OZIAS (_after a pause_). I also will go with you, for it is right that
the governor should do honour to the lady Judith.
HAGGITH. My mistress commanded me to say to the lord Ozias that he
should remain in the city to prepare for her a welcome. (_She points to
the gates and_ Achior _gladly moves forward. She takes_ Ingur _by the
ear_.) Bestir thy legs, booby!
OZIAS. The subtlety of women is past knowing.
HAGGITH (_at the gates, maliciously_). It may be. But would the lord
Ozias invite the displeasure of my mistress? It is day. Let my lord sit
in the sun.
CURTAIN.
SCENE II
SCENE: _The same_.
Charmis _is alone at the open gates. Glimpses are caught of the people
beyond the gates_.
TIME: _Afternoon of the same day_.
CHABRIS (_entering to_ Charmis, _at the gates_). They say there is now
much water in Bethulia.
CHARMIS. Seeing that I have toiled mightily seven hours this day in
charge of six score crazy carriers to carry water up from the wells!
Would that Ozias had granted me a whip to sharpen their brains! And now
Ozias hath left me in charge of the gates.
CHABRIS. Where is Ozias, and what does he do?
CHARMIS.
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