Near enemy; or let me have the long
And patient swiftness of the desert-ship,
The helmless dromedary!—and I'll bear[cx]
Thy fiendish sarcasm with a saintly patience.
Stran. I will.
Arn. (with surprise). Thou canst?
Stran.Perhaps. Would you aught else?120
Arn. Thou mockest me.
Stran.Not I. Why should I mock