"Well, what then?"
"Where are they now?"
"They have died out, Tiapa—disappeared."
The old man was silent, but soon he asked again—
"And the Philistines?"
"They've gone also."
"Have they all disappeared?"
"Yes, all."
"Does that mean that we shall also disappear as well?"
"Yes, when the time comes," the schoolmaster replied, in an indifferent tone of voice.