has listened to you, every one has learned the truth. You have had your last disputation.
another. What a fool you made of that monk in the market-place! He had not a word to say.
wise man [comes from his desk and stands among them in the middle of the room]. Pupils, dear friends, I have deceived you all this time. It was I myself who was ignorant. There is a God. There is a Heaven. There is fire that passes and there is fire that lasts for ever.
[teigue, through all this, is sitting on a stool by the door, reckoning on his fingers what he will buy with his money.
a young man [to another]. He will not be satisfied till we dispute with him. [to the wise man] Prove it, Master. Have you seen them?
wise man [in a low, solemn voice]. Just now, before you came in, some one came to the door, and when I looked up I saw an angel standing there.
a young man. You were in a dream. Anybody can see an angel in his dreams.
wise man. Oh, my God! It was not a dream! I was awake, waking as I am now. I tell you I was awake as I am now.
a young man. Some dream when they
