tendants_.

_Gab._ (_following_). I'll after him and----

_Ulr._ (_stopping him_). Not a step.

_Gab._ Who shall
Oppose me?

_Ulr._ Your own reason, with a moment's
Thought.

_Gab._ Must I bear this?

_Ulr._ Pshaw! we all must bear
The arrogance of something higher than
Ourselves--the highest cannot temper Satan,
Nor the lowest his vicegerents upon earth.
I've seen you brave the elements, and bear
Things which had made this silkworm[184] cast his skin--
And shrink you from a few sharp sneers and words? 280

_Gab._ Must I bear to be deemed a thief? If 'twere
A bandit of the woods, I could have borne it--
There's something daring in it:--but to steal
The moneys of a slumbering man!--

_Ulr._ It seems, then,
You are _not_ guilty.

_Gab._ Do I hear aright?
_You_ too!

_Ulr._ I merely asked a simple question.

_Gab._ If the judge asked me, I would answer "No"--
To you I answer _thus_. [_He draws_.

_Ulr._ (_drawing_). With all my heart!

_Jos._ Without there! Ho! help! help!--Oh, God!
here's murder! [_Exit_ JOSEPHINE, _shrieking_.

GABOR _and_ ULRIC _fight_. GABOR _is disarmed just as_
STRALENHEIM, JOSEPHINE, IDENSTEIN, _etc., re-enter_.

_Jos._ Oh! glorious Heaven! He's safe!

_Stral._ (_to_ JOSEPHINE). _Who's_ safe!

_Jos._ My----

_Ulr._ (_interrupting her with a stern look, and turning
afterwards to_ STRALENHEIM). Both! 290
Here's no great harm done.

_Stral._ What hath caused all this?

_Ulr._ _You_, Baron, I believe; but as the effect
Is harmless, let it not disturb you.--Gabor!
There is your sword; and when you bare it next,
Let it not be against your _friends_.

[ULRIC _pronounces the last words slowly and emphatically
in a low voice to_ GABOR.

_Gab._ I thank you
Less for my life than for your counsel.

_Stral._ These
Brawls must end here.

_Gab._ (_taking his sword_). They _s