[Enter BAZZALOL and THOOTHOOBABA two enormous Nubians, bearing peacock fans and wearing scimitars. All stare at them. They begin to fan slightly.]
DAOUD
The watchers of the doorstep.
JOHN BEAL
Idiot, Daoud! Fools! Dolts! Men may not guard a lady's door.
[BAZZALOL and THOOTHOOBABA smile ingratiatingly.]
We are not men.
BAZZALOL [bowing]
Curtain
Six and a half years elapse