page gives her the fan.] You have a dreamer's look; you must not dream. It is only sick people who dream. [She strikes the page with her fan.]
SECOND NAZARENE
There is also the miracle of the daughter of Jairus.
FIRST NAZARENE
Yea, that is sure. No man can gainsay it.
HERODIAS
These men are mad. They have looked too long on the moon. Command them to be silent.
HEROD
What is this miracle of the daughter of Jairus?
FIRST NAZARENE
The daughter of Jairus was dead. This Man raised her from the dead.
HEROD
How! He raises people from the dead?
FIRST NAZARENE
Yea, sire. He raiseth the dead.
HEROD
I do not wish Him to do that. I forbid Him to do that. I suffer no man to raise the dead.
This Man must be found and told that I forbid
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