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+[{"query": ["Miss Builder live here ?", "Mrs Herringhame ? Oh ! young lady with dark hair and large expressive eyes ?", "With an \u201c A . B . \u201d on her linen ?", "And \u201c Athene Builder \u201d on her drawings ?", "Let 's see .Mrs Herringhame , you said ?", "Wot oh !", "Drop the \u201c sir , \u201d my dear ; I 'm the Builders \u2019 man . Mr Herringhame in ?", "Take a message . I can n't wait . From Miss Maud Builder . \u201c Look out ! Father is coming . \u201d Now , whichever of \u2018 em comes in first \u2014 that 's the message , and do n't you forget it .", "So they 're married ?", "I see . Well , it ai n't known to Builder , J. P ., either . That 's why there 's a message . See ?", "Keep your head . I must hop it . From Miss Maud Builder . \u201c Look out ! Father is coming . \u201d He nods , turns and goes , pulling the door to behind him . ANNIE stands \u201c baff \u201d for a moment .", "Lunch has been ready some time , Miss Maud .", "Miss Athene was out . I gave the message to a young party . She looked a bit green , Miss . I hope nothing 'll go wrong with the works . Shall I keep lunch back ?", "If you think I might risk it , Miss , I 'd like to slip round to my dentist .", "Well , I do n't suppose you 've \u2018 eard of it , Miss ; but as a matter of fact it 's the Cesarwitch .", "Only my shirt , Miss .", "I 've seen worse roll up .Dark horse , Miss Maud , at twenty to one .", "You 're not the first , Miss .", "Rather a specialty of mine , Miss .", "Guilty , Miss .", "Well , of course , I could n't say just what sort of a crime you 'd committed , but I should think pretty \u2018 ot stuff .", "Really , Miss .", "Indeed , Miss ?", "I think there 's be a rehaction , Miss .", "If the haudience knows you 've got \u2018 em there .", "Fine , Miss . You have got a film face . What are they , if I may ask ?", "Well ! To put \u2018 em in here ,", "Miss , I should say is more \u2014 more pishchological .", "You see , then you 've got \u2018 em on you .", "Well , I should say that depends on your character . Of course I do n't know what your character is .", "In that case , I should please myself , Miss . To put \u2018 em in \u2018 ere 's warmer .", "I did n't know you \u2018 ad a taste this way , Miss Maud .", "Well , in my belief , we all have a vice about us somewhere . But if I were you , Miss , I would n't touch bettin \u2019 , not with this other on you . You might get to feel a bit crowded .", "What ! You 're not going , too , Miss Maud ?", "Oh ! Hang it all , Miss , think of what you 'll leave behind . Miss Athene 's leavin \u2019 home has made it pretty steep , but this 'll touch bottom \u2014 this will .", "Well , I never ! That does sound like \u2018 em ! Are you goin \u2019 to tell the guv'nor , Miss ?", "It 's on the knees of the gods , Miss , as they say in the headlines .", "Here !", "What 's that you 're sayin \u2019 ? You take care !", "Stop it , you young limb !", "Move on ! He retreats from the window , opening the paper .", "Crimes ! Phew ! That accounts for them bein \u2019 away all night . While he is reading , CAMILLE enters from the hall . Here ! Have you seen this , Camel \u2014 in the Stop Press ?", "\u201c Tried to prevent her father from forcing her mother to return home with him , and he struck her for so doing . She did not press the charge . The arrested gentleman , who said he acted under great provocation , was discharged with a caution . \u201d Well , I 'm blowed ! He has gone and done it !", "Have you had any hand in this ? I 've seen you making your lovely black eyes at him . You foreigners \u2014 you 're a loose lot !", "Not yet , my dear .", "Well , this little lot 's bust up ! The favourites will fall down . Johnny", "Builder ! Who 'd have thought it ?", "Ah ! He 's right up against it now . Comes of not knowin \u2019 when to stop bein \u2019 firm . If you meet a wall with your \u2018 ead , it 's any odds on the wall , Camel . Though , if you listened to some , you would n't think it . What 'll he do now , I wonder ? Any news of the mistress ?", "Why ?", "Deuce she did ! They generally leave \u2018 em . Take back yer gifts ! She throws the baubles at \u2018 is \u2018 ead .You 're a deep one , you know ! There is the sound of a cab stopping . Wonder if that 's him !", "Not yet , Miss .", "I 've got \u2018 em on the cab , Miss . I did n't put your ten bob on yesterday , because the animal finished last . You cant depend on horses .", "Ah ! However did it happen , Miss Maud ?", "Well , you see , Miss , it 's like this : Up to now Mr Builder 's always had the respect of everybody \u2014 MAUD moves her head impatiently . outside his own house , of course . Well , now he has n't got it . Pishchologically that 's bound to touch him .", "He wo n't throw up the sponge , Miss ; more likely to squeeze it down the back of their necks .", "Do n't you fret , Miss ; he 'll come through . His jaw 's above his brow , as you might say .", "Phreenology , Miss . I rather follow that . When the jaw 's big and the brow is small , it 's a sign of character . I always think the master might have been a Scotchman , except for his fishionomy .", "So down on anything soft , Miss . Have n't you noticed whenever one of these \u2018 Umanitarians writes to the papers , there 's always a Scotchman after him next morning . Seems to be a fact of \u2018 uman nature , like introducin \u2019 rabbits into a new country and then weasels to get rid of \u2018 em . And then something to keep down the weasels . But I never can see what could keep down a Scotchman ! You seem to reach the hapex there !", "Indeed , Miss . I thought perhaps she was about to be .", "Comin \u2019 events . I saw the shadder yesterday .", "Ah ! I should n't be surprised if he feels awful about you ,", "Miss .", "From the \u201c Comet , \u201d sir . Proof of your interview , sir ; will you please revise , the messenger says ; he wants to take it back at once .", "Shall I close in , sir ?", "Yes , sir . He goes , with a look back from the door . The Mayor is here , sir . I do n't know whether you would wish BUILDER , rising , takes a turn up and down the room .", "The Mayor , sir . He retires up Left . The MAYOR is overcoated , and carries , of all things , a top hat . He reaches the centre of the room before he speaks .", "Excuse me , sir , you must \u2018 ave digested yesterday morning 's breakfast by now \u2014 must live to eat , sir .", "I fair copped those young devils .", "You 'll excuse me , sir ; the Missis \u2014 has come back , sir \u2014 BUILDER stares at him and TOPPING stops . He hands BUILDER the filled pipe and a box of matches .", "Excuse me , sir . It 's pluck that get 's \u2018 em \u2018 ome , sir \u2014 begging your pardon . BUILDER has resumed his attitude and does not answer ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 0, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Come , Mildred dear , say \u201c Yes . \u201d", "You might help a fellow a bit . I never proposed to anybody before , and I daresay I 've done it very badly \u2014\u2014", "Say \u201c Yes , \u201d then . Of course , I 'm not good enough for a girl like you . But I may be some day . My brother Ned 's a confirmed bachelor , and it 's just on the cards I may be the next Earl of Normantower .", "Not fit to be a Countess ? Why , some of \u2018 em are awful .", "Well , then , you sha n't be a Countess . A confirmed bachelor 's always the first to get married ; and if Ned has a family , I sha n't come in for the title . You would n't mind being Mrs. Verinder , would you ?", "Say \u201c Yes , \u201d then .", "Children !", "I ? I was reading Hiawatha .", "It 's no use trying to deceive you , Miss Derwent . I 've been making love to Mildred .", "I want her to marry me and she wo n't ! She says my family 's too good for her \u2014 as if anything could be too good for Mildred ! I 'm sure the Verinders are poor enough . As for me , she forgets my father was cut off with a shilling , and blew 'd the lot ?", "Every penny of it . Oh , we 're a reckless lot , we Verinders ! PHILIP SELWYN enters C. from L ., he places his stick in stand L. of C. door , hat on small table up R. C ., and goes slowly down to fire-place , R .", "Because he married the girl he wanted ; instead of a girl he did n't want ; and his son 's going to do the same .", "It 's serious when you marry the wrong person , but I 'm going to marry the right one .", "You think so , Mr. Selwyn ?", "There , Miss Derwent ! What do you say to that ?", "Everybody thinks that , Mrs. Selwyn .", "Ned !", "Ned always talks like that ; but he 's a very good brother to me , and always down with the dust , when he 's any dust to down with .", "He 's so brown , and he 's grown such a beard !", "Ha , ha , ha !", "Fancy Ned a legislator !", "Lunch , at last ! Are n't I ready for it ?", "Only me , Mr. Selwyn .", "Oh , bother grammar !", "Oh , we 're all right ; but , I say , Mr. Selwyn , I wish everybody would n't call us \u201c children . \u201d I do n't like it .", "I 'm turned sixteen .", "You tell him , Mildred ! } }MIL . No \u2014 you tell him , Tom ! }", "Are you quite well enough to stand a shock ?", "Electricity !", "Mr. Selwyn , you make it jolly hard for a fellow to say what he wants to say \u2014 just when he wants a leg up .", "Oh , bother style ! Let me say what I mean .", "If you please \u2014 we want to get married .", "Now for it .Do n't run away \u2014 I wo n't !", "I 'm sure we 're not too young \u2014", "Mildred , this is no place for you .", "Leave me alone with Mr. Selwyn .", "I will control myself . I will not forget the respect that is due to the brother of my affianced wife .", "Wait for me \u2014 on the mat .Now , Mr. Selwyn , we are alone . We can discuss this matter as men of the world .", "May I ask why , sir ?", "Mr. Selwyn !", "That is your ultimatum ?", "Good day , sir .", "Oh , Mrs. Selwyn , please do come to Mildred ! She 's in a fit , or something .", "Do come , please !The shock has been too much for her . Re-enter PHILIP quickly .", "Come along !", "Could you die , Mildred ?", "Then let 's die together !", "I do n't know . That 's the worst of me . I 'm so beastly ignorant .", "Is there ?", "Let 's go at once .", "We 'll have a look at it first .", "I do n't like the look of the pond .", "Oh , by the bye , I have n't told you what we 're going to do .", "Why , me and Mildred . Drown ourselves . At least we were going to drown ourselves , until we saw the pond . Now , we are going to think of something else .", "Ah ! You do n't know what it is , to love \u2014 and get the key of the street !", "You 've got it , Ned ?", "I say , let 's drown one another ! You go first !", "Sir Peter \u2014 the very man \u2014 I say , Sir Peter !", "Are n't you a doctor ?", "A lot of things seem to have happened before I was born \u2014 and everybody takes care to let me know it .", "Then , tell me . What 's the pleasantest way of committing suicide ?", "Pompous old ass ! I do n't believe he knows .", "Re-enter MILDRED , R. U. D ., with an open book in her hand .", "What 's that you 've got ?", "Just what we wanted \u2014 let me have a look .", "But it 's not hers \u2014 it 's \u2014\u2014", "How dare you take that from Miss Selwyn ! Is it yours ?", "Force is not argument ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 1, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Bessus , the King has made a fair hand o n't , he has ended the Wars at a blow , would my sword had a close basket hilt to hold Wine , and the blade would make knives , for we shall have nothing but eating and drinking .", "Faith Bessus , such Commanders as thou may ; I had as lieve set thee Perdue for a pudding i'th \u2019 dark , as Alexander the Great .", "I think thou lov'st \u2018 em better than quarrelling Bessus , I'le say so much i'thy behalf , and yet thou \u2018 rt valiant enough upon a retreat , I think thou wouldst kill any man that stopt thee if thou couldst .", "Why , didst thou see't ?", "I did so , but me thought thou wink'dst every blow they strook .", "By my troth I think so too Bessus , many a thousand , but certainly all that are worse than thou have seen as much .", "Yes , if he had not ended the wars : I'me glad thou dar'st talk of such dangerous businesses .", "See how thy blood curdles at this , I think thou couldst be contented to be beaten i'this passion .", "I .", "Um , no venture neither Bessus .", "Why , art thou fam 'd for any valour ?", "I'me e'en heartily glad o n't , I have been with thee e 're since thou cam'st to th'wars , and this is the first word that ever I heard o n't , prethee who fames thee .", "\u2018 Tis heathenishly done of'em in my conscience , thou deserv'st it not .", "I do not know how thou mayst wait of a man in 's Chamber , or thy agility of shifting of a Trencher , but otherwise no service good Bessus .", "Not so hasty sweet Bessus , where was it , is the place vanish 'd ?", "At Bessus desp'rate redemption , where 's that ?", "Pray thee , who Christened it ?", "If I were not a very merrily dispos 'd man , what would become of thee ? one that had but a grain of choler in the whole composition of his body , would send thee of an errand to the worms for putting thy name upon that field : did not I beat thee there i'th \u2019 head o'th \u2019 Troops with a Trunchion , because thou wouldst needs run away with thy company , when we should charge the enemy ?", "Right Bessus , I beat thee out o n't .", "Thou knowest , and so do I , thou meanedst to flie , and thy fear making thee mistake , thou ranst upon the enemy , and a hot charge thou gav'st , as I'le do thee right , thou art furious in running away , and I think , we owe thy fear for our victory ; If I were the King , and were sure thou wouldst mistake alwaies and run away upon th \u2019 enemy , thou shouldst be General by this light .", "No more such words dear Bessus , for though I have ever known thee a coward , and therefore durst never strike thee , yet if thou proceedest , I will allow thee valiant , and beat thee .", "He is so Bessus , I wonder how thou cam'st to know it . But if thou wer't a man of understanding , I would tell thee , he is vain-glorious , and humble , and angry , and patient , and merry and dull , and joyful and sorrowful in extremity in an hour : Do not think me thy friend for this , for if I ear 'd who knew it , thou shouldst not hear it Bessus . Here he is with his prey in his foot .", "Indeed this is none .", "So you do .", "\u2018 Tis pity that valour should be thus drunk .", "I do I'le be sworn . Thy valour and thy passions sever 'd , would have made two excellent fellows in their kinds : I know not whether I should be sorry thou art so valiant , or so passionate , wou 'd one of \u2018 em were away .", "And yet you conquer 'd him .", "When wert thou other ?", "Like a Taylor at a wake .", "By my troth thou wouldst ha \u2019 stunk \u2018 em both out o'th \u2019 Lists .", "What Country Fence-school learn'st thou at ?", "Why you did , and you have talked enough o n't .", "Truth will offend you .", "You told Tigranes , you had won his Land ,", "With that sole arm propt by Divinity :", "Was not that bragging , and a wrong to us ,", "That daily ventured lives ?", "Sir .", "Sir shall I speak ?", "But will you hear me out ?", "Sir , that I have ever lov 'd you , my sword hath spoken for me ; that I do , if it be doubted , I dare call an oath , a great one to my witness ; and were you not my King , from amongst men , I should have chose you out to love above the rest : nor can this challenge thanks , for my own sake I should have done it , because I would have lov 'd the most deserving man , for so you are .", "Sir , you did promise you would hear me out .", "Though you have all this worth , you hold some qualities that do", "Eclipse your vertues .", "Yes , your passions , which are so manifold , that they appear even in this : when I commend you , you hug me for that truth : but when I speak your faults , you make a start , and flie the hearing but .", "However you will use me after , yet for your own promise sake , hear me the rest .", "Would you but leave these hasty tempers , which I do not say take from you all your worth , but darken \u2018 em , then you will shine indeed .", "Yet I would have you keep some passions , lest men should take you for a God , your vertues are such .", "I never understood the word , were you no King , and free from these moods , should I choose a companion for wit and pleasure , it should be you ; or for honesty to enterchange my bosom with , it should be you ; or wisdom to give me counsel , I would pick out you ; or valour to defend my reputation , still I should find you out ; for you are fit to fight for all the world , if it could come in question : Now I have spoke , consider to your self , find out a use ; if so , then what shall fall to me is not material .", "Why \u2018 tis no matter Sir .", "Why at the taking of a Town .", "Wench ! they respect not me , I 'm old and rough , and every limb about me , but that which should , grows stiffer , I'those businesses I may swear I am truly honest : for I pay justly for what I take , and would be glad to be at a certainty .", "I by this light do they .", "Yes faith .", "I ten shillings to me , every new young fellow they come acquainted with .", "Why I think I must petition to you .", "Your price ?", "That may be more than I'me worth .", "His blood goes back as fast .", "This is strange , Sir , how do you ?", "Is she dead ?", "Sir let her bear her sins on her own head ,", "Vex not your self .", "I n'ere saw such suddain extremities .", "These are sweet people .", "Have you no life at all ? for man-hood sake", "Let her not kneel , and talk neglected thus ;", "A tree would find a tongue to answer her ,", "Did she but give it such a lov 'd respect .", "What , is he mad ?", "S'light , there , are you blind ?", "O this is fine .", "Thou shou'dst be hang 'd .", "Is she so again ? that 's well .", "He has one ransome with him already ; me-thinks", "\u2018 T were good to fight double , or quit .", "Here Sir .", "As you were .", "No Sir .", "And so I shall again .", "Pray you go rest your self .", "Yes I will .", "I'le move the King , he is most strangely alter 'd ; I guess the cause I fear too right , Heaven has some secret end i n't , and \u2018 tis a scourge no question justly laid upon him : he has followed me through twenty Rooms ; and ever when I stay to wait his command , he blushes like a Girl , and looks upon me , as if modesty kept in his business : so turns away from me , but if I go on , he follows me again . Enter Arbaces . See , here he is . I do not use this , yet I know not how , I cannot chuse but weep to see him ; his very Enemies I think , whose wounds have bred his fame , if they should see him now , would find tears i'their eyes .", "How do you Sir ?", "Better than you I fear .", "Sir , either I mistake , or there is something hid", "That you would utter to me .", "Out with it Sir , if it be dangerous , I will not shrink to do you service , I shall not esteem my life a weightier matter than indeed it is , I know it is subject to more chances than it has hours , and I were better lose it in my Kings cause , than with an ague , or a fall , or sleeping , to a Thief ; as all these are probable enough : let me but know what I shall do for you .", "Yes Sir , I was .", "Yes .", "O say not so ,", "You had an answer of this before ;", "Besides I think this business might", "Be utter 'd more carelesly .", "Well , and what ?", "That 's strange , I shall say nothing to her ?", "But what shall I make her understand ?", "You may , but I can only see her then .", "Is there no more ?", "Methinks this need not have been delivered with such a caution ;", "I'le do it .", "Sir , if I take upon me to deliver it , after I hear it , I'le pass through fire to do it .", "I hope you do not Sir .", "Why , I think she does .", "Why , I think there are few Wives that love their", "Husbands better than she does you .", "Yes , there 's your Ring again ; what have I done", "Dishonestly in my whole life , name it ,", "That you should put so base a business to me ?", "Yes ; if I undertook it , but if all", "My hairs were lives , I would not be engag 'd", "In such a case to save my last life .", "Heaven grant you may be so : you must understand , nothing that you can utter , can remove my love and service from my Prince . But otherwise , I think I shall not love you more . For you are sinful , and if you do this crime , you ought to have no Laws . For after this , it will be great injustice in you to punish any offender for any crime . For my self I find my heart too big : I feel I have not patience to look on whilst you run these forbidden courses . Means I have none but your favour , and I am rather glad that I shall lose \u2018 em both together , than keep \u2018 em with such conditions ; I shall find a dwelling amongst some people , where though our Garments perhaps be courser , we shall be richer far within , and harbour no such vices in \u2018 em : the Gods preserve you , and mend .", "There .", "Away you fool , the King is serious ,", "And cannot now admit your vanities .", "If your enemies brought it to this , your enemies are Cutlers , come leave the King .", "Yes , but he has affairs , depart , or I shall be something unmannerly with you .", "Sir ?", "Indeed you are fitter for this present purpose .", "His fit begins to take him now again , \u2018 Tis a strange Feaver , and \u2018 twill shake us all anon , I fear , Would he were well cur 'd of this raging folly : Give me the warrs , where men are mad , and may talk what they list , and held the bravest fellows ; This pelting prating peace is good for nothing : drinking 's a vertue to't .", "This combat has undone him : if he had been well beaten , he had been temperate ; I shall never see him handsome again , till he have a Horse-mans staffe yok 'd thorow his shoulders , or an arm broken with a bullet .", "Now the clap comes .", "\u2018 Tis well said , by my soul .", "Would Bessus were here to take her aside and search her , He would quickly tell you what she carried Sir .", "If this hold , \u2018 twill be an ill world for Bawdes , Chamber-maids and Post-boyes , I thank heaven I have none I but his letters patents , things of his own enditing .", "This would make a Saint swear like a souldier .", "Sir , you have done well now .", "No .", "I have no letters Sir to anger you ,", "But a dry sonnet of my Corporals", "To an old Suttlers wife , and that I 'll burn , Sir .", "\u2018 Tis like to prove a fine age for the Ignorant .", "Yes , and I know you wo'not , or if you doe , you 'll miss it quickly .", "Who shall tell you of these childish follies", "When I am dead ? who shall put to his power", "To draw those vertues out of a flood of humors ,", "When they are drown 'd , and make'em shine again ?", "No , cut my head off :", "Then you may talk , and be believed , and grow worse ,", "And have your too self-glorious temper rot", "Into a deep sleep , and the Kingdom with you ,", "Till forraign swords be in your throats , and slaughter", "Be every where about you like your flatterers .", "Do , kill me .", "There comes a good man , love him too , he 's temperate ,", "You may live to have need of such a vertue ,", "Rage is not still in fashion .", "This Love , or what a devil it is I know not , begets more mischief than a Wake . I had rather be well beaten , starv 'd , or lowsie , than live within the Air o n't . He that had seen this brave fellow Charge through a grove of Pikes but t'other day , and look upon him now , will ne'r believe his eyes again : if he continue thus but two days more , a Taylor may beat him with one hand tied behind him .", "Sir , the King has seen your Commission , and believes it , and freely by this warrant gives you power to visit Prince Tigranes , your Noble Master .", "But is the main of all your business ended in this ?", "You serve a worthy person , and a stranger I am sure you are ; you may imploy me if you please without your purse , such Offices should ever be their own rewards .", "I may have need of you , and then this courtesie ,", "If it be any , is not ill bestowed ;", "But may I civilly desire the rest ?", "I shall not be a hurter if no helper .", "Stay there Sir :", "If he have reacht the Noble worth of Captain ,", "He may well claim a worthy Gentlewoman ,", "Though she were yours , and Noble .", "I confess such fellows", "Be in all Royal Camps , and have and must be ,", "To make the sin of Coward more detested", "In the mean souldier that with such a foil", "Sets off much valour . By description", "I should now guess him to you , it was Bessus ,", "I dare almost with confidence pronounce it .", "Captain do you call him ?", "Believe me Sir , you have a misery", "Too mighty for your age : A pox upon him ,", "For that must be the end of all his service :", "Your Daughter was not mad Sir ?", "I would fain counsel you , but to what I know not , he 's so below a beating , that the Women find him not worthy of their Distaves , and to hang him were to cast away a Rope ; he 's such an Airie , thin unbodyed Coward , that no revenge can catch him : I'le tell you Sir , and tell you truth ; this Rascal fears neither God nor man , he has been so beaten : sufferance has made him Wainscot : he has had since he was first a slave , at least three hundred Daggers set in 's head , as little boys do new Knives in hot meat , there 's not a Rib in 's body o \u2019 my Conscience that has not been thrice broken with dry beating : and now his sides look like two Wicker Targets , every way bended ; Children will shortly take him for a Wall , and set their Stone-bows in his forehead , he is of so base a sense , I cannot in a week imagine what shall be done to him .", "\u2018 Tis no great matter if you have not : if a Laming of him , or such a toy may do you pleasure Sir , he has it for you , and I'le help you to him : \u2018 tis no news to him to have a Leg broken , or Shoulder out , with being turn 'd o'th \u2019 stones like a Tansie : draw not your Sword if you love it ; for on my Conscience his head will break it : we use him i'th \u2019 Wars like a Ram to shake a wall withal . Here comes the very person of him , do as you shall find your temper , I must leave you : but if you do not break him like a Bisket , you are much to blame Sir .", "What Tragedy is near ? That hand was never wont to draw a sword , but it cry 'd dead to something .", "How do you Sir ?", "Why Sir , are you thus ? why do your hands proclaim a lawless War against your self ?", "Sir he is .", "Sir , I have mark't .", "You are more variable than you were .", "To day no Hermit could be humbler than you were to us all .", "And now you take new rage into your eyes , as you would look us all out of the Land .", "Sir , I will speak .", "It is my duty . I fear you will kill your self : I am a subject , and you shall do me wrong i n't : \u2018 tis my cause , and I may speak .", "I am sorry \u2018 tis so ill .", "I pray you let me see your Sword put up before I go : I'le leave you then .", "Heaven put into your bosome temperate thoughts , I'le leave you though I fear .", "Is that so good news ?", "Indeed \u2018 twere well for you if you might be a little less obey 'd .", "Why she is there .", "So it should seem my Lord , what fury 's this ?", "\u2018 Tis very strange .", "We will , you are not found so mean a man , but that you may be cover 'd as well as we , may you not ?", "Where ?", "Sir here 's Lygones , the agent for the Armenian State .", "Shall he go on 's head ?", "Sir , the King has seene your Commission , and beleeves it , and freely by this warrant gives you leave to visit Prince Tigranes your noble Master .", "But is the maine of all your businesse", "Ended in this ?", "You serve a worthy person , and a stranger I am sure you are ; you may imploy mee if you please , without your purse , such Officers should ever be their owne rewards .", "I may have neede of you , and then this curtesie ,", "If it be any , is not ill bestowed :", "But may I civilly desire the rest ?", "I shall not be a hurter , if no helper .", "Stay there Sir :", "If he have reacht the noble worth of Captaine ,", "He may well claime a worthy gentlewoman ,", "Though shee were yours , and noble .", "I confesse such fellowes", "Be in all royall Campes , and have , and must be", "To make the sinne of coward more detested", "In the meane Souldier , that with such a foyle", "Sets of much valour : By description", "I should now guesse him to you . It was Bessus ,", "I dare almost with confidence pronounce it .", "Captaine , doe you call him ?", "Beleeve me Sir , you have a miserie", "Too mighty for your age : A pox upon him ,", "For that must be the end of all his service :", "Your daughter was not mad Sir ?", "I would faine counsell you ; but to what I know not :", "Hee 's so below a beating , that the women", "Find him not worthy of their distaves ; and", "To hang him , were to cast away a rope ,", "Hee 's such an ayrie thin unbodied coward ,", "That no revenge can catch him :", "He tell you Sir , and tell you truth ; this rascall", "Feares neither God nor man , has beene so beaten :", "Sufferance has made him wanscote ; he has had", "Since hee was first a slave , at least three hundred daggers", "Set in his head , as little boyes doe new knives in hot meat ;", "Ther 's not a rib in 's bodie a my conscience ,", "That has not beene thrice broken with drie beating ;", "And now his sides looke like to wicker targets ,", "Everie way bended :", "Children will shortly take him for a wall ,", "And set their stone-bowes in his forhead : is of so low a sence ,", "I cannot in a weeke imagine what should be done to him .", "Tis no great matter if you have not , if a laming of him , or such a toy may doe you pleasure Sir , he has it for you , and Ile helpe you to him : tis no newes to him to have a leg broke , or a shoulder out , with being turnd ath \u2019 stones like a Tanzie : Draw not your sword , if you love it ; for my conscience his head will breake it : we use him ith \u2019 warres like a Ramme to shake a wall withall ; here comes the verie person of him , doe as you shall find your temper I must leave you : but if you doe not breake him like a bisket , you are much too blame Sir . Ex . Mardo . Enter Bessus and Sword-men .", "How doe you Sir ?", "Why Sir are you thus ?", "Why does your hand proclaime a lawlesse warre", "Against your selfe ?", "Sir he is . Arb . Tis well .", "I can forbeare your questions then , be gone", "Sir , I have markt .", "You are more variable then you were .", "To day no Hermit could be humblier", "Then you were to us all .", "And now you take new rage into your eies ,", "As you would looke us all out of the Land .", "Sir I will speake .", "It is my dutie ,", "I feare you will kill your selfe : I am a subject ,", "And you shall doe me wrong i n't : tis my cause ,", "And I may speake .", "I am sorrie tis so ill .", "I pray you let mee see your sword put up", "Before I goe ; Ile leave you then .", "God put into your bosome temperate thoughts ,", "He leave you though I feare .", "Is that so good newes ?", "Indeed twere well for you ,", "If you might be a little lesse obey 'd .", "Why she is there .", "So it should seeme : My Lord ,", "What furi 's this .", "Tis verie strange .", "We will : but you are not found", "So meane a man , but that you may be cover 'd", "As well as we , may you not ?", "Where ?", "Shall he goe on 's head ?", "Sir , Tigranes is comming though he made it strange", "To see the Princesse any more ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 2, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Who Redeemed you ?", "Who Sanctifieth and preserves you ?", "Wherefore did God make you ?", "How must he be served ?", "What is it to serve God ?", "How many Commandments be there ?", "Which be they ?", "Which is the First ?", "Which is the Second ?", "Which is the Third ?", "Which is the Fourth ?", "Which is the Fifth ?", "Which is the Sixth ?", "Which is the Seventh ?", "Which is the Eighth ?", "Which is the Ninth ?", "Which is the Tenth ?", "Are you bound to keep all these Commandments ?", "Answ . YES .", "Are you bound to keep them in Thought , Word , and Deed ?", "Answ . YES .", "How are you bound to keep them ?", "Are you able to keep them of your self ?", "Answ . NO .", "Why so ?", "From whence was that ?", "How did Adam fall ?", "Do you sin daily ?", "Answ . YES .", "What is Sin ?", "What doth Sin deserve ?", "Answ . HELL .", "What is Hell ?", "How long doth it last ?", "Is it not a sad thing to lie under the Wrath of God for ever ? to lie in devouring Flames for Ever ? Answ . YES .", "Can you deliver your self from Hell ?", "Answ . NO .", "How must you be delivered .", "Who is Jesus Christ ?", "Is he not Man also ?", "What hath Christ done for Sinners ?", "What Death did he die ?", "Why died he that Death ?", "Did Christ bear the Curse of God that was due to Sinners ?", "Answ . YES .", "Are all the World saved by him ?", "Answ . NO .", "Why so ?", "What must we do , that Christ may be ours ?", "What is it to Believe on him ?", "What grounds of Encouragement have we to rest upon Christ for", "Salvation ?", "When is Christ offered ?", "Name some Places ?", "Multitudes are called and invited , why do they not come to", "Christ ?", "Why are they not Humble ?", "What must we do that we may see our sins and our sinfulnesses ?", "If a poor Creature comes to Christ , crying , lamenting and confessing his sins , will Christ receive him ?", "What will the Lord do for such a one that comes to him ?", "What is Heaven ?", "When the Lord has done this for a poor Creature , what must he do for this good God of his ?", "How must he shew himself Humble and Thankful ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 3, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Edwin !", "Edwin !", "That 's the fifteenth time you 've yawned since we 've been married .", "Ten days , three and twenty hours , and sixteen minutes . Does it seem that long ?", "Three weeks !", "I do n't believe you did !", "You 're not tired of me already , are you ?", "Well , you 're not , are you ?", "Oh , Edwin , it 's the most delightful place I ever saw ! Why , everybody says the scenery about here is the very scenery to pass through .", "And the chambermaid was telling me this morning how delighted everybody was who went away .", "Why , what would you have ? There are the loveliest sunsets .", "Then the moons . You must confess the moons here are the loveliest imaginable .", "Edwin , how can you talk about the same old moon , when there 's a new one every month ?", "You did n't cut the moon up that way once . You used to look at it for hours . You were quite smitten with it then .", "Oh , Edwin dear , do n't you remember that night in particular \u2014\u2014", "I said that one in particular .", "I can remember all of them . Your saying that you 'd rather have me than all the world .", "Twice over : for I asked you if you were quite sure .", "As sure as you were you .", "Then would n't you give all the world for me ?", "Yes .", "Yes \u2014 but you would give all the world for me , for all that , would n't you ? At least you 'd rather have me than any other two people put together ?", "And you 've got me , have n't you ?", "And you 're very happy , are n't you ?", "You 're in Paradise ?", "And so am I .", "Well , of course I do . Do n't you ?", "Well , Edwin dear , you said you could not stand us being the only people there , so we 've come down into the public room .", "You might have met that odious Miss Carruthers , I suppose you mean \u2014 the girl that threw you over .", "Why did n't she have you , then ?", "If you did , she must have tumbled on her nose , for I am sure it 's broken .", "Her eyes appear to think so , for they 're always looking there . But that may be , because it is the only object they can look at both together .", "Abominably .", "I never saw such eyes !", "But she has , repeatedly \u2014 at you . And that 's what I object to . If folks do squint , they can n't help it , but if folks who squint go on as if they did n't squint , why they deserve to have their eyes flung in their teeth .", "What they 've done I 'm sure I do n't know , but I should imagine a good deal . They look as if they 'd seen hard service .", "Excuse me : to a regiment of volunteers : I should never have dreamt of comparing them to anything regular .", "Yes , pearls that have gone yellow .", "I do n't think that her mouth is amiable at all , or it would cover up her teeth more .", "I 'm sure her ears do n't want enlarging on ; they 're big enough already .", "Oh , no , my love , she 's not responsible for that . It 's not her own .", "But she 's not ; and what 's more you 're not going to where she is .", "But you wo n't leave this place . We stop here a month .", "A month .", "A month .", "A month .", "Well , what of it ? You 're a married man .", "And you 've no business carrying on with Miss Carruthers , and", "Miss Carruthers has no business carrying on with you .", "She must have seen it in the papers .", "You do n't mean to say you have n't put our marriage in the papers !", "And so it is n't in the papers ! Oh ! it is n't half being married , when it is n't in the papers ! We stop here for two months .", "No !It is her ! We leave here to-morrow .", "Oh !Well , I declare . Well , did I ever ? This is charming .How d \u2019 you do ? How are you ? Quite well , thank you ; so glad that you 've come . Oh , Edwin , if there 's not that dear delightful Captain Plunger .", "You know . That darling Captain Plunger .", "That very man . My favourite admirer .", "But he does n't know it , dear . He can n't .", "Because it was n't in the paper , love . Ha , ha , ha , ha ! Ta , ta . I 'm going to put another dress on , and some more hair , and to go on just as if I was n't married , dear . He does n't know I am , because it was n't in the papers . Ha , ha , ha , ha ! Not in one of them ! Ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha !", "Do you find the paper very interesting ?", "Very near indeed , for Miss Carruthers is at this hotel .", "Miss Carruthers .", "Oh , dear me , yes .", "There 's that eternal woman with the tambourine ; do send her away , please !", "I was saying that Miss Carruthers is still Miss Carruthers , and is likely to remain so . That is , if men really have the taste that they pretend to .", "I do n't like dashing girls .", "I have heard she paints !", "Oh , dear me , no ! I call her very plain .", "I only know one person who considers so , and that 's herself .", "Do you ? What 's the curious creature 's name ?", "His name . I thought it was a man . Well , what 's his name ?", "Larkspur !", "It 's my turn to beg your pardon now . You 're very much mistaken . Mr. Larkspur does n't care for her at all .", "Propose to her !", "I do n't believe it \u2014 not a word of it !", "On whose ?", "Oh ! Miss Carruthers \u2019 own ! ha , ha , ha ! Captain Plunger , now I should have thought with your experience of the world you would have known that upon such a subject Miss Carruthers \u2019 was the very worst authority you could possibly have .", "That I can quite believe . But she is labouring under a mistake . The wish was husband to the thought .", "What , has Mr. Larkspur then proposed to someone else ?", "And he 's always unsuccessful ?", "Indeed ! He must have been astonished at his sudden change of fortune .", "Yes .", "Did he ? How very amusing !", "I would n't do that . It is a very good joke , but perhaps she might n't see it .", "Do you say so ?", "He 's at Southampton ?", "I 'm afraid your friend is not to be implicitly relied upon , for", "Mr. Larkspur happens to be here .", "At this hotel .", "Where ?", "Is Mr. Larkspur on the balcony with Miss Carruthers ?", "So he is . Oh , very well .Shall we go out upon the balcony ?", "Do n't they ? That 's the very reason , then , why we should interrupt them . Would you kindly let me take your arm ?", "Wo n't it be delightful ?", "Oh , there 's that dreadful barrel organ . Please do stop it .", "Oh , I 'd give him something . He wo n't go unless you do .", "I said , I would , if I were you .", "Well , give him eighteen-pence .", "He would not care for me . You 'd better give it him .", "Have n't you ? I daresay he would n't mind two shillings .", "Would you take my fan ?", "There that 's the Scotchman . He 's the worst of all . Pray do get rid of him . The bagpipes always make we ill .", "Oh , send him off \u2014 do send him off . I 'm going to be so ill .", "He does n't . The bagpipes never do . They know that they can get the money . Give it him .", "Would you relieve me of my shawl ?", "Oh , really , Captain Plunger !", "I hope that no one will disturb us .", "There they both are . Wo n't there be a row ?", "Oh my darling Alice !", "So have I .", "That 's exactly what I 'm coming to myself .", "But you 're not married ?", "I 've no doubt you endeavoured to let everybody know , my love ; but being away upon my honeymoon , I did n't hear of it .", "Good gracious ! You did n't know that I was married ten days ago ! Where have you been this century ?", "But I got mine first .", "Was I , love ? Then I 'd a fault which you had not , for everyone says you 've been long enough about it .", "You did n't snap at it , indeed ; you were uncommon civil to it . So polite , in fact , that you accepted it .", "Then it 's true , is it ? I had heard that he 'd proposed to several other girls before .", "But I had heard you were going to be .", "Because , my love , I had dismissed the rumour as incredible .", "Rumour did n't say that anyone had got possession of you , dear ; it said that you had got possession of him .", "I really could n't catch his name \u2014 they spoke of him as \u201c that poor fellow . \u201d", "Captain Plunger ! What , is Captain Plunger married ?", "And yet he had the impudence to make me think he was n't ?", "For all the world as if he was a bachelor ! the wretch !", "Mr. Larkspur ! Is it Mr. Larkspur you 've been flirting with ?", "But you were not a favourite of his . He does n't care for you a bit .", "It is n't though , I tell you . He can n't bear the sight of you .", "But he does n't care whose you are .", "It 's just because I 'm married that it is of consequence to me \u2014 for I 'm his wife .", "I should think he is .", "If you have supposed so , you have given yourself a great deal of superfluous anxiety . He was never better in his life .", "Do you mean to say that he 's proposed to you ?", "I will . I 'll hide behind the curtains here , like this \u2014and listen with both ears .", "You dear old darling , you 're the greatest love that is or ever was or ever will be . I do n't care for anyone but you . I only flirted to cure you . I beg your pardon , and I 'll never do so any more ; and you 'll forgive me , wo n't you ?", "Edwin , did you never see a girl three times without proposing to her ?", "Did you say that if you 'd thought I should accept you , you should never have proposed to me ?", "So have you .", "Never mind her , she does n't know that Captain Plunger first proposed to me .", "Yes .", "For you !", "I 've forgiven him his going on with Mrs. Plunger ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 4, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["If any men of importance try to crowd in before their time \u2014\u2014", "Another \u2014\u2014?", "My God \u2014\u2014!", "No , I 'll vouch for your loyalty to the President .", "Throw the bag in the corner \u2014 there 's no room on his desk now \u2014\u2014", "Well , Edward \u2014\u2014?", "If I can \u2014\u2014", "Well , Edward \u2014 these letters ask two things of Abraham Lincoln : That he dismiss General Grant from command of the Army \u2014\u2014", "And stop the war to-day \u2014 August 23 , 1864 ,\u2014 make peace \u2014 peace at any price \u2014 to-day \u2014\u2014", "That 's what these letters demand \u2014\u2014", "Watch out for that door , Edward \u2014\u2014", "The fools \u2014\u2014!What is it , Mrs. Lincoln \u2014\u2014?", "They are \u2014\u2014", "Yes \u2014\u2014", "There are ugly rumors \u2014\u2014", "I can n't discuss it , Madam , until the Chief knows \u2014\u2014", "Not yet . He will , this morning . They 've just sent a demand to me that he see them before his public reception begins \u2014\u2014", "Only rumors \u2014 and they 're too ugly to put into words \u2014 they 're incredible \u2014\u2014", "The Chief would n't like it if I talk , before he knows . I 'll tell you a few things I 'm thinking in plain English \u2014 if you 'd like to hear \u2014\u2014", "In my opinion , the devil is to pay . Weak-kneed fools are deserting the Chief . Every man who loves Abraham Lincoln must get off his coat now and fight . He is the only man who can save this Nation to-day , and he 's too big and generous to be trusted alone with wolves \u2014\u2014", "No , Madam \u2014\u2014 But they have certain powers over the Nominee of their party \u2014\u2014", "Yes \u2014\u2014", "Excuse me , ladies \u2014 while I go out and get rid of some of these people waiting to see the President \u2014\u2014", "The President is coming , Madam \u2014\u2014", "I 'll try to manage it . The friends of the Chief may call on you for some inside work , Madam .", "I 'm trying to get them out of your way , sir \u2014\u2014", "Yes , sir \u2014\u2014", "The Secretary of War is out there now , champing his bit , to head you off on some of them , I think \u2014\u2014", "From General Grant 's lines \u2014 only this , sir \u2014\u2014", "Yes , sir \u2014 and this came in code from Sherman \u2014", "I would n't go over General Grant 's head , sir , with a military order \u2014 he 's sensitive \u2014\u2014", "It would have to be filed in the War Department \u2014\u2014", "Baker 's full report of the secret service on the Copperhead Societies \u2014\u2014 He asks for the immediate arrest of their leaders \u2014 and I think he 's right \u2014\u2014", "The Republican National Committee are in town , sir \u2014\u2014", "That 's what everybody 's asking \u2014\u2014", "To see you \u2014\u2014", "Henry Raymond , their Chairman , is with them , and has just sent word demanding a hearing before your public reception this morning .", "I think you 'd better see this Committee right away , sir \u2014\u2014", "Some ugly rumors \u2014\u2014", "You wo n't see the Committee now \u2014\u2014?", "A young lady to plead for the life of her brother \u2014\u2014", "Edward , take her to the War Office with this message \u2014\u2014", "I can n't admit you , Mr . Congressman , just now \u2014\u2014", "Now , you 've got it \u2014\u2014!", "Tell him yourself \u2014\u2014", "The strictest orders have been issued to allow no more women to go to the front \u2014\u2014", "The deputation of colored men whom you asked to come this morning are waiting , sir \u2014 will you see them now ?", "The National Committee have just arrived , sir .", "Of course not .", "I saw him to-day , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "You can n't take me into your confidence , Chief ?", "I do n't think the General will give that pledge , sir .", "What is it , Madam ?", "I am forbidden to discuss it with any one .", "Yes \u2014\u2014", "I wish to God I did \u2014\u2014", "At once \u2014 sir \u2014\u2014", "Yes , sir \u2014\u2014", "You can trust him implicitly , sir \u2014\u2014", "The carriage is approaching , sir .", "Yes . Edward has gone \u2014\u2014You , of course , realize , Chief , the importance of a cool head in dealing with McClellan \u2014\u2014", "McClellan may lose his \u2014\u2014", "Under that paper weight , sir \u2014\u2014", "Yes , sir .", "I hope there may be something else I can do for you , sir \u2014\u2014?", "What ?", "Corruption , intrigue and malice are doing their work , Chief \u2014 but you can n't be beaten ! Unless you should give up !", "McClellan refused the pledge you asked ?", "I thought so \u2014\u2014", "Can a Copperhead love his country \u2014\u2014?", "The very man may be on the way here at this moment !", "Miss Winter is due here with her lover \u2014 a young Captain of Grant 's", "Army \u2014\u2014", "In view of the attempts to take your life \u2014 I made some inquiries to-day about him \u2014 I knew the White House would be without guards to-night \u2014\u2014", "He was on McClellan 's staff at one time \u2014\u2014", "He 's a McClellan man \u2014 then \u2014\u2014", "In the hospital the past two months he has heard a lot of bitter talk \u2014\u2014", "It 's almost a certainty \u2014\u2014", "Prove to this boy to-night that these men are liars \u2014\u2014", "He 's got to listen ! He comes to ask of you a great favor \u2014\u2014", "I could n't find out . But you can use the opportunity to gain his confidence . He is engaged to a girl who is Mrs. Lincoln 's intimate friend \u2014 a girl who admires and trusts you . You can win him , Chief , if you only try !", "All right , sir .", "Oh , Miss Winter \u2014\u2014", "Pleased to meet you , Captain \u2014 the President will be back in a moment . He has just stepped in to speak to Mrs. Lincoln . He is expecting you \u2014 make yourselves at home \u2014\u2014", "The time 's up . Raymond and his damned Committee are here , sir , and insist on your final answer at Once \u2014\u2014", "They are not foolish hopes ,\u2014 Chief !", "What shall I tell them ?", "I promised you an answer in half an hour , gentleman !\u2014 you must wait .", "Three cheers for General William Tecumseh Sherman !", "Three cheers for the old President and three cheers for the new !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 5, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["+ Good morrow , Master Tim .", "+ Not yet , I think ; he heard some ill-news of your brother Alexander last night , that will make him lie an hour extraordinary .", "+ Here was goody Fin , the fishwoman , fetched home her ring last night .", "+ So I did , sir , and washed it first in two waters .", "+ Nay , you are cursed as much as he already .", "+ Yes , yes ; she that dwells in Blackfriars , next to the sign of the Fool laughing at a feather .", "+ Why , so did I too ; but it seems the widow took him at a better hand , and raised him so much the sooner .", "+ More haste the worse speed ; here 's ne'er a clout now .", "+ This ? \u2018 tis a sumner 's coat .", "+ O hard-hearted man of grease !", "+ Why , sir , for ten groats you may make yourself drunk , and so buy a vice outright for half the money .", "+ How long would you have it ?", "+ And if he miss his day , and forfeit , it shall be yours and your heirs for ever .", "+ Your nose drops : \u2018 twill spoil her ruff .", "+ An \u2019 he wonnot , here are those that will , forsooth .", "+ Here 's a gentleman would speak with you .", "+ Alas , sir ! when the drink 's in , the wit 's out ? and none but wise children know their own fathers .", "+ Alas , sir ! he 'll tear and pull out your son 's throat .", "+ \u2018 Tis a diamond .", "+ H \u2019 has turned his stomach , for all the world like a Puritan 's at the sight of a surplice .But your breakfast shall be devoured by a stomach of a stronger constitution , I warrant you .", "+ Worth so much ! I know my master will make dice of them ; then \u2018 tis but letting Master Alexander carry them next Christmas to the Temple ,he 'll make a hundred marks a night of them .", "+ My master means the sign of the Devil ;and he cannot hurt you , fool ; there 's a saint holds him by the nose .", "+ What a question 's that ? what does my master and his prayer-book o \u2019 Sunday both in a pew ?", "+ Why , make a fair show ; and the devil and the saint does no more .", "+ If she be quick , she 's with child ; whosoever got it , you must father it ; so that You come o \u2019 th \u2019 nick , For the widow 's quick . There 's a witty poesy for your quick widow .", "+ Why then , \u2018 twill smell of the painted cloth .", "+ Is pastime pretty :\u2014 put in that for the sport 's sake .", "+ Then will she answer , If you cannot , a younger can .And look , look , sir , now I talk of the younger , yonder 's Ancient Young come over again , that mortgaged sixty pound per annum before he went ; I 'm deceived if he come not a day after the fair .", "+ A prayer-book , sir ?", "+ Look , I beseech thee ; we shall have oatmeal in our pottage six weeks after .", "+ Plumbs in our pudding a Sunday , plumbs in our pudding .", "+ \u2018 Twas Ancient Young , sir .", "+ No , sir , you have made him a young ancient .", "+ The better for you ; he thanks you , sir .", "+ A qualm of threescore years come over his stomach , nothing else .", "+ By fire , sir , by fire .", "+ Sir .", "+ The devil himself could not have done't better .", "+ They 're both a-concluding o n't yonder ; to-morrow 's the day ; one wedding-dinner must serve both marriages .", "+ But I say , Master Ear-lack , the old man ! a foot like a bear , a leg like a bed-staff , a hand like a hatchet , an eye like a pig , and a face like a winter peony ;there 's a man for a maidenhead .", "+ What ? why , what shall fifteen do with sixty and twelve ? make a screen of him ; stand next the fire , whilst you sit behind him and keep a friend 's lips warm . Many a wench would be glad of such a fortune .", "+ She must be your wife , I tell \u2014\u2014 -", "+ Good sir !", "+ Why , right , sir ; and then \u2018 tis but tickling you o \u2019 th \u2019 forehead with her heels , you are awake again , and ne'er the worse man .", "+ I will answer presently , sir , with another saw .", "+ Calf , sir ; sheep 's too simple for me .", "+ I will not save you a cup at that rate , sir .", "+ He 's a little mad . I had best hang him upon the cross-beam in the garret .", "+ \u2018 Tis a very dark night , sir ; you 'll not have a cloak for the rain .", "+ Nay , then I 'll let your cloak for the rain alone , and fetch you a cloak for your knavery .", "+ Have you left out anything for supper ?", "+ An old devil in a greasy satin doublet keep you company !", "+ I say , the satin doublet you will wear to-morrow will be the best in the company , sir .", "+ Nay , you 're well enough served ; you know how your brother , not an hour ago , lay at you to have the Ancient , one that your teeth e'en water at ; and yet you cry , I cannot love him , I wonnot have him .", "+ That 's true : how will you go to bed else ? But , remember , he is a man of war , an ancient , you are his colours : now , when he has nimbly displayed you , and handsomely folded you up against the next fight , then we shall have you cry , O sweet Sim , I had been undone , if I had not been undone .", "+ Abed ! a bawd with two teeth would not mumble bacon so : then he is so sparing , you shall wear nothing but from the broker 's at second-hand ; when , being an ancient 's wife , you shall be sure to flourish .", "+ Well , I leave you to the managing of Ancient Young , while I go in and flap the old man i \u2019 th \u2019 mouth with a fox-tail .", "+ Yes , and I can tell you news of a mad lover .", "+ Why , one Master Randalls , a Welshman : I have had such a fit with him ; he says he was wishedto a very wealthy widow ; but of you he has heard such histories , that he will marry you , though he never saw you ; and that the parboiled \u00c6tna of his bosom might be quenched by the consequent pastime in the Prittish flames of his Prittish plood , he salutes you with that love-letter .", "+ Mass , h \u2019 has writ it in the Welsh-English ; we had been spoiled else for want of an interpreter . But thus he begins :\u2014 Mistress Maries \u2014", "+ Ever while you live , \u2018 tis your first rule in Welsh grammars \u2014That hur forsake widows , and take maids , was no great wonder , for sentlemen ever love the first cut .", "+ The coxcomb follows by consequence , mark else . I Randall Crack , of Carmarden , do love thee Mary Ploodhounds , of Houndsditch , dwelling near Aldgate , and Pishop'shYpppHeNgate , just as between hawk and buzzard .", "+ And that hur loves Maries so monstrous , yet never saw her , was because hur hear hur in all societies so fery fillanously commended , but specially before one Master Pusy , constables of hur parish , who made hurself half foxed by swearing by the wines , that Maries would be monstrous good marriages for Randalls .", "+ If Maries can love a Pritain of the plood of Cadwallader , which Cadwallader was Prut 's great grandfather , Randalls was come in proper persons , pring round sillings in hur pockets , get father 's goodwill , and go to shurch a Sunday with a whole dozen of Welsh harps before hur . So hur rest hur constant lovers , Randall William ap Thomas , ap Tavy , ap Robert , ap Rice , ap Sheffery , Crack .", "+ Why , he said these all rest your constant lovers , whereof , for manners \u2019 - sake , he puts himself in the first place . He will call here presently ; will you answer him by letter or word of mouth ?", "+ Will ye not answer the love-sick gentleman ?", "+ Ay , but I 'll have more care of the gentleman , I warrant you : if I do not make myself merry , and startle your midnight meeting , say Sim has no more wit than his godfathers , and they were both head-men of his parish . Enter + Randall +. + Ran .+ Farewell widows prave , her sall no Randalls have . Widows was very full of wiles ; Mary Ploodhounds now , Randalls make a vow , Was run for Moll a couple of miles . Honest Simkins , what said Maries to Randall 's letters ?", "+ You 're a madman .", "+ The old man has money enough for her ; and if you marry her , as , if her project take , you may , she 'll make you more than a man .", "+ Troth , cannot you tell that ? this is the truth o n't ; she would be married to-morrow to one Ancient Young , a fellow she cannot endure : now , she says , if you could meet her privately to-night , between ten and eleven , just at the great cross-way by the Nag 's Head tavern at Leadenhall .", "+ There 's the very place . Now , because you come the welcomest man in the world to hinder the match against her mind with the Ancient , there she will meet you , go with you to your lodging , lie there all night , and be married to you i \u2019 th \u2019 morning at the Tower , as soon as you shall please .", "+ Ha , ha , ha ! so , so ; this midnight match shall be mine ; she told me she was to meet the Ancient there . I 'll be sure the Ancient shall meet him there ; so I shall lie abed and laugh , to think , if he meet her there , how she will be startled ; and if the Ancient meet him there , how he will be cudgelled . Beware your ribs , Master Randall .", "+ Come , John , carry your hand steadily ; the guests drop in apace , do not let your wine drop out .", "+ Rose , I pray burn some pitch i \u2019 th \u2019 parlour , \u2018 tis good against ill airs ; Master Alexander will be here .", "+ Did he speak Welsh or English ?", "+ If this were not Master Randalls of Randall Hall , that I told you of , I 'll be flayed .", "+ Some horse taught him that ; \u2018 tis worth god-a-mercy .", "+ Alexander was the conqueror , sir ?", "+ I tell you true , gallants , I have seen neither of them to-day . Shall I give him the lie ?", "+ Here is the sign of Sim , sir .", "+ They have Rose the cookmaid without ; but they say you have Mistress Mary within .", "+ He shall make haste for shame .", "+ O gentlemen , where are you ? Where are you ? Where are you , gentlemen ?", "+ There 's no Moll ; there is no dainty young widow ; but a damnable bawd we found abed , with a face like an apple half-roasted .", "+ Nay , he has put her in there already , for we found him abed with her .", "+ Nay , sir , the jest was , that they should fall asleep together , and forget themselves ; for very lovingly we found them together , like the Gemini , or the two winter mornings met together . Look , look , look , where they come , sir , and Jarvis between \u2018 em \u2014 just like the picture of knavery betwixt fraud and lechery .", "+ This was your bargain upon the exchange , sir , and because you have ever been addicted to old proverbs and pithy saws , pray let me seal up the mistake with one that will appear very seasonably .", "+ You , a new-fangled fowler , came to show your art i \u2019 th \u2019 dark ; but take this truth , you catched in truth a cuckoo for't .", "+ She looks as if she had sold kitchen-stuff .", "+ Not before dinner , pray , sir ; the pies are almost baked .", "+ Gentlemen , there 's Aliganti \u2019 th \u2019 house , pray set no more abroach .", "+ She means for a fool ; I 'm fain to answer you .", "+ She has despatched you , sir !", "+ I knew you were a crafty merchant ;you helped my master to such bargains upon the Exchange last night : here has been the merriest morning after it ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 6, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["O dolorous happe , ruthefull and all of woe Alas I carefull wretche what resteth me ? Shall I now live that with these eyes did soe Beholde my daughter die ? what , shall I see Her death before my face that was my lyfe And I to lyve that was her lyves decay ? Shall not this hand reache to this hart the knife That maye bereve bothe sight and life away , And in the shadowes darke to seke her ghoste And wander there with her ? shall not , alas , This spedy death be wrought , sithe I have lost My dearest ioy of all ? what , shall I passe My later dayes in paine , and spende myne age In teres and plaint ! shall I now leade my life All solitarie as doeth bird in cage , And fede my woefull yeres with waillfull grefe ? No , no , so will not I my dayes prolonge To seke to live one houre sith she is gone : This brest so can not bende to suche a wronge , That she shold dye and I to live alone . No , this will I : she shall have her request And in most royall sorte her funerall Will I performe . Within one tombe shall rest Her earle and she , her epitaph withall Graved thereon shal be . This will I doe And when these eyes some aged teres have shed The tomb my self then will I crepe into And with my blood all bayne their bodies dead . This heart there will I perce , and reve this brest The irksome life , and wreke my wrathful ire Upon my self . She shall have her request , And I by death will purchace my desyre . FINIS . EPILOGUS . If now perhappes ye either loke to see Th'unhappie lovers , or the cruell sire Here to be buried as fittes their degree Or as the dyeng ladie did require Or as the ruthefull kinge in deepe despaire Behight of lateOr if perchaunse you stand in doutfull fere Sithe mad Megera is not returnde againe Least wandring in the world she so bestowe The snakes that crall about her furious face As they may raise new ruthes , new kindes of woe Bothe so and there , and such as you percase Wold be full lothe so great so nere to see I am come forth to do you all to wete Through grefe wherin the lordes of Salerne be The buriall pompe is not prepared yet : And for the furie , you shall onderstand That neither doeth the litle greatest god Finde such rebelling here in Britain land Against his royall power as asketh rod Of ruth from hell to wreke his names decaie Nor Pluto heareth English ghostes complaine Our dames disteyned lyves . Therfore ye maye Be free from feare , sufficeth to maintaine The vertues which we honor in you all , So as our Britain ghostes when life is past Maie praise in heven , not plaine in Plutoes hall Our dames , but hold them vertuous and chast , Worthie to live where furie never came , Where love can see , and beares no deadly bowe , Whoes lyves eternall tromp of glorious fame With joyfull sounde to honest eares shall blowe . FINIS . The Tragedie of Gismonde of Salerne . Such is a specimen of the play as it was originally acted before Queen Elizabeth , at the Inner Temple , in the year 1568 . It was the production of five gentlemen , who were probably students of that society ; and by one of them , Robert Wilmot , afterwards much altered and published in the year 1591 .;and in his Dedication to the Societies of the Inner and Middle Temples , he speaks of the censure which might be cast upon him from the indecorum of publishing a dramatic work arising from his calling . When he died , or whether he left any other works , are points equally uncertain . \u201c Nearly a century after the date of that play , \u201d observes Lamb , in his \u2018 Extracts from the Garrick Plays , \u2019 \u201c Dryden produced his admirable version of the same story from Boccaccio . The speech here extractedmay be compared with the corresponding passage in the \u2018 Sigismunda and Guiscardo \u2019 with no disadvantage to the older performance . It is quite as weighty , as pointed , and as passionate . \u201d To the Right Worshipful and Virtuous Ladies , the Lady MARY PETER and the Lady ANNE GRAY , long health of body , with quiet of mind , in the favour of God and men for ever . It is most certainthat of all human learning , poetryis the most ancient ; and , in poetry , there is no argument of more antiquity and elegancy than is the matter of love ; for it seems to be as old as the world , and to bear date from the first time that man and woman was : therefore in this , as in the finest metal , the freshest wits have in all ages shown their best workmanship . So amongst others these gentlemen , which with what sweetness of voice and liveliness of action they then expressed it , they which were of her Majesty 's right Honourable maidens can testify . Which being a discourse of two lovers , perhaps it may seem a thing neither fit to be offered unto your ladyships , nor worthy me to busy myself withal : yet can I tell you , madames , it differeth so far from the ordinary amorous discourses of our days , as the manners of our time do from the modesty and innocency of that age . And now for that weary winter is come upon us , which bringeth with him drooping days and tedious nights , if it be true , that the motions of our minds follow the temperature of the air wherein we live , then I think the perusing of some mournful matter , tending to the view of a notable example , will refresh your wits in a gloomy day , and ease your weariness of the louring night . Which if it please you , may serve ye also for a solemn revel against this festival time , for Gismund 's bloody shadow , with a little cost , may be entreated in her self-like person to speak to ye . Having therefore a desire to be known to your W ., I devised this way with myself to procure the same , persuading myself , there is nothing more welcome to your wisdoms than the knowledge of wise , grave , and worthy matters , tending to the good instructions of youths , of whom you are mothers . In this respect , therefore , I shall humbly desire ye to bestow a favourable countenance upon this little labour , which when ye have graced it withal , I must and will acknowledge myself greatly indebted unto your ladyships in this behalf : neither shall I amongst the rest , that admire your rare virtues, cease to commend this undeserved gentleness . Thus desiring the king of heaven to increase his graces in ye both , granting that your ends may be as honourable as your lives are virtuous , I leave with a vain babble of many needless words to trouble you longer . Your Worships \u2019 most dutiful and humble Orator , ROBERT WILMOT . TO HIS FRIEND R. W .", "Fair daughter , I have sought thee out with grief ,", "To ease the sorrows of thy vexed heart .", "How long wilt thou torment thy father thus ,", "Who daily dies to see thy needless tears ?", "Such bootless plaints , that know nor mean nor end ,", "Do but increase the floods of thy lament ;", "And since the world knows well there was no want", "In thee of ought , that did to him belong ,", "Yet all , thou seest , could not his life prolong .", "Why then dost thou provoke the heavens to wrath ?", "His doom of death was dated by his stars ,", "\u201c And who is he that may withstand his fate ? \u201d", "By these complaints small good to him thou dost ,", "Much grief to me , more hurt unto thyself ,", "And unto nature greatest wrong of all .", "My daughter knows the proof of nature 's course .", "\u201c For as the heavens do guide the lamp of life ,", "So can they reach no farther forth the flame ,", "Than whilst with oil they do maintain the same . \u201d", "Gismund , my joy , set all these griefs apart ;", "\u201c The more thou art with hard mishap beset ,", "The more thy patience should procure thine ease . \u201d", "What then avails thee fruitless thus to rue", "His absence , whom the heavens cannot return ?", "Impartial death thy husband did subdue ,", "Yet hath he spar 'd thy kingly father 's life :", "Who during life to thee a double stay ,", "As father and as husband , will remain ,", "With double love to ease thy widow 's want ,", "Of him whose want is cause of thy complaint .", "Forbear thou therefore all these needless tears ,", "That nip the blossoms of thy beauty 's pride .", "But reason saith thou shouldst the same subdue .", "In endless moans princes should not delight .", "And so continues poor and desolate .", "She that hath learn 'd to master her desires .", "\u201c Let reason work , what time doth easily frame", "In meanest wits , to bear the greatest ills . \u201d", "These solitary walks thou dost frequent ,", "Yield fresh occasions to thy secret moans :", "We will therefore thou keep us company ,", "Leaving thy maidens with their harmony .", "Wend", "thou with us . Virgins , withdraw yourselves .", "Uncouple all our hounds ; lords , to the chase \u2014", "Fair sister Lucre", ", what 's the news with you ?", "What of her ? Is she not well ? Enjoys she not her health ? Say , sister : ease me of this jealous fear ?", "Resolve me ; what afflicts my daughter so ?", "Sister , I say ,", "If you esteem or ought respect my life ,", "Her honour and the welfare of our house ,", "Forbear , and wade", "no farther in this speech .", "Your words are wounds . I very well perceive", "The purpose of this smooth oration :", "This I suspected , when you first began", "This fair discourse with us . Is this the end", "Of all our hopes , that we have promised", "Unto ourself by this her widowhood ?", "Would our dear daughter , would our only joy ,", "Would she forsake us ? would she leave us now ,", "Before she hath clos 'd up our dying eyes ,", "And with her tears bewail 'd our funeral ?", "No other solace doth her father crave ;", "But , whilst the fates maintain his dying life ,", "Her healthful presence gladsome to his soul ,", "Which rather than he willing would forego ,", "His heart desires the bitter taste of death .", "Her late marriage hath taught us to our grief ,", "That in the fruits of her perpetual sight", "Consists the only comfort and relief", "Of our unwieldy age : for what delight ,", "What joy , what comfort , have we in this world ;", "Now grown in years , and overworn with cares ,", "Subject unto the sudden stroke of death ,", "Already falling , like the mellowed fruit ,", "And dropping by degrees into our grave ?", "But what revives us , what maintains our soul", "Within the prison of our wither 'd breast ,", "But our Gismunda and her cheerful sight ?", "O daughter , daughter ! what desert of mine ,", "Wherein have I been so unkind to thee ,", "Thou shouldst desire to make my naked house", "Yet once again stand desolate by thee ?", "O , let such fancies vanish with their thoughts :", "Tell her I am her father , whose estate ,", "Wealth , honour , life , and all that we possess ,", "Wholly relies upon her presence here .", "Tell her , I must account her all my joy ,", "Work as she will : but yet she were unjust", "To haste his death , that liveth by her sight .", "Then let her not give place to these desires .", "Tell her , the king commandeth otherwise .", "Whate'er it be , the king 's command is just .", "He chargeth justly that commands as king .", "The king commands obedience of the mind .", "That law of kindto children doth belong .", "I then , as king and father , will command .", "Thou knowest our mind , resolve", "her , depart \u2014", "Return the chase , we have been chas 'd enough .", "Gods ! are ye guides of justice and revenge ?", "O thou great Thunderer ! dost thou behold", "With watchful eyes the subtle \u2018 scapes of men", "Harden 'd in shame , sear 'd up in the desire", "Of their own lusts ? why then dost thou withhold", "The blast of thy revenge ? why dost thou grant", "Such liberty , such lewd occasion", "To execute their shameless villainy ?", "Thou , thou art cause of all this open wrong ,", "Thou , that forbear'st thy vengeance all too long .", "If thou spare them , rain then upon my head", "The fulness of thy plagues with deadly ire ,", "To reave this ruthful soul , who all too sore", "Burns in the wrathful torments of revenge .", "O earth , the mother of each living wight ,", "Open thy womb , devour this wither 'd corpse .", "And thou , O hell", ", receive my soul to thee .", "O daughter , daughter", "O thou fond girl ,", "The shameful ruin of thy father 's house ,", "Is this my hoped joy ? Is this the stay", "Must glad my grief-ful years that waste away ?", "For life , which first thou didst receive from me ,", "Ten thousand deaths shall I receive by thee .", "For all the joys I did repose in thee .", "Which I , fond man , did settle in thy sight ,", "Is this thy recompense \u2014 that I must see", "The thing so shameful and so villanous :", "That would to God this earth had swallowed", "This worthless burthen into lowest deeps ,", "Rather than I , accursed , had beheld", "The sight that hourly massacres my life ?", "O whither , whither fly'st thou forth , my soul ?", "O whither wand'reth my tormented mind ?", "Those pains , that make the miser", "glad of death ,", "Have seiz 'd on me , and yet I cannot have", "What villains may command \u2014 a speedy death .", "Whom shall I first accuse for this outrage ?", "That God that guideth all , and guideth so", "This damned deed ? Shall I blaspheme their names \u2014", "The gods , the authors of this spectacle ?", "Or shall I justly curse that cruel star ,", "Whose influence assign 'd this destiny ?", "But may that traitor , shall that vile wretch live ,", "By whom I have receiv 'd this injury ?", "Or shall I longer make account of her ,", "That fondly prostitutes her widow 's shame ?\u2014", "I have bethought me what I shall request .", "Call my daughter : my heart boils , till I see", "Her in my sight , to whom I may discharge", "All the unrest that thus distempereth me .", "Julio , if we have not our hope in vain ,", "Nor all the trust we do repose in thee ,", "Now must we try , if thou approve the same .", "Herein thy force and wisdom we must see ,", "For our command requires them both of thee .", "Well , to be short , for I am griev 'd too long", "By wrath without revenge , I think you know", "Whilom there was a palace builded strong", "For war within our court , where dreadless peace", "Hath planted now a weaker entrance .", "But of that palace yet one vault remains", "Within our court , the secret way whereof", "Is to our daughter Gismund 's chamber laid :", "There is also another mouth hereof", "Without our wall , which now is overgrown ;", "But you may find it out , for yet it lies", "Directly south a furlong from our palace !", "It may be known \u2014 hard-by an ancient stoop ,", "Where grew an oak in elder days decay 'd ;", "There will we that you watch ; there shall you see", "A villain traitor mount out of a vault .", "Bring him to us ; it is th'Earl Palurin .", "What is his fault , neither shall you inquire ,", "Nor list we to disclose . These cursed eyes", "Have seen the flame , this heart hath felt the fire", "That cannot else be quench 'd but with his blood .", "This must be done : this will we have you do .", "Renuchio , depart : leave us alone .", "Dar'st thou so desperate decree thy death ?", "Thy kind abhorreth such unkindly thoughts .", "As I do unto thee .", "Have I then lost thy love ?", "Julio , we thank your pains . Ah , Palurin !", "Have we deserved in such traitorous sort", "Thou shouldst abuse our kingly courtesies ,", "Which we too long in favour have bestow 'd", "Upon thy false , dissembling heart with us ?", "What grief thou therewithal hast thrown on us ,", "What shame upon our house , what dire distress", "Our soul endures , cannot be uttered .", "And durst thou , villain , dare to undermine", "Our daughter 's chamber ? durst thy shameless face", "Be bold to kiss her ? th'rest we will conceal .", "Sufficeth that thou know'st I too well know", "All thy proceedings in thy private shames .", "Herein what hast thou won ? thine own content ,", "With the displeasure of thy lord and king ;", "The thought whereof if thou hadst had in mind", "The least remorse of love and loyalty", "Might have restrain 'd thee from so foul an act .", "But , Palurin , what may I deem of thee ,", "Whom neither fear of gods , nor love of him ,", "Whose princely favour hath been thine uprear ,", "Could quench the fuel of thy lewd desires ?", "Wherefore content thee , that we are resolv 'd", "That thy just death , with thine effused blood ,", "Shall cool the heat and choler of our mood .", "Thine , Palurin ? What ! lives my daughter thine ?", "Traitor , thou wrong'st me , for she liveth mine .", "Rather I wish ten thousand sundry deaths ,", "Than I to live , and see my daughter thine .", "Thine that is dearer than my life to me ?", "Thine whom I hope to see an emp", "ress ?", "Thine whom I cannot pardon from my sight ?", "Thine unto whom we have bequeath 'd our crown ?\u2014", "Julio , we will that thou inform from us", "Renuchio the captain of our guard ,", "That we command this traitor be convey 'd", "Into the dungeon underneath our tower ;", "There let him rest , until he be resolv 'd", "What farther we intend ; which to understand", "We will Renuchio repair to us .", "\u201c This is the soundest safety for a king ,", "To cut them off , that vex or hinder him . \u201d", "Have we been honour 'd by this lecher 's lust ?", "Our fortune says we must do what we may .", "And may the subject countermand the king ?", "What he shall decree ?", "Nay , what our word", "Shall best determine . We will not reply .", "Thou know'st our mind : our heart cannot be eas 'd ,", "But with the slaughter of this Palurin .", "Where is my daughter ?", "Ah me ! break , heart ; and thou , fly forth , my soul .", "What , doth my daughter Gismund take it so ?", "What hast thou done ? O , let me see thine eyes !", "O , let me dress up those untrimmed locks !", "Look up , sweet child , look up , mine only joy ,", "\u2018 Tis I , thy father , that beseecheth thee :", "Rear up thy body , strain thy dying voice", "To speak to him ; sweet Gismund , speak to me .", "\u2018 Tis I , thy father ; ah ! behold my tears ,", "Like pearled dew , that trickle down my cheeks ,", "To wash my silver hairs .", "O my sweet heart , hast thou receiv 'd thy life", "From me , and wilt thou , to requite the same ,", "Yield me my death ? yea , death , and greater grief \u2014", "To see thee die for him , that did defame", "Thine honour thus , my kingdom , and thy name ?", "Say , lovely child , say on , whate'er it be ,", "Thy father grants it willingly to thee .", "My daughter dies \u2014 see how the bitter pangs Of tyrannous death torments her princely heart ! She looks on me , at me she shakes her head ; For me she groans ; by me my daughter dies ; I , I the author of this tragedy .\u2014 On me , on me , ye heavens , throw down your ire ! Now dies my daughter !hence with princely robes !\u2014 now take thine oath of me .", "First , then , I charge thee that my daughter have", "Her last request : thou shalt within one tomb", "Inter her Earl and her , and thereupon", "Engrave some royal epitaph of love .", "That done , I swear thee thou shalt take my corpse", "Which thou shalt find by that time done to death ,", "And lay my body by my daughter 's side \u2014", "Swear this , swear this , I say .", "A kingly deed the king resolves to do .", "To send his soul to ease .", "Our stars compel it .", "So we .", "So shall it in this resolution . Julio , forbear : and as thou lov'st the king , When thou shalt see him welt'ring in his gore . Stretching his limbs , and gasping in his groans , Then , Julio , set to thy helping hand , Redouble stroke on stroke , and drive the stab Down deeper to his heart , to rid his soul . Now stand aside , stir not a foot , lest thou Make up the fourth to fill this tragedy . These eyes that first beheld my daughter 's shame ; These eyes that longed for the ruthful sight Of her Earl 's heart ; these eyes that now have seen His death , her woe , and her avenging teen ; Upon these eyes we must be first aveng 'd . Unworthy lamps of this accursed lump , Out of your dwellings !So ; it fits us thus In blood and blindness to go seek the path That leadeth down to everlasting night . Why fright'st thou , dastard ? be thou desperate ; One mischief brings another on his neck , As mighty billows tumble in the seas , Now , daughter , seest thou not how I amerce My wrath , that thus bereft thee of thy love , Upon my head ? Now , fathers , learn by me , Be wise , be warn 'd to use more tenderly The jewels of your joys . Daughter , I come .FINIS . EPILOGUE . SPOKEN BY JULIO . Lo here the sweets of grisly pale despair ! These are the blossoms of this cursed tree , Such are the fruits of too much love and care , O'erwhelmed in the sense of misery . With violent hands he that his life doth end , His damned soul to endless night doth wend . Now resteth it that I discharge mine oath , To see th'unhappy lovers and the king Laid in one tomb . I would be very loth You should wait here to see this mournful thing : For I am sure , and do ye all to wit , Through grief wherein the lords of Salerne be , These funerals are not prepared yet : Nor do they think on that solemnity . As for the fury , ye must understand , Now she hath seen th'effect of her desire , She is departed , and hath left our land . Granting this end unto her hellish ire . Now humbly pray we , that our English dames May never lead their loves into mistrust ; But that their honours may avoid the shames , That follow such as live in wanton lust . We know they bear them on their virtues bold , With blissful chastity so well content That , when their lives and loves abroad are told , All men admire their virtuous government ; Worthy to live where fury never came , Worthy to live where love doth always see , Worthy to live in golden trump of fame , Worthy to live and honoured still to be . Thus end our sorrows with the setting sun : Now draw the curtains , for our scene is done . R. W . THE WOUNDS OF CIVIL WAR . EDITION . The Wounds of Civill War . Lively set forth in the true Tragedies of Marius and Scilla . As it hath beene publiquely plaide in London , by the Right Honourable the Lord high Admirall his Servants . Written by Thomas Lodge , Gent . O vita ! misero longa , faelici brevis . London , Printed by John Danter , and are to be sold at the signe of the Sunne in Paules Church-yarde . 1594 . 4to . MR. COLLIER 'S PREFACE .Thomas Lodge , in his \u201c Alarum against Usurers , \u201d 1584 , speaks of his \u201c birth , \u201d and of \u201c the offspring from whence he came , \u201d as if he were at least respectably descended ; and on the authority of Anthony Wood , it has been asserted by all subsequent biographers that he was of a Lincolnshire family .Thomas Salter , about the year 1580 , dedicated his \u201c Mirror of Modesty \u201d toLangbaine seems to be under a mistake when he states that Lodge was of Cambridge . Wood claims him for the University of Oxford ,where he traces him as early as 1573 , when he must have been about seventeen years old , if he were born , as is generally supposed , in 1556 . We are told by himself that he was a Servitor of Trinity College , and that he was educated under Sir Edward Hoby . At what time and for what cause Lodge left Oxford is not known ; but Stephen Gosson , in the dedication of his \u201c Plays Confuted in Five Actions , \u201d printed about 1582 ,accuses him of having become \u201c a vagrant person , visited by the heavy hand of God , \u201d as if he had taken to the stage , and thereby had incurred the vengeance of heaven . In 1584 , when Lodge answered Gosson , he was a student of Lincoln 's Inn ;and to \u201c his courteous friends , the Gentlemen of the Inns of Court , \u201d he dedicated his \u201c Alarum against Usurers . \u201d He afterwards , as he informs Lord Hunsdon , in the epistle before his \u201c Rosalynde , \u201d 1590 , \u201c fell from books to arms ; \u201d and he calls it \u201c the work of a soldier and a scholar , \u201d adding that he had sailed with Captain Clarke to the islands of Terceras and the Canaries . In 1596 , he published his \u201c Margarite of America , \u201d and he mentions that it was written in the Straits of Magellan , on a voyage with Cavendish . To this species of vagrancy , however , Gosson did not refer . That Lodge was vagrant in his pursuits we have sufficient evidence ; for , after having perhaps been upon the stage , having entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , having become a soldier , and having sailed with Clarke and Cavendish , he went , according to Wood , to study medicine at Avignon .This change , if it took place at all , which may admit of doubt ,did not occur until after 1596 . In 1595 his \u201c Fig for Momus \u201d appeared . Besides Satires , it contains Epistles and Eclogues ; and in one of the latter Lodge speaks in his own person , under the character of \u201c Golde \u201d, and there states his determination no longer to pursue ill-rewarded poetry \u2014 \u201c Which sound rewards , since this neglected time , Repines to yield to men of high desert , I 'll cease to ravel out my wits in rhyme , For such who make so base account of art ; And since by wit there is no means to climb , I 'll hold the plough awhile , and ply the cart ; And if my muse to wonted course return , I 'll write and judge , peruse , commend and burn . \u201d The dedication of his \u201c Wit 's Misery , and the World 's Madness , \u201d is dated \u201c from my house , at Low Layton , 5th November 1596 . \u201d The principal reasons for supposing that Lodge studied medicine are the existence of a \u201c Treatise of the Plague , \u201d published by \u201c Thomas Lodge , Doctor in Physic , \u201d in 1603 , and of a collection of medical recipes in MS ., called \u201c The Poor Man 's Legacy , \u201d addressed to the Countess of Arundel , and sold among the books of the Duke of Norfolk .The author of the \u201c Treatise of the Plague \u201d expressly tells the Lord Mayor of London , in the dedication , that he was \u201c bred and brought up \u201d in the city . Thomas Heywood , in his \u201c Troja Britannica , \u201d 1609 , enumerates the celebrated physicians then living \u2014 \u201c As famous Butler , Pedy , Turner , Poe , Atkinson , Lyster , Lodge , who still survive . \u201d \u2014 C. 3 . It hardly deserves remark that Lodge is placed last in this list ; but had he been the same individual who had written for the stage , was the friend of so many dramatists , and was so well known as a lyric poet , it seems likely that Heywood would have said more about him .It is a singular coincidence , that having written how to prevent and cure the plague , he should die of that disease during the great mortality of 1625 . Wood 's expressions on this point , however , are not decisive : \u201c He made his last exitin September 1625 , leaving then behind him a widow called Joan . \u201d It has been conjecturedthat he was a Roman Catholic , from a statement made by one of his biographers that , while he practised medicine in London , he was much patronised by persons of that persuasion . There are but two existing dramatic productions on the title-pages of which the name of Lodge is found :the one he wrote alone , and the other in partnership with Robert Greene :\u2014The Wounds of Civill War . Lively set forth in the true Tragedies of Marius and Scilla , & c. Written by Thomas Lodge , Gent . 1594 , 4to .A Looking Glasse for London and Englande . Made by Thomas Lodge , Gentleman , and Robert Greene , in Artibus Magister . 