SCENE III
Place: The river bank.
Characters: The Princess, Her Maidens, Soldiers, Moses, Mother of Moses, and Miriam.
[Several soldiers walk across the stage. Enter Princess and her maids.]
Princess [looking around]: What beautiful clear water for my bath!
First Maid: Yea, Princess. Will you bathe here?
[A baby's cry is heard.]
Princess: What is it I hear? It sounds like a baby crying! Look about, maidens! Is there something here?
[All look about.]
Second Maid [finds baby; all come running up to her]: See what is here!