Teja.
What hour is it?
Theodemir.
The ninth, Sire.
Teja.
And what do they who are free--the unmarried, and they whose wives are
not here?
Theodemir.
They lie by the fires and are silent.
(_Exit_ Ildibad.)
Teja.
See to it that something is brought to them also. I already ordered it.
Will they sleep?
Theodemir.
No one will sleep.
Teja.
At midnight, come and fetch me.
Theodemir.