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No. 24 - Quartette - "The Verdict."
| Pharaoh: | Death! |
| Nebenchari: | Death! |
| Ptolemy: | Death! |
| Sebak: | Death! |
| Pharaoh: | Death is his certain portion, Mere — |
| Nebenchari: | Mere — |
| Ptolemy: | Mere — |
| Sebak: | Mere — merely as a precaution — |
| Ptolemy: | Otherwise he'd repeat the trick With another cat and another brick, He can't be a Mummy, at any rate, We shall just have a grim tête-à-tête. |
| Nebenchari: | But a Mummy he shall never be made, The Royal edict must be obeyed. |
| Pharaoh: | So! |
| Nebenchari: | So! |
| Ptolemy: | So! |
| Sebak: | So! Ptolemy won't get paid! |
| Pharaoh: | Ptol — |
| Nebenchari: | Ptol — |
| Ptolemy: | Ptol — |
| Sebak: | Ptol — |
| Pharaoh: | Ptolemy don't seem charmed. But, |
| Nebenchari: | But, |
| Ptolemy: | But, |
| Sebak: | But, |
| Nebenchari: | Of course he can't be embalmed. |
| Pharaoh: | A mode of death that's rather funny Is done with ants and a pot of honey. |
| Nebenchari: | We've a text-book full of unspeakable tortures With a special chapter designed for Courtiers. |
| Ptolemy: | I've still one comfort sweet, if small, All of his wealth to me will fall. |
| Pharaoh: | No. |
| Nebenchari: | No. |
| Sebak: | No. |
| Ptolemy: | Oh! |
| Pharaoh: | I don't see that at all. How — |
| Nebenchari: | How — |
| Ptolemy: | How — |
| Sebak: | How — |
| Pharaoh: | Much do you think he's got? Let's — |
| Nebenchari: | Let's — |
| Ptolemy: | Let's — |
| Sebak: | Let's share it among the lot. |
| Pharaoh: | There's not enough to dispute about, Simply let it be odd man out. |
| Ptolemy: | Suppose we have it that odd man wins? This is where the fun begins, I always use one particular coin. |
| Pharaoh: | Heads! |
| Nebenchari: | Heads! |
| Sebak: | Heads! |
| Ptolemy: | Tails! |
| Others: | Really, that's most annoyin', Really, that's most annoyin'! |
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Page created 27 September 2016 .