What a charming silk I bought for you in Babylon! ’Tis rich, Yet elegantly rich. I almost doubt If I have brought a prettier for Recha. DAYA. And what of that—I tell you that my conscience Will no be longer hushed. NATHAN. And I have bracelets, And earrings, and a necklace, which will charm you. I chose them at Damascus. DAYA. That’s your way:— If you can but make presents—but make presents.— NATHAN. Take you as freely as I give—and cease. DAYA. And cease?—Who questions, Nathan, but that you are Honour and generosity in person;— Yet— NATHAN. Yet I’m but a Jew.—That was your meaning. DAYA. You better know what was my meaning, Nathan. NATHAN. Well, well, no more of this, DAYA. I shall be silent; But what of sinful in the eye of heaven Springs out of it—not I, not I could help; It falls upon thy head. NATHAN. So let it, Daya. Where is she then? What stays her? Surely, surely, You’re not amusing me—And does she know That I’m arrived? DAYA. That you yourself must speak to, Terror still vibrates in her every nerve. Her fancy mingles fire with all she thinks of. Asleep, her soul seems busy; but awake, Absent: now less than brute, now more than angel. NATHAN. Poor thing! What are we mortals— DAYA. As she lay This morning sleeping, all at once she started And cried: “list, list! there come my father’s camels!” And then she drooped again upon her pillow And I withdrew—when, lo! you really came. Her thoughts have only been with you—and him. NATHAN. And _him_? What him? DAYA. With him, who from the fire Preserved her life, NATHAN. Who was it? Where is he, That saved my Recha for me? DAYA. A young templar, Brought hither captive a few days ago, And pardoned by the Sultan. NATHAN. How, a _templar_ Dismissed with life by Saladin. In truth, Not a less miracle was to preserve her, God!—God!— DAYA. Without this man, who risked afresh The Sultan’s unexpected boon, we’d lost her. NATHAN. Where is he, Daya, where’s this noble youth? Do, lead me to his feet. Sure, sure you gave him What treasures I had left you—gave him all, Promised him more—much more?