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.
VOICES. An Assyrian! An Assyrian! (Men spring at Ingur.)
HAGGITH. Let him alone; he is my bondman and I have tamed him.
OZIAS. Shut the gates, for I will enquire into this matter.
HAGGITH. There are yet ten other Assyrians outside the gates, carrying gourds for me.
OZIAS. Ten other Assyrians! It is a trick!
HAGGITH (proudly). By my command they are chained by their necks, neck to neck. Fetch in the gourds, men, and give the people to drink.