A thousand thousand years away from now—
Then hither come again!—A wiser man
Than one now sitting here will hear you then,
And will pronounce the sentence.”
Saladin. Allah! Allah!
Nathan. Now, Saladin, art thou that “wiser man?”
Art thou the judge who will, at last, pronounce
The sentence?
[Saladin grasps Nathan’s hand, and holds
to the end of the conversation.
Saladin. I the judge?—I’m dust! I’m nothing!