- King Ecbert: [Praying] Lord, you know me for a sinner. And I think you have already decided to cast me out into the darkness, like a fallen angel to suffer in purgatory or the fires of hell for all eternity.
- [pause]
- King Ecbert: Think you, Lord, that I could look upon such scenes with equanimity? That I do not dream in the dead of night of returning to your light and the promises of heaven? Am I not a man? Like other men?
- [softly]
- King Ecbert: And yet, I would sup with the devil if he would show me how to achieve my earthly goals. Your kingdom, Lord, as you have said is not of this world.
- [emphatically]
- King Ecbert: But, *my* kingdom *is*.