The Unexpected Encounter

OSMIN. He will go, upon my word.
ALI. I am losing patience.
BALKIS. No resistance.
OSMIN. Forward, forward.
ALI. Rascal, leave me alone.
BALKIS. }
OSMIN. } He will go, upon my word.

(Osmin pulls him; and annoyed by Ali’s resistance, he carries him off on his shoulders.)

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