The plain drop is lowered
Cymbal crash The lights come up
SCENE II.
_The Music_ _The Pantomime, etc._
Tambourine jingles _Ghurri-Wurri_ discovered above at center, with his dark gla.s.ses pushed up on his forehead, counting his money.
Tap on piece He finds a bad coin of crockery
Sand blocks Bites it
Tap crockery Throws it away
Begins the Princess Hears the _Princess and retinue_ approaching rhythms on Chinese wood block
[Telegraphically He pulls gla.s.ses over his eyes expressed it is ... ...
... ... Musically, accented triplets, common time, _presto_] He grovels
Princess rhythm _Princess and retinue_ enter from the right continues They pa.s.s by Ghurri-Wurri without pause
Drum crash _Ghurri-Wurri_ runs ahead and prostrates himself before the Princess
Tap _Princess" retinue_ halts
Tap _Princess_ signals to attendant
Tap _Attendant_ signals to nearest slave
Tap _Slave_ proffers chest
Tap, Tap, Tap _Attendant_ opens it, takes coin, closes it
Tap Gives coin to Princess
Tap on crockery _Princess_ drops coin in beggar"s hand
Princess rhythm _Princess and retinue_ exit at the left
Begin drum roll _Ghurri-Wurri_ looks at coin, scrambles to _pp. cresc. to ff._ his feet, looks after Princess, shakes his fists, starts to the right, turns, shakes his fist again, exits at right, raging
Cymbal crash Lights out In the darkness Ghurri-Wurri crosses to left of stage, ready for Scene III The drop is lifted
Cymbal crash Lights up
SCENE III.
[The Wazir"s Garden as in Scene I]
_The Music_ _The Pantomime, etc._
Ba.s.s chords _Wazir_, _Vizier_ and _Nubian_ asleep as before
Tap on drum _Ghurri-Wurri_ enters at the left
Tap on drum Prostrates himself before Wazir
Ba.s.s chord _Wazir and court_ sleep on
Tap on drum _Ghurri-Wurri_ again prostrates himself
Ba.s.s chord _The Court_ sleeps on
Drum crash _Ghurri-Wurri_ slams himself down hard
Drum crash _Wazir_, _Vizier_, _Nubian_ awake
Drum roll _Wazir_ shakes his fist at the beggar
Wood-block tap Signals Vizier
Sand blocks _Vizier_ runs thumb along his scimiter blade
Tap _Ghurri-Wurri_ retreats to the right
Tap He stumbles over the telescope
Tap, tap He picks it up and hands it to the Wazir
Tap _Ghurri-Wurri_ points to the "Distance."
Tap _The Wazir_ uses the telescope
Princess rhythm The "Distance" is revealed as in Scene I _Princess and retinue_ are seen traveling [across the platform from right to left]
Tap _The Wazir_ lowers the telescope The "Distance" vanishes as in Scene I
Drum crash _Wazir_ stamps his foot
Drum roll He shakes his fists, first at the distance, then off left
Tap Points at Ghurri-Wurri
Tap _Vizier_ seizes Ghurri-Wurri by the scruff of the neck
Tap _Vizier_ points off left with his scimiter