Scene Four
The same persons, Zoraya
Ximénès. (To Cleofas, who rises and salutes) Do you wish to speak, Master Cleofas?
Cleofas. With the permission of Your Eminence, before the accused is questioned, I should like to inform the Tribunal that, contrary to the royal edict, she has persisted in continuing the damnable Arabian custom of painting her eyelashes, eyelids and eyebrows; and I will wager that her heels and toenails are gilded.
Ximénès. (To Zoraya) Is this true?
Zoraya. Yes, Your Eminence.
Cleofas seats himself.
Ximénès. Let that pass—And, Rain of Heaven, if she has not greater crimes to expiate! (To Zoraya) Your name?
Zoraya. Zoraya, daughter of the scholar and physician, Abou-Abassa.
Ironical gesture from Cleofas at the name physician.