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- There's an old man, though, trudging. Shall we call him here?
PEER
- No let him go. He is drunk, my dear fellow!
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- But perhaps he might-
PEER
- Hush; no-let him be!
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- Well, shall we turn to then?
PEER
- One question only:
- What is it, at bottom, this "being oneself"?
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- A singular question, most odd in the mouth
- of a man who just now-
PEER
- Come, a straightforward answer.
THE BUTTON-MOULDER
- To be oneself is: to slay oneself.
- But on you that answer is doubtless lost;
- and therefore we'll say: to stand forth everywhere
- with Master's intention displayed like a signboard.
