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57 DUTCHMAN They are unbelievably lazy. They do not want to work.

MOKSA Chuana--we have visitors.

AMERICAN Do you mean--he understands?

AMONG AUDIENCE

CECIL It wasn't actually Indonesia at the time, dad. It used to be the Dutch East Indies.

DUTCHMAN Ah, yes. I remember. He was sent to us because he was in some kind of trouble.

AMERICAN God Almighty! What do they keep here--rancid meat?

MOKSA Coffee! Chuana, our visitors need coffee.

AMONG AUDIENCE

CECIL We tried to have them taken to Australia. But the Australian Government has a regulation like ours about Orientals. You know, the Quota System.

DUTCHMAN The smell here is not so easy to get accustomed to--I always forget how terrible it is.

MOKSA Ah, Chuana cannot hear me. Maybe we do not need coffee.

INDIO Maybe Kali-water will do.

AMONG AUDIENCE

CECIL Under the circumstances the Staff did as much as it could.