WISE MAN.
I am lost! I am lost!
BRIDGET.
Leave me alone now; I have to make the bread for you and the children.
WISE MAN.
Out of this, woman, out of this, I say! [BRIDGET goes through the kitchen door.] Will nobody find a way to help me! But she spoke of my children. I had forgotten them. They will believe. It is only those who have reason that doubt; the young are full of faith. Bridget, Bridget, send my children to me.
BRIDGET [inside].
Your father wants you; run to him now.
[The two CHILDREN come in. They stand together a little way from the threshold of the kitchen door, looking timidly at their father.
WISE MAN.