This will I do,--and afterward--
[A trumpet is blown without.]
Hearken, the trumpet sounds, the chariot waits.
Away, dear lord, follow the road to light!
SCENE II [3]
_The house of Elisha, upon a terraced hillside. A low stone
cottage with vine-trellises and flowers; a flight of steps,
at the foot of which is NAAMAN'S chariot. He is standing in
it; SABALLIDIN beside it. Two soldiers come down the steps._
FIRST SOLDIER:
We have delivered my lord's greeting and his message.
SECOND SOLDIER:
Yes, and near lost our noses in the doing of it! For
the servant slammed the door in our faces. A most
unmannerly reception!
FIRST SOLDIER:
But I take that as a good omen. It is a mark of holy
men to keep ill-conditioned servants. Look, the
door opens, the prophet is coming.
SECOND SOLDIER:
No, by my head, it is that notable mark of his master's
holiness, that same lantern-jawed lout of a servant.
[GEHAZI loiters down the steps and comes to NAAMAN
with a slight obeisance.]
GEHAZI:
My master, the prophet of Israel, sends word to Naaman
the Syrian,--are you he?---"Go wash in Jordan seven
times and be healed.
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