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SCENE THIRTEENTH
[In Cairo. A large courtyard, surrounded by high walls and buildings. Barred windows; iron cages.] [THREE KEEPERS in the courtyard. A FOURTH comes in.] THE NEW-COMER
- Schafmann, say, where's the director gone?
A KEEPER
- He drove out this morning some time before dawn.
THE FIRST
- I think something must have occurred to annoy him;
- for last night-
ANOTHER
- Hush, be quiet; he's there at the door!
[BEGRIFFENFELDT leads PEER GYNT in, locks the gate, and puts the key in his pocket.] PEER [to himself].
- Indeed an exceedingly gifted man;
- almost all that he says is beyond comprehension.
- [Looks around.]
- So this is the Club of the Savants, eh?
BEGRIFFENFELDT
- Here you will find them, every man jack
