26. Hail Thou That Art High Favored
[Eyes alight in darkened alcove and a figure manifests thereafter. Then, from separate shadows, comes its familiar—the VALET. It speaks—its words are melted things, only smoke and water. As it does, LEOPOLD. seems to dream. Meanwhile, VYSARIUS. circles his prey like a shark.]
VALET.
Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee,
One that has no name, that dwelleth in a foreign land.
Only look and see the holy thing that shall be born of thee!
The babe which now doth leap in you for joy
Shall have a kingdom, and of it there shall be no end.
Thou hast seen his star in the East,
Come observe, thine instrument shall magnify the Lord.