help there. But what is the matter with you? What has happened?

JUST.
Just come with me, and you shall hear something to make you stare.

WER.
The devil must be loose here, then?

JUST.
Just so; come along.

WER.
So much the better! To Persia, then; to Persia.




ACT II.


SCENE I.
Minna's Room. Minna, Franziska

MIN. (in morning dress, looking at her watch).
Franziska, we have risen very early. The time will hang heavy on our
hands.

FRAN.
Who can sleep in these abominable large towns? The carriages, the
watchmen, the drums, the cats, the soldiers, never cease to rattle, to