Him He cometh), bow thyself at His feet and ask of Him the remission of thy sins. SALOMÉ Let me kiss thy mouth. JOKANAAN Cursed be thou! daughter of an incestuous mother, be thou accursed! SALOMÉ I will kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan. JOKANAAN I do no wish to look at thee. I will not look at thee, thou art accursed, Salomé, thou art accursed. [He goes down into the cistern.] SALOMÉ I will kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan; I will kiss thy mouth. FIRST SOLDIER We must bear away the body to another place. The Tetrarch does not care to see dead bodies, save the bodies of those whom he himself has slain. THE PAGE OF HERODIAS He was my brother, and nearer to me than a brother. I gave him a little box full of perfumes, and a ring of agate that he wore always on his hand. In the evening we used to walk by the river, among the almond trees, and he would tell me of the things of his country. He spake ever very low. The sound of his voice was like the sound of the flute, of a flute player. Also he much loved to gaze at himself in the river. I used to reproach him for that. SECOND SOLDIER You are right; we must hide the body. The Tetrarch must not see it. FIRST SOLDIER The Tetrarch will not come to this place. He never comes on the terrace. He is too much afraid of the prophet.
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