destruction!
The arm once used by knights and nobles, I give thee now for their destruction!
I hang upon thy breast this flask of poison, that where the sword cannot reach, it may gnaw, corrode, and burn the bowels of the tyrants!
Go, and destroy the old race in all parts of the world!
The Man. He is gone! I see him, at the head of a band of assassins, crossing the crest of the nearest hill.
The Baptized. They turn, they approach us, we must move out of their way!
The Man. No. I will dream this dream to its end!