Then Samson understood that Manoah had been arrested and imprisoned and must be delivered. He approached the castle and knocked.
“Chi è?” said the porter.
“Son io, Sansone.”
We heard a movement of consternation within the castle and then Samson called out—
“Aprite.”
There was more consternation and the voice of Pasquino or Onofrio was heard speaking in dialect which made the audience laugh. The castle sent a messenger who came on and asked what Samson wanted.
“Open the door and give me my father,” said Samson with suppressed rage. Throughout Samson behaved with extreme moderation.
But the messenger, instead of doing as he was told, approached Samson in a hostile manner. Samson took him in his arms and, with his great strength, threw him up and out of sight. We heard his body fall inside the castle walls.
“Aprite,” said Samson.
Then several messengers came, sometimes singly, sometimes two together, and once four soldiers came and said—