Why yes, why yes, it is simple; and that, of course, is what we must do!... Once free, he will hide and he will be forgotten.... Let us lose no time.... But I do not understand why you came to say....
Verus
You will soon understand.... I answer for the prisoner, therefore. Do you know what I am doing, do you know what I risk by restoring him to liberty?...
Mary Magdalene
You are only doing your duty in freeing an innocent man....
Verus
It is not for me to enquire into his innocence; that does not concern me. I am not his judge, but his keeper....
Mary Magdalene
Your soldiers will hold their tongues and no one will know that....
Verus