PERSONS
- A TEACHER.
- THE BOY’S MOTHER.
- PILGRIMS.
- A YOUNG BOY.
- LEADER OF THE PILGRIMS.
- CHORUS.
TEACHER.
I am a teacher. I keep a school at one of the temples in the City. I have a pupil whose father is dead; he has only his mother to look after him. Now I will go and say good-bye to them, for I am soon starting on a journey to the mountains. (He knocks at the door of the house.) May I come in?
BOY.
Who is it? Why, it is the Master who has come out to see us!
TEACHER.
Why is it so long since you came to my classes at the temple?
BOY.
I have not been able to come because my mother has been ill.