Sylvia.

[Recoiling from him with aversion.] To transform him into a mule?

[She goes to a chair below fireplace, and seats herself in despair.

Horace.

[Rising and going towards her.] No, no! I wanted old Fakrash to convince him that he really had been in the bottle—but not like this! I thought I could trust him to do that! [Bitterly.] But I might have known!

Pringle.

So you still stick to that story about the Jinnee?

Horace.

Surely even you must believe it now?

Pringle.