Nay, you found a madman. The torture of these visions! Sense and nonsense join in cheating me. I am befooled by my own fantasy.
The Mother
What are you talking about? What is troubling you?
Jeremiah
Nothing, Mother, nothing. Pay no heed to my words.
The Mother
I must heed them, Jeremiah; but they are dark to me. An evil mood has beset you, and has estranged you from me. What has happened; what is tormenting you?
Jeremiah
Nothing is tormenting me, Mother. I was too hot in bed, and sought the roof for coolness.