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DUTCHMAN

The trouble he was in--I do not remember. Probably stealing. They all steal.

INDIO

We steal dead rats from your canal.

MOKSA

Sit down, my friends. Sit at the table.

DUTCHMAN

I am sure he did not understand very much. His mind is not "all there."

(laughs)

MOKSA

Chuana is no longer with us. She has gone back to the cave.

AMONG AUDIENCE

CECIL

Our report said they were given jobs and a home. That closed the matter.

DUTCHMAN

We gave him work, but he did nothing. You see he is a beggar. But he thinks he is a landlord, with a big house, and maids.

AMERICAN

(To Indio)

You! There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with you! Why aren't you working?

INDIO

Why not ask your friend?

MOKSA

The earth could not be shaped. It had turned to sand.

AMONG AUDIENCE

HAROLD

What city in the East Indies, Cecil?

PRETORIA

Harold--not you!