[Judah confronts Esther and Malluch in the Valley of the Lepers]
Judah Ben-Hur:
[angrily, to Esther]
Why did you tell me they were dead?
Esther:
It was what they wanted. Judah, I must not betray this faith. Will you do this for them?
Judah Ben-Hur:
Not to see them?
Esther:
[seeing Miriam and Tirzah approach]
They are coming... Judah! Judah, love them in the way they most need to be loved: not to look at them! Judah, let it be as though you had never come here. Please, Judah!
[Judah hides behind a boulder as Esther goes to meet Miriam]
Miriam:
Is Judah well? Is he happy?
[Judah's face twists in anguish]
Esther:
Yes. He is well. Your mind can be at rest for him. He is well, Miriam.
Miriam:
[taking the basket of food]
God be with you.
[Miriam and Tirzah go back into their cave]
Esther:
[going back to Judah]
They are gone. We can go back.
Judah Ben-Hur:
[bitterly]
Go back... to what?
Esther:
Judah, they have one blessing left: to think you remember them as they were. Live your own life. Forget what is here.
Judah Ben-Hur:
Forget? It's as if they were alive in a grave!
Esther:
But what can you do?
Judah Ben-Hur:
Undo what you've done! How could you have suffered them to come here? I must see them!
Esther:
No Judah, please! Judah!
[Judah starts toward the cave but is stopped by Malluch]
Esther:
Oh, think, Judah, *think*! It will tear them apart if they see you!
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