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Jovian,—what then?

Sire, a terrible, a monstrous stream of fire burst out of the caverns. A thundering noise shook the whole city. The vaults burst asunder; hundreds of workmen were killed in them, and the few who escaped fled with lacerated limbs.

The Galileans' God!

Can I believe all this? Did you see it?

With my own eyes. We began anew. Sire, in the presence of many thousands—awestruck, kneeling, exulting, praying—the same wonder was twice repeated.

[Pale and trembling.] And then? In one word,—what has the Emperor achieved in Jerusalem?

The Emperor has fulfilled the Galilean's prophecy.

Fulfilled?

Through you is the saying accomplished: "Not one stone shall remain upon another."