THE TWO COUNTRYMEN
SCENE I
TIME: evening.
PLACE: a large city; a quiet corner with a high wall back.
| FIRST COUNTRYMAN. |
| SECOND COUNTRYMAN. |
| FIRST CITY WAG. |
| SECOND CITY WAG. |
| MERCHANT. |
[Great crowds of people are seen in the streets. The TWO COUNTRYMEN have just arrived. They find a quiet corner where they place their blankets and baskets of gourds which they carry.]
FIRST COUNTRYMAN. I fear something most dreadful must have happened in that street. See what crowds of people pass that way!
SECOND COUNTRYMAN. Perhaps there is a fire. And yet—
[He stops, showing he is puzzled.]