Boy—It leads to the land of promise.
Man—I carry a chart in my breast....
Boy—Your chart, it lies! I'm going on; follow if you like.
Man—What shall you, who have not lived, do when we reach the world of yesterday?
Boy—Show you my land of promise.
Man—Then haste!
Boy—Never fear. My feet are swift.
Scene II—A ledge between a deep ravine and the mountain. Night.
Man—Dear lad, let us rest here.
Boy—(Laughing.) This is the edge of the world.