Or, 'Fool, go sit in the corner.'

[The Fool sits in the corner.

And all the while

What were they all but fools before I came?

What are they now, but mirrors that seem men,

Because of my image? Fool, hold up your head.

[Fool does so.

What foolish stories they have told of the ghosts

That fumbled with the clothes upon the bed,

Or creaked and shuffled in the corridor,