Silanus
He cannot be very far.... Do you see that laurel-hedge, at the bottom of my garden?... It divides my little domain from the orchard of my neighbour, known as Simon the Leper....
Mary Magdalene (starting)
What, your next neighbour is a leper?... You should have told us....
Silanus
Be reassured, lady, he has no leprosy now....
Appius
I thought that one became a leper for life, just as one becomes a senator.... This is another of the surprises of this monstrous Judæa....
Silanus
The Nazarene healed him.