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SALOMÉ
[Rising.] Will you indeed give me whatsoever I shall ask of thee, Tetrarch?
HERODIAS
Do not dance, my daughter.
HEROD
Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, even unto the half of my kingdom.
SALOMÉ
You swear it, Tetrarch?
HEROD
I swear it, Salomé.
HERODIAS
Do not dance, my daughter.
SALOMÉ
By what will you swear this thing, Tetrarch?
HEROD
By my life, by my crown, by my gods. Whatsoever thou shalt desire I will give it thee, even to the half of my kingdom, if thou wilt but dance for me. O, Salomé, Salomé, dance for me!
SALOMÉ
You have sworn an oath, Tetrarch.
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