Part 82 (1/2)

_Shopkeeper II._ Hajji regrets he missed seeing him.

Sultan only been Sultan ten days.

[Read _Caliph_ Nephew of old Sultan now dead.

for _Sultan._] Young Sultan brought up in a monastery,

[In the play, the Said to be a dreamer and a poet.

shopkeepers have a The real ruler said to be the Executioner, scene of explanation A favourite of late Sultan, before Hajj Young man, too, but very strong, enters,--altered when Very cruel and selfish.

writing play.] Young Sultan does not see much of Executioner (_Mansur_).

Supposed to disappear on nightly expeditions, To get to know his people, To have some love adventures.

Has been brought up strictly in monastery, Has never yet, they say, tested the ”charm of his beard.”

[This altered. See note Hajji listens to all this humbly, above. In the play Hajj Sitting almost under the counter, enters here.] Then begins to finger stuffs.

The shopkeeper is going to drive him off.

But Hajji is in earnest.

Shows his purse. He means to buy.

Clothes are forthcoming.

He selects some.

Once he has gone to the bath and the barber he will be resplendent--as n.o.ble as the n.o.blest.

Hajji asks the price.

It is very high.

He begins to bargain.

Shopkeeper No. II chimes in.

Hajji pits Shopkeeper No. I against No. II.

They quarrel.

Hajji fans the quarrel into flame.

They almost come to blows.

Hajji escapes with his clothes.

_Shopkeeper No. I. The shopkeepers notice his escape.

and They combine at once against the common enemy.

Shopkeeper No. II_ Shopkeeper I will go for the guard, And have Hajji followed and caught.

Shopkeeper II to meet him at the Executioner's to witness against Hajji.

[Here Nasir the Guide is introduced to give away Hajj. This was done when the play was revised for production.] _Curtain_

SCENE 3

(_For ”Zira” read ”Marsinah.”_)

_Zira's home. Small courtyard of a poor house. On right side a large gate backing to street. Fountain in courtyard._

_Old Woman. Old woman is spinning.

Zira, the daughter Zira is lazily hanging her hand into fountain.

of Hajji._ (She works instead.)

[_Marsinah works._ This Old Woman reprimands her for not working.

was altered when She has changed in last three days.

writing play, because Zira, who hides her wools, says her thread has of Arabian embroidery given out.

frame seen in the Old Woman will go to bazaar for thread.

Museum of Tunis.] Locks door carefully, going out.