1594 , 1598 , 1602 , 1617 , all in 4to .The most remarkable, and that which has been most often reprinted , is his \u201c Rosalynde \u201d which , as is well known , Shakespeare closely followed in \u201c As You Like It . \u201dAnterior to the date of any of his other pieces must have been Lodge 's defence of stage-plays , because Stephen Gosson replied to it about 1582 . It was long thought , on the authority of Prynne , that Lodge 's tract was called \u201c The Play of Plays , \u201d but Mr Malone ascertained that to be a different production . The only copy of Lodge 's pamphlet seen by Mr Malone was without a title , and it was probably the same that was sold among the books of Topham Beauclerc in 1781 . It is spoken of in \u201c The French Academy \u201das having \u201c lately passed the press ; \u201d but Lodge himself , in his \u201c Alarum against Usurers , \u201d very clearly accounts for its extreme rarity : he says , \u201c by reason of the slenderness of the subjectthe godly and reverent that had to deal in the cause , misliking it , forbad the publishing ; \u201d and he charges Gosson with \u201c comming by a private unperfect coppye , \u201d on which he framed his answer , entitled , \u201c Plays confuted in Five Actions . \u201d Mr Malonecontends that Spenser alludes to Lodge , in his \u201c Tears of the Muses , \u201d under the name of Alcon , in the following lines :\u2014 \u201c And there is pleasing Alcon , could he raise His tunes from lays to matters of more skill ; \u201d and he adds that Spenser calls Lodge Alcon , from one of the characters in \u201c A Looking Glasse for London and Englande ; \u201d but this argument would apply just as much to Lodge 's coadjutor Greene . Mr Malone further argues that Lodge , roused by this applause, produced not long afterwards a \u201c matter of more skill , \u201d in \u201c The Wounds of Civil War . \u201d THE MOST LAMENTABLE AND TRUE TRAGEDIES OF MARIUS AND SYLLA ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 7, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good morrow , Shark .", "Psha \u2014 prithee do n't touzle and mouzle a Body so ; can n't you salute without rumpling one 's Tucker and spoiling one 's Things ? I hate to be tumbled .", "Well , what 's your Business this Morning ? Have you any Message ?", "We were afraid he would have gone off last night ; he has had two of his Epileptic Feasts .", "Nay it would be a considerable Loss to me should he die without a Will : for you know he has promised me a handsome Legacy .", "He expects them in Town today , or tomorrow at farthest , and I believe he intends to make them joint Heirs with your Master .", "Never .", "Here your Master comes .", "Bless us ; what 's the matter , Sir ?", "Pray Sir , what says the young Lady to all this ?", "You , Sir , must act the same part ; seem to approve of the Marriage by all means , for the more you oppose , the more violent they will be . Trust the affair to Shark and me , and I 'll engage we bring you together in spite of Age and Avarice . I 'll give the young Lady a hint or two , which I believe will cure the old Fellow of his Lovefit ! Shark , go you and prepare your Disguises ; do you act the Nephew and the Niece well and I 'll warrant everything else shall thrive .", "He has been up this Hour \u2014 here he comes ; be sure you comply with him , let him say what he will .", "Your Eyes , Sir , look very sparkling and lively \u2014 but I think a \u2014 um \u2014 your other parts are not quite so brisk .", "Here , here , all roasted \u2014 they have been at the Fire these three Hours .", "I have hinted something to", "Harriet which I believe will break off the Match infallibly .", "Ay , Sir , you 'd say it was a happy Escape indeed , if you knew all ; why Sir , it is whispered everywhere that she had an Intrigue last Summer at Scarborough with a Captain of Horse .", "The Lord knows , Sir , some Madman I believe \u2014 It is Shark , I suppose .", "What do you want , Sir ?", "Skinflint !", "There is my Master , Sir Isaac Skinflint , in that great Chair .", "Ay , Shark , that is the chiefest Difficulty , the Masterpiece , and unless you accomplish that you do nothing .", "I think you have a very fair one now .", "My Lady Lovewealth 's , Sir . I told her Miss Harriet was gone home , and that my Master was gone out in a Chair to some of his Lawyers , for I could not let her see Sir Isaac .", "In my Room , Sir , dressing for the Widow .", "They are always loose , I think .", "Yes Sir , and he will be here presently .Hark , this is he I suppose .", "Sir , there 's a Lady in deep Mourning below , who says she is your Niece .", "Madam , this is your Uncle .", "I shall hear you sing another tune presently .", "Indeed Sir , I am afraid so .", "Indeed Sir , I think this Lady is not extremely modest .", "With me , Madam ?", "Slip up the back stairs to my Room and I 'll come and undress you .Get you out , you wicked Woman , get you out .", "O Sir , we are all undone !", "Your Uncle , Sir , is dead .", "Ay , dead , Sir ! Shark with his Tricks and Rogueries has so teazed him that having with much ado got into his Chamber , down he fell upon the Bed , and there he lies without either Motion , Voice , Sense , Pulse or Understanding .", "That 's impossible , for Mr. Littlewit and Doctor Leatherhead are below with the Marriage Articles .", "Not a word . They are but this minute come in .", "Here they all are upon the Table where he shifted .", "Sir , my Lady Lovewealth has sent her Daughter to wait on you , and my Lady will be here herself immediately .", "O my dear generous Master .", "I have them in this Casket , Sir .", "Sure never was so generous and grateful a Master .", "Time enough , Fool . Consider Matrimony is a long Journey .", "Come , come , this is no time for prating and fooling . Do you join the Company to avoid Suspicion , and tomorrow Morning put me in Mind of it . If I am in Humour , I may perhaps walk towards Doctors Commons and venture at a great Leap in the Dark with you , for so I think marriage may be justly called .", "And here 's my hand . If I can help it , it shall not fail on mine .", "Who have we here ? Our Apothecary , Monsieur du Maigre ! Pray", "Heaven the old Man is not come to Life again .", "What , is he alive ?", "So we have been making a Will to a fine Purpose .", "O Sir !", "Oh ! Oh ! Oh ! I can n't speak \u2014 but your Uncle 's alive \u2014 that 's all .", "Ay , alive , Sir .", "I thought so too ; but it seems while we were about the Will , Monsieur du Maigre , the Apothecary , came in and bled him in an Instant , which has unfortunately recovered him . He is within with him now , and one Councellour Cormorant who is come upon some Law Business to him \u2014 O here they all come .", "Me ! Lord , Sir , I never knew anything of it \u2018 till Monsieur du", "Maigre informed me .", "I thought you were in a sound Sleep , Sir , and was extremely glad of it .", "Yes Sir , they have been here a considerable time .", "So now the Murder 's coming out .", "Indeed , Sir , you did make a Will before you had your fit , but you have forgot it , I suppose ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 8, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I believe this is the first English country house you have stayed at , Miss Worsley ?", "You have no country houses , I am told , in America ?", "Have you any country ? What we should call country ?", "Ah ! you must find it very draughty , I should fancy .John , you should have your muffler . What is the use of my always knitting mufflers for you if you wo n't wear them ?", "I think not , John . Well , you could n't come to a more charming place than this , Miss Worsley , though the house is excessively damp , quite unpardonably damp , and dear Lady Hunstanton is sometimes a little lax about the people she asks down here .Jane mixes too much . Lord Illingworth , of course , is a man of high distinction . It is a privilege to meet him . And that member of Parliament , Mr. Kettle -", "He must be quite respectable . One has never heard his name before in the whole course of one 's life , which speaks volumes for a man , nowadays . But Mrs. Allonby is hardly a very suitable person .", "I am not sure , Miss Worsley , that foreigners like yourself should cultivate likes or dislikes about the people they are invited to meet . Mrs. Allonby is very well born . She is a niece of Lord Brancaster 's . It is said , of course , that she ran away twice before she was married . But you know how unfair people often are . I myself do n't believe she ran away more than once .", "Ah , yes ! the young man who has a post in a bank . Lady Hunstanton is most kind in asking him here , and Lord Illingworth seems to have taken quite a fancy to him . I am not sure , however , that Jane is right in taking him out of his position . In my young days , Miss Worsley , one never met any one in society who worked for their living . It was not considered the thing .", "I have no doubt of it .", "It is not customary in England , Miss Worsley , for a young lady to speak with such enthusiasm of any person of the opposite sex . English women conceal their feelings till after they are married . They show them then .", "We think it very inadvisable . Jane , I was just saying what a pleasant party you have asked us to meet . You have a wonderful power of selection . It is quite a gift .", "That is a very wonderful opening for so young a man as you are , Mr. Arbuthnot .", "I trust so .", "I do n't think that England should be represented abroad by an unmarried man , Jane . It might lead to complications .", "She certainly has a wonderful faculty of remembering people 's names , and forgetting their faces .", "I saw the governess , Jane . Lady Pagden sent her to me . It was before Eleanor came out . She was far too good-looking to be in any respectable household . I do n't wonder Lady Pagden was so anxious to get rid of her .", "John , the grass is too damp for you . You had better go and put on your overshoes at once .", "You must allow me to be the best judge of that ,", "John . Pray do as I tell you .", "As far as I can make out , the young women of the present day seem to make it the sole object of their lives to be always playing with fire .", "John , have you got your overshoes on ?", "I think you had better come over here , John . It is more sheltered .", "I think not , John . You had better sit beside me .", "Are you in favour of women taking part in politics ,", "Mr. Kettle ?", "Far too pretty . These American girls carry off all the good matches . Why can n't they stay in their own country ? They are always telling us it is the Paradise of women .", "Who are Miss Worsley 's parents ?", "I am not at all in favour of amusements for the poor , Jane . Blankets and coals are sufficient . There is too much love of pleasure amongst the upper classes as it is . Health is what we want in modern life . The tone is not healthy , not healthy at all .", "I believe I am usually right .", "Remarkable type , Mrs. Allonby .", "Is that the only thing , Jane , Mrs. Allonby allows to run away with her ?", "You believe good of every one , Jane . It is a great fault .", "I think it is much safer to do so , Lady Stutfield . Until , of course , people are found out to be good . But that requires a great deal of investigation nowadays .", "Lord Illingworth remarked to me last night at dinner that the basis of every scandal is an absolutely immoral certainty .", "You a married man , Mr. Kettle ?", "Family ?", "How many ?", "Mrs. Kettle and the children are , I suppose , at the seaside ?", "You will join them later on , no doubt ?", "Your public life must be a great source of gratification to Mrs. Kettle .", "A little lacking in femininity ,", "Jane . Femininity is the quality I admire most in women .", "John ! If you would allow your nephew to look after", "Lady Stutfield 's cloak , you might help me with my workbasket .", "What stuff and nonsense all this about men is ! The thing to do is to keep men in their proper place .", "Looking after their wives , Mrs. Allonby .", "If they are not married , they should be looking after a wife . It 's perfectly scandalous the amount of bachelors who are going about society . There should be a law passed to compel them all to marry within twelve months .", "In that case , Lady Stutfield , they should be married off in a week to some plain respectable girl , in order to teach them not to meddle with other people 's property .", "But you renew him from time to time , do n't you ?", "With your views on life I wonder you married at all .", "Victoria Stratton ? I remember her perfectly . A silly fair-haired woman with no chin .", "Oh , women have become so highly educated , Jane , that nothing should surprise us nowadays , except happy marriages . They apparently are getting remarkably rare .", "If what you tell us about the middle classes is true , Lady Stutfield , it redounds greatly to their credit . It is much to be regretted that in our rank of life the wife should be so persistently frivolous , under the impression apparently that it is the proper thing to be . It is to that I attribute the unhappiness of so many marriages we all know of in society .", "He would probably be extremely realistic .", "As far as I can see , he is to do nothing but pay bills and compliments .", "But you have not told us yet what the reward of the", "Ideal Man is to be .", "There are a great many things you have n't got in America , I am told , Miss Worsley . They say you have no ruins , and no curiosities .", "Might I , dear Miss Worsley , as you are standing up , ask you for my cotton that is just behind you ? Thank you .", "My dear Miss Worsley , the only part of your little speech , if I may so term it , with which I thoroughly agreed , was the part about my brother . Nothing that you could possibly say could be too bad for him . I regard Henry as infamous , absolutely infamous . But I am bound to state , as you were remarking , Jane , that he is excellent company , and he has one of the best cooks in London , and after a good dinner one can forgive anybody , even one 's own relations . LADY HUNSTANTONNow , do come , dear , and make friends with Mrs. Arbuthnot . She is one of the good , sweet , simple people you told us we never admitted into society . I am sorry to say Mrs. Arbuthnot comes very rarely to me . But that is not my fault .", "I should fancy not at all , Jane .", "About four years , I think , Jane . I know it was the same year in which my brother had his last exposure in the evening newspapers .", "There was poor Margaret 's baby . You remember how anxious she was to have a boy , and it was a boy , but it died , and her husband died shortly afterwards , and she married almost immediately one of Lord Ascot 's sons , who , I am told , beats her .", "John !", "John !", "Jane , have you seen John anywhere ?", "I think I had better look after John .", "Mr. Arbuthnot , may I ask you is Sir John anywhere on the terrace ?", "It is very curious . It is time for him to retire ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 9, "act_index": 0}, {"query": [", blinking , \u2018 Are you finished , sir ? \u2019 To those who know the game this means , \u2018 Are you to leave the other chop \u2014 the one sitting lonely and lovely beneath the dish-cover ? \u2019", ", almost sure that he is in the right mood and sending out a feeler , \u2018 Then am I to clear ? \u2019", ", in entranced giggles , \u2018 He , he , he ! \u2019", "\u2018 Again ? \u2019", ", who will probably be a great duchess some day , \u2018 I do n't mind if I does have a snack . \u2019 She places herself at the table after what she conceives to be the manner of the genteelly gluttonous ; then she quakes a little . \u2018 If Missis was to catch me . \u2019 She knows that Missis is probably sitting downstairs with her arms folded , hopeful of the chop for herself .", "\u2018 What makes you so good to me , sir ? \u2019", ", preening , \u2018 A lady ? Go on . \u2019", ", neatly , \u2018 If quite convenient . \u2019 The kindly young man surveys her for some time in silence while she has various happy adventures .", "\u2018 Of course you can smoke . I have often seen you smoking . \u2019", "\u2018 You 're at your tricks again . \u2019", "\u2018 I minds , but it makes me that shy . \u2019 She has , however , a try at it . \u2018 Do smoke , Mr. Rollo , I loves the smell of it . \u2019 Steve lights his pipe ; no real villain smokes a pipe .", "\u2018 Yes , sir . \u2019 Sharply , \u2018 Would you say devil to a real lady , sir ? \u2019 Steve , it may be hoped , is properly confused , but here the little idyll of the chop is brought to a close by the tinkle of a bell . Richardson springs to attention . \u2018 That will be the friends you are expecting ? \u2019", "\u2018 Thereabouts . Would a real lady lick the bone \u2014 in company", "I mean ? \u2019", "\u2018 Then I 'm finished . \u2019", ", the tray in her hand to give her confidence , \u2018 Yes , ma'am . He will be down in a minute , ma'am . He is expecting you , ma'am . \u2019 Expecting her , is he ! Amy smiles the bitter smile of knowledge .", ", with the guilt of the chop on her conscience , \u2018 What man ? \u2019", ", with spirit , \u2018 He is a man himself . \u2019", "\u2018 Me . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , ma'am . \u2019", ", at bay , \u2018 He \u2014 he calls her a lady . \u2019", "\u2018 Of course I know she ai n't a real lady . \u2019", ", fixed by Amy 's eye , \u2018 No , ma'am \u2014 I meant no harm , ma'am . \u2019", "\u2018 Well can I remember . Three times last week . \u2019", ", with her gown to her eyes , \u2018 Yes , ma'am ; I see it now . \u2019", "\u2018 What 's that ? \u2019", ", rather spiritedly , \u2018 No , she do n't . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , ma'am , you are terrifying me . \u2019", "\u2018 She \u2014 Her what you are speaking about \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 It was just a chop . What makes you so grudging of a chop ? \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , ma'am . \u2019 The little maid , bearing the dishes , backs to the door , opens it with her foot , and escapes from this terrible visitor . The drawn curtains attract Amy 's eagle eye , and she looks behind them . There is no one there . She pulls open the door of the cupboard and says firmly , \u2018 Come out . \u2019 No one comes . She peeps into the cupboard and finds it empty . A cupboard and no one in it . How strange . She sits down almost in tears , wishing very much for the counsel of Ginevra . Thus Steve finds her when he returns .", "\u2018 A gentleman downstairs , sir , wanting to see you . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , lor \u2019 . '", "\u2018 Come quick , Miss . \u2019", "\u2018 Yes , Miss \u2014 he said his name was Colonel Grey . \u2019 Ginevra would have known that it must be the husband , but for the moment Amy is appalled .", ", who has her own troubles , \u2018 About the chop ? \u2019", "\u2018 Come along , Miss . What 's the matter ? \u2019", ", tugging at the closed door , \u2018 Come out of that . I promised to put you on the upper landing . You can n't go hiding in there , lady . \u2019", "\u2018 Would you speak with me a minute , sir ? \u2019", ", with the old sinking , \u2018 A chop ! \u2019 She departs with her worst suspicions confirmed ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 10, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["In delivering my son from me , I bury a second husband .", "What hope is there of his Majesty 's amendment ?", "This young gentlewoman had a father - O , that \u2018 had , \u2019 how sad a passage \u2018 tis ! - whose skill was almost as great as his honesty ; had it stretch 'd so far , would have made nature immortal , and death should have play for lack of work . Would , for the King 's sake , he were living ! I think it would be the death of the King 's disease .", "He was famous , sir , in his profession , and it was his great right to be so - Gerard de Narbon .", "His sole child , my lord , and bequeathed to my overlooking . I have those hopes of her good that her education promises ; her dispositions she inherits , which makes fair gifts fairer ; for where an unclean mind carries virtuous qualities , there commendations go with pity-they are virtues and traitors too . In her they are the better for their simpleness ; she derives her honesty , and achieves her goodness .", "\u2018 Tis the best brine a maiden can season her praise in . The remembrance of her father never approaches her heart but the tyranny of her sorrows takes all livelihood from her cheek . No more of this , Helena ; go to , no more , lest it be rather thought you affect a sorrow than to have-", "If the living be enemy to the grief , the excess makes it soon mortal .", "Be thou blest , Bertram , and succeed thy father", "In manners , as in shape ! Thy blood and virtue", "Contend for empire in thee , and thy goodness", "Share with thy birthright ! Love all , trust a few ,", "Do wrong to none ; be able for thine enemy", "Rather in power than use , and keep thy friend", "Under thy own life 's key ; be check 'd for silence ,", "But never tax 'd for speech . What heaven more will ,", "That thee may furnish , and my prayers pluck down ,", "Fall on thy head ! Farewell . My lord ,", "\u2018 Tis an unseason 'd courtier ; good my lord ,", "Advise him .", "Heaven bless him ! Farewell , Bertram . Exit", "I will now hear ; what say you of this gentlewoman ?", "What does this knave here ? Get you gone , sirrah . The complaints I have heard of you I do not all believe ; \u2018 tis my slowness that I do not , for I know you lack not folly to commit them and have ability enough to make such knaveries yours .", "Well , sir .", "Wilt thou needs be a beggar ?", "In what case ?", "Tell me thy reason why thou wilt marry .", "Is this all your worship 's reason ?", "May the world know them ?", "Thy marriage , sooner than thy wickedness .", "Such friends are thine enemies , knave .", "Wilt thou ever be a foul-mouth 'd and calumnious knave ?", "Get you gone , sir ; I 'll talk with you more anon .", "Sirrah , tell my gentlewoman I would speak with her ;", "Helen", "I mean .", "What , one good in ten ? You corrupt the song , sirrah .", "You 'll be gone , sir knave , and do as I command you .", "Well , now .", "Faith I do . Her father bequeath 'd her to me ; and she herself , without other advantage , may lawfully make title to as much love as she finds . There is more owing her than is paid ; and more shall be paid her than she 'll demand .", "YOU have discharg 'd this honestly ; keep it to yourself . Many likelihoods inform 'd me of this before , which hung so tott'ring in the balance that I could neither believe nor misdoubt . Pray you leave me . Stall this in your bosom ; and I thank you for your honest care . I will speak with you further anon . Exit STEWARD Enter HELENA Even so it was with me when I was young . If ever we are nature 's , these are ours ; this thorn Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong ; Our blood to us , this to our blood is born . It is the show and seal of nature 's truth , Where love 's strong passion is impress 'd in youth . By our remembrances of days foregone , Such were our faults , or then we thought them none . Her eye is sick o n't ; I observe her now .", "You know , Helen ,", "I am a mother to you .", "Nay , a mother .", "Why not a mother ? When I said \u2018 a mother , \u2019", "Methought you saw a serpent . What 's in \u2018 mother \u2019", "That you start at it ? I say I am your mother ,", "And put you in the catalogue of those", "That were enwombed mine . \u2018 Tis often seen", "Adoption strives with nature , and choice breeds", "A native slip to us from foreign seeds .", "You ne'er oppress 'd me with a mother 's groan ,", "Yet I express to you a mother 's care .", "God 's mercy , maiden ! does it curd thy blood", "To say I am thy mother ? What 's the matter ,", "That this distempered messenger of wet ,", "The many-colour 'd Iris , rounds thine eye ?", "Why , that you are my daughter ?", "I say I am your mother .", "Nor I your mother ?", "Yes , Helen , you might be my daughter-in-law .", "God shield you mean it not ! \u2018 daughter \u2019 and \u2018 mother \u2019", "So strive upon your pulse . What ! pale again ?", "My fear hath catch 'd your fondness . Now I see", "The myst'ry of your loneliness , and find", "Your salt tears \u2019 head . Now to all sense \u2018 tis gross", "You love my son ; invention is asham 'd ,", "Against the proclamation of thy passion ,", "To say thou dost not . Therefore tell me true ;", "But tell me then , \u2018 tis so ; for , look , thy cheeks", "Confess it , th \u2019 one to th \u2019 other ; and thine eyes", "See it so grossly shown in thy behaviours", "That in their kind they speak it ; only sin", "And hellish obstinacy tie thy tongue ,", "That truth should be suspected . Speak , is't so ?", "If it be so , you have wound a goodly clew ;", "If it be not , forswear't ; howe'er , I charge thee ,", "As heaven shall work in me for thine avail ,", "To tell me truly .", "Do you love my son ?", "Love you my son ?", "Go not about ; my love hath i n't a bond", "Whereof the world takes note . Come , come , disclose", "The state of your affection ; for your passions", "Have to the full appeach 'd .", "Had you not lately an intent-speak truly-", "To go to Paris ?", "Wherefore ? Tell true .", "This was your motive", "For Paris , was it ? Speak .", "But think you , Helen ,", "If you should tender your supposed aid ,", "He would receive it ? He and his physicians", "Are of a mind : he , that they cannot help him ;", "They , that they cannot help . How shall they credit", "A poor unlearned virgin , when the schools ,", "Embowell 'd of their doctrine , have let off", "The danger to itself ?", "Dost thou believe't ?", "Why , Helen , thou shalt have my leave and love ,", "Means and attendants , and my loving greetings", "To those of mine in court . I 'll stay at home ,", "And pray God 's blessing into thy attempt .", "Be gone to-morrow ; and be sure of this ,", "What I can help thee to thou shalt not miss . Exeunt", "Come on , sir ; I shall now put you to the height of your breeding .", "To the court ! Why , what place make you special , when you put off that with such contempt ? But to the court !", "Marry , that 's a bountiful answer that fits all questions .", "Will your answer serve fit to all questions ?", "Have you , I , say , an answer of such fitness for all questions ?", "It must be an answer of most monstrous size that must fit all demands .", "To be young again , if we could , I will be a fool in question , hoping to be the wiser by your answer . I pray you , sir , are you a courtier ?", "Sir , I am a poor friend of yours , that loves you .", "I think , sir , you can eat none of this homely meat .", "You were lately whipp 'd , sir , as I think .", "Do you cry \u2018 O Lord , sir ! \u2019 at your whipping , and \u2018 spare not me \u2019 ? Indeed your \u2018 O Lord , sir ! \u2019 is very sequent to your whipping . You would answer very well to a whipping , if you were but bound to't .", "I play the noble housewife with the time ,", "To entertain it so merrily with a fool .", "An end , sir ! To your business : give Helen this ,", "And urge her to a present answer back ;", "Commend me to my kinsmen and my son . This is not much .", "Not much employment for you . You understand me ?", "Haste you again . Exeunt", "It hath happen 'd all as I would have had it , save that he comes not along with her .", "By what observance , I pray you ?", "Let me see what he writes , and when he means to come .", "What have we here ?", "\u2018 I have sent you a daughter-in-law ; she hath recovered the King and undone me . I have wedded her , not bedded her ; and sworn to make the \u201c not \u201d eternal . You shall hear I am run away ; know it before the report come . If there be breadth enough in the world , I will hold a long distance . My duty to you . Your unfortunate son , BERTRAM . \u2019 This is not well , rash and unbridled boy , To fly the favours of so good a king , To pluck his indignation on thy head By the misprizing of a maid too virtuous For the contempt of empire . Re-enter CLOWN", "What is the - matter ?", "Why should he be kill 'd ?", "Think upon patience . Pray you , gentlemen-", "I have felt so many quirks of joy and grief", "That the first face of neither , on the start ,", "Can woman me unto \u2018 t. Where is my son , I pray you ?", "Brought you this letter , gentlemen ?", "I prithee , lady , have a better cheer ;", "If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine ,", "Thou robb'st me of a moiety . He was my son ;", "But I do wash his name out of my blood ,", "And thou art all my child . Towards Florence is he ?", "And to be a soldier ?", "Return you thither ?", "Find you that there ?", "Nothing in France until he have no wife !", "There 's nothing here that is too good for him", "But only she ; and she deserves a lord", "That twenty such rude boys might tend upon ,", "And call her hourly mistress . Who was with him ?", "Parolles , was it not ?", "A very tainted fellow , and full of wickedness .", "My son corrupts a well-derived nature", "With his inducement .", "Y'are welcome , gentlemen .", "I will entreat you , when you see my son ,", "To tell him that his sword can never win", "The honour that he loses . More I 'll entreat you", "Written to bear along .", "Not so , but as we change our courtesies . Will you draw near ? Exeunt COUNTESS and GENTLEMEN", "Alas ! and would you take the letter of her ?", "Might you not know she would do as she has done", "By sending me a letter ? Read it again .", "Ah , what sharp stings are in her mildest words !", "Rinaldo , you did never lack advice so much", "As letting her pass so ; had I spoke with her ,", "I could have well diverted her intents ,", "Which thus she hath prevented .", "What angel shall", "Bless this unworthy husband ? He cannot thrive ,", "Unless her prayers , whom heaven delights to hear", "And loves to grant , reprieve him from the wrath", "Of greatest justice . Write , write , Rinaldo ,", "To this unworthy husband of his wife ;", "Let every word weigh heavy of her worth", "That he does weigh too light . My greatest grief ,", "Though little he do feel it , set down sharply .", "Dispatch the most convenient messenger .", "When haply he shall hear that she is gone", "He will return ; and hope I may that she ,", "Hearing so much , will speed her foot again ,", "Led hither by pure love . Which of them both", "Is dearest to me I have no skill in sense", "To make distinction . Provide this messenger .", "My heart is heavy , and mine age is weak ;", "Grief would have tears , and sorrow bids me speak . Exeunt", "I would I had not known him . It was the death of the most virtuous gentlewoman that ever nature had praise for creating . If she had partaken of my flesh , and cost me the dearest groans of a mother . I could not have owed her a more rooted love .", "So \u2018 a is . My lord that 's gone made himself much sport out of him . By his authority he remains here , which he thinks is a patent for his sauciness ; and indeed he has no pace , but runs where he will .", "With very much content , my lord ; and I wish it happily effected .", "It rejoices me that I hope I shall see him ere I die . I have letters that my son will be here to-night . I shall beseech your lordship to remain with me tal they meet together .", "You need but plead your honourable privilege .", "\u2018 Tis past , my liege ;", "And I beseech your Majesty to make it", "Natural rebellion , done i \u2019 th \u2019 blaze of youth ,", "When oil and fire , too strong for reason 's force ,", "O'erbears it and burns on .", "Which better than the first , O dear heaven , bless ! Or , ere they meet , in me , O nature , cesse !", "Son , on my life ,", "I have seen her wear it ; and she reckon 'd it", "At her life 's rate .", "Now , justice on the doers !", "He blushes , and \u2018 tis it .", "Of six preceding ancestors , that gem", "Conferr 'd by testament to th \u2019 sequent issue ,", "Hath it been ow 'd and worn . This is his wife :", "That ring 's a thousand proofs ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 11, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Going on to the Hartlocks \u2019 to-night , Margaret ?", "Yes . Horribly tedious parties they give , don \u2019 t they ?", "I come here to be educated .", "So do I . It puts one almost on a level with the commercial classes , doesn \u2019 t it ? But dear Gertrude Chiltern is always telling me that I should have some serious purpose in life . So I come here to try to find one .", "How very trivial of him !", "About myself .", "Not in the smallest degree .", "And how well it becomes us , Olivia !", "Our husbands never appreciate anything in us . We have to go to others for that !", "That is exactly what we can \u2019 t stand . My Reginald is quite hopelessly faultless . He is really unendurably so , at times ! There is not the smallest element of excitement in knowing him .", "My poor Olivia ! We have married perfect husbands , and we are well punished for it .", "Oh , dear no ! They are as happy as possible ! And as for trusting us , it is tragic how much they trust us .", "I am afraid Lord Goring is in the camp of the enemy , as usual . I saw him talking to that Mrs. Cheveley when he came in .", "Well , we are not going to praise her . I hear she went to the Opera on Monday night , and told Tommy Rufford at supper that , as far as she could see , London Society was entirely made up of dowdies and dandies .", "Oh ! do you really think that is what", "Mrs. Cheveley meant ?", "I like looking at geniuses , and listening to beautiful people .", "I am so glad to hear you say that . Marchmont and I have been married for seven years , and he has never once told me that I was morbid . Men are so painfully unobservant !", "Ah ! but you are always sympathetic , Olivia !", "Olivia , I have a curious feeling of absolute faintness . I think I should like some supper very much . I know I should like some supper .", "Men are so horribly selfish , they never think of these things .", "Thank you , Mr. Montford , I never touch supper .But I will sit beside you , and watch you .", "Then I will watch some one else .", "Pray , Mr. Montford , do not make these painful scenes of jealousy in public !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 12, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["No : do n't scratch ! Naughty ! Naughty !", "Bring another chair , Brown . And take Mop with you : he wants his walk .", "No , no . It is to put a visitor on . Choose a nice one with a lean-back .", "Not yet .", "You had better send it .", "\u201c Send it , \u201d Brown , I said . Mop must n't be hurried . Take him round by the stables .Most extraordinary !And I wish one could kill all wicked pests as easily as you .Most extraordinary !", "Well , Brown ? Oh , yes ; that 's quite a nice one .... I 'm sure there 's a wasps \u2019 nest somewhere ; there are so many of them about .", "Yes : like Adam and Eve .", "You 'd better take it away , Brown , or cover it ; it 's too tempting .", "I 'm glad He did n't , then .", "The Fall made the human race decent , even if it did no good otherwise . Brown , I 've dropped my glasses .", "Thank you , Brown ,", "Yes . You have n't seen Lord Beaconsfield yet , I suppose ?", "I hope they have given him a comfortable one .", "Oh , that 's all right , then .", "Only for a week , I 'm afraid . Why ?", "I do n't think Lord Beaconsfield is a sportsman .", "Lord Beaconsfield will not shoot , I 'm sure . You remember him ,", "Brown , being here before ?", "He is always very nice to me .", "Very nice and sensible .", "Most extraordinary you should think that , Brown !", "Well , Brown , there are some things you can teach him , I do n't doubt ; and there are some things he can teach you . I 'm sure he has taught me a great deal .", "He lets me think for myself , Brown ; and that 's what so many of my ministers would rather I did n't . They want me to be merely the receptacle of their own opinions . No , Brown , that 's what we Stewarts are never going to do !", "Yes ; being a woman has its advantages , I know .", "Yes , Brown ; and that is why I like being up in the hills , where the views are wide .", "Of course ; naturally !", "Local option is not going to come yet , Brown .", "Mr. Gladstone has retired from politics . At least he is not going to take office again .", "Yes ; quite as much as I wish to see .", "There 's a great deal in what he says , I do n't understand , and that", "I do n't wish to .", "Brown , how did you come to scratch your leg ?", "Poor dear Brown ! Did she fly at you ?", "Ferocious creature ! She must be mad .", "You must have it cauterised , Brown . I wo n't have you getting hydrophobia .", "Oh , from cats too ; any cat that a mad dog has bitten .", "I do n't like cats : I never did . Treacherous , deceitful creatures ! Now a dog always looks up to you .", "Now , Brown , I must get to work again . I have writing to do . See that I 'm not disturbed .", "Ah , yes , to be sure . But I did n't want to worry him too soon . What is the time ?", "Oh ! then I think I may . Will you go and tell him : the Queen 's compliments , and she would like to see him , now ?", "And then I sha n't want you any more \u2014 till this afternoon .", "Yes , do ! That will be nice for you . And Brown , mind you have that leg seen to !", "What , before he has seen me ? Go , and take him away from the", "Princess , and tell him to come here !", "And you had better take Mop with you . Now , dear Brown , do have your poor leg seen to , at once !", "Oh , how do you do , my dear Lord Beaconsfield ! Good morning ; and welcome to , Balmoral .", "You arrived early ? I hope you are sufficiently rested .", "You have had a long , tiring journey , I fear .", "I hope that you slept upon the train ?", "Oh , I 'm sorry !", "I 'm feeling \u201c bonnie , \u201d as we say in Scotland . Life out of doors suits me .", "Are you writing another of your novels , Lord Beaconsfield ? That sounds like composition .", "Now , my dear Lord , pray sit down ! I had that chair specially brought for you . Generally I sit here quite alone .", "Well ? And how is everything ?", "Do not be in any hurry , dear Prime Minister .", "I thought that Mr. Gladstone had been speaking .", "In Edinburgh , quite lately .", "I have read some of them .", "They annoy me intensely . I have no patience with him !", "Ca n't you stop it ?", "But , surely , he should be stopped when he speaks on matters which may , any day , bring us into war !", "You think so ?", "No , they must n't ! We will not allow it .", "Do you propose to summon Parliament ?", "If I had my way , Lord Beaconsfield , my Fleet would be in the Baltic to-morrow ; and before another week was over , Petersburg would be under bombardment .", "Yes ! And what a good lesson it will teach them ! The Crimea was n't enough for them , I suppose .", "Oh ! There is one thing , Lord Beaconsfield , on which I want your advice .", "I wish to confer upon the Sultan of Turkey my Order of the Garter .", "What I want to know is , whether , as Prime Minister , you have any objection ?", "Wait ? Wait till when ? I want to do it now .", "But do you think , Lord Beaconsfield , that the Turks are going to be beaten ?", "The French wo n't like that !", "No , indeed ! I was too shy to say what I thought . I used to cough sometimes .", "Indeed ? Now that does surprise me ! Tell me , Lord Beaconsfield , how has he ever helped you ?", "No , dear Lord Beaconsfield , not to-day ! Those official matters can wait . After you have said so much , and said it so beautifully , I would rather still talk with you as a friend . Of friends you and I have not many ; those who make up our world , for the most part , we have to keep at a distance . But while I have many near relatives , children and descendants , I remember that you have none . So your case is the harder .", "Pray , do not apologise ! It has been a very great privilege ; I beg that you will go on ! Tell me \u2014 you spoke of bereavement \u2014 I wish you would tell me more \u2014 about your wife .", "She was devoted to you , was n't she ?", "And you , you \u2014? Dear Lord Beaconsfield ; did you mean \u2014 had you ever meant \u2014\u2014?", "Oh , yes , yes ; I understand \u2014 better than others would . For that has always been my own feeling .", "Oh , I think that is so wise , so right , so noble of you !", "Yes , my dear friend , go and rest yourself ! But before you go , will you not wait , and take a glass of wine with me ?And there is just one other thing I wish to say before we part .", "Bring some wine .That Order of the Garter which I had intended to onfer upon the Sultan \u2014 have you , as Prime Minister , any objection if I bestow it nearer home , on one to whom personally \u2014 I cannot say more \u2014 on yourself , I mean .", "Dear Lord Beaconsfield , I want your answer .", "Very well , Lord Beaconsfield . And if you do not remind me , I shall remind you .Pray , help yourself !", "Thank you .", "Draw your curtains , and sleep well !\u201c When pain and anguish wring the brow , A ministering Angel , thou ! \u201d", "Pick up that broken glass .Bring it to me ! ... Leave it !Such devotion ! Most extraordinary ! Oh ! Albert ! Albert !CURTAIN His Favourite Flower Dramatis Personae THE STATESMAN THE HOUSEKEEPER THE DOCTOR THE PRIMROSES His Favourite Flower A Political Myth Explained The eminent old Statesman has not been at all well . He is sitting up in his room , and his doctor has come to see him for the third time in three days . This means that the malady is not yet seriously regarded : once a day is still sufficient . Nevertheless , he is a woeful wreck to look at ; and the doctor looks at him with the greatest respect , and listens to his querulous plaint patiently . For that great dome of silence , his brain , repository of so many state-secrets , is still a redoubtable instrument : its wit and its magician 's cunning have not yet lapsed into the dull inane of senile decay . Though fallen from power , after a bad beating at the polls , there is no knowing but that he may rise again , and hold once more in those tired old hands , shiny with rheumatic gout , and now twitching feebly under the discomfort of a superimposed malady , the reins of democratic and imperial power . The dark , cavernous eyes still wear their look of accumulated wisdom , a touch also of visionary fire . The sparse locks , dyed to a raven black , set off with their uncanny sheen the clay-like pallor of the face . He sits in a high-backed chair , wrapped in an oriental dressing-gown , his muffled feet resting on a large hot-water bottle ; and the eminent physician , preparatory to taking a seat at his side , bends solicitously over him ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 13, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hello , boss .", "St. Paul . That 'll be in Minnesota , I 'm thinkin \u2019 . Looks like a woman 's writing , too , the old divil ! JOHNNY \u2014 He 's got a daughter somewheres out West , I think he told me once .Come to think of it , I ai n't seen old Chris in a dog 's age .Guess I 'll be gettin \u2019 home . See you to-morrow .", "Hello , Chris . Put it there .", "What 's your pleasure , gentlemen ?", "I 'll take a cigar on you .", "He 's still got that same cow livin \u2019 with him , the old fool !", "That 's a fine fairy tale to be tellin \u2019 \u2014 your daughter ! Sure I 'll bet it 's some bum .", "You 've not seen her in fifteen years ?", "This girl , now , \u2018 ll be marryin \u2019 a sailor herself , likely . It 's in the blood .", "Oho , what 's up with you ? Ai n't you a sailor yourself now , and always been ?", "When is your daughter comin \u2019 ? Soon ?", "Serve ye right , ye old divil \u2014 havin \u2019 a woman at your age !", "On a coal barge ! She 'll not like that , I 'm thinkin \u2019 .", "Now you 're in for it ! You 'd better tell her straight to get out !", "She 's not such a bad lot , that one .", "You know I never touch it .", "Easy there ! Do n't be breakin \u2019 the table , you old goat !", "Shall I serve it in a pail ?", "Well , who 's the blond ?", "Your daughter , Anna ?", "Sure ! A peach !", "Small beer for you , eh ? She 's reformin \u2019 you already ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 14, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Schneidekind .", "Have you sent my report yet to the government ?", "That depends . What 's the latest ? Which of them do you think is most likely to be in power tomorrow morning ?", "Yes : that 's all very well ; but these fellows always shoot themselves with blank cartridge .", "They 're no stronger than the Oppidoshavians ; and in my own opinion the Moderate Red Revolutionaries are as likely to come out on top as either of them .", "Waste of paper . You might as well send reports to an infant school .", "O Schneidekind , Schneidekind , how can you bear to live ?", "You are young , young and heartless . You are excited by the revolution : you are attached to abstract things like liberty . But my family has served the Panjandrums of Beotia faithfully for seven centuries . The Panjandrums have kept our place for us at their courts , honored us , promoted us , shed their glory on us , made us what we are . When I hear you young men declaring that you are fighting for civilization , for democracy , for the overthrow of militarism , I ask myself how can a man shed his blood for empty words used by vulgar tradesmen and common laborers : mere wind and stink .A king is a splendid reality , a man raised above us like a god . You can see him ; you can kiss his hand ; you can be cheered by his smile and terrified by his frown . I would have died for my Panjandrum as my father died for his father . Your toiling millions were only too honored to receive the toes of our boots in the proper spot for them when they displeased their betters . And now what is left in life for me ?My Panjandrum is deposed and transported to herd with convicts . The army , his pride and glory , is paraded to hear seditious speeches from penniless rebels , with the colonel actually forced to take the chair and introduce the speaker . I myself am made Commander-in-Chief by my own solicitor : a Jew , Schneidekind ! a Hebrew Jew ! It seems only yesterday that these things would have been the ravings of a madman : today they are the commonplaces of the gutter press . I live now for three objects only : to defeat the enemy , to restore the Panjandrum , and to hang my solicitor .", "What !", "I should accuse you of treason to the Revolution , my lad ; and they would immediately shoot you , unless you cried and asked to see your mother before you died , when they would probably change their minds and make you a brigadier . Enough .I feel the better for letting myself go . To business .Great heaven !This is the worst blow of all .", "Man , do you think that a mere defeat could strike me down as this news does : I , who have been defeated thirteen times since the war began ? O , my master , my master , my Panjandrum !", "A dagger has been struck through his heart \u2014", "\u2014 and through mine , through mine .", "His daughter the Grand Duchess Annajanska , she whom the Panjandrina loved beyond all her other children , has \u2014 has \u2014", "No . Better if she had . Oh , far far better .", "Certainly not . Do not blaspheme , young man .", "I would have given it to her with both hands to save her from this .", "She has joined the Revolution .", "Heaven grant you may be right ! But that is not the worst . She had eloped with a young officer . Eloped , Schneidekind , eloped !", "Annajanska , the beautiful , the innocent , my master 's daughter !The telephone rings .", "Speak louder , will you : I am a General I know that , you dolt . Have you captured the officer that was with her ?... Damnation ! You shall answer for this : you let him go : he bribed you . You must have seen him : the fellow is in the full dress court uniform of the Panderobajensky Hussars . I give you twelve hours to catch him or ... what 's that you say about the devil ? Are you swearing at me , you ... Thousand thunders !The swine says that the Grand Duchess is a devil incarnate .Filthy traitor : is that the way you dare speak of the daughter of our anointed Panjandrum ? I 'll \u2014", "I wo n't take care : I 'll have him shot . Let go that telephone .", "Eh ?\u2014", "You are right . Be civil to him . I should choke", "Tell them to send her up . I shall have to receive her without even rising , without kissing her hand , to keep up appearances before the escort . It will break my heart .", "Hold your tongue .", "The soldier , madam .", "Release the lady . The soldiers take their hands off her . One of them wipes his fevered brow . The other sucks his wrist .", "You bit a common soldier !", "Did he let go when you bit him ?", "Prisoner \u2014", "O God , yes . Believe me , my heart is what it was then .", "I may not , for your own sake , call you by your rightful and most sacred titles . What am I to call you ?", "I had rather die .", "Schneidekind , you must speak to her : I cannot \u2014", "You are I must say it \u2014 a prisoner . What am I to do with you ?", "Come , come , prisoner ! do you know what will happen to you if you compel me to take a sterner tone with you ?", "Lieutenant Schneidekind .", "Come out of it , you fool : you 're upsetting the ink . Schneidekind emerges , red in the face with suppressed mirth .", "Why do n't you laugh ? Do n't you appreciate Her Imperial", "Highness 's joke ?", "Laugh at once , sir . I order you to laugh .", "Yah !Your Imperial Highness desires me to address you as comrade ?", "Proletarians of all lands , unite . Lieutenant Schneidekind , you will rise and sing the Marseillaise .", "Then sit down ; and bury your shame in your typewriter .Comrade Annajanska , you have eloped with a young officer .", "Denial , comrade , is useless . It is through that officer that your movements have been traced .He joined you at the Golden Anchor in Hakonsburg . You gave us the slip there ; but the officer was traced to Potterdam , where you rejoined him and went alone to Premsylople . What have you done with that unhappy young man ? Where is he ?", "Where is that ?", "They travel in khaki . They do not travel in full dress court uniform as this man did .", "Hold your tongue .This officer travelled with your passport . What have you to say to that ?", "It is quite simple , as you very well know . A dozen travellers arrive at the boundary . The official collects their passports . He counts twelve persons ; then counts the passports . If there are twelve , he is satisfied .", "A waiter at the Potterdam Hotel looked at the officer 's passport when he was in his bath . It was your passport .", "When the waiter returned to the hotel with the police the officer had vanished ; and you were there with your own passport . They knouted him .", "No : this is the last straw : I cannot consent . It is impossible , utterly , eternally impossible , that a daughter of the Imperial House should speak to any one alone , were it even her own husband .", "There is an alternative to obedience . The dead cannot disobey .", "Dog of a subaltern , restore that pistol and my honor .", "My Imperial Mistress \u2014", "No no : put it down : put it down . I promise everything : I swear anything ; but put it down , I implore you .", "Thank God !", "You are , God help me , all that is left to me of the only power I recognize on earth", "How can I obey six different dictators , and not one gentleman among the lot of them ? One of them orders me to make peace with the foreign enemy . Another orders me to offer all the neutral countries 48 hours to choose between adopting his views on the single tax and being instantly invaded and annihilated . A third orders me to go to a damned Socialist Conference and explain that Beotia will allow no annexations and no indemnities , and merely wishes to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth throughout the universe .", "I thank Your Imperial Highness from the bottom of my heart for that expression . Europe thanks you .", "You must not say so . It is treason , even from you .", "You are uttering blasphemy .", "God knows I would !", "You must be mad to think of royalty in such a way . I never yawned at court . The dogs yawned ; but that was because they were dogs : they had no imagination , no ideals , no sense of honor and dignity to sustain them .", "Do YOU reproach me with it ? I am not ashamed of it .", "Stop ; or I shall renounce my allegiance to you . I have had women flogged for such seditious chatter as this .", "You always had low tastes . You are no true daughter of the Panjandrums : you are a changeling , thrust into the Panjandrina 's bed by some profligate nurse . I have heard stories of your childhood : of how \u2014", "Freedom ! To be the slave of an acrobat ! to be exhibited to the public ! to \u2014", "You had not been taught to strip yourself half naked and turn head over heels \u2014", "If you do , I swear I will throw myself from the window so that I may meet your parents in heaven without having my medals torn from my breast by them .", "It is not for you to taunt me with that if it is so .", "Now at last you speak like your royal self .", "God forbid !", "Stupid as I am , I have come to think that I had better save that than save nothing . But what will the Revolution do for the people ? Do not be deceived by the fine speeches of the revolutionary leaders and the pamphlets of the revolutionary writers . How much liberty is there where they have gained the upper hand ? Are they not hanging , shooting , imprisoning as much as ever we did ? Do they ever tell the people the truth ? No : if the truth does not suit them they spread lies instead , and make it a crime to tell the truth .", "Why should they not ?", "To read sedition . To read Karl Marx .", "I am at a loss to understand your Imperial Highness . You seem to me to contradict yourself .", "You do not know what you are saying . This is pure", "Bolshevism . Are you , the daughter of a Panjandrum , a Bolshevist ?", "Ah ! You still want to be a circus star .", "What Revolution ? Which Revolution ? No two of your rabble of revolutionists mean the same thing by the Revolution What can save a mob in which every man is rushing in a different direction ?", "The war ?", "Bravo ! War sets everything right : I have always said so . But what is a united people without a united army ? And what can I do ? I am only a soldier . I cannot make speeches : I have won no victories : they will not rally to my call", "Oh , if only you were a man and a soldier !", "Ah ! the scoundrel you eloped with ! You think you will shove this fellow into an army command , over my head . Never .", "Delusion ! Folly ! He is some circus acrobat ; and you are in love with him .", "Then who is he ?", "Where ?", "Where is he ? I can see no one .", "You ! Great Heavens ! The Bolshevik Empress !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 15, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["If it be Loue indeed , tell me how much", "Nay heare them Anthony .", "Fuluia perchance is angry : Or who knowes ,", "If the scarse-bearded Caesar haue not sent", "His powrefull Mandate to you . Do this , or this ;", "Take in that Kingdome , and Infranchise that :", "Perform't , or else we damne thee", "Excellent falshood :", "Why did he marry Fuluia , and not loue her ?", "Ile seeme the Foole I am not . Anthony will be himselfe", "Saue you , my Lord", "Was he not heere ? Char . No Madam", "He was dispos 'd to mirth , but on the sodaine", "A Romane thought hath strooke him .", "Enobarbus ?", "Enob . Madam", "Seeke him , and bring him hither : wher 's Alexias ? Alex . Heere at your seruice . My Lord approaches . Enter Anthony , with a Messenger .", "We will not looke vpon him :", "Go with vs .", "Where is he ? Char . I did not see him since", "See where he is ,", "Whose with him , what he does :", "I did not send you . If you finde him sad ,", "Say I am dauncing : if in Myrth , report", "That I am sodaine sicke . Quicke , and returne", "What should I do , I do not ? Ch . In each thing giue him way , crosse him in nothing", "Thou teachest like a foole : the way to lose him", "I am sicke , and sullen", "Helpe me away deere Charmian , I shall fall ,", "It cannot be thus long , the sides of Nature", "Will not sustaine it", "Pray you stand farther from mee", "Oh neuer was there Queene", "So mightily betrayed : yet at the first", "I saw the Treasons planted", "Why should I thinke you can be mine , & true ,", "Who haue beene false to Fuluia ?", "Riotous madnesse ,", "To be entangled with those mouth-made vowes ,", "Which breake themselues in swearing", "Nay pray you seeke no colour for your going ,", "But bid farewell , and goe :", "When you sued staying ,", "Then was the time for words : No going then ,", "Eternity was in our Lippes , and Eyes ,", "Blisse in our browes bent : none our parts so poore ,", "But was a race of Heauen . They are so still ,", "Or thou the greatest Souldier of the world ,", "Art turn 'd the greatest Lyar", "Though age from folly could not giue me freedom", "It does from childishnesse . Can Fuluia dye ?", "Ant . She 's dead my Queene .", "Looke heere , and at thy Soueraigne leysure read", "The Garboyles she awak 'd : at the last , best ,", "See when , and where shee died", "O most false Loue !", "Where be the Sacred Violles thou should'st fill", "With sorrowfull water ? Now I see , I see ,", "In Fuluias death , how mine receiu 'd shall be", "Cut my Lace , Charmian come ,", "But let it be , I am quickly ill , and well ,", "So Anthony loues", "So Fuluia told me .", "I prythee turne aside , and weepe for her ,", "Then bid adiew to me , and say the teares", "Belong to Egypt . Good now , play one Scene", "Of excellent dissembling , and let it looke", "Like perfect Honor", "And Target . Still he mends .", "But this is not the best . Looke prythee Charmian ,", "How this Herculean Roman do 's become", "The carriage of his chafe", "Courteous Lord , one word :", "Sir , you and I must part , but that 's not it :", "Sir , you and I haue lou 'd , but there 's not it :", "That you know well , something it is I would :", "Oh , my Obliuion is a very Anthony ,", "And I am all forgotten", "\u2018 Tis sweating Labour ,", "To beare such Idlenesse so neere the heart", "As Cleopatra this . But Sir , forgiue me ,", "Since my becommings kill me , when they do not", "Eye well to you . Your Honor calles you hence ,", "Therefore be deafe to my vnpittied Folly ,", "And all the Gods go with you . Vpon your Sword", "Sit Lawrell victory , and smooth successe", "Be strew 'd before your feete", "Charmian", "Ha , ha , giue me to drinke Mandragora", "O \u2018 tis Treason", "Thou , Eunuch Mardian ?", "Mar . What 's your Highnesse pleasure ?", "Cleo . Not now to heare thee sing . I take no pleasure", "In ought an Eunuch ha 's : Tis well for thee ,", "That being vnseminar 'd , thy freer thoughts", "May not flye forth of Egypt . Hast thou Affections ?", "Mar . Yes gracious Madam", "Indeed ?", "Mar . Not in deed Madam , for I can do nothing", "But what in deede is honest to be done :", "Yet haue I fierce Affections , and thinke", "What Venus did with Mars", "Oh Charmion :", "Where think'st thou he is now ? Stands he , or sits he ?", "Or does he walke ? Or is he on his Horse ?", "Oh happy horse to beare the weight of Anthony !", "Do brauely Horse , for wot'st thou whom thou moou'st ,", "The demy Atlas of this Earth , the Arme", "And Burganet of men . Hee 's speaking now ,", "Or murmuring , where 's my Serpent of old Nyle ,", "Now I feede my selfe", "With most delicious poyson . Thinke on me", "That am with Phoebus amorous pinches blacke ,", "And wrinkled deepe in time . Broad-fronted Caesar ,", "When thou was't heere aboue the ground , I was", "A morsell for a Monarke : and great Pompey", "Would stand and make his eyes grow in my brow ,", "There would he anchor his Aspect , and dye", "With looking on his life .", "Enter Alexas from Caesar .", "How much vnlike art thou Marke Anthony ?", "Yet comming from him , that great Med'cine hath", "With his Tinct gilded thee .", "How goes it with my braue Marke Anthonie ?", "Alex . Last thing he did", "He kist the last of many doubled kisses", "This Orient Pearle . His speech stickes in my heart", "Mine eare must plucke it thence", "What was he sad , or merry ?", "Alex . Like to the time o'th \u2019 yeare , between y extremes", "Of hot and cold , he was nor sad nor merrie", "Oh well diuided disposition : Note him , Note him good Charmian , \u2018 tis the man ; but note him . He was not sad , for he would shine on those That make their lookes by his . He was not merrie , Which seem 'd to tell them , his remembrance lay In Egypt with his ioy , but betweene both . Oh heauenly mingle ! Bee'st thou sad , or merrie , The violence of either thee becomes , So do 's it no mans else . Met'st thou my Posts ? Alex . I Madam , twenty seuerall Messengers . Why do you send so thicke ? Cleo . Who 's borne that day , when I forget to send to Anthonie , shall dye a Begger . Inke and paper Charmian . Welcome my good Alexas . Did I Charmian , euer loue Caesar so ? Char . Oh that braue Caesar ! Cleo . Be choak 'd with such another Emphasis , Say the braue Anthony", "By Isis , I will giue thee bloody teeth ,", "If thou with Caesar Paragon againe :", "My man of men", "My Sallad dayes , When I was greene in iudgement , cold in blood , To say , as I saide then . But come , away , Get me Inke and Paper , he shall haue euery day a seuerall greeting , or Ile vnpeople Egypt .", "Giue me some Musicke : Musicke , moody foode of vs that trade in Loue", "Let it alone , let 's to Billiards : come Charmian", "And when good will is shewed ,", "Though't come to short", "The Actor may pleade pardon . Ile none now ,", "Giue me mine Angle , weele to'th \u2019 Riuer there", "My Musicke playing farre off . I will betray", "Tawny fine fishes , my bended hooke shall pierce", "Their slimy iawes : and as I draw them vp ,", "Ile thinke them euery one an Anthony ,", "And say , ah ha ; y'are caught", "That time ? Oh times :", "I laught him out of patience : and that night", "I laught him into patience , and next morne ,", "Ere the ninth houre , I drunke him to his bed :", "Then put my Tires and Mantles on him , whilst", "I wore his Sword Phillippan . Oh from Italie ,", "Enter a Messenger .", "Ramme thou thy fruitefull tidings in mine eares ,", "That long time haue bin barren", "Anthonyo 's dead .", "If thou say so Villaine , thou kil'st thy Mistris :", "But well and free , if thou so yeild him .", "There is Gold , and heere", "My blewest vaines to kisse : a hand that Kings", "Haue lipt , and trembled kissing", "Why there 's more Gold .", "But sirrah marke , we vse", "To say , the dead are well : bring it to that ,", "The Gold I giue thee , will I melt and powr", "Downe thy ill vttering throate", "Well , go too I will :", "But there 's no goodnesse in thy face if Anthony", "Be free and healthfull ; so tart a fauour", "To trumpet such good tidings . If not well ,", "Thou shouldst come like a Furie crown 'd with Snakes ,", "Not like a formall man", "Well said", "Th'art an honest man", "Make thee a Fortune from me", "I do not like but yet , it does alay", "The good precedence , fie vpon but yet ,", "But yet is as a Iaylor to bring foorth", "Some monstrous Malefactor . Prythee Friend ,", "Powre out the packe of matter to mine eare ,", "The good and bad together : he 's friends with Caesar ,", "In state of health thou saist , and thou saist , free", "For what good turne ? Mes . For the best turne i'th \u2019 bed", "I am pale Charmian", "The most infectious Pestilence vpon thee . Strikes him downe .", "What say you ?", "Strikes him .", "Hence horrible Villaine , or Ile spurne thine eyes", "Like balls before me : Ile vnhaire thy head ,", "She hales him vp and downe .", "Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer , and stew 'd in brine ,", "Smarting in lingring pickle", "Say \u2018 tis not so , a Prouince I will giue thee ,", "And make thy Fortunes proud : the blow thou had'st", "Shall make thy peace , for mouing me to rage ,", "And I will boot thee with what guift beside", "Thy modestie can begge", "Rogue , thou hast liu 'd too long . Draw a knife .", "Some Innocents scape not the thunderbolt :", "Melt Egypt into Nyle : and kindly creatures", "Turne all to Serpents . Call the slaue againe ,", "Though I am mad , I will not byte him : Call ?", "Char . He is afeard to come", "I will not hurt him ,", "These hands do lacke Nobility , that they strike", "A meaner then my selfe : since I my selfe", "Haue giuen my selfe the cause . Come hither Sir .", "Enter the Messenger againe .", "Though it be honest , it is neuer good", "To bring bad newes : giue to a gratious Message", "An host of tongues , but let ill tydings tell", "Themselues , when they be felt", "Is he married ?", "I cannot hate thee worser then I do ,", "If thou againe say yes", "The Gods confound thee ,", "Dost thou hold there still ?", "Mes . Should I lye Madame ?", "Cleo . Oh , I would thou didst :", "So halfe my Egypt were submerg 'd and made", "A Cesterne for scal 'd Snakes . Go get thee hence ,", "Had'st thou Narcissus in thy face to me ,", "Thou would'st appeere most vgly : He is married ?", "Mes . I craue your Highnesse pardon", "He is married ?", "Mes . Take no offence , that I would not offend you ,", "To punnish me for what you make me do", "Seemes much vnequall , he 's married to Octauia", "Oh that his fault should make a knaue of thee ,", "That art not what th'art sure of . Get thee hence ,", "The Marchandize which thou hast brought from Rome", "Are all too deere for me :", "Lye they vpon thy hand , and be vndone by em", "In praysing Anthony , I haue disprais 'd Caesar", "I am paid for't now : lead me from hence ,", "I faint , oh Iras , Charmian : \u2018 tis no matter .", "Go to the Fellow , good Alexas bid him", "Report the feature of Octauia : her yeares ,", "Her inclination , let him not leaue out", "The colour of her haire . Bring me word quickly ,", "Let him for euer go , let him not Charmian ,", "Though he be painted one way like a Gorgon ,", "The other wayes a Mars . Bid you Alexas", "Bring me word , how tall she is : pitty me Charmian ,", "But do not speake to me . Lead me to my Chamber .", "Where is the Fellow ? Alex . Halfe afeard to come", "Go too , go too : Come hither Sir . Enter the Messenger as before .", "That Herods head , Ile haue : but how ? When", "Anthony is gone , through whom I might commaund it :", "Come thou neere", "Did'st thou behold Octauia ? Mes . I dread Queene", "Where ? Mes . Madam in Rome , I lookt her in the face : and saw her led betweene her Brother , and Marke Anthony", "Is she as tall as me ? Mes . She is not Madam", "Didst heare her speake ? Is she shrill tongu 'd or low ? Mes . Madam , I heard her speake , she is low voic 'd", "That 's not so good : he cannot like her long", "I thinke so Charmian : dull of tongue , & dwarfish", "What Maiestie is in her gate , remember", "If ere thou look'st on Maiestie", "Is this certaine ? Mes . Or I haue no obseruance", "He 's very knowing , I do perceiu't ,", "There 's nothing in her yet .", "The Fellow ha 's good iudgement", "Guesse at her yeares , I prythee", "Widdow ? Charmian , hearke", "For the most part too , they are foolish that are so . Her haire what colour ? Mess . Browne Madam : and her forehead As low as she would wish it", "There 's Gold for thee ,", "Thou must not take my former sharpenesse ill ,", "I will employ thee backe againe : I finde thee", "Most fit for businesse . Go , make thee ready ,", "Our Letters are prepar 'd", "Indeed he is so : I repent me much", "That so I harried him . Why me think 's by him ,", "This Creature 's no such thing", "The man hath seene some Maiesty , and should know", "I will be euen with thee , doubt it not", "If not , denounc 'd against vs , why should not we be there in person", "What is't you say ?", "Enob . Your presence needs must puzle Anthony ,", "Take from his heart , take from his Braine , from 's time ,", "What should not then be spar 'd . He is already", "Traduc 'd for Leuity , and \u2018 tis said in Rome ,", "That Photinus an Eunuch , and your Maides", "Mannage this warre", "Sinke Rome , and their tongues rot", "That speake against vs. A Charge we beare i'th \u2019 Warre ,", "And as the president of my Kingdome will", "Appeare there for a man . Speake not against it ,", "I will not stay behinde .", "Enter Anthony and Camidias .", "By Sea , what else ? Cam . Why will my Lord , do so ? Ant . For that he dares vs too't", "I haue sixty Sailes , Caesar none better", "Ah stand by", "Well then , sustaine me : Oh", "Oh my Lord , my Lord ,", "Forgiue my fearfull sayles , I little thought", "You would haue followed", "Oh my pardon", "Pardon , pardon", "What shall we do , Enobarbus ? Eno . Thinke , and dye", "Is Anthony , or we in fault for this ?", "Eno . Anthony onely , that would make his will", "Lord of his Reason . What though you fled ,", "From that great face of Warre , whose seuerall ranges", "Frighted each other ? Why should he follow ?", "The itch of his Affection should not then", "Haue nickt his Captain-ship , at such a point ,", "When halfe to halfe the world oppos 'd , he being", "The meered question ? \u2018 Twas a shame no lesse", "Then was his losse , to course your flying Flagges ,", "And leaue his Nauy gazing", "Prythee peace . Enter the Ambassador , with Anthony .", "That head my Lord ?", "Ant . To him againe , tell him he weares the Rose", "Of youth vpon him : from which , the world should note", "Something particular : His Coine , Ships , Legions ,", "May be a Cowards , whose Ministers would preuaile", "Vnder the seruice of a Childe , as soone", "As i'th \u2019 Command of Caesar . I dare him therefore", "To lay his gay Comparisons a-part ,", "And answer me declin 'd , Sword against Sword ,", "Our selues alone : Ile write it : Follow me", "What no more Ceremony ? See my Women ,", "Against the blowne Rose may they stop their nose ,", "That kneel 'd vnto the Buds . Admit him sir", "Caesars will", "None but Friends : say boldly", "Go on , right Royall", "Oh", "He is a God ,", "And knowes what is most right . Mine Honour", "Was not yeelded , but conquer 'd meerely", "What 's your name ? Thid . My name is Thidias", "Most kinde Messenger ,", "Say to great Caesar this in disputation ,", "I kisse his conqu'ring hand : Tell him , I am prompt", "To lay my Crowne at 's feete , and there to kneele .", "Tell him , from his all-obeying breath , I heare", "The doome of Egypt", "Your Caesars Father oft ,", "Bestow 'd his lips on that vnworthy place ,", "As it rain 'd kisses .", "Enter Anthony and Enobarbus .", "Oh , is't come to this ?", "Ant . I found you as a Morsell , cold vpon", "Dead Caesars Trencher : Nay , you were a Fragment", "Of Gneius Pompeyes , besides what hotter houres", "Vnregistred in vulgar Fame , you haue", "Luxuriously pickt out . For I am sure ,", "Though you can guesse what Temperance should be ,", "You know not what it is", "Wherefore is this ?", "Ant . To let a Fellow that will take rewards ,", "And say , God quit you , be familiar with", "My play-fellow , your hand ; this Kingly Seale ,", "And plighter of high hearts . O that I were", "Vpon the hill of Basan , to out-roare", "The horned Heard , for I haue sauage cause ,", "And to proclaime it ciuilly , were like", "A halter 'd necke , which do 's the Hangman thanke ,", "For being yare about him . Is he whipt ?", "Enter a Seruant with Thidias .", "Haue you done yet ?", "Ant . Alacke our Terrene Moone is now Eclipst ,", "And it portends alone the fall of Anthony", "I must stay his time ?", "Ant . To flatter Caesar , would you mingle eyes", "With one that tyes his points", "Not know me yet ?", "Ant . Cold-hearted toward me ?", "Cleo . Ah", "if I be so ,", "From my cold heart let Heauen ingender haile ,", "And poyson it in the sourse , and the first stone", "Drop in my necke : as it determines so", "Dissolue my life , the next Caesarian smile ,", "Till by degrees the memory of my wombe ,", "Together with my braue Egyptians all ,", "By the discandering of this pelleted storme ,", "Lye grauelesse , till the Flies and Gnats of Nyle", "Haue buried them for prey", "That 's my braue Lord", "It is my Birth-day ,", "I had thought t'haue held it poore . But since my Lord", "Is Anthony againe , I will be Cleopatra", "Call all his Noble Captaines to my Lord", "What meanes this ?", "Eno . \u2018 Tis one of those odde tricks which sorow shoots", "Out of the minde", "What does he meane ? Eno . To make his Followers weepe", "Sleepe a little", "Nay , Ile helpe too , Anthony .", "What 's this for ? Ah let be , let be , thou art", "The Armourer of my heart : False , false : This , this ,", "Sooth-law Ile helpe : Thus it must bee", "Is not this buckled well ?", "Ant . Rarely , rarely :", "He that vnbuckles this , till we do please", "To daft for our Repose , shall heare a storme .", "Thou fumblest Eros , and my Queenes a Squire", "More tight at this , then thou : Dispatch . O Loue ,", "That thou couldst see my Warres to day , and knew'st", "The Royall Occupation , thou should'st see", "A Workeman i n't .", "Enter an Armed Soldier .", "Good morrow to thee , welcome ,", "Thou look'st like him that knowes a warlike Charge :", "To businesse that we loue , we rise betime ,", "And go too't with delight", "Lord of Lords .", "Oh infinite Vertue , comm'st thou smiling from", "The worlds great snare vncaught", "Ile giue thee Friend", "An Armour all of Gold : it was a Kings", "Why is my Lord enrag 'd against his Loue ? Ant . Vanish , or I shall giue thee thy deseruing , And blemish Caesars Triumph . Let him take thee , And hoist thee vp to the shouting Plebeians , Follow his Chariot , like the greatest spot Of all thy Sex . Most Monster-like be shewne For poor'st Diminitiues , for Dolts , and let Patient Octauia , plough thy visage vp With her prepared nailes . exit Cleopatra . \u2018 Tis well th'art gone , If it be well to liue . But better \u2018 twere Thou fell'st into my furie , for one death Might haue preuented many . Eros , hoa ! The shirt of Nessus is vpon me , teach me Alcides , thou mine Ancestor , thy rage . Let me lodge Licas on the hornes o'th \u2019 Moone , And with those hands that graspt the heauiest Club , Subdue my worthiest selfe : The Witch shall die , To the young Roman Boy she hath sold me , and I fall Vnder this plot : She dyes for't . Eros hoa ? Enter .", "Helpe me my women : Oh hee 's more mad", "Then Telamon for his Shield , the Boare of Thessaly", "Was neuer so imbost", "To'th \u2019 Monument :", "Mardian , go tell him I haue slaine my selfe :", "Say , that the last I spoke was Anthony ,", "And word it", "pitteously . Hence Mardian ,", "And bring me how he takes my death to'th \u2019 Monument .", "Oh Charmian , I will neuer go from hence", "No , I will not :", "All strange and terrible euents are welcome ,", "But comforts we dispise ; our size of sorrow", "Proportion 'd to our cause , must be as great", "As that which makes it .", "Enter Diomed .", "How now ? is he dead ?", "Diom . His death 's vpon him , but not dead .", "Looke out o'th other side your Monument ,", "His Guard haue brought him thither .", "Enter Anthony , and the Guard .", "Oh Sunne ,", "Burne the great Sphere thou mou'st in , darkling stand", "The varrying shore o'th \u2019 world . O Antony , Antony , Antony", "Helpe Charmian , helpe Iras helpe : helpe Friends", "Below , let 's draw him hither", "So it should be ,", "That none but Anthony should conquer Anthony ,", "But woe \u2018 tis so", "I dare not Deere ,", "Deere my Lord pardon : I dare not ,", "Least I be taken : nor th \u2019 Imperious shew", "Of the full-Fortun 'd Caesar , euer shall", "Be brooch 'd with me , if Knife , Drugges , Serpents haue", "Edge , sting , or operation . I am safe :", "Your Wife Octauia , with her modest eyes ,", "And still Conclusion , shall acquire no Honour", "Demuring vpon me : but come , come Anthony ,", "Helpe me my women , we must draw thee vp :", "Assist good Friends", "Heere 's sport indeede :", "How heauy weighes my Lord ?", "Our strength is all gone into heauinesse ,", "That makes the waight . Had I great Iuno 's power ,", "The strong wing 'd Mercury should fetch thee vp ,", "And set thee by Ioues side . Yet come a little ,", "Wishers were euer Fooles . Oh come , come , come ,", "They heaue Anthony aloft to Cleopatra .", "And welcome , welcome . Dye when thou hast liu 'd ,", "Quicken with kissing : had my lippes that power ,", "Thus would I weare them out", "No , let me speake , and let me rayle so hye ,", "That the false Huswife Fortune , breake her Wheele ,", "Prouok 'd by my offence", "They do not go together", "My Resolution , and my hands , Ile trust ,", "None about Caesar", "Noblest of men , woo't dye ?", "Hast thou no care of me , shall I abide", "In this dull world , which in thy absence is", "No better then a Stye ? Oh see my women :", "The Crowne o'th \u2019 earth doth melt . My Lord ?", "Oh wither 'd is the Garland of the Warre ,", "The Souldiers pole is falne : young Boyes and Gyrles", "Are leuell now with men : The oddes is gone ,", "And there is nothing left remarkeable", "Beneath the visiting Moone", "No more but in a Woman , and commanded", "By such poore passion , as the Maid that Milkes ,", "And doe 's the meanest chares . It were for me ,", "To throw my Scepter at the iniurious Gods ,", "To tell them that this World did equall theyrs ,", "Till they had stolne our Iewell . All 's but naught :", "Patience is sortish , and impatience does", "Become a Dogge that 's mad : Then is it sinne ,", "To rush into the secret house of death ,", "Ere death dare come to vs. How do you Women ?", "What , what good cheere ? Why how now Charmian ?", "My Noble Gyrles ? Ah Women , women ! Looke", "Our Lampe is spent , it 's out . Good sirs , take heart ,", "Wee'l bury him : And then , what 's braue , what 's Noble ,", "Let 's doo't after the high Roman fashion ,", "And make death proud to take vs. Come , away ,", "This case of that huge Spirit now is cold .", "Ah Women , Women ! Come , we haue no Friend", "But Resolution , and the breefest end .", "My desolation does begin to make", "A better life : Tis paltry to be Caesar :", "Not being Fortune , hee 's but Fortunes knaue ,", "A minister of her will : and it is great", "To do that thing that ends all other deeds ,", "Which shackles accedents , and bolts vp change ;", "Which sleepes , and neuer pallates more the dung ,", "The beggers Nurse , and Caesars .", "Enter Proculeius .", "What 's thy name ? Pro . My name is Proculeius", "Anthony", "Did tell me of you , bad me trust you , but", "I do not greatly care to be deceiu 'd", "That haue no vse for trusting . If your Master", "Would haue a Queene his begger , you must tell him ,", "That Maiesty to keepe decorum , must", "No lesse begge then a Kingdome : If he please", "To giue me conquer 'd Egypt for my Sonne ,", "He giues me so much of mine owne , as I", "Will kneele to him with thankes", "Pray you tell him ,", "I am his Fortunes Vassall , and I send him", "The Greatnesse he has got . I hourely learne", "A Doctrine of Obedience , and would gladly", "Looke him i'th \u2019 Face", "Quicke , quicke , good hands", "What of death too that rids our dogs of languish", "Pro . Cleopatra , do not abuse my Masters bounty , by", "Th \u2019 vndoing of your selfe : Let the World see", "His Noblenesse well acted , which your death", "Will neuer let come forth", "Where art thou Death ?", "Come hither come ; Come , come , and take a Queene", "Worth many Babes and Beggers", "Sir , I will eate no meate , Ile not drinke sir ,", "If idle talke will once be necessary", "Ile not sleepe neither . This mortall house Ile ruine ,", "Do Caesar what he can . Know sir , that I", "Will not waite pinnion 'd at your Masters Court ,", "Nor once be chastic 'd with the sober eye", "Of dull Octauia . Shall they hoyst me vp ,", "And shew me to the showting Varlotarie", "Of censuring Rome ? Rather a ditch in Egypt .", "Be gentle graue vnto me , rather on Nylus mudde", "Lay me starke-nak 'd , and let the water-Flies", "Blow me into abhorring ; rather make", "My Countries high pyramides my Gibbet ,", "And hang me vp in Chaines", "Say , I would dye", "I cannot tell", "No matter sir , what I haue heard or knowne :", "You laugh when Boyes or Women tell their Dreames ,", "Is't not your tricke ?", "Dol . I vnderstand not , Madam", "I dreampt there was an Emperor Anthony .", "Oh such another sleepe , that I might see", "But such another man", "His face was as the Heau'ns , and therein stucke", "A Sunne and Moone , which kept their course , & lighted", "The little o'th \u2019 earth", "His legges bestrid the Ocean , his rear 'd arme", "Crested the world : His voyce was propertied", "As all the tuned Spheres , and that to Friends :", "But when he meant to quaile , and shake the Orbe ,", "He was as ratling Thunder . For his Bounty ,", "There was no winter i n't . An Anthony it was ,", "That grew the more by reaping : His delights", "Were Dolphin-like , they shew 'd his backe aboue", "The Element they liu 'd in : In his Liuery", "Walk 'd Crownes and Crownets : Realms & Islands were", "As plates dropt from his pocket", "Thinke you there was , or might be such a man", "As this I dreampt of ?", "Dol . Gentle Madam , no", "You Lye vp to the hearing of the Gods :", "But if there be , not euer were one such", "It 's past the size of dreaming : Nature wants stuffe", "To vie strange formes with fancie , yet t \u2019 imagine", "An Anthony were Natures peece , \u2018 gainst Fancie ,", "Condemning shadowes quite", "I thanke you sir :", "Know you what Caesar meanes to do with me ?", "Dol . I am loath to tell you what , I would you knew", "Nay pray you sir", "Hee'l leade me then in Triumph", "kneeles .", "Sir , the Gods will haue it thus ,", "My Master and my Lord I must obey ,", "Caesar . Take to you no hard thoughts ,", "The Record of what iniuries you did vs ,", "Though written in our flesh , we shall remember", "As things but done by chance", "Sole Sir o'th \u2019 World ,", "I cannot proiect mine owne cause so well", "To make it cleare , but do confesse I haue", "Bene laden with like frailties , which before", "Haue often sham 'd our Sex", "And may through all the world : tis yours , & we your Scutcheons , and your signes of Conquest shall Hang in what place you please . Here my good Lord", "This is the breefe : of Money , Plate , & Iewels", "I am possest of , \u2018 tis exactly valewed ,", "Not petty things admitted . Where 's Seleucus ?", "Seleu . Heere Madam", "This is my Treasurer , let him speake", "Vpon his perill , that I haue reseru 'd", "To my selfe nothing . Speake the truth Seleucus", "What haue I kept backe", "See Caesar : Oh behold ,", "How pompe is followed : Mine will now be yours ,", "And should we shift estates , yours would be mine .", "The ingratitude of this Seleucus , does", "Euen make me wilde . Oh Slaue , of no more trust", "Then loue that 's hyr 'd ? What goest thou backe , y shalt", "Go backe I warrant thee : but Ile catch thine eyes", "Though they had wings . Slaue , Soule-lesse , Villain , Dog .", "O rarely base !", "Caesar . Good Queene , let vs intreat you", "O Caesar , what a wounding shame is this ,", "That thou vouchsafing heere to visit me ,", "Doing the Honour of thy Lordlinesse", "To one so meeke , that mine owne Seruant should", "Parcell the summe of my disgraces , by", "Addition of his Enuy . Say", "That I some Lady trifles haue reseru 'd ,", "Immoment toyes , things of such Dignitie", "As we greet moderne Friends withall , and say", "Some Nobler token I haue kept apart", "For Liuia and Octauia , to induce", "Their mediation , must I be vnfolded", "With one that I haue bred : The Gods ! it smites me", "Beneath the fall I haue . Prythee go hence ,", "Or I shall shew the Cynders of my spirits", "Through th \u2019 Ashes of my chance : Wer't thou a man ,", "Thou would'st haue mercy on me", "Be it known , that we the greatest are mis-thoght", "For things that others do : and when we fall ,", "We answer others merits , in our name", "Are therefore to be pittied", "My Master , and my Lord", "He words me Gyrles , he words me ,", "That I should not be Noble to my selfe .", "But hearke thee Charmian", "Hye thee againe ,", "I haue spoke already , and it is prouided ,", "Go put it to the haste", "Dolabella", "Dolabella , I shall remaine your debter", "Farewell , and thankes .", "Now Iras , what think'st thou ?", "Thou , an Egyptian Puppet shall be shewne", "In Rome aswell as I : Mechanicke Slaues", "With greazie Aprons , Rules , and Hammers shall", "Vplift vs to the view . In their thicke breathes ,", "Ranke of grosse dyet , shall we be enclowded ,", "And forc 'd to drinke their vapour", "Nay , \u2018 tis most certaine Iras : sawcie Lictors", "Will catch at vs like Strumpets , and scald Rimers", "Ballads vs out a Tune . The quicke Comedians", "Extemporally will stage vs , and present", "Our Alexandrian Reuels : Anthony", "Shall be brought drunken forth , and I shall see", "Some squeaking Cleopatra Boy my greatnesse", "I'th \u2019 posture of a Whore", "Why that 's the way to foole their preparation ,", "And to conquer their most absurd intents .", "Enter Charmian .", "Now Charmian .", "Shew me my Women like a Queene : Go fetch", "My best Attyres . I am againe for Cidrus ,", "To meete Marke Anthony . Sirra Iras , go", "And when thou hast done this chare , Ile giue thee leaue", "To play till Doomesday : bring our Crowne , and all .", "A noise within .", "Wherefore 's this noise ?", "Enter a Guardsman .", "Let him come in .", "Exit Guardsman .", "What poore an Instrument", "May do a Noble deede : he brings me liberty :", "My Resolution 's plac 'd , and I haue nothing", "Of woman in me : Now from head to foote", "I am Marble constant : now the fleeting Moone", "No Planet is of mine .", "Enter Guardsman , and Clowne .", "Auoid , and leaue him . Exit Guardsman . Hast thou the pretty worme of Nylus there , That killes and paines not ? Clow . Truly I haue him : but I would not be the partie that should desire you to touch him , for his byting is immortall : those that doe dye of it , doe seldome or neuer recouer", "Remember'st thou any that haue dyed o n't ? Clow . Very many , men and women too . I heard of one of them no longer then yesterday , a very honest woman , but something giuen to lye , as a woman should not do , but in the way of honesty , how she dyed of the byting of it , what paine she felt : Truely , she makes a verie good report o'th \u2019 worme : but he that wil beleeue all that they say , shall neuer be saued by halfe that they do : but this is most falliable , the Worme 's an odde Worme", "Get thee hence , farewell", "Farewell", "I , I , farewell", "Take thou no care , it shall be heeded", "Will it eate me ? Clow . You must not think I am so simple , but I know the diuell himselfe will not eate a woman : I know , that a woman is a dish for the Gods , if the diuell dresse her not . But truly , these same whorson diuels doe the Gods great harme in their women : for in euery tenne that they make , the diuels marre fiue", "Well , get thee gone , farewell", "Giue me my Robe , put on my Crowne , I haue", "Immortall longings in me . Now no more", "The iuyce of Egypts Grape shall moyst this lip .", "Yare , yare , good Iras ; quicke : Me thinkes I heare", "Anthony call : I see him rowse himselfe", "To praise my Noble Act . I heare him mock", "The lucke of Caesar , which the Gods giue men", "To excuse their after wrath . Husband , I come :", "Now to that name , my Courage proue my Title .", "I am Fire , and Ayre ; my other Elements", "I giue to baser life . So , haue you done ?", "Come then , and take the last warmth of my Lippes .", "Farewell kinde Charmian , Iras , long farewell .", "Haue I the Aspicke in my lippes ? Dost fall ?", "If thou , and Nature can so gently part ,", "The stroke of death is as a Louers pinch ,", "Which hurts , and is desir 'd . Dost thou lye still ?", "If thus thou vanishest , thou tell'st the world ,", "It is not worth leaue-taking", "This proues me base :", "If she first meete the Curled Anthony ,", "Hee'l make demand of her , and spend that kisse", "Which is my heauen to haue . Come thou mortal wretch ,", "With thy sharpe teeth this knot intrinsicate ,", "Of life at once vntye : Poore venomous Foole ,", "Be angry , and dispatch . Oh could'st thou speake ,", "That I might heare thee call great Caesar Asse , vnpolicied", "Peace , peace :", "Dost thou not see my Baby at my breast ,", "That suckes the Nurse asleepe"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 16, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["See you them that comes yonder , Master Greene ?", "The one I know not , but he seems a knave", "Chiefly for bearing the other company ;", "For such a slave , so vile a rogue as he ,", "Lives not again upon the earth .", "Black Will is his name . I tell you , Master Greene ,", "At Boulogne he and I were fellow-soldiers ,", "Where he played such pranks", "As all the camp feared him for his villainy 10", "I warrant you he bears so bad a mind", "That for a crown he 'll murder any man .", "O Will , times are changed : no fellows now ,", "Though we were once together in the field ;", "Yet thy friend to do thee any good I can .", "Ay , Will , those days are past with me . 27", "To London , Will , about a piece of service ,", "Wherein haply thou mayest pleasure me .", "Of late Lord Cheiny lost some plate ,", "Which one did bring and sold it at my shop ,", "Saying he served Sir Antony Cooke . 40", "A search was made , the plate was found with me ,", "And I am bound to answer at the \u2018 size .", "Now , Lord Cheiny solemnly vows , if law", "Will serve him , he 'll hang me for his plate .", "Now I am going to London upon hope", "To find the fellow . Now , Will , I know", "Thou art acquainted with such companions .", "A lean-faced writhen knave ,", "Hawk-nosed and very hollow-eyed , 50", "With mighty furrows in his stormy brows ;", "Long hair down his shoulders curled ;", "His chin was bare , but on his upper lip", "A mutchado , which he wound about his ear .", "A watchet satin doublet all-to torn ,", "The inner side did bear the greater show ;", "A pair of thread-bare velvet hose , seam rent ,", "A worsted stocking rent above the shoe ,", "A livery cloak , but all the lace was off ; 60", "\u2018 Twas bad , but yet it served to hide the plate .", "Who , I pray thee , good Will ?", "Why , then let Lord Cheiny seek Jack Fitten forth ,", "For I 'll back and tell him who robbed him of his plate .", "This cheers my heart ; Master Greene , I 'll leave you ,", "For I must to the Isle of Sheppy with speed .", "That will I , Master Greene , and so farewell . 80", "Here , Will , there 's a crown for thy good news .", "I have little news , but here 's a letter", "That Master Greene importuned me to give you .", "How now , Mistress Arden ? what ail you weep ?", "Faith , friend Michael , and thou sayest true . Therefore I pray thee light 's forth and lend 's a link .", "Mistress Arden , you are now going to God ,", "And I am by the law condemned to die", "About a letter I brought from Master Greene .", "I pray you , Mistress Arden , speak the truth :", "Was I ever privy to your intent or no .", "My blood be on his head that gave the sentence ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 17, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Raina \u2014Raina \u2014Why , where \u2014Heavens ! child , are you out in the night air instead of in your bed ? You 'll catch your death . Louka told me you were asleep .", "Such news . There has been a battle !", "A great battle at Slivnitza ! A victory ! And it was won by Sergius .", "Of course : he sent me the news . Sergius is the hero of the hour , the idol of the regiment .", "You can n't guess how splendid it is . A cavalry charge \u2014 think of that ! He defied our Russian commanders \u2014 acted without orders \u2014 led a charge on his own responsibility \u2014 headed it himself \u2014 was the first man to sweep through their guns . Ca n't you see it , Raina ; our gallant splendid Bulgarians with their swords and eyes flashing , thundering down like an avalanche and scattering the wretched Servian dandies like chaff . And you \u2014 you kept Sergius waiting a year before you would be betrothed to him . Oh , if you have a drop of Bulgarian blood in your veins , you will worship him when he comes back .", "Our ideas real ! What do you mean ?", "Do n't ask me for promises until I know what I am promising .", "A poor figure ! Shame on you ! The Servians have Austrian officers who are just as clever as our Russians ; but we have beaten them in every battle for all that .", "I must see that everything is made safe downstairs .", "Oh , no , dear , you must keep them fastened . You would be sure to drop off to sleep and leave them open . Make them fast , Louka .", "Quite the wisest thing you can do , my love . Good-night .", "Go to bed , dear ; and do n't think of them .", "Raina , darling , are you safe ? Have you seen anyone or heard anything ?", "I have found a Russian officer , thank Heaven : he knows Sergius .Sir , will you come in now ! My daughter is ready .", ", Here ! Then he must have climbed down from the \u2014", "Well !He 's fast asleep . The brute !", "Sir !Sir ! !Sir !! !", "The poor dear ! Raina !! !", "My dear Paul , what a surprise for us .Have they brought you fresh coffee ?", "The war over ! Paul : have you let the Austrians force you to make peace ?", "Peace !", "You could have annexed Servia and made Prince", "Alexander Emperor of the Balkans . That 's what I would have done .", "Ah !", "Oh , my usual sore throats , that 's all .", "Nonsense , Paul !", "You are a barbarian at heart still , Paul . I hope you behaved yourself before all those Russian officers .", "Ah ; but you did n't tell them that we have an electric bell in it ? I have had one put up .", "You touch a button ; something tinkles in the kitchen ; and then Nicola comes up .", "Civilized people never shout for their servants . I 've learnt that while you were away .", "Oh , that 's absurd , Paul : I do n't believe really refined people notice such things .", "Oh , do n't shout , Paul : it really is n't nice .", "He certainly ought to be promoted when he marries Raina . Besides , the country should insist on having at least one native general .", "My dear Sergius !", "You look superb \u2014 splendid . The campaign has improved you . Everybody here is mad about you . We were all wild with enthusiasm about that magnificent cavalry charge .", "How so ?", "You shall not remain so , Sergius . The women are on your side ; and they will see that justice is done you .", "Oh , you must withdraw it !", "Yes : she listens for it . It is an abominable habit .", "And so you 're no longer a soldier , Sergius .", "A Swiss ? What was he doing in the Servian army ?", "Oh , Raina , what a silly question !", "She is right , Sergius . If such women exist , we should be spared the knowledge of them .", "Oh , Paul , can n't you spare Sergius for a few moments ? Raina has hardly seen him yet . Perhaps I can help you to settle about the regiments .", "You stay here , my dear Sergius : there 's no hurry . I have a word or two to say to Paul .Now , dear, come and see the electric bell .", "I am sorry to disturb you , children ; but Paul is distracted over those three regiments . He does not know how to get them to Phillipopolis ; and he objects to every suggestion of mine . You must go and help him , Sergius . He is in the library .", "Imagine their meeting that Swiss and hearing the whole story ! The very first thing your father asked for was the old coat we sent him off in . A nice mess you have got us into !", "Little beast ! What little beast ?", "Do n't talk nonsense . Tell me the truth , Raina . How long was he in your room before you came to me ?", "You cannot forget ! Did he really climb up after the soldiers were gone , or was he there when that officer searched the room ?", "You think ! Oh , Raina , Raina ! Will anything ever make you straightforward ? If Sergius finds out , it is all over between you .", "Well , upon my word !", "And what should I be able to say to your father , pray ?", "Oh , if you were only ten years younger !Well ?", "A Servian ! How dare he \u2014Oh , I forgot . We are at peace now . I suppose we shall have them calling every day to pay their compliments . Well , if he is an officer why do n't you tell your master ? He is in the library with Major Saranoff . Why do you come to me ?", "\u201c Captain Bluntschli ! \u201d That 's a German name .", "Swiss ! What is he like ?", "Oh , Heavens , he 's come to return the coat ! Send him away \u2014 say we 're not at home \u2014 ask him to leave his address and I 'll write to him \u2014 Oh , stop : that will never do . Wait !The master and Major Saranoff are busy in the library , are n't they ?", "Bring the gentleman out here at once .And be very polite to him . Do n't delay . Hereleave that here ; and go straight back to him .", "Louka !", "Is the library door shut ?", "If not , shut it as you pass through .", "Stop !He will have to go out that wayTell Nicola to bring his bag here after him . Do n't forget .", "Yes , here , as soon as possible .Be quick !Oh , how \u2014 how \u2014 how can a man be such a fool ! Such a moment to select !Captain Bluntschli , I am very glad to see you ; but you must leave this house at once .My husband has just returned , with my future son-in-law ; and they know nothing . If they did , the consequences would be terrible . You are a foreigner : you do not feel our national animosities as we do . We still hate the Servians : the only effect of the peace on my husband is to make him feel like a lion baulked of his prey . If he discovered our secret , he would never forgive me ; and my daughter 's life would hardly be safe . Will you , like the chivalrous gentleman and soldier you are , leave at once before he finds you here ?", "Oh , you must not think of going back that way .This is the shortest way out . Many thanks . So glad to have been of service to you . Good-bye .", "It will be sent on . You will leave me your address .", "Oh Heavens !", "Oh , quite as a friend , Paul . I was just asking Captain Bluntschli to stay to lunch ; but he declares he must go at once .", "My dear Raina , do n't you see that we have a guest here \u2014 Captain Bluntschli , one of our new Servian friends ?", "Oh , whilst you were away . It is her latest fancy .", "My orders ! Why should I order you to bring Captain Bluntschli 's luggage out here ? What are you thinking of , Nicola ?", "Oh , never mind , Paul , do n't be angry !", "Of course I shall be only too delighted ifCaptain Bluntschli really wishes to stay . He knows my wishes .", "You can stop interrupting , Paul .", "What is that ?", "My dear Paul , how absurd you are about that old coat ! It must be hanging in the blue closet where you left it .", "Nicola : go to the blue closet and bring your master 's old coat here \u2014 the braided one he usually wears in the house .", "Yes , Paul ?", "Done , Paul .", "Do n't be foolish , Paul . An Arabian mare will cost you 50 , 000 levas .", "Where was it , Nicola ?", "Paul !", "I daresay I had better . You will only splutter at them .", "What does this mean ?", "Marry Louka ! Sergius : you are bound by your word to us !", "Louka : you have been telling stories .", "Raina !", "I doubt , sir , whether you quite realize either my daughter 's position or that of Major Sergius Saranoff , whose place you propose to take . The Petkoffs and the Saranoffs are known as the richest and most important families in the country . Our position is almost historical : we can go back for nearly twenty years .", "My daughter , sir , is accustomed to a first-rate stable .", "Then Captain Bluntschli , since you are my daughter 's choice , I shall not stand in the way of her happiness .That is Major Petkoff 's feeling also ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 18, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["As I remember , Adam , it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns , and , as thou say'st , charged my brother , on his blessing , to breed me well ; and there begins my sadness . My brother Jaques he keeps at school , and report speaks goldenly of his profit . For my part , he keeps me rustically at home , or , to speak more properly , stays me here at home unkept ; for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth that differs not from the stalling of an ox ? His horses are bred better ; for , besides that they are fair with their feeding , they are taught their manage , and to that end riders dearly hir 'd ; but I , his brother , gain nothing under him but growth ; for the which his animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as I . Besides this nothing that he so plentifully gives me , the something that nature gave me his countenance seems to take from me . He lets me feed with his hinds , bars me the place of a brother , and as much as in him lies , mines my gentility with my education . This is it , Adam , that grieves me ; and the spirit of my father , which I think is within me , begins to mutiny against this servitude . I will no longer endure it , though yet I know no wise remedy how to avoid it .", "Go apart , Adam , and thou shalt hear how he will shake me up .", "Nothing ; I am not taught to make any thing .", "Marry , sir , I am helping you to mar that which God made , a poor unworthy brother of yours , with idleness .", "Shall I keep your hogs , and eat husks with them ? What prodigal portion have I spent that I should come to such penury ?", "O , sir , very well ; here in your orchard .", "Ay , better than him I am before knows me . I know you are my eldest brother ; and in the gentle condition of blood , you should so know me . The courtesy of nations allows you my better in that you are the first-born ; but the same tradition takes not away my blood , were there twenty brothers betwixt us . I have as much of my father in me as you , albeit I confess your coming before me is nearer to his reverence .", "Come , come , elder brother , you are too young in this .", "I am no villain ; I am the youngest son of Sir Rowland de", "I will not , till I please ; you shall hear me . My father charg 'd you in his will to give me good education : you have train 'd me like a peasant , obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities . The spirit of my father grows strong in me , and I will no longer endure it ; therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman , or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament ; with that I will go buy my fortunes .", "I no further offend you than becomes me for my good .", "I attend them with all respect and duty .", "No , fair Princess ; he is the general challenger . I come but in , as others do , to try with him the strength of my youth .", "I beseech you , punish me not with your hard thoughts , wherein I confess me much guilty to deny so fair and excellent ladies any thing . But let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go with me to my trial ; wherein if I be foil 'd there is but one sham 'd that was never gracious ; if kill 'd , but one dead that is willing to be so . I shall do my friends no wrong , for I have none to lament me ; the world no injury , for in it I have nothing ; only in the world I fill up a place , which may be better supplied when I have made it empty .", "Ready , sir ; but his will hath in it a more modest working .", "You mean to mock me after ; you should not have mock 'd me before ; but come your ways .", "Yes , I beseech your Grace ; I am not yet well breath 'd .", "Orlando , my liege ; the youngest son of Sir Rowland de", "Boys .", "I am more proud to be Sir Rowland 's son ,", "His youngest son - and would not change that calling", "To be adopted heir to Frederick .", "Can I not say \u2018 I thank you \u2019 ? My better parts", "Are all thrown down ; and that which here stands up", "Is but a quintain , a mere lifeless block .", "What passion hangs these weights upon my tongue ? I cannot speak to her , yet she urg 'd conference . O poor Orlando , thou art overthrown ! Or Charles or something weaker masters thee . Re-enter LE BEAU", "I thank you , sir ; and pray you tell me this :", "Which of the two was daughter of the Duke", "That here was at the wrestling ?", "I rest much bounden to you ; fare you well .", "Who 's there ?", "Why , what 's the matter ?", "Why , whither , Adam , wouldst thou have me go ?", "What , wouldst thou have me go and beg my food ,", "Or with a base and boist'rous sword enforce", "A thievish living on the common road ?", "This I must do , or know not what to do ;", "Yet this I will not do , do how I can .", "I rather will subject me to the malice", "Of a diverted blood and bloody brother .", "O good old man , how well in thee appears", "The constant service of the antique world ,", "When service sweat for duty , not for meed !", "Thou art not for the fashion of these times ,", "Where none will sweat but for promotion ,", "And having that do choke their service up", "Even with the having ; it is not so with thee .", "But , poor old man , thou prun'st a rotten tree", "That cannot so much as a blossom yield", "In lieu of all thy pains and husbandry .", "But come thy ways , we 'll go along together ,", "And ere we have thy youthful wages spent", "We 'll light upon some settled low content .", "Why , how now , Adam ! No greater heart in thee ? Live a little ; comfort a little ; cheer thyself a little . If this uncouth forest yield anything savage , I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee . Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers . For my sake be comfortable ; hold death awhile at the arm 's end . I will here be with the presently ; and if I bring thee not something to eat , I will give thee leave to die ; but if thou diest before I come , thou art a mocker of my labour . Well said ! thou look'st cheerly ; and I 'll be with thee quickly . Yet thou liest in the bleak air . Come , I will bear thee to some shelter ; and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinner , if there live anything in this desert . Cheerly , good Adam ! Exeunt SCENE VII . The forest A table set out . Enter DUKE SENIOR , AMIENS , and LORDS , like outlaws", "Forbear , and eat no more .", "Nor shalt not , till necessity be serv 'd .", "You touch 'd my vein at first : the thorny point", "Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show", "Of smooth civility ; yet arn I inland bred ,", "And know some nurture . But forbear , I say ;", "He dies that touches any of this fruit", "Till I and my affairs are answered .", "I almost die for food , and let me have it .", "Speak you so gently ? Pardon me , I pray you ;", "I thought that all things had been savage here ,", "And therefore put I on the countenance", "Of stern commandment . But whate'er you are", "That in this desert inaccessible ,", "Under the shade of melancholy boughs ,", "Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ;", "If ever you have look 'd on better days ,", "If ever been where bells have knoll 'd to church ,", "If ever sat at any good man 's feast ,", "If ever from your eyelids wip 'd a tear ,", "And know what \u2018 tis to pity and be pitied ,", "Let gentleness my strong enforcement be ;", "In the which hope I blush , and hide my sword .", "Then but forbear your food a little while ,", "Whiles , like a doe , I go to find my fawn ,", "And give it food . There is an old poor man", "Who after me hath many a weary step", "Limp 'd in pure love ; till he be first suffic 'd ,", "Oppress 'd with two weak evils , age and hunger ,", "I will not touch a bit .", "I thank ye ; and be blest for your good comfort !", "I thank you most for him .", "Hang there , my verse , in witness of my love ;", "And thou , thrice-crowned Queen of Night , survey", "With thy chaste eye , from thy pale sphere above ,", "Thy huntress \u2019 name that my full life doth sway .", "O Rosalind ! these trees shall be my books ,", "And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character ,", "That every eye which in this forest looks", "Shall see thy virtue witness 'd every where .", "Run , run , Orlando ; carve on every tree ,", "The fair , the chaste , and unexpressive she . Exit", "And so had I ; but yet , for fashion sake , I thank you too for your society .", "I do desire we may be better strangers .", "I pray you mar no more of my verses with reading them ill-favouredly .", "Yes , just .", "There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christen 'd .", "Just as high as my heart .", "Not so ; but I answer you right painted cloth , from whence you have studied your questions .", "I will chide no breather in the world but myself , against whom I know most faults .", "\u2018 Tis a fault I will not change for your best virtue . I am weary of you .", "He is drown 'd in the brook ; look but in , and you shall see him .", "Which I take to be either a fool or a cipher .", "I am glad of your departure ; adieu , good Monsieur", "Melancholy .", "Very well ; what would you ?", "You should ask me what time o \u2019 day ; there 's no clock in the forest .", "And why not the swift foot of Time ? Had not that been as proper ?", "I prithee , who doth he trot withal ?", "Who ambles Time withal ?", "Who doth he gallop withal ?", "Who stays it still withal ?", "Where dwell you , pretty youth ?", "Are you native of this place ?", "Your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling .", "Can you remember any of the principal evils that he laid to the charge of women ?", "I prithee recount some of them .", "I am he that is so love-shak 'd ; I pray you tell me your remedy .", "What were his marks ?", "Fair youth , I would I could make thee believe I love .", "I swear to thee , youth , by the white hand of Rosalind , I am that he , that unfortunate he .", "Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much .", "Did you ever cure any so ?", "I would not be cured , youth .", "Now , by the faith of my love , I will . Tell me where it is .", "With all my heart , good youth .", "Good day , and happiness , dear Rosalind !", "My fair Rosalind , I come within an hour of my promise .", "Pardon me , dear Rosalind .", "Of a snail !", "What 's that ?", "Virtue is no horn-maker ; and my Rosalind is virtuous .", "I would kiss before I spoke .", "How if the kiss be denied ?", "Who could be out , being before his beloved mistress ?", "What , of my suit ?", "I take some joy to say you are , because I would be talking of her .", "Then , in mine own person , I die .", "I would not have my right Rosalind of this mind ; for , I protest , her frown might kill me .", "Then love me , Rosalind .", "And wilt thou have me ?", "What sayest thou ?", "I hope so .", "Pray thee , marry us .", "I will .", "Why , now ; as fast as she can marry us .", "I take thee , Rosalind , for wife .", "So do all thoughts ; they are wing 'd .", "For ever and a day .", "But will my Rosalind do so ?", "O , but she is wise .", "A man that had a wife with such a wit , he might say \u2018 Wit , whither wilt ? \u2019 ROSALIND . Nay , you might keep that check for it , till you met your wife 's wit going to your neighbour 's bed .", "And what wit could wit have to excuse that ?", "For these two hours , Rosalind , I will leave thee .", "I must attend the Duke at dinner ; by two o'clock I will be with thee again .", "Ay , sweet Rosalind .", "With no less religion than if thou wert indeed my", "Rosalind ; so , adieu .", "Is't possible that on so little acquaintance you should like her ? that but seeing you should love her ? and loving woo ? and , wooing , she should grant ? and will you persever to enjoy her ?", "You have my consent . Let your wedding be to-morrow . Thither will I invite the Duke and all 's contented followers . Go you and prepare Aliena ; for , look you , here comes my Rosalind .", "It is my arm .", "Wounded it is , but with the eyes of a lady .", "Ay , and greater wonders than that .", "They shall be married to-morrow ; and I will bid the Duke to the nuptial . But , O , how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man 's eyes ! By so much the more shall I to-morrow be at the height of heart-heaviness , by how much I shall think my brother happy in having what he wishes for .", "I can live no longer by thinking .", "Speak'st thou in sober meanings ?", "And I for Rosalind .", "And I for Rosalind .", "And so am I for Rosalind .", "If this be so , why blame you me to love you ?", "To her that is not here , nor doth not hear .", "Nor I. Exeunt", "I sometimes do believe and sometimes do not :", "As those that fear they hope , and know they fear .", "That would I , were I of all kingdoms king .", "My lord , the first time that I ever saw him", "Methought he was a brother to your daughter .", "But , my good lord , this boy is forest-born ,", "And hath been tutor 'd in the rudiments", "Of many desperate studies by his uncle ,", "Whom he reports to be a great magician ,", "Obscured in the circle of this forest .", "If there be truth in sight , you are my Rosalind ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 19, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["A pretty conceit , and worth the finding ! I have such luck to spin out these fine things still , and , like a silk-worm , out of my self . Here 's master Bartholomew Cokes , of Harrow o \u2019 the Hill , in the county of Middlesex , esquire , takes forth his license to marry mistress Grace Wellborn , of the said place and county : and when does he take it forth ? to-day ! the four and twentieth of August ! Bartholomew-day ! Bartholomew upon Bartholomew ! there 's the device ! who would have marked such a leap-frog chance now ! A very . . . less than ames-ace , on two dice ! Well , go thy ways , John Littlewit , proctor John Littlewit : one of the pretty wits of Paul 's , the Littlewit of London , so thou art called , and something beside . When a quirk or a quiblin does \u2018 scape thee , and thou dost not watch and apprehend it , and bring it afore the constable of conceit ,let them carry thee out o \u2019 the archdeacon 's court into his kitchen , and make a Jack of thee , instead of a John . There I am again la !\u2014 Enter MRS. LITTLEWIT . Win , good-morrow , Win ; ay , marry , Win , now you look finely indeed , Win ! this cap does convince ! You 'd not have worn it , Win , nor have had it velvet , but a rough country beaver , with a copper band , like the coney-skin woman of Budge-row ; sweet Win , let me kiss it ! And her fine high shoes , like the Spanish lady ! Good Win , go a little , I would fain see thee pace , pretty Win ; by this fine cap , I could never leave kissing o n't .", "No , but half a one , Win , you are the t'other half : man and wife make one fool , Win . Good ! Is there the proctor , or doctor indeed , in the diocese , that ever had the fortune to win him such a Win ! There I am again ! I do feel conceits coming upon me , more than I am able to turn tongue to . A pox o \u2019 these pretenders to wit ! your Three Cranes , Mitre and Mermaid men ! not a corn of true salt , not a grain of right mustard amongst them all . They may stand for places , or so , again the next wit-fall , and pay two-pence in a quart more for their canary than other men . But give me the man can start up a justice of wit out of six shillings beer , and give the law to all the poets and poet-suckers in town :\u2014 because they are the player 's gossips ! \u2018 Slid ! other men have wives as fine as the players , and as well drest . Come hither , Win !", "Troth , I am a little taken with my Win 's dressing here : does it not fine , master Winwife ? How do you apprehend , sir ? she would not have worn this habit . I challenge all Cheapside to shew such another : Moorfields , Pimlico-path , or the Exchange , in a summer evening , with a lace to boot , as this has . Dear Win , let master Winwife kiss you . He comes a wooing to our mother , Win , and may be our father perhaps , Win . There 's no harm in him , Win .", "I envy no man my delicates , sir .", "Good , i'faith ! now dulness upon me , that I had not that before him , that I should not light o n't as well as he ! velvet head !", "Ay , we know you are a suitor , sir ; Win and I both wish you well : By this license here , would you had her , that your two names were as fast in it as here are a couple ! Win would fain have a fine young father-i \u2019 - law , with a feather ; that her mother might hood it and chain it with mistress Overdo . But you do not take the right course , master Winwife .", "You are not mad enough .", "I say nothing , but I wink upon Win . You have a friend , one master", "Quarlous , comes here sometimes .", "Not a tokenworth that ever I saw , I assure you : but \u2014", "He is the more mad-cap of the two . You do not apprehend me .", "Let me out with it , dear Win .", "Do , and take all the thanks , and much good do thy pretty heart ,", "Win .", "Ay , but it must be a gentleman madman .", "Yes , and has been at Bedlam twice since every day , to inquire if any gentleman be there , or to come there mad .", "I tell her so ; or else , say I , that they mean some young madcap gentleman ; for the devil can equivocate as well as a shop keeper : and therefore would I advise you to be a little madder than master Quarlous hereafter .", "Stirring ! yes , and studying an old elder come from Banbury , a suitor that puts in here at meal tide , to praise the painful brethren , or pray that the sweet singers may be restored ; says a grace as long as his breath lasts him ! Some time the spirit is so strong with him , it gets quite out of him , and then my mother , or Win , are fain to fetch it again with malmsey or aqua coelestis .", "He cannot abide my vocation , he says .", "Every line , he says , that a proctor writes , when it comes to be read in the bishop 's court , is a long black hair , kemb 'd out of the tail of Antichrist .", "Some three days since .", "Do you remember , master Quarlous , what we discoursed on last night ?", "No ! not concerning Win ? look you , there she is , and drest , as I told you she should be : hark you , sir ,had you forgot ?", "Why , sir ?", "O Win , fie , what do you mean , Win ? be womanly , Win ; make an outcry to your mother , Win ! master Quarlous is an honest gentleman , and our worshipful good friend , Win ; and he is master Winwife 's friend too : and master Winwife comes a suitor to your mother , Win ; as I told you before , Win , and may perhaps be our father , Win : they 'll do you no harm , Win ; they are both our worshipful good friends . Master Quarlous ! you must know master Quarlous , Win ; you must not quarrel with master Quarlous , Win .", "Yes , do , good Win .", "A fool-John , she calls me ; do you mark that , gentlemen ? pretty", "Littlewit of velvet ? a fool-John .", "Sir !\u2014 Good Win go in , and if master Bartholomew Cokes , his man , come for the license ,let him speak with me .\u2014 What say you , gentlemen ?", "Rabbi Busy , sir ; he is more than an elder , he is a prophet , sir .", "He was a baker , sir , but he does dream now , and see visions ; he has given over his trade .", "Yes , sir ; Zeal-of-the-land Busy .", "O they have all such names , sir ; he was witness for Win here ,\u2014 they will not be call 'd godfathers \u2014 and named her Win-the-fight : you thought her name had been Winnifred , did you not ?", "He would have thought himself a stark reprobate , if it had .", "Here I have it for you in my hand , master Humphrey .", "We 'll talk of that anon , master Humphrey .", "Sweet Win , bid Solomon send me the little black-box within in my study .", "Why , you know the price , master Numps .", "Good i'faith ! no , I warrant you Solomon is wiser than so , sir .", "Master Quarlous , do not mistake him ; he is his master 's both-hands , I assure you .", "Sir , if you have a mind to mock him , mock him softly , and look t'other way : for if he apprehend you flout him once , he will fly at you presently . A terrible testy old fellow , and his name is Waspe too .", "Nay , good master Waspe .", "O , be civil , master Numps .", "Here is the box now .", "They do apprehend , sir .", "Will't please you drink , master Waspe ?", "No , but you were in haste e'en now , master Numps .", "She 's my match indeed , and as little wit as I , good !", "You say true , master Numps ; there 's such a one indeed .", "That was mine afore , gentlemen ; this morning . I had that , i'faith , upon his license , believe me , there he comes after me .", "No ! why , sir ?", "Think you so , gentlemen ? I 'll take heed o n't hereafter .", "Win , you see \u2018 tis in fashion to go to the Fair , Win ; we must to the Fair too , you and I , Win . I have an affair in the Fair , Win , a puppet-play of mine own making , say nothing , that I writ for the motion-man , which you must see , Win .", "Tut , we 'll have a device , a dainty one : Now , Wit , help at a pinch , good Wit , come , come , good Wit , an it be thy will ! I have it , Win , I have it i'faith , and \u2018 tis a fine one . Win , long to eat of a pig , sweet Win , in the Fair , do you see , in the heart of the Fair , not at Pye-corner . Your mother will do any thing , Win , to satisfy your longing , you know ; pray thee long presently ; and be sick o \u2019 the sudden , good Win . I 'll go in and tell her ; cut thy lace in the mean time , and play the hypocrite , sweet Win .", "You say true , you have been bred in the family , and brought up to't . Our mother is a most elect hypocrite , and has maintained us all this seven year with it , like gentlefolks .", "Not I , on my sincerity , mother ! she longed above three hours ere she would let me know it .\u2014 Who was it , Win ?", "Good mother , I pray you , that she may eat some pig , and her belly full too ; and do not you cast away your own child , and perhaps one of mine , with your tale of the tempter . How do you do , Win , are you not sick ?", "Presently , mother , as soon as he has cleansed his beard . I found him fast by the teeth in the cold turkey-pie in the cupboard , with a great white loaf on his left hand , and a glass of malmsey on his right .", "Here he is now , purified , mother .", "Ay , sir , a Bartholomew pig ; and in the Fair .", "Ay , but in state of necessity , place should give place , master", "Busy . I have a conceit left yet .", "Yes , sir , and as soon as you can ; for it must be , sir : you see the danger my little wife is in , sir .", "Nay , I knew that afore , and told her o n't ; but courage , Win , we 'll be humble enough , we 'll seek out the homeliest booth in the Fair , that 's certain ; rather than fail , we 'll eat it on the ground .", "Ay , and Solomon too , Win , the more the merrier . Win , we 'll leave Rabbi Busy in a booth .\u2014 Solomon ! my cloak .", "Good , i'faith , I will eat heartily too , because I will be no Jew , I could never away with that stiff-necked generation : and truly , I hope my little one will be like me , that cries for pig so in the mother 's belly .", "This is fine verily . Here be the best pigs , and she does roast them as well as ever she did , the pig 's head says .", "Good mother , how shall we find a pig , if we do not look about for't : will it run off o \u2019 the spit , into our mouths , think you , as in Lubberland , and cry , wee , wee !", "Come , Win , as good winny here as go farther , and see nothing .", "Win , have patience , Win , I 'll tell you more anon .", "Do you hear , Win , Win ?", "While they are paying the reckoning , Win , I 'll tell you a thing , Win ; we shall never see any sights in the Fair , Win , except you long still , Win : good Win , sweet Win , long to see some hobby-horses , and some drums , and rattles , and dogs , and fine devices , Win . The bull with the five legs , Win ; and the great hog . Now you have begun with pig , you may long for any thing , Win , and so for my motion , Win .", "O yes , Win : you may long to see , as well as to taste , Win : how did the pothecary 's wife , Win , that longed to see the anatomy , Win ? or the lady , Win , that desired to spit in the great lawyer 's mouth , after an eloquent pleading ? I assure you , they longed , Win ; good Win , go in , and long .", "Look , Win , do , look a God 's name , and save your longing . Here be fine sights .", "I 'd give a shilling you could , i'faith , friend .", "A match , i'faith ; but do it quickly then .", "Pray you forbear , I am put in trust with them .", "Was not this shilling well ventured , Win , for our liberty ? now we may go play , and see over the Fair , where we list ourselves : my mother is gone after him , and let her e'en go , and lose us .", "For what , Win ?", "I pray thee be not ashamed , Win . Come , i'faith , thou shalt not be ashamed : is it any thing about the hobby-horse man ? a n't be , speak freely .", "O , is that all , Win ? we 'll go back to captain Jordan , to the pig-woman 's , Win , he 'll help us , or she , with a dripping-pan , or an old kettle , or something . The poor greasy soul loves you , Win ; and after we 'll visit the Fair all over , Win , and see my puppet-play , Win ; you know it 's a fine matter , Win .", "Good ga'mere Urse , Win and I are exceedingly beholden to you , and to captain Jordan , and captain Whit .\u2014 Win , I 'll be bold to leave you , in this good company , Win ; for half an hour or so , Win ; while I go and see how my matter goes forward , and if the puppets be perfect ; and then I 'll come and fetch you , Win .", "Ay , they are honest gentlemen , Win , captain Jordan and captain", "Whit ; they 'll use you very civilly , Win . God be wi \u2019 you , Win .", "By your leave , friend .", "Who , I ! I perceive thou know'st not me ; call the master of the motion .", "Peace , speak not too loud , I would not have any notice taken that", "I am the author , till we see how it passes .", "Master Cokes ! you are exceeding well met : what , in your doublet and hose , without a cloke or a hat ?", "O , sir , you shall command it ; what , will a crown serve you ?", "Your man was in the stocks e'en now , sir .", "Yes , faith .", "Pretty youths , sir , all children both old and young ; here 's the master of \u2018 em \u2014", "Master Lantern , that gives light to the business .", "Shew him them , shew him them . Master Lantern , this is a gentleman that is a favourer of the quality .", "Ay , and eat them all too , an they were in cake-bread .", "Good , i'faith ! you are even with me , sir .", "It pleases him to make a matter of it , sir ; but there is no such matter , I assure you : I have only made it a little easy , and modern for the times , sir , that 's all . As for the Hellespont , I imagine our Thames here ; and then Leander I make a dyer 's son about Puddle-wharf : and Hero a wench o \u2019 the Bank-side , who going over one morning to Old Fish-street , Leander spies her land at Trig-stairs , and falls in love with her . Now do I introduce Cupid , having metamorphosed himself into a drawer , and he strikes Hero in love with a pint of sherry ; and other pretty passages there are of the friendship , that will delight you , sir , and please you of judgment .", "Well , good master Lantern , make ready to begin that I may fetch my wife ; and look you be perfect , you undo me else , in my reputation .", "No , no , no .", "O , gentlemen ! did you not see a wife of mine ? I have lost my little wife , as I shall be trusted ; my little pretty Win . I left her at the great woman 's house in trust yonder , the pig-woman 's , with captain Jordan , and captain Whit , very good men , and I cannot hear of her . Poor fool , I fear she 's stepp 'd aside . Mother , did you not see Win ?", "O my wife , my wife , my wife !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 20, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["But pray tell me , do you think for certain", "These Embassadours shall have this morning audience ?", "Upon what necessity ?", "I think I do so .", "Prethee let her alone ,", "You must be modester .", "A perillous wench .", "You have enough , go pretty Maid , stand close ,", "And use that little tongue , with a little more temper .", "When the show 's past ,", "I'le have ye into the Cellar , there we 'll dine .", "A very pretty wench , a witty Rogue ,", "And there we 'll be as merry ; can ye be merry ?", "Only our selves ; this churlish fellow shall not know .", "And can you love a little ?", "Then I'le carry ye ,", "And shew you all the pictures , and the hangings ,", "The Lodgings , Gardens , and the walks : and then , sweet ,", "You shall tell me where you lye .", "And't shall go hard but I'le send ye a Venison Pasty ,", "And bring a bottle of wine along .", "Room there afore ; stand close , the train is coming .", "Room before there .", "Well I could curse now : but that will not help me ,", "I made as sure account of this wench now , immediately ,", "Do but consider how the Devil has crost me ,", "Meat for my Master she cries , well \u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 21, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Is he then taken ?", "He was not in disgrace ?", "Indeed", "We have heard abroad , Sir , that the State hath suffered", "A great change , since the Countesses death .", "My five years absence hath kept me a stranger", "So much to all the occurents of my Country ,", "As you shall bind me for some short relation", "To make me understand the present times .", "Which place we have heard", "He did discharge with ho", "our .", "Sir , I receive the knowledge of thus much ,", "As a choice favour from you .", "Whither , Sir , I am going ,", "For there last night I had a ship put in ,", "And my Horse waits me ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 22, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Winter 's wild birthnight ! In the fretful East", "The uneasy wind moans with its sense of cold ,", "And sends its sighs through gloomy mountain gorge ,", "Along the valley , up the whitening hill ,", "To tease the sighing spirits of the pines ,", "And waste in dismal woods their chilly life .", "The sky is dark , and on the huddled leaves \u2014", "The restless , rustling leaves \u2014 sifts down its sleet ,", "Till the sharp crystals pin them to the earth ,", "And they grow still beneath the rising storm .", "The roofless bullock hugs the sheltering stack ,", "With cringing head and closely gathered feet ,", "And waits with dumb endurance for the morn .", "Deep in a gusty cavern of the barn", "The witless calf stands blatant at his chain ;", "While the brute mother , pent within her stall ,", "With the wild stress of instinct goes distraught ,", "And frets her horns , and bellows through the night .", "The stream runs black ; and the far waterfall", "That sang so sweetly through the summer eyes ,", "And swelled and swayed to Zephyr 's softest breath ,", "Leaps with a sullen roar the dark abyss ,", "And howls its hoarse responses to the wind .", "The mill is still . The distant factory ,", "That swarmed yestreen with many-fingered life ,", "And bridged the river with a hundred bars", "Of molten light , is dark , and lifts its bulk ,", "With dim , uncertain angles , to the sky .", "Yet lower bows the storm . The leafless trees", "Lash their lithe limbs , and , with majestic voice ,", "Call to each other through the deepening gloom ;", "And slender trunks that lean on burly boughs", "Shriek with the sharp abrasion ; and the oak ,", "Mellowed in fiber by unnumbered frosts ,", "Yields to the shoulder of the Titan Blast ,", "Forsakes its poise , and , with a booming crash ,", "Sweeps a fierce passage to the smothered rocks ,", "And lies a shattered ruin ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 23, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I say , if he be here \u2014", "You say so , Hollis ? Well , I must be still .", "It is indeed too bitter that one man ,", "Any one man 's mere presence , should suspend", "England 's combined endeavor : little need", "To name him !", "Now , by Heaven ,", "They may be cool who can , silent who will \u2014", "Some have a gift that way ! Wentworth is here ,", "Here , and the King 's safe closeted with him", "Ere this . And when I think on all that 's past", "Since that man left us , how his single arm", "Rolled the advancing good of England back", "And set the woeful past up in its place ,", "Exalting Dagon where the Ark should be ,\u2014", "How that man has made firm the fickle King", "\u2014 in aught he feared", "To venture on before ; taught tyranny", "Her dismal trade , the use of all her tools ,", "To ply the scourge yet screw the gag so close", "That strangled agony bleeds mute to death ;", "How he turns Ireland to a private stage", "For training infant villanies , new ways", "Of wringing treasure out of tears and blood ,", "Unheard oppressions nourished in the dark", "To try how much man 's nature can endure", "\u2014 If he dies under it , what harm ? if not ,", "Why , one more trick is added to the rest", "Worth a king 's knowing , and what Ireland bears", "England may learn to bear :\u2014 how all this while", "That man has set himself to one dear task ,", "The bringing Charles to relish more and more", "Power , power without law , power and blood too", "\u2014 Can I be still ?", "Oh Hampden , then and now ! The year he left us ,", "The People in full Parliament could wrest", "The Bill of Rights from the reluctant King ;", "And now , he 'll find in an obscure small room", "A stealthy gathering of great-hearted men", "That take up England 's cause : England is here !", "And , Rudyard , I 'll say this \u2014", "Which all true men say after me , not loud", "But solemnly and as you 'd say a prayer !", "This King , who treads our England underfoot ,", "Has just so much ... it may be fear or craft ,", "As bids him pause at each fresh outrage ; friends ,", "He needs some sterner hand to grasp his own ,", "Some voice to ask , \u201c Why shrink ? Am I not by ? \u201d", "Now , one whom England loved for serving her ,", "Found in his heart to say , \u201c I know where best", "The iron heel shall bruise her , for she leans", "Upon me when you trample . \u201d Witness , you !", "So Wentworth heartened Charles , so England fell .", "But inasmuch as life is hard to take", "From England ....", "\u2014 Who has not so forgotten Runnymead !\u2014", "\u2014 There are some little signs of late she knows", "The ground no place for her . She glances round ,", "Wentworth has dropped the hand , is gone his way", "On other service : what if she arise ?", "No ! the King beckons , and beside him stands", "The same bad man once more , with the same smile", "And the same gesture . Now shall England crouch ,", "Or catch at us and rise ?", "Hampden !", "Mind how you counsel patience , Loudon ! you", "Have still a Parliament , and this your League", "To back it ; you are free in Scotland still :", "While we are brothers , hope 's for England yet .", "But know you wherefore Wentworth comes ? to quench", "This last of hopes ? that he brings war with him ?", "Know you the man 's self ? what he dares ?", "And what 's new , then ,", "In calling for his life ? Why , Pym himself \u2014", "You must have heard \u2014 ere Wentworth dropped our cause", "He would see Pym first ; there were many more", "Strong on the people 's side and friends of his ,", "Eliot that 's dead , Rudyard and Hampden here ,", "But for these Wentworth cared not ; only , Pym", "He would see \u2014 Pym and he were sworn , \u2018 tis said ,", "To live and die together ; so , they met", "At Greenwich . Wentworth , you are sure , was long ,", "Specious enough , the devil 's argument", "Lost nothing on his lips ; he 'd have Pym own", "A patriot could not play a purer part", "Than follow in his track ; they two combined", "Might put down England . Well , Pym heard him out ;", "One glance \u2014 you know Pym 's eye \u2014 one word was all :", "\u201c You leave us , Wentworth ! while your head is on ,", "I 'll not leave you . \u201d", "No , no ! Silent I can be : not indifferent !", "No villanous striking-down !", "To frame , we know it well , the choicest clause", "In the Petition of Right : he framed such clause", "One month before he took at the King 's hand", "His Northern Presidency , which that Bill", "Denounced .", "There ! he comes ,", "And they shout for him ! Wentworth 's at Whitehall ,", "The King embracing him , now , as we speak ,", "And he , to be his match in courtesies ,", "Taking the whole war 's risk upon himself ,", "Now , while you tell us here how changed he is !", "Hear you ?", "I , in England 's name ,", "Declare her work , this way , at end ! Till now ,", "Up to this moment , peaceful strife was best .", "We English had free leave to think ; till now ,", "We had a shadow of a Parliament", "In Scotland . But all 's changed : they change the first ,", "They try brute-force for law , they , first of all ....", "Till we crush Wentworth for her , there 's no act", "Serves England !", "His friends", "Will entertain your army !", "The Commons , madam ,", "Are sitting with closed doors . A huge debate ,", "No lack of noise ; but nothing , I should guess ,", "Concerning Strafford : Pym has certainly", "Not spoken yet .", "Queen", "You hear ?", "Savile will be able", "To tell you more .", "HOLLAND enters .", "Oh doubtless !", "And bring destruction with him : that 's his way .", "What but his coming spoilt all Conway 's plan ?", "The King must take his counsel , choose his friends ,", "Be wholly ruled by him ! What 's the result ?", "The North that was to rise , Ireland to help ,\u2014", "What came of it ? In my poor mind , a fright", "Is no prodigious punishment .", "Notice , too ,", "There can n't be fairer ground for taking full", "Revenge \u2014", "\u2014 than he 'll have", "Against his old friend Pym .", "And Strafford , who is he", "To \u2018 scape unscathed amid the accidents", "That harass all beside ? I , for my part ,", "Should look for something of discomfiture", "Had the King trusted me so thoroughly", "And been so paid for it .", "O Hampden , save the great misguided man !", "Plead Strafford 's cause with Pym ! I have remarked", "He moved no muscle when we all declaimed", "Against him : you had but to breathe \u2014 he turned", "Those kind calm eyes upon you .", "Consider , Pym !", "Confront your Bill , your own Bill : what is it ?", "You cannot catch the Earl on any charge ,\u2014", "No man will say the law has hold of him", "On any charge ; and therefore you resolve", "To take the general sense on his desert ,", "As though no law existed , and we met", "To found one . You refer to Parliament", "To speak its thought upon the abortive mass", "Of half-borne-out assertions , dubious hints", "Hereafter to be cleared , distortions \u2014 ay ,", "And wild inventions . Every man is saved", "The task of fixing any single charge", "On Strafford : he has but to see in him", "The enemy of England .", "Pity me !", "Indeed you made me think I was your friend !", "I who have murdered Strafford , how remove", "That memory from me ?", "John Hampden , not this Bill ! Reject this Bill !", "He staggers through the ordeal : let him go ,", "Strew no fresh fire before him ! Plead for us !", "When Strafford spoke , your eyes were thick with tears !", "He was your friend .", "I only see", "Strafford , nor pass his corpse for all beyond !", "Rudyard and others . Forgive him ! He would join us , now he finds", "What the King counts reward ! The pardon , too ,", "Should be your own . Yourself should bear to Strafford", "The pardon of the Commons .", "Not before to-morrow \u2014", "So , time enough ! I knew you would relent !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 24, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Another lecture ?", "Communist Anarchists , I think .", "Yes .", "Tower Hamlets Radical Club .", "English Land Restoration League .", "Guild of St. Matthew on Monday . Independent Labor Party , Greenwich Branch , on Thursday . Monday , Social-Democratic Federation , Mile End Branch . Thursday , first Confirmation class \u2014Oh , I 'd better tell them you can n't come . They 're only half a dozen ignorant and conceited costermongers without five shillings between them .", "Relatives of YOURS !", "Oh , is that all ?", "Engaged \u2014 the Fabian Society .", "City dinner . You 're invited to dine with the Founder 's", "Company .", "Miss Garnett , if you please .", "You 've got to do all the work to-day .", "Never mind why . It will do you good to earn your supper before you eat it , for once in a way , as I do . Come : do n't dawdle . You should have been off on your rounds half an hour ago .", "Oh , a man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her .", "Candida here , and Candida there , and Candida everywhere !It 's enough to drive anyone out of their SENSESto hear a perfectly commonplace woman raved about in that absurd manner merely because she 's got good hair , and a tolerable figure .", "Her eyes are not a bit better than mine \u2014 now !And you know very well that you think me dowdy and second rate enough .", "Thank you . That 's very nice and comforting .", "I have no feeling against her . She 's very nice , very good-hearted : I 'm very fond of her and can appreciate her real qualities far better than any man can .You do n't believe me ?You think I 'm jealous . Oh , what a profound knowledge of the human heart you have , Mr. Lexy Mill ! How well you know the weaknesses of Woman , do n't you ? It must be so nice to be a man and have a fine penetrating intellect instead of mere emotions like us , and to know that the reason we do n't share your amorous delusions is that we 're all jealous of one another !", "Where did you hear Morell say that ? You did n't invent it yourself : you 're not clever enough .", "Well , when you talk to me , give me your own ideas , such as they are , and not his . You never cut a poorer figure than when you are trying to imitate him .", "Yes , you do : you IMITATE him . Why do you tuck your umbrella under your left arm instead of carrying it in your hand like anyone else ? Why do you walk with your chin stuck out before you , hurrying along with that eager look in your eyes \u2014 you , who never get up before half past nine in the morning ? Why do you say \u201c knoaledge \u201d in church , though you always say \u201c knolledge \u201d in private conversation ! Bah ! do you think I do n't know ?Here , come and set about your work : we 've wasted enough time for one morning . Here 's a copy of the diary for to-day .", "He 's upstairs . I 'll fetch him for you .", "No .", "Bother ! You 've been meddling with my typewriter , Mr. Marchbanks ; and there 's not the least use in your trying to look as if you had n't .", "Well , you 've made this key stick .", "Oh , now I understand .I suppose you thought it was a sort of barrel-organ . Nothing to do but turn the handle , and it would write a beautiful love letter for you straight off , eh ?", "How do I know ? Why do you ask me ?", "Mr. Marchbanks !", "I have n't any love affairs . How dare you say such a thing ?", "Certainly I am not shy . What do you mean ?", ", Well , upon my word !", "Like me ! Pray , are you flattering me or flattering yourself ? I do n't feel quite sure which .", "Wicked people get over that shyness occasionally , do n't they ?", "Look here : if you do n't stop talking like this , I 'll leave the room , Mr. Marchbanks : I really will . It 's not proper .", "Talk about indifferent things , talk about the weather .", "I suppose not .", "Then hold your tongue .", "Oh , it 's no use trying to work while you talk like that .It 's no business of yours , whether my heart cries or not ; but I have a mind to tell you , for all that .", "But mind : if you ever say I said so , I 'll deny it .", "HIM ! Who ?", "Mr . Mill !!! A fine man to break my heart about , indeed ! I 'd rather have you than Mr. Mill .", "Oh , do n't be frightened : it 's not you . It 's not any one particular person .", "Anybody that offered ! No , I do not . What do you take me for ?", "Oh , well , if you want original conversation , you 'd better go and talk to yourself .", "Wait until Mr. Morell comes . HE 'LL talk to you .Oh , you need n't make wry faces over him : he can talk better than you .He 'd talk your little head off .", "What do you understand ?", "Well ! !", "I simply do n't know what you 're talking about . I do n't understand you .", "Oh !", "Yes .Whatever is the matter with you !Praise heaven , here 's somebody !", "He 'll be all right now that he has the advantage of YOUR polished conversation : that 's one comfort , anyhow .", "Did you ever see worse manners , Mr. Marchbanks ?", "It 's well you and I are not ladies and gentlemen : I 'd talk to you pretty straight if Mr. Marchbanks was n't here .There , now I 've spoiled this letter \u2014 have to be done all over again . Oh , I can n't contain myself \u2014 silly old fathead !", "I \u2014", "Oh , did n't I though , just !", "That 's for me .", "Yes , Mr. Morell .", "Reply paid . The boy 's waiting .Maria is ready for you now in the kitchen , Mrs. Morell .The onions have come .", "Used you to make the fairy stories up out of your own head ?", "I should never have supposed you had it in you . By the way , I 'd better warn you , since you 've taken such a fancy to Mr. Marchbanks . He 's mad .", "Mad as a March hare . He did frighten me , I can tell you just before you came in that time . Have n't you noticed the queer things he says ?", "Yes , what a dreadful thing it would be if anything happened to YOU !", "Oh !", "I \u2014", "Yes , Mr. Morell . Coming .", "What is it , Mr. Morell ?", "Do n't they expect you ?", "Oh , I was n't minding you : I was trying to make notes .", "Much too fast . You know I can n't do more than a hundred words a minute .", "We had champagne ! I never tasted it before . I feel quite giddy .", "Yes , I do . I 'm only a beer teetotaller , not a champagne teetotaller . I do n't like beer . Are there any letters for me to answer , Mr. Morell ?", "Very well . Good-night , everybody .", "No , thank you . I sha n't trust myself with anybody to-night . I wish I had n't taken any of that stuff ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 25, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The dawn is overcast , the morning low'rs ,", "And heavily in clouds brings on the day ,", "The great , the important day , big with the fate", "Of Cato and of Rome \u2014\u2014 Our father 's death", "Would fill up all the guilt of civil war ,", "And close the scene of blood . Already Caesar", "Has ravaged more than half the globe , and sees", "Mankind grown thin by his destructive sword :", "Should he go farther , numbers would be wanting", "To form new battles , and support his crimes .", "Ye gods , what havoc does ambition make", "Among your works !", "Believe me , Marcus , \u2018 tis an impious greatness ,", "And mix 'd with too much horror to be envied :", "How does the lustre of our father 's actions ,", "Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him ,", "Break out , and burn with more triumphant brightness !", "His sufferings shine , and spread a glory round him ;", "Greatly unfortunate , he fights the cause", "Of honour , virtue , liberty , and Rome .", "His sword ne'er fell , but on the guilty head ;", "Oppression , tyranny , and pow'r usurp 'd ,", "Draw all the vengeance of his arm upon them .", "Remember what our father oft has told us :", "The ways of Heav'n are dark and intricate ,", "Puzzled in mazes , and perplex 'd with errors ;", "Our understanding traces them in vain ,", "Lost and bewilder 'd in the fruitless search ;", "Nor sees with how much art the windings run ,", "Nor where the regular confusion ends .", "Thou see'st not that thy brother is thy rival ;", "But I must hide it , for I know thy temper .", "Marcus , I know thy gen'rous temper well ;", "Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it ,", "It straight takes fire , and mounts into a blaze .", "Heav'n knows , I pity thee \u2014\u2014 Behold my eyes ,", "Ev'n whilst I speak \u2014 Do they not swim in tears ?", "Were but my heart as naked to thy view ,", "Marcus would see it bleed in his behalf .", "Oh , Marcus ! did I know the way to ease", "Thy troubled heart , and mitigate thy pains ,", "Marcus , believe me , I could die to do it .", "My father has this morning call 'd together", "To this poor hall , his little Roman senate ,", "to consult", "If he can yet oppose the mighty torrent", "That bears down Rome and all her gods before it ,", "Or must at length give up the world to Caesar .", "Alas , Sempronius ! wouldst thou talk of love", "To Marcia , whilst her father 's life 's in danger ?", "Thou might'st as well court the pale , trembling vestal ,", "When she beholds the holy flame expiring .", "Well dost thou seem to check my ling'ring here", "In this important hour \u2014 I 'll straight away ,", "And while the fathers of the senate meet", "In close debate , to weigh th \u2019 events of war ,", "I 'll animate the soldiers \u2019 drooping courage", "With love of freedom and contempt of life ;", "I 'll thunder in their ears their country 's cause ,", "And try to rouse up all that 's Roman in them .", "\u2018 Tis not in mortals to command success ,", "But we 'll do more , Sempronius \u2014 we 'll deserve it .", "Marcus , the friendships of the world are oft", "Confed'racies in vice , or leagues of pleasure ;", "Ours has severest virtue for its basis ,", "And such a friendship ends not but with life .", "When love 's well-timed , \u2018 tis not a fault to love .", "The strong , the brave , the virtuous , and the wise ,", "Sink in the soft captivity together .", "What can thy Portius do to give thee help ?", "Marcus , I beg thee give me not an office ,", "That suits with me so ill. Thou know'st my temper .", "Marcus , thou canst not ask what I 'd refuse ;", "But here , believe me , I 've a thousand reasons \u2014\u2014", "What should I do ? If I disclose my passion ,", "Our friendship 's at an end : if I conceal it ,", "The world will call me false to a friend and brother .", "She sees us , and advances \u2014\u2014", "Oh , Lucia , language is too faint to show", "His rage of love ; it preys upon his life ;", "He pines , he sickens , he despairs , he dies !", "Alas , poor youth ! What dost thou think , my Lucia ?", "His gen'rous , open , undesigning heart", "Has begg 'd his rival to solicit for him !", "Then do not strike him dead with a denial .", "What hast thou said ? I 'm thunderstruck \u2014 recall", "Those hasty words , or I am lost for ever .", "Fix 'd in astonishment , I gaze upon thee ,", "Like one just blasted by a stroke from heav'n ,", "Who pants for breath and stiffens , yet alive ,", "In dreadful looks , a monument of wrath !", "To my confusion and eternal grief ,", "I must approve the sentence that destroys me .", "Stay , Lucia , stay ! What dost thou say ? For ever ?", "Thou must not go ; my soul still hovers o'er thee ,", "And can n't get loose .", "\u2018 Tis true , unruffled and serene , I 've met", "The common accidents of life , but here", "Such an unlook'dhYpppHeNfor storm of ills falls on me .", "It beats down all my strength \u2014 I cannot bear it .", "We must not part .", "What wouldst thou have me say ?", "I 've reason .", "I 'm grieved I undertook it .", "Away ! you 're too suspicious in your griefs ;", "Lucia , though sworn never to think of love ,", "Compassionates your pains , and pities you .", "Marcus , no more ; have I deserved this treatment ?", "A second , louder yet ,", "Swells in the wind , and comes more full upon us .", "Quick let us hence . Who knows if Cato 's life", "Stands sure ? Oh , Marcus , I am warm 'd ; my heart", "Leaps at the trumpet 's voice , and burns for glory .", "My heart is grieved ,", "I bring such news as will afflict my father .", "Not so .", "The traitor Syphax , as within the square", "He exercised his troops , the signal given ,", "Flew off at once with his Numidian horse", "To the south gate , where Marcus holds the watch ;", "I saw , and call 'd to stop him , but in vain :", "He toss 'd his arm aloft , and proudly told me ,", "He would not stay , and perish , like Sempronius .", "Misfortune on misfortune ! grief on grief ! My brother Marcus \u2014\u2014", "Scarce had I left my father , but I met him", "Borne on the shields of his surviving soldiers ,", "Breathless and pale , and cover 'd o'er with wounds .", "Long , at the head of his few faithful friends ,", "He stood the shock of a whole host of foes ,", "Till , obstinately brave , and bent on death ,", "Oppress 'd with multitudes , he greatly fell .", "Nor did he fall , before", "His sword had pierced thro \u2019 the false heart of Syphax .", "Yonder he lies . I saw the hoary traitor", "Grin in the pangs of death , and bite the ground .", "Long may they keep asunder !", "I hope my father does not recommend", "A life to Portius that he scorns himself .", "Alas , my father ! What means this sword , this instrument of death ? Let me convey it hence .", "Oh , let the pray'rs , th \u2019 entreaties of your friends ,", "Their tears , their common danger , wrest it from you !", "Look not thus sternly on me ;", "You know , I 'd rather die than disobey you .", "Oh , sir ! forgive your son ,", "Whose grief hangs heavy on him . Oh , my father !", "How am I sure it is not the last time", "I e'er shall call you so ? Be not displeased ,", "Oh , be not angry with me whilst I weep ,", "And , in the anguish of my heart , beseech you", "To quit the dreadful purpose of your soul !", "Your words give comfort to my drooping heart .", "My thoughts are more at ease , my heart revives \u2014", "Enter MARCIA .", "Oh , Marcia ! Oh , my sister , still there 's hope", "Our father will not cast away a life", "So needful to us all , and to his country .", "He is retired to rest , and seems to cherish", "Thoughts full of peace .\u2014 He has dispatch 'd me hence", "With orders that bespeak a mind composed ,", "And studious for the safety of his friends .", "Marcia , take care , that none disturb his slumbers .", "As I was hasting to the port , where now", "My father 's friends , impatient for a passage ,", "Accuse the ling'ring winds , a sail arrived", "From Pompey 's son , who , through the realms of Spain ,", "Calls out for vengeance on his father 's death ,", "And rouses the whole nation up to arms .", "Were Cato at their head , once more might Rome", "Assert her rights , and claim her liberty .", "But , hark ! what means that groan ?\u2014\u2014 Oh , give me way ,", "And let me fly into my father 's presence !", "Oh , sight of woe !", "Oh , Marcia , what we fear 'd is come to pass \u2014", "Cato has fall'n upon his sword \u2014\u2014", "I 've raised him up ,", "And placed him in his chair ; where pale and faint ,", "He gasps for breath , and , as his life flows from him ,", "Demands to see his friends . His servants weeping ,", "Obsequious to his order , bear him hither !\u2014\u2014", "There fled the greatest soul that ever warm 'd", "A Roman breast :\u2014", "From hence , let fierce contending nations know ,", "What dire effects from civil discord flow :", "\u2018 Tis this that shakes our country with alarms ;", "And gives up Rome a prey to Roman arms ;", "Produces fraud , and cruelty , and strife ,", "And robs the guilty world of Cato 's life ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 26, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The \u2018 Nishikigi \u2019 are wands used as a love charm . \u2018 Hosonuno \u2019 is the name of a local cloth which the woman weaves .", "Narrow is the cloth of Kefu , but wild is that river , that torrent of the hills , between the beloved and the bride . The cloth she had woven is faded , the thousand one hundred nights were night-trysts watched out in vain .", "I", "At last they forget , they forget .", "The wands are no longer offered ,", "The custom is faded away .", "The narrow cloth of Kefu", "Will not meet over the breast .", "\u2018 Tis the story of Hosonuno ,", "This is the tale :", "These bodies , having no weft ,", "Even now are not come together .", "Truly a shameful story ,", "A tale to bring shame on the gods .", "We have spent the whole day until dusk", "Pushing aside the grass", "From the over-grown way at Kefu ,", "And we are not yet come to the cave .", "O you there , cutting grass on the hill ,", "Please set your mind on this matter .", "\u2018 You 'd be asking where the dew is", "\u2018 While the frost 's lying here on the road .", "\u2018 Who 'd tell you that now ? \u2019", "Very well then do n't tell us ,", "But be sure we will come to the cave .", "And storms ; trees giving up their leaf , Spotted with sudden showers . Autumn ! our feet are clogged In the dew-drenched , entangled leaves . The perpetual shadow is lonely , The mountain shadow is lying alone . The owl cries out from the ivies That drag their weight on the pine . Among the orchids and chrysanthemum flowers The hiding fox is now lord of that love-cave , Nishidzuka , That is dyed like the maple 's leaf . They have left us this thing for a saying . That pair have gone into the cave .", "The three years are over and past :", "All that is but an old story .", "Look there to the cave", "Beneath the stems of the Suzuki .", "From under the shadows of the love-grass ,", "See , see how they come forth and appear", "For an instant .... Illusion !", "Kiri , hatari , cho , cho , Kiri , hatari , cho , cho . The cricket sews on at his old rags , With all the new grass in the field ; sho , Churr , isho , like the whir of a loom : churr .", "Let be , they make grass-cloth in Kefu , Kefu , the land 's end , matchless in the world .", "The good priest himself would say :", "Even if we weave the cloth , Hosonuno ,", "And set up the charm-sticks", "For a thousand , a hundred nights ,", "Even then our beautiful desire will not pass ,", "Nor fade nor die out .", "That we may acquire power , Even in our faint substance , We will show forth even now , And though it be but in a dream , Our form of repentance .There he is carrying wands , And she has no need to be asked . See her within the cave , With a cricket-like noise of weaving . The grass-gates and the hedge are between them ; That is a symbol . Night has already come on .Love 's thoughts are heaped high within him , As high as the charm-sticks , As high as the charm-sticks , once coloured , Now fading , lie heaped in this cave . And he knows of their fading . He says : I lie a body , unknown to any other man , Like old wood buried in moss . It were a fit thing That I should stop thinking the love-thoughts . The charm-sticks fade and decay , And yet , The rumour of our love Takes foot and moves through the world . We had no meeting But tears have , it seems , brought out a bright blossom Upon the dyed tree of love .", "A hundred nights and more", "Of twisting , encumbered sleep ,", "And now they make it a ballad ,", "Not for one year or for two only", "But until the days lie deep", "As the sand 's depth at Kefu ,", "Until the year 's end is red with Autumn ,", "Red like these love-wands ,", "A thousand nights are in vain .", "And I stand at this gate-side .", "You grant no admission , you do not show yourself", "Until I and my sleeves are faded .", "By the dew-like gemming of tears upon my sleeve ,", "Why will you grant no admission ?", "And we all are doomed to pass ,", "You , and my sleeves and my tears .", "And you did not even know when three years had come to an end .", "Cruel , ah cruel !", "The charm-sticks ....", "Shall I ever at last see into that room of hers , which no other sight has traversed ?", "How glorious the sleeves of the dance ,", "That are like snow-whirls !", "Tread out the dance and bring music . This dance is for Nishikigi .", "For the tokens between lover and lover :", "It is a reflecting in the wine-cup .", "Ari-aki , The dawn ! Come , we are out of place ; Let us go ere the light comes .We ask you , do not awake , We all will wither away , The wands and this cloth of a dream . Now you will come out of sleep , You tread the border and nothing Awaits you : no , all this will wither away . There is nothing here but this cave in the field 's midst . To-day 's wind moves in the pines ; A wild place , unlit , and unfilled .", "HAGOROMO The plot of the play \u2018 Hagoromo , the Feather-mantle \u2019 is as follows . The priest finds the Hagoromo , the magical feather-mantle of a Tennin , an aerial spirit or celestial dancer , hanging upon a bough . She demands its return . He argues with her , and finally promises to return it , if she will teach him her dance or part of it . She accepts the offer . The Chorus explains the dance as symbolical of the daily changes of the moon . The words about \u2018 three , five and fifteen \u2019 refer to the number of nights in the moon 's changes . In the finale , the Tennin is supposed to disappear like a mountain slowly hidden in mist . The play shows the relation of the early Noh to the God-dance .", "I shall not be out of memory Of the mountain road by Kiyomi , Nor of the parted grass by that bay , Nor of the far-seen pine-waste Of Miwo of wheat stalks . Let us go according to custom . Take hands against the wind here , for it presses the clouds and the sea . Those men who were going to fish are about to return without launching . Wait a little , is it not spring ? will not the wind be quiet ? this wind is only the voice of the lasting pine - trees , ready for stillness . See how the air is soundless , or would be , were it not for the waves . There now , the fishermen are putting out with even the smallest boats .", "Her coronetjewelled as with the dew of tears , even the flowers that decorated her hair drooping , and fading , the whole chain of weaknessesof the dying Tennin can be seen actually before the eyes . Sorrow !", "Enviable colour of breath , wonder of clouds that fade along the sky that was our accustomed dwelling ; hearing the sky-bird , accustomed and well accustomed , hearing the voices grow fewer , the wild geese fewer and fewer along the highways of air , how deep her longing to return . Plover and seagull are on the waves in the offing . Do they go , or do they return ? She reaches out for the very blowing of the spring wind against heaven .", "The young maid now is arrayed ; she assumes the curious mantle ; watch how she moves in the dance of the rainbow-feathered garment .", "It seems that she dances .", "Thus was the dance of pleasure ,", "Suruga dancing , brought to the sacred east .", "Thus was it when the lords of the everlasting", "Trod the world ,", "They being of old our friends .", "Upon ten sides their sky is without limit ,", "They have named it on this account , \u2018 the enduring . \u2019", "The white kiromo , the black kiromo , Three , five into fifteen , The figure that the Tennin is dividing . There are heavenly nymphs , Amaotome ,One for each night of the month , And each with her deed assigned .", "The spring mist is widespread abroad ; so perhaps the wild olive 's flower will blossom in the infinitely unreachable moon . Her flowery head - ornament is putting on colour ; this truly is sign of the spring . Not sky is here , but the beauty ; and even here comes the heavenly , wonderful wind . O blow , shut the accustomed path of the clouds . O , you in the form of a maid , grant us the favour of your delaying . The pine-waste of Miwo puts on the colour of spring . The bay of Kiyomi lies clear before the snow upon Fuji . Are not all these presages of the spring ? There are but few ripples beneath the piny wind . It is quiet along the shore . There is naught but a fence of jewels between the earth and the sky , and the gods within and without ,beyond and beneath the stars , and the moon unclouded by her lord , and we who are born of the sun . This alone intervenes , here where the moon is unshadowed , here in Nippon , the sun 's field .", "Nor is this rock of earth over-much worn by the brushing of that feather - mantle , the feathery skirt of the stars : rarely , how rarely . There is a magic song from the east , the voices of many and many : and flute and shae , filling the space beyond the cloud 's edge , seven-stringed ; dance filling and filling . The red sun blots on the sky the line of the colour - drenched mountains . The flowers rain in a gust ; it is no racking storm that comes over this green moor , which is afloat , as it would seem , in these waves . Wonderful is the sleeve of the white cloud , whirling such snow here .", "Hence and for ever this dancing shall be called , \u2018 a revel in the east . \u2019 Many are the robes thou hast , now of the sky 's colour itself , and now a green garment .", "If you pray with the prayer of \u2018 Exeat \u2019 he will be thankful , and you need not be aware of his name . They say that prayer can be heard for even the grass and the plants , for even the sand and the soil here ; and they will surely hear it , if you pray for an unknown man .", "You will think it very strange for a priest to do this ; but even Buddha has the sharp sword of Mida , and Aijen Miowo has arrows , and Tamon , taking his long spear , throws down the evil spirits .", "\u2014 is excellent . Good feeling and keeping order are much more excellent than the love of Bosatsu . \u2018 I think of these matters and know little of anything else . It is from my own heart that I am lost , wandering . But if I begin talking I shall keep on talking until dawn . Go to bed , good father ; I will sleep too . \u2019 He seemed to be going to his bedroom , but suddenly his figure disappeared , and the cottage became a field of grass . The priest passes the night under the pine trees .", "There is a rustling of boughs and leaves .", "While Yoshitsugu was going along in the fields and on the mountains we set many spies to take him .", "At this word they rushed in , one after another . They seized the torches ; it seemed as if gods could not face them . Ushiwaka stood unafraid ; he seized a small sword and fought like a lion in earnest , like a tiger rushing , like a bird swooping . He fought so cleverly that he felled the thirteen who opposed him ; many were wounded besides . They fled without swords or arrows . Then Kumasaka said , \u2018 Are you the devil ? Is it a god who has struck down these men with such ease ? Perhaps you are not a man . However , dead men take no plunder , and I 'd rather leave this truck of Yoshitsugu 's than my corpse . \u2019 So he took his long spear and was about to make off .", "What can he do , that young chap , if I ply my secret arts freely ? Be he god or devil , I will grasp him and grind him . I will offer his body as sacrifice to those whom he has slain . So he drew back , and holding his long spear against his side he hid himself behind the door and stared at the young lad . Ushiwaka beheld him , and holding his sword at his side he crouched at a little distance . Kumasaka waited likewise . They both waited , alertly ; then Kumasaka stepped forth swiftly with his left foot , and struck out with the long spear . It would have run through an iron wall . Ushiwaka parried it lightly , swept it away , left volted . Kumasaka followed and again lunged out with the spear , and Ushiwaka parried the spear-blade quite lightly . Then Kumasaka turned the edge of his spear-blade towards Ushiwaka and slashed at him , and Ushiwaka leaped to the right . Kumasaka lifted his spear and the two weapons were twisted together . Ushiwaka drew back his blade . Kumasaka swung with his spear . Ushiwaka led up and stepped into shadow . Kumasaka tried to find him , and Ushiwaka slit through the back-chink of his armour ; this seemed the end of his course , and he was wroth to be slain by such a young boy .", "\u2014 seemed to pierce ; his heart failed ; weakness o'ercame him .", "He vanished like a dew .", "And so saying , he disappeared among the shades of the pine tree at", "Akasaka , and night fell .", "May as well be a priest with black sleeves . Now having left the world in sorrow , I look upon my withered shape . There is no one to pity me now .", "Although I have heard her voice ,", "The pity is that I cannot see her .", "And I have let her go by", "Without divulging my name .", "This is the true love of a father .", "Do not call out the name he had in his glory . You will move the bad blood in his heart ,I am angry .", "I go on living here , hated by the people in power . A blind man without his staff , I am deformed , and therefore speak evil ; excuse me .", "Though my eyes are dark I understand the thoughts of another . I understand at a word . The wind comes down from the pine trees on the mountain , and snow comes down after the wind . The dream tells of my glory , I am loth to wake from the dream . I hear the waves running in the evening tide , as when I was with Heike . Shall I act out the old ballad ?", "At first I was angry that my friends would no longer come near me . But now I have come to a time when I could not believe that even a child of my own would seek me out .Upon all the boats of the men of Heike 's faction Kagekiyo was the fighter most in call , Brave were his men , cunning sailors , And now even the leader Is worn out and dull as a horse .", "Kagekiyo cried , \u2018 You are haughty . \u2019 His armour caught every turn of the sun . He drove them four ways before them .", "He thought , how easy this killing . He rushed with his spear-haft gripped under his arm . He cried out , \u2018 I am Kagekiyo of the Heike . \u2019 He rushed on to take them . He pierced through the helmet vizards of Miyonoya . Miyonoya fled twice , and again ; and Kagekiyo cried , \u2018 You shall not escape me ! \u2019 He leaped and wrenched off his helmet . \u2018 Eya ! \u2019 The vizard broke and remained in his hand and Miyonoya still fled afar , and afar , and he looked back crying in terror , \u2018 How terrible , how heavy your arm ! \u2019 And Kagekiyo called at him , \u2018 How tough the shaft of your neck is ! \u2019 And they both laughed out over the battle , and went off each his own way .", "These were the deeds of old , but oh , to tell them ! To be telling them over now in his wretched condition . His life in the world is weary , he is near the end of his course . \u2018 Go back , \u2019 he would say to his daughter . \u2018 Pray for me when I am gone from the world , for I shall then count upon you as we count on a lamp in the darkness ... we who are blind . \u2019 \u2018 I will stay , \u2019 she said . Then she obeyed him , and only one voice is left . We tell this for the remembrance . Thus were the parent and child ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 27, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u201c Who , indeed ? when the founder of the feast leaveth an invited guest so empty ! Yea , sir , the guest was invited , and the board was spread . The fruits that lay upon it be there still , and fresh as ever ; and the bread of life in those capacious canisters is unconsumed and unbroken , \u201d", "\u201c Would it were so ! \u201d", "\u201c Do I live to hear Charlecote Hall called a brothel-pulpit ? Alas , then , I have lived too long ! \u201d", "\u201c By daylight and before the parson . Bears and boars are tame creatures , and discreet , in the sunshine and after dinner . \u201d", "\u201c The man and his wife are one , saith holy Scripture . \u201d", "\u201c I warrant him , both lent and stolen . \u201d", "\u201c See , your worship ! what discordances ! They cannot agree in their own story . \u201d", "\u201c By less differences than this estates have been lost , hearts broken , and England , our country , filled with homeless , helpless , destitute orphans . I protest against it . \u201d", "\u201c No hints , no conspiracies ! Keep to your own story , man , and do not borrow his . \u201d", "\u201c So learned a magistrate as your worship will surely do me justice by hearing me attentively . I am young ; nevertheless , having more than one year written in the office of an attorney , and having heard and listened to many discourses and questions on law , I cannot but remember the heavy fine inflicted on a gentleman of this county who committed a poor man to prison for being in possession of a hare , it being proved that the hare was in his possession , and not he in the hare 's . \u201d", "\u201c It would be Jesuitical , Sir Silas , if it dragged the law by its perversions to the side of oppression and cruelty . The order of Jesuits , I fear , is as numerous as its tenets are lax and comprehensive . I am sorry to see their frocks flounced with English serge . \u201d", "\u201c Sir ! is this credible ? I will be sworn I never saw one ; and verily do believe that scarcely one in a hundred years doth venture so far up the Avon . \u201d", "\u201c Pardon me , your worship ! they were not mine then . Peradventure the song about the mermaid may have been that ancient one which every boy in most parishes has been singing for many years , and , perhaps , his father before him ; and somebody was singing it then , mayhap , to keep up his courage in the night . \u201d", "\u201c Nobody would dare to sing in the presence of your worship , unless commanded ,\u2014 not even the mermaid herself . \u201d", "\u201c Verily , I can sing nothing . \u201d", "\u201c It is so long since I have thought about it , that I may fail in the attempt . \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 The mermaid sat upon the rocks", "All day long ,", "Admiring her beauty and combing her locks ,", "And singing a mermaid song . \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c The wishes of your worship possess a mysterious influence ,\u2014 I now remember all . \u201c \u2018 And hear the mermaid 's song you may , As sure as sure can be , If you will but follow the sun all day , And souse with him into the sea . \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c Ah sir ! not only the mermaid singeth , but the merman sweareth , as another old song will convince you . \u201d", "1 .", "\u201c \u2018 A wonderful story , my lasses and lads ,", "Peradventure you 've heard from your grannams or dads ,", "Of a merman that came every night to woo", "The spinster of spinsters , our Catherine Crewe .", "2 .", "\u201c \u2018 But Catherine Crewe", "Is now seventy-two ,", "And avers she hath half forgotten", "The truth of the tale , when you ask her about it ,", "And says , as if fain to deny it or flout it ,", "\u201c POOH ! THE MERMAN IS DEAD AND ROTTEN . \u201d", "3 .", "\u201c \u2018 The merman came up as the mermen are wont ,", "To the top of the water , and then swam upon \u2018 t ;", "And Catherine saw him with both her two eyes ,", "A lusty young merman full six feet in size .", "4 .", "\u201c \u2018 And Catherine was frighten 'd ,", "Her scalp-skin it tighten 'd ,", "And her head it swam strangely , although on dry land ;", "And the merman made bold", "Eftsoons to lay hold", "of her hand .", "5 .", "\u201c \u2018 But how could a merman , if ever so good ,", "Or if ever so clever , be well understood", "By a simple young creature of our flesh and blood ?", "6 .", "\u201c \u2018 Some tell us the merman", "Can only speak German ,", "In a voice between grunting and snoring ;", "But Catherine says he had learned in the wars", "The language , persuasions , and oaths of our tars ,", "And that even his voice was not foreign .", "7 .", "\u201c \u2018 Yet when she was asked how he managed to hide", "The green fishy tail , coming out of the tide", "For night after night above twenty ,", "\u201c You troublesome creatures ! \u201d old Catherine replied ,", "\u201c IN HIS POCKET ; wo n't that now content ye ? \" \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c It was one , sir . \u201d", "\u201c I stand corrected . I could sail to Cathay or Tartary { 46a } with half the nautical knowledge I have acquired in this glorious hall . \u201c The devil impelling a mortal to wrong courses , is thereby known to be the devil . He , on the contrary , who exciteth to good is no devil , but an angel of light , or under the guidance of one . The devil driveth unto his own home ; so doth the south wind , so doth the north wind . \u201c Alas ! alas ! we possess not the mastery over our own weak minds when a higher spirit standeth nigh and draweth us within his influence . \u201d", "\u201c He would make a stock-fish of me an he caught me . It is hard sailing out of his straits , although they be carefully laid down in most parishes , and may have taken them from actual survey . \u201d", "\u201c Verily , sir , do we ; and I trust by right . The last owner of any place is called the master more properly than the dead and gone who once held it . If that be truewe , who have the last of the sheep , namely , the wool and skin , and who buy all of all the flock , surely may more properly be called shepherds than those idle vagrants who tend them only for a season , selling a score or purchasing a score , as may happen . \u201d Here Sir Thomas did pause a while , and then said unto Master Silas , \u201c My own cogitations , and not this stripling , have induced me to consider and to conclude a weighty matter for knightly scholarship . I never could rightly understand before how Colin Clout , and sundry others calling themselves shepherds , should argue like doctors in law , physic , and divinity . \u201c Silas ! they were woolstaplers ; and they must have exercised their wits in dealing with tithe-proctors and parsons , and moreover with fellows of colleges from our two learned universities , who have sundry lands held under them , as thou knowest , and take the small tithes in kind . Colin Clout , methinks , from his extensive learning , might have acquired enough interest with the Queen 's Highness to change his name for the better , and , furthermore , her royal license to carry armorial bearings , in no peril of taint from so unsavoury an appellation . \u201d Master Silas did interrupt this discourse , by saying , - \u201c May it please your worship , the constable is waiting . \u201d Whereat Sir Thomas said , tartly , - \u201c And let him wait . \u201d { 55a } Then to me , - \u201c I hope we have done with verses , and are not to be befooled by the lad 's nonsense touching mermaids or worse creatures . \u201d Then to Will , - \u201c William Shakspeare ! we live in a Christian land , a land of great toleration and forbearance . Three score cartsful of fagots a year are fully sufficient to clear our English air from every pestilence of heresy and witchcraft . It hath not alway been so , God wot ! Innocent and guilty took their turns before the fire , like geese and capons . The spit was never cold ; the cook 's sleeve was ever above the elbow . Countrymen came down from distant villages into towns and cities , to see perverters whom they had never heard of , and to learn the righteousness of hatred . When heretics waxed fewer the religious began to grumble that God , in losing his enemies , had also lost his avengers . \u201c Do not thou , William Shakspeare , dig the hole for thy own stake . If thou canst not make men wise , do not make them merry at thy cost . We are not to be paganised any more . Having struck from our calendars , and unnailed from our chapels , many dozens of decent saints , with as little compunction and remorse as unlucky lads throw frog-spawn and tadpoles out of stagnant ditches , never let us think of bringing back among us the daintier divinities they ousted . All these are the devil 's imps , beautiful as they appear in what we falsely call works of genius , which really and truly are the devil 's own ,\u2014 statues more graceful than humanity , pictures more living than life , eloquence that raised single cities above empires , poor men above kings . If these are not Satan 's works , where are they ? I will tell thee where they are likewise . In holding vain converse with false gods . The utmost we can allow in propriety is to call a knight Phoebus , and a dame Diana . They are not meat for every trencher . \u201c We must now proceed straightforward with the business on which thou comest before us . What further sayest thou , witness ? \u201d", "\u201c Ye would have it thus , no doubt , when your pockets and pouches are full of gins and nooses . \u201d", "\u201c I warrant thee , Euseby , the damp began not at the outside . A word in thy ear \u2014 Lucifer was thy tapster , I trow . \u201d", "\u201c Your worship doth hear the learned clerk 's testimony in my behalf . \u2018 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings \u2019 \u2014 \u201d", "\u201c Alas , no , sir ! Would I were ! But Sir Silas , like the prophet , came to curse , and was forced to bless me , even me , a sinner , a mutton-eater ! \u201d", "\u201c The Lord is merciful ! I was brought hither in jeopardy ; I shall return in joy . Whether my innocence be declared or otherwise , my piety and knowledge will be forwarded and increased ; for your worship will condescend , even from the judgment-seat , to enlighten the ignorant where a soul shall be saved or lost . And I , even I , may trespass a moment on your courtesy . I quail at the words NATURAL CAUSE . Be there any such ? \u201d", "\u201c I was thinking , may it please your worship , of the game-cock and the goose , having but small notion of herons . This doctrine of abduction , please your worship , hath been alway inculcated by the soundest of our judges . Would they had spoken on other points with the same clearness . How many unfortunates might thereby have been saved from crossing the Cordilleras ! \u201d { 72a }", "\u201c I supplicate your honour to impart unto me , in your wisdom , the mode and means whereby I may surcease to be disgraceful to the county . \u201d", "\u201c If the evil spirit produced one appearance , he might have produced all , with deference to the graver judgment of your worship . \u201c If what seemed PUNT was DEVIL , what seemed BUCK might have been DEVIL too ; nay , more easily , the horns being forthcoming . \u201c Thieves and reprobates do resemble him more nearly still ; and it would be hard if he could not make free with their bodies , when he has their souls already . \u201d", "\u201c O might I kiss the hand of my deliverer , whose clear-sightedness throweth such manifest and plenary light upon my innocence ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh ! those voices ! those faeries and spirits ! whence came they ? None can deal with \u2018 em but the devil , the parson , and witches . And does not the devil oftentimes take the very form , features , and habiliments of knights , and bishops , and other good men , to lead them into temptation and destroy them ? or to injure their good name , in failure of seduction ? \u201c He is sure of the wicked ; he lets them go their ways out of hand . \u201c I think your worship once delivered some such observation , in more courtly guise , which I would not presume to ape . If it was not your worship , it was our glorious lady the queen , or the wise Master Walsingham , or the great Lord Cecil . I may have marred and broken it , as sluts do a pancake , in the turning . \u201d", "\u201c So have I heard in many places ; although I was not present when", "Matthew Atterend fought about it for the honour of Kineton hundred . \u201d", "\u201c As your honour recollects . Not but on other occasions he would have fought no less bravely for the queen . \u201d", "\u201c Sir , I cannot forbear to take the owlet out of your mouth . He knocks them all on the head like so many mice . Likely story ! One fellow hears him cry lustily , the other doth not hear him at all ! \u201d", "\u201c That concerning owls , with the grim print afore it . \u201c Doctor Faustus , the wise doctor , who knew other than owls and owlets , knew the tempter in that form . Faustus was not your man for fancies and figments ; and he tells us that , to his certain knowledge , it was verily an owl 's face that whispered so much mischief in the ear of our first parent . \u201c One plainly sees it , quoth Doctor Faustus , under that gravity which in human life we call dignity , but of which we read nothing in the Gospel . We despise the hangman , we detest the hanged ; and yet , saith Duns Scotus , could we turn aside the heavy curtain , or stand high enough a-tiptoe to peep through its chinks and crevices , we should perhaps find these two characters to stand justly among the most innocent in the drama . He who blinketh the eyes of the poor wretch about to die doeth it out of mercy ; those who preceded him , bidding him in the garb of justice to shed the blood of his fellow - man , had less or none . So they hedge well their own grounds , what care they ? For this do they catch at stakes and thorns , at quick and rotten \u2014 \u201d Here Master Silas interrupted the discourse of the devil 's own doctor , delivered and printed by him before he was the devil 's , to which his worship had listened very attentively and delightedly . But Master Silas could keep his temper no longer , and cried , fiercely , \u201c Seditious sermonizer ! hold thy peace , or thou shalt answer for \u2018 t before convocation . \u201d", "\u201c I perceive that Master Silas doth verily believe I have been guilty of suborning the witnesses , at least the last , the best manof the two . No , sir , no . If my family and friends have united their wits and money for this purpose , be the crime of perverted justice on their heads ! They injure whom they intended to serve . Improvident men !\u2014 if the young may speak thus of the elderly ; could they imagine to themselves that your worship was to be hoodwinked and led astray ? \u201d", "\u201c His cause fought valiantly ; his fist but seconded it . He won ,\u2014 proving the golden words to be no property of our lady 's , although her Highness hath never disclaimed them . \u201d", "\u201c So I heard from a preacher at Oxford , who had preached at Easter in the chapel-royal of Westminster . \u201d", "\u201c And to whom I said, \u2018 I HAVE THE HONOUR , SIR , TO LIVE WITHIN TWO MEASURED MILES OF THE VERY SIR THOMAS LUCY WHO SPAKE THAT . \u2019 And I vow I said it without any hope or belief that he would invite me , as he did , to dine with him thereupon . \u201d", "\u201c I dropt a mile in my pride and exultation , God forgive me ! I would not conceal my fault . \u201d", "\u201c God willed that he should become my teacher , and in the bowels of his mercy hid my shame . \u201d", "\u201c How , indeed ?