Any City. Why are you here?
Education. Because I have need of you; and because you have need of me. Here, hold my light for a moment.
Any City holds the light carefully in both hands, dropping his paper in order to do so. The light grows somewhat dim.
Education. The light still burns. It does not go out in your keeping. By that symbol, I know that by my light you may still choose the right path, that you may follow the path in confidence, that you may arrive in safety at the journey’s end. Come with me for a while into the shadows, and watch my light glimmering through the ages. Me you shall not always see in person, but wherever my light burns, know that I am surely there. Come.
As Education speaks the first “Come,” she takes the lamp from Any City and holds it aloft. At the second word “Come,” she takes his hand and leads him behind the curtain. Before leaving, Any City picks up his paper, which he carries as far from Education as he can.
Curtain is raised.
First Glimmer: Experience
The light of Education is hanging above. The background for this and the next two pictures may be the same—a forest scene.
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