RUMBELO.
Bigger than I? [To Segasto.] What a fool have you to your man! I pray you, master, turn him away.
SEGASTO.
But dost thou hear, was he not a man?
MOUSE.
I think he was, for he said he did lead a saltseller’s life about the woods.
SEGASTO.
Thou wouldst say, a solitary life about the woods?
MOUSE.
I think it was so, indeed.
RUMBELO.
I thought what a fool thou art.
MOUSE.
Thou art a wise man! [To Segasto.] Why, he did nothing but sleep since he went.
SEGASTO.
But tell me, Mouse, how did he go?
MOUSE.
In a white gown, and a white hat on his head, and a staff in his hand.
SEGASTO.
I thought so; it was a hermit that walked a solitary life in the woods. Well, get you to dinner; and after never leave seeking, till you bring some news of them, or I’ll hang you both.