Dav. (crying out, pointing). Oh! master, look!
Tob. (looking eagerly). Eh? eh? What is’t you see?
Dav. There master, there! [The Three Merchants rise in alarm and stand L., staring R.
Eliph. What is it? Speak, I say.
Tob. (staring out). No. I see nothing!
Dav. There, across the way! All, all in light they move, a countless host. [He falls on knee.
Eliph. Bah! bah! What foolery! He sees a ghost. [Shrinks in fear and anger.
Tob. (quietly). My lad, I can see nothing.... That’s the byre Where lie the cattle.
Dav. (suddenly crying out and pointing). See! all, all afire With glory!
Eliph. (in terror, as are others). Here, man! Shut the door! [They continue there. Well, if you will not, I will. [Sidles along wall; shuts door angrily. One fool more Or less in such a household matters not.