by the door playing with some flowers which he has stuck in his hat. He has begun to blow a dandelion-head.] What are you doing?
fool. Wait a moment. [He blows] Four, five, six.
wise man. What are you doing that for?
fool. I am blowing at the dandelion to find out what time it is.
wise man. You have heard everything! That is why you want to find out what hour it is! You are waiting to see them coming through the door to carry me away. [fool goes on blowing.] I will not have you sitting there. I will have no one here when they come. [He seizes the fool by the shoulders, and begins to force him out through the door, then suddenly changes his mind.] No, I have something to ask you. [He drags him back into the room.] Is there a Heaven? Is there a Hell? Is there a Purgatory?
fool. So you ask me now. I thought when you were asking your pupils, I said to myself, if he would ask Teigue the Fool, Teigue could tell him all about it, for Teigue has learned all about it when he has been cutting the nets.
wise man. Tell me quickly!
fool. I said, Teigue knows everything. Not even the cats or the hares that milk the cows have Teigue’s wisdom. But Teigue will not speak; he says nothing.
