It is a lie! Oh, how long yet will I listen to this foolish man? North and South, East and West, I am calling you. Quicker, come here, to the aid of the Devil! Rush over here in four oceans of tears and bury man in your abyss. Come here! This way! _No one heeds Anathema's sobs, neither David, radiant with the ecstasy of immortality, nor Sarah, nor the other people, who listen attentively to David. Anathema moves restlessly about, alone, cursing. A shrill voice is heard; a woman, terribly painted, rushes in from the road. Her clothes are torn, and her beautiful face is disfigured. She screams and sobs and calls wildly._ WOMAN. My God! Where is David, who is distributing his fortune? Two days and two nights, two days and two nights, I have been looking for him all over the city, but the houses are silent and the people are laughing. Tell me, kind people, have you not seen David, who brings joy to the people? Do not look upon my open bosom--a wicked man tore my clothes and scratched my face. Oh, do not look upon my open bosom: it never knew the happiness of feeding innocent lips. WANDERER. David is here. WOMAN. _Falling on her knees._ David is here? Oh, have pity on me, people! do not deceive me; I am blinded by deceit, and falsehoods have made me deaf. Do I hear right? Is David here? BEZKRAINY. Yes, there he stands. But you are too late--he has already distributed all his fortune. PURINES. He has already distributed all his fortune. WOMAN. What are you doing to me, people? Two days and two nights I have been looking for him--the people deceived me, and now I am too late. I will die on the way now--I have nowhere else to go. _Tearfully, flings herself about on the dust-covered road._ ANATHEMA. It seems that somebody has come to you, David. DAVID. _Advancing._ What does this woman wish? WOMAN. _Without lifting her head._ Are you David, who has brought joy to mankind? WANDERER. Yes, it is he. DAVID. Yes, it is I. WOMAN. _Without lifting her head._ I do not dare glance at you. You must be like the sun. _Gently and trustfully._ Oh, David, how long I have been looking for you!... The people kept deceiving me all the time. They told me that you went away, that you do not exist at all, and that you never existed. One man said to me that he was David, and he seemed to be kind, but he treated me like a robber. DAVID. Rise! WOMAN. Permit me to rest here, at your feet. Like a bird that has crossed the sea, I am beaten by the rain, I am exhausted by the storms, I am tired to death. _Weeps; continues trustfully._ Now I am calm, now I am happy: I am at the feet of David, who has brought joy to mankind. DAVID. _Irresolutely._ But you have come too late, woman. I have already given away everything I had, and I have nothing left. ANATHEMA.