RAFI
Truly, O most disgusting negro, comprehension and thou have been
separated since your youth. Shall I then drop needle of insinuation
and pick up the club of statement? Shall I tell you three guests of mine,
with the plainness of plainness and the openness of plainness,
that if you offer one threat more, propose one evasion more,
or ask one question more, I will thrash your lives head downwards
from your feet.

(Enter HASSAN finely dressed, and ushered in by the FOUR BOYS
through the rows of DANCERS.)

HASSAN
(Lamenting) Eywallah, eywallah, eywah, eywah, Mashallah! Istagfurallah!

RAFI
Why, here is the fourth guest!

ALDER
We have washed him: he needed it.

WILLOW
Combed him: it was necessary.

JUNIPER
Scented him: it was our duty.

TAMARISK
Clothed him: it was our delight.