HERODIAS

Make obeisance. Speak thy thanks.

SALOME

[Before Herod.] Sire, I am a rose of Sharon. A flower of the valley ... Who would thank me should pluck me ... Oh, look at the head!

HEROD

Take the women away!

HERODIAS

[Curtseys, and leads, smiling; the half-swooning Salome off to right.]

SCENE X

The same. [Without Herodias and Salome.]
Gabalos [has re-entered from left].