LABOURER[ nudging the Peasant ] Don't give it!
PEASANT. No more words about it. Take it.
NEIGHBOUR. Thank you. I'll just run and fetch a sack.
LABOURER[ aside ] He keeps to his old ways … still goes on giving. He doesn't always obey me. But just wait a bit. He'll soon stop giving away.
Exit Neighbour.
PEASANT[ sitting down on the threshold ] Why should one not give to a good man?
LABOURER. Giving is one thing, getting back another! You know—
“It's a good world to lend in, a good world to spend in,
But to get back one's own, it's the worst world that's known.”
That's what the old folk say.
PEASANT. Don't worry. We've plenty of corn.