POLORUS
[Rushing to the rescue] Brandy! Brandy!
[A great hub-bub. The wives crowd around]
PISO
[Shrilly, over the tumult] I forbid it!
HELIOGABALUS
Give her air!
[POLORUS applies the brandy jug to PAULA'S lips and she begins to gurgle, gag and blubber]
PAULA
[Still gasping, and rising to a sitting position on the floor] That Christian tried to put a spell on me. She has the evil eye.