First Man. Ho, Sir! City Guard. What do you want? Second Man. Which way should we go? We are strangers here. Please tell us which street we should take. City Guard. Where do you want to go? Third Man. To where those big festivities are going to be held, you know. Which way do we go? City Guard. One street is quite as good as another here. Any street will lead you there. Go straight ahead, and you cannot miss the place. [Exit.] First Man. Just hear what the fool says: and “Any street will lead you there! and ” Where, then, would be the sense of having so many streets?
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