He

Just a minute. Why is there no music? This silence....

The Usher

It is the act with Madame Zinida and her lions. [He goes. Mancini is reading the Baron's note for the second time.]

He

What's the matter, Mancini? You shine like Jackson's sun.

Mancini

What's the matter, did you ask? What's the matter? What's the matter? [Balancing his cane, he takes steps like a ballet-dancer.]

He

Mancini! [Mancini rolls his eyes, makes faces, dances.] Speak, you beast!