LILIOM
If I had the price of a pistol——
THE SECOND
Silence!
[The POLICE MAGISTRATE enters. He has a long white beard, is bald, but only in profile can be seen on his head a single tuft of snow-white hair. The GUARD reënters behind him and sits on the bench with the dead men. As the MAGISTRATE enters, all rise, except LILIOM, who remains surlily seated. When the MAGISTRATE sits down, so do the others.]
THE GUARD
Yesterday’s cases, your honor. The numbers are entered in the docket.
THE MAGISTRATE
Number 16,472.