FIRST COUNTRYMAN. Eh?

SECOND COUNTRYMAN. Eh?

FIRST COUNTRYMAN. Let us tie them around our ankles. We may then discover whether we are ourselves.

[They tie the gourds around their ankles.]

SECOND COUNTRYMAN (joyfully). I am myself!

FIRST COUNTRYMAN (joyfully). And I am myself!

SECOND COUNTRYMAN. Come, let us journey back together.

[They go out. Pause. Enter the WAGS. They remain at entrance, not knowing Countrymen have gone.]

FIRST WAG (whispering). Do you think the musicians should follow them?

SECOND WAG (whispering). No, they should follow the music. What a joke it is!