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and solely.
- He's himself in all that comes out of him,-
- himself, just because he's beside himself.
- Come here! Now I'll show you another one,
- who's no less, since last evening, accordant with Reason.
- [To a FELLAH, with a mummy on his back.]
- King Apis, how goes it, my mighty lord?
THE FELLAH [wildly, to PEER GYNT].
- Am I King Apis?
PEER [getting behind the DOCTOR].
- I'm sorry to say
- I'm not quite at home in the situation;
- but I certainly gather, to judge by your tone-
THE FELLAH
- Now you too are lying.
BEGRIFFENFELDT
- Your Highness should state
- how the whole matter stands.
THE FELLAH
- Yes, I'll tell him my tale.
- [Turns to PEER GYNT.]
- Do you see whom I bear on my shoulders?
- His name was King Apis of old.
- Now he goes by the title of mummy,
- and withal he's completely dead.
- All the pyramids yonder he builded,
- and hewed out the mighty Sphinx,
- and fought, as the Doctor puts it,
- with the Turks, both to recht
