TURANDOT
[Searchingly]
Men?
CAPO.
[Calls, beckoning]
Here, Harlequin!—I pray you, princess, stand
Back to back with this boy.
[Turandot looks puzzled, and then turns and stands back to back with Harlequin. Capo measures their heights with his flattened hand. They separate and Capo indicates Harlequin]
A hair’s breadth higher.
[With a questioning glance at Turandot]