Verus
Nothing that interests you; let us think only of our happy escape....
Mary Magdalene
I know that some danger threatens him....
Verus
Whom do you mean?...
Mary Magdalene
It is impossible, after what he has done, that you should become the instrument of his worst enemies.... You owe him my life and perhaps our happiness.... What do they want with him? What orders have you received?...
Verus
I am charged to arrest him before this evening, together with the principal leaders of his band. It is a vulgar constabulary measure, directed against sick men and vagrants, of a kind that has never yet been exacted of the legionaries.... It shall not take place; do not let us speak of it....