And for miles around this temple and all along this river I have said, "Let there be no man." I have commanded and there are not. Will you not trust me now?
[Zophérnes does the same and all the guests, one by one.]
Priest of Horus:
Indeed, we trust you.
Queen:
And you, Prince Zophérnes, with your fierce eyes that so frighten me, will you not trust me?
Zophérnes:
O Queen, it is part of the art of war to be well prepared when in an enemy's country, and we have been so long at war with your Captains that we perforce remember some of the art. It is not that we do not trust you.
Queen:
I am all alone with my handmaid and none will trust me! O Ackazárpses, I am frightened: what if my enemies should slay me and carry me up, and cast my body into the lonely Nile.