Ackazárpses, they are all merry now.
Ackazárpses:
They are all merry.
Queen:
They are telling Ethiopian tales.
1st Duke of Ethiopia:
…for when Winter comes the pigmies at once put themselves in readiness for war and having chosen a place for battle wait there for some days, so that the cranes when they arrive find their enemy already arrayed. And at first they preen themselves and do not give battle, but when they are fully rested after their great journey they attack the pigmies with indescribably fury so that many are slain, but the pigmies…
Queen: [taking her by the wrist]
Ackazárpses! Come!
[The Queen rises.]