FIRST COUNTRYMAN (holding up foot to which flag is tied). Is this a gourd or is it not a gourd?
SECOND COUNTRYMAN. Of a surety it is a flag.
(Holding up his foot with flag.)
And if this be not a gourd, keep thy silence.
[The First Countryman stares at the flag, placing his finger on his closed lips.]
SECOND COUNTRYMAN. Then it hath indeed happened!
FIRST COUNTRYMAN. What hath happened?
SECOND COUNTRYMAN. The dreadful thing foretold by the citizens. I am not I! Thou art not thou!
FIRST COUNTRYMAN (trembling with fear). How can that be?
SECOND COUNTRYMAN. I know not. I only know that it is.