[Exit Joab.
Scene 6
Mariamne. Titus. Afterwards, Joab.
Mariamne. (approaching Titus).
Yet one more word before I sleep, the while
My latest chamberlain prepares my bed.
I see you are astounded that this word
Directs itself on you and not my mother,
But she is far and foreign to my heart.
Titus.