JONATHAN
A thousand and one, a thousand and two—I am here!
NATHANIEL (far away)
The world is here.
JONATHAN (as though addressing the world)
Listen.... I ran away. I ran away. I was fourteen. I saw visions of great things. I heard voices of the past and the future. I wanted to tell what I saw and heard.... Oh, you who made sport of my dreams, I am here at the top of the world! Uncle John, I have heard things you will never hear, and I have seen things you will never see.
JOHN (far away)
JONATHAN
Oh, Susan—Susan Sample—see—see. I told you I wasn't a beggar. See—see—Jonathan stands at the top of the world!