—Of course I'm joking. You know I have a funny disposition.
—How rich! How magnificent!
—How gay!
[They titter.
—Let's remind him of it!
—How rich! How magnificent!
—Do you remember how the music played at your ball?
—He's going to die soon.
—The dancers circled about, circled about, and the music played so gently, so beautifully. They played this way.
[They make a semicircle about Man and hum the tune played by the musicians at the ball.