REUBEN: [Gravely.] Hast thou aught hidden in thy mind, Simeon—to Joseph's hurt?
SIMEON: Is Joseph here? Is he coming? Can I think of nought but Joseph? I speak for our advantage. Go, or stay. "Let this all one to me.
REUBEN: [Calling the Slaves.] Ho! There! Come!— Yet my heart is heavy. Well—! Which way are these wanderers coming?
SIMEON: [Pointing off at the left.] Yonder.
ASHER: Nay.
[GAD plucks his gown and motions him to silence.]
REUBEN: I will go. Should the lad Joseph come?
SIMEON: [Leading him off at the left side.] Vex not thyself for the lad.
REUBEN: Yonder, you say? If I meet them not soon, I shall return in haste. Farewell.
[Exit with all the Slaves.]
SIMEON: [Hurriedly.] Now! let us take counsel quickly.
LEVI: What is toward?
SIMEON: [Pointing at the right side.] Look, who cometh.
LEVI: Where? I see nought.
SIMEON: Look! Look well! Dost thou see him, Judah?
JUDAH: Ay—a moving speck on the sand.
ISSACHAR: Nay, by the swing of him, if I knew not 'twere impossible, I should say
ASHER: By the grave of Isaac! 'Tis Joseph himself!
ALL: [With fury.] Joseph!
LEVI: But why should he come?
SIMEON: He is sent as a spy.
LEVI: Were I sure of that!
