MERMAN AND MERMAID.
(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)
Act I — Scene 1.
(Interior of sunken ship Gigantic)
OWONDLO.
I must search,
I must search
This gigantic ship
For a weapon,
As enemies of the sea,
My life do threaten.
(As Owondlo enters the ship's rooms, ghosts appear and dance before him.)
(Music — Ballet Dance)
(Ghosts of ship's lost souls)
(Captain appears — Ghost)
OWONDLO.
How mysterious? How strange,
I hail thee, Captain.
CAPTAIN.
What seekest thou?
OWONDLO.
Seeking a weapon.
The sea has enemies
That my life will threaten.
CAPTAIN.
(Ghost)
Very well, very well,
Be quiet as you seek,
For it's late in the night.
(Owondlo opens a door and passes quietly through halls. Suddenly a waiter (ghost) comes with a large tray of eatables and wine. He stumbles over the carcass of a dead fish. This noise awakens other ghosts, who appear.)