\u2014 everything against me ! \u201d He sighed , and entered into a long discourse , which Master Silas would at sundry times have interrupted , but that Sir Thomas more than once frowned upon him , even as he had frowned heretofore on young Will , who thus began and continued his narration : - \u201c Hearing the preacher preach at Saint Mary 's\u2014 hearing him preach , as I was saying , before the University in St. Mary 's Church , and hearing him use moreover the very words that Matthew fought about , I was impatientfor the end and consummation , and I thought I never should hear those precious words that ease every man 's heart , \u2018 NOW TO CONCLUDE . \u2019 However , come they did . I hurried out among the foremost , and thought the congratulations of the other doctors and dons would last for ever . He walked sharply off , and few cared to keep his pace ,\u2014 for they are lusty men mostly ; and spiteful bad women had breathed { 89a } in the faces of some among them , or the gowns had got between their legs . For my part , I was not to be balked ; so , tripping on aside him , I looked in his face askance . Whether he misgave or how , he turned his eyes downward . No matter \u2014 have him I would . I licked my lips and smacked them loud and smart , and scarcely venturing to nod , I gave my head such a sort of motion as dace and roach give an angler 's quill when they begin to bite . And this fairly hooked him . \u201d \u201c \u2018 Young gentleman ! \u2019 said he , \u2018 where is your gown ? \u2019 \u201c \u2018 Reverend sir ! \u2019 said I , \u2018 I am unworthy to wear one . \u2019 \u201c \u2018 A proper youth , nevertheless , and mightily well-spoken ! \u2019 he was pleased to say . \u201c \u2018 Your reverence hath given me heart , which failed me , \u2019 was my reply . \u2018 Ah ! your reverence ! those words about the devil were spicy words ; but , under favour , I do know the brook-side they sprang and flowered by . \u2018 T is just where it runs into Avon ; \u2018 t is called Hogbrook . \u2019 \u201c \u2018 Right ! \u2019 quoth he , putting his hand gently on my shoulder ; \u2018 but if I had thought it needful to say so in my sermon , I should have affronted the seniors of the University , since many claim them , and some peradventure would fain transpose them into higher places , and giving up all right and title to them , would accept in lieu thereof the poor recompense of a mitre . \u2019 \u201c I wishedI had Matthew Atterend in the midst of them . He would have given them skulls mitre-fashioned , if mitres are cloven now as we see them on ancient monuments . Matt is your milliner for gentles , who think no more harm of purloining rich saws in a mitre than lane-born boys do of embezzling hazel-nuts in a woollen cap . I did not venture to expound or suggest my thoughts , but feeling my choler rise higher and higher , I craved permission to make my obeisance and depart . \u201c \u2018 Where dost thou lodge , young man ? \u2019 said the preacher . \u201c \u2018 At the public , \u2019 said I , \u2018 where my father customarily lodgeth . There , too , is a mitre of the old fashion , swinging on the sign-post in the middle of the street . \u2019 \u201c \u2018 Respectable tavern enough ! \u2019 quoth the reverend doctor ; \u2018 and worthy men do turn in there , even quality ,\u2014 Master Davenant , Master Powel , Master Whorwood , aged and grave men . But taverns are Satan 's chapels , and are always well attended on the Lord 's day , to twit him . Hast thou no friend in such a city as Oxford ? \u2019 \u201c \u2018 Only the landlady of the Mitre , \u2019 said I . \u201c \u2018 A comely woman , \u2019 quoth he , \u2018 but too young for business by half . \u201c \u2018 Stay thou with me to-day , and fare frugally , but safely . \u201c \u2018 What may thy name be , and where is thy abode ? \u2019 \u201c \u2018 William Shakspeare , of Stratford-upon-Avon , at your service , sir . \u2019 \u201c \u2018 And welcome , \u2019 said he ; \u2018 thy father ere now hath bought our college wool . A truly good man we ever found him ; and I doubt not he hath educated his son to follow him in his paths . There is in the blood of man , as in the blood of animals , that which giveth the temper and disposition . These require nurture and culture . But what nurture will turn flint-stones into garden mould ? or what culture rear cabbages in the quarries of Hedington Hill ? To be well born is the greatest of all God 's primary blessings , young man , and there are many well born among the poor and needy . Thou art not of the indigent and destitute , who have great temptations ; thou art not of the wealthy and affluent , who have greater still . God hath placed thee , William Shakspeare , in that pleasant island , on one side whereof are the sirens , on the other the harpies , but inhabiting the coasts on the wider continent , and unable to make their talons felt , or their voices heard by thee . Unite with me in prayer and thanksgiving for the blessings thus vouchsafed . We must not close the heart when the finger of God would touch it . Enough , if thou sayest only , MY SOUL , PRAISE THOU THE LORD ! \u2019 \u201d Sir Thomas said , \u201c AMEN ! \u201d Master Silas was mute for the moment , but then quoth he , \u201c I can say amen too in the proper place . \u201d The knight of Charlecote , who appeared to have been much taken with this conversation , then interrogated Willy : - \u201c What farther might have been thy discourse with the doctor ? or did he discourse at all at trencher-time ? Thou must have been very much abashed to sit down at table with one who weareth a pure lambskin across his shoulder , and moreover a pink hood . \u201d", "\u201c Faith ! was I , your honour ! and could neither utter nor gulp . \u201d", "\u201c With the encouragement of Dr. Glaston \u2014 \u201d", "\u201c Said I not so ? \u201d", "\u201c Manna , sir , manna ! pure from the desert ! \u201d", "\u201c He spake of the various races and qualities of men , as before stated ; but chiefly on the elect and reprobate , and how to distinguish and know them . \u201d", "\u201c He told me that by such discussion he should say enough to keep me constantly out of evil company . \u201d", "\u201c I dare not dissemble , nor feign , nor hold aught back , although it be to my confusion . As well may I speak at once the whole truth for your worship could find it out if I abstained . \u201d", "\u201c I know not whether I can give your worship more than one other . Let me try . It was when Doctor Glaston was discoursing on the protection the wise and powerful should afford to the ignorant and weak : - \u201c \u2018 In the earlier ages of mankind , your Greek and Latin authors inform you , there went forth sundry worthies , men of might , to deliver , not wandering damsels , albeit for those likewise they had stowage , but low-conditioned men , who fell under the displeasure of the higher , and groaned in thraldom and captivity . And these mighty ones were believed to have done such services to poor humanity that their memory grew greater than they , as shadows do than substances at day-fall . And the sons and grandsons of the delivered did laud and magnify those glorious names ; and some in gratitude , and some in tribulation , did ascend the hills , which appeared unto them as altars bestrown with flowers and herbage for heaven 's acceptance . And many did go far into the quiet groves , under lofty trees , looking for whatever was mightiest and most protecting . And in such places did they cry aloud unto the mighty who had left them , \u201c RETURN ! RETURN ! HELP US ! HELP US ! BE BLESSED ! FOR EVER BLESSED ! \u201d \u201c \u2018 Vain men ! but had they stayed there , not evil . Out of gratitude , purest gratitude , rose idolatry . For the devil sees the fairest , and soils it . \u201c \u2018 In these our days , methinks , whatever other sins we may fall into , such idolatry is the least dangerous . For neither on the one side is there much disposition for gratitude , nor on the other much zeal to deliver the innocent and oppressed . Even this deliverance , although a merit , and a high one , is not the highest . Forgiveness is beyond it . Forgive , or ye shall not be forgiven . This ye may do every day ; for if ye find not offences , ye feign them ; and surely ye may remove your own work , if ye may re-remove another 's . To rescue requires more thought and wariness ; learn , then , the easier lesson first . Afterward , when ye rescue any from another 's violence , or from his own, bind up his wounds before ye send him on his way . Should ye at any time overtake the erring , and resolve to deliver him up , I will tell you whither to conduct him . Conduct him to his Lord and Master , whose household he hath left . It is better to consign him to Christ his Saviour than to man his murderer ; it is better to bid him live than to bid him die . The one word our Teacher and Preserver said , the other our enemy and destroyer . Bring him back again , the stray , the lost one bring him back , not with clubs and cudgels , not with halberts and halters , but generously and gently , and with the linking of the arm . In this posture shall God above smile upon ye ; in this posture of yours he shall recognize again his beloved Son upon earth . Do ye likewise , and depart in peace . \u2019 \u201d William had ended , and there was silence in the hall for some time after , when Sir Thomas said , - \u201c He spake unto somewhat mean persons , who may do it without disparagement . I look for authority , I look for doctrine , and find none yet . If he could not have drawn us out a thread or two from the coat of an apostle , he might have given us a smack of Augustin , or a sprig of Basil . Our older sermons are headier than these , Master Silas ! our new beer is the sweeter and clammier , and wants more spice . The doctor hath seasoned his with pretty wit enough , to do him justice , which in a sermon is never out of place ; for if there be the bane , there likewise is the antidote . \u201c What dost thou think about it , Master Silas ? \u201d", "\u201c These words , Master Silas , will oftener be quoted than any others of thine ; but rarelyas applicable to Doctor Glaston . I must stick unto his gown . I must declare that , to my poor knowledge , many have been raised to the bench of bishops for less wisdom and worse than is contained in the few sentences I have been commanded by authority to recite . No disparagement to any body I know , Master Silas , and multitudes bear witness , that thou above most art a dead hand at a sermon . \u201d", "\u201c Nay , Master Silas , be not angered ; it is courage enough to hear them . \u201d", "\u201c Alas , sir ! may I repeat it without offence , it not being doctrine but admonition , and meant for me only ? \u201d \u201c Speak it the rather for that , \u201d quoth Sir Thomas . Then did William give utterance to the words of the preacher , not indeed in his sermon at St. Mary 's , but after dinner . \u201c \u2018 Lust seizeth us in youth , ambition in midlife , avarice in old age ; but vanity and pride are the besetting sins that drive the angels from our cradle , pamper us with luscious and most unwholesome food , ride our first stick with us , mount our first horse with us , wake with us in the morning , dream with us in the night , and never at any time abandon us . In this world , beginning with pride and vanity , we are delivered over from tormentor to tormentor , until the worst tormentor of all taketh absolute possession of us for ever , seizing us at the mouth of the grave , enchaining us in his own dark dungeon , standing at the door , and laughing at our cries . But the Lord , out of his infinite mercy , hath placed in the hand of every man the helm to steer his course by , pointing it out with his finger , and giving him strength as well as knowledge to pursue it . \u201c \u2018 William ! William ! there is in the moral straits a current from right to wrong , but no re-flux from wrong to right ; for which destination we must hoist our sails aloft and ply our oars incessantly , or night and the tempest will overtake us , and we shall shriek out in vain from the billows , and irrecoverably sink . \u2019 \u201d \u201c Amen ! \u201d cried Sir Thomas most devoutly , sustaining his voice long and loud . \u201c Open that casement , good Silas ! the day is sultry for the season of the year ; it approacheth unto noontide . The room is close , and those blue flies do make a strange hubbub . \u201d", "\u201c In troth do they , sir ; they come from the kitchen , and do savour woundily of roast goose ! And , methinks \u2014 \u201d", "\u201c The fancy of a moment ,\u2014 a light and vain one . \u201d", "\u201c Where all is spring , all is buzz and murmur . \u201d", "\u201c Ay is he ! Never doth he sit down to dinner but he readeth first a chapter of the Revelation ; and if he tasteth a pound of butter at Carfax , he saith a grace long enough to bring an appetite for a baked bull 's { 106a } \u2014 zle . If this be not after God 's own heart , I know not what is . \u201d *** Corrected and spell-checked to here \u2014 page 107 *** SIR THOMAS . \u201c I would fain confer with him , but that Oxford lieth afar off ,\u2014 a matter of thirty miles , I hear . I might , indeed , write unto him ; but our Warwickshire pens are mighty broad-nibbed , and there is a something in this plaguy ink of ours sadly ropy \u2014 \u201d \u201c I fear there is , \u201d quoth Willy . \u201c And I should scorn , \u201d continued his worship , \u201c to write otherwise than in a fine Italian character to the master of a college , near in dignity to knighthood . \u201d", "\u201c Worshipful sir ! is there no other way of communicating but by person , or writing , or messages ? \u201d", "\u201c Gracious sir ! I do not urge it ; and the time is now past by some minutes . \u201d", "\u201c Sir , I am not popishly inclined ; I am not inclined to pay tribute of coin or understanding to those who rush forward with a pistol at my breast , crying , \u2018 STAND , OR YOU ARE A DEAD MAN . \u2019 I have but one guide in faith ,\u2014 a powerful , an almighty one . He will not suffer to waste away and vanish the faith for which he died . He hath chosen in all countries pure hearts for its depositaries ; and I would rather take it from a friend and neighbour , intelligent and righteous , and rejecting lucre , than from some foreigner educated in the pride of cities or in the moroseness of monasteries , who sells me what Christ gave me ,\u2014 his own flesh and blood . \u201c I can repeat by heart what I read above a year agone , albeit I cannot bring to mind the title of the book in which I read it . These are the words , - \u201c \u2018 The most venal and sordid of all the superstitions that have swept and darkened our globe may , indeed , like African locusts , have consumed the green corn in very extensive regions , and may return periodically to consume it ; but the strong , unwearied labourer who sowed it hath alway sown it in other places less exposed to such devouring pestilences . Those cunning men who formed to themselves the gorgeous plan of universal dominion were aware that they had a better chance of establishing it than brute ignorance or brute force could supply , and that soldiers and their paymasters were subject to other and powerfuller fears than the transitory ones of war and invasion . What they found in heaven they seized ; what they wanted they forged . \u201c \u2018 And so long as there is vice and ignorance in the world , so long as fear is a passion , their dominion will prevail ; but their dominion is not , and never shall be , universal . Can we wonder that it is so general ? Can we wonder that anything is wanting to give it authority and effect , when every learned , every prudent , every powerful , every ambitious man in Europe , for above a thousand years , united in the league to consolidate it ? \u201c \u2018 The old dealers in the shambles , where Christ 's body is exposed for sale in convenient marketable slices , { 111a } have not covered with blood and filth the whole pavement . Beautiful usages are remaining still ,\u2014 kindly affections , radiant hopes , and ardent aspirations ! \u201c \u2018 It is a comfortable thing to reflect , as they do , and as we may do unblamably , that we are uplifting to our Guide and Maker the same incense of the heart , and are uttering the very words , which our dearest friends in all quarters of the earth , nay in heaven itself , are offering to the throne of grace at the same moment . \u201c \u2018 Thus are we together through the immensity of space . What are these bodies ? Do they unite us ? No ; they keep us apart and asunder even while we touch . Realms and oceans , worlds and ages , open before two spirits bent on heaven . What a choir surrounds us when we resolve to live unitedly and harmoniously in Christian faith ! \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c Ignorant fools are bearable , Master Silas ! your wise ones are the worst . \u201d", "\u201c Or else what mortal man shall say", "Whose shins may suffer in the fray ? \u201d", "\u201c Little dogs are jealous of children , great ones fondle them . \u201d", "\u201c Behold my wall of defence ! \u201d", "\u201c Whom a God came down from heaven to save . \u201d", "\u201c The last part was the best . \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 And yet ye kill time when ye can , and are uneasy when ye cannot . \u2019 \u201d Whereupon did Sir Thomas say , aside unto himself , but within my hearing , - \u201c Faith and troth ! he must have had a head in at the window here one day or other . \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 This sin cryeth unto the Lord . \u2019", "\u201c Mayhap , sir ! A great heaviness came over me ; I was oppressed in spirit , and did feel as one awakening from a dream . \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 My brethren and children , \u2019 said the teacher , \u2018 whenever ye want to kill time call God to the chase , and bid the angels blow the horn ; and thus ye are sure to kill time to your heart 's content . And ye may feast another day , and another after that \u2014 \u2019 \u201d Then said Master Silas unto me , concernedly , \u201c This is the mischief-fullest of all the devil 's imps , to talk in such wise at a quarter past twelve ! \u201d But William went straight on , not hearing him , \u201c \u2018 \u2014 upon what ye shall , in such pursuit , have brought home with you . Whereas , if ye go alone , or two or three together , nay , even if ye go in thick and gallant company , and yet provide not that these be with ye , my word for it , and a powerfuller word than mine , ye shall return to your supper tired and jaded , and rest little when ye want to rest most . \u2019 \u201d \u201c Hast no other head of the Doctor 's ? \u201d quoth Sir Thomas . \u201c Verily none , \u201d replied Willy , \u201c of the morning 's discourse , saving the last words of it , which , with God 's help , I shall always remember . \u201d \u201c Give us them , give us them , \u201d said Sir Thomas . \u201c He wants doctrine ; he wants authority ; his are grains of millet ,\u2014 grains for unfledged doves ; but they are sound , except the CRYING . \u201c Deliver unto us the last words ; for the last of the preacher , as of the hanged , are usually the best . \u201d Then did William repeat the concluding words of the discourse , being these : - \u201c \u2018 As years are running past us , let us throw something on them which they cannot shake off in the dust and hurry of the world , but must carry with them to that great year of all , whereunto the lesser of this mortal life do tend and are subservient . \u2019 Sir Thomas , after a pause , and after having bent his knee under the table , as though there had been the church-cushion , said unto us , - \u201c Here he spake THROUGH A GLASS , DARKLY , as blessed Paul hath it . \u201d Then turning toward Willy , - \u201c And nothing more ? \u201d \u201c Nothing but the GLORY , \u201d quoth Willy , \u201c at which there is always such a clatter of feet upon the floor , and creaking of benches , and rustling of gowns , and bustle of bonnets , and justle of cushions , and dust of mats , and treading of toes , and punching of elbows , from the spitefuller , that one wishes to be fairly out of it , after the scramble for THE PEACE OF GOD is at an end \u2014 \u201d Sir Thomas threw himself back upon his armchair , and exclaimed in wonderment , \u201c How ! \u201d", "\u201c \u2014 and in the midst of the service again , were it possible . For nothing is painfuller than to have the pail shaken off the head when it is brim-full of the waters of life , and we are walking staidly under it . \u201d", "\u201c He had not that opportunity . \u201d", "\u201c The evening admonition , delivered by him unto the household \u2014 \u201d", "\u201c Alack , sir ! there were so many Latin words , I fear me I should be at fault in such attempt . \u201d", "\u201c Bating those latinities , I do verily think I could tie up again most of the points in his doublet . \u201d", "\u201c In dividing his matter , he spooned out and apportioned the commons in his discourse , as best suited the quality , capacity , and constitution of his hearers . To those in priests \u2019 orders he delivered a sort of catechism . \u201d", "\u201c He did so ; it may be at his peril . \u201d", "\u201c He did not catechise , but he admonished the richer gentlemen with gold tassels for their top-knots . \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 Many , \u2019 said he , \u2018 are ingenuous , many are devout , some timidly , some strenuously , but nearly all flinch , and rear , and kick , at the slightest touch , or least inquisitive suspicion of an unsound part in their doctrine . And yet , my brethren , we ought rather to flinch and feel sore at our own searching touch , our own serious inquisition into ourselves . Let us preachers , who are sufficiently liberal in bestowing our advice upon others , inquire of ourselves whether the exercise of spiritual authority may not be sometimes too pleasant , tickling our breasts with a plume from Satan 's wing , and turning our heads with that inebriating poison which he hath been seen to instil into the very chalice of our salvation . Let us ask ourselves in the closet whether , after we have humbled ourselves before God in our prayers , we never rise beyond the due standard in the pulpit ; whether our zeal for the truth be never over-heated by internal fires less holy ; whether we never grow stiffly and sternly pertinacious , at the very time when we are reproving the obstinacy of others ; and whether we have not frequently so acted as if we believed that opposition were to be relaxed and borne away by self - sufficiency and intolerance . Believe me , the wisest of us have our catechism to learn ; and these , my dear friends , are not the only questions contained in it . No Christian can hate ; no Christian can malign . Nevertheless , do we not often both hate and malign those unhappy men who are insensible to God 's mercies ? And I fear this unchristian spirit swells darkly , with all its venom , in the marble of our hearts , not because our brother is insensible to these mercies , but because he is insensible to our faculty of persuasion , turning a deaf ear unto our claim upon his obedience , or a blind or sleepy eye upon the fountain of light , whereof we deem ourselves the sacred reservoirs . There is one more question at which ye will tremble when ye ask it in the recesses of your souls ; I do tremble at it , yet must utter it . Whether we do not more warmly and erectly stand up for God 's word because it came from our mouths , than because it came from his ? Learned and ingenious men may indeed find a solution and excuse for all these propositions ; but the wise unto salvation will cry , \u201c Forgive me , O my God , if , called by thee to walk in thy way , I have not swept this dust from the sanctuary ! \" \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c He taught them what they who teach others should learn and practise . Then did he look toward the young gentlemen of large fortune ; and lastly his glances fell upon us poorer folk , whom he instructed in the duty we owe to our superiors . \u201d", "\u201c In one part of his admonition he said , - \u201c \u2018 Young gentlemen ! let not the highest of you who hear me this evening be led into the delusion , for such it is , that the founder of his family was ORIGINALLY a greater or a better man than the lowest here . He willed it , and became it . He must have stood low ; he must have worked hard ,\u2014 and with tools , moreover , of his own invention and fashioning . He waved and whistled off ten thousand strong and importunate temptations ; he dashed the dice-box from the jewelled hand of Chance , the cup from Pleasure 's , and trod under foot the sorceries of each ; he ascended steadily the precipices of Danger , and looked down with intrepidity from the summit ; he overawed Arrogance with Sedateness ; he seized by the horn and overleaped low Violence ; and he fairly swung Fortune round . \u201c \u2018 The very high cannot rise much higher ; the very low may ,\u2014 the truly great must have done it . \u201c \u2018 This is not the doctrine , my friends , of the silkenly and lawnly religious ; it wears the coarse texture of the fisherman , and walks uprightly and straightforward under it . I am speaking now more particularly to you among us upon whom God hath laid the incumbrances of wealth , the sweets whereof bring teazing and poisonous things about you , not easily sent away . What now are your pretensions under sacks of money ? or your enjoyments under the shade of genealogical trees ? Are they rational ? Are they real ? Do they exist at all ? Strange inconsistency ! to be proud of having as much gold and silver laid upon you as a mule hath , and yet to carry it less composedly ! The mule is not answerable for the conveyance and discharge of his burden ,\u2014 you are . Stranger infatuation still ! to be prouder of an excellent thing done by another than by yourselves , supposing any excellent thing to have actually been done ; and , after all , to be more elated on his cruelties than his kindnesses , by the blood he hath spilt than by the benefits he had conferred ; and to acknowledge less obligation to a well-informed and well-intentioned progenitor than to a lawless and ferocious barbarian . Would stocks and stumps , if they could utter words , utter such gross stupidity ? Would the apple boast of his crab origin , or the peach of his prune ? Hardly any man is ashamed of being inferior to his ancestors , although it is the very thing at which the great should blush , if , indeed , the great in general descended from the worthy . I did expect to see the day , and although I shall not see it , it must come at last , when he shall be treated as a madman or an impostor who dares to claim nobility or precedency and cannot shew his family name in the history of his country . Even he who can shew it , and who cannot write his own under it in the same or as goodly characters , must submit to the imputation of degeneracy , from which the lowly and obscure are exempt . \u201c \u2018 He alone who maketh you wiser maketh you greater ; and it is only by such an implement that Almighty God himself effects it . When he taketh away a man 's wisdom he taketh away his strength , his power over others and over himself . What help for him then ? He may sit idly and swell his spleen , saying ,\u2014 WHO IS THIS ? WHO IS THAT ? and at the question 's end the spirit of inquiry dies away in him . It would not have been so if , in happier hour , he had said within himself , WHO AM I ? WHAT AM I ? and had prosecuted the search in good earnest . \u201c \u2018 When we ask who THIS man is , or who THAT man is , we do not expect or hope for a plain answer ; we should be disappointed at a direct , or a rational , or a kind one . We desire to hear that he was of low origin , or had committed some crime , or been subjected to some calamity . Whoever he be , in general we disregard or despise him , unless we discover that he possesseth by nature many qualities of mind and body which he never brings into use , and many accessories of situation and fortune which he brings into abuse every day . According to the arithmetic in practice , he who makes the most idlers and the most ingrates is the most worshipful . But wiser ones than the scorers in this school will tell you how riches and power were bestowed by Providence that generosity and mercy should be exercised ; for , if every gift of the Almighty were distributed in equal portions to every creature , less of such virtues would be called into the field ; consequently there would be less of gratitude , less of submission , less of devotion , less of hope , and , in the total , less of content . \u2019 \u201d Here he ceased , and Sir Thomas nodded , and said , - \u201c Reasonable enough ! nay , almost too reasonable ! \u201d \u201c But where are the apostles ? Where are the disciples ? Where are the saints ? Where is hell-fire ? \u201d \u201c Well ! patience ! we may come to it yet . Go on , Will ! \u201d With such encouragement before him , did Will Shakspeare take breath and continue : - \u201c \u2018 We mortals are too much accustomed to behold our superiors in rank and station as we behold the leaves in the forest . While we stand under these leaves , our protection and refuge from heat and labour , we see only the rougher side of them , and the gloominess of the branches on which they hang . In the midst of their benefits we are insensible to their utility and their beauty , and appear to be ignorant that if they were placed less high above us we should derive from them less advantage . \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c May it please your worship ! with all my faults , I have ever borne due submission and reverence toward my superiors . \u201d", "\u201c Honoured sir ! I am quite ready to lay down my life and fortune , and all the rest of me , before that great virgin . \u201d", "\u201c No small privilege , by my faith ! for any woman in the next parish to thee , Master Silas ! \u201d", "\u201c Until it was trodden on by the ass that could not leap over it . These , I think , are the words of the fable . \u201d", "\u201c Sir , that of game is the more likely to keep them in it . \u201d", "\u201c He said , \u2018 The Greeks conveyed all their wisdom into their theatre , -  - their stages were churches and parliament-houses ; but what was false prevailed over what was true . They had their own wisdom , the wisdom of the foolish . Who is Sophocles , if compared to Doctor Hammersley of Oriel ? or Euripides , if compared to Doctor Prichard of Jesus ? Without the Gospel , light is darkness ; and with it , children are giants . \u201c \u2018 William , I need not expatiate on Greek with thee , since thou knowest it not , but some crumbs of Latin are picked up by the callowest beaks . The Romans had , as thou findest , and have still , more taste for murder than morality , and , as they could not find heroes among them , looked for gladiators . Their only very high poet employed his elevation and strength to dethrone and debase the Deity . They had several others , who polished their language and pitched their instruments with admirable skill ; several who glued over their thin and flimsy gaberdines many bright feathers from the widespread downs of Ionia , and the richly cultivated rocks of Attica . \u201c \u2018 Some of them have spoken from inspiration ; for thou art not to suppose that from the heathen were withheld all the manifestations of the Lord . We do agree at Oxford that the Pollio of Virgil is our Saviour . True , it is the dullest and poorest poem that a nation not very poetical hath bequeathed unto us ; and even the versification , in which this master excelled , is wanting in fluency and sweetness . I can only account for it from the weight of the subject . Two verses , which are fairly worth two hundred such poems , are from another pagan ; he was forced to sigh for the church without knowing her . He saith , - \u201c May I gaze upon thee when my latest hour is come ! May I hold thy hand when mine faileth me ! \u201d This , if adumbrating the church , is the most beautiful thought that ever issued from the heart of man ; but if addressed to a wanton , as some do opine , is filth from the sink , nauseating and insufferable . \u201c \u2018 William ! that which moveth the heart most is the best poetry ; it comes nearest unto God , the source of all power . \u2019 \u201d", "\u201c Sir , one of those Greeks , methinks , thrown into the pickle-pot , would be a treasure to the housewife 's young jerkins . \u201d", "\u201c Wonderful forbearance ! I marvel how the poet could get through . \u201d", "\u201c Incredible ! \u201d", "\u201c They must surely be rotten fragments of the world before the flood ,\u2014 saved out of it by the devil . \u201d", "\u201c When will such days return ? \u201d", "\u201c I have understood that the god of poetry is in the enjoyment of eternal youth ; I was ignorant that his sons were . \u201d", "\u201c Must it , can it , be ? \u201d", "\u201c I fear me , for once , all his wisdom would sluice out in vain . \u201d", "\u201c None could ever doubt it . Greeks and Trojans may fight for the quince ; neither shall have it While a Warwickshire lad Is on earth to be had , With a wand to wag On a trusty nag , He shall keep the lists With cudgel or fists . And black shall be whose eye Looks evil on Lucy . \u201d", "\u201c Sir , to my mortification I must confess that I took to myself the counsel he was giving to another ; a young gentleman who , from his pale face , his abstinence at table , his cough , his taciturnity , and his gentleness , seemed already more than half poet . To him did Doctor Glaston urge , with all his zeal and judgment , many arguments against the vocation ; telling him that , even in college , he had few applauders , being the first , and not the second or third , who always are more fortunate ; reminding him that he must solicit and obtain much interest with men of rank and quality , before he could expect their favour ; and that without it the vein chilled , the nerve relaxed , and the poet was left at next door to the bellman . \u2018 In the coldness of the world , \u2019 said he , \u2018 in the absence of ready friends and adherents , to light thee upstairs to the richly tapestried chamber of the muses , thy spirits will abandon thee , thy heart will sicken and swell within thee ; overladen , thou wilt make , O Ethelbert ! a slow and painful progress , and ere the door open , sink . Praise giveth weight unto the wanting , and happiness giveth elasticity unto the heavy . As the mightiest streams of the unexplored world , America , run languidly in the night , { 159a } and await the sun on high to contend with him in strength and grandeur , so doth genius halt and pause in the thraldom of outspread darkness , and move onward with all his vigour then only when creative light and jubilant warmth surround him . \u2019 \u201c Ethelbert coughed faintly ; a tinge of red , the size of a rose-bud , coloured the middle of his cheek ; and yet he seemed not to be pained by the reproof . He looked fondly and affectionately at his teacher , who thus proceeded : \u201c \u2018 My dear youth , do not carry the stone of Sisyphus on thy shoulder to pave the way to disappointment . If thou writest but indifferent poetry none will envy thee , and some will praise thee ; but nature , in her malignity , hath denied unto thee a capacity for the enjoyment of such praise . In this she hath been kinder to most others than to thee ; we know wherein she hath been kinder to thee than to most others . If thou writest good poetry many will call it flat , many will call it obscure , many will call it inharmonious ; and some of these will speak as they think ; for , as in giving a feast to great numbers , it is easier to possess the wine than to procure the cups , so happens it in poetry ; thou hast the beverage of thy own growth , but canst not find the recipients . What is simple and elegant to thee and me , to many an honest man is flat and sterile ; what to us is an innocently sly allusion , to as worthy a one as either of us is dull obscurity ; and that moreover which swims upon our brain , and which throbs against our temples , and which we delight in sounding to ourselves when the voice has done with it , touches their ear , and awakens no harmony in any cell of it . Rivals will run up to thee and call thee a plagiary , and , rather than that proof should be wanting , similar words to some of thine will be thrown in thy teeth out of Leviticus and Deuteronomy . \u201c \u2018 Do you desire calm studies ? Do you desire high thoughts ? Penetrate into theology . What is nobler than to dissect and discern the opinions of the gravest men upon the subtlest matters ? And what glorious victories are those over Infidelity and Scepticism ! How much loftier , how much more lasting in their effects , than such as ye are invited unto by what this ingenious youth hath contemptuously and truly called \u201c The swaggering drum , and trumpet hoarse with rage . \u201d And what a delightful and edifying sight it is , to see hundreds of the most able doctors , all stripped for the combat , each closing with his antagonist , and tugging and tearing , tooth and nail , to lay down and establish truths which have been floating in the air for ages , and which the lower order of mortals are forbidden to see , and commanded to embrace . And then the shouts of victory ! And then the crowns of amaranth held over their heads by the applauding angels ! Besides , these combats have other great and distinct advantages . Whereas , in the carnal , the longer ye contend the more blows do ye receive ; in these against Satan , the more fiercely and pertinaciously ye drive at him , the slacker do ye find him ; every good hit makes him redden and rave with anger , but diminishes its effect . \u201c \u2018 My dear friends , who would not enter a service in which he may give blows to his mortal enemy , and receive none ; and in which not only the eternal gain is incalculable , but also the temporal , at four-and-twenty , may be far above the emolument of generals , who , before the priest was born , had bled profusely for their country , established her security , brightened her glory , and augmented her dominions ? \u2019 \u201d At this pause did Sir Thomas turn unto Sir Silas , and asked , - \u201c What sayest thou , Silas ? \u201d Whereupon did Sir Silas make answer , - \u201c I say it is so , and was so , and should be so , and shall be so . If the queen 's brother had not sopped the priests and bishops out of the Catholic cup , they could have held the Catholic cup in their own hands , instead of yielding it into his . They earned their money ; if they sold their consciences for it , the business is theirs , not ours . I call this facing the devil with a vengeance . We have their coats ; no matter who made \u2018 em ,\u2014 we have \u2018 em , I say , and we will wear \u2018 em ; and not a button , tag , or tassel , shall any man tear away . \u201d Sir Thomas then turned to Willy , and requested him to proceed with the doctor 's discourse , who thereupon continued : - \u201c \u2018 Within your own recollections , how many good , quiet , inoffensive men , unendowed with any extraordinary abilities , have been enabled , by means of divinity , to enjoy a long life in tranquillity and affluence ? \u2019 \u201c Whereupon did one of the young gentlemen smile , and , on small encouragement from Doctor Glaston to enounce the cause thereof , he repeated these verses , which he gave afterward unto me : - \u201c \u2018 In the names on our books Was standing Tom Flooke 's , Who took in due time his degrees ; Which when he had taken , Like Ascham or Bacon , By night he could snore and by day he could sneeze . \u201c \u2018 Calm , pithy , pragmatical , { 164a } Tom Flooke he could at a call Rise up like a hound from his sleep ; And if many a quarto He gave not his heart to , If pellucid in lore , in his cups he was deep . \u201c \u2018 He never did harm , And his heart might be warm , For his doublet most certainly was so ; And now has Torn Flooke A quieter nook Than ever had Spenser or Tasso . \u201c \u2018 He lives in his house , As still as a mouse , Until he has eaten his dinner ; But then doth his nose Outroar all the woes That encompass the death of a sinner . \u201c \u2018 And there oft has been seen No less than a dean To tarry a week in the parish , In October and March , When deans are less starch , And days are less gleamy and garish . \u201c \u2018 That Sunday Tom 's eyes Look 'd always more wise , He repeated more often his text ; Two leaves stuck together ,And . . . THE REST YE SHALL HEAR IN MY NEXT . \u201c \u2018 At mess he lost quite His small appetite , By losing his friend the good dean ; The cook 's sight must fail her ! The eggs sure are staler ! The beef , too !\u2014 why , what can it mean ? \u201c \u2018 He turned off the butcher , To the cook could he clutch her , What his choler had done there 's no saying -  \u2018 T is verily said He smote low the cock 's head , And took other pullets for laying . \u2019 \u201c On this being concluded , Doctor Glaston said he shrewdly suspected an indigestion on the part of Mr. Thomas Flooke , caused by sitting up late and studying hard with Mr. Dean ; and he protested that theology itself should not carry us into the rawness of the morning air , particularly in such critical months as March and October , in one of which the sap rises , in the other sinks , and there are many stars very sinister . \u201d Sir Thomas shook his head , and declared he would not be uncharitable to rector , or dean , or doctor , but that certain surmises swam uppermost . He then winked at Master Silas , who said , incontinently , \u201c You have it , Sir Thomas ! The blind buzzards ! with their stars and saps ! \u201d \u201c Well , but Silas ! you yourself have told us over and over again , in church , that there are arcana . \u201d \u201c So there are ,\u2014 I uphold it , \u201d replied Master Silas ; \u201c but a fig for the greater part , and a fig-leaf for the rest . As for these signs , they are as plain as any page in the Revelation . \u201d Sir Thomas , after short pondering , said , scoffingly , - \u201c In regard to the rawness of the air having any effect whatsoever on those who discourse orthodoxically on theology , it is quite as absurd as to imagine that a man ever caught cold in a Protestant church . I am rather of opinion that it was a judgment on the rector for his evil-mindedness toward the cook , the Lord foreknowing that he was about to be wilful and vengeful in that quarter . It was , however , more advisedly that he took other pullets , on his own view of the case , although it might be that the same pullets would suit him again as well as ever , when his appetite should return ; for it doth not appear that they were loath to lay , but laid somewhat unsatisfactorily . \u201c Now , youth , \u201d continued his worship , \u201c if in our clemency we should spare thy life , study this higher elegiacal strain which thou hast carried with thee from Oxford ; it containeth , over and above an unusual store of biography , much sound moral doctrine , for those who are heedful in the weighing of it . And what can be more affecting than - \u2018 At mess he lost quite His small appetite , By losing his friend the good dean \u2019 ? And what an insight into character ! Store it up ; store it up ! SMALL APPETITE , particular ; GOOD DEAN , generick . \u201d Hereupon did Master Silas jerk me with his indicative joint , the elbow to wit , and did say in my ear , - \u201c He means DEANERY . Give me one of those bones so full of marrow , and let my lord bishop have all the meat over it , and welcome . If a dean is not on his stilts , he is not on his stumps ; he stands on his own ground ; he is a noli-metangeretarian . \u201d \u201c What art thou saying of those sectaries , good Master Silas ? \u201d quoth Sir Thomas , not hearing him distinctly . \u201c I was talking of the dean , \u201d replied Master Silas . \u201c He was the very dean who wrote and sang that song called the Two Jacks . \u201d \u201c Hast it ? \u201d asked he . Master Silas shook his head , and , trying in vain to recollect it , said at last , - \u201c After dinner it sometimes pops out of a filbert-shell in a crack ; and I have known it float on the first glass of Herefordshire cider ; it also hath some affinity with very stiff and old bottled beer ; but in a morning it seemeth unto me like a remnant of over-night . \u201d \u201c Our memory waneth , Master Silas ! \u201d quoth Sir Thomas , looking seriously . \u201c If thou couldst repeat it , without the grimace of singing , it were not ill . \u201d Master Silas struck the table with his fist , and repeated the first stave angrily ; but in the second he forgot the admonition of Sir Thomas , and did sing outright , - \u201c Jack Calvin and Jack Cade , Two gentles of one trade , Two tinkers , Very gladly would pull down Mother Church and Father Crown , And would starve or would drown Right thinkers . \u201c Honest man ! honest man ! Fill the can , fill the can , They are coming ! they are coming ! they are coming ! If any drop be left , It might tempt \u2018 em to a theft -  Zooks ! it was only the ale that was humming . \u201d \u201c In the first stave , gramercy ! there is an awful verity , \u201d quoth Sir Thomas ; \u201c but I wonder that a dean should let his skewer slip out , and his fat catch fire so wofully , in the second . Light stuff , Silas , fit only for ale-houses . \u201d Master Silas was nettled in the nose , and answered , - \u201c Let me see the man in Warwickshire , and in all the counties round , who can run at such a rate with so light a feather in the palm of his hand . I am no poet , thank God ! but I know what folks can do , and what folks cannot do . \u201d \u201c Well , Silas , \u201d replied Sir Thomas , \u201c after thy thanksgiving for being no poet , let us have the rest of the piece . \u201d \u201c The rest ! \u201d quoth Master Silas . \u201c When the ale hath done with its humming , it is time , methinks , to dismiss it . Sir , there never was any more ; you might as well ask for more after Amen or the see of Canterbury . \u201d Sir Thomas was dissatisfied , and turned off the discourse ; and peradventure he grew more inclined to be gracious unto Willy from the slight rub his chaplain had given him , were it only for the contrariety . When he had collected his thoughts he was determined to assert his supremacy on the score of poetry . \u201c Deans , I perceive , like other quality , \u201d said he , \u201c cannot run on long together . My friend , Sir Everard Starkeye , could never overleap four bars . I remember but one composition of his , on a young lady who mocked at his inconsistency , in calling her sometimes his Grace and at other times his Muse . \u2018 My Grace shall Fanny Carew be , While here she deigns to stay ; AndMy Muse when far away ! \u2019 And when we laughed at him for turning his back upon her after the fourth verse , all he could say for himself was , that he would rather a game at ALL FOURS with Fanny , than OMBRE and PICQUET with the finest furbelows in Christendom . Men of condition do usually want a belt in the course . \u201d Whereunto said Master Silas , - \u201c Men out of condition are quite as liable to lack it , methinks . \u201d \u201c Silas ! Silas ! \u201d replied the knight , impatiently , \u201c prithee keep to thy divinity , thy strong hold upon Zion ; thence none that faces thee can draw thee without being bitten to the bone . Leave poetry to me . \u201d \u201c With all my heart , \u201d quoth Master Silas , \u201c I will never ask a belt from her , until I see she can afford to give a shirt . She has promised a belt , indeed ,\u2014 not one , however , that doth much improve the wind ,\u2014 to this lad here , and will keep her word ; but she was forced to borrow the pattern from a Carthusian friar , and somehow it slips above the shoulder . \u201d \u201c I am by no means sure of that , \u201d quoth Sir Thomas . \u201c He shall have fair play . He carrieth in his mind many valuable things , whereof it hath pleased Providence to ordain him the depository . He hath laid before us certain sprigs of poetry from Oxford , trim as pennyroyal , and larger leaves of household divinity , the most mildly-savoured ,\u2014 pleasant in health and wholesome in sickness . \u201d \u201c I relish not such mutton-broth divinity , \u201d said Master Silas . \u201c It makes me sick in order to settle my stomach . \u201d \u201c We may improve it , \u201d said the knight , \u201c but first let us hear more . \u201d Then did William Shakspeare resume Dr. Glaston 's discourse . \u201c \u2018 Ethelbert ! I think thou walkest but little ; otherwise I should take thee with me , some fine fresh morning , as far as unto the first hamlet on the Cherwell . There lies young Wellerby , who , the year before , was wont to pass many hours of the day poetising amid the ruins of Godstow nunnery . It is said that he bore a fondness toward a young maiden in that place , formerly a village , now containing but two old farm-houses . In my memory there were still extant several dormitories . Some love-sick girl had recollected an ancient name , and had engraven on a stone with a garden-nail , which lay in rust near it , -", "\u201c And yet after this pudding the doctor gave him a spoonful of custard , flavoured with a little bitter , which was mostly left at the bottom for the other idle chap . \u201d Sir Thomas not only did endure this very goodnaturedly , but deigned even to take in good part the smile upon my countenance , as though he were a smile collector , and as though his estate were so humble that he could hold his laced bonnetfor bear and fiddle . He then said unto Willy , \u201c Place likewise this custard before us . \u201d \u201c There is but little of it ; the platter is shallow , \u201d replied he ; \u201c \u2018 t was suited to Master Ethelbert 's appetite . The contents were these : \u201c \u2018 The things whereon thy whole soul brooded in its innermost recesses , and with all its warmth and energy , will pass unprized and unregarded , not only throughout thy lifetime but long after . For the higher beauties of poetry are beyond the capacity , beyond the vision of almost all . Once perhaps in half a century a single star is discovered , then named and registered , then mentioned by five studious men to five more ; at last some twenty say , or repeat in writing , what they have heard about it . Other stars await other discoveries . Few and solitary and wide asunder are those who calculate their relative distances , their mysterious influences , their glorious magnitude , and their stupendous height . \u2018 T is so , believe me , and ever was so , with the truest and best poetry . Homer , they say , was blind ; he might have been ere he died ,\u2014 that he sat among the blind , we are sure . \u201c \u2018 Happy they who , like this young lad from Stratford , write poetry on the saddle-bow when their geldings are jaded , and keep the desk for better purposes . \u2019 \u201c The young gentlemen , like the elderly , all turned their faces toward me , to my confusion , so much did I remark of sneer and scoff at my cost . Master Ethelbert was the only one who spared me . He smiled and said , - \u201c \u2018 Be patient ! From the higher heavens of poetry , it is long before the radiance of the brightest star can reach the world below . We hear that one man finds out one beauty , another man finds out another , placing his observatory and instruments on the poet 's grave . The worms must have eaten us before it is rightly known what we are . It is only when we are skeletons that we are boxed and ticketed , and prized and shewn . Be it so ! I shall not be tired of waiting . \u2019 \u201d \u201c Reasonable youth ! \u201d said Sir Thomas ; \u201c yet both he and Glaston walk rather A-STRADDLE , methinks . They might have stepped up to thee more straightforwardly , and told thee the trade ill suiteth thee , having little fire , little fantasy , and little learning . Furthermore , that one poet , as one bull , sufficeth for two parishes , and that where they are stuck too close together they are apt to fire , like haystacks . I have known it myself ; I have had my malignants and scoffers . \u201d", "\u201c I never could have thought it ! \u201d", "\u201c Mat Atterend ! Mat Atterend ! where wert thou sleeping ? \u201d", "\u201c Gracious Heaven ! and was this too doubted ? \u201d", "\u201c Perhaps , sir , it was for that very thing that she put the daughter back and herself forward . \u201d", "\u201c But too well . Not those couples in which it might be apprehended that your worship and my unworthiness should appear too close together ; but those sorrowfuller which peradventure might unite Master Silas and me in our road to Warwick and upwards . But I resign all right and title unto these as willingly as I did unto the other , and am as ready to let him go alone . \u201d", "\u201c May it please your worship ! if my father so ordereth , I go cheerfully . \u201d", "\u201c I await the further orders of your worship from the chair . \u201d"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 28, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hello ! I 've got home all ri \u2014\u2014Who says I sh 'd never \u2018 ve opened th \u2019 door without \u2018 sistance .Serve her joll \u2019 well right \u2014 everything droppin \u2019 out . Th \u2019 cat . I \u2018 ve scored her off \u2014 I \u2018 ve got her bag .Serves her joly \u2019 well right .Never gave tha \u2019 fellow anything !Beastly shilling !Base ingratitude ! 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I \u2018 ve got a most beastly headache . Mind you do n't say anything , Mrs. Jones .", "Sorry I \u2018 m late .Tea , please , mother . Any letters for me ?But look here , I say , this has been opened ! I do wish you would  n't \u2014\u2014", "Well , I can n't help having your name , father !Brutes !", "Have n't you ragged me enough , dad ?", "I expect you always had lots of money . If you 've got plenty of money , of course \u2014\u2014", "How much had you , dad ?", "I do n't know about the gravity . Of course , I \u2018 m very sorry if you think it was wrong . Have  n't I said so ! I should never have done it at all if I had  n't been so jolly hard up .", "I do n't know \u2014 not much .", "I have  n't got any .", "I know I \u2018 ve got the most beastly headache .", "Too jolly bad !", "Reticule .I do n't know anything about it .", "Deny ? No , of course .Why did you give me away like this ? What on earth did you come here for ?", "I do n't remember anything about it .Why on earth could  n't you have written ?", "I do n't remember anything about it , really . I do n't remember anything about last night at all .It 's all \u2014 cloudy , and I \u2018 ve got such a beastly headache .", "Well , then , it must be here . I remember now \u2014 I remember something . Why did I take the beastly thing ?", "I 'm awfully sorry . If there 's anything", "I can do \u2014\u2014", "I 'll go and have a look , but I really do n't think I \u2018 ve got it .", "Is that the thing ? I \u2018 ve looked all over \u2014 I can n't find the purse anywhere . Are you sure it was there ?", "I really am awfully sorry \u2014 my head 's so jolly bad . I \u2018 ve asked the butler , but he has  n't seen it .", "Oh ! Of course \u2014 that 'll be all right ; I 'll see that that 's all right . How much ?", "That 'll be all right ; I 'll \u2014 send you a cheque .", "I 'm awfully sorry ; I really have  n't a penny in my pocket .", "But I can n't give you what I have  n't got . Do n't I tell you I have  n't a beastly cent .", "What awful luck !", "All right , I wo n't then , and see how you like it . You would  n't have helped me this time , I know , if you had  n't been scared the thing would get into the papers . Where are the cigarettes ?", "I say , Marlow , where are the cigarettes ?", "Did you look in my room ?", "Stolen it !", "Tst !", "Crackers , please , Dad .", "Crackers , please , Dad .", "Crackers , please , Dad .", "Marlow 's a most decent chap . 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Of course I remember I came \u2014 I must have come \u2014\u2014", "Look here , do n't excite Dad \u2014 I can simply say I was too beastly tired , and do n't remember anything except that I came in andwent to bed the same as usual .", "I did  n't , I slept on the \u2014\u2014", "Oh ! nothing .", "It 's only my purse .", "Well , it was somebody else 's \u2014 it was all a joke \u2014 I did  n't want the beastly thing .", "Oh , do n't Mother !", "It was pure sport . I do n't know how I got the thing . Of course I \u2018 d had a bit of a row \u2014 I did  n't know what I was doing \u2014 I was \u2014 I Was \u2014 well , you know \u2014 I suppose I must have pulled the bag out of her hand .", "Oh ! I do n't know \u2014 her bag \u2014 it belonged to \u2014a woman .", "You would have it . I did  n't want to tell you . It 's not my fault .", "Yes , I did .", "On the sofa , there \u2014\u2014 that is \u2014 I \u2014\u2014", "No .", "Because I woke up there in the morning .", "And Mrs. Jones saw me . I wish you would  n't bait me so .", "By Jove , I do seem to remember a fellow with \u2014 a fellow with", "I say , d \u2019 you want me \u2014\u2014?", "I do \u2014 I distinctly remember his \u2014\u2014", "Well , what the devil \u2014\u2014", "Well , Mother , I \u2014 I do n't know what you do want .", "But I want to know what I \u2018 m to do .I wo n't be badgered like this .", "Must I go down to the Court to-morrow ?", "Thanks , awfully ! So long as I do n't have to go .I think if you 'll excuse me \u2014 I 've had a most beastly day .", "Good-night , Mother .", "I say , Dad \u2014\u2014", "I say , that 's exactly what \u2014\u2014", "John BARTHWICK , Junior .", "At 6 , Rockingham Gate .", "Yes .", "I \u2018 ve seen Mrs. Jones . Ido n't know the man .", "Yes .", "Yes .", "Yes , it is .", "The fact of the matter is , sir , that I \u2018 d been out to the theatre that night , and had supper afterwards , and I came in late .", "No , Sir .I do n't think I do .", "No , sir \u2014 I do n't think so , sir \u2014 I do n't know .", "No .", "The fact of the matter is , sir , I 'm afraid", "I 'd had too much champagne that night .", "I seem to remember \u2014\u2014", "No , I do n't . I do n't remember anything of the sort .", "Dad ! that 's what you said to me !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 29, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["There 's a good haul for supper , lads .", "What have you got there ?", "Stop opening it then . Use that fresh fish instead . Tinned stuff is extra valuable nowadays . It can be sent to the front . We have time to think out here on these hills . I have thought till my head reeled and not yet found out what big things we can do for our country , but the little duties are clear enough , and one of \u2018 em is not to be wasteful .", "What is the full tally ?", "Fine . We can n't have too much wool and mutton this year .", "She 'll be tired after that long ride .", "Her fine lady cousin ! She 's coming , of course . I 'd forgotten ! Here , you chaps , get that place straight .What is this sheep doing here ?", "You old fool . All right . Leave her . Go and straighten things up a bit in the shelter . \u2018 Tis like a pig-stye . ( A clatter of horses hoofs , shouts of \u201c Whoa there , Nellie . Here we are , \u201d etc ., is heard without . TWO GIRLS with riding hats and whips ENTER front right wing . NORA LEE is dainty with light hair and a rather sunburnt face and neck . She has pale lashes ; she is petite and pretty and rather self-assured . She advances laughing . )", "Oh , Nora , I 'm glad you 've come .", "Out with the men . He 'll be back by tea-time .", "I do know .I wish you welcome , Miss Lewisham .", "Yes . This is a friendly country . My name is Gordon .", "I 'll coo-ee for Robert .And there is Roto . Hi . Come along , Roto . Miss Nora wants to show you off .", "The Maoris believe in all sorts of charms and magic and spirits . They have a legend about these forests , for instance , that a goddess of wisdom lives in these hill tops and is a tree by day and a white woman at night .", "Not yet \u2014 but sometimes \u2014", "Sometimes after a day alone in these forests , at sunset , when the heavens seem opening , one half imagines Wisdom is just behind one , slipping between the trees \u2014 I", "Wool and mutton ! Both necessaries . Of course we 've all thought of that , Robert .", "Oh , it is wonderful to see you again !", "For me you are the dream of God which stirs the woodland , you are \u2014I say , do sit down . You 'll be tired after that ride . Let me take your whip . Take your gloves off . Those little hands must ache after holding the reins for three hours .", "And so you should , they are such clever little hands .", "I 'm not . Everyone thinks you are wonderful , ask \u2014", "Of course he does .", "He \u2014 he 's shy . But besides , though all men may think such things about a girl , they only say them when they love her .", "Is it a hundred or a hundred and one times I have told you so ?", "You have never once said no !", "Say something different this time . You can n't always be cruel , with that sweet face you have .", "Do n't be , then .", "Being in love with you would make the world a heaven if only you were kind !", "Of course ! I 'd die to make you happy !", "How can I not talk of it when I love you ?", "No man could .", "Shewing Miss Loveday the sheep . I say , she 's handsome .", "Do n't say that , Nora . You know you are every beautiful thing to me . I hear your sweet voice every time the bell bird calls . I see your hair in the golden clouds after the sunset ; I think of you and the home nest you are making somewhere , particularly when I am out here sleeping out of doors . You know I never shall think there is anyone in the world like you .", "You try to prevent us being alone . You grudge me these few minutes . It is cruel .", "You notice that ? Is n't the sky the same size in England , Miss", "Loveday ?", "Everything is big here ; and mostly beautiful . It makes big ideas come into one 's head to be so solitary on these wide hills . Big ideas hover but they wo n't settle down into words , so one does n't know clearly what they are .", "Well , of course at present , about the war . The war is so huge one needs to be away from it , like we are here , to see how big it is .", "But you have done something . I 've done nothing yet .", "Wool and mutton are useful , I help produce those , but I must do more , Robert and I will both do more when we see clearly what we ought to do .", "I 've thought of joining an Expeditionary Force , but they have n't called for us yet \u2014 and , anyway , I do n't know if that is the best one can do \u2014 to leave all these sheep we are raising , you know . They are needed .", "You 're welcome . We 'll show you off . Miss Loveday Lewisham is fresh out from home and wants to see all the native sights . Miss Loveday , this is Mr. John Varlie , the universal provider . A regular conjurer who wafts the appliances of civilisation into our rude wilderness .", "Bully for you .", "All right .", "Sure . Those kettles are boiling . We 'll have tea in a jiffy .", "Sit down and have tea first , and then tell us all about it .", "And lots of straight men are muddled headed enough to think that wasting peoples time making a lot of truck nobody wants is good for trade .", "We know that !", "Ah , this stirs one ! I wonder if this is what I ought to do ?", "A man has only one life . That 's all he can give to his country .", "Old men can raise sheep .", "That 's a direct message to me .", "Twenty-nine .", "Now me .", "Hardly at all . And I 'm strong ! I 've never been ill . I can ride day and night in the saddle . I 'd join the mounted rifles !", "I 'm the right age . I 'm strong . I can ride like a cow-boy . I can shoot better than my brother .", "You must take me , somehow or other . You must . I can shoot . I never miss my aim ! What is the good of coming here and rousing us all up with your talk of soldiering if you wo n't take the best shot in the place ?", "Curse the tree that staked me ! Curse the fools that did n't heal me square !", "Nora , what do you say ? Are n't I fit to go ?", "Now I see why you never loved me ! You 've teased me often enough . I 've made love like a man , but to you , to you I was never a man ! I see it now . You all think me useless . You do n't look on me as a man !", "Would n't you take it hard if both your country and the woman you love told you plainly you were mere useless rubbish ?", "You are kind . But , oh God !\u2014 ( He goes toward shelter away from the OTHERS and aimlessly unfolds the blankets , folds them up again , and re-arranges the pile ; opens them out and re-folds them , and so on . Meanwhile , the RECRUITING OFFICER has quietly asked questions of the 2ND SHEPHERD , whose answers are satisfactory . LOVEDAY looks from one to the other , then sits brooding , glancing pitifully at GORDON from time to time . While this is going on , the RECRUITING OFFICER takes ROBERT and the 2ND SHEPHERD out , followed by the men with him , leaving NORA , 1ST SHEPHERD , ROTO and VARLIE in a group . LOVEDAY a little apart . )", "Good luck , old chap , the best of luck !", "I will , Robert .", "To both my country and the woman I love , I 'm not a man . I 'm lumber \u2014 useless lumber ! Nora ! Nora !", "You are a spirit ?", "You are the goddess of the woods come to me in my pain ! Tell me , you beautiful , you wonderful \u2014 tell me , what have I to do ? Speak to me , speak to me !", "Angel ! Goddess ! Tell me \u2014 how \u2014Slowly the CURTAIN descends .", "It is good of you coming over so often to help me . I do n't know what I should have done without you . The others try to slay with laughter all my young ideas . I am indebted to you !", "Oh , it is not mine . None of all thisis mine . All my ideas before that day had been vague and muddled . Now I am only writing down the ideas that vision , that goddess gave me .", "No .", "No . The germ of everything was in that beautiful message she gave me .", "A spirit .", "Perhaps the Maoris are right . This was a spirit . It could n't have been imagination ! I heard her speak quite clearly . Her wonderful voice was like music , thrilling and deep like the songs of birds in a cool , deep glade .", "Yes , I was overwrought . That recruiting business had amazingly stirred me . But what she said was so remote from my misery that I could not have imagined anything so vital , so full of hope . I felt shamed , anguished . I felt my manhood beaten in the dust , by my country , by the woman I loved .", "Do you know what love is ? Have you ever loved ? If not , you could never understand my shame .", "Ah , but you \u2014 beautiful and radiant as you are will never know what it is to have love spurned \u2014 as I have .", "Are you not sure that my love is spurned ? Do you think Nora , after all , may love me ?", "But Nora is so living \u2014 so \u2014 feminine . I do n't think dreamy things like ideas appeal to her . Oh , how well I remember her as a girl with her golden hair flying ! We three were brought up together , she and Robert and I . She never cared about reading , but always played some real game .", "Wish that for me !", "Sure ! Wish it for me ! There is something wonderful about you . Your wishes would bring me luck .", "That 's vague . Say , \u201c I wish that Nora may love you and make you happy . \u201d", "Ah , ifWhat 's the matter with you ? Your voice sounds tired . Are you tired ?", "We 'll stop the work .", "\u201c The nations shall unite and have a super-parliament to which they shall all send a small number of representatives . This super-parliament shall make International laws , but it shall chiefly exist to prevent any nation flying at another 's throat . If necessary , by force . \u201dFlying at another 's throat , does n't seem formal enough , does it ?", "\u201c In order to prevent any murderously-minded nation flying at another 's throatas Germany did at Belgium . That example will never be forgotten . \u201d", "\u201c In order to prevent for ever , \u201d I 'll add for ever , shall I ?", "\u201c In order for ever to prevent any murderously-minded nation flying at another 's throat , or stealing any of the rights , or breaking any international law , the super-parliament shall have behind it the whole of the armaments of the world . \u201d That 's good , is n't it ? That 's the point .", "Yes .\u201c The super-parliament is to have complete control of all the armies and all the armament factories in the whole world . Any individual or group of individuals violating that monopoly and attempting private manufacture of armaments shall be subject to instant death . \u201d", "You are bloodthirsty !", "No , no , because \u2014Where is it ? There is to be a clause preventing any such hanky-panky .", "That 's the idea .", "They idealise human nature .", "Do n't call it mine . It is all the gift of my fairy genius of the woods .", "No , only that once .", "They are not . Though I was dreaming and longing vaguely for something of the kind , I 'm not big enough actually to have thought it out .", "Nora does n't think so .", "Why are you so keen on making me think too well of myself ?", "Why do you trouble that I should even think well of myself at all ?", "You are wonderful \u2014 women generally try to make a man feel a worm .", "Yes . And she would give herself away so utterly if she stood out !", "Why not ? Every spot is remote from somewhere else .", "Robert left me here on trust . I must keep his sheep going , at any rate till I can get a responsible manager . Then I 'll go to London .", "It may take time !", "I do n't , that 's flat .", "Sit down , Nora . You 'll be tired after picking all that fruit . I 'll carry it over for you when you are rested .", "Do n't , Nora . Do n't always be cruel now .", "I 'd be happier .", "Why not ?", "Nora ! You 're not \u2014 not engaged ?", "But \u2014 when will it be , I wonder !", "Nora , how you tease me ! And yet , I believe , underneath it all you are fond of me \u2014 a little .", "But now , Nora \u2014 oh , bother !ROTO . } 1ST SHEP . } Hey , mister , here 's a sight . Look at that now ! The first , the very first that 's been along that road . Hoo-o !", "Do n't you lay it on too thick if you want to sell your car . And I suppose that 's what you 're after ?", "We might do without it .", "If it did n't jib half way .", "If you have the car I will learn to drive it all right .", "Your dad 'll never spend so much just on your running about .", "Have you sold any around here ?", "Where was she made ?", "It is ingenious .", "That is so .", "And waste good work making things we are happier without ! No ! Till this war is settled up , and after it , till everyone is fed and clothed decently , work must be spent on those jobs , not on senseless fripperies which enslave us to make some soulless idiot rich !", "Here , Roto , fetch along the drinks !", "Like all miracles , it do n't seem sure to work .", "Here you are .", "No . I do n't .", "It is to make another such war as this impossible .", "I 'm no silly mug of a pacifist .", "Then any nation would have all the rest of the world against it directly it tried to do anything aggressive .", "Then she would openly proclaim that her militarism is aggressive and not for self-defence . It would have to be one of the terms of peace that she did come in .", "Without some such plan the nations will all be burdened beyond endurance , with armament making and the upkeep of armies .", "Whose is it then ?", "It is the business of everyone to make the world safer and more beautiful \u2014", "Whatever is the matter ? ( ROTO comes in and learning news from VARLIE , shows signs of real grief . ALL hesitate to tell GORDON . 1ST SHEPHERD holds out telegram . )", "The telegram is official \u2014 it 's \u2014 is Robert wounded ?", "Killed !", "Good old chap . Yes , he 'll never come back . Your master is dead \u2014 died a hero 's death .", "Thanks \u2014 thanks , you 're kind .Nora , dear .How sweet of you to care so much \u2014 he , he 'd be proud if he knew .", "He wo n't come back !He wo n't come back ! He has done his job for the Empire ! That frees me ! Now I 'll do mine ! I 've nothing to keep me here .", "Robert charged me to keep the station going for him till he came back . Now he 'll never come back ; I 'm done with the station ! Other men must raise the sheep .", "Yes . We have often said I 'd have to go to London some day to get my job put through .", "No . All I have is the homestead , and the sheep . But I 'll sell them .", "I 'll lose something of course , but the homestead and all is really worth quite ten thousand pounds altogether .", "Yes . And unencumbered .", "Yes \u2014 now it is . Robert and I shared it . He left his will with me \u2014 he said his share was all for me , as he had n't got a girl .", "I shall .", "But my work wo n't wait ! I sha n't .", "You say so ? You back me ?", "Well , I have one on my side .", "I must sell at once . Perhaps neighbour Lee might like to join this station on to his .", "Well , I must sell for else I have no money to go to Europe with and I will go . It will be a very expensive job . Propaganda costs . I must put my scheme before the Prime Minister of England , and it 's no good to write to him . I must see him , I must talk to him .", "He does n't know me yet .", "I 'll manage it somehow .", "No . But I 'll get to .", "No . But I will when I get there .", "Splendid ! You never told me that , Loveday , when you said I should have to go and see him somehow .", "With Robert 's example before me \u2014 I 'll do it , or die .", "But it may take a long time , and I must have money , plenty of money too . I must sell the station at once .", "You !", "Good . That 'll save ever so much time I might waste in looking for a buyer .", "It is worth ten thousand pounds .", "But I 'll take less .", "Say seven thousand \u2014 for money down .", "It is really worth that , why the sheep alone \u2014", "Next month ! I want to be half way to England next month .", "That 's too little to discuss .", "After the war will be too late for me . The international super-parliament must be considered in the terms of peace .", "To-day !", "That 's better than waiting for an uncertain buyer \u2014 but it 's very little \u2014", "To-day . Well , I 'll take it !", "Oh , Nora !", "You 'll give me a letter of introduction ?", "Loveday , you said you would give me a letter of introduction !", "Oh , Loveday , what do you mean ?", "But , what do you mean , Loveday ?", "You will ? You are a brick ! How splendid !", "It is too much , Loveday !", "I fear I have bored you , there is so much to say , but perhaps the chief point is that there shall not only be international law , but adequate force behind that law to enforce it .", "I know I owe her an awful lot . And you too . I 'm ever so grateful , I can n't say how grateful . Posterity will \u2014", "I say . You do work miracles .", "She terrifies me rather .", "I say , I 'm nervous you know .", "I 'm wretchedly nervous . Is he , is he short with people ?", "I say , what do you think ?I thought of wording Clause 29 of the suggested constitution as follows : \u201c The Super-Parliament is to have the power of prohibiting the manufacture of anything which in its opinion constitutes a menace to the Peace of the world : with power to inflict the death penalty on all concerned in any infringement of its prohibition in any country . \u201d", "I hope the Prime Minister will see that . I must learn this clause off by heart now . Teach it to me , will you ?", "Yes , of course I learnt them . I could n't read them to the", "Prime Minister , could I ? And I 'm so nervous , I 'd muddle them up unless", "I just learn them off .", "Why , yes ! I 'm to tell him the ideas , are n't I ?", "If I 'm not to say the clauses I have learnt , what on earth am", "I to say ?", "Good heavens . What a gamble !", "You have been my inspiration for so much of this .", "I owe you so much . How strange it is I should have met you the same day that the vision came to me . Next to my vision-spirit , you are the source of all the ideas worth anything in it .", "But I had no concrete ideas at first !", "The vision , and you , gave me the ideas to work out .", "Loveday !", "Loveday .\u2014 You do n't really think that ?", "I 'm so accustomed to women thinking poorly of me \u2014 Nora \u2014", "No I have waked from my foolish dream of love for her . She , she was too cruel \u2014 and besides \u2014 she , you know , you heard \u2014 she loved Robert .", "Yes . Thank God I 'm free from love of any earthly woman .", "You make most women look small , and then \u2014 then \u2014 anyway , I 'm not the type of man such a woman as I could love now , would look at . Thank God , no mortal woman can rack my heart . My vision Queen has my heart and my dreams .", "Impossible .", "Yours .", "New Zealand , Sir .", "Yes , Sir .", "Yes indeed , Sir .", "We are Britons all , Sir .", "My only brother was killed a few weeks ago in Gallipoli , Sir .", "And that is one reason why , Sir ,", "I am so anxious to ask your help for my scheme of international \u2014", "They must have been , Sir", "Good-bye , Sir , thank you .And may I come and see you in office hours about my scheme ? It is very important , it \u2014 is a series of clauses for an international arrangement which will wipe German Militarism and all other militarism off the earth \u2014 it \u2014", "Sure , Loveday , I 'll hold him , even if Mr. Smithers wo n't .", "Yes , Varlie , there 's no mistaking you ! You bought the freehold of my Station and all my sheep and I 'm not likely to forget it .", "That 's the name I 've known him under in New Zealand for months .", "I have that great honour , sir .", "If there was a Super-Parliament constituted as I suggest Prussian Militarism , all Militarism , is not only defeated now , but for ever ! It is plucked out by the roots , but not at the ruinous cost of imposing militarism on all other nations . Oh , there 's so much .", "And you , you are not only my friend but my Goddess , my vision ! Your look just now \u2014 your wonderful voice when you were speaking to the Minister a little ago . It was you that night in the woods \u2014 you I have been adoring , and from you I have been drawing my inspiration !", "I know my love can be nothing at all to you \u2014 I am not a fit mate for you . But let me go on kneeling to you ! Do n't spurn me .", "Oh ! It can n't be that it is anything to you ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 30, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Before we proceed any further , hear me speak .", "You are all resolv 'd rather to die than to famish ?", "First , you know Caius Marcius is chief enemy to the people .", "Let us kill him , and we 'll have corn at our own price . Is't a verdict ?", "We are accounted poor citizens , the patricians good . What authority surfeits on would relieve us ; if they would yield us but the superfluity while it were wholesome , we might guess they relieved us humanely ; but they think we are too dear . The leanness that afflicts us , the object of our misery , is as an inventory to particularize their abundance ; our sufferance is a gain to them . Let us revenge this with our pikes ere we become rakes ; for the gods know I speak this in hunger for bread , not in thirst for revenge .", "Against him first ; he 's a very dog to the commonalty .", "Very well , and could be content to give him good report for't but that he pays himself with being proud .", "I say unto you , what he hath done famously he did it to that end ; though soft-conscienc 'd men can be content to say it was for his country , he did it to please his mother and to be partly proud , which he is , even to the altitude of his virtue .", "If I must not , I need not be barren of accusations ; he hath faults , with surplus , to tire in repetition . within ] What shouts are these ? The other side o \u2019 th \u2019 city is risen . Why stay we prating here ? To th \u2019 Capitol !", "Soft ! who comes here ?", "He 's one honest enough ; would all the rest were so !", "Our business is not unknown to th \u2019 Senate ; they have had inkling this fortnight what we intend to do , which now we 'll show \u2018 em in deeds . They say poor suitors have strong breaths ; they shall know we have strong arms too .", "We cannot , sir ; we are undone already .", "Care for us ! True , indeed ! They ne'er car 'd for us yet . Suffer us to famish , and their storehouses cramm 'd with grain ; make edicts for usury , to support usurers ; repeal daily any wholesome act established against the rich , and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor . If the wars eat us not up , they will ; and there 's all the love they bear us .", "Well , I 'll hear it , sir ; yet you must not think to fob off our disgrace with a tale . But , a n't please you , deliver .", "Well , sir , what answer made the belly ?", "Your belly 's answer - What ?", "The kingly crowned head , the vigilant eye ,", "The counsellor heart , the arm our soldier ,", "Our steed the leg , the tongue our trumpeter ,", "With other muniments and petty helps", "Is this our fabric , if that they-", "Should by the cormorant belly be restrain 'd ,", "Who is the sink o \u2019 th \u2019 body-", "The former agents , if they did complain ,", "What could the belly answer ?", "Y'are long about it .", "Ay , sir ; well , well .", "It was an answer . How apply you this ?", "I the great toe ? Why the great toe ?", "We have ever your good word .", "Once , if he do require our voices , we ought not to deny him .", "And to make us no better thought of , a little help will serve ; for once we stood up about the corn , he himself stuck not to call us the many-headed multitude .", "The price is to ask it kindly .", "He has our voices , sir .", "No , \u2018 tis his kind of speech - he did not mock us .", "I twice five hundred , and their friends to piece \u2018 em .", "He shall well know", "The noble tribunes are the people 's mouths ,", "And we their hands .", "Ourselves , our wives , and children , on our knees", "Are bound to pray for you both .", "For mine own part ,", "When I said banish him , I said \u2018 twas pity .", "The gods be good to us ! Come , masters , let 's home . I ever said we were i \u2019 th \u2019 wrong when we banish 'd him ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 31, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["One would not think , Sir , how much blood had stain 'd", "Old England , since we left her , finding thus", "All things so peaceful ; but one thing I mark 'd", "As we did skirt the village .", "The king 's face was defac 'd \u2014 the sign o \u2019 the inn", "At jolly Master Gurton 's \u2014 mind you not", "How sad it look 'd ? Yet \u2018 neath it I 've been gay ,", "A time or two ; \u2018 tis not my fortune now :", "Those bright Italian skies have even marr 'd", "My judgment of clear ale .", "One jovial day", "Of honest mud and wholesome English fog .", "Hem ! I doubt much", "About this welcoming .\u2014 Sad human Nature !", "This brother was a careful , godly youth", "That kept accounts , and smiling pass 'd a beggar ,", "Saying , \u201c Good-morrow , friend , \u201d yet never gave .", "Where head doth early ripen , heart comes late \u2014", "Therefore , I say , I doubt this welcoming .", "What answer shall I bear to my master ?", "My master is a very Puritan , sir !", "I desire no better , sir ! I thank you , than where I am .", "And die !", "Worshipful Master Basil ! you will excuse me , but I must speak my master 's mind . He saith he hath signed away his inheritance to thee , and that he expects this small gift , ere he comes among ye . He is but in sorry plight of dress , and he hath ever shown much affection for you .", "You will not see him ?\u2014", "Nor send him the money ?\u2014", "You have no other message ?\u2014", "Oh ! Well , sir , I think the execution of my barren commission needs no farther stay . Touching that small portion of mammon wherewith thou wouldst endow my master 's passage across the seas , in his name I will venture to refuse the gratility .", "Art thou not his cousin , lady ?", "He hath often spoken of thee far hence .", "Lady ! believe it not ;\u2014 for I affect much his society .He is a good master and kind , though of a strange mood . For women , he cannot abear them .", "I am going to the inn , where he awaits me . Will it please you to meet me opposite the old barn in two hours ?", "By'r lady , angels ! both of them .", "So this publican hath ceased to be a sinner ! To think now of old sophisticate Gurton being called Hezekiah Newborn . Gadso , he babbles of salvation like the tap his boy left running this morning to see the troop of cavaliers go by . Yet I marked the unregenerate Gurton swore round ere Newborn found his voice to upbraid sourly as becomes a saint . He hath been more civil since I heard him . O Newborn , how utterly shalt thou be damned !", "Master Gurton ! thy belly hath kept pace with thy righteousness .", "Simply , thou art known to me . I am William", "Nutbrown .", "He was ! A youth of promise . Behold the fulfilment in these legs , this manly bosom !", "From the land of beccaficos , mine old Newborn ! but thou understandest not \u2014 thou hast merely observed the increase of local timber and the decay of pigeon-houses . Thy sole chronicle hath been the ripe birth of undistinguishable curly-headed village children , and the green burial of undistinguished village bald old men hath been thine only lesson . Thou hast simply acquired amazement at the actions of the man of experience . Doth a quart measure still hold a quart ?", "Well , well , thou shalt finish anon .", "Thou shalt tell me all hereafter .", "Thou hadst \u2014 nearly .", "Come , no lies with me ! I shall doubt thee if thou cantest one word except in thy calling . Yet I saw by thy first look thou wert glad to see me ; so give me thy hand , and I will shake it ere some one calls for a draught of ale , and thou dost relapse into the sordid and muddy calculation that makes thy daily self , and so forget that the friend of thy youth hath revisited thee . Nay , fear not , I will not betray thee to thy present customers . But first tell me , why thou art so changed : seeing that the cavaliers should be thy best friends ?", "Hold ! Thy reasons are sufficient \u2014 Thou art , worthy Hezekiah ! become a saint , to escape martyrdom . Methinks I see the gallant foin at thy belly .Sa ! sa !", "I shall die ! Gadzookers ! thus , was it thus !\u2014 and thy wife \u2014 a cuckoldy villain \u2014 merely a figure of speech though , Master Gurton ! Eh ? Thou didst not suspect ?", "Nay , I 'll be bound not . Sa ! Sa !", "Well , thou hast reason for thanksgiving . But I think thy wife was right , if the poor gentleman 's thrust was drunken , \u2018 twas a compliment to thy wine . A scurvy rogue to ask for his money when he was poor , and thy wine did affect him .", "Well , I pity thee , and will say no more . My master is young Arthur Walton . He hath returned . He gave up the fortune to his brother Basil .", "No ! no ! He is here , and now he wanteth assistance from his brother ; for we are in some present straits , and this Basil will have nought to say to him . What I shall want of thee is information of the family ; and mayhap thy daughter will have to see Mistress Florence for us with a message .", "The Philistines be upon thee !", "With horns , a n't please you ,very like Master Newborn there .", "Dost think the gentleman eats suppers ?", "Nor I , for my master to be a fat-witted Duke , and I his chief serving-man .", "What the devil !\u2014 3rd Sold . Ay ! uplift thy voice against Beelzebub .", "Gurton ! for this I will undo thee . Newborn ! thou didst just now water thine ale . Hezekiah ! thou dissemblest , which is more than thy wife used to do ; for she feared thee not .", "These be ignorant knaves . I will practice on them . It may come to good .The Lord leadeth his people through the wilderness to salvation , crinkeldom cum crankeldom .", "Of all thirsts , there be none like that after righteousness .\u2014", "For strong ale , which I think hath to do with the conversion of this Gurton .1st Sold . Lift thy voice higher , that we stumble not in the dark .", "I would I could remember a text \u2014 anything will do \u2014The General Cromwell hath , they say , a red nose , and doth never spit white , which I look upon as a great sign , as was the burning bush to Moses ! 2nd Sold . Ha ! Blasphemest thou ? 3rd Sold . He scoffeth ! 4th Sold . Down with him .", "Think ! what of ? Thy late wife 's virtue ? I would she were here .", "Well , it might have been worse , for they might have drunk it , and departed in that military haste which precludes payment .", "Truly at the burial of one Generosity !", "A fool in this world , but an angel of light in the next ; if the word of God be true , which I remember to have heard in my childhood in the church there .", "About the setting of the sun , when he had no more to give . I saw none in the garb of mourning , though many wore long faces , because their gain was stopped .", "Other names than his own . Extravagance , folly , imprudence , were the best terms there . One whom he had released from gaol , carved madness with a flint stone . There was but one would have painted his true name , but his tears defaced it \u2014 a humble dependent , who had been faithful to him , but whom he regarded not , being accustomed to his services .", "Ay , and thy cousin . She is a rare girl , and remembereth thee well . Thy brother is not attached to thee . He will give thee five hundred pounds if thou wilt swear to quit England for ever . He abuseth thee finely , saith thou art a debauched vagabond , which is an insult to me thy serving companion , whom he threatened with the stocks . Wilt thou not slay him ?", "Thy cousin would see thee . She is miserable about something , and will be here presently .", "You have bad stuff to deal with . He will not become good suddenly , as in some stage-plays . You shall not frown him into a virtuous act . Nevertheless , abuse him , an \u2018 twill do thee good . Look you , dear master , I will describe him . He hath a neat and cheerful aspect , and talketh very smoothly ; nay , for a time he shall agree with everybody , that you shall think him the most good-natured fellow alive ; he shall be as benevolent as a lawyer nursing his leg , whilst he listens to the tale of him whom his client oppresseth , and you shall win him just as easily . Let the question of gain put him in action , and the devil inside shall jump out , like an ape stirred up to malice . He affects , too , a vulgar frankness , which is often the mask of selfishness , as a man who helps himself first at table with a \u201c ha ! ha ! \u201d in a facetious manner , a jocose greediness , which is most actual , real earnest within .", "Bless you , he hath reasons ! he would refuse tenpence to a starving wretch , because he owed ten pounds to his shoemaker , though he had ten thousand in his coffers at home . Yet would he still owe the ten pounds .", "And yet so meanly would he adopt appearances in the world 's eye , that should he have to cross a muddy street where a beggar kept a passage clear with his besom , lest the gallants should soil their bravery , he would time his crossing , till one driven , or on horseback , should be near , that he might pass hurriedly on without giving him a groat , as in fear of being o'erridden . Like Judas \u2014", "Thy cousin is very beautiful and gentle .", "Sir , they come ! Your collar is unfasten 'd and your hair disorder 'd . Let me \u2014", "Just a moment .\u2014", "Young woman ! I doubt not your attachment , nor wonder at your love ; but it cannot be returned . Principle forbids ; and this heart is blighted .", "This beard \u2014 what think you of it ?", "Yet \u2018 tis not for you .", "Do you know , lively rustic , that the beard of Mars , the god of war , is auburnly inclined ? It is much affected by the ladies of the south .", "What a rank prude is woman , thus to disguise her inclination . They call thee Barbara \u2014 Bab ! restrain not thy fancy . Come , hang round my neck and love me . What ! wouldst thou be an exception to thy sex ?", "Sweet Bab , I love thee .", "Thou wouldst not have it said by anything but a man . Thou wilt not forget ?", "They are , sir !", "Mistress Florence and Barbara , sir !", "My master bloody ?\u2014 A dead man on the ground !\u2014 a knight of the road by his looks \u2014What a grim stranger !", "Sir ! I wait on this gentleman . What a look !I am sure he is either the devil , or some great Christian .I will , my Lord !Come along ! To think now this dead , two-legged thing should have been active enough just now to catch a four-footed live deer . No sooner does a man die , but you would think he had swallowed the lead of his coffin . Come along ! Lord ! how helpless it is ! Why , he shall no more kick at his petty devouring , no , no more than if he were a dead king !", "Yes ! yes , from Italy , Rome , gracious sir ! Us 'd to these things , you see \u2014", "If I should be impertinent to him , \u2018 twill be behind his back . He hath a quelling eye ; although a man fear not . Now , amidst other brave men with swords , he would be as one that carried sword , and petronel to boot .", "Nay , sir ! I do remember as we stood in the mouldy big Circus , having sundry of the lousy population idling within , whereby I did then liken it to a venerable cheese , in which is some faint stir of maggotry , that thou didst make a memorable speech against the land , where the only vocation of a nobleman is to defile the streets and be pimp to his own wife .", "So my master hath at last turned roundhead with a vengeance , and therefore I , to whom the rogue is necessary , am here , on the brink of nowhere . To think that so much merit may be quenched by the mechanical art of a base gunner , who hath no fear in his actions ; for I take it that a discreet reverence for the body we live in , which the vulgar term fear , shows the best proof of the value of the individual . Egad ! life here is as cheap as the grass on an empty common , where there is no democracy of goose to hiss at the kingly shadow of a single ass in God 's sunshine . My master hath not done well ; for he must have known that I could not leave him without a moral guide and companion \u2014 to die , too , with the sin of my unpaid wages on his conscience . Well , pray heaven , there come soon a partition of the crown jewels amongst us , after which I will withdraw this right arm from a cause I cannot approve ; but to cherish principles one should not lack means ; therefore ,lie thou there , carnal device ! and I will go look for a barber and be despoiled , like a topsy-turvy Samson , not to lose strength , but to gain it . I thank heaven that our camp did yesterday fall in dry places , for there were many of these sour-visaged soldiers called me Jonah , and I did well to escape ducking in a horse-pond . Soft , here be some of them coming . Yestere'en I committed sacrilege in a knapsack , and stole a small Bible from amid great plunder for my salvation . Now will I feign to read it , and I doubt not the sin will be pardoned , for self-preservation is the second law of nature , as I have generally observed fornication to be the first ! Enter a party of Soldiers , R .These be some of Oliver 's Ironsides ; every one of whom is , as David , a man of war and a prophet ; truly they are more earnest and sober than the others . 1st Troop . To-morrow we shall sup in York .", "How the man of war identifies himself with the remnant of those that shall sup . 2nd Troop . Not so \u2014 for this morning , when a surrender was demanded , they would have hanged our messenger . That raging Beelzebub , Rupert , in expected hourly to the relief .There ! there ! he is come . 1st Troop . What say the generals ? 2nd Troop . Our own Cromwell is very prompt ; but the rest chafe much , and the Scots are sore backsliders . 3rd Troop . I would we might be led on and the trumpets sounded , that the walls of yon Jericho might fall about their ears , and deliver them into our hands alive .", "Worthy martialist ! may I speak ? 1st Troop . Ay so ?", "Is the King there in person ? 2nd Troop . Surely not ; he is in that city of abomination , Oxford .", "Is it not true that ye did ask them that guard the city to yield it in the King 's name ? 2nd Troop . I heard the message : it was so worded .", "\u2018 Tis an excellent contradiction , to fight for and against . If ye should meet the King now in battle , would you fire on him with your pistols , or cleave him with your swords ? 1st Troop . Nay !", "What , in his own name , kill him for himself , for his own sake , as it were ? I would fain argue that with your general \u2014\u2014 another time . Farewell , worthy sirs !", "Here 's gory enthusiasm ! Now whilst every man is ready to preach individually on his own account , and the whole collectively are about to sing a psalm , I will endeavour to steal away unperceived , lest any of them , imagining himself somewhere between Deuteronomy and Kings , should take it upon himself to proclaim that I come from Gibeon , and so \u2014", "Nay ! worthy sir , knock out the priming of your wrath from the matchlock of your vengeance , and abide till to-morrow , when you shall see many a stout fellow and gormandizer to boot levelled .Great Sir ! they complain that the wine is thin .", "A n't please you , we had no time for grace ; but we return thanks to you , under Heaven .", "I was about to fight ; but they waited not for me . It is all over now . The king hath no more chance than a butterfly three days at sea amongst a covey of Mother Carey 's chickens . I would pursue , but lack spurs and a horse , or you should not find me here ;or within ten miles of it .", "Ah ! you would have watered me in a pond two days since ; but here \u2014 this is better than water .", "An \u2019 this be not a lesson ! I have no father that is a malignant , and could therefore only undergo simple murder . However ,rest thou there ! in Mercy 's hallowed name \u2014 nay more , as rashness is animal , so a due timidity is soul , which is mind , and I have a great mind to run away , and mind being soul , I think I have a greater soul than Alexander .Now if it were not for that , this foolish brute , my body , might rush off in that direction , but it do n't , for a great mind prevents it , therefore \u2014", "So now , a letter from my Master to his cousin , and then , of course , an answer to that . I had need go get myself fitted like Mercury , with wings at his heels . To be the lacquey of a man that hath quarrelled with his mistress ! And to know the final issue all the time , that it is sure to be made up between them . And to hear him mutter \u201c the last , \u201d between his teeth , while sealing it . He was to have journeyed this evening , too , but the General Cromwell , with a face very red and perturbed , and a nose as it were of lava ; his wart being ignited like the pimple of a salamander , hath been desiring to see him instantly . There is something going to happen among them . Well , in these confused days , Since I 'm of those that have got nought to lose , Perchance I may step in some richer shoes !", "Come on , I tell thee they are all gone . Have", "I not liberty here ?", "Is there no way to save him ? If now it were the marriage of his heart something might occur ; but I never yet heard of an accident on the road to a gallows .", "If he had been slain on the right side , and died comely with a love-lock as a gentleman should . But to perish by the false canting rebel that he served . He a traitor ! My master ! The innocentest youth alive . Why even I , that have some claim , could not find it in my heart to cheat him . It would have been an insult to my understanding to impose upon him that had no suspicions , and would leave out his doublet in the morning to be cleaned unemptied , when he had won uncounted pieces of gold at night \u2014 Alas ! Alas !", "This way , this way !", "Ay , ask us , ask me !\u2014 Hanging is too good for you . You are found out , and\u2018 twas this blessed old fool that has undone you . Yes , you may look , but your hair will not curl any longer . Your plot is discovered . Noll knows all , and will only spare your life on condition of the colonies .Look there ! There is happiness \u2014 there 's fish-hooks and broken glass bottles and tin-tacks in your gullet . Stomach that . Tol de rol !", "Ay , thou art an Eldorado of cunning .", "No , indeed , thou didst not , and had I not been there to extract the pearl of discovery from the jaw-bone of ignorance with the forceps of discernment , my Master by this time had been sped .", "Thy experience did ever squint , and the obliquity of the mind grows worse with years . Yet I grant thee , as it hath happened , thou hast been equal to the occasion , which is true greatness , and that thou art great no one who looks at thee can deny . I am glad that Wyckoff hath at length paid his long reckoning .", "Did you not see them take him ?