Just three o'clock! by Kong's pagoda-chimes. You've paced this floor just twice three hundred times. Your Highness had much better go to sleep. You'll have to rise with dawn's first ruddy peep. I can't watch any more; my eyelids close. (KALAF: Thou'rt right, Brighella; go to thy repose.) One word, your Highness,--when I've left my post, Don't be astonished if you see a ghost. You understand? You needn't be afraid; I daren't say more; my silence is prepaid. Forewarned, forearmed, you know. To a blind horse A nod's as good as twenty winks, of course. (KALAF: What spectres shall I see? what dreary sprite?) Oh, nothing, (yawns.) I'm so sleepy, Prince, good night. ((Going, returns.)) I hope you are not angry with Brighella-- I'm but a poor, ill-paid, hardworking fellah-- The Emperor has ordered that no fly Shall enter this apartment--you know why; But tho' he's king, his daughter really rules. It's hard to keep one's balance 'twixt two stools! And what a woman wills, for good or evil. That must be done, or she will play the devil. ((Going, returns.)) Mind, I know nothing. Keyholes may suffice; If any noise you hear, it's only mice! ((Exit, winking significantly.))

Brig Monologue from Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx

Rehearse Brig's monologue