My ear is obedient. Let them come.
SCENE V
[The same. Salome (thickly veiled) led in by Herodias while the harps are tuned. A murmur of astonishment runs round the table.]
VITELLIUS
Are these thy Libyan----
HEROD
[Who has risen.] This is my wife, Exalted Highness.
VITELLIUS
[Also rising.] Mistress, if thou wouldst grace this feast with thy smiles, I bid thee welcome.
HERODIAS