Scene + 

VIII + 

Abraham + 

Courage, Mary! You see how swiftly we have made the difficult and toilsome journey. + 

Mary + 

Everything is easy when we put our hearts into it. + 

Abraham + 

There is your deserted little cell. + 

Mary + 

God help me! It was the witness of my sin. I dare not go there. + 

Abraham + 

It is natural you should dread the place where the enemy triumphed. + 

Mary + 

Where, then, am I to do penance? + 

Abraham + 

Go into the inner cell. There you will be safe from the wiles of the serpent. + 

Mary + 

Most gladly as it is your wish. + 

Abraham + 

Now I must go to my good friend Ephrem. He alone mourned with me when you were lost, and he must rejoice with me now that you have been found. + 

Mary + 

Of course. + 