POLORUS
Delirium!
PAULA
[Virtuously] I can't imagine what he was talking about.
PISO
Oh, I have seen thousands of such cases. Most doctors make the mistake of—
[He is cut short by an uproar in the triclinium. Trumpets sound. Suddenly three slaves appear at the door, crying "The Emperor!" PAULA at once prepares to depart]
PAULA
[To the doctors] Remember. Very careful! Don't ask him to stick out his tongue!