\u2014", "Stop , stop , thou art struck with an apoplexy of sense . Wisdom peeps through both thine eyes , like the unexpected apparition of a bed-ridden old woman at a garret window . Thou art the very owl of Minerva , and the little bill , that thou ever carriest with thee , is given thee for this purpose , to peck at man 's frailty in the matter of repayment . Come , thou art in danger . I must have thee bled .", "Substance ? Why there is scarcely a doorway thou canst pass through ; and if one of Hell 's gate-posts be not put back a foot or two , thou wilt be left , at thy latter end , like a huge undelivered parcel in the lumber-room of Charon .", "Nay , I meant not to offend thee . Come , we part soon . My master will pay thee thrice that thou hast lost by this captain .", "Come along , come along . The boat stays under the bridge . Mistress Barbara is already on board the ship , and swears that tar is the perfumery of Satan . Come , I may never see thee again , and although we shall not moisten our parting with tears , it would scarcely , methinks , be appropriate that we should say to each other \u201c God be with you ! \u201d thirsting ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 32, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Gent . You do not meet a man but Frownes .", "Our bloods no more obey the Heauens", "Then our Courtiers :", "Still seeme , as do 's the Kings", "Sir , I would aduise you to shift a Shirt ; the Violence of Action hath made you reek as a Sacrifice : where ayre comes out , ayre comes in : There 's none abroad so wholesome as that you vent", "What got he by that ? you haue broke his pate with your Bowle", "Did you heere of a Stranger that 's come to Court night ? Clot . A Stranger , and I not know o n't ? 2 . He 's a strange Fellow himselfe , and knowes it not", "There 's an Italian come , and \u2018 tis thought one of", "Leonatus Friends", "Your Lordship is the most patient man in losse , the most coldest that euer turn 'd vp Ace", "But not euery man patient after the noble temper of your Lordship ; You are most hot , and furious when you winne . Winning will put any man into courage : if I could get this foolish Imogen , I should haue Gold enough : it 's almost morning , is't not ? 1 Day , my Lord", "Sen . This is the tenor of the Emperors Writ ;", "That since the common men are now in Action", "\u2018 Gainst the Pannonians , and Dalmatians ,", "And that the Legions now in Gallia , are", "Full weake to vndertake our Warres against", "The falne-off Britaines , that we do incite", "The Gentry to this businesse . He creates", "Lucius Pro-Consull : and to you the Tribunes", "For this immediate Leuy , he commands", "His absolute Commission . Long liue Caesar", "Bro . When once he was mature for man , in Britaine where was hee That could stand vp his paralell ? Or fruitfull obiect bee ? In eye of Imogen , that best could deeme his dignitie"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 33, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oh ! oh my ! oh my ! oh my !", "There 's only one terrible word for it \u2014 it 's a fix !", "How did we get led into it ? Halves , Sheba , please .", "The Fancy Dress Masked Ball at Durnstone is promoted by the Officers of the Hussars . I believe that the young gentleman you have impressed calls himself an officer , though he is merely a lieutenant .", "Very well , then . When to-night we appear at the Durnstone Athenaeum , unknown to dear Papa , on the arms of Major Tarver and Mr. Darbey , I consider that we shall be equally wicked . Oh , how can we be so wrong ?", "That 's true . Besides , there 's this to remember \u2014 we 're inexperienced girls and have only dear Papa . But oh , now that the Ball is to-night , I repent , Sheba , I repent !", "You 'd repent now if you had seen the account for the fancy dresses .", "Yes , the Major enclosed it to me this morning . You know , Sheba , Major Tarver promised to get the dresses made in London , so I gave him our brown paper patterns to send to the costumier .", "No ; I sealed them up and marked outside \u201c To be opened only by a lady . \u201d", "Well , of course Major Tarver begged to be allowed to pay for the dresses , and I said I could n't dream of permitting it , and then he said he should be most unhappy if he did n't , and , just as I thought he was going to have his own way ,he cheered up and said he 'd yield to a lady .And oh ! he 's yielded .", "\u201c Debtor to Lewis Isaacs , Costumier to the Queen , Bow", "Street . One gown \u2014 period French Revolution , 1798 \u2014 Fifteen guineas ! \u201d", "\u201c Trimmings , linings , buttons , frillings \u2014 Seven guineas ! \u201d", "That 's mine !", "\u201c One skirt and bodice \u2014 flower girl \u2014 period uncertain \u2014 Ten guineas . \u201d", "\u201c Trimmings , linings , buttons , frillings \u2014 Five guineas ! Extras , Two guineas . Total , Forty pounds , nineteen . Ladies \u2019 own brown paper patterns mislaid . Terms , Cash ! \u201d", "Oh , Sheba !", "My heart weighs twenty . What shall we do ?", "Brought up as we have been , that 's out of the question !", "Of course we 'll do that , but \u2014 the bill !", "Poor dear Papa ! He has n't paid our proper dressmaker 's bill yet , and", "I 'm sure he 's pressed for money .", "Suppose poor Papa refuses to give us a present ?", "However , do n't let us wrong poor Papa in advance . Let us try to think how nice we shall look .", "Oh , I shall ! And as for stealing out of the house with Major Tarver when poor dear Papa has gone to bed , why , Gerald Tarver would die for me !", "You 're not so very much younger than I , Sheba !", "Why ! you cruel girl ! You know I can n't lengthen you till I 'm married !", "You mean Major Tarver ?", "Poor Papa !", "Am I all right , Sheba ?", "Yes .Here they are ! How well Gerald Tarver dismounts ! Oh !", "No \u2014 only part of it .", "And that he gave to his Queen , brave fellow !", "All right ; you be admiring my voice !", "Here they are , and we 're doing nothing !", "Yes \u2014 unconsciously .", "Major Tarver .", "You quite startled us .", "You need n't wait , Blore !", "Yes , they came yesterday in a hamper labeled \u201c Miss Jedd , Secretary ,", "Cast-off Clothing Distribution League . \u201d", "Dear Major Tarver , surely this terrible strain on your nerves is very , very bad for you with your \u2014 your \u2014\u2014", "Oh , Major Tarver !", "Oh !", "Indeed , indeed I will !", "Major Tarver !", "Poor dear Papa goes round with Blore at half-past nine \u2014 after that all is rest and peacefulness .", "But suppose dear Papa should hear us crunching down the gravel path !", "Would you like a glass of water , Major Tarver ?", "Papa !", "Papa ! Major Tarver and Mr. Darbey have ridden over from Durnstone to ask how your cold is .", "Leg of mutton , Papa !", "Why , do n't you see , as you will have to drive over to dine , you will both be here , on the spot , ready to take us back to Durnstone ?", "Charles the First ! Oh , Major !", "Oh !", "Here is Papa !", "Papa 's alone !", "He always is !", "Papa ! Have you any spare cash ?", "Lost !", "Sheba 's small , but she cuts into a lot of material .", "Oh , Papa !", "\u201c A Munificent Offer . Dr. Jedd , the Dean of St. Marvells , whose anxiety for the preservation of the Minister Spire threatens to undermine his health , has subscribed the munificent sum of one thousand pounds to the Restoration Fund . \u201dOh !", "\u201c On condition that seven other donors come forward , each with the like sum . \u201d", "And will they ?", "But if they do ! Speak , Father !", "Good news !", "To live with us ! What Aunt ?", "What 's she like ?", "Keep the expenses down !", "But , Papa , who is Aunt what'shYpppHeNherhYpppHeNname ?", "A bad man ?", "How awful it all sounds !", "I would n't be in her shoes for something !", "Yes , and the peg out of the rattling window !", "I \u2014 I am Salome .", "So do I . But she 's not my idea of a weary fragment or a chastened widow .", "We 'll come back in a minute .", "Oh , Sheba !", "No , it 's Sheba .", "I have n't , any more than you have , Sheba .", "Forty pounds , nineteen .", "We are !", "Oh , do , do , do !", "Do ! Do , and we 'll love you for ever and ever , Aunt Georgiana .", "Oh !", "All right , Aunt George \u2014 two lumps , please .", "Do you think so , Aunt ?", "I thought the dinner was an overwhelming success .", "That 's our new cook 's one failing .", "Well , it was Cook 's first attempt at custards .", "But it was a frightfully jolly dinner \u2014 take it all round .", "Gerald Tarver has no liver \u2014 to speak of .", "Still , we ought to congratulate ourselves upon \u2014 upon a \u2014\u2014", "All 's settled , Sheba , is n't it ?", "How do we get in again ?", "We 're courageous girls , are n't we ?", "If we had known Aunt a little longer we might have confided in her and taken her with us .", "Against what , Papa ?", "Major !", "Not well again ?", "But what would you do if the trumpet summoned you to battle ?", "Now you 're yourself again .", "What will you begin with ?", "I hope my ball-dress will drive all the other women mad !", "Where is it ? Are we safe ?", "Yes , yes .Papa , Major Tarver and Mr. Darbey must go .", "Do n't risk the cold , Papa .", "Oh ! oh ! oh !", "If we only had a brother to avenge us !", "Cold , wretched , splashed , in debt \u2014 for nothing !", "This comes of stooping to the Military !", "Gerald Tarver 's nose is inclined to pink \u2014 may it deepen and deepen till it frightens cows !", "There they are .", "Yes . Curl your lip , Sheba .", "We blame gentlemen for inflicting upon us the unspeakable agony of being jeered at by boys .", "No , Aunt , no !", "Poor Papa !", "No , no . Spare him !", "It will wake Papa !", "Fly !", "Poor Papa !", "He must return very soon \u2014 he must !", "But the anxiety is terribly wearing .", "Sheba , dear .", "Thank you , dear , but if", "Papa is not home for afternoon tea you will outlive me .", "Sheba ! Here are Gerald Tarver and Mr. Darbey !", "You do well , gentlemen , to intrude upon two feeble women at a moment of sorrow .", "Oh , we cannot listen to you ,", "Mr. Darbey .", "Oh , certainly . I am helpless .", "I beg your pardon \u2014 it does nothing of the kind .", "Oh , Major Tarver , let me pass ;let me pass , I say .", "And is it really I who would hush the little throaty songster ?", "Oh , do n't !", "Papa has been out all night . DARBEY and TARVER . All night ?", "Is n't it terrible ! Oh , what do you think of it , Mr. Darbey ?", "Condemn my Papa !", "Come this way and let us take cuttings in the conservatory .", "Our own Papa !", "Our parent returned !", "Papa , why have you tortured us with anxiety ?", "You could n't have been there , Papa !", "Papa !", "Papa , we , poor girls as we are , can pay the bill .", "We have won fifty pounds .", "Papa !", "Major Tarver and Mr . Darbey !\u2014\u2014", "We have an opportunity of beginning life afresh ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 34, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["O for a feast ! pomegranate wine and song !", "I \u2019 ll dance .", "Or till a youth wed Zilla for her beauty ?", "I \u2019 ll not soil mine with sullen fear all day", "Because these Philistines press round . As well", "Be wenches gathering grapes or wool ! Come , Leah .", "Now hear her ! Who , who , now ? who , who is it ? dog , fox , devil ?", "Then \u2019 tis Ishui !Yes , Ishui ! And fury in him , sallow , sour fury ! A jackal were his mate ! Come , come , we \u2019 ll plague him .", "Aie , David ! A joy to rouse men up to jealousy !", "Hush , hush , be meet and ready now ; he \u2019 s near . Look as for silly visions and for dreams !", "O ! \u2019 tis", "Prince Ishui !", "Of David !", "O is he come ! when , where , quick , quick , and will", "He pluck us ecstasies out of his harp ,", "Winning until we \u2019 re wanton for him , mad ,", "And sigh and laugh and weep to the moon !", "The king ! I had not thought ! David a king ! how beauteous would he be !", "Turban of sapphire ! robe of gold !", "Who , who can tell !", "Have you not heard ? Yesterday in the camp", "Among war-old but fearful men he offered", "Kingly to meet Goliath \u2014 great Goliath !", "Aie !", "The Philistine , a brazen tower ,", "A bastion of strength fell to the earth !", "So cold ?", "And \u2019 tis no longer fair ?Oh ! Ah ! I understand ! the princess ?\u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 35, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["One !", "Two !", "Three !", "Four !Chickie ! !", "Chickie ! !", "I shall have a chick .", "I 'm going home .", "I 'm comin \u2019 back .", "My pot 's a boiling .", "My guts a growling", "I must have a chick .", "My mama 's sick .", "Chickie ! !", "Aw , naw , I di n't hurt you .", "Well if you so touchous you got to cry every time anybody look at you , you can n't play wid us .", "Chickie .", "Now we ai n't got no hen ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 36, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Is it not a lovely night , Jim . Listen , my own , to Philomel ; he is saying that he is lately married . So are we , you ducky thing . I feel , Jim , that I am Rosalind and that you are my Orlando .", "My own one , do n't you think it would be fun if we were to write poems about each other and pin them on the tree trunks ?", "Your lass , dearest . Jim 's lass .", "What would you do if I were to forget it , great bear ?", "I love to hear you talk like that ; it is so virile . I always knew that it was a master I needed .", "It is , it is , you knowing wretch .", "How much have you made this week , you wonderful man ?", "My dear golden fetter , listen to him . Kiss my fetter , Jim .", "Let me hold the darling match .", "How I should have loved , Jim , to know you when you were poor . Fancy your having once been a clerk .", "I am sure you would , Jim ; but should you have made the best boots ?", "I do hope the ground was n't damp .", "Should we have noticed , dear ? Might it be that old gent over there ?", "Is he alone ?", "Ah , I see from your face that he is n't .", "Charmed , I 'm sure .", "Charmed .", "Yes , indeed .", "The James Matey .", "Husband mine , what does she mean ?", "If you are casting any aspersions on my husband , allow me to say that a prouder wife than I does not to-day exist .", "You thought ? Why should you think about me ? I beg to assure you that I adore my Jim .", "Tip !", "Why is my work-basket in this house ?", "That is what a person feels . But when did I come ? It is very odd , but one feels one ought to say when did one go .", "MRS. Coade !", "One is in evening dress !", "Sir ? Midsummer Eve ! The wood !", "It is Matey , the butler !", "Caroline Matey ! And I seemed to like it ! How horrible !", "It is all that wretch 's doing .", "Yes , yes , your name .", "Of course , of course !", "I wonder if the dear clever police know ?", "We are so anxious to know whether you met a friend of ours in the wood \u2014 a Mr. Dearth . Perhaps you know him , too ?", "He is quite a front door sort of man ; knocks and rings , you know .", "How very distingue . Perhaps Mr. Dearth has painted your portrait ; he is an artist .", ", Yes , do try to remember if he mentioned her .", "My watch has stopped ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 37, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Your Imperial Majesty \u2014\u2014", "Not of the value of a bird 's feather until it has your royal signature . The \u2014\u2014", "For that I strove , but their mean minds suspected me . Sire , your signature !", "I vouch for it . So well we 've chosen our time , it finds her at issue with herself , her wild women let loose , her colonies ready to turn against her , Ireland aflame , the paltry British Army sulking with the civic powers .", "How well you know her , Sire ! All she needs is some small excuse for saying , \u201c I acted in the best interests of my money-bags . \u201d That excuse I 've found for her . I have promised in your name a secret compact with her , that if she stands aloof the parts of France we do not at present need we will not at present take .", "The British Government will not think so . Trust me to know them , Sire . Your signature ? EMPERORI can fling a million men within the week across the border by way of Alsace and Lorraine . OFFICERThere are a hundred gates to open that way .", "I am with you , Sire , but I fear it will not be so with", "France . She has grown cynical . She will find the road through Belgium .", "Your Imperial Majesty judges others by yourself . I have private ground for fearing that in the greed for a first advantage France will call the treaty but a scrap of paper .", "She will say that necessity knows no law , or some such dastard words .", "France will hack her way through her .", "I ask your pardon , Sire . It came , somehow , pat to my lips .", "Bonaparte would have acted quickly .", "The paper , Sire .", "Overmuch reflection \u2014\u2014", "Your Imperial Majesty has signed ?", "You were the friend of Austria .", "Nay , Sire \u2014\u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 38, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Where the devil is this master of mine ? he is ever out of the way , when he should do himself good ! This \u2018 tis to serve a coxcomb , one that has no more brains than just those I carry for him . Well ! of all fops commend me to him for the greatest ; he 's so opinioned of his own abilities , that he is ever designing somewhat , and yet he sows his stratagems so shallow , that every daw can pick them up : From a plotting fool , the Lord deliver me . Here he comes ;\u2014 O ! it seems his cousin 's with him ; then it is not so bad as I imagined .", "Had he plotted it himself , it had been admirable .", "A minute 's stay may lose your business .", "How 's this ?", "What does he mean ? This is his rival .", "What do you mean , sir , to intrust this man with your affairs thus ?", "No matter for that ; hark you , a word , sir .", "For heaven 's sake , sir , have a care .", "Now , the pox take you , sir , what do you mean ?", "The devil cannot hold him ; now will this thick-skulled master of mine tell the whole story to his rival !", "Yet hold , sir .", "You had best tell him too , that I am acquainted with her maid , and manage your love under-hand with her .", "O the devil !", "\u2018 Tis very well ! you have made a fair discovery !", "Tell him , sir , for heaven 's sake tell him all .", "You do ill , sir , to speak so scandalously of my landlord .", "I am out of patience to hear this .", "So , now he has told her father 's name , \u2018 tis past recovery .", "Your affairs are now put into an excellent posture , thank your incomparable discretion ; this was a stratagem my shallow wit could never have reached , to make a confident of my rival .", "\u2018 Slife , he has not found it out all this while ! well , sir , for a quick apprehension let you alone .", "To the first of your devils I answer , her maid , Rose , told me o n't : To the second , I wish a thousand devils take him that would not hear me .", "O unparallelled ignorance ! why he left her father at the water-side , while he led the daughter to her lodging , whither I directed him ; so that if you had not laboured to the contrary , fortune had placed you in the same house with your mistress , without the least suspicion of your rival , or of her father . But \u2018 tis well you have satisfied your talkative humour : I hope you have some new project of your own to set all right again : For my part , I confess all my designs for you are wholly ruined ; the very foundations of them are blown up .", "Death is a bug-word ; things are not brought to that extremity ;", "I 'll cast about to save all yet .", "Like enough I have : I am coxcomb sufficient to do it ; my master knows , that none but such a great calf as I could have done it , such an overgrown ass , a self-conceited idiot as I .", "Pray , sir , let me alone : What is it to you if I rail upon myself ? Now could I break my own logger-head .", "What a good master have I , and I to ruin him : O beast !", "Are you there again , sir ? Now , as I have a soul \u2014\u2014", "Pish ! they are both gone out .", "Twenty to one I am gone before , and save them a labour .", "Lord , that your ladyship should ask that question , knowing whom", "I serve !", "Never breathe , but this anger becomes your ladyship most admirably ; but though you 'll hear nothing from him , I hope I may speak a word or two to you from myself , madam .", "How the devil should I excuse him ? Thou know'st he is the greatest fop in nature .", "Alas , madam , I have not the confidence to speak out , unless you can take mercy on me .", "For telling Sir John you loved my master , madam . But sure I little thought he was his rival .", "Why , could your ladyship suspect him guilty ? Pray tell me , do you think him ungrateful , or a fool ?", "Take it from me , you see not the depth of him . But when he knows what thoughts you harbour of him , as I am faithful , and must tell him , I wish he does not take some pet , and leave you .", "Upon condition then you 'll pardon me , I 'll see what I can do to hold my tongue .", "He shall not fail you , madam .", "What will become of me ?", "He must pass just by me ; and , if he sees me , I am but a dead man .", "Now , would I had a good bag of gunpowder at my breech , to ram me into some hole !", "Oh for a gentle composition , now ! An arm or leg I would give willingly .", "By this light , she has put the change upon him ! O sweet womankind , how I love thee for that heavenly gift of lying !", "Is he gone , madam ?", "Rather let him come hither : I have laid a plot , shall send his rival far enough from watching him , ere long .", "\u2018 Tis so designed , fate cannot hinder it . Our landlord , where we lie , vexed that his lodgings should be so left by Sir John , is resolved to be revenged , and I have found the way . You 'll see the effects o n't presently .", "\u2018 Tis well you 're come , sir , else I must have left untold a message I have for you .", "We must be private first ; \u2018 tis only for your ear .", "I came hither , sir , by my master 's order ,\u2014\u2014", "When you know all , I shall deserve it , sir : I came to sound the virtue of your mistress : which I have done so cunningly , I have at last obtained the promise of a meeting . But my good master , whom I must confess more generous than wise , knowing you had a passion for her , is resolved to quit : And , sir , that you may see how much he loves you , sent me in private to advise you still to have an eye upon her actions .", "Thus the world goes , my masters ! he , that will cozen you , commonly gets your goodwill into the bargain .", "This is our landlord , whom I told you of ; but keep your countenance .", "Sir , I desire to speak in private with you .", "But it concerns you I should speak with you , good sir .", "Remember , sir , last time it had been better \u2014\u2014", "Madam , my master is convinced , in prudence he should say so :", "But love o'ermasters him ; when you are gone perhaps he may .", "Pray , sir , remember yourself : did not you send me of a message to Sir John , that for his friendship you had left mistress Millisent ?", "Do not suspect it in the least : You know , sir , it was not generous , before a lady , to say he quitted her . Sir John O ! was that it ?", "That was all : Say yes , good Sir John \u2014 or I 'll swinge you .", "That 's well ; once in his life he has heard good counsel .", "The devil 's in him , he 's at it again ; his folly 's like a sore in a surfeited horse ; cure it in one place , and it breaks out in another .", "For my master 's sake ! why , you impudent varlet , do you think to \u2018 scape us with a lye ?", "\u2018 Twas for his own , sir ; he heard you were the occasion the lady lodged not at his house , and so he invented this lie ; partly to revenge himself of you ; and partly , I believe , in hope to get her once again when you were gone .", "Hang him , rogue ; he 's below your anger : I 'll maul him for you \u2014 the rogue 's so big , I think \u2018 twill ask two days to beat him all over .", "Get you gone without replying : must such as you be prating ?", "Now he might sit with his mistress , and has not the wit to find it out .", "Get you in with a vengeance : You have a better stomach than you think you have .", "O yes , yes , you deserve sugar-plums ; first for your quarrelling with Sir John ; then for discovering your landlord ; and , lastly , for refusing to dine with your mistress . All this is since the last reckoning was wiped out .", "You have so little brains , that a penny-worth of butter , melted under \u2018 em , would set \u2018 em afloat : He put on that disguise , to rid you of your rival .", "It had been much at one : You would but have drunk the secret down , and pissed it out to the next company .", "You 'll not confess you are a fool , I warrant .", "O yes , much the nearer ; for now fortune 's bound to provide for you ; as hospitals are built for lame people , because they cannot help themselves . Well ; I have a project in my pate .", "Excuse me for that : But while \u2018 tis set a working , you would do well to screw yourself into her father 's good opinion .", "I 'll lay it as far out of your reach as I can possibly .", "\u2014\u2014 For secrets are edged tools ,", "And must be kept from children and from fools .", "Your ladyship 's most fortunately met .", "My business was to yours .", "I have that to tell you \u2014\u2014", "If you 'll hear me \u2014\u2014", "I am of opinion , that \u2014\u2014", "Cry you mercy , Mrs Rose ; I 'll not dispute your ancient privilege of talking .", "If my master gets her out , I warrant her , he shall shew her a better play than any is at either of the houses \u2014 here they are : I 'll run and prepare him to wait upon her .", "How the devil got he here before me ! \u2018 Tis very unlucky I could not see him first .", "I 'll say that for him , my master understands none of them , I assure you , sir .", "He has none to boast of , upon my faith , sir .", "Of more than their flattery can make good , sir ; \u2018 tis true he tells you , they have flattered him ; but , in my conscience , he is the most down-right simple-natured creature in the world .", "A word in private , sir ; you mistake this old man ; he loves neither painting , music , nor poetry ; yet recover yourself , if you have any brains .", "This is worse than all the rest .", "He 's gravelled , and I must help him out .Madam , there 's a coach at the door , to carry you to the play .", "This is past enduring .There was an ill play set up , sir , on the posts ; but I can assure you the bills are altered since you saw them , and now there are two admirable comedies at both houses .", "They are tragi-comedies , sir , for both .", "Sir , you forget yourself ; you never saw her in your life before .", "Mum , sir .", "Why , who says you have done any thing ? You , a mere innocent !", "But do n't follow me , however : I have nothing to say to you .", "I am resolved to lead you a dance then .", "Thou makest thyself a greater fool than he , by being angry at what he cannot help . I have been angry with him too ; but these friends have taken up the quarrel .Look you , he has sent these mediators to mitigate your wrath : Here are twenty of them have made a long voyage from Guinea to kiss your hands : And when the match is made , there are an hundred more in readiness to be your humble servants .", "Well , what device can we two beget betwixt us , to separate Sir", "John Swallow and thy mistress ?", "Then I 'll see if my project be luckier than thine . Where are the papers concerning the jointure I have heard you speak of ?", "Where is it ? Canst thou help me to it ?", "So , this I will secure in my pocket ; when thou art asked for it , make two or three bad faces , and say it was left behind : By this means , he must of necessity leave the town , to see for it in Kent .", "Do , go to Kent , and when you come again , here they are ready for you .", "Pox , what ill luck was this ! what shall I say ?", "\u2018 Tis an account , sir , of what money you have lost since you came to town .", "Heaven ! what does he mean to do ? It is not fair writ out , sir .", "Dear master !", "Hold yet , sir , and let me read it : You cannot read my hand .", "You 'll repent it ; there 's a trick i n't , sir .", "No doubt of it .", "I care not .", "Sir , I kiss your hands , I have other business .", "I am inflexible .", "You are master of your own body .", "At your pleasure , as the devil and you can agree about it .", "Not in the least .", "Adieu , soft-headed Sir Martin .", "Why do n't you despatch , sir ? why all these preambles ?", "I knew it was but a copy of your countenance ; people in this age are not so apt to kill themselves .", "You know the easiness of my nature , and that makes you work upon it so . Well , sir , for this once I cast an eye of pity on you ; but I must have ten more in hand , before I can stir a foot .", "I 'll rather trust you till to-morrow ; Once more look up , I bid you hope the best . Why should your folly make your love miscarry , Since men first play the fools , and then they marry ?", "\u2018 Tis so concluded , sir , I dare assure you .", "So soon , to prevent the designs upon her ; and in private , to save the effusion of Christian money .", "Well , go your ways , I 'll try what may be done . Look if he will stir now ; your rival and the old man will see us together ; we are just below the window .", "On the peril of my twenty pieces be it .", "Name your wit , or think you have the least grain of wit but once more , and I 'll lay it down for ever .", "Help , help , good people ! Murder , Murder ! Enter Sir JOHN and MOODY . Sir John and Mood . How now , what 's the matter ?", "I am abused , I am beaten , I am lamed for ever .", "The rogue , my master .", "A trifle , just nothing .", "It was for telling him he lost too much at play : I meant him nothing but well , heaven knows ; and he , in a cursed damned humour , would needs revenge his losses upon me : and kicked me , took away my money , and turned me off ; but , if I take it at his hands ,\u2014", "But , if I live , I 'll cry quittance with him : he had engaged me to get Mrs Millisent , your daughter , for him ; but if I do not all I can to make her hate him ! a great booby , an overgrown oaf , a conceited Bartlemew \u2014", "With all my heart , sir ; and so much the rather , that I might spite him with it . This was the most propitious fate \u2014", "Good old sir , be pacified ; I was pouring out a little of the dregs that I had left in me of my former service , and now they are gone , my stomach 's clear of them .", "If you please I 'll wait upon her till she 's ready , and then bring her to what church you shall appoint .", "I warrant you I have a trick for that , sir : She knows nothing of my being turned away ; so I 'll come to her as from Sir Martin , and , under pretence of carrying her to him , conduct her to you .", "Was there ever such a lucky rogue as I ? I had always a good opinion of my wit , but could never think I had so much as now I find . I have now gained an opportunity to carry away Mrs Millisent , for my master to get his mistress by means of his rival , to receive all his happiness , where he could expect nothing but misery : After this exploit , I will have Lilly draw me in the habit of a hero , with a laurel on my temples , and an inscription below it ; This is Warner , the flower of serving-men .", "What 's your business ?", "Here he comes , you may deliver it yourself to him .", "Why , what 's the matter , sir ?", "So , here 's another trick of fortune , as unexpected for bad , as the other was for good . Nothing vexes me , but that I had made my game cock-sure , and then to be back-gammoned : It must needs be the devil that writ this letter ; he owed my master a spite , and has paid him to the purpose : And here he comes as merry too ! he little thinks what misfortune has befallen him ; and , for my part , I am ashamed to tell him .", "What a murrain is the matter , sir ? Where lies this jest that tickles you ?", "I wish you may have cause for all this mirth .", "Pray , sir , keep me no longer in ignorance of this rare invention .", "But what was it ?", "Very good .", "And did you perform all this , a'God ' s name ? Could you do this wonderful miracle without giving your soul to the devil for his help ?", "Who 's the fool ! why , who uses to be the fool ? he that ever was since I knew him , and ever will be so .", "Faith , sir , my skill is too little to praise you as you deserve ; but if you would have it according to my poor ability , you are one that had a knock in your cradle , a conceited lack-wit , a designing ass , a hair-brained fop , a confounded busy-brain , with an eternal windmill in it ; this , in short , sir , is the contents of your panegyric .", "Only this , sir : I was the foolish rascally fellow that was with", "Moody , and your worship was he to whom I was to bring his daughter .", "No , I 'll be sworn for you , you are no conjurer . Will you go , sir ?", "Shall I see the back of you ? speak not a word in your defence .", "I 'm resolved this devil of his shall never weary me ; I will overcome him , I will invent something that shall stand good in spite of his folly . Let me see \u2014", "I think , my lord , the question need not be much disputed , for I have always had a great service for your lordship , and some little kindness for myself .", "I cannot tell that , my lord .", "Five hundred pounds ! \u2018 tis true , the temptation is very sweet and powerful ; the devil , I confess , has done his part , and many a good murder and treason have been committed at a cheaper rate ; but yet \u2014\u2014", "To confess the truth , I am resolved to bestow my master upon that other lady, for the honour of my wit is engaged in it : Will it not be the same to your lordship , were she married to any other ?", "Come , my lord , not to dissemble with you any longer , I know where it is that your shoe wrings you : I have observed something in the house , betwixt some parties that shall be nameless : And know , that you have been taking up linen at a much dearer rate , than you might have had it in any draper 's in town .", "As for that old lady , whom hell confound , she is the greatest jilt in nature ; cheat is her study ; all her joy to cozen ; she loves nothing but herself ; and draws all lines to that corrupted centre .", "This is nothing to what bills you 'll have when she 's brought to bed , after her hard bargain , as they call it ; then crammed capons , pea-hens , chickens in the grease , pottages , and fricasees , wine from Shatling , and La-fronds , with New River , clearer by sixpence the pound than ever God Almighty made it ; then midwife \u2014 dry nurse \u2014 wet nurse \u2014 and all the rest of their accomplices , with cradle , baby-clouts , and bearing-clothes \u2014 possets , caudles , broths , jellies , and gravies ; and behind all these , glisters , suppositers , and a barbarous apothecary 's bill , more inhuman than a tailor 's .", "Well , my lord , cheer up ! I have found a way to rid you of it all ; within a short time you shall know more ; yonder appears a young lady , whom I must needs speak with ; please you go in , and prepare the old lady and your mistress .", "Madam , I 'll teach you the very nearest , for I have just now found it out .", "Studying to deserve thee , Rose , by my diligence for thy lady ; I stand here , methinks , just like a wooden Mercury , to point her out the way to matrimony .", "I know not what you call the cold , but I believe I shall find warm work o n't : In the first place , then , I must acquaint you , that I have seemingly put off my master , and entered myself into Sir John 's service .", "And thereupon , but base \u2014\u2014", "Sir , I was only teaching my young lady a new song , and if you please you shall hear it . SINGS . Make ready , fair lady , to-night , And stand at the door below ; For I will be there , To receive you with care , And to your true love you shall go .", "A tragedy ! I 'll be hanged if he does not mean a stratagem .", "I see , sir , you 'll still mistake him for a wit ; but I 'm much deceived , if that letter came not from another hand .", "Nay , for that you shall excuse me , sir ; I do not love to make a breach between persons , that are to be so near related .", "Can you make a doubt o n't ? Do you not know she ever loved him , and can you hope she has so soon forsaken him ? You may make yourself miserable , if you please , by such a marriage .", "Her virtue !", "Not I ; I assure you , sir , I think it no such jesting matter .", "Yes , in my conscience is she ; for Sir Martin 's tongue 's no slander .", "If one would believe him ,\u2014 which , for my part , I do not ,\u2014 he has in a manner confessed it to me .", "Courage , sir , never vex yourself ; I 'll warrant you \u2018 tis all a lie .", "When you are married , you 'll soon make trial , whether she be a maid or no .", "Then you must never marry .", "As , for example , their drawing up their breaths , with \u2014 oh ! you hurt me , can you be so cruel ? then , the next day , she steals a visit to her lover , that did you the courtesy beforehand , and in private tells him how she cozened you ; twenty to one but she takes out another lesson with him , to practise the next night .", "\u2018 Tis well , if you escape so ; for commonly he strikes in with you , and becomes your friend .", "Ay , there 's your man , sir ; besides , he will be sure to watch your haunts , and tell her of them , that , if occasion be , she may have wherewithal to recriminate : at least she will seem to be jealous of you ; and who would suspect a jealous wife ?", "But , if she be not a maid when you marry her , she may make a good wife afterwards ; \u2018 tis but imagining you have taken such a man 's widow .", "Examples have been frequent of those that have been wanton , and yet afterwards take up .", "The truth is , an honest simple girl , that 's ignorant of all things , maketh the best matrimony : There is such pleasure in instructing her ; the best is , there 's not one dunce in all the sex ; such a one with a good fortune \u2014\u2014", "Near enough , but that you are too far engaged .", "What think you then of Mrs Christian here in the house ? There 's five thousand pounds , and a better penny .", "She 's none of the wise virgins , I can assure you .", "Remember , above all things , you keep this wooing secret ; if it takes the least wind , old Moody will be sure to hinder it .", "Leave that to me .", "There she is , sir ; now I 'll go to prepare her aunt .", "What-a-goodjer is the matter , sir ?", "A very fair beginning this .", "Not guilty , my lord .", "Pray pacify yourself , sir ; \u2018 twas a plot of my own devising .", "What the devil 's the matter w'ye ? Either be at quiet , or I 'll resolve to take my heels , and begone .", "Help ! Murder ! Murder !", "Hold your hands , I think the devil 's in you ,\u2014 I tell you \u2018 tis a device of mine .", "O traitor to all sense and reason ! he 's going to discover that too .", "Stop yet , sir , you are just upon the brink of a precipice .", "There 's no making him understand me .", "Alas ! he has forgot it , sir ; good wits , you know , have bad memories .", "Lord , sir , how you stand , as you were nipped i'the head ! Have you done any new piece of folly , that makes you look so like an ass ?", "Noble sir , what have I done to deserve so great a liberality ? I confess , if you had beaten me for my own fault , if you had utterly destroyed all my projects , then it might have been expected , that ten or twenty pieces should have been offered by way of recompence or satisfaction .", "You are no ass then ?", "For this once produce those three pieces ; I am contented to receive that inconsiderable tribute ; or make \u2018 em six , and I 'll take the fault upon myself .", "Yet advising !", "I cannot help those ebbs and flows of fortune .", "As how , my dear lady embassadress ?", "Hey-day ! you are dealing with me , as they do with the bankrupts , call in all your debts together ; there 's no possibility of payment at this rate , but I 'll coin for you all as fast as I can , I assure you .", "Faith , and I will , Rose ; for , to confess the truth , I am a kind of mountebank ; I have but one cure for all your diseases , that is , that my master may marry Mrs Millisent , for then Sir John Swallow will of himself return to Mrs Christian .", "I 'll put you upon something , give me but a thinking time . In the first place , get a warrant and bailiffs to arrest Sir John Swallow upon a promise of marriage to Mrs Christian .", "I never doubted your ladyship in the least , madam \u2014 for the rest we will consider hereafter .", "Rose , where 's thy lady ?", "Only to tell you , madam , I am going forward in the great work of projection .", "Madam , I hope you are not become indifferent to my master ?", "A fool ! that were a good jest , i'faith : but how comes your ladyship to suspect it ?", "There 's nothing more distant than wit and folly ; yet , like east and west , they may meet in a point , and produce actions that are but a hair 's breadth from one another .", "O , madam , that 's the common fate of your Machiavelians ; they draw their designs so subtle , that their very fineness breaks them .", "Madam , I 'll give you one ; he wears his clothes like a great sloven , and that 's a sure sign of wit ; he neglects his outward parts ; besides , he speaks French , sings , dances , plays upon the lute .", "Most divinely , madam .", "He shall do't , madam :\u2014 - But how , the devil knows ; for he sings like a screech-owl , and never touched the lute .", "Now I think o n't , madam , this will but retard our enterprise .", "Well , it shall be done , madam ; but where 's your father ? will not he overhear it ?", "What concernment can he have there ?", "When did he see him last ?", "A sudden thought comes into my head , to make him appear before his time ; let my master pass for him , and by that means he may come into the house unsuspected by your father , or his rival .", "Faith , I am a little non-plus 'd on the sudden ; but a warm consolation from thy lips , Rose , would set my wits a working again .", "Inhuman Rose , adieu !\u2014 Blockhead Warner , into what a premunire hast thou brought thyself ; this \u2018 tis to be so forward to promise for another ;\u2014 but to be godfather to a fool , to promise and vow he should do any thing like a Christian \u2014", "Hang your white pelf : Sure , sir , by your largess , you mistake me for Martin Parker , the ballad-maker ; your covetousness has offended my muse , and quite dulled her .", "I am overheated , like a gun , with continual discharging my wit : \u2018 Slife , sir , I have rarified my brains for you , \u2018 till they are evaporated ; but come , sir , do something for yourself like a man : I have engaged you shall give to your mistress a serenade in your proper person : I 'll borrow a lute for you .", "You never learned : I do not think you know one stop .", "Go to , you are an invincible fool , I see . Get up into your window , and set two candles by you ; take my landlord 's lute in your hand , and fumble on it , and make grimaces with your mouth , as if you sung ; in the mean time , I 'll play in the next room in the dark , and consequently your mistress , who will come to her balcony over against you , will think it to be you ; and at the end of every tune , I 'll ring the bell that hangs between your chamber and mine , that you may know when to have done .", "About your business , then , your mistress and her maid appear already : I 'll give you the sign with the bell when I am prepared , for my lute is at hand in the barber 's shop .", "Death ! this abominable fool will spoil all again . Damn him , he stands making his grimaces yonder ; and he looks so earnestly upon his mistress , that he hears me not .", "They have found him out , and laugh yonder , as if they would split their sides . Why , Mr Fool , Oaf , Coxcomb , will you hear none of your names ?", "You have ruined all , by your not leaving off in time .", "Why , sir , are you stark mad ? have you no grain of sense left ? He 's gone ! now is he as earnest in the quarrel as Cokes among the puppets ; \u2018 tis to no purpose whatever I do for him .", "Ay , just as much as you did e'en now with your music ; go , you are so beastly a fool , that a chiding is thrown away upon you .", "Poor animal , I pity thee !", "That 's impossible ; thou hast a skull so thick , no sword can pierce it ; but much good may it do you , sir , with the fruits of your valour : You rescued your rival , when he was to be arrested , on purpose to take him off from your mistress .", "None that I know .", "\u2018 Tis to no purpose .", "The meaning of this , dear Rose ?", "But will not this over-burden your memory , sir ?", "But hold , Rose , there 's one considerable point omitted ; what was his mother 's name ?", "Come , sir , are you perfect in your lesson ? Anthony Moody , born in Cambridge , bred in the isle of Ely , sent into the Mogul 's country at seven years old , with one Bonaventure , a merchant , who died within two years ; your mother 's name Dorothy Draw-water , the vintner 's daughter at the Rose .", "What country ?\u2014 Pox , he has forgot already !", "Why , you have been passing your time there no matter how .", "Well , sir , now play your part exactly , and I 'll forgive all your former errors .", "This fool will discover himself ; I foresee it already by his carriage to her .", "You must excuse my master ; the sea 's a little working in his brain , sir .", "Yet again , stupidity ?", "aside . ] Grey-bearded old gentleman ! when he was a scholar at Cambridge !", "Without doubt , he did , sir ; but this damn 'd isle of Scilly runs in his head , ever since his sea voyage .", "Poor Mrs Dorothy Draw-water , if she were now alive , what a joyful day would this be to her !", "Well , they may talk what they will of Oxford for an university , but Cambridge for my money .", "How I sweat for him ! he 's remembering ever since he was born .", "\u2018 Twas a happy thing , sir , you lighted upon so honest a merchant as Mr Bonaventure , to take care of him .", "That is , from India to Persia , from Persia to Turkey , from", "Turkey to Germany , from Germany to France .", "That wicked old man is gone for no good , I 'm afraid ; would I were fairly quit of him .", "But to what end is all this preparation , sir ?", "Why , d'ye think he is not ?", "Who , I his accomplice ? I beseech you , sir , what is it to me , if he should prove a counterfeit ? I assure you he has cozened me in the first place .", "As I hope for mercy , sir , I am an utter stranger to him ; he took me up but yesterday , and told me the story , word for word , as he told it you .", "With all my heart .", "Do you come hither , with a lye , to get a father , Mr Anthony of", "East India ?", "I 'll teach you to counterfeit again , sir .", "After my hearty salutations upon your backside , sir , may a man have leave to ask you , what news from the Mogul 's country ?", "Now , sir , you may see what comes of your indiscretion and stupidity : I always give you warning of it ; but , for this time , I am content to pass it without more words , partly , because I have already corrected you , though not so much as you deserve .", "You may thank yourself for't ; nay , \u2018 twas very well I found out that way , otherwise I had been suspected as your accomplice .", "To confess the truth o n't , you had angered me , and I was willing to evaporate my choler ; if you will pass it by so , I may chance to help you to your mistress : No more words of this business , I advise you , but go home and grease your back .", "So , so ! here 's another of our vessels come in , after the storm that parted us . Enter ROSE . What comfort , Rose ? no harbour near ?", "Hark ! is not that music in your house ?", "Why , he does not know \u2018 twas me , I hope ?", "Well , I am indulgent to you ; out with it boldly , in the name of nonsense .", "Would I were hanged , if it be not somewhat probable : Nay , now I consider better o n't \u2014 exceedingly probable ; it must take , \u2018 tis not in nature to be avoided .", "Now am I so mad he should be the author of this device ! How the devil , sir , came you to stumble o n't ?", "This is so good , it shall not be your plot , sir ; either disown it , or I will proceed no further .", "Well , I 'll order it however to the best advantage : Hark you ,", "Rose .", "We 'll be with you in a twinkling : You and I , Rose , are to follow our leaders , and be paired to night .\u2014\u2014", "What , is Rose split in two ? Sure I have got one Rose !", "This amazeth me so much , I know not what to say , or think .", "Well , sir ! for my part , I will have nothing farther to do with these women , for , I find , they will be too hard for us ; but e'en sit down by the loss , and content myself with my hard fortune : But , madam , do you ever think I will forgive you this , to cheat me into an estate of two thousand pounds a-year ?", "Nay , I confess you have outwitted me .", "I might in policy keep you there , till your daughter and I had been in private , for a little consummation : But for once , sir , I 'll trust your good nature .", "You are mistaken , sir , I have been a master ; and , besides , there is an estate of eight hundred pounds a year , only it is mortgaged for six thousand pounds .", "Not with the lady that took him for a wit , I hope .", "For my part , I had loved you before , if I had followed my inclination .", "For that matter , never trouble yourself ; I can love as fast as any man , when I am nigh possession ; my love falls heavy , and never moves quick till it comes near the centre ; he 's an ill falconer , that will unhood before the quarry be in sight .Love 's an high-mettled hawk that beats the air , But soon grows weary when the game 's not near .EPILOGUE . As country vicars , when the sermon 's done , Run headlong to the benediction ; Well knowing , though the better sort may stay , The vulgar rout will run unblest away : So we , when once our play is done , make haste With a short epilogue to close your taste . In thus withdrawing , we seem mannerly ; But , when the curtain 's down , we peep , and see A jury of the wits , who still stay late , And in their club decree the poor play 's fate ; Their verdict back is to the boxes brought , Thence all the town pronounces it their thought . Thus , gallants , we , like Lilly , can foresee ; But if you ask us what our doom will be , We by to-morrow will our fortune cast , As he tells all things when the year is past . THE TEMPEST ; OR , THE ENCHANTED ISLAND . A COMEDY . THE TEMPEST . In this alteration of the \u201c Tempest , \u201d Dryden acknowledges his obligation to Sir William Davenant , whom he extols for his quick and piercing imagination . Sir William was the son of an inn-keeper in Oxford , whose house was frequented by our immortal Shakespeare ; and hence an ill-founded tradition ascribed to him a paternal interest in young Davenant : But this slander on Shakespeare 's moral character has been fully refuted in the Prolegomena to Johnson and Steevens \u2019 edition of his plays . Davenant was appointed poet laureat upon the death of Ben Jonson . During the civil wars , he distinguished himself on the royal side , was lieutenant-general of ordnance to the earl of Newcastle , and was knighted by Charles at the siege of Gloucester . He was afterwards much trusted by Henrietta , the queen-dowager ; and was finally made prisoner by an English man of war , in attempting to convey a colony of loyalists to Virginia . After a long captivity in the Tower , he was liberated through the intercession of the lord-keeper , Whitelocke ; the wisest and most temperate of the counsellors of the ruling power . Through his countenance , Sir William was protected , or connived at , in bringing forward certain interludes and operas , even during the rigid sway of fanaticism . After the restoration , he became manager of a company of players , called the duke of York 's servants , in distinction to the king 's company , which was directed by Killigrew . He introduced upon the stage much pomp in dress , scenery , and decoration , as if to indemnify the theatrical muses for the poor shifts to which they had been reduced during the usurpation . Sir William Davenant died in 1668 , at the age of 63 . \u201c Gondibert , \u201d his greatest performance , incurred , when first published , more ridicule , and in latter times more neglect , than its merits deserve . An epic poem , in elegiac stanzas , must always be tedious , because no structure of verse is more unfavourable to narration than that which almost peremptorily requires each sentence to be restricted , or protracted , to four lines . But the liveliness of Davenant 's imagination , which Dryden has pointed out as his most striking attribute , has illuminated even the dull and dreary path which he has chosen ; and perhaps few poems afford more instances of vigorous conceptions , and even felicity of expression , than the neglected \u201c Gondibert .\" The alteration of the Tempest was Davenant 's last work ; and it seems to have been undertaken , chiefly , with a view to give room for scenical decoration . Few readers will think the play much improved by the introduction of the sea-language , which Davenant had acquired during the adventurous period of his life . Nevertheless , the ludicrous contest betwixt the sailors , for the dukedom and viceroyship of a barren island , gave much amusement at the time , and some of the expressions were long after proverbialMuch cannot be said for Davenant 's ingenuity , in contrasting the character of a woman , who had never seen a man , with that of a man , who had never seen a woman , or in inventing a sister monster for Caliban . The majestic simplicity of Shakespeare 's plan is injured by thus doubling his characters ; and his wild landscape is converted into a formal parterre , where \u201c each alley has its brother . \u201d In sketching characters drawn from fancy , and not from observation , the palm of genius must rest with the first inventor ; others are but copyists , and a copy shews no where to such disadvantage as when placed by the original . Besides , although we are delighted with the feminine simplicity of Miranda , it becomes unmanly childishness in Hippolito ; and the premature coquetry of Dorinda is disgusting , when contrasted with the maidenly purity that chastens the simplicity of Shakespeare 's heroine . The latter seems to display , as it were by instinct , the innate dignity of her sex ; the former , to shew , even in solitude , the germ of those vices , by which , in a voluptuous age , the female character becomes degraded . The wild and savage character of Caliban is also sunk into low and vulgar buffoonery . Dryden has not informed us of the share he had in this alteration : It was probably little more than the care of adapting it to the stage . The prologue is one of the most masterly tributes ever paid at the shrine of Shakespeare . From the epilogue , the Tempest appears to have been acted in 1667 . Although Dryden was under engagements to the king 's company , this play was performed by the duke 's servants , probably because written in conjunction with Davenant , their manager . It was not published until 1670 . Footnotes .PREFACE . The writing of prefaces to plays was probably invented by some very ambitious poet , who never thought he had done enough : Perhaps by some ape of the French eloquence , which uses to make a business of a letter of gallantry , an examen of a farce ; and , in short , a great pomp and ostentation of words on every trifle . This is certainly the talent of that nation , and ought not to be invaded by any other . They do that out of gaiety , which would be an impositionupon us . We may satisfy ourselves with surmounting them in the scene , and safely leave them those trappings of writings , and flourishes of the pen , with which they adorn the borders of their plays , and which are indeed no more than good landscapes to a very indifferent picture . I must proceed no farther in this argument , lest I run myself beyond my excuse for writing this . Give me leave , therefore , to tell you , reader , that I do not set a value on any thing I have written in this play , but out of gratitude to the memory of Sir William Davenant , who did me the honour to join me with him in the alteration of it . It was originally Shakespeare 's ; a poet for whom he had particularly a high veneration , and whom he first taught me to admire . The play itself had formerly been acted with success in the Black Friars : And our excellent Fletcher had so great a value for it , that he thought fit to make use of the same design , not much varied , a second time . Those , who have seen his \u201c Sea-Voyage , \u201d may easily discern that it was a copy of Shakespeare 's \u201c Tempest : \u201d The storm , the desert island , and the woman who had never seen a man , are all sufficient testimonies of it . But Fletcher was not the only poet who made use of Shakespeare 's plot : Sir John Suckling , a professed admirer of our author , has followed his footsteps in his \u201c Goblins ; \u201d his Regmella being an open imitation of Shakespeare 's Miranda , and his spirits , though counterfeit , yet are copied from Ariel . But Sir William Davenant , as he was a man of a quick and piercing imagination , soon found that somewhat might be added to the design of Shakespeare , of which neither Fletcher nor Suckling had ever thought : And , therefore , to put the last hand to it , he designed the counter-part to Shakespeare 's plot , namely , that of a man who had never seen a woman ; that by this means those two characters of innocence and love might the more illustrate and commend each other . This excellent contrivance he was pleased to communicate to me , and to desire my assistance in it . I confess , that from the very first moment it so pleased me , that I never writ any thing with more delight . I must likewise do him that justice to acknowledge , that my writing received daily his amendments ; and that is the reason why it is not so faulty , as the rest which I have done , without the help or correction of so judicious a friend . The comical parts of the sailors were also of his invention , and , for the most part , his writing , as you will easily discover by the style . In the time I writ with him , I had the opportunity to observe somewhat more nearly of him , than I had formerly done , when I had only a bare acquaintance with him : I found him then of so quick a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him , on which he could not suddenly produce a thought , extremely pleasant and surprising : and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the old Latin proverb , were not always the least happy . And as his fancy was quick , so likewise were the products of it remote and new . He borrowed not of any other ; and his imagination 's were such as could not easily enter into any other man . His corrections were sober and judicious : and he corrected his own writings much more severely than those of another man , bestowing twice the time and labour in polishing , which he used in invention . It had perhaps been easy enough for me to have arrogated more to myself than was my due , in the writing of this play , and to have passed by his name with silence in the publication of it , with the same ingratitude which others have used to him , whose writings he hath not only corrected , as he hath done this , but has had a greater inspection over them , and sometimes added whole scenes together , which may as easily be distinguished from the rest , as true gold from counterfeit , by the weight . But , besides the unworthiness of the action , which deterred me from it ,I am satisfied I could never have received so much honour , in being thought the author of any poem , how excellent soever , as I shall from the joining my imperfections with the merit and name of Shakespeare and Sir William Davenant . JOHN DRYDEN . December 1 . 1669 .PROLOGUE . As when a tree 's cut down , the secret root Lives under ground , and thence new branches shoot ; So , from old Shakespeare 's honoured dust , this day Springs up and buds a new-reviving play : Shakespeare , whodid first impart To Fletcher wit , to labouring Jonson art . He , monarch-like , gave those , his subjects , law ; And is that nature which they paint and draw . Fletcher reached that which on his heights did grow , Whilst Jonson crept , and gathered all below . This did his love , and this his mirth , digest : One imitates him most , the other best . If they have since outwrit all other men , \u2018 Tis with the drops which fell from Shakespeare 's pen , The storm , which vanished on the neighbouring shore , Was taught by Shakespeare 's Tempest first to roar . That innocence and beauty , which did smile In Fletcher , grew on this enchanted isle . But Shakespeare 's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he . I must confess \u2018 twas bold , nor would you now That liberty to vulgar wits allow , Which works by magic supernatural things : But Shakespeare 's power is sacred as a king 's . Those legends from old priesthood were received , And he then writ , as people then believed . But if for Shakespeare we your grace implore , We for our theatre shall want it more : Who , by our dearth of youths , are forced to employ One of our women to present a boy ; And that 's a transformation , you will say , Exceeding all the magic in the play . Let none expect , in the last act , to find Her sex transformed from man to womankind . Whate'er she was before the play began , All you shall see of her is perfect man . Or , if your fancy will be farther led To find her woman \u2014 it must be a-bed . DRAMATIS PERSONAE . ALONZO , Duke of Savoy , and Usurper of the Dukedom of Mantua . FERDINAND , his Son . PROSPERO , right Duke of Milan . ANTONIO , his Brother , Usurper of the Dukedom . GONZALO , a Nobleman of Savoy . HIPPOLITO , one that never saw woman , right Heir of the Dukedom of Mantua . STEPHANO , Master of the Ship . THE TEMPEST ; OR , THE ENCHANTED ISLAND . A COMEDY . MUSTACHO , his Mate . TRINCALO , Boatswain . VENTOSO , a Mariner . Several Mariners . A Cabin-Boy . MIRANDA , } Daughters to PROSPERO , DORINDA , } that never saw man . ARIEL , an airy Spirit , Attendant on PROSPERO . Several Spirits , Guards to PROSPERO . CALIBAN , } Two Monsters of the Isle . SYCORAX , his Sister . } THE TEMPEST . ACT I ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 39, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Know you the reason of this present summons ?", "\u2018 Tis neither council day , nor is this heaven .", "What business has our Jupiter on earth ?", "Why more at Thebes than any other place ?", "And why we two , of all the herd of gods ,", "Are chosen out to meet him in consult ?", "They call me God of Wisdom ;", "But Mars and Vulcan , the two fools of heaven ,", "Whose wit lies in their anvil and their sword ,", "Know full as much as I .", "But know you nothing farther , Hermes ? What news in court ?", "\u2018 Twas happy for me that I was at my vocation , driving day-light about the world . But I had rather stand my father 's thunderbolts , than my stepmother 's railing .", "By the way , her worshippers had a bad time o n't ; she was in a damnable humour for receiving petitions .", "As plain as one of my own beams ; she has made him uneasy at home , and he is going to seek his diversion abroad . I see heaven itself is no privileged place for happiness , if a man must carry his wife along with him .", "But , if so , Mercury , then I , who am a poet , must indite his love-letter ; and you , who are by trade a porter , must convey it .", "Some mortal , we presume , of Cadmus \u2019 blood ;", "Some Theban beauty ; some new Semele ;", "Or some Europa .", "Any disguise to hide the king of gods .", "But what necessitates you to this love ,", "Which you confess a crime , and yet commit ?", "For , to be secret makes not sin the less ;", "\u2018 Tis only hidden from the vulgar view ;", "Maintains , indeed , the reverence due to princes ,", "But not absolves the conscience from the crime .", "With reverence be it spoke , a bad excuse :", "Thus every wicked act , in heaven or earth ,", "May make the same defence . But what is fate ?", "Is it a blind contingence of events ,", "Or sure necessity of causes linked ,", "That must produce effects ? Or is't a power ,", "That orders all things by superior will ,", "Foresees his work , and works in that foresight ?", "If there be no such thing as right and wrong", "Of an eternal being , I have done ;", "But if there be ,\u2014\u2014", "Since arbitrary power will hear no reason ,", "\u2018 Tis wisdom to be silent .", "Then how are we to be employed this evening ?", "Time 's precious , and these summer nights are short ;", "I must be early up to light the world .", "Or else a gap in nature of a day .", "I shall be cursed by all the labouring trades ,", "That early rise ; but you must be obeyed .", "When would you have me wake ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 40, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Well , dear , one is always given to understand that they do , women \u2014 ladies of her profession .", "We must n't judge hardly , dear . Besides , dear , we do n't know yet that she does .", "He did n't mention her age , I remember .", "I do hope she is . We may be able to mould her .", "We must get to understand her .Perhaps , dear , we may get to like her . THE ELDER MISS WETHERELLWe might TRY , dear .", "For Vernon 's sake . The poor boy seems so much in love with her . We must - Bennet has entered . He is the butler .", "Thank you , Bennet . Will you please tell him that we shall be down in a few minutes ? I must just finish these flowers .", "A good idea . Please ask him , Bennet , if he would mind coming up to us here .Oh , Bennet ! You will remind Charles to put a footwarmer in the carriage !", "Thank you , Bennet .", "One 's feet are always so cold after a railway journey .", "Ah , it is an age of luxury ! I wish I knew which were her favourite flowers . It is so nice to be greeted by one 's favourite flowers .", "And they are so appropriate to a bride . So - Announced by Bennet , Dr. Freemantle bustles in . He is a dapper little man , clean-shaven , with quick brisk ways .", "She has been sleeping much better .", "You see , doctor , it was all so sudden .", "And these actresses \u2014 if all one hears is true - The dying sun is throwing his last beams across the room .", "No . She married him , thinking him to be a plain Mr. Wetherell , an artist .", "He 's not going to break it to her till they reach here this evening . THE ELDER MISS WETHERELLYes . \u201c I shall not break it to her before we reach home . We were married quietly at the Hotel de Ville , and she has no idea I am anything else than plain Vernon James Wetherell , a fellow-countryman of her own , and a fellow-artist . The dear creature has never even inquired whether I am rich or poor . \u201d I like her for that .", "Her uncle was a bishop .", "Well , evidently .", "People go about so much nowadays .", "We thought it better . You see , one hardly regards them as servants . They have been in the family so long . Three generations of them .", "Of course , he does n't say much .", "You see , they have always been a religious family .", "Yes . CHARLES Bennet 's daughter .", "No , no , I do n't really think we have . Oh , yes \u2014 that new girl Mrs. Bennet engaged last week for the dairy . What is her name ?", "Ah , yes , Arnold .", "Only a second cousin .", "He 's so alive .", "Jane !", "That is true , dear .", "Who is that hammering in her ladyship 's bedroom ?", "It is so good of you \u2014 only , you \u2014 you will be careful there is nothing she could regard as a PERSONAL allusion .", "You see , coming , as she does , from a good family -", "And patient , Bennet .", "No , Bennet , oh no ! I should leave them up . Very thoughtful of you , indeed .", "I am so anxious it should turn out well .", "He was so fond of us both . Do you remember when he was recovering from the measles , his crying for us to bath him instead of Mrs. Bennet ? I have always reproached myself that we refused .", "I think we might have stretched a point in a case of illness . The room has grown very dark . The door has been softly opened ; Vernon and Fanny have entered noiselessly . Fanny remains near the door hidden by a screen , Vernon has crept forward . At this point the two ladies become aware that somebody is in the room . They are alarmed .", "Vernon !", "But we did n't expect you -", "My dear , I am sure we shall .", "We were afraid \u2014 you know , dear , boys \u2014sometimes fall in love with women much older than themselves \u2014 especially women \u2014We are so relieved that you \u2014 that you are yourself , dear ,", "Vernon ! And you know I was always your favourite !", "No dear , Edith .", "It is by Hoppner .", "We were not expecting you so soon . You said in your telegram -", "I had better tell \u2014VERNONOh , let them alone . Plenty of time for all that fuss .Sit down and talk . Have n't I been clever ?You thought I had made an ass of myself , did n't you ? Did you get all my letters ?", "I think so , dear . FANNYDo you know I 've never had a love-letter from you ?", "It must be a hard life for a woman .", "I suppose your family were very much opposed to it ?", "But your uncle ?", "You will be wanting a quiet talk together . We shall see you at dinner .", "Half past seven .", "I understand , dear . It 's all been so sudden .She 'll be all the better alone . We three will go on .FANNYDo n't you get betting .", "Yes . There really is .", "It 's your expression \u2014 when you are serious . FANNYI must try to be more serious .", "And the Engells . She 'll like the Engells . All the Engell girls are so pretty .Thank you , dear . THE ELDER MISS WETHERELLAnd they 'll like you , dear , ALL of them . FANNYI hope so .", "Of course it was such a change for you . And at firstwe were a little anxious about her , were n't we ? Fanny has returned to them with the cake-basket . THE ELDER MISS WETHERELLBennetwas saying only yesterday that he had great hopes of you . THE YOUNGER MISS WETHERELLThank you , dear .", "Vernon did n't wish to go this year . He thought you would prefer -", "Not at all , dear .", "It", "IS a bit close .", "If it was n't for the evenings .", "Here 's Doctor Freemantle . Fanny comes from the window .", "She 's a dear girl .", "A holiday ?", "I 'd no idea he was giving a party .", "Did you , dear ?", "FANNY", "Yes . It 's a prayer meeting .", "The whole family , I expect , has been summoned .", "In a van ?", "What 's the matter , dear ?", "My dear -", "Dear ! You will see him ?", "No . Of course .Her ladyship is tired . To-morrow - FANNYNeither to-morrow \u2014 nor any other day .You 've just missed some old friends of yours .", "Bennet did n't like the idea of her receiving them .", "There 's something we want to tell dear", "Vernon \u2014 before he says anything to Fanny .", "It 's so important that we should tell him before he sees Fanny .", "If she only had n't -", "We hope you slept all right .", "But they have all been discharged . We can n't ask them to do anything . THE ELDER MISS WETHERELLAnd the Grimstones are coming to lunch with the new curate . Vernon asked them on Sunday .", "Perhaps there 's something cold .", "And dear Vernon is so sensitive .", "But how can she ?", "We 're not feeling hungry .", "She was so pretty .", "One would never have known she was an actress .", "We are sure you would , Bennet . But you see , under the circumstances , we \u2014 we hardly liked to trouble you . BENNETMy duty , Miss Edith , I have never felt to be a trouble to me .", "And so adaptable . VERNONAh , it was the deception . THE YOUNGER MISS WETHERELLWhat would you have done , dear , if she had told you \u2014 at first ? VERNONI do n't know .", "She danced with George III .", "He was quite a little butcher .", "We felt you ought to know ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 41, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["These days are bad for beggary .", "Alas for them ! A miserly heart must be a sore affliction .", "They have been thus for many months . What thing has befallen them ?", "It has indeed been sultry .", "If they awake not soon and make this city worthy again of our order I for one shall forsake the calling and buy a shop and sit at ease in the shade and barter for gain .", "Yes , master , a poor beggar .", "Since the building of the first city , master .", "Why , he has never done so .", "Times are bad for the calling here .", "The city is unworthy of our calling . The gods are drowsy and all that is divine in man is dead .Are not the gods drowsy ?", "I perceive that he is some lord in disguise . The gods have woken and have sent him to save us .", "I but spoke hastily , the times being bad .", "Yes , yes ; we will say we are ambassadors from a far land .", "Yes , all men indeed are beggars before the gods .", "This is our thief .", "Out of two cities ?", "Yes , yes , we shall look fine .", "Not cover our rags ?", "He is a beggar .", "Ah ! Now we have come into our own .", "But , master , shall we not have Woldery wine ?", "Do they believe us , master ?", "Is this indeed a man ?", "Ah , the fruits and tender lamb !", "When they questioned him concerning the gods and Man !", "How far away is hunger !", "Ho , ho , ho ! To see them pray to us .", "We were the pride of our calling .", "We are lost !", "We are lost !", "He has taken us into a trap .", "We are lost !", "We are saved now .", "Never had beggars such a time .", "A fear ? Why , we are saved .", "What was your dream ?", "Ah ! It is sunset already . There will be good eating .", "There will be fruits in the baskets .", "And how little wine !", "What heavy boots they have ; they sound like feet of stone .", "The Gods of the Mountain !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 42, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Casey . Come , Bob , what are you about , boy ? The company tumble in upon us like smoke ; quick , all the cooks at work , do you hear me now ?", "Casey . Hey day !", "Enter Second WAITER , stumbling in .", "What 's the matter now ?", "Casey . Champagne , and not a Louis in his pocket !\u2014 d'ye hear , tell", "Mr. Lackland , it 's my desire he 'll quit my house .", "Casey . Make me bounce ! A shabby , spunging \u2014\u2014 though without a second coat , the fellow 's as proud as a Galway merchant .\u2014 Make me bounce in my own house !\u2014 pretty well , that , upon my honour !", "Casey . Run , do n't you hear ?", "Casey . Hush ! here he is .Because I 'm a lone woman , he thinks to impose upon the house .", "Casey . Why , the truth is , sir , my waiters have enough to do if they properly attend on folks who have money to pay for what they call for .", "Casey . Lookye , Mr. Lackland , that you 're a gentleman every body knows ; and you 've a good estate , only it 's all gone ; and you 're allowed to be a six bottle man , and a choice companion . Ah ! the beginning of a good song at the latter end of a bottle is a capital thing for a house \u2014 Now , here , during the race time , I 'll give you your board at the table d'hote , and money in your pocket to pay the reckoning , if you 'll only be a good jolly fellow , and encourage the company to drink , by a funny song , or a comical story .", "Casey . Yes ; that 's what I call earning your bread like a gentleman .", "Casey . And why so , pray ?", "Casey . Well , upon my honour , you 're a very mannerly fellow ! but I wish I had a husband , for your sake \u2014 Oh , I wish I had a husband !", "Casey . Then he shall soon quit his hold , that he shall , as sure as my name is Casey .\u2014 Bob , do you go and try to bring them this way , and I 'll go see the rooms prepared myself .Ah , my dearee , I wish I had a husband !", "Casey . Ha ! upon my honour , it is Sir John Bull and his lady \u2014 this is the truth of an English family .", "Casey . Sir John , you are welcome from Paris .", "Casey . D'ye hear , George , carry that big piece of roast beef up to the Lion .", "Casey . I 'm Mrs. Casey , at your service , sir ; and I keep this house , the Lion of England .", "Casey . Yes , that I am , born in Dublin ; an honest Irish woman , upon my honour . AIR .\u2014 MRS . CASEY . The British Lion is my sign , A roaring trade I drive on , Right English usage , neat French wine , A landlady must thrive on . At table d'hote , to eat and drink , Let French and English mingle , And while to me they bring the chink , \u2018 Faith , let the glasses jingle . Your rhino rattle , Come men and cattle . Come all to Mrs. Casey . Of trouble and money , My jewel , my honey ! I warrant , I 'll make you easy . Let love fly here on silken wings , His tricks I shall connive at ; The lover , who would say soft things , Shall have a room in private : On pleasures I am pleas 'd to wink , So lips and kisses mingle , For , while to me , they bring the chink , \u2018 Faith , let the glasses jingle , Your rhino rattle , & c .", "Casey . Mr. Lackland , I desire you 'll leave my house .", "Casey . Upon my honour , Mr. Lackland , you may take yourself out of my doors !", "Casey . Why , I tell you , Sir Harry Bisque 's valet has locked up all his master 's baggage in it , and you can have that chamber no more .", "Casey . Ay , my house may be ruined , indeed , if I have n't money to pay my wine merchant . I 'll tell you what , my honest lad , I 've no notion of folks striving to keep up the gentleman , when they cannot support it ; and when people are young and strong , can n't see any disgrace in taking up a brown musket , or the end of a sedan chair , or \u2014 a knot \u2014any thing better than bilking me , or spunging upon my customers , and flashing it away in their old clothes .", "Casey . Ay , take his baggage upon a china plate , for it 's a nice affair .", "Casey . Ah , man , what signifies your conceit ?\u2014 such a bashaw ! here you come and call , like a lord , and drink like a lord , and there you are in my books six whole pages , without a scratch , like a lord Ogh , you 've run up a thumping bill , and , I warrant , you 'll pay it like a lord .", "Casey . Oh , miracles will never cease \u2014 well , I said all along , that your honour was a prince .", "Casey . Lord , your honour , what need your honour mind the bill now ? sure your honour may pay it any time .", "Casey . But , however , since your honour insists upon paying it now , you shall see it \u2014 Here , Bob !Squire Lackland 's bill \u2014 then Heavens save your handsome face , and your handsome hand , and your handsome leg \u2014 pretend to be without money !\u2014 Oh dear , how jokish these gentlemen are !\u2014 Here , Bob , Squire Lackland 's bill \u2014 quick , quick !", "Casey . Here , your honour \u2014 here 's your honour 's bill \u2014 Bob has drawn it out fairly \u2014", "Casey . What d'ye say , honey ?", "Casey . Why , did n't you desire me to get your bill ? and had n't you your purse out just now to pay me ?", "Casey . Well , upon my honour , this is a pretty caper !\u2014 all because I 'm a lone woman \u2014 I see there 's no doing without a bit of a man after all ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 43, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Yes , what is that ? Massy , what a clatter ! OliveI heard naught . Be not so foolish , child . And you , Nancy , be of a surety old enough to know better .", "I trow there was a clatter in the chimbly . There \u2018 tis again ! Massy , what a screech ! PhoebeOh , Olive , what is it ? what is it ? Do n't let it catch me . Oh , Olive !", "Them that wo n't hear be deafer than them that 's born so . Massy , what a screech !", "We wo n't , hey ?", "Massy , what screeches !", "It was n't me ; \u2018 twas a witch in the chimbly .There , hear that , will ye ? I tell ye \u2018 twa'n ' t me . I \u2018 ai n't opened my mouth .", "Oh , I 'm forbid to tell .", "The one who forbade me to tell , forbade me to tell who told me .", "Said it not : \u201c Serve me ; serve me ? \u201d", "She need n't be so topping . It will be laying in wait for her when she goes home . I 'll warrant it wo n't let her off so easy . Enter Olive , bringing an embroidered muslin cape . She puts it gently over Ann 's shoulders . AnnOh ! oh ! Take it away ! take it away !", "I miss my guess but it \u2018 ll suit well enough with her heart too . I trow that 's as green as her gown ; green 's the jealous color .", "You could n't see so far without spectacles .", "You think your eyes are mighty sharp . Maybe your ears are too ? Maybe you heard \u2018 em kissing at the door when he went home ?", "You need n't color up and shake your head at me , Olive . They stood kissing there nigh an hour , and he with his arm round her waist , and she with hers round his neck . They 'd kiss , then they 'd eye each other and kiss again . I know I woke up and thought \u2018 twas Injuns , and I peeked out of my chamber window . Such doings ! You 'd ought to have seen \u2018 em , Ann .", "That 's what she ought to have said last night \u2014 had n't she ,", "Ann ? But she did n't . Oh , I 'll warrant she did n't ! I know you would ,", "Ann .", "Massy ! what 's after ye ?", "Mayhap she hears more than folk want her to . I heard a voice too , a gruff voice like a pig 's .", "\u2018 Twas more than that . I know , I know .", "I 'm none so old that I must needs be sent to bed like a babe , I 'd have you know that , Goody Corey .", "Be ye sure that Goody Corey is asleep , and Goodman Corey ? PhoebeThey be both a-snoring . Hasten and begin , I pray you , Nancy .", "And Olive ?", "Whom do you desire to afflict ? PhoebeLet me see . I will afflict Uncle Corey , because he brought me naught from Boston to-day ; Olive , because she gave that cape to Ann instead of me ; and Aunt Corey , because she set me such a long stint , because she would not let me eat an apple to-night , and because she sent me to bed . I want to stick one pin into Uncle Corey , one into Olive , and three into Aunt Corey .", "Take the doll , prick it as you will , and say who the pricks be for .", "Is there any other whom you desire to afflict ?", "I 'll do some witchcraft now . I desire to afflict your aunt Corey , because she doth drive me hither and thither like a child , and sets no value on my understanding ; Olive , because she made a jest of me ; and Goody Bishop , because she hath a fine silk hood .", "Nay , I have another way , which you be too young to understand .", "Hey , black cat ! hey , my pretty black cat ! Go ye and sit on Goody Corey 's breast , and claw her if she stirs . Do as I bid ye , my pretty black cat , and I 'll sign the book .", "\u2018 Tis rare witchcraft .", "All of this sort . I 've given them all they can do to-night .", "I 'll sing the witch song , and you can dance on the table .", "\u2018 Tis not sinful for a witch .", "Massy sakes , hear them screeches ! PhoebeOh , Nancy , wo n't they catch us too ! I 'm afraid !", "They can n't touch us ; we 're witches too .", "Hear that , will ye ? Ai n't she a-ketchin \u2019 it ?", "Most likely \u2018 tis . Stick in another , and see if she screeches louder .", "Oh , massy ! I 've got a crick in my back , and I can n't double up . What shall I do ?I can n't ; no , I can n't ! \u2018 Tis like a hot poker . Massy ! what \u2018 ll I do ?", "I can n't get out . Oh ! oh ! The rheumatiz stiffened me so I could n't double up , and now it has stiffened me so I can n't undouble . No , \u2018 tis not rheumatiz , \u2018 tis Goody Bishop has bewitched me . I can n't get out .", "Here I am out , but I can n't undouble . I 'll have to go home on all-fours like a cat . Oh ! oh !", "I know \u2018 tis . \u2018 Tis Goody Bishop in her fine silk hood afflicts me . Oh , massy !", "I ai n't half undoubled .", "I tell ye I can n't go quick ; I ai n't undoubled enough . Devil take Goody Bishop !", "That she doth .", "She sendeth me to bed at first candlelight as though I were a babe ; she maketh me to wear a woollen petticoat in winter-time , though I was not brought up to't ; and she will never let me drink more than one mug of cider at a sitting , and I nigh eighty , and needing o n't to warm my bones .", "Your worship , she hath never had any respect for my understanding , and that hath greatly afflicted me .", "Verily she hath ; and when I would not , hath afflicted me with sore pains in all my bones , so I cried out , on getting up , when I had set awhile .", "Hey ?", "She hath a yellow bird which sits on her cap when she churns .", "A thing like a cat , only it went on two legs . It clawed up the chimbly , and the soot fell down , and Goody Corey set me to sweeping o n't up on the Lord 's day .", "See you anybody coming ?", "Where be my spectacles \u2014 where be they ?Oh Lord , what 's the use of living to be so old that you 're scattered all over the house like a seed thistle ! Having to hunt everywhere for your eyes and your wits whenever you want to use \u2018 em , and having other folks a-meddling with \u2018 em ! Where be the spectacles ? They be not in the cupboard ; they be not on the dresser . Where be they ? I trow this be witch-work . I know well enough what has become of my good horn spectacles . Goody Bishop hath witched them away , thinking they would suit well with her fine hood . I know well that I \u2014 PhoebeOh , Nancy , it is not Aunt Corey . It is only Goodwife Nourse .", "May the black beast catch her ! Be you sure ?", "I would that I had my fingers in old man Hathorne 's fine wig . I would yank it off for him , and fling it to the pigs . A-sending master and mistress to jail , and they no more witches than I be !", "I know not what we be . My old head will not hold it all . It is time they came home . There is not a crumb of sweet-cake in the house , and the stopple is so tight in the cider-barrel that I cannot stir it a peg .", "I know not . I tell ye my old head spins round like a flax-wheel ; when I put my finger on one spoke \u2018 tis another one . These things be too much for a poor old woman like me . It takes folks like their worships the magistrates and Minister Parris to deal with black men and witches , and keep their wits in no need of physic .", "I know not . My old head bobs like a pumpkin in a pond . I would master and mistress were home . These be troublous times for an old woman . I would I could stir the stopple in the cider-barrel . Look again , and see if mistress be not coming up the road .", "Do n't you fret yourself , Olive . I trow there 's no witch-mark on you . It 's Goody Bishop in her fine silk hood that 's at the bottom o n't . I know , I know . Perchance Paul could loose the stopple in the cider-barrel . I am needful of somewhat to warm my old bones . This witch-work makes them to creep with chills like long snakes .", "\u2018 Tis so , Paul ; and there 's no sweet-cake in the house , either .", "Perchance you could pry up the hook of the jail door with the old knife . It will be dark to-night . There is no moon until three o'clock in the morning ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 44, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Who 's there ?", "Long live the king !", "He .", "\u2018 Tis now struck twelve . Get thee to bed , Francisco .", "Have you had quiet guard ?", "Well , good night .", "If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus ,", "The rivals of my watch , bid them make haste .", "Say . What , is Horatio there ?", "Welcome , Horatio :\u2014 Welcome , good Marcellus .", "I have seen nothing .", "Sit down awhile ,", "And let us once again assail your ears ,", "That are so fortified against our story ,", "What we two nights have seen .", "Last night of all ,", "When yond same star that 's westward from the pole", "Had made his course to illume that part of heaven", "Where now it burns , Marcellus and myself ,", "The bell then beating one ,\u2014", "In the same figure , like the king that 's dead .", "Looks it not like the King ? mark it , Horatio .", "It would be spoke to .", "See , it stalks away !", "How now , Horatio ! You tremble and look pale :", "Is not this something more than fantasy ?", "What think you o n't ?", "I think it be no other but e'en so :", "Well may it sort , that this portentous figure", "Comes armed through our watch ; so like the king", "That was and is the question of these wars .", "\u2018 Tis here !", "It was about to speak , when the cock crew ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 45, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oh , do n't think of such a thing , miss . If Mrs Hushabye has forgotten all about it , it will be a pleasant surprise for her to see you , wo n't it ?", "You 'll get used to it , miss : this house is full of surprises for them that do n't know our ways . CAPTAIN SHOTOVERNurse , there is a hold-all and a handbag on the front steps for everybody to fall over . Also a tennis racquet . Who the devil left them there ?", "She says Miss Hessy invited her , sir .", "Now it 's all right , Captain : I 'll get the lady some tea ; and her room shall be ready before she has finished it .Take off your hat , ducky ; and make yourself at homeTHE CAPTAINDucky ! Do you suppose , woman , that because this young lady has been insulted and neglected , you have the right to address her as you address my wretched children , whom you have brought up in ignorance of the commonest decencies of social intercourse ?", "Never mind him , doty .", "That 's no talk to offer to a young lady . Here , ducky , have some tea ; and do n't listen to himTHE CAPTAINNow before high heaven they have given this innocent child Indian tea : the stuff they tan their own leather insides with .ELLIEOh , please ! I am so tired . I should have been glad of anything .", "Oh , what a thing to do ! The poor lamb is ready to drop .", "There 's a man for you ! They say he sold himself to the devil in Zanzibar before he was a captain ; and the older he grows the more I believe them . A WOMAN 'S VOICEIs anyone at home ? Hesione ! Nurse ! Papa ! Do come , somebody ; and take in my luggage . Thumping heard , as of an umbrella , on the wainscot .", "My gracious ! It 's Miss Addy , Lady Utterword , Mrs Hushabye 's sister : the one I told the captain about .Coming , Miss , coming . She carries the table back to its place by the door and is harrying out when she is intercepted by Lady Utterword , who bursts in much flustered . Lady Utterword , a blonde , is very handsome , very well dressed , and so precipitate in speech and action that the first impressionis one of comic silliness .", "I 'll go get you some fresh tea , ducky .", "Bless you ! he 's forgotten what he went for already . His mind wanders from one thing to another .", "Yes , Miss . LADY UTTERWORDDo n't be silly , Nurse . Do n't call me Miss . NURSE GUINNESSNo , loveyLADY UTTERWORDI know what you must feel . Oh , this house , this house ! I come back to it after twenty-three years ; and it is just the same : the luggage lying on the steps , the servants spoilt and impossible , nobody at home to receive anybody , no regular meals , nobody ever hungry because they are always gnawing bread and butter or munching apples , and , what is worse , the same disorder in ideas , in talk , in feeling . When I was a child I was used to it : I had never known anything better , though I was unhappy , and longed all the time \u2014 oh , how I longed !