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Which of us? Which? All hangs on that!

Thou knowest more than I. What said the voice in the light?

The voice in the light!

[With a cry.] The empire! The empire? To found the empire! The third empire! No; a thousand times no! Away, corrupter! I renounce thee and all thy works   And necessity? I defy necessity! I will not serve it! I am free, free, free! [A noise outside; the dancing-girls and flute-players take to flight.

[Listening towards the right.] What is this alarm and shrieking?

Strange men are forcing their way into the house