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SALOMÉ
I am not hungry, Tetrarch.
HEROD
[To Herodias.] You see how you have brought
up this daughter of yours.
HERODIAS
My daughter and I come of a royal race. As for thee, thy father was a camel driver! He was a thief and a robber to boot!
HEROD
Thou liest!
HERODIAS
Thou knowest well that it is true.
HEROD
Salomé, come and sit next to me. I will give thee the throne of thy mother.
SALOMÉ
I am not tired, Tetrarch.
HERODIAS
You see in what regard she holds you.
HEROD
Bring me—what is it that I desire? I forget. Ah! ah! I remember.
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