Page:Joseph and His Brethren A Pageant Play.djvu/72

 If my bride, being on a journey, bought so fair a slave, and set him over her household—

Joseph hath no eyes, save for the Lady Asenath.

Ha! The high priest's daughter! The Canaanite will singe his wings.

Silence!—Joseph!

My lord and his wife come from the temple. Is all being ready here?

All is ready, my good lord.

Friend, friend, call me by my name; for I am Lord Potiphar's bondman, as thou art. [To the slaves.] Throw incense upon the coals.

I hear the girls' voices. [He looks off R.] The lady Zuleika's handmaidens draw near.

And with them the virgin Asenath.

[With joy.] Asenath—!

Joseph—hast thou also heard rumors of war?

[Thinking of ] I, friend—? [Laughing.] Talk not of war! Hither cometh spring on the tripping feet, and laughter, and peace, and love.