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 rejected: “Alas, mountains, fall ye upon us! Alas, ye hills, conceal me!” But the righteous shall rejoice

[A motor-horn is heard.

Ah! that’s Mr. Dollarson riding to the Stock Exchange.



Mr. Dollarson always has the first and the best news about everything. We will ask him what really happened in the night.



And the Lord shall say: “I have sent destruction upon the earth in the guise of angels’ cars, that the hoofs of the horses and the tips of their swords may trample the earth”



Enough of that.



Enough of that, you with your angels’ hoofs.



The best explanation of what happened in the night will be given to us by Mr. Dollarson himself.

[Enter.

Good-day, Mr. Dollarson.



Good-day, people.