(_She ties the neckerchief. The Goodman starts out._)

Wait till I have smoothed your hat!

(_She smooths his old hat._)

Now you are ready.

GOODMAN (_going_). Be at the window, Wife.

WIFE (_nodding_). Yes, surely, and I will wave at you as you ride by.


SCENE II

TIME: _two hours later_.
PLACE: _near the toll-gate on the road to the Fair_.

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THE GOODMAN.
FIRST PEASANT.
SECOND PEASANT.
THIRD PEASANT.
TOLL-KEEPER.
HOSTLER.

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[_The_ GOODMAN _is seen riding his horse. Enter, from a country lane, a_