Judah Ben-Hur: May God grant me vengeance! I will pray that you live until I return!Messala: Return?
By condemning without hesitation an old friend, I shall be feared.
Messala: By what magic do you bear the name of a Consul of Rome?Judah Ben-Hur: You were the magician, Messala. When my ship was sunk, I saved the Consul's life.
Judah Ben-Hur: What has become of my mother and my sister?Messala: It is not my duty to keep track of prisoners.Judah Ben-Hur: Find them, Messala. Restore them to me and I will forget what I vowed with every stroke of that oar you chained me to.Messala: I am not the governor of Judea. I can do nothing without Gratus' approval.Judah Ben-Hur: Then get it! I will come back tomorrow. Don't disappoint me, Messala.Messala: What became of them?Drusus: It's been almost five years. Do you suppose they're still alive?Messala: Go to the citadel, Drusus. Find out.Drusus: And if they're dead?Messala: They're dead!
