Second Levite (has a bright idea): We'll tell the inn-keeper to send and fetch him.
(The Jew groans; the Levites hurry out. Enter the Samaritan.)
Samaritan: Ah! Too bad! (He bends over Jew.) Courage, my friend! (Jew groans. The Samaritan binds up his head.) Canst walk as far as the inn yonder? (He assists Jew to rise.)
Jew (wails): They have stolen my all! I am ruined—ruined—ruined!
Samaritan (cheerfully): Better ruined than dead! (They approach inn. He cries): Mine host! Ho! Ho! (Knocks.)
(Enter the Host. The Priest and Levites follow, peering over the Host's shoulder.)
Samaritan: I found this poor fellow in the road—beaten by thieves no doubt.
First Levite (to Host): It's the fellow I told you of. (To Samaritan.) Good heavens, fellow, why did'st carry him hither, and wake honest people up in the dead of night? The thing to do was to notify the authorities. You cannot go to the rescue of every man you see in trouble.
Samaritan: Why not? We are all brothers.