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58 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."

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

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!