PART II
CENTRUM IN CENTRI TRIGONO I.
SPHINX
L
HERMANUBIS
Ι.
TYPHON I.
TYPHON. Hail unto thee, thou great god Hermanubis!
Art thou not the messenger of Jupiter?
HERMANUBIS. Hail unto thee, thou great god Typhon
!
Art thou not the executor of his vengeance?
TYPHON. Brother Hermanubis, what is the hour?
HERMANUBIS. Noon.
Brother Typhon, what is the place?
TYPHON. The summit of Olympus
Brother Hermanubis,
what is thy position?
HERMANUBIS. Upon the rim of the Wheel.
And thine?
TYPHON. Upon the rim of the Wheel.
HERMANUBIS. Let us seek the centre of the Wheel.
[They wil/z SPHINX rise and moi/e, foster and/ester round
the rim, returning exhausted to fheirplaces]
TYPHON. Brother Hermanubis,
we are no nearer to the
centre of the wheel.
HERMANUBIS. We are no nearer to the centre of the wheel.
TYPI-ION. Hast thou no message from the Gods?
HERMANUBIS. None, brother.
Let us seek an oracle of
the Gods.
[They rise and go round the rim, stopping and proximi-
ing themselves before the SPHINX.]
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