The World's Greatest Books — Volume 17 — Poetry and Drama
SCENE III.--_A room in_ NATHAN'S _house_. RECHA _and_ DAYA. _A slave
shows in the_ TEMPLAR.
RECHA: 'Tis he, my saviour! Ah!
TEMPLAR: Thou best of beings, How is my soul 'twixt eye and ear divided.
RECHA: Well, knight, why thus refuse to look at me?
TEMPLAR: Because I wish to hear you.
RECHA: Nay, because You would not have me notice that you smile At my simplicity.
TEMPLAR: Ah, no; ah, no. How truly said thy father, "Do but know her." Yet now I must attend him. There is danger.