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ALOIS JIRASEK
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Chadima.—You see, you see, she is better than a lawyer! (Goes out with Rejsek.)
It is growing dark; the moonlight shimmers through the trees.
Scene XXII
Roubal, the Teacher's Assistant, Všetečka.
Roubal in the rear looks out towards the right and begins to beckon, whereupon the Teacher's Assistant and Všetečka come in from the right, each with a hunter's horn under his arm.
Roubal.—Damna—! Why so late?—The directress is already anxious to go home. Here, here, I say. (Leads them towards the temple.) Go up the steps, and then blow your horns in a hurry—but (to the Teacher's Assistant) I can tell you this—
The Teacher's Assistant and Všetečka mount the steps and blow their horns.
The moon shines forth.
Meanwhile, before the fanfare is concluded, there is heard from the left a powerful chorus of male voices:
"When the moon sheddeth its glorious light—"
Curtain
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