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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. Watchfires, with SOLDIERS resting by them.] A SLAVE [enters, tearing his hair].
 * Gone is the Emperor's milk-white charger!

ANOTHER SLAVE [enters, rending his garments].
 * The Emperor's sacred robes are stolen!

AN OFFICER [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.] [PEER GYNT in his tree with a broken branch in his hand, trying to beat off a swarm of monkeys.] PEER
 * Confound it! A most disagreeable night.
 * [Laying about him