HUMPBACK
But I assure you, no one who has not seen him can——
FIR-SAPLING
Hush! Hush! Here comes a Palace official.
SCENE II
ROCK, FIR-SAPLING, STRONG-ARM, HUMPBACK, ARROW-BEARER, A Palace official.
ARROW-BEARER
So this is the way you do your work? You fritter away in foolish chatter the few precious moments which are left.
HUMPBACK