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Title: The House of Rimmon
A Drama in Four Acts

Author: Henry Van Dyke

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THE HOUSE OF RIMMON

A Drama in Four Acts

by

HENRY VAN DYKE

[Frontispiece: "Behold the sacrifice! Bow down, bow down!"]

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1908
Copyright, 1908, by
Henry Van Dyke
All rights reserved
Published in October

THE HOUSE OF RIMMON

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

BENHADAD: King of Damascus.

REZON: High Priest of the House of Rimmon.

SABALLIDIN: A Noble of Damascus.

HAZAEL )
IZDUBHAR ) Courtiers of Damascus.
RAKHAZ )

SHUMAKIM: The King's Fool.

ELISHA: Prophet of Israel.

NAAMAN: Captain of the Armies of Damascus.

RUAHMAH: A Captive Maid of Israel.

TSARPI: Wife to Naaman.

KHAMMA )
NUBTA ) Attendants of Tsarpi.

Soldiers, Servants, Citizens, etc., etc.

SCENE: _Damascus and the Mountains of Samaria._

TIME: _850 B. C._

ACT I

SCENE I

_Night, in the garden of NAAMAN at Damascus. At the left, on a
slightly raised terrace, the palace, with softly gleaming lights and
music coming from the open latticed windows. The garden is full of
oleanders, roses, pomegranates, abundance of crimson flowers; the air
is heavy with their fragrance: a fountain at the right is plashing
gently: behind it is an arbour covered with vines. Near the centre of
the garden stands a small, hideous image of the god Rimmon. Back of
the arbour rises the lofty square tower of the House of Rimmon, which
casts a shadow from the moon across the garden. The background is a
wide, hilly land