The Most Beautiful Girl in Ecbatana

February 20, 2008 - Tobias and the stranger encounter Raguel's henchman who not only direct them to Ecbatana but tell them the story of Sara and her seven husbands who have all died on the wedding night. The stranger informs Tobias that he's to be her next husband. Raguel and Edna see Tobias approaching and immediately decide to marry Sara to Tobias in order to avoid paying Raguel's debt to Tobit. Over an agitated figure in the winds, accordion, and harp, Raguel sings to his ledger, realizing that he's "drowning in zeros" and that hey would have to give Tobit all of his money.

Luckily for the plan, Tobias falls instantly in love with Sara and, more importantly experiences the sort of extra-sensory hearing that the stranger has been encouraging during the journey. Over a lush accompaniment of strings, harp, flute, and clarinet, Tobias sings a rhapsodic narrative "Did you hear her? Did you hear her singing? And her eyes? Did you hear them? They were singing. The duet her breasts sang?" The stranger however has other concerns. Tobias and Sara are married. While the guests sing a raucous drinking song in the courtyard, Tobias and Sara enter the bedchamber and participate in a mysteriously erotic quartet with Ashmodeus and the stranger. Outside in the orchard, Raguel and his men dig a fresh grave in anticipation of Tobias' death. But Tobias has powers that even he is unaware of. . .

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