HANS' WIFE
Look! Look!—
And wings upon it! Mercy, what a shoe.—
Don't give it back.—The child will fly away!
PIPER
No, no!
[Looking up at the window soothingly.]
He only wanted one to show—
JAN
To Mother!—See.
[Showing her his other foot, joyously]
PIPER
[to him]
And this,—wilt leave it here?
Here—with—
JAN
The Lonely Man! Oh, make Him smile!
[The PIPER crosses to the Shrine, with the little shoe, and hangs it up there; then he turns towards the window, waving his hand.
CHILDREN
Where are you going? . . .
[They run and cling.]
PIPER
Ah, the high-road now!
CHILDREN
Oh! why?
PIPER
I have to find somebody there.
Yes, now and every day, and everywhere
The wide world over.—So: good-night, good-morning,
Good-by! There's so much piping left to do,—
I must be off, and pipe.