"Dunsany, Lord - Five Plays" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dunsany Lord)

Each of the seven shall wear a piece of the green
raiment underneath his rags. And peradventure here and
there a little shall show through; and men shall say,
"These seven have disguised themselves as beggars. But
we know not what they be."

Slag:
Hear my wise master.

Oogno: {in admiration}
*He* is a beggar.

Ulf:
He is an *old* beggar.


{Curtain}







The Second Act

{The Metropolitan Hall of the city of Kongros. Citizens,
etc.
Enter the seven beggars with green silk under their rags.}

Oorander:
Who are you and whence come you?

Agmar:
Who may say what we are or whence we come?

Oorander:
What are these beggars and why do they come here?

Agmar:
Who said to you that we were beggars?

Oorander:
Why do these men come here?

Agmar:
Who said to you that we were men?

Illanaun:
Now, by the moon!