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FIRST SOLDIER. What do ye, dogs? Stop, and await the order of the lord
Ozias.
GATEMEN (_continuing to work the chains_). Water! Water!
FIRST SOLDIER. Pull, then, dogs. If there is water and it is wet I will
taste it. But if there is not water, I will slay the first soul that
enters. (_As the gates begin to open a little_.) Hold! No wider!
_Enter_ Haggith _with two gourds_.
(_The gourds are snatched from her, and the men, including the First
Soldier, drink_.)
FIRST SOLDIER (_as he drinks_). Yea, it is indeed Haggith. Where is thy
mistress, and whence comest thou, my beloved water-carrier, for thou art
my beloved? (Haggith _slaps his face_.)
_Enter_ Ozias, _L_.
OZIAS (_furious_). Why are the gates opened? What is this?
FIRST SOLDIER. Haggith, lord, with water that is stronger than wine.
(_Handing a gourd to_ Ozias _to soothe him_.)
OZIAS. Where is thy mistress, wench? (_Drinks_.)
HAGGITH (_stiffly_). I am the forerunner of my mistress, who has sent
me, and before many hours are passed the lady Judith will come also.
(_She goes to the gates and beckons_.)
OZIAS. What art thou doing?
_Enter_ Ingur, _bearing a sack_.
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