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Rh : And it is a vanity to talk to the deaf. (A child stretches out its arms to the harp.)


 * Uncle, give me the toy.


 * I told thee, dare not to come to this man.

(to a girl standing near): I see there is no more shame in Israel, when a girl stands uncovered and looks upon a traitor.


 * But I


 * See, poor thing, it is a great woe when one cursed by God steals a girl’s heart.


 * If he be cursed, I also curse him. (Veils herself and goes away.)

(to all): Fathers and brothers, mothers and sisters, since when is it a custom among us to condemn without judging? Truly, clearly tell me, why am I become as a leper among you?


 * Thou becamest leprous in Babylon, singing for money in the courts to the sons of Baal.

for labour?
 * Are ye not all gathered here in Babylon


 * Labourers do not serve Moloch. Rh