SELIM
Beware, O Hassan, of jesting with the Jinn.

YASMIN
Buy, O Hassan, no more juice from Jews.

SELIM
Much, I fear, O my friend, for thy character in the market.
No more will men say: "Hassan is a safe man"; but they will nudge
each other and say, "Beware of Hassan, Hassan is a great magician;
he has talked with the spirit's of the air! Deal not with Hassan,
O my son, Saadet, for he sells enchanted sweets that drive the consumer
to madness. And at night Hassan becomes a cat, and walketh on the roofs
after the female cats. Allah preserve me from the evil eye of such a one!"
And another will say, tapping his forehead, "Speak no harm of poor Hassan,
for his brain is very sick!" And the small, guileless boys will say,
"Behold Hassan, who gave ten dinars for a pint of indigo and water."

HASSAN
Ah, death!

YASMIN
Look at him! He is drifting like a soul aswoon!
Go home, old fellow!

SELIM
Go home and write poems!

YASMIN