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of them;-
- the group of Interpreters threescore and ten;
- it's been lately increased by a hundred and sixty-
- [Shouts to the KEEPERS.]
- Mikkel, Schlingelberg, Schafmann, Fuchs,-
- into the cages with you at once!
THE KEEPERS
- We!
BEGRIFFENFELDT
- Who else, pray? Get in, get in!
- When the world twirls around, we must twirl with it too.
- [Forces them into a cage.]
- He's arrived this morning, the mighty Peer;-
- the rest you can guess,-I need say no more.
- [Locks the cage door, and throws the key into a well.]
PEER
- But, my dear Herr Doctor and Director, pray-?
BEGRIFFENFELDT Neither one nor the other! I was before-
- Herr Peer, are you secret? I must ease my heart-
PEER [with increasing uneasiness].
- What is it?
BEGRIFFENFELDT
- Promise you will not tremble.
PEER
- I will do my best, but-
BEGRIFFENFELDT [d
