Is there no pity in heaven?
DAVID
There was no pity on earth.
BARON
It was the People avenging itself, Vera. The People rose like a flood. It had centuries of spoliation to wipe out. The voice of the People is the voice of God.
VERA [Moaning]
But you could have stopped them.
BARON
I had no orders to defend the foes of Christ and
[Crossing himself]