Act II
A hall in the king's palace, with high windows at the hack.
Night. Cébès, sick, lying upon a bed. A little lamp is placed on the floor. Here and there men, stretched out asleep, snoring.
Pantomime—Enter, as if half-crazed, the king, barefoot, his clothes in disorder. He runs hither and thither about the hall in great agitation.
Cébès (not seeing the king): They are all asleep.
The lamp sputters and smokes.
(He painfully stretches himself on his back.
The King(groaning, in a low voice): Ah!
(Pause.
Cébès (lowering his voice): Two, four,