[From the window] Now is he gone.
HERODIAS
[To Miriam] So speed after him, and when thou hast found him, bring him privately through yonder gate. [Points below to the right]
SALOME
She shall not.... I will not ... Not her!
HERODIAS
Why not?
SALOME
[Throwing her arms round Miriam] She is dearest to me. I will not let her go out of my sight. [Comes over and supplicates Herodias] Mother!
HERODIAS