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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,