Merab. Mother!
Ahinoam. My daughter?
Merab. Well?
Ahinoam. They all are gone.
Merab. And Michal, where?
Ahinoam. I do not know, my child.
Merab. Why did my father pledge her to him? you
Not hindering?
Ahinoam. She is your sister. You
Are pledged to Adriel.
Merab. And as a slave!
And if I do not love him there is—riches!
If he is Sodom-bitter to me—riches!
Ahinoam. But for the kingdom.