Part 123 (1/2)

SALADIN.

Well send for her.

SITTAH.

Brother, may I do that?

SALADIN.

But hurt not Nathan.

He must not think that we, by violence, Would separate them.

SITTAH.

Fear it not.

SALADIN.

Farewell!

I must find out where this Al-Hafi is.

Scene VI.

_The hall in_ Nathan's _house, looking towards the palm-trees, as in the first Act. Part of the merchandise and treasures unpacked and displayed_.

Nathan _and_ Daja.

DAJA.

O, how magnificent are all these things!

How rich! they're such as none but you could give.

Where was this silver stuff with sprigs of gold Woven? What might it cost? 'Tis what I call A wedding garment. Is there any queen Could wish aught richer?

NATHAN.

Why a wedding robe?

DAJA.

In buying it, you never thought of that.

But, Nathan, it must be so--it must, indeed-- 'Twas made for that. See, here, the pure white ground, Emblem of innocence; that branching gold, Covering the virgin white on every side, Emblem of wealth. Say, is it not divine?

NATHAN.

Why all this ingenuity of speech?

Over whose wedding dress would you display This learning? Have you found a lover, Daja?

DAJA.