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AGMAR Let the pestilence not fall at once upon this city, as it had indeed designed to; let not the earthquake swallow it all immediately up amid the howls of the thunder; let not infuriate armies overwhelm those that escape if we be gods. OORANDER Come let us sacrifice. ILLANAUN Bring lambs. AKMOS Quick, quick. THAHN He is no common god. MLAN Indeed he has made us.
ONE Master.... AGMAR Begone! OOGNO Ah, now we have come into our own. THAHN Now we have alms. SLAG Master! My wise Master! ULF These are the good days, the good days; and yet I have a fear. SLAG What do you fear? There is nothing to fear. No man is as wise as my Master. ULF I fear the gods whom we pretend to be. SLAG The gods? AGMAR Watch in the doorway while I eat.
THAHN When they asked him why the gods permitted cancer! SLAG Ah! My wise Master. MLAN How well his scheme has succeeded. OOGNO How far away is hunger! THAHN It is even like to one of last year's dreams, the trouble of a brief night long ago. MLAN Ho, ho, ho, to see them pray to us! Did we not whine as they? Was not our mien beggarly? MLAN We were the pride of our calling.
SLAG My Master a Merchant! No, no. He is no merchant. My Master is no merchant. OOGNO I perceive that he is some lord in disguise. The gods have woken and have sent him to save us. SLAG No, no. You do not know my Master. You do not know him. THAHN Is he the Soldan's self that has come to rebuke us? SLAG There is none like my Master.
THAHN I do not like to hear their heavy tread; those that would dance to us must be light of foot. AGMAR I shall not smile at them if they are not airy. MLAN They are coming very slowly. They should come nimbly to us. THAHN They should dance as they come. But the footfall is like the footfall of heavy crabs.
THAHN I have seen the comet o' nights. ULF The gods are drowsy. OOGNO If they awake not soon and make this city worthy again of our order, I for one shall forsake the calling and buy a shop and sit at ease in the shade and barter for gain. THAHN You will keep a shop? Agmar, though poorly dressed, is tall, imperious, and older than Ulf. AGMAR Is this a beggar who speaks?
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