fool. I have seen plenty of angels.
wise man. Do you bring luck to the angels too?
fool. Oh, no, no! No one could do that. But they are always there if one looks about one; they are like the blades of grass.
wise man. When do you see them?
fool. When one gets quiet, then something wakes up inside one, something happy and quiet like the stars—not like the seven that move, but like the fixed stars.
wise man. And what happens then?
fool. Then all in a minute one smells summer flowers, and tall people go by, happy and laughing, and their clothes are the colour of burning sods.
wise man. Is it long since you have seen them, Teigue the Fool?
fool. Not long, glory be to God! I saw one coming behind me just now. It was not laughing, but it had clothes the colour of burning sods, and there was something shining about its head.
wise man. Well, there are your four pennies. You, a fool, say 'Glory be to God,' but before I came the wise men said it. Run away now. I must ring the bell for my scholars.
fool. Four pennies! That means a great