\u2014 to be respectable , to be a lady , to live as others did , not to have to think of everything for myself . I married at nineteen to escape from it . My husband is Sir Hastings Utterword , who has been governor of all the crown colonies in succession . I have always been the mistress of Government House . I have been so happy : I had forgotten that people could live like this . I wanted to see my father , my sister , my nephews and nieces, and I was looking forward to it . And now the state of the house ! the way I 'm received ! the casual impudence of that woman Guinness , our old nurse ! really Hesione might at least have been here : some preparation might have been made for me . You must excuse my going on in this way ; but I am really very much hurt and annoyed and disillusioned : and if I had realized it was to be like this , I would n't have come . I have a great mind to go away without another wordELLIENobody has been here to receive me either . I thought I ought to go away too . But how can I , Lady Utterword ? My luggage is on the steps ; and the station fly has gone . The captain emerges from the pantry with a tray of Chinese lacquer and a very fine tea-set on it . He rests it provisionally on the end of the table ; snatches away the drawing-board , which he stands on the floor against table legs ; and puts the tray in the space thus cleared . Ellie pours out a cup greedily .", "The Rectory is nothing but a heap of bricks , they say . Unless we can give the Rector a bed he has nowhere to lay his head this night .", "And you are all to go down to the cellars .", "And hide beside the coward I married ! I 'll go on the roof first .There ! Mr Hushabye 's turned it on again . THE BURGLARHere : where 's the way to that gravel pit ? The boot-boy says there 's a cave in the gravel pit . Them cellars is no use . Where 's the gravel pit , Captain ?", "Go straight on past the flagstaff until you fall into it and break your dirty neck .Another and louder explosion is heard . The burglar stops and stands trembling . ELLIEThat was nearer .", "Think of them , indeed , the murdering blackguards ! What next ? A terrific explosion shakes the earth . They reel back into their seats , or clutch the nearest support . They hear the falling of the shattered glass from the windows ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 46, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I good MSnare , I haue enter 'd him , and all", "I am vndone with his going : I warrant he is an infinitiue thing vpon my score . Good MFang hold him sure : good MSnare let him not scape , he comes continuantly to Py-Cornerto buy a saddle , and hee is indited to dinner to the Lubbars head in Lombardstreet , to MSmoothes the Silkman . I pra \u2019 ye , since my Exion is enter 'd , and my Case so openly known to the world , let him be brought in to his answer : A 100 . Marke is a long one , for a poore lone woman to beare : & I haue borne , and borne , and borne , and haue bin fub 'd off , and fub'dhYpppHeNoff , from this day to that day , that it is a shame to be thought on . There is no honesty in such dealing , vnles a woman should be made an Asse and a Beast , to beare euery Knaues wrong . Enter Falstaffe and Bardolfe . Yonder he comes , and that arrant Malmesey-Nose Bardolfe with him . Do your Offices , do your offices : MFang , & MSnare , do me , do me , do me your Offices", "Throw me in the channell ? Ile throw thee there . Wilt thou ? wilt thou ? thou bastardly rogue . Murder , murder , O thou Hony-suckle villaine , wilt thou kill Gods officers , and the Kings ? O thou hony-seed Rogue , thou art a honyseed , a Man-queller , and a woman-queller", "Good people bring a rescu . Thou wilt not ? thou wilt not ? Do , do thou Rogue : Do thou Hempseed", "Good my Lord be good to mee . I beseech you stand to me", "Oh my most worshipfull Lord , and't please your Grace , I am a poore widdow of Eastcheap , and he is arrested at my suit", "It is more then for someit is for all : all I haue , he hath eaten me out of house and home ; hee hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his : but I will haue some of it out againe , or I will ride thee o \u2019 Nights , like the Mare", "Marrythy selfe , & the mony too . Thou didst sweare to mee vpon a parcell gilt Goblet , sitting in my Dolphin-chamber at the round table , by a sea-cole fire , on Wednesday in Whitson week , when the Prince broke thy head for lik'ning him to a singing man of Windsor ; Thou didst sweare to me thento marry me , and make mee my Lady thy wife . Canst y deny it ? Did not goodwife Keech the Butchers wife come in then , and cal me gossip Quickly ? comming in to borrow a messe of Vinegar : telling vs , she had a good dish of Prawnes : whereby y didst desire to eat some : whereby I told thee they were ill for a greene wound ? And didst not thoudesire me to be no more familiar with such poore people , saying , that ere long they should call me Madam ? And did'st y not kisse me , and bid mee fetch thee 30. s ? I put thee now to thy Book-oath , deny it if thou canst ?", "Yes in troth my Lord", "Nay , you said so before", "By this Heauenly ground I tread on , I must be faine to pawne both my Plate , and the Tapistry of my dyning Chambers", "Prethee", "let it be but twenty Nobles ,", "I loath to pawne my Plate , in good earnest la", "Well , you shall haue it although I pawne my", "Will you haue Doll Teare-sheet meet you at supper ?", "Sweet-heart , me thinkes now you are in an excellent good temperalitie : your Pulsidge beates as extraordinarily , as heart would desire ; and your Colouris as red as any Rose : But you haue drunke too much Canaries , and that 's a maruellous searching Wine ; and it perfumes the blood , ere wee can say what 's this . How doe you now ?", "Why that was well said : A good heart 's worth", "Sick of a Calme : yea , good-sooth", "Why this is the olde fashion : you two neuer meete , but you fall to some discord : you are bothas Rheumatike as two drie Tostes , you cannot one beare with anothers Confirmities . What the good-yere ? One must beare , and that must bee you : you are the weaker Vessell ; as they say , the emptier Vessell", "If hee swagger , let him not come here : I must liue amongst my Neighbors , Ile no Swaggerers : I am in good name , and fame , with the very best : shut the doore , there comes no Swaggerers heere : I haue not liu 'd all this while , to haue swaggering now : shut the doore , I pray you", "\u2018 Pray you pacifie your selfethere comes no Swaggerers heere", "Tilly-fallyneuer tell me , your ancient Swaggerer comes not in my doores . I was before Master Tisick the Deputie , the other day : and as hee said to me , it was no longer agoe then Wednesday last : Neighbour QuicklyMaster Dombe , our Minister , was by then : Neighbour Quicklyreceiue those that are Ciuill ; foryou are in an ill Name : now hee said so , I can tell whereupon : foryou are an honest Woman , and well thought on ; therefore take heede what Guests you receiue : Receiueno swaggering Companions . There comes none heere . You would blesse you to heare what hee said . No , Ile no Swaggerers", "Cheater , call you him ? I will barre no honest man my house , nor no Cheater : but I doe not loue swaggering ; I am the worse when one sayes , swagger : Feele Masters , how I shake : looke you , I warrant you", "Doe I ? yea , in very truth doe I , if it were an Aspen", "Come , Ile drinke no Proofes , nor no Bullets : I will drinke no more then will doe me good , for no mans pleasure , I", "No , good Captaine Pistol : not heere , sweete", "Captaine", "Good Captaine Peesel be quiet , it is very late :", "I beseeke you now , aggrauate your Choler", "By my troth Captaine , these are very bitter words", "On my wordthere 's none such here . What the good-yere , doe you thinke I would denye her ? I pray be quiet", "Here 's good stuffe toward", "Here 's a goodly tumult : Ile forsweare keeping house , before Ile be in these tirrits , and frights . So : Murther I warrant now . Alas , alas , put vp your naked Weapons , put vp your naked Weapons", "Are you not hurt i'th \u2019 Groyne ? me thought hee made a shrewd Thrust at your Belly", "Oh , the Lord preserue thy good Grace : Welcome to London . Now Heauen blesse that sweete Face of thine : what , are you come from Wales ?", "\u2018 Blessing on your good heart , and so shee is by my troth", "No , I warrant you", "All Victuallers doe so : What is a Ioynt of", "Mutton , or two , in a whole Lent ?", "Who knocks so lowd at doore ? Looke to the doore there , Francis ?", "Well , fare thee well : I haue knowne thee these twentie nine yeeres , come Pescod-time : but an honester , and truer-hearted man - Well , fare thee well", "What 's the matter ?", "Oh runne Dol , runne : runne , good Dol .", "O that Sir Iohn were come , hee would make this a bloody day to some body . But I would the Fruite of her Wombe might miscarry", "O , that right should thus o'recome might . Wel of sufferance , comes ease", "Yes , come you staru 'd Blood-hound", "Thou Anatomy , thou"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 47, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hung be the heavens with black , yield day to night ! Comets , importing change of times and states , Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars That have consented unto Henry 's death ! King Henry the Fifth , too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth .", "Cease , cease these jars and rest your minds in peace ;", "Let 's to the altar . Heralds , wait on us .", "Instead of gold , we 'll offer up our arms ,", "Since arms avail not , now that Henry 's dead .", "Posterity , await for wretched years ,", "When at their mothers \u2019 moist'ned eyes babes shall suck ,", "Our isle be made a nourish of salt tears ,", "And none but women left to wail the dead .", "Henry the Fifth , thy ghost I invocate :", "Prosper this realm , keep it from civil broils ,", "Combat with adverse planets in the heavens .", "A far more glorious star thy soul will make", "Than Julius Caesar or bright", "What say'st thou , man , before dead Henry 's corse ?", "Speak softly , or the loss of those great towns", "Will make him burst his lead and rise from death .", "Me they concern ; Regent I am of France .", "Give me my steeled coat ; I 'll fight for France .", "Away with these disgraceful wailing robes !", "Wounds will I lend the French instead of eyes ,", "To weep their intermissive miseries .", "Gloucester , why doubt'st thou of my forwardness ?", "An army have I muster 'd in my thoughts ,", "Wherewith already France is overrun .", "Is Talbot slain ? Then I will slay myself ,", "For living idly here in pomp and ease ,", "Whilst such a worthy leader , wanting aid ,", "Unto his dastard foemen is betray 'd .", "His ransom there is none but I shall pay .", "I 'll hale the Dauphin headlong from his throne ;", "His crown shall be the ransom of my friend ;", "Four of their lords I 'll change for one of ours .", "Farewell , my masters ; to my task will I ;", "Bonfires in France forthwith I am to make", "To keep our great Saint George 's feast withal .", "Ten thousand soldiers with me I will take ,", "Whose bloody deeds shall make an Europe quake .", "I do remember it , and here take my leave", "To go about my preparation . Exit", "Coward of France , how much he wrongs his fame ,", "Despairing of his own arm 's fortitude ,", "To join with witches and the help of hell !", "A maid ! and be so martial !", "Ascend , brave Talbot ; we will follow thee .", "Agreed ; I 'll to yond corner .", "The day begins to break , and night is fled", "Whose pitchy mantle over-veil 'd the earth .", "Here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuit .", "\u2018 Tis thought , Lord Talbot , when the fight began ,", "Rous 'd on the sudden from their drowsy beds ,", "They did amongst the troops of armed men", "Leap o'er the walls for refuge in the field .", "No , truly ; \u2018 tis more than manners will ;", "And I have heard it said unbidden guests", "Are often welcomest when they are gone .", "O , let no words , but deeds , revenge this treason !", "Lord Talbot , do not so dishonour me ;", "Here will I sit before the walls of Rouen ,", "And will be partner of your weal or woe .", "Not to be gone from hence ; for once I read", "That stout Pendragon in his litter sick", "Came to the field , and vanquished his foes .", "Methinks I should revive the soldiers \u2019 hearts ,", "Because I ever found them as myself .", "Now , quiet soul , depart when heaven please ,", "For I have seen our enemies \u2019 overthrow .", "What is the trust or strength of foolish man ?", "They that of late were daring with their scoffs", "Are glad and fain by flight to save themselves ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 48, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oh , it 's you . I hoped it was father going out .", "He is late this morning .", "Then I wish he 'd go and do it .", "Yes , I am , and you know I am , and I 'll thank you both to go when he comes .", "Good morning , Mr. Prosser .Father 's not gone out yet . He 's late .", "Maggie , we know you 're a pushing sales-woman , but \u2014 MAGGIEIt 'll teach him to keep out of here a bit . He 's too much time on his hands .", "You know why he comes .", "It 's all very well for an old maid like you to talk , but if father wo n't have us go courting , where else can Albert meet me except here when father 's out ?", "Courting must come first .", "Do n't swear , father . HOBSONNo . I 'll sit down instead .Listen to me , you three . I 've come to conclusions about you . And I wo n't have it . Do you hear that ? Interfering with my goings out and comings in . The idea ! I 've a mind to take measures with the lot of you .", "If we take trouble to feed you it 's not bumptious to ask you not to be late for your food .", "I suppose you mean Vickey and me !", "A publican .", "It is not immodest , father . It 's the fashion to wear bustles .", "We shall continue to dress fashionably , father .", "Ca n't we choose husbands for ourselves ?", "What 's the matter with Willie ?", "You 're going to marry Willie Mossop ! Willie Mossop !", "I know , and if you 're afraid to speak your thoughts , I 'm not . Look here , Maggie \u2014,\u2014 what you do touches us , and you 're mistaken if you think I 'll own Willie Mossop for my brother-in-law .", "You ask father if there 's disgrace . And look at me . I 'd hopes of Albert Prosser till this happened .", "Yes . What 's your opinion of Will ?", "Would you like him in the family ?", "But you said \u2014", "Oh , father ! HOBSONGo and get my dinner served and talk less . Go on now . I 'm not in right temper to be crossed .", "I 'm sure I do n't know what to tell you to do , Tubby .", "Well , father 's out and I can n't help you .", "I do n't know what to tell you . Nobody seems to want any boots made .", "Then you 'd better .", "You suggested it .", "Oh , dear ! What would Miss Maggie have told you to do ?", "Then go and make clogs .", "Yes .", "I do n't care . It 's father 's place to be here to tell them what to do .", "Oh , yes . Go on . Blame me that the place is all at sixes and sevens .", "I 'm not snappy in myself .It 's these figures . I can n't get them right . What 's 17 and 25 ? VICKEYFifty-two , of course .", "Well , it does n't balance right . Oh , I wish I was married and out of it .", "You !", "Well , you 're sly , Vickey Hobson . You 've kept it to yourself .", "Maggie , you here !", "No .", "He 's not been here so often since you and Willie Mossop got \u2014 MAGGIESince when ?", "Since you made him buy that pair of boots he did n't want . MAGGIEI see . He did n't like paying for taking his pleasure in our shop . Well , if he 's not expected , somebody must go for him . Prosser , Pilkington & Prosser , Solicitors of Bexley Square . That 's right , is n't it ?", "Yes . Albert 's \u201c and Prosser . \u201d MAGGIEAye ? Quite a big man in his way . Then , will you go and fetch him , Mr. Beenstock ? Tell him to bring the paper with him . VICKEYYou 're ordering folk about a bit .", "Is it ? Suppose father comes in and finds Albert and Freddy here ?", "He 's beyond his time already .", "Why ?", "Sleeping ?", "Is that all we 're to be told ?", "I do n't know what you 're aiming at , Maggie , but \u2014", "He changed his mind .", "Willie Mossop was our boot hand .", "But however did you manage it ? Where did the capital come from ?", "I 'll do it if you 'll help me with these books , Maggie .", "Yes .", "I think you might help me , Maggie .", "Very well .", "Well , I hope you 're satisfied , Maggie . You 've got your way again , and now perhaps you 'll tell us if there 's anything you want in this shop .", "I 'm asking you , what 's your business here ?", "You 've been married this morning !", "I do n't see how you knew .", "And the shop ?", "Wedded with a brass ring !", "I 'm a bit too much astonished at you to think about accounts . A ring out of stock !", "Have n't you furnished ?", "I 'd stay single sooner than have other people 's cast-off sticks in my house . Where 's your pride gone to , Maggie ?", "Wait a bit .", "Let me tell you if you claim the furniture from your old bedroom \u2014,\u2014 that it 's my room now , and you 'll not budge a stick of it .", "Nor to you , neither .", "Well , it \u2018 ud not suit me .", "Yes , or for mine .", "What ?", "We 're ready , Maggie .", "I dare say . But you 'll not speak as well as he did , so we can leave it with a good wind-up . I 'm free to own you took me by surprise , Will .", "I thought that speech never came natural from Will .", "Do you mean to tell me that Willie found the capital ?", "He must be if you 've done this out of what father used to pay him .", "That 's it . I 'm a bit nervous .", "Who 's that ?", "When he 's gone .", "Tubby Wadlow 's looking after it .", "It will be much easier for you without us in your way , father .", "So does my Albert know his trade .HOBSONI 'll grant you that . He knows his trade . He 's good at robbery .And I 've to have it on my conscience that my daughter 's wed a lawyer and an employer of lawyers .", "Father ! HOBSONAye . You may father me . But that 's a piece of work I 've finished with . I 've done with fathering , and they 're beginning it . They 'll know what marrying a woman means before so long . They 're putting chains upon themselves and I have thrown the shackles off . I 've suffered thirty years and more and I 'm a free man from to-day . Lord , what a thing you 're taking on ! You poor , poor wretches . You 're red-nosed robbers , but you 're going to pay for it .MAGGIEYou 'd better arrange to get married quick . Alice and Vickey will have a sweet time with him .", "Good night , Maggie .And thank you .", "I dare say .", "You been here long , Maggie ?", "I live in the Crescent myself .", "I do n't think I can be expected to come back to this after what I 've been used to lately .", "Well , I say it ought to be Maggie , father . She 's the eldest .", "Do n't you know ?", "I expect you 'd put a collar on in any case , father . HOBSONOf course I should . I 'm going to put a collar on . But understand me , Maggie , it 's not for the sake of Will Mossop . It 's because my neck is cold .MAGGIENow , then , which of us is it to be ?", "Maggie !", "Well , I 'm not going to break my home up and that 's flat .", "That 's not fair speaking . I 'd come if there were no one else . You know very well it 's your duty , Maggie .", "Do you mean to say you wo n't come ?", "There 's only Maggie for it .", "It 's our way as well , is n't it ?", "Yes .", "He might leave them his money !", "Father must make his will at once . Albert shall draw it up .", "That 's never Willie Mossop . VICKEYAre you coming into this ?", "What on earth do you mean ? It 's a good business still .", "Do you mean to tell me father is n't rich ?", "You 'll do what 's arranged for you .", "Will Mossop , do you know who you 're talking to ? WILLIEAye . My wife 's young sisters . Times have changed a bit since you used to order me about this shop , have n't they , Alice ?", "Yes . I 'm Mrs. Albert Prosser now .", "And we 're to stay here and watch Maggie and Will abusing father when he 's ill .", "We 're not against you , father . We want to stay and see that Will deals fairly by you .", "Did Maggie skip ?", "Do you mean that we 're to go ?", "Oh , father !", "Vickey !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 49, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["At last !", "What 's the matter ?", "They were unworthy of you . I will write you some more .", "Thank Heaven for your madness , your rashness , your imprudence !", "They will think that a man once loved a woman more devotedly than ever man loved woman before . But they will not know what man it was .", "But how will they know ?", "Write poems to you with reserve ! You ask me that !", "Ah , how I wish they had been addressed to an unmarried woman ! how I wish they had !", "Have you got sisters-in-law ?", "I do . Heaven help me , I do \u2014 or I did \u2014 or", "Ah , of course they are your husband 's relatives : I forgot that . Forgive me , Aurora .", "She will not understand them , I think .", "Oh do n't , do n't think of people in that way . Do n't think of her at all .Aurora : do you remember the evening when I sat here at your feet and read you those poems for the first time ?", "Yes , you are right . It will be a profanation .", "To me Teddy is nothing , and Georgina less than nothing .", "And oh ! how happy I am !", "Yes : I deserve that . I think if I were going to the stake with you , I should still be so happy with you that I could hardly feel your danger more than my own .", "Your heart will tell you at the right time . I have thought deeply over this ; and I know what we two must do , sooner or later .", "If you did , you would no longer be Aurora . Our course is perfectly simple , perfectly straightforward , perfectly stainless and true . We love one another . I am not ashamed of that : I am ready to go out and proclaim it to all London as simply as I will declare it to your husband when you see \u2014 as you soon will see \u2014 that this is the only way honorable enough for your feet to tread . Let us go out together to our own house , this evening , without concealment and without shame . Remember ! we owe something to your husband . We are his guests here : he is an honorable man : he has been kind to us : he has perhaps loved you as well as his prosaic nature and his sordid commercial environment permitted . We owe it to him in all honor not to let him learn the truth from the lips of a scandalmonger . Let us go to him now quietly , hand in hand ; bid him farewell ; and walk out of the house without concealment and subterfuge , freely and honestly , in full honor and self-respect .", "We shall not depart by a hair 's breadth from the ordinary natural current of our lives . We were going to the theatre when the loss of the poems compelled us to take action at once . We shall go to the theatre still ; but we shall leave your diamonds here ; for we cannot afford diamonds , and do not need them .", "I never thought of doing so , dearest : I know that these trivialities are nothing to you . What was I saying \u2014 oh yes . Instead of coming back here from the theatre , you will come with me to my home \u2014 now and henceforth our home \u2014 and in due course of time , when you are divorced , we shall go through whatever idle legal ceremony you may desire . I attach no importance to the law : my love was not created in me by the law , nor can it be bound or loosed by it . That is simple enough , and sweet enough , is it not ?Here are flowers for you : I have the tickets : we will ask your husband to lend us the carriage to show that there is no malice , no grudge , between us . Come !", "Well , let us take that calmly . Let us go to the theatre as if nothing had happened , and tell him when we come back . Now or three hours hence : to-day or to-morrow : what does it matter , provided all is done in honor , without shame or fear ?", "I tried ; but Lohengrin was sold out for to-night .", "Can you ask me ? What is there besides Lohengrin that we two could endure , except Candida ?", "Aurora !", "That divinest love poem ! the poem that gave us courage to speak to one another ! that revealed to us what we really felt for one another ! That \u2014", "You were right . You are like Candida .", "Aurora : if Candida had loved Eugene she would have gone out into the night with him without a moment 's hesitation .", "There is nothing wanting in it .", "What is that ?", "Let us be just to Georgina , dearest", "She really sees the world in that way . That is her punishment .", "My dear : I really do n't care about Georgina or about Teddy . All these squabbles belong to a plane on which I am , as you say , no use . I have counted the cost ; and I do not fear the consequences . After all , what is there to fear ? Where is the difficulty ? What can Georgina do ? What can your husband do ? What can anybody do ?", "Yes . What can be simpler ?", "You do n't understand these things , my darling , how could you ? In one respect I am unlike the poet in the play . I have followed the Greek ideal and not neglected the culture of my body . Your husband would make a tolerable second-rate heavy weight if he were in training and ten years younger . As it is , he could , if strung up to a great effort by a burst of passion , give a good account of himself for perhaps fifteen seconds . But I am active enough to keep out of his reach for fifteen seconds ; and after that I should be simply all over him .", "Do n't ask me , dearest . At all events , I swear to you that you need not be anxious about me .", "All this alarm is needless , dearest . Believe me , nothing will happen . Your husband knows that I am capable of defending myself . Under such circumstances nothing ever does happen . And of course I shall do nothing . The man who once loved you is sacred to me .", "No , no .Dearest , dearest : how agitated you are ! how unlike yourself ! All these worries belong to the lower plane . Come up with me to the higher one . The heights , the solitudes , the soul world !", "Mr Apjohn !! !", "How could you even think of me as Mr Apjohn ? I never think of you as", "Mrs Bompas : it is always Cand \u2014 I mean Aurora , Aurora , Auro \u2014", "Are you afraid ?", "Perfect love casteth out fear . That is why I am not afraid . Mrs Bompas : you do not love me .", "Why do you thank me ?", "Once or twice in my life I have dreamed that I was exquisitely happy and blessed . But oh ! the misgiving at the first stir of consciousness ! the stab of reality ! the prison walls of the bedroom ! the bitter , bitter disappointment of waking ! And this time ! oh , this time I thought I was awake .", "I beg your pardon . What is it you want me to do ? I am at your service . I am ready to behave like a gentleman if you will be kind enough to explain exactly how .", "Go on . Go on quickly . Give me something to think about , or I will \u2014 I will \u2014", "I beg your pardon . I will buy you a new one .", "Then you will have to do without it : that 's all .", "If you knew how near I was to breaking Teddy 's pet wife and presenting him with the pieces , you would be thankful that you are alive instead of \u2014 of \u2014 of howling about five shillings worth of ivory . Damn your fan !", "This is some horrible dream . What has become of you ? You are not my Aurora .", "Do n't drag me down \u2014 do n't \u2014 do n't . Help me to find the way back to the heights .", "It seems so to me .", "I can suggest nothing now . A chill black darkness has fallen : I can see nothing but the ruins of our dream .", "All I can say is that I am entirely at your service . What do you wish me to do ?", "No .", "You said you were the only Aurora in the world . Andoh God ! you were the only Aurora in the world to me .", "Yes , by heart .Do n't you ?", "No .", "Of course I am quite sure . How could I use such a name in a poem ?", "What does it matter \u2014 now ?", "Oh , if you wish me to tell a lie \u2014", "Very well . You have broken my spirit and desecrated my dreams . I will lie and protest and stand on my honor : oh , I will play the gentleman , never fear .", "You are quite right , Mrs Bompas : I beg your pardon . You must excuse my temper . I have got growing pains , I think .", "The process of growing from romantic boyhood into cynical maturity usually takes fifteen years . When it is compressed into fifteen minutes , the pace is too fast ; and growing pains are the result .", "Yes : I 'm capable of anything now . I should not have told him the truth by halves ; and now I will not lie by halves . I 'll wallow in the honor of a gentleman .", "What is it ?", "The tableau would be complete in its guiltiness . For Heaven 's sake , Mrs Bompas , let that glove alone : you look like a pickpocket . Her husband comes in : a robust , thicknecked , well groomed city man , with a strong chin but a blithering eye and credulous mouth . He has a momentous air , but shows no sign of displeasure : rather the contrary .", "I am at your service .", "We have decided not to go .", "I think I should prefer plenty of room .", "Manuscripts ?", "Why , these are my poems .", "What a shame ! Mrs Bompas has shown them to you ! You must think me an utter ass . I wrote them years ago after reading Swinburne 's Songs Before Sunrise . Nothing would do me then but I must reel off a set of Songs to the Sunrise . Aurora , you know : the rosy fingered Aurora . They 're all about Aurora . When Mrs Bompas told me her name was Aurora , I could n't resist the temptation to lend them to her to read . But I did n't bargain for your unsympathetic eyes .", "Do you mean to imply that you do n't believe me ?", "Why not ? I do n't understand .", "I assure you I am quite at a loss . Can you not be a little more explicit ?", "Mr Bompas : I pledge you my word you are mistaken . I need not tell you that Mrs Bompas is a lady of stainless honor , who has never cast an unworthy thought on me . The fact that she has shown you my poems \u2014", "Does not that prove their perfect innocence ? She would have shown them to you at once if she had taken your quite unfounded view of them .", "Believe me , you are . I assure you , on my honor as a gentleman , that I have never had the slightest feeling for Mrs Bompas beyond the ordinary esteem and regard of a pleasant acquaintance .", "I should never have dreamt of writing poems to her . The thing is absurd .", "Well , it happens that I do not admire Mrs Bompas \u2014 in that way .", "There is no need to insult me like this . I assure you , on my honor as a \u2014", "Mr Bompas : I can make allowances for your jealousy \u2014", "How can I convince you ? Be reasonable . I tell you my relations with Mrs Bompas are relations of perfect coldness \u2014 of indifference \u2014", "Look here : I 'm not going to stand this .", "This is ridiculous . I assure you Mrs. Bompas is quite \u2014", "You call me a swine again and I 'll land you one on the chin that 'll make your head sing for a week .", "I have got a most frightful bump on the back of my head .", "Yes . I take it back .I take it all back , all , without reserve .", "I shall do nothing of the sort . I have steeped myself in lies for your sake ; and the only reward I get is a lump on the back of my head the size of an apple . Now I will go back to the straight path .", "It 's no use . Your husband is a fool and a brute \u2014", "I say you are a fool and a brute ; and if you 'll step outside with me I 'll say it again .Those poems were written to your wife , every word of them , and to nobody else .I wrote them because I loved her . I thought her the most beautiful woman in the world ; and I told her so over and over again . I adored her : do you hear ? I told her that you were a sordid commercial chump , utterly unworthy of her ; and so you are .", "Yes , I do mean it , and a lot more too . I asked Mrs Bompas to walk out of the house with me \u2014 to leave you \u2014 to get divorced from you and marry me . I begged and implored her to do it this very night . It was her refusal that ended everything between us .What she can see in you , goodness only knows !", "What can I do ?", "Oh , I do n't mind . I am past minding anything . I have grown too fast this evening .", "This morning I was eighteen . Now I am \u2014 confound it ! I 'm quoting that beast of a play", "I should call it How He Lied to Her Husband ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 50, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["{ Outside . } Good evening to you , lady of the house .", "{ Coming in slowly and going towards the bed . } Is it departed he is ?", "{ Looking closely at the dead man . } It 's a queer look is on him for a man that 's dead .", "{ Looking at her and nodding slowly . } It 's a queer story he would n't let his own wife touch him , and he dying quiet in his bed .", "{ Crosses himself . } God rest his soul .", "{ Filling a pipe and looking about the room . } I 've walked a great way through the world , lady of the house , and seen great wonders , but I never seen a wake till this day with fine spirits , and good tobacco , and the best of pipes , and no one to taste them but a woman only .", "{ Drinking . } There 's no offence , lady of the house ?", "{ Sitting down . } I knew rightly . { He lights his pipe so that there is a sharp light beneath his haggard face . } And I was thinking , and I coming in through the door , that it 's many a lone woman would be afeard of the like of me in the dark night , in a place would n't be so lonesome as this place , where there are n't two living souls would see the little light you have shining from the glass .", "{ Looking round with a half-shudder . } It is surely , God help us all !", "{ Speaking mournfully . } Is it myself , lady of the house , that does be walking round in the long nights , and crossing the hills when the fog is on them , the time a little stick would seem as big as your arm , and a rabbit as big as a bay horse , and a stack of turf as big as a towering church in the city of Dublin ? If myself was easily afeard , I 'm telling you , it 's long ago I'ld have been locked into the Richmond Asylum , or maybe have run up into the back hills with nothing on me but an old shirt , and been eaten with crows the like of Patch Darcy \u2014 the Lord have mercy on him \u2014 in the year that 's gone .", "{ Looking at the body in the sheet . } It 's myself will go for him , lady of the house , and let you not be destroying yourself with the great rain .", "{ Moving uneasily . } Maybe if you 'd a piece of a grey thread and a sharp needle \u2014 there 's great safety in a needle , lady of the house \u2014 I'ld be putting a little stitch here and there in my old coat , the time I 'll be praying for his soul , and it going up naked to the saints of God .", "{ Slowly . } It 's true , surely , and the Lord have mercy on us all ! { Nora goes out . The Tramp begins stitching one of the tags in his coat , saying the \u201c De Profundis \u201d under his breath . In an instant the sheet is drawn slowly down , and Dan Burke looks out . The Tramp moves uneasily , then looks up , and springs to his feet with a movement of terror . }", "{ Trembling . } I meant no harm , your honour ; and wo n't you leave me easy to be saying a little prayer for your soul ? { A long whistle is heard outside . }", "{ Doubtfully . } Is it not dead you are ?", "{ Pouring out the whisky . } What will herself say if she smells the stuff on you , for I 'm thinking it 's not for nothing you 're letting on to be dead ?", "{ Taking a stick from the cupboard } Is it that ?", "{ With a queer look . } Is it herself , master of the house , and she a grand woman to talk ?", "{ Listening . } There 's a voice speaking on the path .", "{ Covering his head . } Have no fear , master of the house . What is it I know of the like of you that I'ld be saying a word or putting out my hand to stay you at all ? { He goes back to the fire , sits down on a stool with his back to the bed and goes on stitching his coat . }", "{ Quickly . } Whisht , whisht . Be quiet I 'm telling you , they 're coming now at the door . { Nora comes in with Micheal Dara , a tall , innocent young man behind her . }", "{ Plaintively . } That was a great man , young fellow , a great man I 'm telling you . There was never a lamb from his own ewes he would n't know before it was marked , and he'ld run from this to the city of Dublin and never catch for his breath .", "{ Standing up . } It 's a hard thing you 're saying for an old man , master of the house , and what would the like of her do if you put her out on the roads ?", "{ Pointing to Micheal . } Maybe himself would take her .", "{ Going over to Nora . } We 'll be going now , lady of the house \u2014 the rain is falling , but the air is kind and maybe it 'll be a grand morning by the grace of God .", "{ At the door . } Come along with me now , lady of the house , and it 's not my blather you 'll be hearing only , but you 'll be hearing the herons crying out over the black lakes , and you 'll be hearing the grouse and the owls with them , and the larks and the big thrushes when the days are warm , and it 's not from the like of them you 'll be hearing a talk of getting old like Peggy Cavanagh , and losing the hair off you , and the light of your eyes , but it 's fine songs you 'll be hearing when the sun goes up , and there 'll be no old fellow wheezing , the like of a sick sheep , close to your ear ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 51, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hip ! hollo ! ho !\u2014 Hip !\u2014\u2014", "Hip , hillio \u2014 ho \u2014 hi !\u2014\u2014", "Lord ! sir , if my master makes no more haste , we shall all be put to sword by the knives of the natives . I 'm told they take off heads like hats , and hang \u2018 em on pegs , in their parlours . Mercy on us ! My head aches with the very thoughts of it . Hollo ! Mr. Inkle ! master ; hollo !", "Aye ; stripping is the first thing that would happen to us ; for they seem to be woefully off for a wardrobe . I myself saw three , at a distance , with less clothes than I have , when I get out of bed : all dancing about in black buff ; just like Adam in mourning .", "Why , Inkle \u2014\u2014 Well ! only to see the difference of men ! he 'd have thought it very hard , now , if I had let him call so often after me . Ah ! I wish he was calling after me now , in the old jog-trot way , again . What a fool was I to leave London for foreign parts !\u2014\u2014 That ever I should leave Threadneedle-street , to thread an American forest , where a man 's as soon lost as a needle in a bottle of hay !", "Lord , sir , I shall never recover what I have lost in coming abroad . When my master and I were in London , I had such a mortal snug birth of it ! Why , I was factotum .", "But then the honour of it . Think of that , sir ; to be clerk as well as own man . Only consider . You find very few city clerks made out of a man , now-a-days . To be king of the counting-house , as well as lord of the bed-chamber . Ah ! if I had him but now in the little dressing-room behind the office ; tying his hair , with a bit of red tape , as usual .", "Oh , if I was but brushing the accounts or casting up the coats ! mercy on us ! what 's that ?", "Did n't you hear a noise ?", "Ha ! A sum in division , I reckon .", "Oh ! that ever I was born , to leave pen , ink , and powder for this !", "I 'll run and see , sir , directly .", "Oh ! Threadneedle-street , Thread \u2014", "\u2014 Needle-street .", "Sir .", "Wo n't you look and see ?", "Oh , charming ! It 's a retreat for a king , sir : Mr . Medium , however , has not got up in it ; your uncle , sir , has run on like a booby ; and has got up with our party by this time , I take it ; who are now most likely at the shore . But what are we to do next , sir ?", "Then pray , sir , proceed to reconnoitre ; for the sooner the better .", "Y \u2014\u2014 Ye \u2014 s \u2014 Yes .", "Eh ! Oh lord !\u2014 Clear !Oh dear ! oh dear ! the coast will soon be clear enough now , I promise you \u2014\u2014 The ship is under sail , sir !", "All , all , sir , except me .", "Ah ! there they go .\u2014\u2014 That will be the last report we shall ever hear from \u2018 em I 'm afraid .\u2014 That 's as much as to say , Good bye to ye . And here we are left \u2014 two fine , full-grown babes in the wood !", "The old one \u2014 a tree , sir .\u2014 \u2018 Tis all we have for it now . What would I give , now , to be perched upon a high stool , with our brown desk squeezed into the pit of my stomach \u2014 scribbling away an old parchment !\u2014\u2014 But all my red ink will be spilt by an old black pin of a negro . SONG .A voyage over seas had not entered my head , Had I known but on which side to butter my bread , Heigho ! sure I \u2014 for hunger must die ! I 've sail 'd like a booby ; come here in a squall , Where , alas ! there 's no bread to be butter 'd at all ! Oho ! I 'm a terrible booby ! Oh , what a sad booby am I ! In London , what gay chop-house signs in the street ! But the only sign here is of nothing to eat . Heigho ! that I \u2014\u2014 for hunger should die ! My mutton 's all lost ; I 'm a poor starving elf ! And for all the world like a lost mutton myself . Oho ! I shall die a lost mutton ! Oh ! what a lost mutton am I ! For a neat slice of beef , I could roar like a bull ; And my stomach 's so empty , my heart is quite full . Heigho ! that I \u2014 for hunger should die ! But , grave without meat , I must here meet my grave , For my bacon , I fancy , I never shall save . Oho ! I shall ne'er save my bacon ! I can n't save my bacon , not I !", "Hum ! I was thinking \u2014\u2014 I was thinking , sir \u2014 if so many natives could be caught , how much they might fetch at the West India markets !", "No , faith , sir ! Hunger is too sharp to be jested with . As for me , I shall starve for want of food . Now you may meet a luckier fate : you are able to extract the square root , sir ; and that 's the very best provision you can find here to live upon . But I !Mercy on us ! here they come again .", "Oh Lord ! no , do n't , do n't \u2014\u2014 We shall pay too dear for our lodging , depend o n't .", "What ! go in before your honour ! I know my place better , I assure you \u2014 I might walk into more mouths than one , perhaps .", "I must , sir ; I must ! Ah , Trudge , Trudge ! what a damned hole are you getting into !", "Very likely , sir ! But for a pleasing face , it has the cursed'st ugly month I ever saw in my life . Now do , sir , make off as fast as you can . If we once get clear of the natives \u2019 houses , we have little to fear from the lions and leopards : for by the appearance of their parlours , they seem to have killed all the wild beast in the country . Now pray , do , my good master , take my advice , and run away .", "That 's just what I expect for coming in .\u2014 All that enter here appear to have had their skins stript over their ears ; and ours will be kept for curiosities \u2014 We shall stand here , stuffed , for a couple of white wonders .", "No , no , no , do n't ; do n't . We may be called to account for disturbing the company : you may get a curtain-lecture , perhaps , sir .", "Oh ! what will become of us ! Some grim , seven foot fellow ready to scalp us .", "A woman !\u2014But let him come on ; I 'm ready \u2014 dam'me , I do n't fear facing the devil himself \u2014 Faith it is a woman \u2014 fast asleep too .", "And egad ! there seems to be a nice , little plump bit in the corner ; only she 's an angel of rather a darker sort .", "Zounds , she has thrown me into a cold sweat .", "This must be a lady of quality , by her staring .", "O ho ! It 's time , I see , to begin making interest with the chamber maid .", "Why , you speak English as well as I , my little Wowski .", "Iss ! and you learnt it from a strange man , that tumbled from a big boat , many moons ago , you say ?", "Then , what the devil made them so surprized at seeing us ! was he like me ?Not so smart a body , mayhap . Was his face , now , round and comely , and \u2014 eh !Was it like mine ?", "Oh , oh , an old shipwrecked sailor , I warrant . With white and grey hair , eh , my pretty beauty spot ?", "Oh ! wore a wig . But the old boy taught you something more than English , I believe .", "The devil he did ! What was it ?", "Aye , what was that for ?", "Zounds ! did he teach you to smoke ?", "And what became of him at last ? What did your countrymen do for the poor fellow ?", "Mercy on us ! what damned stomachs , to swallow a tough old tar ! Ah , poor Trudge ! your killing comes next .", "No ? why what shall I do , if I get in their paws ?", "Will you ? Ecod she 's a brave good-natured wench ! she 'll be worth a hundred of your English wives .\u2014 Whenever they fight on their husband 's account , it 's with him instead of for him , I fancy . But how the plague am I to live here ?", "Zounds ! leopard 's skin for winter wear , and feathers for a summer 's suit ! Ha , ha ! I shall look like a walking hammer-cloth , at Christmas , and an upright shuttlecock , in the dog days . And for all this , if my master and I find our way to England , you shall be part of our travelling equipage ; and , when I get there , I 'll give you a couple of snug rooms , on a first floor , and visit you every evening , as soon as I come from the counting-house . Do you like it ?", "Damme , what a flashy fellow I shall seem in the city ! I 'll get her a white boy to bring up the tea-kettle . Then I 'll teach you to write and dress hair .", "Oh yes , a very great man . I 'm head clerk of the counting-house , and first valet-de-chambre of the dressing-room . I pounce parchments , powder hair , black shoes , ink paper , shave beards , and mend pens . But hold ! I had forgot one material point \u2014 you ar'n ' t married , I hope ?", "So I will . It 's best , however , to be sure of her being single ; for Indian husbands are not quite so complaisant as English ones , and the vulgar dogs might think of looking a little after their spouses . But you have had a lover or two in your time ; eh , Wowski ?", "Who ?", "Yes , pretty little Wowski !", "Oh then turn about , my little tawny tight one !", "Do n't you like me ?", "Never , not for any white one ;", "You are beautiful as any sloe .", "So snug and cosey !", "Coying , toying ,", "With a rosy", "Posey ,", "When I 'm dosey ,", "Bear-skin nightcaps too shall warm my head .", "Come along , Wows ! Take care of your furs , and your feathers , my girl !", "That 's right .\u2014 Somebody might steal \u2018 em , perhaps .", "Oh Lord ! see what one loses by not being born in a christian country .", "What 's your sign , my lad ?", "Well , get us a room for half an hour , and we 'll come : and harkee ! let it be light and airy , d'ye hear ? My master has been used to your open apartments lately .", "A prince \u2014 Ha ! ha !\u2014\u2014 No , not quite a prince \u2014 but he belongs to the Crown . But how do you like this , Wows ? Is n't it fine ?", "Fine men , eh ?", "Yes , all the fine men are like me . As different from your people as powder and ink , or paper and blacking .", "What ! the fine lady 's complexions ? Oh , yes , exactly ; for too much heat very often dissolves \u2018 em ! Then their dress , too .", "Better , better a great deal . Why , a young flashy Englishman will sometimes carry a whole fortune on his back . But did you mind the women ? All here \u2014 and there ;they have it all from us in England .\u2014 And then the fine things they carry on their heads , Wowski .", "Pshaw ! an old woman bawling flounders . But the fine girls we meet , here , on the quay \u2014 so round and so plump !", "Not love you ! Zounds , have not I given you proofs ?", "Not I. I 'll stick to you like wax .", "Gratitude , to be sure .", "Ha ! this it is , now , to live without education . The poor dull devils of her country are all in the practice of gratitude , without finding out what it means ; while we can tell the meaning of it , with little or no practice at all .\u2014 Lord , Lord , what a fine advantage christian learning is ! Hark'ee , Wows !", "Now we 've accomplished our landing , I 'll accomplish you . You remember the instructions I gave you on the voyage ?", "Let 's see now \u2014 What are you to do , when I introduce you to the nobility , gentry , and others \u2014 of my acquaintance ?", "Let me see you do it .Very well ! and how are you to recommend yourself , when you have nothing to say , amongst all our great friends ?", "Right ! they 'll think you 've lived with people of fashion . But suppose you meet an old shabby friend in misfortune , that you do n't wish to be seen speak to \u2014 what would you do ?", "Why would you do that ?", "That 's a good girl ! and I wish every body could boast of so kind a motive for such cursed cruel behaviour .\u2014 Lord ! how some of your flashy bankers \u2019 clerks have cut me in Threadneedle street .\u2014 But come , though we have got among fine folks , here , in an English settlement , I wo n't be ashamed of my old acquaintance : yet , for my own part , I should not be sorry , now , to see my old friend with a new face .\u2014 Odsbobs ! I see Mr. Inkle \u2014 Go in , Wows ; call for what you like best .", "Who have we here ?", "Not she \u2014 she never went to market in all her life .", "A black fair , ha ! ha ! ha ! You hold it on a brown green , I suppose .", "Yes ; and I 'm her humble servant , I take it .", "Just as much as she has saved me \u2014 My own life .", "Zounds ! what a devil of a fellow ! Sell Wows !\u2014 my poor , dear , dingy , wife !", "No ; but I am ; so I shall do as I 'd be done by : and , if you were a good one yourself , you 'd know , that fellow-feeling for a poor body , who wants your help , is the noblest mark of our religion .\u2014 I wou'dn ' t be articled clerk to such a fellow for the world .", "Plague o n't ; there it is . I shall be laughed out of my honesty , here .\u2014 But you may be jogging , friend ; I may feel a little queer , perhaps , at showing her face \u2014 but , dam me , if ever I do any thing to make me asham 'd of showing my own .", "Rot her complexion \u2014 I 'll tell you what , Mr. Fair-trader , if your head and heart were to change places , I 've a notion you 'd be as black in the face as an ink-bottle .", "Oh , here comes my master , at last .", "Sir !", "Yes , sir , at the Crown here ; a neat , spruce room they tell me . You have not seen such a convenient lodging this good while , I believe .", "Um \u2014\u2014 Why there is the Lion , I hear , and the Bear , and the Boar \u2014 but we saw them at the door of all our late lodgings , and found but bad accommodations within , sir .", "Very well , sir . What a fine thing it is to turn one 's back on a master , without running into a wolf 's belly ! One can follow one 's nose on a message here , and be sure it wo n't be bit off by the way .", "I have been showing her all the wigs and bales of goods we met on the quay , sir .", "And I 'll go feast on a slice of beef , in the inn , here .", "Well then , you sha n't .", "No such thing ; I practised my politeness all the while I was in the woods . Our very lodging taught me good manners ; for I could never bring myself to go into it without bowing .", "Gad , you 're right ; I am a little out here , to be sure .Well , how do you do ?", "Oh ! very well \u2014 I 'll take it again .", "May be not . He 's a little busy at present .", "Very likely ; so it would be a pity to interrupt him , you know .", "No ?", "The devil it will !", "O , my poor master !", "Then he 'll get into a damn 'd scrape , in a crack .", "Nothing , nothing \u2014\u2014 It must out \u2014\u2014 Patty !", "Can you keep a secret ?", "ThenMy master keeps a girl .", "As sure as one and one make two .", "Pooh ! it 's always your sly , sober fellows , that go the most after the girls .", "Me ? Oh Lord ! he ! he !\u2014 Do you think any smart , tight , little , black-eyed wench , would be struck with my figure ?", "You shall hear : when the ship left us ashore , my master turned as pale as a sheet of paper . It is n't every body that 's blest with courage , Patty .", "However , I bid him cheer up ; told him , to stick to my elbow : took the lead , and began our march .", "We had n't gone far , when a damn 'd one-eyed black boar , that grinned like a devil , came down the hill in jog trot ! My Master melted as fast as a pot of pomatum !", "But what does I do , but whips out my desk knife , that I used to cut the quills with at home ; met the monster , and slit up his throat like a pen \u2014 The boar bled like a pig .", "Yes ; I remember we fed on the flitch for a week .", "The lady ! Oh , true . By and by we came to a cave \u2014 a large hollow room , under ground , like a warehouse in the Adelphi .\u2014 Well ; there we were half an hour , before I could get him to go in ; there 's no accounting for fear , you know . At last , in we went , to a place hung round with skins , as it might be a furrier 's shop , and there was a fine lady , snoring on a bow and arrows .", "Eh !\u2014 No \u2014 no .\u2014 Hum \u2014 She had a young lion , by way of a lap-dog .", "Gave her a jog , and she opened her eyes \u2014 she struck my master immediately .", "With her beauty , you ninny , to be sure : and they soon brought matters to bear . The wolves witnessed the contract \u2014 I gave her away \u2014 The crows croaked amen ; and we had board and lodging for nothing .", "The same .", "Um ! she 's a good comely copper .", "Yes , quite dark ; but very elegant ; like a Wedgwood tea-pot .", "Why , there 's no great harm i n't , I hope ?", "Zounds ! you are mighty nice all of a sudden ; but I 'd have you to know , Madam Patty , that Black-a-moor ladies , as you call \u2018 em , are some of the very few whose complexions never rub off ! \u2018 Sbud , if they did , Wows and I should have changed faces by this time \u2014 But mum ; not a word for your life .", "Pshaw ! these girls are so plaguy proud of their white and red ! but I wo n't be shamed out of Wows , that 's flat .\u2014 Enter WOWSKI . Ah ! Wows , I 'm going to leave you .", "Master says I must .", "Master , to be sure , while we were in the forest , taught Yarico to read , with his pencil and pocket-book . What then ? Wows comes on fine and fast in her lessons . A little awkward at first , to be sure \u2014 Ha ! ha !\u2014 She 's so used to feed with her hands , that I can n't get her to eat her victuals , in a genteel , christian way , for the soul of me ; when she has stuck a morsel on her fork , she do n't know how to guide it , but pops up her knuckles to her mouth , and the meat goes up to her ear . But , no matter \u2014 After all the fine , flashy London girls , Wowski 's the wench for my money . SONG . A clerk I was in London gay , Jemmy linkum feedle , And went in boots to see the play , Merry fiddlem tweedle . I march 'd the lobby , twirled my stick , Diddle , daddle , deedle ; The girls all cry 'd , \u201c He 's quite the kick . \u201d Oh , Jemmy linkum feedle . Hey ! for America I sail , Yankee doodle , deedle ; The sailor-boys cry 'd , \u201c Smoke his tail ! \u201d Jemmy linkum feedle . On English belles I turned my back , Diddle , daddle , deedle ; And got a foreign fair quite black , O twaddle , twaddle , tweedle ! Your London girls , with roguish trip , Wheedle , wheedle , wheedle , May boast their pouting under lip , Fiddle , faddle , feedle . My Wows would beat a hundred such , Diddle , daddle , deedle , Whose upper lip pouts twice as much , O , pretty double wheedle ! Rings I 'll buy to deck her toes ; Jemmy linkum feedle ; A feather fine shall grace her nose , Waving siddle seedle . With jealousy I ne'er shall burst ; Who 'd steal my bone of bone-a ? A white Othello , I can trust A dingy Desdemona .", "There he is ; like a beau bespeaking a coat \u2014 doubting which colour to choose \u2014 Sir \u2014", "Nothing unexpected , sir :\u2014 I hope you wo n't be angry ; but I am come to give you joy , sir !", "A wife , sir ! a white one .\u2014 I know it will vex you , but Miss", "Narcissa means to make you happy , to-morrow morning .", "Yes , sir ; and as I have been out of employ , in both my capacities , lately , after I have dressed your hair , I may draw up the marriage articles .", "Patty told me all that has passed in the Governor 's family , on the quay , sir . Women , you know , can never keep a secret . You 'll be introduced in form , with the whole island to witness it .", "There will be nothing but rejoicings , in compliment to the wedding , she tells me ; all noise and uproar ! Married people like it , they say .", "They are talking of nothing else but the match , it seems .", "And the bride 's merits \u2014\u2014", "Then they call her so handsome .", "And then they say so much of her fortune .", "Stay , stay , sir ; I am desired to tell you , the Governor wo n't open his gates to us till to-morrow morning .", "Yes ; it 's a short respite before execution ; and if your honour was to go and comfort poor Madam Yarico \u2014\u2014", "I 've done , sir , I 've done \u2014 But I know I should blubber over", "Wows all night , if I thought of parting with her in the morning .", "Lord , sir , I only \u2014\u2014", "Ah ! you may well put your hand to your head ; and a bad head it must be , to forget that Madam Yarico prevented her countrymen from peeling off the upper part of it .", "May I come in , sir ?", "Sir , your uncle wants to see you .", "I shall , sir .", "Pa \u2014 part with Ma \u2014 madam Ya-ri-co !", "I 'm sorry for it , sir ; I have lived with you along while ; I 've half a year 's wages too , due the 25th ult . for dressing your hair , and scribbling your parchments ; but take my scribbling ; take my frizzing ; take my wages ; and I , and Wows , will take ourselves off together \u2014 she saved my life , and rot me , if any thing but death shall part us .", "I 'm gone , sir . Lord , Lord ! I never carried a letter with such ill will in all my born days .", "Yes , I gave her the letter .", "I cou'dn ' t , sir , I cou'dn ' t \u2014 I intended to say what you bid me \u2014 but I felt such a pain in my throat , I cou'dn ' t speak a word , for the soul of me ; and so , sir , I fell a crying .", "Nothing at all , sir . She sat down with her two hands clasped on her knees , and looked so pitifully in my face , I could not stand it . Oh , here she comes . I 'll go and find Wows : if I must be melancholy , she shall keep me company .", "Come along , Wows ! take a long last leave of your poor mistress : throw your pretty , ebony arms about her neck .", "A thing of my own , sir . I cou'dn ' t help following my master 's example in the woods \u2014\u2014 Like master , like man , sir .", "Hang me , like a dog , if I would , sir .", "Wows , give me a kiss !", "Eh , Wows ! How !\u2014 why not !", "O rare !\u2014 Bless your honour !\u2014 Wows ! you 'll be lady , you jade , to a governor 's factotum ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 52, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Thus far success attends upon our councils ,", "And each event has answer 'd to my wish ;", "The queen and all her upstart race are quell 'd ;", "Dorset is banish 'd , and her brother Rivers ,", "Ere this , lies shorter by the head at Pomfret .", "The nobles have , with joint concurrence , nam 'd me", "Protector of the realm : my brother 's children ,", "Young Edward and the little York , are lodg 'd", "Here , safe within the Tower . How say you , sirs ,", "Does not this business wear a lucky face ?", "The sceptre and the golden wreath of royalty", "Seem hung within my reach .", "That can I .", "Those lords are each one my approv 'd good friends ,", "Of special trust and nearness to my bosom ;", "And , howsoever busy they may seem ,", "And diligent to bustle in the state ,", "Their zeal goes on no further than we lead ,", "And at our bidding stays .", "I guess the man at whom your words would point :", "Hastings \u2014", "He bears me great good will .", "And yet this tough , impracticable , heart ,", "Is govern 'd by a dainty-finger 'd girl ;", "Such flaws are found in the most worthy natures ;", "A laughing , toying , wheedling , whimpering , she ,", "Shall make him amble on a gossip 's message ,", "And take the distaff with a hand as patient", "As e'er did Hercules .", "No more , he comes .", "My good lord chamberlain ,", "We 're much beholden to your gentle friendship .", "In right good time . Speak out year pleasure freely .", "Say you , of Shore ?", "Marry ! the times are badly chang 'd with her ,", "From Edward 's days to these . Then all was jollity ,", "Feasting and mirth , light wantonness and laughter ,", "Piping and playing , minstrelsy and masking ;", "\u2018 Till life fled from us like an idle dream ,", "A show of mummery without a meaning .", "My brother , rest and pardon to his soul ,", "Is gone to his account ; for this his minion ,", "The revel-rout is done \u2014 But you were speaking", "Concerning her \u2014 I have been told , that you", "Are frequent in your visitation to her .", "Go to : I did not mean to chide you for it .", "For , sooth to say , I hold it noble in you", "To cherish the distress 'd .\u2014 On with your tale .", "Somewhat of this , but slightly , have I heard ;", "And though some counsellors of forward zeal ,", "Some of most ceremonious sanctity", "And bearded wisdom , often have provok 'd", "The hand of justice to fall heavy on her ;", "Yet still , in kind compassion of her weakness ,", "And tender memory of Edward 's love ,", "I have withheld the merciless stern law", "From doing outrage on her helpless beauty .", "Thus far , the voice of pity pleaded only :", "Our further and more full extent of grace", "Is given to your request . Let her attend ,", "And to ourself deliver up her griefs .", "She shall be heard with patience , and each wrong", "At full redress 'd . But I have other news ,", "Which much import us both ; for still my fortunes", "Go hand in hand with yours : our common foes ,", "The queen 's relations , our new-fangled gentry ,", "Have fall'n their haughty crests \u2014 that for your privacy .", "Arise , fair dame , and dry your wat'ry eyes . Beshrew me , but \u2018 twere pity of his heart That could refuse a boon to such a suitress . You 've got a noble friend to be your advocate ; A worthy and right gentle lord he is , And to his trust most true . This present now Some matters of the state detain our leisure ; Those once dispatch 'd , we 'll call for you anon , And give your griefs redress . Go to ! be comforted .", "Now by my holidame !", "Heavy of heart she seems , and sore afflicted .", "But thus it is when rude calamity", "Lays its strong gripe upon these mincing minions ;", "The dainty gew-gaw forms dissolve at once ,", "And shiver at the shock . What says her paper ?", "You saw it giv'n , but now .", "No , \u2018 tis plain \u2014\u2014", "She knows it not , it levels at her life ;", "Should she presume to prate of such high matters ,", "The meddling harlot , dear she should abide it .", "Upon the instant ,", "Lord Hastings will be here ; this morn I mean", "To prove him to the quick ; then if he flinch ,", "No more but this \u2014 away with him at once ,", "He must be mine or nothing \u2014\u2014 But he comes !", "Draw nearer this way , and observe me well .", "This do , and wait me e'er the council sits .", "You know your friendship is most potent with us ,", "And shares our power . But of this enough ,", "For we have other matters for your ear .", "The state is out of tune : distracting fears ,", "And jealous doubts , jar in our public councils ;", "Amidst the wealthy city , murmurs rise ,", "Lewd railings , and reproach on those that rule ,", "With open scorn of government ; hence credit ,", "And public trust \u2018 twixt man and man , are broke .", "The golden streams of commerce are withheld ,", "Which fed the wants of needy hinds and artizans ,", "Who therefore curse the great , and threat rebellion .", "Beshrew my heart ! but you have well divin 'd", "The source of these disorders . Who can wonder", "If riot and misrule o'erturn the realm ,", "When the crown sits upon a baby brow ?", "Plainly to speak , hence comes the gen'ral cry ,", "And sum of all complaint : \u2018 twill ne'er be well", "With England", "while children govern .", "The council", "Have plac 'd a pageant sceptre in my hand ,", "Barren of pow'r , and subject to controul ;", "Scorn 'd by my foes , and useless to my friends .", "Oh , worthy lord ! were mine the rule indeed ,", "I think I should not suffer rank offence", "At large to lord it in the commonweal ;", "Nor would the realm be rent by discord thus ,", "Thus fear and doubt , betwixt disputed titles .", "Ay , marry , but there is \u2014\u2014", "And that of much concern . Have you not heard", "How , on a late occasion , doctor Shaw", "Has mov 'd the people much about the lawfulness", "Of Edward 's issue ? By right grave authority", "Of learning and religion , plainly proving ,", "A bastard scion never should be grafted", "Upon a royal stock ; from thence at full", "Discoursing on my brother 's former contract", "To lady Elizabeth Lucy , long before", "His jolly match with that same buxom widow ,", "The queen he left behind him \u2014\u2014", "What if some patriot , for the public good ,", "Should vary from your scheme , new-mould the state ?", "You go too far , my lord .", "How now ! so hot !", "Is then our friendship of so little moment ,", "That you could arm your hand against my life ?", "O noble Hastings ! nay , I must embrace you ;", "By holy Paul , you 're a right honest man !", "This was the sum of all : that he would brook", "No alteration in the present state .", "Marry , at last , the testy gentleman", "Was almost mov 'd to bid us bold defiance :", "But there I dropp 'd the argument , and , changing", "The first design and purport of my speech ,", "I prais 'd his good affection to young Edward ,", "And left him to believe my thoughts like his .", "Proceed we then in this fore-mention 'd matter ,", "As nothing bound or trusting to his friendship .", "This wayward and perverse declining from us ,", "Has warranted at full the friendly notice ,", "Which we this morn receiv 'd . I hold it certain ,", "The puling , whining , harlot rules his reason ,", "And prompts his zeal for Edward 's bastard brood .", "Your counsel likes me well , it shall be follow 'd , She waits without , attending on her suit . Go , call her in , and leave us here alone . Enter Jane Shore . Oh ! you are come most fitly . We have ponder 'd On this your grievance : and though some there are , Nay , and those great ones too , who would enforce The rigour of our power to afflict you , And bear a heavy hand ; yet fear not you : We 've ta'en you to our favour : our protection Shall stand between , and shield you from mishap .", "Marry , there are , though I believe them not ,", "Who say you meddle in affairs of state :", "That you presume to prattle like a busy-body ,", "Give your advice , and teach the lords o \u2019 the council", "What fits the order of the commonweal .", "Go to ; I know your pow'r ; and though I trust not", "To ev'ry breath of fame , I 'm not to learn", "That Hastings is profess 'd your loving vassal .", "But fair befall your beauty : use it wisely ,", "And it may stand your fortunes much in stead ,", "Give back your forfeit land with large increase ,", "And place you high in safety and in honour .", "Nay , I could point a way , the which pursuing ,", "You shall not only bring yourself advantage ,", "But give the realm much worthy cause to thank you .", "Why , that 's well said \u2014 Thus then \u2014 Observe me well .", "The state , for many high and potent reasons ,", "Deeming my brother Edward 's sons unfit", "For the imperial weight of England 's crown \u2014", "Therefore have resolv 'd", "To set aside their unavailing infancy", "And vest the sov'reign rule in abler hands .", "This , though of great importance to the public", "Hastings , for very peevishness , and spleen ,", "Does stubbornly oppose .", "Ay , Hastings .", "How now !", "You 're passing rich in this same heav'nly speech ,", "And spend it at your pleasure . Nay , but mark me !", "My favour is not bought with words like these .", "Go to \u2014 you 'll teach your tongue another tale .", "Dare not , ev'n for thy soul , to thwart me further !", "None of your arts , your feigning , and your foolery ;", "Your dainty squeamish coying it to me ;", "Go \u2014 to your lord , your paramour , be gone !", "Lisp in his ear , hang wanton on his neck ,", "And play your monkey gambols o'er to him .", "You know my purpose , look that you pursue it ,", "And make him yield obedience to my will .", "Do it \u2014 or woe upon the harlot 's head .", "Ha ! Dost thou brave me , minion ! Dost thou know", "How vile , how very a wretch , my pow'r can make thee ?", "That I can place thee in such abject state ,", "As help shall never find thee ; where , repining ,", "Thou shall sit down , and gnaw the earth for anguish ;", "Groan to the pitiless winds without return ;", "Howl , like the midnight wolf amidst the desert ,", "And curse thy life , in bitterness and misery !", "\u2018 Tis well \u2014 we 'll try the temper of your heart . What , hoa ! Who waits without ?", "Go , some of you , and turn this strumpet forth !", "Spurn her into the street ; there let her perish ,", "And rot upon a dunghill . Through the city", "See it proclaim 'd , that none , on pain of death ,", "Presume to give her comfort , food , or harbour ;", "Who ministers the smallest comfort , dies .", "Her house , her costly furniture and wealth ,", "We seize on , for the profit of the state .", "Away ! Be gone !", "So much for this . Your project 's at an end .", "I 'll attend them .", "My lords , a set of worthy men you are ,", "Prudent and just , and careful for the state ;", "Therefore , to your most grave determination", "I yield myself in all things ; and demand", "What punishment your wisdom shall think meet", "T \u2019 inflict upon those damnable contrivers ,", "Who shall , with potions , charms , and witching drugs ,", "Practise against our person and our life !", "Then judge yourselves , convince your eyes of truth : Behold my arm , thus blasted , dry , and wither 'd ,", "If they have done it ! Talk'st thou to me of ifs , audacious traitor ! Thou art that strumpet witch 's chief abettor , The patron and complotter of her mischiefs , And join 'd in this contrivance for my death . Nay start not , lords \u2014 What ho ! a guard there , sirs ! Enter Guards .Lord Hastings , I arrest thee of high treason . Seize him , and bear him instantly away . He sha \u2019 not live an hour . By holy Paul , I will not dine before his head be brought me . Ratcliffe , stay thou , and see that it be done : The rest , that love me , rise and follow me . Lord Hastings , Sir Richard Ratcliffe , and Guards , remain ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 53, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I told Molly in my letter that she 'd have to walk up ,", "Tom .", "Expense for nothing ! Bob can bring up her things in the barrow . I 've told Joy I wo n't have her going down to meet the train . She 's so excited about her mother 's coming there 's no doing anything with her .", "Well , she 's going home to-morrow ; she must just keep herself fresh for the dancing tonight . I 'm not going to get people in to dance , and have Joy worn out before they begin .", "A great strong woman like Molly Gwyn ! It is n't half a mile .", "Rubbish ! If you want to throw away money , you must just find some better investment than those wretched 3 per cents . of yours . The greenflies are in my roses already ! Did you ever see anything so disgusting ?Where 's the syringe ? I saw you mooning about with it last night , Tom .", "I simply wo n't have Dick keep his fishing things in the tree ; there 's a whole potful of disgusting worms . I can n't touch them . You must go and take \u2018 em out , Tom .", "What on earth 's the pleasure of it ? I can n't see ! He never catches anything worth eating .", "Do n't put them near me !", "Tom , take the worms off that seat at once !", "It 's not my business to look after Dick 's worms . Do n't put them on the ground . I wo n't have them anywhere where they can crawl about .", "Yes , give them to Peachey .", "Well , it 's beyond me how you can make pets of worms \u2014 wriggling , crawling , horrible things !What about Miss joy 's frock , Rose ?", "Well , then you must just find her . I do n't know where she is .", "What is it , Peachey ?", "Let 's look !", "Well , you can try .", "Here 's Molly about her train .", "No , Peachey .", "Molly says she 'll be down by the eleven thirty .She 'll be here in half an hour !\u201c MAURICE LEVER is coming down by the same train to see Mr. Henty about the Tocopala Gold Mine . Could you give him a bed for the night ? \u201d", "Just like a man ! What room I should like to know !", "As if Molly would n't have the pink !", "You know perfectly well it 's full of earwigs , Tom . I killed ten there yesterday morning .", "I do n't know that I approve of this Mr . Lever 's dancing attendance . Molly 's only thirty-six .", "\u201c This gold mine seems to be a splendid chance .I 've put all my spare cash into it . They 're issuing some Preference shares now ; if Uncle Tom wants an investment \u201d \u2014\u2014 Well , I suppose I shall have to screw him in somehow .", "Oh ! your views ! This may be a specially good chance .", "I \u2018 m sick of these 3 per cent . dividends . When you 've only got so little money , to put it all into that India Stock , when it might be earning 6 per cent . at least , quite safely ! There are ever so many things I want .", "As to Molly , I think it 's high time her husband came home to look after her , instead of sticking out there in that hot place . In fact \u2014I do n't know what Geoff 's about ; why does n't he find something in England , where they could live together .", "Well , I do n't believe in husband and wife being separated . That 's not my idea of married life .Ah , yes , she 's your niece , not mime ! Molly 's very \u2014\u2014", "Well , if I could n't sew at your age , Peachey , without pricking my fingers ! Tom , if I have Mr . Lever here , you 'll just attend to what I say and look into that mine !", "Nonsense , Peachey ! As if they 'd go there if they did  n't want to !", "I can n't put Ernest and Letty in the blue room , there 's only the single bed . Suppose I put Mr . Lever there , and say nothing about the earwigs . I daresay he 'll never notice .", "Then where am I to put him for goodness sake ?", "Rubbish , Tom , I wo n't have you turned out , that 's flat . He can have Joy 's room , and she can sleep with the earwigs .", "You wretched girl ! I told you never to climb that tree again . Did you know , Peachey ?She 's always up there , spoiling all her frocks . Come down now , Joy ; there 's a good child !", "Well , who is to sleep there then ?", "Litter her up with a great girl like you , as if we 'd only one spare room ! Tom , see that she comes down \u2014 I can n't stay here , I must manage something .", "Tom !", "To-om !", "Well , how was I to know ?", "I do n't know what 's the matter with that child ? Well , Molly , so here you are . You 're before your time \u2014 that train 's always late .", "What have you done with Mr . Lever ? I shall have to put him in Peachey 's room . Tom 's got no champagne .", "Rubbish , Tom ! He 'll just have to put up with what he can get !", "Now , I 've told your uncle , Molly , that he 's not to go in for this gold mine without making certain it 's a good thing . Mind , I think you 've been very rash . I 'm going to give you a good talking to ; and that 's not all \u2014 you ought  n't to go about like this with a young man ; he 's not at all bad looking . I remember him perfectly well at the Fleming 's dance .", "No , Tom , I 'm going to talk to Molly ; she 's old enough to know better .", "Yes , and you 'll get yourself into a mess ; I do n't approve of it , and when I see a thing I do n't approve of \u2014\u2014", "What rate of interest are these Preference shares to pay ?", "What did I tell you , Tom ? And are they safe ?", "There , you see , you call him Maurice ! Now supposing your uncle went in for some of them \u2014\u2014", "Do n't swing your hat by the brim ! Go and look if you can see him coming !Your uncle 's getting very bald . I \u2018 ve only shoulder of lamb for lunch , and a salad . It 's lucky it 's too hot to eat .Here she is , Peachey !", "Oh ! before I forget , Peachey \u2014 Letty and Ernest can move their things back again . I 'm going to put Mr . Lever in your room .There 's that disgusting paint pot ! Take it up at once , Tom , and put it in the tree .", "Not there !", "Why \u2014 up \u2014 oh ! gracious !", "No-oh !", "So you \u2018 ve got here ! Are  n't you very hot ?\u2014 Tom !", "Joy , do n't you see Mr . Lever ?", "Do n't stand there , Tom ; clear those papers , and let Rose lay the table . Now , Ernest , go and get another chair .", "Put that chair down , Ernest .What 's he been talking about ? You ought n't to get so excited , Tom ; is your head bad , old man ? Here , take these papers !Peachey , go in and tell them tea \u2018 ll be ready in a minute , there \u2018 s a good soul ? Oh ! and on my dressing table you 'll find a bottle of Eau de Cologne .", "Now Tom ! What have you been up to , to get into a state like this ?", "That 's enough ! I want to talk to you seriously ! Dick 's in love . I 'm perfectly certain of it .", "You can see it all over him . If I saw any signs of Joy 's breaking out , I 'd send them both away . I simply wo n't have it .", "But she is n't \u2014 not yet . I 've been watching her very carefully . She 's more in love with her Mother than any one , follows her about like a dog ! She 's been quite rude to Mr . Lever .", "Do n't believe a word of what ?If I thought there was anything between Molly and Mr . Lever , d \u2018 you suppose I 'd have him in the house ?He 's a very nice fellow ; and I want you to pump him well , Tom , and see what there is in this mine .", "Yes , you \u2018 ve been up to something ! Now what is it ?", "There you are on your high horse ! I do wish you had a little common-sense , Tom !", "Well , what were you looking at these papers for ? It does drive me so wild the way you throw away all the chances you have of making a little money . I 've got you this opportunity , and you do nothing but rave up and down , and talk nonsense !", "You \u2018 ve \u2014 WHAT ? Without consulting me ? Well , then , you \u2018 ll just go and take them out again !", "The idea ! As if you could trust your judgment in a thing like that ! You \u2018 ll just go at once and say there was a mistake ; then we \u2018 ll talk it over calmly .", "Well , if I 'd thought you 'd have forgotten what you said this morning and turned about like this , d'you suppose I 'd have spoken to you at all ? Now , do you ?", "Now Joy , come and sit down ; your mother 's been told tea 's ready ; if she lets it get cold it 's her lookout .", "Hand the sandwiches to Mr . Lever , Peachey . It 's our own jam , Mr . Lever .", "You 'd better make a good tea , Peachey ; nobody 'll get anything till eight , and then only cold shoulder . You must just put up with no hot dinner , Mr . Lever .", "Now I want to ask you , Mr . Lever , is this gold mine safe ? If it is n't \u2014 I simply wo n't allow Tom to take these shares ; he can n't afford it .", "I do n't want anything extravagant , of course ; if they 're going to pay their 10 per cent , regularly , and Tom can have his money out at any time \u2014I only want to know that it 's a thoroughly genuine thing .", "Now Molly , I 'm simply asking \u2014\u2014", "Of course ! What rubbish , Tom ! As if any one ever invested money without making sure !", "Now , Mr . Lever , do n't be offended ! I 'm very anxious for", "Tom to take the shares if you say the thing 's so good .", "I would  n't say a word , only Tom 's so easily taken in .", "You ought to know your Uncle by this time , Molly . He 's just like a child . He 'd be a pauper to-morrow if I did  n't see to things .", "Well , what on earth have I said ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 54, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hence ! home , you idle creatures , get you home !", "Is this a holiday ? What ! know you not ,", "Being mechanical , you ought not walk", "Upon a laboring day without the sign", "Of your profession ?\u2014 Speak , what trade art thou ?", "Thou art a cobbler , art thou ?", "But wherefore art not in thy shop today ? Why dost thou lead these men about the streets ?", "Go , go , good countrymen , and , for this fault ,", "Assemble all the poor men of your sort ,", "Draw them to Tiber banks , and weep your tears", "Into the channel , till the lowest stream", "Do kiss the most exalted shores of all .", "See whether their basest metal be not moved ;", "They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness .", "Go you down that way towards the Capitol ;", "This way will I. Disrobe the images ,", "If you do find them deck 'd with ceremonies .", "It is no matter ; let no images", "Be hung with Caesar 's trophies . I 'll about", "And drive away the vulgar from the streets ;", "So do you too , where you perceive them thick .", "These growing feathers pluck 'd from Caesar 's wing", "Will make him fly an ordinary pitch ,", "Who else would soar above the view of men ,", "And keep us all in servile fearfulness ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 55, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["And five 's twelve , and three \u2014 fifteen , nineteen , twenty-three , thirty-two , forty-one-and carry four .Five , seven , twelve , seventeen , twenty-four and nine , thirty-three , thirteen and carry one . He again makes a tick . The outer office door is opened , and SWEEDLE , the office-boy , appears , closing the door behind him . He is a pale youth of sixteen , with spiky hair .", "And carry one .", "Five , nine , sixteen , twenty-one , twenty-nine \u2014 and carry two . Send him to Morris 's . What name ?", "What 's his business ?", "A lady ?", "Ask her in . Take this pass-book to Mr. James .", "The young man 's out .State your business , please .", "We do n't allow private callers here . Will you leave a message ?", "It 's all against the rules . Suppose I had my friends here to see me ! It 'd never do !", "Exactly ! And here you are wanting to see a junior clerk !", "But this is a lawyer 's office . Go to his private address .", "Are you related to the party ?", "I do n't know what to say . It 's no affair of the office .", "Dear me ! I can n't tell you that . SWEEDLE comes back . He crosses to the outer office and passes through into it , with a quizzical look at Cokeson , carefully leaving the door an inch or two open .", "This wo n't do , you know , this wo n't do at all . Suppose one of the partners came in ! An incoherent knocking and chuckling is heard from the outer door of the outer office .", "You must n't take up his time in office hours ; we 're a clerk short as it is .", "Life and death !", "Well , I 'll give you a minute . It 's not regular . Taking up a bundle of papers , he goes out into the partners \u2019 room .", "This is n't right , Falder .", "It 's an improper use of these premises .", "You quite understand-the party was in some distress ; and , having children with her , I allowed my feelings \u2014\u2014Just take this ! \u201c Purity in the Home . \u201d It 's a well-written thing .", "And look here , Falder , before Mr. Walter comes , have you finished up that cataloguing Davis had in hand before he left ?", "It 's over a week since Davis went . Now it wo n't do , Falder . You 're neglecting your work for private life . I sha n't mention about the party having called , but \u2014\u2014", "Morning , Mr. Walter .", "Mr. James has been here since eleven o'clock .", "Have you now \u2014 ye \u2014 es . This lease of Boulter 's \u2014 am I to send it to counsel ?", "\u2018 Ave n't bothered him .", "It 's such a little thing \u2014 hardly worth the fees . I thought you 'd do it yourself .", "Just as you like . This \u201c right-of-way \u201d case \u2014 we 've got \u2018 em on the deeds .", "We need n't worry about that . We 're the right side of the law .", "We sha n't want to set ourselves up against the law . Your father would n't waste his time doing that . As he speaks JAMES How comes in from the partners \u2019 room . He is a shortish man , with white side-whiskers , plentiful grey hair , shrewd eyes , and gold pince-nez .", "I 'll just take Boulter 's lease in to young Falder to draft the instructions .", "Ye-es . Nine pounds .", "No ! Nine pounds . My lunch was just coming in ; and of course I like it hot ; I gave the cheque to Davis to run round to the bank . He brought it back , all gold \u2014 you remember , Mr. Walter , you wanted some silver to pay your cab .Here , let me see . You 've got the wrong cheque . He takes cheque-book and pass-book from WALTER .", "It 's funny .", "why this 'd be a felony ! No , no ! there 's some mistake .", "There 's never been anything of that sort in the office the twenty-nine years I 've been here .", "This has upset me .", "His poor young wife . I liked the young man . Dear , oh dear ! In this office !", "I do n't quite take you , sir .", "Ye-es !I 'm sorry for that young man . I feel it as if it was my own son , Mr. James .", "It unsettles you . All goes on regular , and then a thing like this happens . Sha n't relish my lunch to-day .", "It makes you think .He must have had temptation .", "I 'd sooner have lost a month 's salary than had this happen .", "It is n't fifty yards , Mr. James . He wo n't be a minute .", "Eh ? Impossible . Send her away !", "Nothing , Mr. James . A private matter . Here , I 'll come myself .Now , you really must n't \u2014 we can n't have anybody just now .", "Reely ! Reely ! I can n't have it . If you want him , wait about ; he 'll be going out for his lunch directly .", "Good-morning .", "Your father 's in there .", "WALTER crosses and goes into the partners \u2019 room .", "It 's a nahsty , unpleasant little matter , Mr. Cowley . I 'm quite ashamed to have to trouble you .", "Sit down , wo n't you ? I 'm not a sensitive man , but a thing like this about the place \u2014 it 's not nice . I like people to be open and jolly together .", "Of course he 's a young man . I 've told him about it before now \u2014 leaving space after his figures , but he will do it .", "I do n't think we shall be able to show him to you , as a matter of fact . JAMES and WALTER have come back from the partners \u2019 room .", "Just a word , Mr. James .", "You do n't want to upset the young man in there , do you ? He 's a nervous young feller .", "That 'll look after itself , sir . He 's been upset once this morning ; I do n't want him startled again .", "Do you keep dogs ? The cashier , with his eyes fixed on the door , does not answer .", "You have n't such a thing as a bulldog pup you could spare me , I suppose ? At the look on the cashier 's face his jaw drops , and he turns to see FALDER standing in the doorway , with his eyes fixed on COWLEY , like the eyes of a rabbit fastened on a snake .", "There 's only the window \u2014 a whole floor and a basement . The door of FALDER 'S room is quietly opened , and FALDER , with his hat in his hand , moves towards the door of the outer office .", "Good-morning . The cashier goes out through the outer office . COKESON sits down in his chair , as though it were the only place left in the morass of his feelings .", "I do n't understand . I thought young Davis \u2014\u2014", "Step in here a minute .", "Take your time , take your time .", "I could n't leave it .", "No , he sailed on the Monday .", "How 's that ? FALDER gives a sort of lurch ; he tries to pull himself together , but he has gone all to pieces .", "Dear , dear ! what a thing to do !", "However such a thing could have come into your head !", "To break the law like that-in here !", "I should n't be surprised if he was tempted .", "Ye-es , but I 'm speaking of the flesh and the devil , Mr. James . There was a woman come to see him this morning .", "No , no relation .A married person , though .", "Brought her children .There they were outside the office .", "They 're nahsty places-prisons .", "Of course it is .", "I did n't say that \u2014 extenuating circumstances .", "That 's rather \u2018 ex parte \u2019 , Mr. Walter ! We must have protection .", "S'pose I were to have a talk with him . We do n't want to be hard on the young man .", "We must excuse your father . I do n't want to go against your father ; if he thinks it right .", "I really can n't say what I feel .", "He must have known what he was doing .", "Come , come , Mr. Walter . We must try and see it sensible .", "Put it down ! While SWEEDLE is putting it down on COKESON 's table , the detective , WISTER , enters the outer office , and , finding no one there , comes to the inner doorway . He is a square , medium-sized man , clean-shaved , in a serviceable blue serge suit and strong boots .", "Here ! Here ! What are we doing ?", "Robert Cokeson .", "Ye-es .", "Two years . No , I 'm wrong there \u2014 all but seventeen days .", "Except Sundays and holidays .", "He was a nice , pleasant-spoken young man . I 'd no fault to find with him \u2014 quite the contrary . It was a great surprise to me when he did a thing like that .", "No ! To have dishonesty in our office , that 'd never do .", "Every man of business knows that honesty 's \u2018 the sign qua non \u2019 .", "Certainly . We were all very jolly and pleasant together , until this happened . Quite upset me .", "If you ask me , I do n't think he was quite compos when he did it .", "Not compos .", "Well , in my opinion \u2014\u2014 such as it is \u2014 he was jumpy at the time . The jury will understand my meaning .", "Ye-es , I will . I have my lunch in from the restaurant , a chop and a potato \u2014 saves time . That day it happened to come just as Mr. Walter How handed me the cheque . Well , I like it hot ; so I went into the clerks \u2019 office and I handed the cheque to Davis , the other clerk , and told him to get change . I noticed young Falder walking up and down . I said to him : \u201c This is not the Zoological Gardens , Falder . \u201d", "Ye-es : \u201c I wish to God it were ! \u201d Struck me as funny .", "I did .", "His collar was unbuttoned . Now , I like a young man to be neat . I said to him : \u201c Your collar 's unbuttoned . \u201d", "Stared at me . It was n't nice .", "Ye-es , but it was the look in his eyes . I can n't explain my meaning \u2014 it was funny .", "No . If I had I should have spoken to the partners . We can n't have anything eccentric in our profession .", "Well , I did n't like to trouble them about prime facey evidence .", "Ye-es . The clerk Davis could have told you the same .", "I 'm a little deaf .", "Ye-es \u2014 a woman .", "Ye-es .", "Asked to see young Falder ; he was out at the moment .", "I did .", "Well , there you put me in a difficulty . I must n't tell you what the office-boy told me .", "But I think we can get round it . In answer to a question put to her by a third party the woman said to me : \u201c They 're mine , sir . \u201d", "Her children . They were outside .", "Your lordship must n't ask me that , or I shall have to tell you what I was told \u2014 and that 'd never do .", "Egg-zactly .", "A leetle more , sir .", "She did . I should n't like you to have led me to the answer .", "\u201c It 's a matter of life and death . \u201d", "It 's not the sort of thing you like to have said to you .", "Ah ! there I can n't follow you . I did n't see her go .", "No !", "I want you to understand . Have you ever seen a dog that 's lost its master ? He was kind of everywhere at once with his eyes .", "Ye-es , funny .", "Yes , sir , but what may be funny to you may not be funny to me , or to the jury . Did they look frightened , or shy , or fierce , or what ?", "You make it very hard for me . I give you the word , and you want me to give you another .", "Ye-es ; I think it was .", "Ye-es , I think he did .", "No ! He was always clean and quiet .", "The judge is speaking to you . RUTH turns , stares at the JUDGE , and turns away .", "I 'm sorry to trouble you . I 've been talking to the young man .", "Name of Falder , forgery .Firm of James and Walter How . Well known in the law .", "Why ! what a sight !", "I wanted to say a word to you ; I sha n't keep you long .Fact is , I ought n't to be here by rights . His sister came to me \u2014 he 's got no father and mother \u2014 and she was in some distress . \u201c My husband wo n't let me go and see him , \u201d she said ; \u201c says he 's disgraced the family . And his other sister , \u201d she said , \u201c is an invalid . \u201d And she asked me to come . Well , I take an interest in him . He was our junior \u2014 I go to the same chapel \u2014 and I did n't like to refuse . And what I wanted to tell you was , he seems lonely here .", "I 'm afraid it 'll prey on my mind . I see a lot of them about working together .", "But we do n't want to be unreasonable . He 's quite downhearted . I wanted to ask you to let him run about with the others .", "No . But it 's a pitiful sight . He 's quite a young fellow . I said to him : \u201c Before a month 's up \u201d I said , \u201c you 'll be out and about with the others ; it 'll be a nice change for you . \u201d \u201c A month ! \u201d he said \u2014 like that ! \u201c Come ! \u201d I said , \u201c we must n't exaggerate . What 's a month ? Why , it 's nothing ! \u201d \u201c A day , \u201d he said , \u201c shut up in your cell thinking and brooding as I do , it 's longer than a year outside . I can n't help it , \u201d he said ; \u201c I try \u2014 but I 'm built that way , Mr. COKESON . \u201d And , he held his hand up to his face . I could see the tears trickling through his fingers . It was n't nice .", "No .", "No .But there 's a party he 's very much attached to , not altogether com-il-fa . It 's a sad story .", "Ye-es , but I wanted to tell you about that , special . He had hopes they 'd have let her come and see him , but they have n't . Of course he asked me questions . I did my best , but I could n't tell the poor young fellow a lie , with him in here \u2014 seemed like hitting him . But I 'm afraid it 's made him worse .", "Like this . The woman had a nahsty , spiteful feller for a husband , and she 'd left him . Fact is , she was going away with our young friend . It 's not nice \u2014 but I 've looked over it . Well , when he was put in here she said she 'd earn her living apart , and wait for him to come out . That was a great consolation to him . But after a month she came to me \u2014 I do n't know her personally \u2014 and she said : \u201c I can n't earn the children 's living , let alone my own \u2014 I 've got no friends . I 'm obliged to keep out of everybody 's way , else my husband 'd get to know where I was . I 'm very much reduced , \u201d she said . And she has lost flesh . \u201c I 'll have to go in the workhouse ! \u201d It 's a painful story . I said to her : \u201c No , \u201d I said , \u201c not that ! I 've got a wife an \u2019 family , but sooner than you should do that I 'll spare you a little myself . \u201d \u201c Really , \u201d she said \u2014 she 's a nice creature \u2014 \u201c I do n't like to take it from you . I think I 'd better go back to my husband . \u201d Well , I know he 's a nahsty , spiteful feller \u2014 drinks \u2014 but I did n't like to persuade her not to .", "Ye-es , but I 'm sorry now ; it 's upset the poor young fellow dreadfully . And what I wanted to say was : He 's got his three years to serve . I want things to be pleasant for him .", "But I can n't help thinking that to shut him up there by himself 'll turn him silly . And nobody wants that , I s'pose . I do n't like to see a man cry .", "I keep dogs .", "Ye-es . And I say this : I would n't shut one of them up