ZORAYA. Yes, I promise!--Who is she?
FATOUM. Doña Joana, daughter of the Governor of Toledo!
ZORAYA. (Quickly rising) That madman who is hunting our refugees in
the Sierra and killing them without pity!
FATOUM. Allah, the Most High, rewards the faithful for their
sufferings! This child is innocent of her father's cruelties. She is
charitable and good, the same as we ourselves. Moreover, she is very
pious. She has been out of the convent only four days and will be
married today.
ZORAYA. Ah! those bells!
FATOUM. Her marriage! In order to have her visit you we have taken
advantage of a journey to the convent of Mercy on this beautiful
morning to ask the benediction of the abbess.
ZORAYA. The convent of Mercy!--In it is confined the poor creature
who loved Kalem, whom they stoned to death.
FATOUM. I do not know.
ZORAYA. I, myself, know it--and I shall tell Joana my price for
healing her--Let her enter!
[Aisha and Fatoum go out and return, bringing in Joana.]