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 He takes fatherly thought for my personal weal;—

[Casts a glance over the sea, and whispers with a sigh:  But economical—no, that he isn't!   SCENE THIRD. ''Night. An encampment of Moroccan troops on the edge of the desert. Watch-fires, with resting by them.''

[Enters, tearing his hair.]  Gone is the Emperor's milk-white charger! [Enters, rending his garments.]  The Emperor's sacred robes are stolen! [Enters.]  A hundred stripes upon the foot-soles For all who fail to catch the robber! [The troopers mount their horses, and gallop away in every direction.

SCENE FOURTH.

''Daybreak. The grove of acacias and palms.''

 in his tree with a broken branch in his hand, trying to beat off a swarm of monkeys.

Confound it! A most disagreeable night.

[Laying about him.