ISHAK
May I not be free one hour, to breathe the dawn alone! Ah!...
(Takes HASSAN's body and drags it to the basket.) I come, my master!
(Puts HASSAN in the basket.) There, take my place, brother,
and find your destiny. I will be free to-night, free for one dawn
upon the hills!

(As HASSAN is drawn up in the basket, ISHAK walks rapidly away.)


CURTAIN








ACT II



SCENE I




A great room. To the left three arches lead out onto the balcony
where the personages CALIPH, JAFAR and HOST are collected.