[Sings uproariously.
For to-night we’ll merry be!
For to-night——
Sáki.
Fie! An old man like you!
Omar.
Old! Thank goodness I am old. When I was young I went to school and heard the sages. Didn’t learn much there! They said I came like water and went like wind. Horrid chilly Band-of-Hope sort of doctrine. I know better now.
[Drinks from the jug in his hand.
Sáki.