Scene 7
Zeneli, alone

Zeneli: One plus two make three, plus the five she’s going to give me make eight silver coins in one day! I am not doing badly at all today. Why didn’t I think of this scheme earlier? What a fool I was, a real idiot. And to think that I wanted to move to Egypt. This is the place to make money. What have I been doing all this time? But better late than never. (He opens the door and calls out): Mr Vurko! Oh, Mr Vurko! Could I speak to you for a moment?