fool. Give me something; give me a penny to buy bacon in the shops, and nuts in the market, and strong drink for the time when the sun grows weak.
bridget. I have no pennies. [To the wise man.] Your pupils cannot find anybody to argue with you. There is nobody in the whole country who has enough belief to fill a pipe since you put down the monk. Can’t you be quiet now and not always wanting to have arguments? It must be terrible to have a mind like that.
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 not have changed. 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.
wise man. Children, what do you believe?
