VIZIER. You will be as soon as you have affixed your signature.
PEHR. Then hand me the paper! [Signs. Enter Viziers, Court Attendants, etc. Crowning Ceremony.]
PEOPLE. [Without.] Long live Omar the twenty-seventh! Allah, Allah, Allah!
VIZIER. Will it please Your Royal Highness to ascend the throne and begin the reign?
PEHR. That will be quite diverting. Admit the people!
VIZIER. The people? The people have nothing to do with the Government!
PEHR. But surely I shall have someone to rule over?
VIZIER. That is done in writing. [Takes out a few documents.]
PEHR. Proceed!
VIZIER. In order to spare Your Royal Highness the weighty burdens of government on this, the first day of his reign, we have tabled all petitions but one, which can very easily be disposed of.