all by himself , month after month , not if he 'd bit me all over .", "But that 's not the way to make him feel it .", "It 's the same with dogs . If you treat \u2018 em with kindness they 'll do anything for you ; but to shut \u2018 em up alone , it only makes \u2018 em savage .", "I know this young feller , I 've watched him for years . He 's eurotic \u2014 got no stamina . His father died of consumption . I 'm thinking of his future . If he 's to be kept there shut up by himself , without a cat to keep him company , it 'll do him harm . I said to him : \u201c Where do you feel it ? \u201d \u201c I can n't tell you , Mr. COKESON , \u201d he said , \u201c but sometimes I could beat my head against the wall . \u201d It 's not nice . During this speech the DOCTOR has entered . He is a medium-Sized , rather good-looking man , with a quick eye . He stands leaning against the window .", "But he 's told me .", "It 's his state of mind I 'm speaking of .", "I 'm glad to hear you say that .", "I do n't want to be unpleasant , but having given him this news , I do feel it 's awkward .", "I 'm much obliged to you . I thought perhaps seeing him every day you would n't notice it .", "Of course , what you do n't see does n't trouble you ; but having seen him , I do n't want to have him on my mind .", "I thought you 'd understand me . I 'm a plain man \u2014 never set myself up against authority .Nothing personal meant . Good-morning . As he goes out the three officials do not look at each other , but their faces wear peculiar expressions .", "There 's just one little thing . This woman \u2014 I suppose I must n't ask you to let him see her . It 'd be a rare treat for them both . He 's thinking about her all the time . Of course she 's not his wife . But he 's quite safe in here . They 're a pitiful couple . You could n't make an exception ?", "I see .Sorry to have troubled you .", "Why ! it 's you !Quite a stranger ! Must be two years . D'you want to see me ? I can give you a minute . Sit down ! Family well ?", "I hope things are more comfortable at home .", "You have n't done anything rash , I hope . I should be sorry if you 'd done anything rash .", "Well , I 'm glad to have seen you . You 've not heard from the young man , I suppose , since he came out ?", "I hope he 's well .", "Dear me ! I 'm sorry to hear that .Did n't they find him a place when his time was up ?", "I 'm sure I do n't know what I can do for you . I do n't like to be snubby .", "I know his relations are n't very forthy about him . Perhaps you can do something for him , till he finds his feet .", "I do n't understand .", "I 'm a family man \u2014 I do n't want to hear anything unpleasant . Excuse me \u2014 I 'm very busy .", "I did hope you 'd have got on better , after you saw me .", "We must n't be violent , must we ?", "Then there you were ! And what did you do then ?", "My dear woman ! We must n't talk like that .", "Why , what happened then ?", "Dear ! Oh dear ! I never came across a thing like this .", "Then you 've both lost your livings ! What a horrible position !", "We can n't have anything derogative to the firm .", "I 'll speak to the partners , but I do n't think they 'll take him , under the circumstances . I do n't really .", "He should n't have done that until he 's sent for .We 've got a vacancy , as it happens , but I can n't promise anything .", "Well , I 'll do what I can , but I 'm not sanguine . Now tell him that I do n't want him till I see how things are . Leave your address ?83 Mullingar Street ?Good-morning .", "What a business !", "Was that young Richards coming here to-day after the clerk 's place ?", "Well , keep him in the air ; I do n't want to see him yet .", "invent something . Use your brains . Do n't stump him off altogether .", "No ! Nothing untrue . Say I 'm not here to-day .", "Exactly . And look here . You remember Falder ? I may be having him round to see me . Now , treat him like you 'd have him treat you in a similar position .", "That 's right . When a man 's down never hit \u2018 im . \u2018 Tis n't necessary . Give him a hand up . That 's a metaphor I recommend to you in life . It 's sound policy .", "Ca n't say anything about that .Who 's there ?", "Dear me ! That 's very naughty of her . Tell him to call again . I do n't want \u2014\u2014 He breaks off as FALDER comes in . FALDER is thin , pale , older , his eyes have grown more restless . His clothes are very worn and loose . SWEEDLE , nodding cheerfully , withdraws .", "Glad to see you . You 're rather previous .Shake hands ! She 's striking while the iron 's hot .I do n't blame her . She 's anxious . FALDER timidly takes COKESON 's hand and glances towards the partners \u2019 door .", "No \u2014 not yet ! Sit down !Now you are here I 'd like you to give me a little account of yourself .How 's your health ?", "I 'm glad to hear that . About this matter . I do n't like doing anything out of the ordinary ; it 's not my habit . I 'm a plain man , and I want everything smooth and straight . But I promised your friend to speak to the partners , and I always keep my word .", "You 've not got heart disease ?", "But they got you a place , did n't they ?", "Easy , my dear fellow , easy !", "How was that ?", "I feel for you \u2014 I do really . Are n't your sisters going to do anything for you ?", "Ye ... es . She told me her husband was n't quite pleased with you .", "I understand . Will you take the fifteen pound from me ?Quite without prejudice ; I meant it kindly .", "Oh ! ye ... es \u2014 ticket-of-leave ? You are n't looking the thing .", "I 'm sure we 're all very sorry for you .", "Come , come , it 's no use calling yourself names . That never did a man any good . Put a face on it .", "I hope they have n't made a Socialist of you . FALDER is suddenly still , as if brooding over his past self ; he utters a peculiar laugh .", "You must give them credit for the best intentions . Really you must . Nobody wishes you harm , I 'm sure .", "There 's nothing there ! We must try and take it quiet . I 'm sure I 've often had you in my prayers . Now leave it to me . I 'll use my gumption and take \u2018 em when they 're jolly .COKESONI did n't expect you quite so soon . I 've just been having a talk with this young man . I think you 'll remember him .", "Just a word , Mr. James .You might go in there a minute . You know your way . Our junior wo n't be coming this morning . His wife 's just had a little family . FALDER , goes uncertainly out into the clerks \u2019 office .", "I 'm bound to tell you all about it . He 's quite penitent . But there 's a prejudice against him . And you 're not seeing him to advantage this morning ; he 's under-nourished . It 's very trying to go without your dinner .", "I wanted to ask you . He 's had his lesson . Now we know all about him , and we want a clerk . There is a young fellow applying , but I 'm keeping him in the air .", "He 's had one or two places , but he has n't kept them . He 's sensitive \u2014 quite natural . Seems to fancy everybody 's down on him .", "I 'm glad to hear you say that . He seems to see somethinground him . \u2018 Tis n't healthy .", "That ! Well , I can n't keep anything from you . He has met her .", "No .", "I do n't know that of my own knowledge . \u2018 Tis n't my business .", "I ought to tell you , perhaps . I 've had the party here this morning .", "The two things together make it very awkward for you \u2014 I see that .", "Will you \u2014 have him in ?I think I can get him to see reason .", "I 'm sure you did .", "He 's putting it awkwardly , Mr. James .", "I told you he wanted nourishment .", "I do n't think we need consider that \u2014 it 's rather far-fetched .", "You do n't take me , Mr. Walter . I have my reasons .", "No , Mr. James . She 's not been quite what she ought to ha \u2019 been , while this young man 's been away . She 's lost her chance . We can n't consult how to swindle the Law . FALDER has come from the window . The three men look at him in a sort of awed silence .", "What is it ?", "There 's a dear woman .", "There 's some one out there .Go in here . You 'll feel better by yourself for a minute . He points to the clerks \u2019 room and moves towards the outer office . FALDER does not move . RUTH puts out her hand timidly . He shrinks back from the touch . She turns and goes miserably into the clerks \u2019 room . With a brusque movement he follows , seizing her by the shoulder just inside the doorway . COKESON shuts the door .", "We 're not responsible for his movements ; you know that .", "We 're very busy at the moment . If you could make it convenient to call again we might be able to tell you then .", "I 'm sorry we could n't give you the information . You quite understand , do n't you ? Good-morning ! WISTER turns to go , but instead of going to the door of the outer office he goes to the door of the clerks \u2019 room .", "The other door .... the other door ! WISTER opens the clerks \u2019 door . RUTHS 's voice is heard : \u201c Oh , do ! \u201d and FALDER 'S : \u201c I can n't ! \u201d There is a little pause ; then , with sharp fright , RUTH says : \u201c Who 's that ? \u201d WISTER has gone in . The three men look aghast at the door . WISTERKeep back , please ! He comes swiftly out with his arm twisted in FALDER 'S . The latter gives a white , staring look at the three men .", "Here , my dear ! There , there !", "I 've got sherry .", "Here ! It 's good strong sherry .There is the sound of feet , and they stop to listen . The outer door is reopened \u2014 WISTER and SWEEDLE are seen carrying some burden .", "There , there , poor dear woman ! At the sound behind her RUTH faces round at him .", "No one 'll touch him now ! Never again ! He 's safe with gentle Jesus ! RUTH stands as though turned to stone in the doorway staring at COKESON , who , bending humbly before her , holds out his hand as one would to a lost dog . The curtain falls ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 56, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["So shaken as we are , so wan with care ,", "Find we a time for frighted peace to pant", "And breathe short-winded accents of new broils", "To be commenc 'd in stronds afar remote .", "No more the thirsty entrance of this soil", "Shall daub her lips with her own children 's blood .", "No more shall trenching war channel her fields ,", "Nor Bruise her flow'rets with the armed hoofs", "Of hostile paces . Those opposed eyes", "Which , like the meteors of a troubled heaven ,", "All of one nature , of one substance bred ,", "Did lately meet in the intestine shock", "And furious close of civil butchery ,", "Shall now in mutual well-beseeming ranks", "March all one way and be no more oppos 'd", "Against acquaintance , kindred , and allies .", "The edge of war , like an ill-sheathed knife ,", "No more shall cut his master . Therefore , friends ,", "As far as to the sepulchre of Christ-", "Whose soldier now , under whose blessed cross", "We are impressed and engag 'd to fight-", "Forthwith a power of English shall we levy ,", "Whose arms were moulded in their mother 's womb", "To chase these pagans in those holy fields", "Over whose acres walk 'd those blessed feet", "Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail 'd", "For our advantage on the bitter cross .", "But this our purpose now is twelvemonth old ,", "And bootless \u2018 tis to tell you we will go .", "Therefore we meet not now . Then let me hear", "Of you , my gentle cousin Westmoreland ,", "What yesternight our Council did decree", "In forwarding this dear expedience .", "It seems then that the tidings of this broil", "Brake off our business for the Holy Land .", "Here is a dear , a true-industrious friend ,", "Sir Walter Blunt , new lighted from his horse ,", "Stain 'd with the variation of each soil", "Betwixt that Holmedon and this seat of ours ,", "And he hath brought us smooth and welcome news .", "The Earl of Douglas is discomfited ;", "Ten thousand bold Scots , two-and-twenty knights ,", "Balk 'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see", "On Holmedon 's plains . Of prisoners , Hotspur took", "Mordake Earl of Fife and eldest son", "To beaten Douglas , and the Earl of Athol ,", "Of Murray , Angus , and Menteith .", "And is not this an honourable spoil ?", "A gallant prize ? Ha , cousin , is it not ?", "Yea , there thou mak'st me sad , and mak'st me sin", "In envy that my Lord Northumberland", "Should be the father to so blest a son-", "A son who is the theme of honour 's tongue ,", "Amongst a grove the very straightest plant ;", "Who is sweet Fortune 's minion and her pride ;", "Whilst I , by looking on the praise of him ,", "See riot and dishonour stain the brow", "Of my young Harry . O that it could be prov 'd", "That some night-tripping fairy had exchang 'd", "In cradle clothes our children where they lay ,", "And call 'd mine Percy , his Plantagenet !", "Then would I have his Harry , and he mine .", "But let him from my thoughts . What think you , coz ,", "Of this young Percy 's pride ? The prisoners", "Which he in this adventure hath surpris 'd", "To his own use he keeps , and sends me word", "I shall have none but Mordake Earl of Fife .", "But I have sent for him to answer this ;", "And for this cause awhile we must neglect", "Our holy purpose to Jerusalem .", "Cousin , on Wednesday next our council we", "Will hold at Windsor . So inform the lords ;", "But come yourself with speed to us again ;", "For more is to be said and to be done", "Than out of anger can be uttered .", "My blood hath been too cold and temperate ,", "Unapt to stir at these indignities ,", "And you have found me , for accordingly", "You tread upon my patience ; but be sure", "I will from henceforth rather be myself ,", "Mighty and to be fear 'd , than my condition ,", "Which hath been smooth as oil , soft as young down ,", "And therefore lost that title of respect", "Which the proud soul ne'er pays but to the proud .", "Worcester , get thee gone ; for I do see", "Danger and disobedience in thine eye .", "O , sir , your presence is too bold and peremptory ,", "And majesty might never yet endure", "The moody frontier of a servant brow .", "Tou have good leave to leave us . When we need", "\u2018 Your use and counsel , we shall send for you .", "Why , yet he doth deny his prisoners ,", "But with proviso and exception ,", "That we at our own charge shall ransom straight", "His brother-in-law , the foolish Mortimer ;", "Who , on my soul , hath wilfully betray 'd", "The lives of those that he did lead to fight", "Against that great magician , damn 'd Glendower ,", "Whose daughter , as we hear , the Earl of March", "Hath lately married . Shall our coffers , then ,", "Be emptied to redeem a traitor home ?", "Shall we buy treason ? and indent with fears", "When they have lost and forfeited themselves ?", "No , on the barren mountains let him starve !", "For I shall never hold that man my friend", "Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost", "To ransom home revolted Mortimer .", "Thou dost belie him , Percy , thou dost belie him !", "He never did encounter with Glendower .", "I tell thee", "He durst as well have met the devil alone", "As Owen Glendower for an enemy .", "Art thou not asham 'd ? But , sirrah , henceforth", "Let me not hear you speak of Mortimer .", "Send me your prisoners with the speediest means ,", "Or you shall hear in such a kind from me", "As will displease you . My Lord Northumberland ,", "We license your departure with your son. -", "Send us your prisoners , or you will hear of it .", "Lords , give us leave . The Prince of Wales and I", "Must have some private conference ; but be near at hand ,", "For we shall presently have need of you .", "God pardon thee ! Yet let me wonder , Harry ,", "At thy affections , which do hold a wing ,", "Quite from the flight of all thy ancestors .", "Thy place in Council thou hast rudely lost ,", "Which by thy younger brother is supplied ,", "And art almost an alien to the hearts", "Of all the court and princes of my blood .", "The hope and expectation of thy time", "Is ruin 'd , and the soul of every man", "Prophetically do forethink thy fall .", "Had I so lavish of my presence been ,", "So common-hackney 'd in the eyes of men ,", "So stale and cheap to vulgar company ,", "Opinion , that did help me to the crown ,", "Had still kept loyal to possession", "And left me in reputeless banishment ,", "A fellow of no mark nor likelihood .", "By being seldom seen , I could not stir", "But , like a comet , I Was wond'red at ;", "That men would tell their children , \u2018 This is he ! \u2019", "Others would say , \u2018 Where ? Which is Bolingbroke ? \u2019", "And then I stole all courtesy from heaven ,", "And dress 'd myself in such humility", "That I did pluck allegiance from men 's hearts ,", "Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths", "Even in the presence of the crowned King .", "Thus did I keep my person fresh and new ,", "My presence , like a robe pontifical ,", "Ne'er seen but wond'red at ; and so my state ,", "Seldom but sumptuous , show 'd like a feast", "And won by rareness such solemnity .", "The skipping King , he ambled up and down", "With shallow jesters and rash bavin wits ,", "Soon kindled and soon burnt ; carded his state ;", "Mingled his royalty with cap'ring fools ;", "Had his great name profaned with their scorns", "And gave his countenance , against his name ,", "To laugh at gibing boys and stand the push", "Of every beardless vain comparative ;", "Grew a companion to the common streets ,", "Enfeoff 'd himself to popularity ;", "That , being dally swallowed by men 's eyes ,", "They surfeited with honey and began", "To loathe the taste of sweetness , whereof a little", "More than a little is by much too much .", "So , when he had occasion to be seen ,", "He was but as the cuckoo is in June ,", "Heard , not regarded - seen , but with such eyes", "As , sick and blunted with community ,", "Afford no extraordinary gaze ,", "Such as is bent on unlike majesty", "When it shines seldom in admiring eyes ;", "But rather drows 'd and hung their eyelids down ,", "Slept in his face , and rend'red such aspect", "As cloudy men use to their adversaries ,", "Being with his presence glutted , gorg 'd , and full .", "And in that very line , Harry , standest thou ;", "For thou hast lost thy princely privilege", "With vile participation . Not an eye", "But is aweary of thy common sight ,", "Save mine , which hath desir 'd to see thee more ;", "Which now doth that I would not have it do-", "Make blind itself with foolish tenderness .", "For all the world ,", "As thou art to this hour , was Richard then", "When I from France set foot at Ravenspurgh ;", "And even as I was then is Percy now .", "Now , by my sceptre , and my soul to boot ,", "He hath more worthy interest to the state", "Than thou , the shadow of succession ;", "For of no right , nor colour like to right ,", "He doth fill fields with harness in the realm ,", "Turns head against the lion 's armed jaws ,", "And , Being no more in debt to years than thou ,", "Leads ancient lords and reverend Bishops on", "To bloody battles and to bruising arms .", "What never-dying honour hath he got", "Against renowmed Douglas ! whose high deeds ,", "Whose hot incursions and great name in arms", "Holds from all soldiers chief majority", "And military title capital", "Through all the kingdoms that acknowledge Christ .", "Thrice hath this Hotspur , Mars in swathling clothes ,", "This infant warrior , in his enterprises", "Discomfited great Douglas ; ta'en him once ,", "Enlarged him , and made a friend of him ,", "To fill the mouth of deep defiance up", "And shake the peace and safety of our throne .", "And what say you to this ? Percy , Northumberland ,", "The Archbishop 's Grace of York , Douglas , Mortimer", "Capitulate against us and are up .", "But wherefore do I tell these news to thee", "Why , Harry , do I tell thee of my foes ,", "Which art my nearest and dearest enemy \u2019", "Thou that art like enough , through vassal fear ,", "Base inclination , and the start of spleen ,", "To fight against me under Percy 's pay ,", "To dog his heels and curtsy at his frowns ,", "To show how much thou art degenerate .", "A hundred thousand rebels die in this ! Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein . Enter Blunt . How now , good Blunt ? Thy looks are full of speed .", "The Earl of Westmoreland set forth to-day ;", "With him my son , Lord John of Lancaster ;", "For this advertisement is five days old .", "On Wednesday next , Harry , you shall set forward ;", "On Thursday we ourselves will march . Our meeting", "Is Bridgenorth ; and , Harry , you shall march", "Through Gloucestershire ; by which account ,", "Our business valued , some twelve days hence", "Our general forces at Bridgenorth shall meet .", "Our hands are full of business . Let 's away .", "Advantage feeds him fat while men delay . Exeunt .", "How bloodily the sun begins to peer", "Above yon busky hill ! The day looks pale", "At his distemp'rature .", "Theft with the losers let it sympathize ,", "For nothing can seem foul to those that win .", "The trumpet sounds . Enter Worcester", "How , now , my Lord of Worcester ? \u2018 Tis not well", "That you and I should meet upon such terms", "As now we meet . You have deceiv 'd our trust", "And made us doff our easy robes of peace", "To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel .", "This is not well , my lord ; this is not well .", "What say you to it ? Will you again unknit", "This churlish knot of all-abhorred war ,", "And move in that obedient orb again", "Where you did give a fair and natural light ,", "And be no more an exhal 'd meteor ,", "A prodigy of fear , and a portent", "Of broached mischief to the unborn times ?", "You have not sought it ! How comes it then ,", "These things , indeed , you have articulate ,", "Proclaim 'd at market crosses , read in churches ,", "To face the garment of rebellion", "With some fine colour that may please the eye", "Of fickle changelings and poor discontents ,", "Which gape and rub the elbow at the news", "Of hurlyburly innovation .", "And never yet did insurrection want", "Such water colours to impaint his cause ,", "Nor moody beggars , starving for a time", "Of pell-mell havoc and confusion .", "And , Prince of Wales , so dare we venture thee ,", "Albeit considerations infinite", "Do make against it . No , good Worcester , no !", "We love our people well ; even those we love", "That are misled upon your cousin 's part ;", "And , will they take the offer of our grace ,", "Both he , and they , and you , yea , every man", "Shall be my friend again , and I 'll be his .", "So tell your cousin , and bring me word", "What he will do . But if he will not yield ,", "Rebuke and dread correction wait on us ,", "And they shall do their office . So be gone .", "We will not now be troubled with reply .", "We offer fair ; take it advisedly .", "Hence , therefore , every leader to his charge ;", "For , on their answer , will we set on them ,", "And God befriend us as our cause is just !", "I prithee ,", "Harry , withdraw thyself ; thou bleedest too much .", "Lord John of Lancaster , go you unto him .", "I will do so . My Lord of Westmoreland , lead him to his tent .", "I saw him hold Lord Percy at the point", "With lustier maintenance than I did look for", "Of such an ungrown warrior .", "The King himself , who , Douglas , grieves at heart", "So many of his shadows thou hast met ,", "And not the very King . I have two boys", "Seek Percy and thyself about the field ;", "But , seeing thou fall'st on me so luckily ,", "I will assay thee . So defend thyself .", "Stay and breathe awhile .", "Thou hast redeem 'd thy lost opinion ,", "And show 'd thou mak'st some tender of my life ,", "In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me .", "Make up to Clifton ; I 'll to Sir Nicholas Gawsey .", "Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke .", "Ill-spirited Worcester ! did not we send grace ,", "Pardon , and terms of love to all of you ?", "And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary ?", "Misuse the tenour of thy kinsman 's trust ?", "Three knights upon our party slain to-day ,", "A noble earl , and many a creature else", "Had been alive this hour ,", "If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne", "Betwixt our armies true intelligence .", "Bear Worcester to the death , and Vernon too ;", "Other offenders we will pause upon .", "With all my heart .", "Then this remains , that we divide our power .", "You , son John , and my cousin Westmoreland ,", "Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed", "To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop ,", "Who , as we hear , are busily in arms .", "Myself and you , son Harry , will towards Wales", "To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March .", "Rebellion in this laud shall lose his sway ,", "Meeting the check of such another day ;", "And since this business so fair is done ,", "Let us not leave till all our own be won ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 57, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["So shaken as we are , so wan with care ,", "Find we a time for frighted peace to pant", "And breathe short-winded accents of new broils", "To be commenc 'd in stronds afar remote .", "No more the thirsty entrance of this soil", "Shall daub her lips with her own children 's blood .", "No more shall trenching war channel her fields ,", "Nor Bruise her flow'rets with the armed hoofs", "Of hostile paces . Those opposed eyes", "Which , like the meteors of a troubled heaven ,", "All of one nature , of one substance bred ,", "Did lately meet in the intestine shock", "And furious close of civil butchery ,", "Shall now in mutual well-beseeming ranks", "March all one way and be no more oppos 'd", "Against acquaintance , kindred , and allies .", "The edge of war , like an ill-sheathed knife ,", "No more shall cut his master . Therefore , friends ,", "As far as to the sepulchre of Christ-", "Whose soldier now , under whose blessed cross", "We are impressed and engag 'd to fight-", "Forthwith a power of English shall we levy ,", "Whose arms were moulded in their mother 's womb", "To chase these pagans in those holy fields", "Over whose acres walk 'd those blessed feet", "Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail 'd", "For our advantage on the bitter cross .", "But this our purpose now is twelvemonth old ,", "And bootless \u2018 tis to tell you we will go .", "Therefore we meet not now . Then let me hear", "Of you , my gentle cousin Westmoreland ,", "What yesternight our Council did decree", "In forwarding this dear expedience .", "It seems then that the tidings of this broil", "Brake off our business for the Holy Land .", "Here is a dear , a true-industrious friend ,", "Sir Walter Blunt , new lighted from his horse ,", "Stain 'd with the variation of each soil", "Betwixt that Holmedon and this seat of ours ,", "And he hath brought us smooth and welcome news .", "The Earl of Douglas is discomfited ;", "Ten thousand bold Scots , two-and-twenty knights ,", "Balk 'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see", "On Holmedon 's plains . Of prisoners , Hotspur took", "Mordake Earl of Fife and eldest son", "To beaten Douglas , and the Earl of Athol ,", "Of Murray , Angus , and Menteith .", "And is not this an honourable spoil ?", "A gallant prize ? Ha , cousin , is it not ?", "Yea , there thou mak'st me sad , and mak'st me sin", "In envy that my Lord Northumberland", "Should be the father to so blest a son-", "A son who is the theme of honour 's tongue ,", "Amongst a grove the very straightest plant ;", "Who is sweet Fortune 's minion and her pride ;", "Whilst I , by looking on the praise of him ,", "See riot and dishonour stain the brow", "Of my young Harry . O that it could be prov 'd", "That some night-tripping fairy had exchang 'd", "In cradle clothes our children where they lay ,", "And call 'd mine Percy , his Plantagenet !", "Then would I have his Harry , and he mine .", "But let him from my thoughts . What think you , coz ,", "Of this young Percy 's pride ? The prisoners", "Which he in this adventure hath surpris 'd", "To his own use he keeps , and sends me word", "I shall have none but Mordake Earl of Fife .", "But I have sent for him to answer this ;", "And for this cause awhile we must neglect", "Our holy purpose to Jerusalem .", "Cousin , on Wednesday next our council we", "Will hold at Windsor . So inform the lords ;", "But come yourself with speed to us again ;", "For more is to be said and to be done", "Than out of anger can be uttered .", "My blood hath been too cold and temperate ,", "Unapt to stir at these indignities ,", "And you have found me , for accordingly", "You tread upon my patience ; but be sure", "I will from henceforth rather be myself ,", "Mighty and to be fear 'd , than my condition ,", "Which hath been smooth as oil , soft as young down ,", "And therefore lost that title of respect", "Which the proud soul ne'er pays but to the proud .", "Worcester , get thee gone ; for I do see", "Danger and disobedience in thine eye .", "O , sir , your presence is too bold and peremptory ,", "And majesty might never yet endure", "The moody frontier of a servant brow .", "Tou have good leave to leave us . When we need", "\u2018 Your use and counsel , we shall send for you .", "Why , yet he doth deny his prisoners ,", "But with proviso and exception ,", "That we at our own charge shall ransom straight", "His brother-in-law , the foolish Mortimer ;", "Who , on my soul , hath wilfully betray 'd", "The lives of those that he did lead to fight", "Against that great magician , damn 'd Glendower ,", "Whose daughter , as we hear , the Earl of March", "Hath lately married . Shall our coffers , then ,", "Be emptied to redeem a traitor home ?", "Shall we buy treason ? and indent with fears", "When they have lost and forfeited themselves ?", "No , on the barren mountains let him starve !", "For I shall never hold that man my friend", "Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost", "To ransom home revolted Mortimer .", "Thou dost belie him , Percy , thou dost belie him !", "He never did encounter with Glendower .", "I tell thee", "He durst as well have met the devil alone", "As Owen Glendower for an enemy .", "Art thou not asham 'd ? But , sirrah , henceforth", "Let me not hear you speak of Mortimer .", "Send me your prisoners with the speediest means ,", "Or you shall hear in such a kind from me", "As will displease you . My Lord Northumberland ,", "We license your departure with your son. -", "Send us your prisoners , or you will hear of it .", "Lords , give us leave . The Prince of Wales and I", "Must have some private conference ; but be near at hand ,", "For we shall presently have need of you .", "God pardon thee ! Yet let me wonder , Harry ,", "At thy affections , which do hold a wing ,", "Quite from the flight of all thy ancestors .", "Thy place in Council thou hast rudely lost ,", "Which by thy younger brother is supplied ,", "And art almost an alien to the hearts", "Of all the court and princes of my blood .", "The hope and expectation of thy time", "Is ruin 'd , and the soul of every man", "Prophetically do forethink thy fall .", "Had I so lavish of my presence been ,", "So common-hackney 'd in the eyes of men ,", "So stale and cheap to vulgar company ,", "Opinion , that did help me to the crown ,", "Had still kept loyal to possession", "And left me in reputeless banishment ,", "A fellow of no mark nor likelihood .", "By being seldom seen , I could not stir", "But , like a comet , I was wond'red at ;", "That men would tell their children , \u2018 This is he ! \u2019", "Others would say , \u2018 Where ? Which is Bolingbroke ? \u2019", "And then I stole all courtesy from heaven ,", "And dress 'd myself in such humility", "That I did pluck allegiance from men 's hearts ,", "Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths", "Even in the presence of the crowned King .", "Thus did I keep my person fresh and new ,", "My presence , like a robe pontifical ,", "Ne'er seen but wond'red at ; and so my state ,", "Seldom but sumptuous , show 'd like a feast", "And won by rareness such solemnity .", "The skipping King , he ambled up and down", "With shallow jesters and rash bavin wits ,", "Soon kindled and soon burnt ; carded his state ;", "Mingled his royalty with cap'ring fools ;", "Had his great name profaned with their scorns", "And gave his countenance , against his name ,", "To laugh at gibing boys and stand the push", "Of every beardless vain comparative ;", "Grew a companion to the common streets ,", "Enfeoff 'd himself to popularity ;", "That , being dally swallowed by men 's eyes ,", "They surfeited with honey and began", "To loathe the taste of sweetness , whereof a little", "More than a little is by much too much .", "So , when he had occasion to be seen ,", "He was but as the cuckoo is in June ,", "Heard , not regarded - seen , but with such eyes", "As , sick and blunted with community ,", "Afford no extraordinary gaze ,", "Such as is bent on unlike majesty", "When it shines seldom in admiring eyes ;", "But rather drows 'd and hung their eyelids down ,", "Slept in his face , and rend'red such aspect", "As cloudy men use to their adversaries ,", "Being with his presence glutted , gorg 'd , and full .", "And in that very line , Harry , standest thou ;", "For thou hast lost thy princely privilege", "With vile participation . Not an eye", "But is aweary of thy common sight ,", "Save mine , which hath desir 'd to see thee more ;", "Which now doth that I would not have it do-", "Make blind itself with foolish tenderness .", "For all the world ,", "As thou art to this hour , was Richard then", "When I from France set foot at Ravenspurgh ;", "And even as I was then is Percy now .", "Now , by my sceptre , and my soul to boot ,", "He hath more worthy interest to the state", "Than thou , the shadow of succession ;", "For of no right , nor colour like to right ,", "He doth fill fields with harness in the realm ,", "Turns head against the lion 's armed jaws ,", "And , Being no more in debt to years than thou ,", "Leads ancient lords and reverend Bishops on", "To bloody battles and to bruising arms .", "What never-dying honour hath he got", "Against renowmed Douglas ! whose high deeds ,", "Whose hot incursions and great name in arms", "Holds from all soldiers chief majority", "And military title capital", "Through all the kingdoms that acknowledge Christ .", "Thrice hath this Hotspur , Mars in swathling clothes ,", "This infant warrior , in his enterprises", "Discomfited great Douglas ; ta'en him once ,", "Enlarged him , and made a friend of him ,", "To fill the mouth of deep defiance up", "And shake the peace and safety of our throne .", "And what say you to this ? Percy , Northumberland ,", "The Archbishop 's Grace of York , Douglas , Mortimer", "Capitulate against us and are up .", "But wherefore do I tell these news to thee", "Why , Harry , do I tell thee of my foes ,", "Which art my nearest and dearest enemy \u2019", "Thou that art like enough , through vassal fear ,", "Base inclination , and the start of spleen ,", "To fight against me under Percy 's pay ,", "To dog his heels and curtsy at his frowns ,", "To show how much thou art degenerate .", "A hundred thousand rebels die in this ! Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein . Enter Blunt . How now , good Blunt ? Thy looks are full of speed .", "The Earl of Westmoreland set forth to-day ;", "With him my son , Lord John of Lancaster ;", "For this advertisement is five days old .", "On Wednesday next , Harry , you shall set forward ;", "On Thursday we ourselves will march . Our meeting", "Is Bridgenorth ; and , Harry , you shall march", "Through Gloucestershire ; by which account ,", "Our business valued , some twelve days hence", "Our general forces at Bridgenorth shall meet .", "Our hands are full of business . Let 's away .", "Advantage feeds him fat while men delay . Exeunt .", "How bloodily the sun begins to peer", "Above yon busky hill ! The day looks pale", "At his distemp'rature .", "Theft with the losers let it sympathize ,", "For nothing can seem foul to those that win .", "The trumpet sounds . Enter Worcester", "How , now , my Lord of Worcester ? \u2018 Tis not well", "That you and I should meet upon such terms", "As now we meet . You have deceiv 'd our trust", "And made us doff our easy robes of peace", "To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel .", "This is not well , my lord ; this is not well .", "What say you to it ? Will you again unknit", "This churlish knot of all-abhorred war ,", "And move in that obedient orb again", "Where you did give a fair and natural light ,", "And be no more an exhal 'd meteor ,", "A prodigy of fear , and a portent", "Of broached mischief to the unborn times ?", "You have not sought it ! How comes it then ,", "These things , indeed , you have articulate ,", "Proclaim 'd at market crosses , read in churches ,", "To face the garment of rebellion", "With some fine colour that may please the eye", "Of fickle changelings and poor discontents ,", "Which gape and rub the elbow at the news", "Of hurlyburly innovation .", "And never yet did insurrection want", "Such water colours to impaint his cause ,", "Nor moody beggars , starving for a time", "Of pell-mell havoc and confusion .", "And , Prince of Wales , so dare we venture thee ,", "Albeit considerations infinite", "Do make against it . No , good Worcester , no !", "We love our people well ; even those we love", "That are misled upon your cousin 's part ;", "And , will they take the offer of our grace ,", "Both he , and they , and you , yea , every man", "Shall be my friend again , and I 'll be his .", "So tell your cousin , and bring me word", "What he will do . But if he will not yield ,", "Rebuke and dread correction wait on us ,", "And they shall do their office . So be gone .", "We will not now be troubled with reply .", "We offer fair ; take it advisedly .", "Hence , therefore , every leader to his charge ;", "For , on their answer , will we set on them ,", "And God befriend us as our cause is just !", "I prithee ,", "Harry , withdraw thyself ; thou bleedest too much .", "Lord John of Lancaster , go you unto him .", "I will do so . My Lord of Westmoreland , lead him to his tent .", "I saw him hold Lord Percy at the point", "With lustier maintenance than I did look for", "Of such an ungrown warrior .", "The King himself , who , Douglas , grieves at heart", "So many of his shadows thou hast met ,", "And not the very King . I have two boys", "Seek Percy and thyself about the field ;", "But , seeing thou fall'st on me so luckily ,", "I will assay thee . So defend thyself .", "Stay and breathe awhile .", "Thou hast redeem 'd thy lost opinion ,", "And show 'd thou mak'st some tender of my life ,", "In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me .", "Make up to Clifton ; I 'll to Sir Nicholas Gawsey .", "Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke .", "Ill-spirited Worcester ! did not we send grace ,", "Pardon , and terms of love to all of you ?", "And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary ?", "Misuse the tenour of thy kinsman 's trust ?", "Three knights upon our party slain to-day ,", "A noble earl , and many a creature else", "Had been alive this hour ,", "If like a Christian thou hadst truly borne", "Betwixt our armies true intelligence .", "Bear Worcester to the death , and Vernon too ;", "Other offenders we will pause upon .", "With all my heart .", "Then this remains , that we divide our power .", "You , son John , and my cousin Westmoreland ,", "Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed", "To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop ,", "Who , as we hear , are busily in arms .", "Myself and you , son Harry , will towards Wales", "To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March .", "Rebellion in this laud shall lose his sway ,", "Meeting the check of such another day ;", "And since this business so fair is done ,", "Let us not leave till all our own be won ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 58, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good morrow , and well met . How have ye done", "Since last we saw in France ?", "NORFOLK . I thank your Grace ,", "Healthful ; and ever since a fresh admirer", "Of what I saw there .", "An untimely ague", "Stay 'd me a prisoner in my chamber when", "Those suns of glory , those two lights of men ,", "Met in the vale of Andren .", "All the whole time", "I was my chamber 's prisoner .", "O , you go far !", "Who did guide ,", "I mean , who set the body and the limbs", "Of this great sport together , as you guess ?", "I pray you , who , my lord ?", "The devil speed him ! no man 's pie is freed", "From his ambitious finger . What had he", "To do in these fierce vanities ? I wonder", "That such a keech can with his very bulk", "Take up the rays o \u2019 th \u2019 beneficial sun ,", "And keep it from the earth .", "Why the devil ,", "Upon this French going out , took he upon him ,", "Without the privity o \u2019 the King , to appoint", "Who should attend on him ? He makes up the file", "Of all the gentry ; for the most part such", "To whom as great a charge as little honour", "He meant to lay upon ; and his own letter ,", "The honourable board of council out ,", "Must fetch him in he papers .", "O , many", "Have broke their backs with laying manors on \u2018 em", "For this great journey . What did this vanity", "But minister communication of", "A most poor issue ?", "Every man ,", "After the hideous storm that follow 'd , was", "A thing inspir 'd ; and , not consulting , broke", "Into a general prophecy , that this tempest ,", "Dashing the garment of this peace , aboded", "The sudden breach o n't .", "Why , all this business", "Our reverend Cardinal carried .", "This butcher 's cur is venom-mouth 'd , and I", "Have not the power to muzzle him ; therefore best", "Not wake him in his slumber . A beggar 's book", "Outworths a noble 's blood .", "I read in \u2018 s looks", "Matter against me , and his eye revil 'd", "Me as his abject object . At this instant", "He bores me with some trick . He 's gone to the King ;", "I 'll follow , and outstare him .", "I 'll to the King ,", "And from a mouth of honour quite cry down", "This Ipswich fellow 's insolence , or proclaim", "There 's difference in no persons .", "Sir ,", "I am thankful to you ; and I 'll go along", "By your prescription ; but this top-proud fellow ,", "Whom from the flow of gall I name not , but", "From sincere motions , by intelligence ,", "And proofs as clear as founts in July when", "We see each grain of gravel , I do know", "To be corrupt and treasonous .", "To the King I 'll say't , and make my vouch as strong", "As shore of rock . Attend . This holy fox ,", "Or wolf , or both ,\u2014 for he is equal ravenous", "As he is subtle , and as prone to mischief", "As able to perform't ; his mind and place", "Infecting one another , yea , reciprocally \u2014", "Only to show his pomp as well in France", "As here at home , suggests the King our master", "To this last costly treaty , the interview ,", "That swallowed so much treasure , and like a glass", "Did break i \u2019 the rinsing .", "Pray , give me favour , sir . This cunning Cardinal", "The articles o \u2019 the combination drew", "As himself pleas 'd ; and they were ratified", "As he cried \u201c Thus let be , \u201d to as much end", "As give a crutch to the dead . But our count-cardinal", "Has done this , and \u2018 tis well ; for worthy Wolsey ,", "Who cannot err , he did it . Now this follows ,\u2014", "Which , as I take it , is a kind of puppy", "To the old dam , treason ,\u2014 Charles the Emperor ,", "Under pretence to see the Queen his aunt ,\u2014", "For \u2018 twas indeed his colour , but he came", "To whisper Wolsey ,\u2014 here makes visitation .", "His fears were , that the interview betwixt", "England and France might , through their amity ,", "Breed him some prejudice ; for from this league", "Peep 'd harms that menac 'd him . He privily", "Deals with our Cardinal ; and , as I trow ,\u2014", "Which I do well , for I am sure the Emperor", "Paid ere he promis 'd ; whereby his suit was granted", "Ere it was ask 'd \u2014 but when the way was made ,", "And pav 'd with gold , the Emperor thus desir 'd ,", "That he would please to alter the King 's course ,", "And break the foresaid peace . Let the King know ,", "As soon he shall by me , that thus the Cardinal", "Does buy and sell his honour as he pleases", "And for his own advantage .", "No , not a syllable :", "I do pronounce him in that very shape", "He shall appear in proof .", "Lo , you , my lord ,", "The net has fall'n upon me ! I shall perish", "Under device and practice .", "It will help nothing", "To plead mine innocence ; for that dye is on me", "Which makes my whit'st part black . The will of Heaven", "Be done in this and all things ! I obey .", "O my Lord Abergavenny , fare you well !", "So , so ;", "These are the limbs o \u2019 the plot . No more , I hope ?", "O , Nicholas Hopkins ?", "My surveyor is false ; the o'erhYpppHeNgreat Cardinal", "Hath show 'd him gold ; my life is spann 'd already .", "I am the shadow of poor Buckingham ,", "Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on ,", "By dark'ning my clear sun . My lord , farewell .", "All good people ,", "You that thus far have come to pity me ,", "Hear what I say , and then go home and lose me .", "I have this day receiv 'd a traitor 's judgement ,", "And by that name must die ; yet , Heaven bear witness ,", "And if I have a conscience , let it sink me ,", "Even as the axe falls , if I be not faithful !", "The law I bear no malice for my death ;", "\u2018 T has done , upon the premises , but justice ;", "But those that sought it I could wish more Christians .", "Be what they will , I heartily forgive \u2018 em ;", "Yet let \u2018 em look they glory not in mischief ,", "Nor build their evils on the graves of great men ,", "For then my guiltless blood must cry against \u2018 em .", "For further life in this world I ne'er hope ,", "Nor will I sue , although the King have mercies", "More than I dare make faults . You few that lov 'd me", "And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham ,", "His noble friends and fellows , whom to leave", "Is only bitter to him , only dying ,", "Go with me , like good angels , to my end ;", "And , as the long divorce of steel falls on me ,", "Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice ,", "And lift my soul to heaven . Lead on , o \u2019 God 's name .", "Sir Thomas Lovell , I as free forgive you", "As I would be forgiven . I forgive all .", "There cannot be those numberless offences", "\u2018 Gainst me , that I cannot take peace with ; no black envy", "Shall mark my grave . Commend me to his Grace ;", "And , if he speak of Buckingham , pray , tell him", "You met him half in heaven . My vows and prayers", "Yet are the King 's ; and , till my soul forsake ,", "Shall cry for blessings on him . May he live", "Longer than I have time to tell his years !", "Ever belov 'd and loving may his rule be !", "And when old Time shall lead him to his end ,", "Goodness and he fill up one monument !", "Nay , Sir Nicholas ,", "Let it alone ; my state now will but mock me .", "When I came hither , I was Lord High Constable", "And Duke of Buckingham ; now , poor Edward Bohun .", "Yet I am richer than my base accusers ,", "That never knew what truth meant . I now seal it ;", "And with that blood will make \u2018 em one day groan for't .", "My noble father , Henry of Buckingham ,", "Who first rais 'd head against usurping Richard ,", "Flying for succour to his servant Banister ,", "Being distress 'd , was by that wretch betray 'd ,", "And without trial fell ; God 's peace be with him !", "Henry the Seventh succeeding , truly pitying", "My father 's loss , like a most royal prince ,", "Restor 'd me to my honours , and , out of ruins ,", "Made my name once more noble . Now his son ,", "Henry the Eighth , life , honour , name , and all", "That made me happy , at one stroke has taken", "For ever from the world . I had my trial ,", "And , must needs say , a noble one ; which makes me", "A little happier than my wretched father .", "Yet thus far we are one in fortunes : both", "Fell by our servants , by those men we lov 'd most ;", "A most unnatural and faithless service .", "Heaven has an end in all ; yet , you that hear me ,", "This from a dying man receive as certain :", "Where you are liberal of your loves and counsels", "Be sure you be not loose ; for those you make friends", "And give your hearts to , when they once perceive", "The least rub in your fortunes , fall away", "Like water from ye ; never found again", "But where they mean to sink ye . All good people ,", "Pray for me ! I must now forsake ye . The last hour", "Of my long weary life is come upon me .", "Farewell !", "And when you would say something that is sad ,", "Speak how I fell . I have done ; and God forgive me !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 59, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["My lord , I 'll tell you : that self bill is urg 'd ,", "Which in the eleventh year of the last king 's reign", "Was like , and had indeed against us pass 'd ,", "But that the scambling and unquiet time", "Did push it out of farther question .", "It must be thought on . If it pass against us ,", "We lose the better half of our possession ;", "For all the temporal lands , which men devout", "By testament have given to the Church ,", "Would they strip from us ; being valu 'd thus :", "As much as would maintain , to the King 's honour ,", "Full fifteen earls and fifteen hundred knights ,", "Six thousand and two hundred good esquires ;", "And , to relief of lazars and weak age ,", "Of indigent faint souls , past corporal toil ,", "A hundred almshouses right well suppli 'd ;", "And to the coffers of the King beside ,", "A thousand pounds by the year . Thus runs the bill .", "\u2018 Twould drink the cup and all .", "The King is full of grace and fair regard .", "The courses of his youth promis 'd it not .", "The breath no sooner left his father 's body ,", "But that his wildness , mortifi 'd in him ,", "Seem 'd to die too ; yea , at that very moment", "Consideration like an angel came", "And whipp 'd the offending Adam out of him ,", "Leaving his body as a paradise", "To envelope and contain celestial spirits .", "Never was such a sudden scholar made ;", "Never came reformation in a flood", "With such a heady currance , scouring faults ;", "Nor never Hydra-headed wilfulness", "So soon did lose his seat , and all at once ,", "As in this king .", "Hear him but reason in divinity ,", "And , all-admiring , with an inward wish", "You would desire the King were made a prelate ;", "Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs ,", "You would say it hath been all in all his study ;", "List his discourse of war , and you shall hear", "A fearful battle rend'red you in music ;", "Turn him to any cause of policy ,", "The Gordian knot of it he will unloose ,", "Familiar as his garter ; that , when he speaks ,", "The air , a charter 'd libertine , is still ,", "And the mute wonder lurketh in men 's ears ,", "To steal his sweet and honey 'd sentences ;", "So that the art and practic \u2019 part of life", "Must be the mistress to this theoric :", "Which is a wonder how his Grace should glean it ,", "Since his addiction was to courses vain ,", "His companies unletter 'd , rude , and shallow ,", "His hours fill 'd up with riots , banquets , sports ,", "And never noted in him any study ,", "Any retirement , any sequestration", "From open haunts and popularity .", "It must be so ; for miracles are ceas 'd ,", "And therefore we must needs admit the means", "How things are perfected .", "He seems indifferent ,", "Or rather swaying more upon our part", "Than cherishing the exhibiters against us ;", "For I have made an offer to his Majesty ,", "Upon our spiritual convocation", "And in regard of causes now in hand ,", "Which I have open 'd to his Grace at large ,", "As touching France , to give a greater sum", "Than ever at one time the clergy yet", "Did to his predecessors part withal .", "With good acceptance of his Majesty ;", "Save that there was not time enough to hear ,", "As I perceiv 'd his Grace would fain have done ,", "The severals and unhidden passages", "Of his true titles to some certain dukedoms ,", "And generally to the crown and seat of France", "Deriv 'd from Edward , his great-grandfather .", "The French ambassador upon that instant", "Crav 'd audience ; and the hour , I think , is come", "To give him hearing . Is it four o'clock ?", "Then go we in , to know his embassy ;", "Which I could with a ready guess declare ,", "Before the Frenchman speak a word of it .", "God and his angels guard your sacred throne", "And make you long become it !", "Then hear me , gracious sovereign , and you peers ,", "That owe yourselves , your lives , and services", "To this imperial throne . There is no bar", "To make against your Highness \u2019 claim to France", "But this , which they produce from Pharamond :", "\u201c In terram Salicam mulieres ne succedant , \u201d", "\u201c No woman shall succeed in Salique land ; \u201d", "Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze", "To be the realm of France , and Pharamond", "The founder of this law and female bar .", "Yet their own authors faithfully affirm", "That the land Salique is in Germany ,", "Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ;", "Where Charles the Great , having subdu 'd the Saxons ,", "There left behind and settled certain French ;", "Who , holding in disdain the German women", "For some dishonest manners of their life ,", "Establish 'd then this law , to wit , no female", "Should be inheritrix in Salique land ;", "Which Salique , as I said , \u2018 twixt Elbe and Sala ,", "Is at this day in Germany call 'd Meisen .", "Then doth it well appear the Salique law", "Was not devised for the realm of France ;", "Nor did the French possess the Salique land", "Until four hundred one and twenty years", "After defunction of King Pharamond ,", "Idly suppos 'd the founder of this law ,", "Who died within the year of our redemption", "Four hundred twenty-six ; and Charles the Great", "Subdu 'd the Saxons , and did seat the French", "Beyond the river Sala , in the year", "Eight hundred five . Besides , their writers say ,", "King Pepin , which deposed Childeric ,", "Did , as heir general , being descended", "Of Blithild , which was daughter to King Clothair ,", "Make claim and title to the crown of France .", "Hugh Capet also , who usurp 'd the crown", "Of Charles the Duke of Lorraine , sole heir male", "Of the true line and stock of Charles the Great ,", "To find his title with some shows of truth ,", "Though , in pure truth , it was corrupt and naught ,", "Convey 'd himself as the heir to the Lady Lingare ,", "Daughter to Charlemain , who was the son", "To Lewis the Emperor , and Lewis the son", "Of Charles the Great . Also , King Lewis the Tenth ,", "Who was sole heir to the usurper Capet ,", "Could not keep quiet in his conscience ,", "Wearing the crown of France , till satisfied", "That fair Queen Isabel , his grandmother ,", "Was lineal of the Lady Ermengare ,", "Daughter to Charles , the foresaid Duke of Lorraine ;", "By the which marriage the line of Charles the Great", "Was re-united to the crown of France .", "So that , as clear as is the summer 's sun ,", "King Pepin 's title and Hugh Capet 's claim ,", "King Lewis his satisfaction , all appear", "To hold in right and title of the female .", "So do the kings of France unto this day ,", "Howbeit they would hold up this Salique law", "To bar your Highness claiming from the female ,", "And rather choose to hide them in a net", "Than amply to imbar their crooked titles", "Usurp 'd from you and your progenitors .", "The sin upon my head , dread sovereign !", "For in the book of Numbers is it writ ,", "When the man dies , let the inheritance", "Descend unto the daughter . Gracious lord ,", "Stand for your own ! Unwind your bloody flag !", "Look back into your mighty ancestors !", "Go , my dread lord , to your great-grandsire 's tomb ,", "From whom you claim ; invoke his warlike spirit ,", "And your great-uncle 's , Edward the Black Prince ,", "Who on the French ground play 'd a tragedy ,", "Making defeat on the full power of France ,", "Whiles his most mighty father on a hill", "Stood smiling to behold his lion 's whelp", "Forage in blood of French nobility .", "O noble English , that could entertain", "With half their forces the full pride of France", "And let another half stand laughing by ,", "All out of work and cold for action !", "O , let their bodies follow , my dear liege ,", "With blood and sword and fire to win your right ;", "In aid whereof we of the spiritualty", "Will raise your Highness such a mighty sum", "As never did the clergy at one time", "Bring in to any of your ancestors .", "They of those marches , gracious sovereign ,", "Shall be a wall sufficient to defend", "Our inland from the pilfering borderers .", "She hath been then more fear 'd than harm 'd , my liege ;", "For hear her but exampl 'd by herself :", "When all her chivalry hath been in France ,", "And she a mourning widow of her nobles ,", "She hath herself not only well defended", "But taken and impounded as a stray", "The King of Scots ; whom she did send to France", "To fill King Edward 's fame with prisoner kings ,", "And make her chronicle as rich with praise", "As is the ooze and bottom of the sea", "With sunken wreck and sumless treasuries .", "Therefore doth heaven divide", "The state of man in divers functions ,", "Setting endeavour in continual motion ,", "To which is fixed , as an aim or butt ,", "Obedience ; for so work the honey-bees ,", "Creatures that by a rule in nature teach", "The act of order to a peopled kingdom .", "They have a king and officers of sorts ,", "Where some , like magistrates , correct at home ,", "Others like merchants , venture trade abroad ,", "Others , like soldiers , armed in their stings ,", "Make boot upon the summer 's velvet buds ,", "Which pillage they with merry march bring home", "To the tent-royal of their emperor ;", "Who , busied in his majesty , surveys", "The singing masons building roofs of gold ,", "The civil citizens kneading up the honey ,", "The poor mechanic porters crowding in", "Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate ,", "The sad-eyed justice , with his surly hum ,", "Delivering o'er to executors pale", "The lazy yawning drone . I this infer ,", "That many things , having full reference", "To one consent , may work contrariously .", "As many arrows , loosed several ways ,", "Come to one mark ; as many ways meet in one town ;", "As many fresh streams meet in one salt sea ;", "As many lines close in the dial 's centre ;", "So many a thousand actions , once afoot ,", "End in one purpose , and be all well borne", "Without defeat . Therefore to France , my liege !", "Divide your happy England into four ,", "Whereof take you one quarter into France ,", "And you withal shall make all Gallia shake .", "If we , with thrice such powers left at home ,", "Cannot defend our own doors from the dog ,", "Let us be worried and our nation lose", "The name of hardiness and policy ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 60, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hen . Where is my gracious Lord of Canterbury ?", "Hen . Send for him , good uncle .", "Hen . Not yet , my cousin : we would be resolv \u2019 d ,", "Before we hear him , of some things of weight ,", "That task", "our thoughts , concerning us and France .", "Re-enter HERALD with the Archbishop of CANTERBURY ,", "and", "Bishop of ELY ,", "L. H . The Bishops cross to R. C .", "Hen . Sure , we thank you .", "My learned lord , we pray you to proceed ,", "And justly and religiously unfold ,", "Why the law Salique ,", "that they have in France ,", "Or should , or should not , bar us in our claim :", "And Heaven forbid , my dear and faithful lord ,", "That you should fashion , wrest ,", "or bow your reading ,", "Or nicely charge your understanding soul", "With opening titles miscreate ,", "whose right", "Suits not in native colours with the truth .", "For Heaven doth know how many , now in health ,", "Shall drop their blood in approbation", "Of what your reverence shall incite us to .", "Therefore take heed how you impawn our person ,", "How you awake the sleeping sword of war :", "We charge you , in the name of Heaven , take heed :", "Under this conjuration , speak , my lord .", "Hen . May I with right and conscience make this claim ?", "Hen . We must not only arm to invade the French ,", "But lay down our proportions to defend", "Against the Scot , who will make road upon us", "With all advantages .", "Hen . Call in the messengers sent from the Dauphin .Now are we well resolv \u2019 d ; and by Heaven \u2019 s help , And yours , the noble sinews of our power ,\u2014 France being ours , we \u2019 ll bend it to our awe , Or break it all to pieces . Re-enter HERALD and Lords , L. H ., with the AMBASSADOR of FRANCE , French Bishops , Gentlemen , and Attendants carrying a treasure chest , L. H . Now are we well prepar \u2019 d to know the pleasure Of our fair cousin Dauphin ; for we hear Your greeting is from him , not from the king .", "Hen . We are no tyrant , but a Christian king ;", "Therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness", "Tell us the Dauphin \u2019 s mind .", "Hen . What treasure , uncle ?", "Hen . We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us ;", "His present and your pains we thank you for :", "When we have match \u2019 d our rackets to these balls ,", "We will , in France , by Heaven \u2019 s grace , play a set", "Shall strike his father \u2019 s crown into the hazard .", "And we understand him well ,", "How he comes o \u2019 er us with our wilder days ,", "Not measuring what use we made of them .", "But tell the Dauphin ,\u2014 I will keep my state ;", "Be like a king , and show my soul of greatness ,", "When I do rouse me in my throne of France :", "For I will rise there with so full a glory ,", "That I will dazzle all the eyes of France ,", "Yea , strike the Dauphin blind to look on us .", "But this lies all within the will of Heaven ,", "To whom I do appeal ; And in whose name ,", "Tell you the Dauphin , I am coming on ,", "To venge me as I may , and to put forth", "My rightful hand in a well-hallow \u2019 d cause .", "So , get you hence in peace ; and tell the Dauphin ,", "His jest will savour but of shallow wit ,", "When thousands weep , more than did laugh at it .\u2014", "Convey them with safe conduct .\u2014 Fare you well .", "Hen . We hope to make the sender blush at it .", "Therefore , my lords , omit no happy hour", "That may give furtherance to our expedition ;", "For we have now no thought in us but France ,", "Save those to Heaven , that run before our business .", "Therefore let our proportions for these wars", "Be soon collected , and all things thought upon", "That may with reasonable swiftness add", "More feathers to our wings ; for , Heaven before ,", "We \u2019 ll chide this Dauphin at his father \u2019 s door .", "Trumpets sound .", "Hen . Now sits the wind fair , and we will aboard .", "My lord of Cambridge ,\u2014 and my kind lord of Masham ,\u2014", "And you , my gentle knight ,\u2014 give me your thoughts :", "Think you not , that the powers we bear with us", "Will cut their passage through the force of France ?", "Hen . I doubt not that ; since we are well persuaded", "We carry not a heart with us from hence", "That grows not in a fair consent with ours ,", "Nor leave not one behind that doth not wish", "Success and conquest to attend on us .", "Hen .", "We therefore have great cause of thankfulness ;", "And shall forget the office of our hand ,", "Sooner than quittance of desert and merit", "According to the weight and worthiness .", "Uncle of Exeter , R .", "Enlarge the man committed yesterday ,", "That rail \u2019 d against our person : we consider", "It was excess of wine that set him on ;", "And , on his more advice ,", "we pardon him .", "Hen . O , let us yet be merciful .", "Hen . Alas , your too much love and care of me", "Are heavy orisons \u2019 gainst this poor wretch !", "If little faults , proceeding on distemper ,", "Shall not be wink \u2019 d at , how shall we stretch our eye", "When capital crimes , chew \u2019 d , swallow \u2019 d , and digested ,", "Appear before us ?\u2014 We \u2019 ll yet enlarge that man ,", "Though Cambridge , Scroop , and Grey ,\u2014 in their dear care", "And tender preservation of our person ,\u2014", "Would have him punish \u2019 d . And now to our French causes :", "Who are the late Commissioners ?", "Hen . Then , Richard earl of Cambridge , there is yours ;\u2014", "There yours , lord Scroop of Masham ;\u2014 and , sir knight ,", "Grey of Northumberland , this same is yours :\u2014", "Read them ; and know , I know your worthiness .\u2014", "My lord of Westmoreland ,\u2014 and uncle Exeter ,\u2014", "We will aboard to-night .", "Why , how now , gentlemen !", "What see you in those papers , that you lose", "So much complexion ?\u2014 look ye , how they change !", "Their cheeks are paper .\u2014 Why , what read you there ,", "That hath so cowarded and chas \u2019 d your blood", "Out of appearance ?", "Hen .", "The mercy that was quick", "in us but late ,", "By your own counsel is suppress \u2019 d and kill \u2019 d :", "You must not dare , for shame , to talk of mercy .", "See you , my princes and my noble peers ,", "These English monsters ! My lord of Cambridge here ,\u2014", "You know how apt our love was to accord", "To furnish him with all appertinents", "Belonging to his honour ; and this man", "Hath , for a few light crowns , lightly conspir \u2019 d ,", "And sworn unto the practises of France ,", "To kill us here in Hampton : to the which", "This knight , no less for bounty bound to us", "Than Cambridge is ,\u2014 hath likewise sworn .\u2014 But , O ,", "What shall I say to thee , lord Scroop ? thou cruel ,", "Ingrateful , savage , and inhuman creature !", "Thou that did \u2019 st bear the key of all my counsels ,", "That knew \u2019 st the very bottom of my soul ,", "That almost might \u2019 st have coin \u2019 d me into gold ,", "May it be possible , that foreign hire", "Could out of thee extract one spark of evil", "That might annoy my finger ? \u2019 Tis so strange ,", "That , though the truth of it stands off as gross", "As black from white ,", "my eye will scarcely see it ;", "For this revolt of thine , methinks , is like", "Another fall of man .\u2014 Their faults are open :", "Arrest them to the answer of the law ;\u2014", "And Heaven acquit them of their practises !", "Hen .", "Heaven quit you in its mercy ! Hear your sentence .", "You have conspir \u2019 d against our royal person ,", "Join \u2019 d with an enemy proclaim \u2019 d , and from his coffers", "Receiv \u2019 d the golden earnest of our death ;", "Wherein you would have sold your king to slaughter ,", "His princes and his peers to servitude ,", "His subjects to oppression and contempt ,", "And his whole kingdom into desolation .", "Touching our person , seek we no revenge ;", "But we our kingdom \u2019 s safety must so tender ,", "Whose ruin you three sought , that to her laws", "We do deliver you . Get you , therefore , hence ,", "Poor miserable wretches , to your death :", "The taste whereof , Heaven of its mercy give you", "Patience to endure , and true repentance", "Of all your dear offences !", "\u2014 Bear them hence .", "Now , Lords , for France ; the enterprize whereof", "Shall be to you , as us , like glorious .", "We doubt not of a fair and lucky war ,", "Since Heaven so graciously hath brought to light", "This dangerous treason , lurking in our way .", "Then , forth , dear countrymen : let us deliver", "Our puissance", "into the hand of Heaven ,", "Putting it straight in expedition .", "Cheerly to sea ; the signs of war advance :", "No king of England , if not king of France .", "Hen . Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more ;", "Or close the wall up with our English dead !", "In peace there \u2019 s nothing so becomes a man", "As modest stillness and humility :", "But when the blast of war blows in our ears ,", "Then imitate the action of the tiger !", "On , on , you noble English ,", "Whose blood is fet", "from fathers of war-proof !", "And you , good yeomen ,", "Whose limbs were made in England , show us here", "The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear", "That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not ;", "For there is none of you so mean and base ,", "That hath not noble lustre in your eyes .", "I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips ,", "Straining upon the start . The game \u2019 s afoot :", "Follow your spirit ; and , upon this charge ,", "Cry \u2014 God for Harry ! England ! and Saint George !", "Hen . How yet resolves the governour of the town ?", "This is the latest parle we will admit :", "Therefore , to our best mercy give yourselves ;", "Or , like to men proud of destruction ,", "Defy us to our worst : for , as I am a soldier", "If I begin the battery once again ,", "I will not leave the half-achieved Harfleur", "Till in her ashes she lie buried .", "The gates of mercy shall be all shut up .", "What say you ? will you yield , and this avoid ?", "Or , guilty in defence , be thus destroy \u2019 d ?", "Hen . Come , uncle Exeter , R. Go you and enter Harfleur ; there remain , And fortify it strongly \u2019 gainst the French : Use mercy to them all . For us , dear uncle ,\u2014 The winter coming on , and sickness growing Upon our soldiers ,\u2014 we \u2019 ll retire to Calais . To-night in Harfleurwill we be your guest ; To-morrow for the march are we addrest .\u201c Our King , who sought peace , not war , in order that he might further arm the cause in which he was engaged with the shield of justice offered peace to the besieged , if they would open the gates to him , and restore , as was their duty , freely , without compulsion , that town , the noble hereditary portion of his Crown of England , and of his Dukedom of Normandy . \u201c But as they , despising and setting at nought this offer , strove to keep possession of , and to defend the town against him , our King summoned to fight , as it were , against his will , called upon God to witness his just cause * * * hegave himself no rest by day or night , until having fitted and fixed his engines and guns under the walls , he had planted them within shot of the enemy , against the front of the town , and against the walls , gates , and towers , of the same * * * so that taking aim at the place to be battered , the guns from beneath blew forth stones by the force of ignited powers , * * * and in the mean time our King , with his guns and engines , so battered the said bulwark , and the walls and towers on every side , that within a few days , by the impetuosity and fury of the stones , the same bulwark was in a great part broken down ; and the walls and towers from which the enemy had sent forth their weapons , the bastions falling in ruins , were rendered defenceless ; and very fine edifices , even in the middle of the city , either lay altogether in ruins , or threatened an inevitable fall ; or at least were so shaken as to be exceedingly damaged . * * * And although our guns had disarmed the bulwark , walls , and towers during the day , the besieged by night , with logs , faggots , and tubs on vessels full of earth , mud , and sand or stones , piled up within the shattered walls , and with other barricadoes , refortified the streets . * * * The King had caused towers and wooden bulwarks to the height of the walls , and ladders and other instruments , besides those which he had brought with him for the assault .\u201d \u2014 We are then told that the enemy contrived to set these engines on fire \u2019 by means of powders , and combustibles prepared on the walls .\u2019 The History then states that \u201c a fire broke out where the strength of the French was greater , and the French themselves were overcome with resisting , and in endeavouring to extinguish the fire , until at length by force of arms , darts , and flames , their strength was destroyed . Leaving the place therefore to our party , they fled and retreated beneath the walls for protection ; most carefully blocking up the entrance with timber , stones , earth , and mud , lest our people should rush in upon them through the same passage .\u201d \u201c On the following day a conference was held with the Lord de Gaucort , who acted as Captain , and with the more powerful leaders , whether it was the determination of the inhabitants to surrender the town without suffering further rigour of death or war . * * * On that night they entered into a treaty with the King , that if the French King , or the Dauphin , his first-born , being informed , should not raise the seige , and deliver them by force of arms within the first hour after morn on the Sunday following , they would surrender to him the town , and themselves , and their property .\u201d \u201c And neither at the aforesaid hour on the following Sunday , nor within the time , the French King , the Dauphin , nor any one else , coming forward to raise the siege . * * * The aforesaid Lord de Gaucort came from the town into the king \u2019 s presence , accompanied by those persons who before had sworn to keep the articles , and surrendering to him the keys of the Corporation , submitted themselves , together with the citizens , to his grace . * * * Then the banners of St. George and the King were fixed upon the gates of the town , and the King advanced his illustrious uncle , the Lord Thomas Beaufort , Earl of Dorsetto be keeper and captain of the town , having delivered to him the keys .\u201d Thus , after a vigorous siege of about thirty-six days , one of the most important towns of Normandy fell into the hands of the invaders . The Chronicler in the text informs us , that the dysentery had carried off infinitely more of the English army than were slain in the siege ; that about five thousand men were then so dreadfully debilitated by that disease , that they were unable to proceed , and were therefore sent to England ; that three hundred men-at-arms and nine hundred archers were left to garrison Harfleur ; that great numbers had cowardly deserted the King , and returned home by stealth ; and that after all these deductions , not more than nine hundred lances and five thousand archers remained fit for service . Hume , in his History of England , relates that \u201c King Henry landed near Harfleur , at the head of an army of 6 , 000 men-at-arms , and 24 , 000 foot , mostly archers . He immediately began the siege of that place , which was valiantly defended by d \u2019 Esto\u00fcleville , and under him by de Guitri , de Gaucourt , and others of the French nobility ; but as the garrison was weak , and the fortifications in bad repair , the governor was at last obliged to capitulate , and he promised to surrender the place if he received no succour before the 18th of September . The day came , and there was no appearance of a French army to relieve him . Henry , taking possession of the town , placed a garrison in it , and expelled all the French inhabitants , with an intention of peopling it anew with English . The fatigues of this siege , and the unusual heat of the season , had so wasted the English army , that Henry could enter on no farther enterprise , and was obliged to think of returning to England . He had dismissed his transports , which could not anchor in an open road upon the enemy \u2019 s coasts , and he lay under a necessity of marching by land to Calais before he could reach a place of safety . A numerous French army of 14 , 000 men at-arms , and 40 , 000 foot , was by this time assembled in Normandy , under the constable d \u2019 Albret , a force which , if prudently conducted , was sufficient either to trample down the English in the open field , or to harass and reduce to nothing their small army before they could finish so long and difficult a march . Henry , therefore , cautiously offered to sacrifice his conquest of Harfleur for a safe passage to Calais ; but his proposal being rejected , he determined to make his way by valour and conduct through all the opposition of the enemy .\u201d]", "Hen .How now , Fluellen ! cam \u2019 st thou from the bridge ?", "Hen . What men have you lost , Fluellen ?", "Hen . We would have all such offenders so cut off .", "Hen . Well , then , I know thee : What shall I know of thee ?", "Hen . Unfold it .", "Hen. What is thy name ? I know thy quality .", "Hen . Thou dost thy office fairly . Turn thee back ,", "And tell thy king ,\u2014 I do not seek him now ;", "But could be willing to march on to Calais", "Without impeachment :", "for , to say the sooth", ",", "My people are with sickness much enfeebled ;", "My numbers lessen \u2019 d ; and those few I have ,", "Almost no better than so many French ;", "Who , when they were in health , I tell thee , herald ,", "I thought , upon one pair of English legs ,", "Did march three Frenchmen .\u2014 Forgive me , Heaven ,", "That I do brag thus !\u2014 this your air of France", "Hath blown that vice in me ; I must repent .", "Go , therefore , tell thy master here I am ;", "My ransom is this frail and worthless trunk ;", "My army but a weak and sickly guard :", "Yet , Heaven before ,", "tell him we will come on ,", "Though France himself ,", "and such another neighbour ,", "Stand in our way . There \u2019 s for thy labour , Montjoy .", "Go , bid thy master well advise himself :", "If we may pass , we will ; if we be hinder \u2019 d ,", "We shall your tawny ground with your red blood", "Discolour :", "and so , Montjoy , fare you well .", "The sum of all our answer is but this :", "We would not seek a battle , as we are ;", "Nor , as we are , we say , we will not shun it :", "So tell your master .", "Hen . We are in Heaven \u2019 s hand , brother , not in theirs . March to the bridge ; it now draws toward night : Beyond the river we \u2019 ll encamp ourselves ; And on to-morrow bid them march away .March .i. e ., instead of fighting , he will offer to pay ransom . ]Ancient , a standard or flag ; also the ensign bearer , or officer , now called an ensign . ]i. e ., valour under good command , obedient to its superiors . The word is used by Spencer . ]Fortune is described by several ancient authors in the same words . ]A muffler was a sort of veil , or wrapper , worn by ladies in Shakespeare \u2019 s time , chiefly covering the chin and throat . ]A pix , or little chest, in which the consecrated host was used to be kept . ]Fico is fig \u2014 it was a term of reproach . ]An expression of contempt or insult , which consisted in thrusting the thumb between two of the closed fingers , or into the mouth ; whence Bite the thumb . The custom is generally regarded as being originally Spanish . \u2014 NARES . ]Cowardly braggarts were not uncommon characters with the old dramatic writers . ]From for about \u2014 concerning the fight that had taken place there . ]A corrupt word for carbuncles , or something like them . ]i. e ., stripes , marks , discolorations . ]This is the last time that any sport can be made with the red face of Bardolph . ]That is , by his herald \u2019 s coat . The person of a herald being inviolable , was distinguished in those times of formality by a peculiar dress , which is likewise yet worn on particular occasions . ]i. e ., our patience , moderation . ]i. e ., hindrance . Empechement , French . ]In the acting edition , the name of God is changed to Heaven . This was an expression in Shakespeare \u2019 s time for God being my guide . ]i. e ., though the King of France himself . ] END OF ACT THIRD . HISTORICAL NOTES TO ACT THIRD .Come you from the bridge ? ] After Henry had passed the Somme , Titus Livius asserts , that the King having been informed of a river which must be crossed , over which was a bridge , and that his progress depended in a great degree upon securing possession of it , despatched some part of his forces to defend it from any attack , or from being destroyed . They found many of the enemy ready to receive them , to whom they gave battle , and after a severe conflict , they captured the bridge , and kept it .Fortune is Bardolph \u2019 s foe , and frowns on him ; For he hath stol \u2019 n a pix , and hanged must \u2019 a be . It will be seen by the following extract from the anonymous Chronicler how minutely Shakespeare has adhered to history \u2014 \u201c There was brought to the King in that plain a certain English robber , who , contrary to the laws of God and the Royal Proclamation , had stolen from a church a pix of copper gilt , found in his sleeve , which he happened to mistake for gold , in which the Lord \u2019 s body was kept ; and in the next village where he passed the night , by decree of the King , he was put to death on the gallows .\u201d Titus Livius relates that Henry commanded his army to halt until the sacrilege was expiated . He first caused the pix to be restored to the Church , and the offender was then led , bound as a thief , through the army , and afterwards hung upon a tree , that every man might behold him .Go , bid thy master well advise himself : If we may pass , we will ; if we be hinder \u2019 d , We shall your tawny ground with your red blood Discolour :] My desire is , that none of you be so unadvised , as to be the occasion that I in my defence shall colour and make red your tawny ground with the effusion of Christian blood . When hehad thus answered the Herald , he gave him a great reward , and licensed him to depart . \u2014 Holinshed .", "Hen . Gloster , \u2019 tis true that we are in great danger ;", "The greater therefore should our courage be .", "Enter BEDFORD , R. H .", "Good morrow , brother Bedford .\u2014 Gracious Heaven !", "There is some soul of goodness in things evil ,", "Would men observingly distil it out ;", "For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers ,", "Which is both healthful and good husbandry .", "Thus may we gather honey from the weed ,", "And make a moral of the devil himself .", "Enter ERPINGHAM .", "L. H .", "Good morrow , old Sir Thomas Erpingham :", "A good soft pillow for that good white head", "Were better than a churlish turf of France .", "Hen . Lend me thy cloak , Sir Thomas .\u2014 Brothers both ,", "Commend me to the princes in our camp ;", "Do my good morrow to them ; and anon", "Desire them all to my pavilion .", "Hen . No , my good knight ;", "Go with my brothers to my lords of England :", "I and my bosom must debate a while ,", "And then I would no other company .", "Hen . Gad-a-mercy , old heart ! thou speakest cheerfully .", "Hen . A friend .", "Hen . I am a gentleman of a company .", "Hen . Even so . What are you ?", "Hen . Then you are a better than the king .", "Hen . Harry le Roi .", "Hen . No , I am a Welshman .", "Hen . Yes .", "Hen . Do not you wear your dagger in your cap that day , lest he knock that about yours .", "Hen . And his kinsman too .", "Hen . I thank you : Heaven be with you !", "Hen . It sortswell with your fierceness .", "Hen . Though it appear a little out of fashion , there is much care and valour in this Welshman .", "Hen . A friend .", "Hen . Under Sir Thomas Erpingham .", "Hen . Even as men wrecked upon a sand , that look to be washed off the next tide .", "Hen . No ; nor it is not meet he should .For , though I speak it to you , I think the king is but a man , as I am : the violet smells to him as it doth to me ; the element shows to him as it doth to me ; all his senses have but human conditions :therefore when he sees reason of fears , as we do , his fears , out of doubt , be of the same relish as ours are : Yet , in reason , no man should possess him with any appearance of fear , lest he , by showing it , should dishearten his army .", "Hen .", "By my troth , I will speak my conscience of the king :", "I think he would not wish himself any where but where he is .", "Hen . I dare say you love him not so ill , to wish him here alone , howsoever you speak this , to feel other men \u2019 s minds : Methinks I could not die any where so contented as in the king \u2019 s company ; his cause being just , and his quarrel honourable .", "Hen . So , if a son , that is by his father sent about merchandise , do sinfully miscarry upon the sea , the imputation of his wickedness , by your rule , should be imposed upon his father that sent him :\u2014 But this is not so : the king is not bound to answer the particular endings of his soldiers , nor the father of his son , for they purpose not their death , when they purpose their services . Every subject \u2019 s duty is the king \u2019 s ; but every subject \u2019 s soul is his own . Therefore should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed , wash every mote out of his conscience : and dying so , death is to him advantage ; or not dying , the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained .", "Hen . I myself heard the king say he would not be ransomed .", "Hen . If I live to see it , I will never trust his word after .", "Hen . Your reproof is something too round :I should be angry with you , if the time were convenient .", "Hen . I embrace it .", "Hen . Give me any gage of thine , and I will wear it in my bonnet : then , if ever thou darest acknowledge it , I will make it my quarrel .", "Hen . There .", "Hen . If ever I live to see it , I will challenge it .", "Hen . Well , I will do it , though I take thee in the king \u2019 s company .", "Hen . Upon the king ! let us our lives , our souls ,", "Our sins , lay on the king !\u2014 we must bear all .", "O hard condition , twin-born with greatness ,", "Subjected to the breath of every fool .", "What infinite heart \u2019 s ease must king \u2019 s neglect ,", "That private men enjoy !", "And what have kings , that privates have not too ,", "Save ceremony , save general ceremony ?", "And what art thou , thou idol ceremony ?", "Art thou aught else but place , degree , and form ,", "Creating awe and fear in other men ?", "Wherein thou art less happy being fear \u2019 d", "Than they in fearing .", "What drink \u2019 st thou oft , instead of homage sweet ,", "But poison \u2019 d flattery ? O , be sick , great greatness ,", "And bid thy ceremony give thee cure !", "Canst thou , when thou command \u2019 st the beggar \u2019 s knee ,", "Command the health of it ? No , thou proud dream ,", "That play \u2019 st so subtly with a king \u2019 s repose :", "I am a king that find thee ; and I know ,", "\u2019 Tis not the balm , the sceptre , and the ball ,", "The sword , the mace , the crown imperial ,", "The throne he sits on , nor the tide of pomp", "That beats upon the high shore of this world ,", "No , not all these , thrice-gorgeous ceremony ,", "Not all these , laid in bed majestical ,", "Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave ,", "Who , with a body fill \u2019 d and vacant mind ,", "Gets him to rest , cramm \u2019 d with distressful bread ;", "And but for ceremony , such a wretch ,", "Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep ,", "Had the fore-hand and vantage of a king .", "Hen . Good old knight ,", "Collect them all together at my tent :", "I \u2019 ll be before thee .", "Hen . O God of battles ! steel my soldier \u2019 s hearts ; Possess them not with fear ; take from them now The sense of reckoning , lest the opposed numbers Pluck their hearts from them !\u2014 Not to-day , O Lord , O , not to-day , think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the crown ! I Richard \u2019 s body have interred new ;And on it have bestow \u2019 d more contrite tears , Than from it issu \u2019 d forced drops of blood : Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay , Who twice a day their wither \u2019 d hands hold up Toward heaven , to pardon blood : More will I do \u2014The day , my friends , and all things stay for me .i. e ., one of the people . ]i. e ., a better man than the king . ]A burlesque term of endearment , supposed to be derived from beau coq . ]An imp is a young shoot , but means a son in Shakespeare . In this sense the word has become obsolete , and is now only understood as a small or inferior devil . In Holingshed , p. 951 , the last words of Lord Cromwell are preserved , who says :\u2014 \u201c\u2014\u2014 and after him , that his son Prince Edward , that goodly imp , may long reign over you .\u201d]", "Hen .", "What \u2019 s he that wishes so ?", "My cousin Westmoreland ?\u2014 No , my fair cousin :", "If we are mark \u2019 d to die , we are enough", "To do our country loss ; and if to live ,", "The fewer men , the greater share of honour .", "I pray thee , wish not one man more .", "Rather proclaim it , Westmoreland , through my host ,", "That he who hath no stomach to this fight .", "Let him depart ; his passport shall be made ,", "And crowns for convoy put into his purse :", "We would not die in that man \u2019 s company ,", "That fears his fellowship to die with us .", "This day is call \u2019 d \u2014 the feast of Crispian :", "He , that outlives this day , and comes safe home ,", "Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam \u2019 d ,", "And rouse him at the name of Crispian .", "He that shall live this day , and see old age ,", "Will yearly on the vigil feast his friends ,", "And say \u2014 to-morrow is Saint Crispian :", "Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars ,", "And say , those wounds I had on Crispin \u2019 s day .", "Old men forget ; yet all shall be forgot ,", "But he \u2019 ll remember with advantages", "What feats he did that day : Then shall our names ,", "Familiar in their mouths as household words ,\u2014", "Harry the King , Bedford and Exeter ,", "Warwick and Talbot , Salisbury and Gloster ,\u2014", "Be in their flowing cups freshly remember \u2019 d .", "This story shall the good man teach his son ;", "And Crispin Crispian shall ne \u2019 er go by ,", "From this day to the ending", "of the world ,", "But we in it shall be remembered .", "We few , we happy few , we band of brothers ;", "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me", "Shall be my brother ; be he ne \u2019 er so vile ,", "This day shall gentle his condition :", "And gentlemen in England , now a-bed ,", "Shall think themselves accurs \u2019 d they were not here ;", "And hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks", "That fought with us upon Saint Crispin \u2019 s day .", "Hen .All things are ready , if our minds be so .", "Hen . Thou dost not wish more help from England , cousin ?", "Hen .Who hath sent thee now ?", "Hen . I pray thee , bear my former answer back :", "Bid them achieve me ,", "and then sell my bones .", "Good Heaven ! Why should they mock poor fellows thus ?", "The man , that once did sell the lion \u2019 s skin", "While the beast liv \u2019 d , was kill \u2019 d with hunting him .", "Let me speak proudly :\u2014 Tell the Constable ,", "We are but warriors for the working-day :", "Our gayness and our guilt", "are all besmirch \u2019 d", "With rainy marching in the painful field ,", "And time hath worn us into slovenry .", "But , by the mass , our hearts are in the trim ;", "And my poor soldiers tell me \u2014 yet ere night", "They \u2019 ll be in fresher robes ; or they will pluck", "The gay new coats o \u2019 er the French soldiers \u2019 heads ,", "And turn them out of service .", "Come thou no more for ransom , gentle herald :", "They shall have none , I swear , but these my joints ,", "Which if they have as I will leave \u2019 em to them ,", "Shall yield them little , tell the Constable .", "Hen . Now , soldiers , march away :\u2014 And how thou pleasest , Heaven , dispose the day !Trumpet March .The king is reported to have dismounted before the battle commenced , and to have fought on foot . ]i. e ., the evening before the festival . ]Old men , notwithstanding the natural forgetfulness of age , shall remember their feats of this day , and remember to tell them with advantage . Age is commonly boastful , and inclined to magnify past acts and past times . \u2014 JOHNSON . ]It may be observed that we are apt to promise to ourselves a more lasting memory than the changing state of human things admits . This prediction is not verified ; the feast of Crispin passes by without any mention of Agincourt . Late events obliterate the former : the civil wars have left in this nation scarcely any tradition of more ancient history . \u2014 JOHNSON . ]This day shall advance him to the rank of a gentleman . King Henry V. inhibited any person but such as had a right by inheritance , or grant , to assume coats of arms , except those who fought with him at the battle of Agincourt ; and , I think , these last were allowed the chief seats of honour at all feasts and publick meetings . \u2014 TOLLET . ]", "Hen .", "I was not angry since I came to France ,", "Until this instant .\u2014 Take a trumpet , herald ;", "Ride thou unto the horsemen on yon hill :", "If they will fight with us , bid them come down ,", "Or void the field ;", "they do offend our sight :", "If they \u2019 ll do neither , we will come to them ;", "And make them skirr away , as swift as stones", "Enforced from the old Assyrian slings .", "Go , and tell them so .", "Hen . Lives he , good uncle ? thrice within this hour ,", "I saw him down ; thrice up again and fighting ;", "From helmet to the spur , all blood he was .", "Hen . I blame you not :", "For , hearing this , I must perforce compound", "With mistful eyes , or they will issue too .", "Hen . How now ! what means this , herald ? Com \u2019 st thou again for ransom ?", "Hen . I tell thee truly , herald ,", "I know not if the day be ours or no ;", "For yet a many of your horsemen peer", "And gallop o \u2019 er the field .", "Hen . Praised be Heaven , and not our strength , for it !