A wood he Castle, as in Se 2. The SPIRITS pass one by one carrying bags.
FIRST SPIRIT. Ill never danother step, not one.
SED SPIRIT. Are all the thousand years of dang done?
THIRD SPIRIT. How we daer so great a sorrow?
FOURTH SPIRIT. But how shall we remember it to?morrow?
FIFTH SPIRIT. To think of all the things that we fet.
SIXTH SPIRIT. Thats why we groan and why our lids are wet.
(The SPIRITS go out. A group Of PEASANTS Pass.)
FIRST PEASANT. I have seen silver and copper, but not gold.
SED PEASANT. Its yellow and it shines.
FIRST PEASANT. Its beautiful.
The most beautiful thing uhe sun, Thats what Ive heard.
THIRD PEASANT. I have seen gold enough.
FOURTH PEASANT. I would not say that its so beautiful.
FIRST PEASANT. But doesnt a gold piece glitter like the sun? Thats what my father, whod seeer days,
Told me when I was but a little boy??
So high??so high, its shining like the sun,
Round and shining, that is what he said.
SED PEASANT. Theres nothing in the world it ot buy,
FIRST PEASANT. Theyve bags and bags of it.
(They go out. The two MERTS follow silently.)
END OF SE 4