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Smithers has arrived at the emperor’s palace to discover that all the natives have escaped into the jungle. The last to leave is an old woman and, just as she is about to sneak out while the Emperor sleeps, she is caught by Smithers. He is violent and aggressive towards her, and forces the woman to reveal where the natives have gone. Smithers realizes that the natives are about to revolt against the emperor.
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SMITHERS [Tightening his grasp−roughly]: Easy! None o’ that, me birdie. You can't wriggle out now. I got me 'oaks on yer.
WOMAN [Seeing the uselessness of struggling, gives way to frantic terror, and sinks to the ground, embracing his knees supplicatingly.]: No tell him! No tell him, Mister!
SMITHERS [With great curiosity]: Tell 'im? [Then scornfully.] Oh, you
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