Our Father which art in heaven!
Where is he? Eutherius, Oribases,—what is here afoot?
[In the church.] Hallowed be Thy name!
Julian.
[Comes up the steps; he has blood on his forehead, on his breast, and on his hands.] It is finished!
Caesar!
Blood-stained——! What have you done?
Cloven the mists of terror.
Creation lies in your hand.
[In the church.] Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven!
Now Constantius has no longer a bodyguard.
What say you, my lord?
Ah! My faithful ones! Up into the daylight to Rome, and to Greece!
Long live the Emperor Julian!
We will not look back; all ways lie open before us. Up into the daylight! Through the church! The liars shall be silenced——!
The army mine, the treasure mine, the throne mine!
[In the church.] Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil!
[Julian throws wide the doors, revealing the brightly-lighted interior of the church. The priests stand before the high altar; crowds of worshippers kneel below, around the Princess’s bier.
Free, free! Mine is the kingdom!
[Calls to him.] And the power and the glory!
[In the church.] Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory——
[Dazzled by the light.] Ah!
Victory!
[In the church.] ——For ever and ever, amen!
9. The name “Caesar” was at this period used as the title of the heir to the throne, the Emperor himself being entitled “Augustus.”
10. See Ibsen’s Correspondence, Letter 115, to George Brandes.