(To Mariamne.) Your countenance
Has taken gladder glow! But do not hope
Too much. One does not always die in war.
I’ve cheated many a one ere now.
Mar.
(about to speak, but interrupting herself). No, no!
Herod.
The issue now involves a hotter fight
Than then, I grant you. Every fight beside
Was waged for something in the world, but this