Satni. We must do good to others.
Sokiti. What good will that do to me?
Satni. You will be content with yourself.
Sokiti. I would rather have the bracelet—
Satni. It is only by refraining from doing one another harm that mankind may hope to gain happiness; nay more, only by lending one another aid. Do you understand?
Sokiti [gloomily] Yes.
Satni. And you, and you—
Nourm and Bitiou [in different tones] Yes, yes.
Steward [to Sokiti] Repeat it then.
Sokiti. If men did not steal bracelets—