SCENE II
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TIME: one month later. PLACE: the vineyard.
THE THREE SONS.
[The ground is completely dug up. The FIRST SON is seen digging. He throws down his spade showing disappointment.]
FIRST SON. I cannot find it!
(Enter SECOND SON with his spade.)
Did you find it?
SECOND SON. No, and I have dug up every inch of our western vineyard.
[Enter THIRD SON with his spade.]
FIRST AND SECOND SONS. Did you find it?
THIRD SON. No, and I have dug up every inch of the eastern vineyard.
FIRST SON. Well, you see what I have done here.
SECOND SON. Not a vine that has not been dug about!
THIRD SON. I cannot understand it!
FIRST SON. The day our father died he spoke again of the pot of gold.
SECOND SON. And told us again to dig for it.
THIRD SON. I cannot understand it.
[They go, shaking their heads sadly.]