But I have not
cut off his head, and he is dear to me because I have not cut off his
head. And he is mine, and let none touch him (_looking at the
soldiers_), or my anger, which is the anger of the lady Judith, shall be
upon that man. (_Hearing a noise, she glances at the house_.) What do I
see? The sluts are in the tent of my mistress, which is forbidden them.
Out, sluts! (_Exit angrily into the house_!)
(Ingur _follows her quickly for protection_.)
_Enter_ Messenger.
OZIAS. And you?
MESSENGER (_saluting_). Do my eyes behold the great lord Ozias,
governor of Bethulia?
OZIAS. Your eyes behold him.
MESSENGER. It is not yet dawn, nevertheless the streets of the city are
full of a great going and coming, but I found none to lead me to the
house of the lord Ozias. Yet when I saw my lord's visage my heart said:
'This is he.'
OZIAS. What is your affair with me?
MESSENGER. I am a messenger.
OZIAS (_curtly_). Speak quickly, for the government of this city in this
hour is no common matter, and the whole charge of it lies upon me.
MESSENGER. And I am no common messenger. I come with wings through the
night from Jerusalem, from Joachim, the high priest.
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