Ben Ali stood with folded arms, and face
Bent down in meditation for a space.
BEN ALI.
"It is good law, O King. But is it not
Good law that, 'He who stealeth to devote
To some religious purpose and intent
Is held exempted from that punishment'?"
THE KING.
"It is good law. But the law holds 'Unproved
The finer motive which the thief hath moved