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 and solely.
 * He's himself in all that comes out of him,-
 * himself, just because he's beside himself.
 * Come here! Now I'll show you another one,
 * who's no less, since last evening, accordant with Reason.
 * [To a FELLAH, with a mummy on his back.]
 * King Apis, how goes it, my mighty lord?

THE FELLAH [wildly, to PEER GYNT].
 * Am I King Apis?

PEER [getting behind the DOCTOR].
 * I'm sorry to say
 * I'm not quite at home in the situation;
 * but I certainly gather, to judge by your tone-

THE FELLAH
 * Now you too are lying.

BEGRIFFENFELDT
 * Your Highness should state
 * how the whole matter stands.

THE FELLAH
 * Yes, I'll tell him my tale.
 * [Turns to PEER GYNT.]
 * Do you see whom I bear on my shoulders?
 * His name was King Apis of old.
 * Now he goes by the title of mummy,
 * and withal he's completely dead.
 * All the pyramids yonder he builded,
 * and hewed out the mighty Sphinx,
 * and fought, as the Doctor puts it,
 * with the Turks, both to recht