Jezebel.
I mock no one, Naboth.
I sent for you because I wished to speak
About the purchase of your vineyard near
The city wall.
Naboth.
Why do you want my vineyard, tell me that?
Jezebel.
I do not want it.
Naboth.
Well, your husband does.
Jezebel.
He does not, Naboth. Listen, all of you.
There is a false suspicion spread abroad
That we, the King and Queen, have coveted
This land of Naboth’s. It is wholly false.
We do not want it, never wanted it,
But bid for it, on public grounds, because
Lord Jehu, captain of the bodyguard,
The overseer of the town’s defences,
Urged, and still urges, that the vineyard be
Brought in within the city wall. As King,
The King made offer for the land, through one ...
Which of you was it?