Do not mind David. He is ill. He is tired. He will give us everything.
WANDERER.
With sorrow and anger.
How could you do that, David? What have you done with the people, accursed one?
RESTLESS MAN.
Listen what David, who has brought joy to mankind, has done to me. He promised me ten roubles, and then took it back and gave me one copeck, and I thought that the copeck was not really a copeck—I went to a store with it and demanded a great deal, but they laughed and chased me away as a thief. You are the thief. You are the robber; you have left my children without milk. Here is your copeck.
Throws the copeck at David's feet. Many other people follow his example.
SARAH.
Defending David.
Do not dare offend David.