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 ===SCENE THIRTEENTH=== [In Cairo. A large courtyard, surrounded by high walls and buildings. Barred windows; iron cages.] [THREE KEEPERS in the courtyard. A FOURTH comes in.] THE NEW-COMER
 * Schafmann, say, where's the director gone?

A KEEPER
 * He drove out this morning some time before dawn.

THE FIRST
 * I think something must have occurred to annoy him;
 * for last night-

ANOTHER
 * Hush, be quiet; he's there at the door!

[BEGRIFFENFELDT leads PEER GYNT in, locks the gate, and puts the key in his pocket.] PEER [to himself].
 * Indeed an exceedingly gifted man;
 * almost all that he says is beyond comprehension.
 * [Looks around.]
 * So this is the Club of the Savants, eh?

BEGRIFFENFELDT
 * Here you will find them, every man jack