Sekiné-Khanoun. Aga-Kerim, could you not see him yourself, and send him to us?
Aga-Kerim. No, madame. I have fallen out with him about a trifling matter. Send somebody else to fetch him.
Sekiné-Khanoun. But how can you in this case give him certain information which you wish him to have?
Aga-Kerim. If you had another advocate, I should deem it necessary to instruct him in these matters; but in the case of Aga-Selman it is superfluous. He is clever enough to make slippers for the devil himself. Although I have quarrelled with him, I cannot deny his merit. God grant that your lawsuit may succeed.
Aziz-Bey. I shall go and fetch him myself. [Aziz-Bey and Aga-Kerim rise from their seats and prepare to go out.]
Aga-Kerim. God preserve you, madame.
Sekiné-Khanoun. Thanks for your kind visit.
Aga-Kerim. I shall never forget your goodness. [Aga-Kerim goes out with Aziz-Bey.]
Scene XIV
Sekiné-Khanoun. Goul-Sebah! bring in a lounge, and lay a cushion on it. [Scarcely has Goul-Sebah brought in the lounge and placed a cushion on it, when a sound of footsteps is heard in the vestibule. Aziz-Bey enters the room with Aga-Selman. Sekiné-Khanoun takes a seat at the back of the stage; Goul-Sebah stands by her side.]