A YOUNG MAN.
Master, till you came, no teacher in this land was able to get rid of foolishness and ignorance. But every one has listened to you, every one has learned the truth. You have had your last disputation.
ANOTHER.
What a fool you made of that monk in the market-place! He had not a word to say.
WISE MAN.
[Comes from his desk and stands among them in the middle of the room.]
Pupils, dear friends, I have deceived you all this time. It was I myself who was ignorant. There is a God. There is a Heaven. There is fire that passes, and there is fire that lasts for ever.
[TEIG, through all this, is sitting on a stool by the door, reckoning on his fingers what he will buy with his money.
A YOUNG MAN [to Another].
He will not be satisfied till we dispute with him. [To the WISE MAN.] Prove it, Master. Have you seen them?
WISE MAN [in a low, solemn voice].