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 whereby indeed I divine? Now, drink with me, friends, and be merry.

[All fall to with merry talk. Only the E are silent and gloomy. In the gardens at the back are M and D G. The M play very softly, and the D G dance silently]

[''The Hebrews are keenly interested. The E take no notice of the dancers. Presently E takes the cup J has drunk from, goes out at door, L. 2., and is seen carrying the cup outside across the garden from the L. to R. Then he returns. Meanwhile, the dialogue continue'']

JOSEPH: [To the E] Nay, but ye, the lords of the land, ye drink not, and your faces are dark.

TEHUTI: Our souls are heavy, my lord, for we are bondmen.

SEBNI: [Violently.] Lo! We have given our money, our cattle, our lands, and our bodies to the Pharaoh.

ATHA: There is nothing left but death!

DEDEFRE: How, then, can we be merry?

SEBNI: Shall a man laugh by his own graveside?

[Angry murmur and gestures among the E''. The H are interested. A anxious'']

JOSEPH: Ye mourn too soon. Behold, I have bought you and your land for the Pharaoh

[The E leap to their feet with an angry roar]

TEHUTI: Wilt thou make a boast of it?