When next thou comest into Rimmon's House,
Thy heart will tell thee how to go in peace.
_CURTAIN._
[3] Note that this scene is not intended to be put upon the stage,
the effect of the action upon the drama being given at the
beginning of Act IV.
ACT IV
SCENE I
_The interior of NAAMAN'S tent, at night. RUAHMAH alone, sleeping
on the ground. A vision appears to her through the curtains of the
tent: ELISHA standing on the hillside at Dothan: NAAMAN, restored
to sight, comes in and kneels before him. ELISHA blesses him, and
he goes out rejoicing. The vision of the prophet turns to RUAHMAH
and lifts his hand in warning._
ELISHA:
Daughter of Israel, what dost thou here?
Thy prayer is granted. Naaman is healed:
Mar not true service with a selfish thought.
Nothing remains for thee to do, except
Give thanks, and go whither the Lord commands.
Obey,--obey! Ere Naaman returns
Thou must depart to thine own house in Shechem.
[The vision vanishes.]
RUAHMAH: [Waking and rising slowly.]
A dream, a dream, a messenger of God!
O dear and dreadful vision, art thou true?
Then am I glad with all my broken heart.
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