I know! I know!... I am not worthy of anything, it appears! Not even of you, harlot!... (Calling in a loud voice) Hi! Hi! The rest of you!... Where are you?... Hasten this way, you halt and lame, you club-feet, you cripples, you beggars, vagrants, lepers, paralytics!... I have something of importance to tell you!... (Startled faces appear in the embrasures of the two doors.)
SCENE V
Verus, Mary Magdalene and nearly all the Characters of [SCENE III]
Verus
Come in, come in, you have nothing to fear!... (They Enter, timidly.) Are you all there?... There seem to be fewer of you.... Where are the others gone?...
Joseph of Arimathæa
Sir, some of them fear lest the night....
Verus
I understand; they were afraid.... Their love and their faith do not take any risk of blows.... However, these will do.... Do you see that woman?... I came to offer to save your master. She had only to say yes. She has said no. She orders his death. He will therefore die at sunrise.
(Sensation in the crowd.)