So much as read the letter!” He replied:—
“My will’s to speak with Herod! That’s the meaning!
He is arraigned by me on capital charge!”
Then I was bade relate how the High Priest
Came by his death, and as I told the tale—
A dizziness had gripped him in his bath—
He cut me short and quick—“Gripped! Ay, that is
The fitting word. That dizziness had fists!”
Then I perceived—pardon if I declare it,—
Rome’s not persuaded that the youth is drowned;