SCENE I
Gaoler, Abi.
ABI
[With head thrust over the garden wall.] Master Gaoler, dost thou not hear?
GAOLER
What wilt thou?
ABI
A ball went over the wall. Hast thou seen it?
GAOLER
No.
ABI
Please look for it, and throw it back.
GAOLER
Look for it thyself.
ABI
How can I, unless thou openest the gate.
GAOLER
I may not open it. Let me be.
ABI
Listen, Gaoler. The ball belongs to Salome, our young Princess. If thou art not obliging, beware!
GAOLER
Oh, if it belongs to the young Princess----[Opens the gate.]