It is well, stand up.... I do not keep you by force. But I could not have believed that you had come to this.... I have fallen into one of your Jewish traps. Do you see the crowd posted there, under the portico, spying upon its hostages?... I will not have Roman property defiled.... I bear you no grudge, Magdalene. Love, in me, is not extinguished in a moment; and I possess more constancy than woman.... I shall watch over you. I know now that, by destroying him, I can save her whom he wished to destroy. He does not suspect that he owes his life to me; for hitherto, from pity or indifference, I had held back the threats that were gathering over his head. But, since he himself comes to attack me in my happiness, I add to those threats all the weight of flouted love.... And, now, go with your guide from the tombs.... We shall meet again before long. (_LAZARUS GOES OUT slowly through the vestibule. MAGDALENE, without a word, without a movement, without a look, GOES OUT after him, amid the profound, still silence of all present._) APPIUS (_after a long pause_) We have this day seen more than one thing that we had not seen before.... SILANUS It is true, Appius; and this is as surprising as the resurrection of a dead man.... CURTAIN ACT III (_In the house of JOSEPH OF ARIMATHÆA. The Supper-room in which the Last Supper took place. Windows at the back. Doors to the right and left. Judæo-Roman architecture. The lamps are lit. It is the end of the night of the sixth of April._) SCENE I _NICODEMUS. LEVI THE PUBLICAN. SIMON THE LEPER. LAZARUS, THE MAN RISEN FROM THE DEAD. CLEOPHAS, ZACCHÆUS. THE MAN THAT WAS BORN BLIND. BARTIMÆUS, THE BLIND MAN OF JERICHO. THE MAN OF GERASA POSSESSED BY A DEVIL. THE IMPOTENT MAN OF BETHESDA. THE MAN HEALED OF A DROPSY. THE MAN WHOSE HAND WAS WITHERED. SIMON PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW MARY CLEOPHAS. SALOME, THE WIFE OF ZEBEDEE. SUSANNA. Several nameless MEN AND WOMEN CURED BY MIRACLES. A few HUNCHBACKED, HALT, BLIND, LEPERS and PALSIED waiting to be healed. Some BEGGARS, two or three HARLOTS, etc. (All these people are struck with consternation and alarm at the arrest of JESUS and at the bad news that is current. They crowd at the back of the room, muttering and whispering. ENTER MARTHA, the sister of LAZARUS._) MARTHA (_affrighted, looking anxiously around her_) I have seen him! (_Sensation. ALL gather eagerly round MARTHA._) NICODEMUS Where is he?... MARY CLEOPHAS Has he suffered?... SALOME What does he say?... MARTHA Where is my sister?... MARY CLEOPHAS She is with her mother, in our host’s chamber.... Her mother was worn out with sorrow.... MARTHA (_going to one of the windows_) Did no one follow me?... No, the street is empty.... I went a long way round.... NICODEMUS Where did you see him?... MARTHA