The House of Rimmon: A Drama in Four Acts

Night, in the garden of NAAMAN at Damascus. At the left, on a slightly raised terrace, thepalace, with softly gleaming lights and music coming from the open latticed windows. Thegarden is full of oleanders, roses, pomegranates, abundance of crimson flowers; the air is heavywith their fragrance: a fountain at the right is plashing gently: behind it is an arbour coveredwith vines. Near the centre of the garden stands a small, hideous image of the god Rimmon. Backof the arbour rises the lofty ...