It is
Cuchulain
is coming.
Yeats
Listen. I know who the young man's father is, but I won't say. I would
be afraid to say. Ah, Fool, you would forget everything if you could
know who the young man's father is.
FOOL.
Who is it? Tell me now quick, or I'll shake you. Come, out with it, or
I'll shake you.
[A murmur of voices in the distance.
BLIND MAN.
Wait, wait. There's somebody coming. . . .
It is Cuchulain is coming.
He's coming back with the High King. Go and ask Cuchulain. He'll tell
you. It's little you'll care about the cooking-pot when you have asked
Cuchulain that. . . .
[_BLIND MAN goes out by side door. _
FOOL.
I'll ask him. Cuchulain will know. He was in Aoife's country. [_Goes
up stage. _] I'll ask him. [_Turns and goes down stage.