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!