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Why are you always gazing at her?
ripe fruits
Bite but a little of this fruit and then I will eat what is left.
My daughter and I come of a royal race. As for thee, thy father was a camel driver! He was also a robber!
Salomé, come and sit next to me. I will give thee the throne of thy mother.
“Throne” = her place - at his table, and in his bed.
THE VOICE OF JOKANAAN
no man knoweth
It is a very dangerous doctrine. It is a doctrine that cometh from the schools at Alexandria,
There is no knowledge of any thing.
But I have heard it said that Jokanaan himself is your prophet Elias.
THE VOICE OF JOKANAAN
come, the day of the Lord,
I hear upon the mountains the feet of Him who shall be the Sa...
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Isaiah 52:7 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
The Saviour of the world.
Cæsar is lord,
I do not believe in miracles. I have seen too many.
In the Gospels
changed water into wine.
healed
healed
hath healed
Gospels
It is only sick people who dream.
[She strikes the page with her fan.]
miracle
Lunatic
I forbid Him to raise the dead.
But I allow no man to raise the dead. It would be terrible if the dead came back.
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THE VOICE OF JOKANAAN
THE VOICE OF JOKANAAN
Peradventure on account of it a misfortune will come.
You must not look at her.
THE VOICE OF JOKANAAN
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I do not believe in omens. He speaks like a drunken man.
What wine is that, the wine of God? From what vineyards is it gathered? In what wine-press may one find it?
You are looking again at my daughter.
the veil of the Sanctuary
Matthew
Dance for me, Salomé.
dance.
dance,
dance for me.
dance,
dance,
dance
To-night I am happy, I am exceeding happy. Never have I been so happy.
The Tetrarch has a sombre look. Has he not...
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Cæsar is lord.
