It was my dream, Nullius, to die in the Holy City and to join my dust to the dust of the righteous people buried there. But (_he smiles_) is not the ground everywhere kind to its dead? Give the money to the poor woman. Well, Sarah, how shall it be? We must open a store and learn from Sonka how to make good soda-water. ANATHEMA. _Triumphantly._ Woman, David, who has brought joy to mankind, gives you money and happiness. BEZKRAINY. _To Sonka._ I told you that he has not distributed all his money. He has millions. WANDERER. _Listening._ That's right. How could David give away everything? He only started to give away. _The woman thanks David and Sarah; he places his hands upon her head, as though blessing her. Behind him, from the side of the field, something grey appears, dust-covered, moving slowly. They move silently, and it is hard to discern at first that they are human beings. The grey dust has equalized them--their distress and their suffering have made them brethren. There is something alarming in their dull, inflexible movement--and the people look upon them uneasily._ BEZKRAINY. Who is coming there on the road? SONKA. Something grey is crawling along the road. If they are human beings, they do not look like human beings. PURIKES. Oh, I am afraid for David. He stands with his back toward them, and does not see them. And they are coming like blind people. SONKA. They will soon crush him. David, David, turn around and look. ANATHEMA. It is too late, Sonka,--David can't hear you now. PURIKES. But who is that? I am afraid of them. WANDERER. These are our people! These are blind people from our land,--they have come to David for their eyesight. _Loudly._ Stop, stop! you have reached your destination. David is in your midst. _The blind, almost crushing the frightened David, pause and seek him with their fingers._ THE BLIND. Where is David? Help us to find David. Where is David, who brings joy to mankind? He is here. I feel him already with my fingers. Are you David? Where is David? Where is David? Are you David? DAVID. _Frightened voices come out of the darkness._ It is I--I am David Leizer. What is it you wish of me? SARAH. _Weeping._ David! David! I don't see you. David, David, where are you? THE BLIND. _Closing in around him._ Here is David. Are you David? CURTAIN. ACT FOUR