Do they find wisdom?
Hydaspes.
Ahasuerus.
Do they, by Heaven; as a dead man does.
Wisdom is life upon the tickle edge,
Not the blind staring of the stupefied
At nothing out of nothing. I envy you
For travelling thus and seeing all these things,
Which I shall only hear of.
Tell me now,
When you were wandering, did you meet the Jews?
Hydaspes.
No, never, Lord.
Ahasuerus.
Nor heard about their race?
Hydaspes.