I thank you for the thought, but first convince me
That there is danger.
I have lived here in danger twenty years.
What horror comes to-day?
Hamutal.
Come to the window, Madam; but be hidden.
Look here. You see the side gate of the palace?
You see, behind the ruined wall, armed men?
They watch that side gate lest you leave the palace.
Now, on this side, see there, among those bushes,
More men-at-arms, watching the royal gate.
There at the water-gate are more armed men.
And they are not your guards.
Jezebel.
I see they are not.
Then, while they watch for me, their friends are watching
My husband in the army? Is it so?
Hamutal.
No, do not ask me, Madam; I know nothing.
Rose-Flower.
How could our Queen escape with the gate watched?
This is some treason, Madam, to betray you
Out of the palace, into savage hands.
Jezebel.