Jester: (Who has had his back to them comes
forward; the Princes stand on his right in a half
circle.) And why wouldn't you change?
5th Prince: It is a thing not possible.
Jester: I never could know the meaning of that
word "impossible." Where there's a will there's
a way.
1st Prince: It seems to me like the sound of a
bell ringing a long way off, that I had leave at one
time to go here and there.
Jester: If you are in earnest wanting to come to
that freedom again you will get it.
2nd Prince: No, we would be followed and
brought back through kindness.
Jester: If you have the strong wish to make
the change you can make it.
1st Prince: I think I was never so much in
earnest in all my life.
(The Jester takes his pipe and plays a note
on it. The Wrenboys come back beating
their drum. They stand in a half circle
on Jester's left.)
Jester: (To all.)