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ve him a chance to play at clemency! An emperor should be a sort of vitalized stone, capable of action but incapable of impression. Dup. Then I'm the man for emperor! I've always suspected my qualifications for the part. By the lord, I've made women who were hungry enough to eat their own children watch my soldiers throw bread into the sea! And when I was with the French and English in old Chinee--well, they've called me the 'Tigre' since then. You've heard about that! (Struts and sings) I'm the tigre of the East, Got my claws in old Pekin When the yellow kids we fleeced And held up the mandarin! O we caught him by the queue, As he from our captains flew, That quaking little, shaking little mandarin. And we dragged him out to view By that most convenient queue, When we sacked the summer palace at Pekin! My friends, if you will excuse me, there are several dozens of ladies in the ball room waiting for a dance with the costume par excellence of the evening. I am not always sure of a welcome for my face, but my costume is never in doubt. Ah, sweet woman! you can please me twice. I can dance with you--and I can kill you! When the Emperor asks for me I shall not decline an introduction,--though he was not born an emperor and I was born Dupin! (Exit) Baz. Is he as villainous as his conversation? Mir. His talk is but the mildest prologue to his deeds. Baz. Then he's the man for us. We shall never drive back the Liberals but by methods of unmitigated severity. Mir. There is no barbarity too great for the intimidation of these towns. Baz. The only absolutely safe plan is to raze them from the earth. Mir. Trust Dupin! (They go into ballroom. Enter, right, Count Charles and Aseffa. Her disguise is thrown back revealing her beauty) Asef. You help me though a Liberal and your foe! Char. A foe! Dear lady, when you besought my aid Methought it was divinity that spoke, So sacred sweet seemed the request. I'll save Your brother. Asef.
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