[To his fellows.]
Look! A little boy!... And, oh, crowds and crowds
of people!
The Other Sleepers.
No, dear child! There’s no one but ourselves!
Serapíon [the Sleeper].
But I see them clearly!... Come and play with me! [To the other Serapíon.]
Serapíon [the Schoolboy].
[Timidly advancing.]
I’d like to, but ... somehow ... you seem ... not real.... No, I don’t mean that! But just as if you came out of a dream!