"I long to be free, free--
Alas! I cannot break my chains. . . ."
THE TARTAR [_yells_] That card was up his sleeve!
THE BARON [_embarrassed_] Do you want me to shove it up your nose?
THE ACTOR [_emphatically_] Prince! You're mistaken--nobody--ever . . .
THE TARTAR. I saw it! You cheat! I won't play!
SATINE [_gathering up the cards_] Leave us alone, Hassan . . . you
knew right along that we're cheats--why did you play with us?
THE BARON. He lost forty kopecks and he yelps as if he had lost a
fortune! And a Prince at that!
THE TARTAR [_excitedly_] Then play honest!
SATINE. What for?
THE TARTAR. What do you mean "what for"?
SATINE. Exactly. What for?
THE TARTAR. Don't you know?
SATINE. I don't. Do you?
[_The Tartar spits out, furiously; the others laugh at him._]
ZOB [_good-naturedly_] You're a funny fellow, Hassan! Try to
understand this! If they should begin to live honestly, they'd die of
starvation inside of three days.
THE TARTAR. That's none of my business. You must live honestly!