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Unfaltering, unflinching pass beyond
The veil'd prophetic portal, whence the voice
Of very Truth shall breathe to us by you.
Theonöe. (Folding her hands on her breast):
Behold I am the handmaid of the God,
So may I echo His Divine decree
Unfaltering, unflinching.
Callixena. (Leads her away right as Ion comes on drawing Agläia by the hand. Myrto follows):
Fortunate
And happy-omen'd may His answer be
Agläia:
This way.
Ion. (Pointing to the Image of Artemis):
No, this way, you reclaim a grace,