The World's Greatest Books — Volume 17 — Poetry and Drama

SCENE III.--_A room in_ NATHAN'S _house_. RECHA _and_ DAYA. _A slave

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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.