ABI
How can I, unless thou openest the gate.
GAOLER
I may not open it. Let me be.
ABI
Listen, Gaoler. The ball belongs to Salome, our young Princess. If thou art not obliging, beware!
GAOLER
Oh, if it belongs to the young Princess----[Opens the gate.]
SCENE II
The Gaoler, Abi, Maecha, and later, Salome.