That proves to me more undeniably
Than ever any tongue of man could do it
She shamed me with the abhorred of all abhorred.
A miracle must not alone have happened.
It must in other case have been repeated,
And miracles were ne’er repeated yet.[15]
[Mariamne makes a gesture.
’Tis true she’ll speak just as the murderer spoke—
“’Twas given her for a gift!” And she may dare it
Because a chamber, like a wood, is dumb.