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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 Newcomer.
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 of them;—
