NODGE. Now, Gotham men, do you all know what to do?

OLD MEN. Aye! Aye!

YOUNG MEN. Aye! Aye!

[All the men begin to work.]

PODGE. I think this will save our noses.

[Enter the KING and the SOLDIERS.]

KING. Is there a tree left on the road?

FIRST SOLDIER. We took them all away, Sire.

KING (to a soldier.) Then go and get our horses. We will ride into this Gotham town. (The soldier salutes and goes.)

Where do you roll these stones, old men?