HELIOGABALUS
Turn your head a bit, so that the light falls on your hair. Ah, the moon! There, that's better. Now, what was it you said?
LUCIA
Could you share your love for me with another woman?
HELIOGABALUS
[A pause, during which he admires the picture. Emphatically] No!
LUCIA
[Radiant] Ah, Cæsar, you see! Or you begin to see. The star of Bethlehem has begun to shine in Rome!
HELIOGABALUS