TEIG
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here is many a one, they say, had money from them. SHEMUS (_at door_) Whatever you are that walk the woods at night,So be it that you have not shouldered upOut of a grave--for I'll have nothing human--And have free hands, a friendly trick of speech,I welcome you. Come, sit beside the fire.What matter if your head's below your armsOr you've a horse's tail to whip your flank,Feathers instead of hair, that's but a straw,Come, share what bread and meat is in the house,And stretch your heels and warm them in the ashes.And after that, let's share and share alikeAnd curse all men and women. Come in, come in.What, is there no one there? (_Turning from door_)And yet they sayThey are as common as the grass, and rideEven upon the book in the priest's hand. (TEIG _lifts one arm slowly and points toward the door and beginsmoving backwards_. SHEMUS _turns, he also sees something and beginsmoving backward_. MARY _does the same. A man dressed as an Easternmerchant comes in carrying a small carpet. He unrolls it and sitscross-legged at one end of it. Another man dressed in the same wayfollows, and sits at the other end. This is done slowly anddeliberately. When they are seated they take money out ofembroidered purses at their girdles and begin arranging it on thecarpet_.)
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