JUDGE. I understand nothing of all this.
THE OTHER ONE. That's just what is meant, and it is very nice of you to admit that there are things you don't understand.
JUDGE. Granting that I am now in the realm of the dead——
THE OTHER ONE. Say "hell," for that is what it's called.
JUDGE. [Stammering] Th-then I should like to remind you that He who once descended here to redeem all lost——
PRINCE. [At a sign from THE OTHER ONE he strikes the JUDGE in the face] Don't argue!
JUDGE. They won't even listen to me! It is beyond despair! No mercy, no hope, no end!
THE OTHER ONE. Quite right! Here you find only justice and retribution—especially justice: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! Just as you wanted it!
JUDGE. But among men there is pardon—and that you don't have here.
THE OTHER ONE. Monarchs alone possess the right to pardon. And as a man of law you ought to know that a petition for pardon must be submitted before it can be granted.