\u2014", "What is this castle call \u2019 d that stands hard by ?", "Hen . Then call we this \u2014 the field of Agincourt ,", "Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus .", "Hen .They did , Fluellen .", "Hen . I wear it for a memorable honour ;", "For I am Welsh , you know , good countryman .", "Hen . Thanks , good my countryman .", "Hen . Heaven keep me so !\u2014 Our herald go with him :", "Bring me just notice of the numbers dead", "On both our parts .\u2014", "Call yonder fellow hither .", "Hen .Soldier , why wear \u2019 st thou that glove in thy cap ?", "Hen . An Englishman ?", "Hen . What think you , Captain Fluellen ? is it fit this soldier keep his oath ?", "Hen . It may be his enemy is a gentleman of great sort ,quite from the answer of his degree .", "Hen . Then keep thy vow , sirrah , when thou meet \u2019 st the fellow .", "Hen . Who servest thou under ?", "Hen . Call him hither to me , soldier .", "Hen . Here , Fluellen ; wear thou this favour for me , and stick it in thy cap : When Alen\u00e7on and myself were down together ,I plucked this glove from his helm : if any man challenge this , he is a friend to Alen\u00e7on and an enemy to our person ; if thou encounter any such , apprehend him , an thou dost love me .", "Hen . Knowest thou Gower ?", "Hen . Pray thee , go seek him , and bring him to my tent .", "Hen .My lord of Warwick ,\u2014 and my brother Gloster ,Follow Fluellen closely at the heels : The glove which I have given him for a favour May haply purchase him a box o \u2019 the ear ; It is the soldier \u2019 s ; I , by bargain , should Wear it myself . Follow , good cousin Warwick :If that the soldier strike himSome sudden mischief may arise of it ; For I do know Fluellen valiant , And , touch \u2019 d with choler , hot as gunpowder , And quickly will return an injury : Follow ,and see there be no harm between them .\u2014Go you with me , Uncle of Exeter .Trumpets sound .", "Hen .How now ! what \u2019 s the matter ?", "Hen . Give me thy glove , soldier : Look , here is the fellow of it . \u2019 Twas I , indeed , thou promised \u2019 st to strike ; and thou hast given me most bitter terms .", "Hen . How can \u2019 st thou make me satisfaction ?", "Hen . It was ourself thou didst abuse .", "Hen . Here , uncle Exeter , fill this glove with crowns ,", "And give it to this fellow .\u2014", "Keep it , fellow ;", "And wear it for an honour in thy cap", "Till I do challenge it .\u2014 Give him the crowns :\u2014", "And , captain , you must needs be friends with him .", "Hen .Now , herald , are the dead number \u2019 d ?", "Hen .What prisoners of good sort are taken , uncle ?", "Hen .", "This note doth tell me of ten thousand French", "That in the field lie slain : of princes , in this number ,", "And nobles bearing banners , there lie dead", "One hundred twenty-six : added to these ,", "Of knights , esquires , and gallant gentlemen ,", "Eight thousand and four hundred ; of the which ,", "Five hundred were but yesterday dubb \u2019 d knights :", "So that , in these ten thousand they have lost ,", "There are but sixteen hundred mercenaries :", "The rest are \u2014 princes , barons , lords , knights , \u2019 squires ,", "And gentlemen of blood and quality .", "Here was a royal fellowship of death !\u2014\u2014", "What is the number of our English dead ?", "Hen . O Heaven , thy arm was here ;", "And not to us , but to thy arm alone ,", "Ascribe we all ! When , without stratagem ,", "But in plain shock and even play of battle ,", "Was ever known so great and little loss", "On one part and on the other ?\u2014 Take it , Heaven ,", "For it is only thine !", "Hen . Come , go we in procession to the village :", "And be it death proclaimed through our host", "To boast of this , or take that praise from Heaven", "Which is his only .", "Hen .", "Yes , captain ; but with this acknowledgment ,", "That Heaven fought for us .", "Hen . Do we all holy rites :Let there be sung Non nobis and Te Deum ; The dead with charity enclos \u2019 d in clay : We \u2019 ll then to Calais ; and to England then ; Where ne \u2019 er from France arriv \u2019 d more happy men .END OF ACT FOUR .In ancient times , the distribution of this honor appears to have been customary on the eve of a battle . ]i. e ., common soldiers , hired soldiers . ] HISTORICAL NOTES TO ACT FOURTH .The English Camp at Agincourt . ] The French were about a quarter of a mile from them at Agincourt and Ruisseauville , and both armies proceeded to light their fires , and to make the usual arrangements for a bivouack . The night was very rainy , and much inconvenience is said to have been experienced in each camp from wet and cold , accompanied , among the English , by hunger and fatigue . It was passed in a manner strictly consistent with their relative situations . The French , confident in their numbers , occupied the hours not appropriated to sleep in calculating upon their success ; and in full security of a complete victory , played at dice with each other for the disposal of their prisoners , an archer being valued at a blank , and the more important persons in proportion ; whilst the English were engaged in preparing their weapons , and in the most solemn acts of religion . * * * The Chronicler in the text states , that from the great stillness which prevailed throughout the English camp , the enemy imagined they were panic-struck , and intended to decamp . Monstrelet relates that the English \u201c were much fatigued and oppressed by cold , hunger , and other annoyances ; that they made their peace with God , by confessing their sins with tears , and numbers of them taking the sacrament ; for , as it was related by some prisoners , they looked for certain death on the morrow .\u201dEnter Erpingham . ] Sir Thomas Erpingham came over with Bolingbroke from Bretagne , and was one of the commissioners to receive King Richard \u2019 s abdication . In Henry the Fifth \u2019 s time Sir Thomas was warden of Dover Castle , and at the battle of Agincourt , was commander of the Archers . This venerable knight is described by Monstrelet to have grown grey with age and honour ; and when orders were given for the English army to march toward the enemy , by Henry crying aloud , \u201c Advance banners ,\u201d Sir Thomas threw his truncheon in the air as a signal to the whole field , exclaiming , \u201c Now strike ;\u201d and loud and repeated shouts testified the readiness with which they obeyed the command .I Richard \u2019 s body have interred new ;] Henry was anxious not only to repair his own misconduct , but also to make amends for those iniquities into which policy or the necessity of affairs had betrayed his father . He expressed the deepest sorrow for the fate of the unhappy Richard , did justice to the memory of that unfortunate prince , even performed his funeral obsequies with pomp and solemnity , and cherished all those who had distinguished themselves by their loyalty and attachment towards him . \u2014 Hume \u2019 s History of England .Enter Orleans . ] Charles Duke of Orleans was wounded and taken prisoner at Agincourt . Henry refused all ransom for him , and he remained in captivity twenty-three years . This prince was a celebrated poet , and some of his most beautiful verses were composed during his confinement in the Tower of London . He married Isabella of Valois , daughter of Charles VI . and Isabeau of Bavaria , eldest sister to the Princess Katharine , Queen of Henry V . Isabella was the widow of our Richard the Second when she married the Duke of Orleans . After the victory of Agincourt , the following anecdote is related by Remy :\u2014 \u201c During their journey to Calais , at a place where they rested , Henry caused bread and wine to be brought to him , which he sent to the Duke of Orleans ; but the French Prince would neither eat nor drink . This being reported to the King , he imagined that it arose from dissatisfaction , and , therefore , went to the duke . \u2018 Noble cousin ,\u2019 said Henry , \u2018 how are you ?\u2019 \u2018 Well , my lord ,\u2019 answered the duke . \u2018 Why , then , is it ,\u2019 added the King , \u2018 that you will neither eat nor drink ?\u2019 To which Orleans replied , \u2018 that truly he had no inclination for food .\u2019 \u2018 Noble cousin ,\u2019 rejoined Henry , \u2018 be of good heart . I know that God gave me the victory over the French , not that I deserved it , but I fully believe that he wished to punish them ; and if what I have heard is true , it is not to be wondered at , for never were there greater disorder , sensuality , sins , and vices seen than now prevail in France ; which it is horrible to hear described ; and if God is provoked , it is not a subject of surprise , and no one can be astonished .\u2019 Many more conversations are said to have passed between the King and the Duke of Orleans , and the commisseration and courtesy of the former to his prisoners is mentioned by every writer in terms of just praise .\u201dThe English army , drawn up for battle ;] The victory gained at Agincourt , in the year 1415 , is , in a great measure , ascribed to the English Archers , and that there might be no want of arrows , Henry V. ordered the sheriffs of several counties to procure feathers from the wings of geese , plucking six from each goose . An archer of this time was clad in a cuirass , or a hauberk of chain-mail , with a salade on his head , which was a kind of bacinet . Every man had a good bow , a sheaf of arrows , and a sword . Fabian describes the archer \u2019 s dress at the battle of Agincourt . \u201c The yeomen had their limbs at liberty , for their hose was fastened with one point , and their jackets were easy to shoot in , so that they might draw bows of great strength , and shoot arrows a yard long .\u201d Some are described as without hats or caps , others with caps of boiled leather , or wicker work , crossed over with iron ; some without shoes , and all in a very dilapidated condition . Each bore on his shoulder a long stake , sharpened at both extremities , which he was instructed to fix obliquely before him in the ground , and thus oppose a rampart of pikes to the charge of the French Cavalry .O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to day ! ] A certain lord Walter Hungerford , knight , was regretting in the king \u2019 s presence that he had not , in addition to the small retinue which he had there , ten thousand of the best English Archers , who would be desirous of being with him ; when the King said , Thou speaketh foolishly , for , by the God of Heaven , on whose grace I have relied , and in whom I have a firm hope of victory , I would not , even if I could , increase my number by one ; for those whom I have are the people of God , whom He thinks me worthy to have at this time . Dost thou not believe the Almighty , with these his humble few , is able to conquer the haughty opposition of the French , who pride themselves on their numbers , and their own strength , as if it might be said they would do as they liked ? And in my opinion , God , of his true justice , would not bring any disaster upon one of so great confidence , as neither fell out to Judas Maccabeus until he became distrustful , and thence deservedly fell into ruin . \u2014 Nicolas \u2019 s History of Agincourt .Enter King Henry , attended . ] Henry rose with the earliest dawn , and immediately heard three masses . He was habited in his \u201c cote d \u2019 armes ,\u201d containing the arms of France and England quarterly , and wore on his bacinet a very rich crown of gold and jewels , circled like an imperial crown , that is , arched over . The earliest instance of an arched crown worn by an English monarch . \u2014 Vide Planch\u00e9 \u2019 s History of British Costume . King Henry had at Agincourt for his person five banners ; that is , the banner of the Trinity , the banner of St. George , the banner of St. Edward , the banner of St. Edmund , and the banner of his own arms . \u201c When the King of England had drawn up his order of battle he made a fine address to his troops , exhorting them to act well ; saying , that he was come into France to recover his lawful inheritance , and that he had good and just cause to claim it ; that in that quarrel they might freely and surely fight ; that they should remember that they were born in the kingdom where their fathers and mothers , wives and children , now dwelt , and therefore they ought to strive to return there with great glory and fame ; that the kings of England , his predecessors , had gained many noble battles and successes over the French ; that on that day every one should endeavour to preserve his own person and the honor of the crown of the King of England . He moreover reminded them that the French boasted they would cut off three fingers from the right hand of every archer they should take , so that their shot should never again kill man nor horse . The army cried out loudly , saying , \u2018 Sir , we pray God give you a good life , and the victory over your enemies .\u2019\u201d \u2014 Nicolas \u2019 s History of Agincourt . The banner of the Oriflamme is said to have been unfurled by the French for the last time at Agincourt .The feast of Crispian . ] The battle of Agincourt was fought upon the 25th of October , 1415 , St. Crispin \u2019 s day . The legend upon which this is founded , is as follows :\u2014 \u201c Crispinus and Crispianus were brethren , born at Rome ; from whence they travelled to Soissons in France , about the year 303 , to propagate the Christian religion ; but because they would not be chargeable to others for their maintenance , they exercised the trade of shoemakers ; but the Governor of the town , discovering them to be Christians , ordered them to be beheaded about the year 303 . From which time , the shoemakers made choice of them for their tutelar saints .\u201d \u2014 See Hall \u2019 s Chronicle .Bedford and Exeter , Warwick and Talbot , Salisbury and Gloster . ] Although Shakespeare has adhered very closely to history in many parts of Henry V ., he has deviated very much from it in the Dramatis Person\u00e6 . He makes the Duke of Bedford accompany Henry to Harfleur and Agincourt when he was Regent of England . The Earl of Exeter , or , more properly speaking , the Earl of Dorset , was left to command Harfleur ; the Earl of Westmoreland , so far from quitting England , was appointed to defend the marches of Scotland , nor does it appear that the Earl of Salisbury was either at Harfleur or Agincourt . The Earl of Warwickhad returned to England ill from Harfleur . The characters introduced in the play who really were at Agincourt , are the Dukes of Gloucester and York , and Sir Thomas Erpingham . Holinshed states that the English army consisted of 15 , 000 , and the French of 60 , 000 horse and 40 , 000 infantry \u2014 in all , 100 , 000 . Walsingham and Harding represent the English as but 9 , 000 , and other authors say that the number of French amounted to 150 , 000 . Fabian says the French were 40 , 000 , and the English only 7 , 000 . The battle lasted only three hours .How thou pleasest , Heaven , dispose the day . ] At the battle of Agincourt , having chosen a convenient spot on which to martial his men , the king sent privately two hundred archers into a low meadow , which was on one of his flanks , where they were so well secured by a deep ditch and a marsh , that the enemy could not come near them . Then he divided his infantry into three squadrons , or battles ; the van-warde , or avant-guard , composed entirely of archers ; the middle-warde , of bill-men only ; and the rerewarde , of bill-men and archers mixed together ; the horse-men , as wings , went on the flanks of each of the battles . He also caused stakes to be made of wood about five or six feet long , headed with sharp iron ; these were fixed in the ground , and the archers so placed before them that they were entirely hid from the sight of the enemy . When , therefore , the heavy cavalry of the French charged , which was done with the utmost impetuosity , under the idea of cutting down and riding over the archers , they shrunk at once behind the stakes , and the Frenchmen , unable to stop their horses , rode full upon them , so that they overthrew their riders , and caused the utmost confusion . The infantry , who were to follow up and support this charge , were so struck with amazement that they hesitated , and by this were lost , for during the panic the English archers threw back their bows , and with axes , bills , glaives , and swords , slew the French , till they met the middle-warde . The king himself , according to Speed , rode in the main battle completely armed , his shield quartering the achievements of France and England ; upon his helm he wore a coronet encircled with pearls and precious stones , and after the victory , although it had been cut and bruised , he would not suffer it to be ostentatiously exhibited to the people , but ordered all his men to give the glory to God alone . His horse was one of fierce courage , and had a bridle and furniture of goldsmiths \u2019 work , and the caparisons were most richly embroidered with the victorious ensigns of the English monarchy . Thus is he represented on his great seal , with the substitution of a knights \u2019 cap , and the crest , for the chaplet . Elmham \u2019 s account , from which this is amplified , is more particular in some of the details ; he relates , that the king appeared on a palfrey , followed by a train of led horses , ornamented with the most gorgeous trappings ; his helmet was of polished steel , surmounted with a coronet sparkling with jewels , and on his surcoat , or rather jupon , were emblazoned the arms of France and England , azure , three fleurs-de-lis or , and gules , three lion \u2019 s passant guardant or . The nobles , in like manner , were decorated with their proper armorial bearings . Before him was borne the royal standard , which was ornamented with gold and splendid colours . An account of the memorable battle of Azincourt , or Agincourt , fought on the 25th of October , 1415 , is thus related by Mr. Turner :\u2014 \u201c At dawn the King of England had matins and the mass chaunted in his army . He stationed all the horses and baggage in the village , under such small guard as he could spare , having resolved to fight the battle on foot . He sagaciously perceived that his only chance of victory rested in the superiority of the personal fortitude and activity of his countrymen , and to bring them face to face , and arm to arm , with their opponents , was the simple object of his tactical dispositions . He formed his troops into three divisions , with two wings . The centre , in which he stationed himself , he planted to act against the main body of the French , and he placed the right and left divisions , with their wings , at a small distance only from himself . He so chose his ground that the village protected his rear , and hedges and briars defended his flanks . Determined to shun no danger , but to be a conspicuous example to his troops on a day when no individual exertions could be spared , he put on a neat and shining armour , with a large and brilliant helmet , and on this he placed a crown , radiant with its jewels , and he put over him a tunic adorned with the arms of France and England . He mounted his horse , and proceeded to address his troops . The French were commanded by the Constable of France , and with him were the Dukes of Orleans , Burgundy , Berry , and Alen\u00e7on , the Marshal and Admiral of France , and a great assemblage of French nobility . Their force was divided into three great battalions , and continued formed till ten o \u2019 clock , not advancing to the attack . They were so numerous as to be able to draw up thirty deep , the English but four . A thousand speared horsemen skirmished from each of the horns of the enemy \u2019 s line , and it appeared crowded with balistae for the projection of stones of all sizes on Henry \u2019 s little army . Henry sent a part of his force behind the village of Agincourt , where the French had placed no men at arms . He moved from the rear of his army , unperceived , two hundred archers , to hide themselves in a meadow on the flank of the French advanced line . An old and experienced knight , Sir Thomas Erpingham , formed the rest into battle array for an attack , putting the archers in front , and the men at arms behind . The archers had each a sharp stake pointed at both ends , to use against the French horse . Sir Thomas having completed his formation , threw up his truncheon in the air , and dismounted . The English began the attack , which the French had awaited , not choosing to give the advantage as at Poictiers ; but when they saw them advance , they put themselves in motion , and their cavalry charged ; these were destroyed by the English archers . The French , frightened by the effect of the arrows , bent their heads to prevent them from entering the vizors of their helmets , and , pressing forward , became so wedged together as to be unable to strike . The archers threw back their bows , and , grasping their swords , battle-axes , and other weapons , cut their way to the second line . At this period the ambushed archers rushed out , and poured their impetuous and irresistable arrows into the centre of the assailed force , which fell in like manner with the first line . In short , every part successively gave way , and the English had only to kill and take prisoners .\u201dThe Duke of York commanded the van guard of the English army , and was slain in the battle . This personage is the same who appears in Shakespeare \u2019 s play of King Richard the Second by the title of Duke of Aumerle . His Christian name was Edward . He was the eldest son of Edmund Langley , Duke of York , who is introduced in the same play , and who was the fifth son of King Edward III . Richard , Earl of Cambridge , who appears in the second act of this play , was younger brother to this Edward , Duke of York .Ride thou unto the horsemen on yon hill :] After the battle , \u201c there were small bodies of the French on different parts of the plain , but they were soon routed , slain , or taken .\u201dEnter MONTJOY . ] Heasked Montjoye to whom the victory belonged , to him or to the King of France ? Montjoye replied that the victory was his , and could not be claimed by the King of France . The king said to the French and English heralds , \u201c It is not we who have made this great slaughter , but the omnipotent God , as we believe , for a punishment of the sins of the French . The king then asked the name of the castle he saw near him . He was told it was Agincourt . Well , then , said he , since all battles should bear the name of the fortress nearest to the spot where they were fought , this battle shall from henceforth bear the ever durable name of Agincourt .\u201d \u2014 Nicolas \u2019 s History of Agincourt .When Alen\u00e7on and myself were down together . ] During the battle , the Duke of Alen\u00e7on most valiantly broke through the English line , and advanced , fighting , near to the king , insomuch that he wounded and struck down the Duke of York . King Henry , seeing this , stepped forth to his aid , and as he was leaning down to raise him , the Duke of Alen\u00e7on gave him a blow on the helmet that struck off part of his crown . The king \u2019 s guard on this surrounded him , when , seeing he could no way escape death but by surrendering , he lifted up his arm , and said to the king , \u201c I am the Duke of Alen\u00e7on , and yield myself to you ;\u201d but as the king was holding out his hand to receive his pledge , he was put to death by the guards . \u2014 Nicolas \u2019 s History of Agincourt .Enter WARWICK and GLOSTER . ] The noble Duke of Gloucester , the king \u2019 s brother , pushing himself too vigorously on his horse into the conflict , was grievously wounded , and cast down to the earth by the blows of the French , for whose protection the king being interested , he bravely leapt against his enemies in defence of his brother , defended him with his own body , and plucked and guarded him from the raging malice of the enemy \u2019 s , sustaining perils of war scarcely possible to be borne . \u2014 Nicolas \u2019 s History of Agincourt .Here was a royal fellowship of death !\u2014] There is not much difficulty in forming a correct estimate of the numbers of the French slain at Agincourt , for if those writers who only state that from three to five thousand were killed , merely meant the men-at-arms and persons of superior rank , and which is exceedingly probable , we may at once adopt the calculation of Monstrelet , Elmham , & c ., and estimate the whole loss on the field at from ten to eleven thousand men . It is worthy of remark how very nearly the different statements on the subject approach to each other , and which can only be explained by the fact that the dead had been carefully numbered . Among the most illustrious persons slain were the Dukes of Brabant , Barr\u00e9 , and Alen\u00e7on , five counts , and a still greater proportion of distinguished knights ; and the Duke of Orleans , the Count of Vend\u00f4sme , who was taken by Sir John Cornwall , the Marshall Bouciqualt , and numerous other individuals of distinction , whose names are minutely recorded by Monstrelet , were made prisoners . The loss of the English army has been variously estimated . The discrepancies respecting the number slain on the part of the victors , form a striking contrast to the accuracy of the account of the loss of their enemies . The English writers vary in their statements from seventeen to one hundred , whilst the French chroniclers assert that from three hundred to sixteen hundred individuals fell on that occasion . St. Remy and Monstrelet assert that sixteen hundred were slain . \u2014 Nicolas \u2019 s History of Agincourt .", "Hen .", "Peace to this meeting , wherefore we are met !", "Unto our brother France ,\u2014 and to our sister ,", "Health and fair time of day ;\u2014 joy and good wishes", "To our most fair and princely cousin Katharine ;", "And", "We do salute you , duke of Burgundy ;\u2014", "And , princes French , and peers , health to you all !", "Hen . To cry amen to that , thus we appear .", "Hen . If , duke of Burgundy , you would the peace ,", "Which you have cited , you must buy that peace", "With full accord to all our just demands ;", "Whose tenours and particular effects", "You have , enschedul \u2019 d briefly , in your hands .", "Hen . Brother , we shall .\u2014 Go , uncle Exeter ,\u2014 And brother Bedford ,\u2014 and you , brother Gloster ,\u2014 Warwick ,\u2014 and Huntingdon ,\u2014 go with the king ; And take with you free power , to ratify , Augment , or alter , as your wisdoms best Shall see advantageable for our dignity , And we \u2019 ll consign thereto .\u2014Will you , fair sister , Go with the princes , or stay here with us ?", "Hen . Yet leave our cousin Katharine here with us :", "She is our capital demand , compris \u2019 d", "Within the fore rank of our articles .", "Hen .", "Fair Katharine , and most fair !", "Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms ,", "Such as will enter at a lady \u2019 s ear ,", "And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart ?", "Hen . O fair Katharine , if you will love me soundly with your French heart , I will be glad to hear you confess it brokenly with your English tongue . Do you like me , Kate ?", "Hen . An angel is like you , Kate , and you are like an angel .", "Hen . I said so , dear Katharine ; and I must not blush to affirm it .", "Hen . What say you , fair one ?", "Hen . I \u2019 faith , Kate . I know no ways to mince it in love , but directly to say \u2014 I love you : then , if you urge me further than to say \u2014 Do you in faith ? I wear out my suit . Give me your answer ; i \u2019 faith , do ; and so clap hands and a bargain : How say you , lady ?", "Hen . Marry , if you would put me to verses or to dance for your sake , Kate , why you undid me . If I could win a lady at leap-frog , or by vaulting into my saddle with my armour on my back , under the correction of bragging , be it spoken , I should quickly leap into a wife . But , before Heaven , I cannot look greenly ,nor gasp out my eloquence , nor I have no cunning in protestation ; only downright oaths , which I never use till urged , nor never break for urging . If thou canst love a fellow of this temper , Kate , whose face is not worth sun-burning , that never looks in his glass for love of any thing he sees there , let thine eye be thy cook . I speak to thee plain soldier : If thou canst love me for this , take me ; if not , to say to thee \u2014 that I shall die , is true , but \u2014 for thy love , by the lord , no ; yet I love thee too . And while thou livest , dear Kate , take a fellow of plain and uncoined constancy ;for a good leg will fall ;a straight back will stoop ; a black beard will turn white ; a curled pate will grow bald ; a fair face will wither ; a full eye will wax hollow : but a good heart , Kate , is the sun and moon ; or , rather , the sun , and not the moon , for it shines bright , and never changes , but keeps his course truly . If thou would have such a one , take me : And take me , take a soldier ; take a soldier , take a king : And what sayest thou , then , to my love ? speak , my fair , and fairly , I pray thee .", "Hen . No ; it is not possible you should love the enemy of France , Kate : but , in loving me , you should love the friend of France ; for I love France so well , that I will not part with a village of it ; I will have it all mine : and , Kate , when France is mine , and I am yours , then yours is France , and you are mine .", "Hen . Kate , dost thou understand thus much English ? Canst thou love me ?", "Hen . Can any of your neighbours tell , Kate ? I \u2019 ll ask them . Come , I know thou lovest me : and at night , when you come into your closet , you \u2019 ll question this gentlewoman about me ; and I know , Kate , you will to her dispraise those parts in me that you love with your heart . If ever thou be \u2019 st mine , Kate ,shall there not be a boy compounded between Saint Dennis and Saint George , half French , half English , that shall go to Constantinopleand take the Turk by the beard ? shall he not ? what sayest thou , my fair flower-de-luce ? How answer you , la plus belle Katharine du monde , mon tr\u00e8s ch\u00e8re et divine d\u00e9esse ?", "Hen . Now , fie upon my false French ! By mine honour , in true English , I love thee , Kate : by which honour I dare not swear thou lovest me ; yet my blood begins to flatter me that thou dost , notwithstanding the poor and untempting effect of my visage . But , in faith , Kate , the elder I wax , the better I shall appear : my comfort is , that old age , that ill layer-up of beauty , can do no more spoil upon my face : thou hast me , if thou hast me , at the worst ; and thou shalt wear me , if thou wear me , better and better : And therefore tell me , most fair Katharine , will you have me ? Put off your maiden blushes ; avouch the thoughts of your heart with the looks of an empress ; take me by the hand , and say \u2014 Harry of England , I am thine : which word thou shalt no sooner bless mine ear withal , but I will tell thee aloud \u2014 England is thine , Ireland is thine , France is thine , and Henry Plantagenet is thine ; who , though I speak it before his face , if he be not fellow with the best king , thou shalt find the best king of good fellows . Come , your answer in broken musick , for thy voice is musick , and thy English broken ; therefore , queen of all , Katharine , break thy mind to me in broken English , Wilt thou have me ?", "Hen . Nay , it will please him well , Kate ; it shall please him , Kate .", "Hen . Upon that I will kiss your hand , and I call you \u2014 my queen .", "Hen . Then I will kiss your lips , Kate .", "Hen . O Kate , nice customs curt \u2019 sy to great kings . We are the makers of manners , Kate ; therefore , patiently , and yielding .You have witchcraft in your lips , Kate : there is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the French council ; and they should sooner persuade Harry of England than a general petition of monarchs .Here comes your father .Re-enter the FRENCH KING and QUEEN , BURGUNDY , BEDFORD , GLOSTER , EXETER , WESTMORELAND . The other French and English Lords as before , U. E. R . and L .", "Hen .I would have her learn , my fair cousin , how perfectly I love her ; and that is good English .", "Hen . Our tongue is rough , coz , and my condition is not smooth ;so that , having neither the voice nor the heart of flattery about me , I cannot so conjure up the spirit of love in her , that he will appear in his true likeness . Shall Kate be my wife ?", "Hen . Now , welcome , Kate :\u2014 and bear me witness all ,", "That here I take her as my sovereign queen .", "Prepare we for our marriage :\u2014 on which day ,", "My lord of Burgundy , we \u2019 ll take your oath ,", "And all the peers \u2019, for surety of our leagues .\u2014", "Then shall I swear to Kate , and you to me ;", "And may our oaths well kept and prosp \u2019 rous be !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 61, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Thusspeakes the King of France , In my behauiour to the Maiesty , The borrowed Maiesty of England heere", "Philip of France , in right and true behalfe", "Of thy deceased brother , Geffreyes sonne ,", "Arthur Plantaginet , laies most lawfull claime", "To this faire Iland , and the Territories :", "To Ireland , Poyctiers , Aniowe , Torayne , Maine ,", "Desiring thee to lay aside the sword", "Which swaies vsurpingly these seuerall titles ,", "And put the same into yong Arthurs hand ,", "Thy Nephew , and right royall Soueraigne", "The proud controle of fierce and bloudy warre ,", "To inforce these rights , so forcibly with-held ,", "Then take my Kings defiance from my mouth ,", "The farthest limit of my Embassie", "Then turne your forces from this paltry siege ,", "And stirre them vp against a mightier taske :", "England impatient of your iust demands ,", "Hath put himselfe in Armes , the aduerse windes", "Whose leisure I haue staid , haue giuen him time", "To land his Legions all as soone as I :", "His marches are expedient to this towne ,", "His forces strong , his Souldiers confident :", "With him along is come the Mother Queene ,", "An Ace stirring him to bloud and strife ,", "With her her Neece , the Lady Blanch of Spaine ,", "With them a Bastard of the Kings deceast ,", "And all th \u2019 vnsetled humors of the Land ,", "Rash , inconsiderate , fiery voluntaries ,", "With Ladies faces , and fierce Dragons spleenes ,", "Haue sold their fortunes at their natiue homes ,", "Bearing their birth-rights proudly on their backs ,", "To make a hazard of new fortunes heere :", "In briefe , a brauer choyse of dauntlesse spirits", "Then now the English bottomes haue waft o 're ,", "Did neuer flote vpon the swelling tide ,", "To doe offence and scathe in Christendome :", "The interruption of their churlish drums", "Cuts off more circumstance , they are at hand ,", "Drum beats .", "To parlie or to fight , therefore prepare"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 62, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Saue thee Curan", "How comes that ?", "Not I : pray you what are they ?", "Not a word", "The Duke be here to night ? The better best ,", "This weaues it selfe perforce into my businesse ,", "My Father hath set guard to take my Brother ,", "And I haue one thing of a queazie question", "Which I must act , Briefenesse , and Fortune worke .", "Enter Edgar .", "Brother , a word , discend ; Brother I say ,", "My Father watches : O Sir , fly this place ,", "Intelligence is giuen where you are hid ;", "You haue now the good aduantage of the night ,", "Haue you not spoken \u2018 gainst the Duke of Cornewall ?", "Hee 's comming hither , now i'th \u2019 night , i'th \u2019 haste ,", "And Regan with him , haue you nothing said", "Vpon his partie \u2018 gainst the Duke of Albany ?", "Aduise your selfe", "I heare my Father comming , pardon me :", "In cunning , I must draw my Sword vpon you :", "Draw , seeme to defend your selfe ,", "Now quit you well .", "Yeeld , come before my Father , light hoa , here ,", "Fly Brother , Torches , Torches , so farewell .", "Exit Edgar .", "Some blood drawne on me , would beget opinion", "Of my more fierce endeauour . I haue seene drunkards", "Do more then this in sport ; Father , Father ,", "Stop , stop , no helpe ?", "Here stood he in the dark , his sharpe Sword out ,", "Mumbling of wicked charmes , coniuring the Moone", "To stand auspicious Mistris", "Looke Sir , I bleed", "Fled this way Sir , when by no meanes he could", "Perswade me to the murther of your Lordship ,", "But that I told him the reuenging Gods ,", "\u2018 Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend ,", "Spoke with how manifold , and strong a Bond", "The Child was bound to'th \u2019 Father ; Sir in fine ,", "Seeing how lothly opposite I stood", "To his vnnaturall purpose , in fell motion", "With his prepared Sword , he charges home", "My vnprouided body , latch 'd mine arme ;", "And when he saw my best alarum 'd spirits", "Bold in the quarrels right , rouz 'd to th \u2019 encounter ,", "Or whether gasted by the noyse I made ,", "Full sodainely he fled", "When I disswaded him from his intent ,", "And found him pight to doe it , with curst speech", "I threaten 'd to discouer him ; he replied ,", "Thou vnpossessing Bastard , dost thou thinke ,", "If I would stand against thee , would the reposall", "Of any trust , vertue , or worth in thee", "Make thy words faith 'd ? No , what should I denie ,", "I'ld turne it all", "To thy suggestion , plot , and damned practise :", "And thou must make a dullard of the world ,", "If they not thought the profits of my death", "Were very pregnant and potentiall spirits", "To make thee seeke it .", "Tucket within .", "Yes Madam , he was of that consort", "It was my duty Sir", "I shall serue you Sir truely , how euer else", "How now , what 's the matter ? Part", "Most sauage and vnnaturall", "This Curtesie forbid thee , shall the Duke", "Instantly know , and of that Letter too ;", "This seemes a faire deseruing , and must draw me", "That which my Father looses : no lesse then all ,", "The yonger rises , when the old doth fall .", "Enter .", "Scena Quarta .", "How my Lord , I may be censured , that Nature thus giues way to Loyaltie , something feares mee to thinke of", "How malicious is my fortune , that I must repent to be iust ? This is the Letter which hee spoake of ; which approues him an intelligent partie to the aduantages of France . O Heauens ! that this Treason were not ; or not I the detector", "If the matter of this Paper be certain , you haue mighty businesse in hand", "If I finde him comforting the King , it will stuffe his suspition more fully . I will perseuer in my course of Loyalty , though the conflict be sore betweene that , and my blood", "Yours in the rankes of death .", "Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold ,", "Or whether since he is aduis 'd by ought", "To change the course , he 's full of alteration ,", "And selfereprouing , bring his constant pleasure", "\u2018 Tis to be doubted Madam", "In honour 'd Loue", "No by mine honour , Madam", "Feare not , she and the Duke her husband .", "The Enemy 's in view , draw vp your powers ,", "Heere is the guesse of their true strength and Forces ,", "By dilligent discouerie , but your hast", "Is now vrg 'd on you", "To both these Sisters haue I sworne my loue :", "Each iealous of the other , as the stung", "Are of the Adder . Which of them shall I take ?", "Both ? One ? Or neither ? Neither can be enioy 'd", "If both remaine aliue : To take the Widdow ,", "Exasperates , makes mad her Sister Gonerill ,", "And hardly shall I carry out my side ,", "Her husband being aliue . Now then , wee'l vse", "His countenance for the Battaile , which being done ,", "Let her who would be rid of him , deuise", "His speedy taking off . As for the mercie", "Which he intends to Lear and to Cordelia ,", "The Battaile done , and they within our power ,", "Shall neuer see his pardon : for my state ,", "Stands on me to defend , not to debate .", "Enter .", "Scena Secunda .", "Some Officers take them away : good guard ,", "Vntill their greater pleasures first be knowne", "That are to censure them", "Take them away", "Come hither Captaine , hearke .", "Take thou this note , go follow them to prison ,", "One step I haue aduanc 'd thee , if thou do'st", "As this instructs thee , thou dost make thy way", "To Noble Fortunes : know thou this , that men", "Are as the time is ; to be tender minded", "Do 's not become a Sword , thy great imployment", "Will not beare question : either say thou'lt do't ,", "Or thriue by other meanes", "About it , and write happy , when th'hast done ,", "Marke I say instantly , and carry it so", "As I haue set it downe .", "Sir , I thought it fit ,", "To send the old and miserable King to some retention ,", "Whose age had Charmes in it , whose Title more ,", "To plucke the common bosome on his side ,", "And turne our imprest Launces in our eies", "Which do command them . With him I sent the Queen :", "My reason all the same , and they are ready", "To morrow , or at further space , t \u2019 appeare", "Where you shall hold your Session", "Nor in thine Lord", "There 's my exchange , what in the world hes", "That names me Traitor , villain-like he lies ,", "Call by the Trumpet : he that dares approach ;", "On him , on you , who not , I will maintaine", "My truth and honor firmely .", "Himselfe , what saist thou to him ?", "In wisedome I should aske thy name ,", "But since thy out-side lookes so faire and Warlike ,", "And that thy tongue", "of breeding breathes ,", "What safe , and nicely I might well delay ,", "By rule of Knight-hood , I disdaine and spurne :", "Backe do I tosse these Treasons to thy head ,", "With the hell-hated Lye , ore-whelme thy heart ,", "Which for they yet glance by , and scarcely bruise ,", "This Sword of mine shall giue them instant way ,", "Where they shall rest for euer . Trumpets speake", "Aske me not what I know", "What you haue charg 'd me with ,", "That haue I done ,", "And more , much more , the time will bring it out .", "\u2018 Tis past , and so am I : But what art thou", "That hast this Fortune on me ? If thou'rt Noble ,", "I do forgiue thee", "Th'hast spoken right , \u2018 tis true ,", "The Wheele is come full circle , I am heere", "This speech of yours hath mou 'd me ,", "And shall perchance do good , but speake you on ,", "You looke as you had something more to say", "I was contracted to them both , all three", "Now marry in an instant", "Yet Edmund was belou 'd :", "The one the other poison 'd for my sake ,", "And after slew herselfe", "I pant for life : some good I meane to do", "Despight of mine owne Nature . Quickly send ,", "to'th \u2019 Castle , for my Writ", "Is on the life of Lear , and on Cordelia :", "Nay , send in time", "Well thought on , take my Sword ,", "Giue it the Captaine", "He hath Commission from thy Wife and me ,", "To hang Cordelia in the prison , and", "To lay the blame vpon her owne dispaire ,", "That she for-did her selfe"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 63, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now is the winter of our discontent", "Made glorious summer by this sun of York ;", "And all the clouds that lour 'd upon our house", "In the deep bosom of the ocean buried .", "Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths ;", "Our bruised arms hung up for monuments ;", "Our stern alarums chang 'd to merry meetings ,", "Our dreadful marches to delightful measures .", "Grim-visag 'd war hath smooth 'd his wrinkled front ,", "And now , instead of mounting barbed steeds", "To fright the souls of fearful adversaries ,", "He capers nimbly in a lady 's chamber", "To the lascivious pleasing of a lute .", "But I-that am not shap 'd for sportive tricks ,", "Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass-", "I-that am rudely stamp 'd , and want love 's majesty", "To strut before a wanton ambling nymph-", "I-that am curtail 'd of this fair proportion ,", "Cheated of feature by dissembling nature ,", "Deform 'd , unfinish 'd , sent before my time", "Into this breathing world scarce half made up ,", "And that so lamely and unfashionable", "That dogs bark at me as I halt by them-", "Why , I , in this weak piping time of peace ,", "Have no delight to pass away the time ,", "Unless to spy my shadow in the sun", "And descant on mine own deformity .", "And therefore , since I cannot prove a lover", "To entertain these fair well-spoken days ,", "I am determined to prove a villain", "And hate the idle pleasures of these days .", "Plots have I laid , inductions dangerous ,", "By drunken prophecies , libels , and dreams ,", "To set my brother Clarence and the King", "In deadly hate the one against the other ;", "And if King Edward be as true and just", "As I am subtle , false , and treacherous ,", "This day should Clarence closely be mew 'd up-", "About a prophecy which says that G", "Of Edward 's heirs the murderer shall be .", "Dive , thoughts , down to my soul . Here Clarence comes .", "Enter CLARENCE , guarded , and BRAKENBURY", "Brother , good day . What means this armed guard", "That waits upon your Grace ?", "Upon what cause ?", "Alack , my lord , that fault is none of yours :", "He should , for that , commit your godfathers .", "O , belike his Majesty hath some intent", "That you should be new-christ'ned in the Tower .", "But what 's the matter , Clarence ? May I know ?", "Why , this it is when men are rul 'd by women :", "\u2018 Tis not the King that sends you to the Tower ;", "My Lady Grey his wife , Clarence , \u2018 tis she", "That tempers him to this extremity .", "Was it not she and that good man of worship ,", "Antony Woodville , her brother there ,", "That made him send Lord Hastings to the Tower ,", "From whence this present day he is delivered ?", "We are not safe , Clarence ; we are not safe .", "Humbly complaining to her deity", "Got my Lord Chamberlain his liberty .", "I 'll tell you what-I think it is our way ,", "If we will keep in favour with the King ,", "To be her men and wear her livery :", "The jealous o'erhYpppHeNworn widow , and herself ,", "Since that our brother dubb 'd them gentlewomen ,", "Are mighty gossips in our monarchy .", "Even so ; a n't please your worship , Brakenbury ,", "You may partake of any thing we say :", "We speak no treason , man ; we say the King", "Is wise and virtuous , and his noble queen", "Well struck in years , fair , and not jealous ;", "We say that Shore 's wife hath a pretty foot ,", "A cherry lip , a bonny eye , a passing pleasing tongue ;", "And that the Queen 's kindred are made gentlefolks .", "How say you , sir ? Can you deny all this ?", "Naught to do with Mistress Shore ! I tell thee , fellow , He that doth naught with her , excepting one , Were best to do it secretly alone .", "Her husband , knave ! Wouldst thou betray me ?", "We are the Queen 's abjects and must obey .", "Brother , farewell ; I will unto the King ;", "And whatsoe'er you will employ me in-", "Were it to call King Edward 's widow sister-", "I will perform it to enfranchise you .", "Meantime , this deep disgrace in brotherhood", "Touches me deeper than you can imagine .", "Well , your imprisonment shall not be long ;", "I will deliver or else lie for you .", "Meantime , have patience .", "Go tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return .", "Simple , plain Clarence , I do love thee so", "That I will shortly send thy soul to heaven ,", "If heaven will take the present at our hands .", "But who comes here ? The new-delivered Hastings ?", "As much unto my good Lord Chamberlain !", "Well are you welcome to the open air .", "How hath your lordship brook 'd imprisonment ?", "No doubt , no doubt ; and so shall Clarence too ;", "For they that were your enemies are his ,", "And have prevail 'd as much on him as you .", "What news abroad ?", "Now , by Saint John , that news is bad indeed .", "O , he hath kept an evil diet long", "And overmuch consum 'd his royal person !", "\u2018 Tis very grievous to be thought upon .", "Where is he ? In his bed ?", "Go you before , and I will follow you .", "Stay , you that bear the corse , and set it down .", "Villains , set down the corse ; or , by Saint Paul ,", "I 'll make a corse of him that disobeys !", "Unmanner 'd dog ! Stand thou , when I command .", "Advance thy halberd higher than my breast ,", "Or , by Saint Paul , I 'll strike thee to my foot", "And spurn upon thee , beggar , for thy boldness .", "Sweet saint , for charity , be not so curst .", "Lady , you know no rules of charity ,", "Which renders good for bad , blessings for curses .", "But I know none , and therefore am no beast .", "More wonderful when angels are so angry .", "Vouchsafe , divine perfection of a woman ,", "Of these supposed crimes to give me leave", "By circumstance but to acquit myself .", "Fairer than tongue can name thee , let me have", "Some patient leisure to excuse myself .", "By such despair I should accuse myself .", "Say that I slew them not ?", "I did not kill your husband .", "Nay , he is dead , and slain by Edward 's hands .", "I was provoked by her sland'rous tongue", "That laid their guilt upon my guiltless shoulders .", "I grant ye .", "The better for the King of Heaven , that hath him .", "Let him thank me that holp to send him thither , For he was fitter for that place than earth .", "Yes , one place else , if you will hear me name it .", "Your bed-chamber .", "So will it , madam , till I lie with you .", "I know so . But , gentle Lady Anne ,", "To leave this keen encounter of our wits ,", "And fall something into a slower method-", "Is not the causer of the timeless deaths", "Of these Plantagenets , Henry and Edward ,", "As blameful as the executioner ?", "Your beauty was the cause of that effect-", "Your beauty that did haunt me in my sleep", "To undertake the death of all the world", "So I might live one hour in your sweet bosom .", "These eyes could not endure that beauty 's wreck ; You should not blemish it if I stood by . As all the world is cheered by the sun , So I by that ; it is my day , my life .", "Curse not thyself , fair creature ; thou art both .", "It is a quarrel most unnatural ,", "To be reveng 'd on him that loveth thee .", "He that bereft thee , lady , of thy husband", "Did it to help thee to a better husband .", "He lives that loves thee better than he could .", "Plantagenet .", "The self-same name , but one of better nature .", "Here .Why dost thou spit at me ?", "Never came poison from so sweet a place .", "Thine eyes , sweet lady , have infected mine .", "I would they were , that I might die at once ;", "For now they kill me with a living death .", "Those eyes of thine from mine have drawn salt tears ,", "Sham 'd their aspects with store of childish drops-", "These eyes , which never shed remorseful tear ,", "No , when my father York and Edward wept", "To hear the piteous moan that Rutland made", "When black-fac 'd Clifford shook his sword at him ;", "Nor when thy warlike father , like a child ,", "Told the sad story of my father 's death ,", "And twenty times made pause to sob and weep", "That all the standers-by had wet their cheeks", "Like trees bedash 'd with rain-in that sad time", "My manly eyes did scorn an humble tear ;", "And what these sorrows could not thence exhale", "Thy beauty hath , and made them blind with weeping .", "I never sued to friend nor enemy ;", "My tongue could never learn sweet smoothing word ;", "But , now thy beauty is propos 'd my fee ,", "My proud heart sues , and prompts my tongue to speak .", "Teach not thy lip such scorn ; for it was made", "For kissing , lady , not for such contempt .", "If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive ,", "Lo here I lend thee this sharp-pointed sword ;", "Which if thou please to hide in this true breast", "And let the soul forth that adoreth thee ,", "I lay it naked to the deadly stroke ,", "And humbly beg the death upon my knee .", "Nay , do not pause ; for I did kill King Henry-", "But \u2018 twas thy beauty that provoked me .", "Nay , now dispatch ; \u2018 twas I that stabb 'd young Edward-", "But \u2018 twas thy heavenly face that set me on .", "Take up the sword again , or take up me .", "Then bid me kill myself , and I will do it .", "That was in thy rage .", "Speak it again , and even with the word", "This hand , which for thy love did kill thy love ,", "Shall for thy love kill a far truer love ;", "To both their deaths shalt thou be accessary .", "\u2018 Tis figur 'd in my tongue .", "Then never was man true .", "Say , then , my peace is made .", "But shall I live in hope ?", "Vouchsafe to wear this ring .", "Look how my ring encompasseth thy finger ,", "Even so thy breast encloseth my poor heart ;", "Wear both of them , for both of them are thine .", "And if thy poor devoted servant may", "But beg one favour at thy gracious hand ,", "Thou dost confirm his happiness for ever .", "That it may please you leave these sad designs", "To him that hath most cause to be a mourner ,", "And presently repair to Crosby House ;", "Where-after I have solemnly interr 'd", "At Chertsey monast'ry this noble king ,", "And wet his grave with my repentant tears-", "I will with all expedient duty see you .", "For divers unknown reasons , I beseech you ,", "Grant me this boon .", "Bid me farewell .", "Sirs , take up the corse .", "No , to White Friars ; there attend my coming .", "They do me wrong , and I will not endure it .", "Who is it that complains unto the King", "That I , forsooth , am stern and love them not ?", "By holy Paul , they love his Grace but lightly", "That fill his ears with such dissentious rumours .", "Because I cannot flatter and look fair ,", "Smile in men 's faces , smooth , deceive , and cog ,", "Duck with French nods and apish courtesy ,", "I must be held a rancorous enemy .", "Cannot a plain man live and think no harm", "But thus his simple truth must be abus 'd", "With silken , sly , insinuating Jacks ?", "To thee , that hast nor honesty nor grace .", "When have I injur 'd thee ? when done thee wrong ,", "Or thee , or thee , or any of your faction ?", "A plague upon you all ! His royal Grace-", "Whom God preserve better than you would wish ! -", "Cannot be quiet searce a breathing while", "But you must trouble him with lewd complaints .", "I cannot tell ; the world is grown so bad", "That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch .", "Since every Jack became a gentleman ,", "There 's many a gentle person made a Jack .", "Meantime , God grants that I have need of you .", "Our brother is imprison 'd by your means ,", "Myself disgrac 'd , and the nobility", "Held in contempt ; while great promotions", "Are daily given to ennoble those", "That scarce some two days since were worth a noble .", "You may deny that you were not the mean", "Of my Lord Hastings \u2019 late imprisonment .", "She may , Lord Rivers ? Why , who knows not so ? She may do more , sir , than denying that : She may help you to many fair preferments And then deny her aiding hand therein , And lay those honours on your high desert . What may she not ? She may-ay , marry , may she-", "What , marry , may she ? Marry with a king ,", "A bachelor , and a handsome stripling too .", "Iwis your grandam had a worser match .", "What ! Threat you me with telling of the", "King ?", "Tell him and spare not . Look what I have said", "I will avouch't in presence of the King .", "I dare adventure to be sent to th \u2019 Tow'r .", "\u2018 Tis time to speak-my pains are quite forgot .", "Ere you were queen , ay , or your husband", "King ,", "I was a pack-horse in his great affairs ,", "A weeder-out of his proud adversaries ,", "A liberal rewarder of his friends ;", "To royalize his blood I spent mine own .", "In all which time you and your husband Grey", "Were factious for the house of Lancaster ;", "And , Rivers , so were you . Was not your husband", "In Margaret 's battle at Saint Albans slain ?", "Let me put in your minds , if you forget ,", "What you have been ere this , and what you are ;", "Withal , what I have been , and what I am .", "Poor Clarence did forsake his father , Warwick ,", "Ay , and forswore himself-which Jesu pardon ! -", "To fight on Edward 's party for the crown ;", "And for his meed , poor lord , he is mewed up .", "I would to God my heart were flint like Edward 's ,", "Or Edward 's soft and pitiful like mine .", "I am too childish-foolish for this world .", "If I should be ! I had rather be a pedlar .", "Far be it from my heart , the thought thereof !", "Foul wrinkled witch , what mak'st thou in my sight ?", "Wert thou not banished on pain of death ?", "The curse my noble father laid on thee ,", "When thou didst crown his warlike brows with paper", "And with thy scorns drew'st rivers from his eyes ,", "And then to dry them gav'st the Duke a clout", "Steep 'd in the faultless blood of pretty Rutland-", "His curses then from bitterness of soul", "Denounc 'd against thee are all fall'n upon thee ;", "And God , not we , hath plagu 'd thy bloody deed .", "Have done thy charm , thou hateful wither 'd hag .", "Margaret !", "Ha ?", "I cry thee mercy then , for I did think", "That thou hadst call 'd me all these bitter names .", "\u2018 Tis done by me , and ends in-Margaret .", "Good counsel , marry ; learn it , learn it , Marquis .", "Ay , and much more ; but I was born so high ,", "Our aery buildeth in the cedar 's top ,", "And dallies with the wind , and scorns the sun .", "What doth she say , my Lord of Buckingham ?", "I cannot blame her ; by God 's holy Mother ,", "She hath had too much wrong ; and I repent", "My part thereof that I have done to her .", "Yet you have all the vantage of her wrong .", "I was too hot to do somebody good", "That is too cold in thinking of it now .", "Marry , as for Clarence , he is well repaid ;", "He is frank 'd up to fatting for his pains ;", "God pardon them that are the cause thereof !", "So do I ever-", "being well advis 'd ;", "For had I curs 'd now , I had curs 'd myself .", "I do the wrong , and first begin to brawl .", "The secret mischiefs that I set abroach", "I lay unto the grievous charge of others .", "Clarence , who I indeed have cast in darkness ,", "I do beweep to many simple gulls ;", "Namely , to Derby , Hastings , Buckingham ;", "And tell them \u2018 tis the Queen and her allies", "That stir the King against the Duke my brother .", "Now they believe it , and withal whet me", "To be reveng 'd on Rivers , Dorset , Grey ;", "But then I sigh and , with a piece of Scripture ,", "Tell them that God bids us do good for evil .", "And thus I clothe my naked villainy", "With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ ,", "And seem a saint when most I play the devil .", "Enter two MURDERERS", "But , soft , here come my executioners .", "How now , my hardy stout resolved mates !", "Are you now going to dispatch this thing ?", "Well thought upon ; I have it here about me .", "When you have done , repair to Crosby Place .", "But , sirs , be sudden in the execution ,", "Withal obdurate , do not hear him plead ;", "For Clarence is well-spoken , and perhaps", "May move your hearts to pity , if you mark him .", "Your eyes drop millstones when fools \u2019 eyes fall tears . I like you , lads ; about your business straight ; Go , go , dispatch .", "Good morrow to my sovereign king and", "Queen ;", "And , princely peers , a happy time of day !", "A blessed labour , my most sovereign lord .", "Among this princely heap , if any here ,", "By false intelligence or wrong surmise ,", "Hold me a foe-", "If I unwittingly , or in my rage ,", "Have aught committed that is hardly borne", "To any in this presence , I desire", "To reconcile me to his friendly peace :", "\u2018 Tis death to me to be at enmity ;", "I hate it , and desire all good men 's love .", "First , madam , I entreat true peace of you ,", "Which I will purchase with my duteous service ;", "Of you , my noble cousin Buckingham ,", "If ever any grudge were lodg 'd between us ;", "Of you , and you , Lord Rivers , and of Dorset ,", "That all without desert have frown 'd on me ;", "Of you , Lord Woodville , and , Lord Scales , of you ;", "Dukes , earls , lords , gentlemen-indeed , of all .", "I do not know that Englishman alive", "With whom my soul is any jot at odds", "More than the infant that is born to-night .", "I thank my God for my humility .", "Why , madam , have I off'red love for this ,", "To be so flouted in this royal presence ?", "Who knows not that the gentle Duke is dead ?", "You do him injury to scorn his corse .", "But he , poor man , by your first order died ,", "And that a winged Mercury did bear ;", "Some tardy cripple bare the countermand", "That came too lag to see him buried .", "God grant that some , less noble and less loyal ,", "Nearer in bloody thoughts , an not in blood ,", "Deserve not worse than wretched Clarence did ,", "And yet go current from suspicion !", "This is the fruits of rashness . Mark 'd you not", "How that the guilty kindred of the Queen", "Look 'd pale when they did hear of Clarence \u2019 death ?", "O , they did urge it still unto the King !", "God will revenge it . Come , lords , will you go", "To comfort Edward with our company ?", "Sister , have comfort . All of us have cause", "To wail the dimming of our shining star ;", "But none can help our harms by wailing them .", "Madam , my mother , I do cry you mercy ;", "I did not see your Grace . Humbly on my knee", "I crave your blessing .", "Amen !And make me die a good old man ! That is the butt end of a mother 's blessing ; I marvel that her Grace did leave it out .", "I hope the King made peace with all of us ;", "And the compact is firm and true in me .", "Then be it so ; and go we to determine", "Who they shall be that straight shall post to Ludlow .", "Madam , and you , my sister , will you go", "To give your censures in this business ?", "My other self , my counsel 's consistory ,", "My oracle , my prophet , my dear cousin ,", "I , as a child , will go by thy direction .", "Toward Ludlow then , for we 'll not stay behind . Exeunt", "Welcome , dear cousin , my thoughts \u2019 sovereign . The weary way hath made you melancholy .", "Sweet Prince , the untainted virtue of your years Hath not yet div 'd into the world 's deceit ; Nor more can you distinguish of a man Than of his outward show ; which , God He knows , Seldom or never jumpeth with the heart . Those uncles which you want were dangerous ; Your Grace attended to their sug'red words But look 'd not on the poison of their hearts . God keep you from them and from such false friends !", "My lord , the Mayor of London comes to greet you .", "Where it seems best unto your royal self .", "If I may counsel you , some day or two", "Your Highness shall repose you at the Tower ,", "Then where you please and shall be thought most fit", "For your best health and recreation .", "So wise so young , they say , do never live long .", "I say , without characters , fame lives long .", "Thus , like the formal vice , Iniquity ,", "I moralize two meanings in one word .", "Short summers lightly have a forward spring .", "How fares our cousin , noble Lord of York ?", "He hath , my lord .", "O , my fair cousin , I must not say so .", "He may command me as my sovereign ;", "But you have power in me as in a kinsman .", "My dagger , little cousin ? With all my heart !", "A greater gift than that I 'll give my cousin .", "Ay , gentle cousin , were it light enough .", "It is too heavy for your Grace to wear .", "What , would you have my weapon , little", "Lord ?", "How ?", "My lord , will't please you pass along ?", "Myself and my good cousin Buckingham", "Will to your mother , to entreat of her", "To meet you at the Tower and welcome you .", "Why , what should you fear ?", "Nor none that live , I hope .", "No doubt , no doubt . O , \u2018 tis a perilous boy ;", "Bold , quick , ingenious , forward , capable .", "He is all the mother 's , from the top to toe .", "Commend me to Lord William . Tell him ,", "Catesby ,", "His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries", "To-morrow are let blood at Pomfret Castle ;", "And bid my lord , for joy of this good news ,", "Give Mistress Shore one gentle kiss the more .", "Shall we hear from you , Catesby , ere we sleep ?", "At Crosby House , there shall you find us both .", "Chop off his head-something we will determine . And , look when I am King , claim thou of me The earldom of Hereford and all the movables Whereof the King my brother was possess 'd .", "And look to have it yielded with all kindness .", "Come , let us sup betimes , that afterwards", "We may digest our complots in some form . Exeunt", "My noble lords and cousins all , good morrow .", "I have been long a sleeper , but I trust", "My absence doth neglect no great design", "Which by my presence might have been concluded .", "Than my Lord Hastings no man might be bolder ; His lordship knows me well and loves me well . My lord of Ely , when I was last in Holborn I saw good strawberries in your garden there . I do beseech you send for some of them . BISHOP of ELY . Marry and will , my lord , with all my heart .", "Cousin of Buckingham , a word with you .", "Catesby hath sounded Hastings in our business ,", "And finds the testy gentleman so hot", "That he will lose his head ere give consent", "His master 's child , as worshipfully he terms it ,", "Shall lose the royalty of England 's throne .", "I pray you all , tell me what they deserve", "That do conspire my death with devilish plots", "Of damned witchcraft , and that have prevail 'd", "Upon my body with their hellish charms ?", "Then be your eyes the witness of their evil .", "Look how I am bewitch 'd ; behold , mine arm", "Is like a blasted sapling wither 'd up .", "And this is Edward 's wife , that monstrous witch ,", "Consorted with that harlot strumpet Shore ,", "That by their witchcraft thus have marked me .", "If ? - thou protector of this damned strumpet ,", "Talk'st thou to me of ifs ? Thou art a traitor .", "Off with his head ! Now by Saint Paul I swear", "I will not dine until I see the same .", "Lovel and Ratcliff , look that it be done .", "The rest that love me , rise and follow me .", "Come , cousin , canst thou quake and change thy colour , Murder thy breath in middle of a word , And then again begin , and stop again , As if thou were distraught and mad with terror ?", "He is ; and , see , he brings the mayor along .", "Look to the drawbridge there !", "Catesby , o'erlook the walls .", "Look back , defend thee ; here are enemies .", "Be patient ; they are friends-Ratcliff and Lovel .", "So dear I lov 'd the man that I must weep .", "I took him for the plainest harmless creature", "That breath 'd upon the earth a Christian ;", "Made him my book , wherein my soul recorded", "The history of all her secret thoughts .", "So smooth he daub 'd his vice with show of virtue", "That , his apparent open guilt omitted ,", "I mean his conversation with Shore 's wife-", "He liv 'd from all attainder of suspects .", "What ! think you we are Turks or Infidels ?", "Or that we would , against the form of law ,", "Proceed thus rashly in the villain 's death", "But that the extreme peril of the case ,", "The peace of England and our persons \u2019 safety ,", "Enforc 'd us to this execution ?", "And to that end we wish 'd your lordship here ,", "T \u2019 avoid the the the censures of the carping world .", "Go , after , after , cousin Buckingham .", "The Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in all post .", "There , at your meet'st advantage of the time ,", "Infer the bastardy of Edward 's children .", "Tell them how Edward put to death a citizen", "Only for saying he would make his son", "Heir to the crown-meaning indeed his house ,", "Which by the sign thereof was termed so .", "Moreover , urge his hateful luxury", "And bestial appetite in change of lust ,", "Which stretch 'd unto their servants , daughters , wives ,", "Even where his raging eye or savage heart", "Without control lusted to make a prey .", "Nay , for a need , thus far come near my person :", "Tell them , when that my mother went with child", "Of that insatiate Edward , noble York", "My princely father then had wars in France", "And , by true computation of the time ,", "Found that the issue was not his begot ;", "Which well appeared in his lineaments ,", "Being nothing like the noble Duke my father .", "Yet touch this sparingly , as \u2018 twere far off ;", "Because , my lord , you know my mother lives .", "If you thrive well , bring them to Baynard 's", "Castle ;", "Where you shall find me well accompanied", "With reverend fathers and well learned bishops .", "Go , Lovel , with all speed to Doctor Shaw .", "Go thou to Friar Penker . Bid them both", "Meet me within this hour at Baynard 's Castle .", "How now , how now ! What say the citizens ?", "Touch 'd you the bastardy of Edward 's children ?", "And did they so ?", "What , tongueless blocks were they ? Would they not speak ? Will not the Mayor then and his brethren come ?", "I go ; and if you plead as well for them", "As I can say nay to thee for myself ,", "No doubt we bring it to a happy issue .", "My lord , there needs no such apology :", "I do beseech your Grace to pardon me ,", "Who , earnest in the service of my God ,", "Deferr 'd the visitation of my friends .", "But , leaving this , what is your Grace 's pleasure ?", "I do suspect I have done some offence", "That seems disgracious in the city 's eye ,", "And that you come to reprehend my ignorance .", "Else wherefore breathe I in a Christian land ?", "I cannot tell if to depart in silence", "Or bitterly to speak in your reproof", "Best fitteth my degree or your condition .", "If not to answer , you might haply think", "Tongue-tied ambition , not replying , yielded", "To bear the golden yoke of sovereignty ,", "Which fondly you would here impose on me ;", "If to reprove you for this suit of yours ,", "So season 'd with your faithful love to me ,", "Then , on the other side , I check 'd my friends .", "Therefore-to speak , and to avoid the first ,", "And then , in speaking , not to incur the last-", "Definitively thus I answer you :", "Your love deserves my thanks , but my desert", "Unmeritable shuns your high request .", "First , if all obstacles were cut away ,", "And that my path were even to the crown ,", "As the ripe revenue and due of birth ,", "Yet so much is my poverty of spirit ,", "So mighty and so many my defects ,", "That I would rather hide me from my greatness-", "Being a bark to brook no mighty sea-", "Than in my greatness covet to be hid ,", "And in the vapour of my glory smother 'd .", "But , God be thank 'd , there is no need of me-", "And much I need to help you , were there need .", "The royal tree hath left us royal fruit", "Which , mellow 'd by the stealing hours of time ,", "Will well become the seat of majesty", "And make , no doubt , us happy by his reign .", "On him I lay that you would lay on me-", "The right and fortune of his happy stars ,", "Which God defend that I should wring from him .", "Alas , why would you heap this care on me ?", "I am unfit for state and majesty .", "I do beseech you , take it not amiss :", "I cannot nor I will not yield to you .", "O , do not swear , my lord of Buckingham .", "Will you enforce me to a world of cares ?", "Call them again . I am not made of stones ,", "But penetrable to your kind entreaties ,", "Albeit against my conscience and my soul .", "Re-enter BUCKINGHAM and the rest", "Cousin of Buckingham , and sage grave men ,", "Since you will buckle fortune on my back ,", "To bear her burden , whe'er I will or no ,", "I must have patience to endure the load ;", "But if black scandal or foul-fac 'd reproach", "Attend the sequel of your imposition ,", "Your mere enforcement shall acquittance me", "From all the impure blots and stains thereof ;", "For God doth know , and you may partly see ,", "How far I am from the desire of this .", "In saying so , you shall but say the truth .", "Even when you please , for you will have it so .", "Come , let us to our holy work again . Farewell , my cousin ; farewell , gentle friends . Exeunt"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 64, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Old John of Gaunt , time-honoured Lancaster ,", "Hast thou , according to thy oath and band ,", "Brought hither Henry Hereford thy bold son ,", "Here to make good the boisterous late appeal ,", "Which then our leisure would not let us hear ,", "Against the Duke of Norfolk , Thomas Mowbray ?", "Tell me , moreover , hast thou sounded him", "If he appeal the Duke on ancient malice ,", "Or worthily , as a good subject should ,", "On some known ground of treachery in him ?", "Then call them to our presence : face to face", "And frowning brow to brow , ourselves will hear", "The accuser and the accused freely speak .", "High-stomach 'd are they both and full of ire ,", "In rage , deaf as the sea , hasty as fire .", "We thank you both ; yet one but flatters us ,", "As well appeareth by the cause you come ;", "Namely , to appeal each other of high treason .", "Cousin of Hereford , what dost thou object", "Against the Duke of Norfolk , Thomas Mowbray ?", "What doth our cousin lay to Mowbray 's charge ?", "It must be great that can inherit us", "So much as of a thought of ill in him .", "How high a pitch his resolution soars ! Thomas of Norfolk , what say'st thou to this ?", "Mowbray , impartial are our eyes and ears :", "Were he my brother , nay , my kingdom 's heir ,\u2014", "As he is but my father 's brother 's son ,\u2014", "Now , by my sceptre 's awe I make a vow ,", "Such neighbour nearness to our sacred blood", "Should nothing privilege him nor partialize", "The unstooping firmness of my upright soul .", "He is our subject , Mowbray ; so art thou :", "Free speech and fearless I to thee allow .", "Wrath-kindled gentlemen , be rul 'd by me ;", "Let 's purge this choler without letting blood :", "This we prescribe , though no physician ;", "Deep malice makes too deep incision :", "Forget , forgive ; conclude and be agreed ,", "Our doctors say this is no month to bleed .", "Good uncle , let this end where it begun ;", "We 'll calm the Duke of Norfolk , you your son .", "And , Norfolk , throw down his .", "Norfolk , throw down ; we bid ;", "There is no boot .", "Rage must be withstood :", "Give me his gage : lions make leopards tame .", "Cousin , throw down your gage : do you begin .", "We were not born to sue , but to command :", "Which since we cannot do to make you friends ,", "Be ready , as your lives shall answer it ,", "At Coventry , upon Saint Lambert 's day :", "There shall your swords and lances arbitrate", "The swelling difference of your settled hate :", "Since we can not atone you , we shall see", "Justice design the victor 's chivalry .", "Lord Marshal , command our officers-at-arms", "Be ready to direct these home alarms .", "Marshal , demand of yonder champion", "The cause of his arrival here in arms :", "Ask him his name , and orderly proceed", "To swear him in the justice of his cause .", "Marshal , ask yonder knight in arms ,", "Both who he is and why he cometh hither", "Thus plated in habiliments of war ;", "And formally , according to our law ,", "Depose him in the justice of his cause .", "We will descend and fold him in our arms .", "Cousin of Hereford , as thy cause is right ,", "So be thy fortune in this royal fight !", "Farewell , my blood ; which if to-day thou shed ,", "Lament we may , but not revenge thee dead .", "Farewell , my lord : securely I espy", "Virtue with valour couched in thine eye .", "Order the trial , Marshal , and begin .", "Let them lay by their helmets and their spears ,", "And both return back to their chairs again :", "Withdraw with us ; and let the trumpets sound", "While we return these dukes what we decree .", "Norfolk , for thee remains a heavier doom ,", "Which I with some unwillingness pronounce :", "The sly slow hours shall not determinate", "The dateless limit of thy dear exile ;", "The hopeless word of \u2018 never to return \u2019", "Breathe I against thee , upon pain of life .", "It boots thee not to be compassionate :", "After our sentence plaining comes too late .", "Return again , and take an oath with thee .", "Lay on our royal sword your banish 'd hands ;", "Swear by the duty that you owe to God ,\u2014", "Our part therein we banish with yourselves \u2014", "To keep the oath that we administer :", "You never shall , so help you truth and God !\u2014", "Embrace each other 's love in banishment ;", "Nor never look upon each other 's face ;", "Nor never write , regreet , nor reconcile", "This louring tempest of your home-bred hate ;", "Nor never by advised purpose meet", "To plot , contrive , or complot any ill", "\u2018 Gainst us , our state , our subjects , or our land .", "Uncle , even in the glasses of thine eyes", "I see thy grieved heart : thy sad aspect", "Hath from the number of his banish 'd years", "Pluck 'd four away .\u2014", "Six frozen winters spent ,", "Return with welcome home from banishment .", "Why , uncle , thou hast many years to live .", "Thy son is banish 'd upon good advice ,", "Whereto thy tongue a party-verdict gave .", "Why at our justice seem'st thou then to lower ?", "Cousin , farewell ; and , uncle , bid him so :", "Six years we banish him , and he shall go .", "We did observe . Cousin Aumerle ,", "How far brought you high Hereford on his way ?", "And say , what store of parting tears were shed ?", "What said our cousin when you parted with him ?", "He is our cousin , cousin ; but \u2018 tis doubt ,", "When time shall call him home from banishment ,", "Whether our kinsman come to see his friends .", "Ourself , and Bushy , Bagot here and Green ,", "Observ 'd his courtship to the common people ,", "How he did seem to dive into their hearts", "With humble and familiar courtesy ,", "What reverence he did throw away on slaves ,", "Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles", "And patient underbearing of his fortune ,", "As \u2018 twere to banish their affects with him .", "Off goes his bonnet to an oyster-wench ;", "A brace of draymen bid God speed him well ,", "And had the tribute of his supple knee ,", "With \u2018 Thanks , my countrymen , my loving friends \u2019 ;", "As were our England in reversion his ,", "And he our subjects \u2019 next degree in hope .", "We will ourself in person to this war .", "And , for our coffers , with too great a court", "And liberal largess , are grown somewhat light ,", "We are enforc 'd to farm our royal realm ;", "The revenue whereof shall furnish us", "For our affairs in hand . If that come short ,", "Our substitutes at home shall have blank charters ;", "Whereto , when they shall know what men are rich ,", "They shall subscribe them for large sums of gold ,", "And send them after to supply our wants ;", "For we will make for Ireland presently .", "Bushy , what news ?", "Where lies he ?", "Now put it , God , in his physician 's mind", "To help him to his grave immediately !", "The lining of his coffers shall make coats", "To deck our soldiers for these Irish wars .", "Come , gentlemen , let 's all go visit him :", "Pray God we may make haste , and come too late !", "What comfort , man ? How is't with aged Gaunt ?", "Can sick men play so nicely with their names ?", "Should dying men flatter with those that live ?", "Thou , now a-dying , sayest thou flatterest me .", "I am in health , I breathe , and see thee ill .", "And thou a lunatic lean-witted fool ,", "Presuming on an ague 's privilege ,", "Dar'st with thy frozen admonition", "Make pale our cheek , chasing the royal blood", "With fury from his native residence .", "Now by my seat 's right royal majesty ,", "Wert thou not brother to great Edward 's son ,\u2014", "This tongue that runs so roundly in thy head", "Should run thy head from thy unreverent shoulders .", "And let them die that age and sullens have ;", "For both hast thou , and both become the grave .", "Right , you say true : as Hereford 's love , so his ;", "As theirs , so mine ; and all be as it is .", "What says he ?", "The ripest fruit first falls , and so doth he :", "His time is spent ; our pilgrimage must be .", "So much for that . Now for our Irish wars .", "We must supplant those rough rug-headed kerns ,", "Which live like venom where no venom else", "But only they have privilege to live .", "And for these great affairs do ask some charge ,", "Towards our assistance we do seize to us", "The plate , coin , revenues , and moveables ,", "Whereof our uncle Gaunt did stand possess 'd .", "Why , uncle , what 's the matter ?", "Think what you will : we seize into our hands", "His plate , his goods , his money , and his lands .", "Go , Bushy , to the Earl of Wiltshire straight :", "Bid him repair to us to Ely House", "To see this business . To-morrow next", "We will for Ireland ; and \u2018 tis time , I trow :", "And we create , in absence of ourself ,", "Our Uncle York lord governor of England ;", "For he is just , and always lov 'd us well .", "Come on , our queen : to-morrow must we part ;", "Be merry , for our time of stay is short .", "Barkloughly Castle call they this at hand ?", "Needs must I like it well : I weep for joy", "To stand upon my kingdom once again .", "Dear earth , I do salute thee with my hand ,", "Though rebels wound thee with their horses \u2019 hoofs :", "As a long-parted mother with her child", "Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting ,", "So weeping-smiling greet I thee , my earth ,", "And do thee favours with my royal hands .", "Feed not thy sovereign 's foe , my gentle earth ,", "Nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sense ;", "But let thy spiders , that suck up thy venom ,", "And heavy-gaited toads lie in their way ,", "Doing annoyance to the treacherous feet", "Which with usurping steps do trample thee .", "Yield stinging nettles to mine enemies ;", "And when they from thy bosom pluck a flower ,", "Guard it , I pray thee , with a lurking adder", "Whose double tongue may with a mortal touch", "Throw death upon thy sovereign 's enemies .", "Mock not my senseless conjuration , lords .", "This earth shall have a feeling , and these stones", "Prove armed soldiers , ere her native king", "Shall falter under foul rebellion 's arms .", "Discomfortable cousin ! know'st thou not", "That when the searching eye of heaven is hid ,", "Behind the globe , that lights the lower world ,", "Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen", "In murders and in outrage boldly here ;", "But when from under this terrestrial ball", "He fires the proud tops of the eastern pines", "And darts his light through every guilty hole ,", "Then murders , treasons , and detested sins ,", "The cloak of night being pluck 'd from off their backs ,", "Stand bare and naked , trembling at themselves ?", "So when this thief , this traitor , Bolingbroke ,", "Who all this while hath revell 'd in the night ,", "Whilst we were wandering with the Antipodes ,", "Shall see us rising in our throne , the east ,", "His treasons will sit blushing in his face ,", "Not able to endure the sight of day ,", "But self-affrighted tremble at his sin .", "Not all the water in the rough rude sea", "Can wash the balm off from an anointed king ;", "The breath of worldly men cannot depose", "The deputy elected by the Lord .", "For every man that Bolingbroke hath press 'd", "To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown ,", "God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay", "A glorious angel : then , if angels fight ,", "Weak men must fall , for heaven still guards the right .", "Welcome , my lord . How far off lies your power ?", "But now , the blood of twenty thousand men", "Did triumph in my face , and they are fled ;", "And till so much blood thither come again", "Have I not reason to look pale and dead ?", "All souls that will be safe , fly from my side ;", "For time hath set a blot upon my pride .", "I had forgot myself . Am I not king ?", "Awake , thou coward majesty ! thou sleepest .", "Is not the king 's name twenty thousand names ?", "Arm , arm , my name ! a puny subject strikes", "At thy great glory . Look not to the ground ,", "Ye favourites of a king ; are we not high ?", "High be our thoughts . I know my uncle York", "Hath power enough to serve our turn . But who comes here ?", "Mine ear is open and my heart prepar 'd :", "The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold .", "Say , is my kingdom lost ? Why , \u2018 twas my care ,", "And what loss is it to be rid of care ?", "Strives Bolingbroke to be as great as we ?", "Greater he shall not be : if he serve God", "We 'll serve him too , and be his fellow so :", "Revolt our subjects ? That we cannot mend ;", "They break their faith to God as well as us :", "Cry woe , destruction , ruin , loss , decay ;", "The worst is death , and death will have his day .", "Too well , too well thou tell'st a tale so ill .", "Where is the Earl of Wiltshire ? Where is Bagot ?", "What is become of Bushy ? Where is Green ?", "That they have let the dangerous enemy", "Measure our confines with such peaceful steps ?", "If we prevail , their heads shall pay for it .", "I warrant they have made peace with Bolingbroke .", "O villains , vipers , damn 'd without redemption !", "Dogs , easily won to fawn on any man !", "Snakes , in my heart-blood warm 'd , that sting my heart !", "Three Judases , each one thrice worse than Judas !", "Would they make peace ? Terrible hell make war", "Upon their spotted souls for this offence !", "No matter where . Of comfort no man speak :", "Let 's talk of graves , of worms , and epitaphs ;", "Make dust our paper , and with rainy eyes", "Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth .", "Let 's choose executors and talk of wills ;", "And yet not so \u2014 for what can we bequeath", "Save our deposed bodies to the ground ?", "Our lands , our lives , and all are Bolingbroke 's .", "And nothing can we can our own but death ,", "And that small model of the barren earth", "Which serves as paste and cover to our bones .", "For God 's sake let us sit upon the ground", "And tell sad stories of the death of kings :", "How some have been deposed , some slain in war ,", "Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos 'd ,", "Some poison 'd by their wives , some sleeping kill 'd ;", "All murder 'd : for within the hollow crown", "That rounds the mortal temples of a king", "Keeps Death his court ; and there the antick sits ,", "Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp ;", "Allowing him a breath , a little scene ,", "To monarchize , be fear 'd , and kill with looks ,", "Infusing him with self and vain conceit", "As if this flesh which walls about our life", "Were brass impregnable ; and , humour 'd thus ,", "Comes at the last , and with a little pin", "Bores through his castle wall , and farewell , king !", "Cover your heads , and mock not flesh and blood", "With solemn reverence : throw away respect ,", "Tradition , form , and ceremonious duty ;", "For you have but mistook me all this while :", "I live with bread like you , feel want ,", "Taste grief , need friends : subjected thus ,", "How can you say to me I am a king ?", "Thou chid'st me well . Proud Bolingbroke , I come", "To change blows with thee for our day of doom .", "This ague fit of fear is over-blown ;", "An easy task it is to win our own .\u2014", "Say , Scroop , where lies our uncle with his power ?", "Speak sweetly , man , although thy looks be sour .", "Thou hast said enough .", "Beshrew thee , cousin , which didst lead me forth", "Of that sweet way I was in to despair !", "What say you now ? What comfort have we now ?", "By heaven , I 'll hate him everlastingly", "That bids me be of comfort any more .", "Go to Flint Castle ; there I 'll pine away ;", "A king , woe 's slave , shall kingly woe obey .", "That power I have , discharge ; and let them go", "To ear the land that hath some hope to grow ,", "For I have none . Let no man speak again", "To alter this , for counsel is but vain .", "He does me double wrong", "That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue .", "Discharge my followers ; let them hence away ,", "From Richard 's night to Bolingbroke 's fair day .", "We are amaz 'd ; and thus long have we stood To watch the fearful bending of thy knee , Because we thought ourself thy lawful king ; And if we be , how dare thy joints forget To pay their awful duty to our presence ? If we be not , show us the hand of God That hath dismiss 'd us from our stewardship ; For well we know no hand of blood and bone Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre , Unless he do profane , steal , or usurp . And though you think that all , as you have done , Have torn their souls by turning them from us , And we are barren and bereft of friends , Yet know-my master , God omnipotent , Is mustering in his clouds on our behalf Armies of pestilence ; and they shall strike Your children yet unborn and unbegot , That lift your vassal hands against my head And threat the glory of my precious crown . Tell Bolingbroke ,\u2014 for yond methinks he stands ,\u2014 That every stride he makes upon my land Is dangerous treason ; he is come to open The purple testament of bleeding war ; But ere the crown he looks for live in peace , Ten thousand bloody crowns of mothers \u2019 sons Shall ill become the flower of England 's face , Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace To scarlet indignation , and bedew Her pastures \u2019 grass with faithful English blood .", "Northumberland , say , thus the king returns :", "His noble cousin is right welcome hither ;", "And all the number of his fair demands", "Shall be accomplish 'd without contradiction .", "With all the gracious utterance thou hast", "Speak to his gentle hearing kind commends .", "O God , O God ! that e'er this tongue of mine", "That laid the sentence of dread banishment", "On yond proud man should take it off again", "With words of sooth ! O ! that I were as great", "As is my grief , or lesser than my name ,", "Or that I could forget what I have been ,", "Or not remember what I must be now .", "Swell'st thou , proud heart ? I 'll give thee scope to beat ,", "Since foes have scope to beat both thee and me .", "What must the King do now ? Must he submit ?", "The king shall do it : must he be depos 'd ?", "The king shall be contented : must he lose", "The name of king ? A God 's name , let it go :", "I 'll give my jewels for a set of beads ,", "My gorgeous palace for a hermitage ,", "My gay apparel for an almsman 's gown ,", "My figur 'd goblets for a dish of wood ,", "My sceptre for a palmer 's walking-staff ,", "My subjects for a pair of carved saints ,", "And my large kingdom for a little grave ,", "A little little grave , an obscure grave ;", "Or I 'll be buried in the king 's highway ,", "Some way of common trade , where subjects \u2019 feet", "May hourly trample on their sovereign 's head ;", "For on my heart they tread now whilst I live ;", "And buried once , why not upon my head ?", "Aumerle , thou weep'st , my tender-hearted cousin !", "We 'll make foul weather with despised tears ;", "Our sighs and they shall lodge the summer corn", "And make a dearth in this revolting land .", "Or shall we play the wantons with our woes", "And make some pretty match with shedding tears ?", "As thus : to drop them still upon one place", "Till they have fretted us a pair of graves", "Within the earth ; and , there inlaid : \u2018 There lies", "Two kinsmen digg 'd their graves with weeping eyes . \u2019", "Would not this ill do well ? Well , well , I see", "I talk but idly , and you laugh at me .", "Most mighty prince , my Lord Northumberland ,", "What says King Bolingbroke ? will his Majesty", "Give Richard leave to live till Richard die ?", "You make a leg , and Bolingbroke says ay .", "Down , down I come ; like glist'ring Phaethon ,", "Wanting the manage of unruly jades .", "In the base court ? Base court , where kings grow base ,", "To come at traitors \u2019 calls , and do them grace .", "In the base court ? Come down ? Down , court ! down , king !", "For night-owls shriek where mounting larks should sing .", "Fair cousin , you debase your princely knee", "To make the base earth proud with kissing it :", "Me rather had my heart might feel your love", "Than my unpleas 'd eye see your courtesy .", "Up , cousin , up ; your heart is up , I know ,", "Thus high at least , although your knee be low .", "Your own is yours , and I am yours , and all .", "Well you deserve : they well deserve to have", "That know the strong'st and surest way to get .", "Uncle , give me your hand : nay , dry your eyes :", "Tears show their love , but want their remedies .", "Cousin , I am too young to be your father ,", "Though you are old enough to be my heir .", "What you will have , I 'll give , and willing too ;", "For do we must what force will have us do .", "Set on towards London . Cousin , is it so ?", "Then I must not say no .", "Alack ! why am I sent for to a king", "Before I have shook off the regal thoughts", "Wherewith I reign 'd ? I hardly yet have learn 'd", "To insinuate , flatter , bow , and bend my knee .", "Give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me", "To this submission . Yet I well remember", "The favours of these men : were they not mine ?", "Did they not sometime cry \u2018 All hail ! \u2019 to me ?", "So Judas did to Christ : but he , in twelve ,", "Found truth in all but one ; I , in twelve thousand , none .", "God save the King ! Will no man say , amen ?", "Am I both priest and clerk ? Well then , amen .", "God save the King ! although I be not he ;", "And yet , amen , if heaven do think him me .", "To do what service am I sent for hither ?", "Give me the crown . Here , cousin , seize the crown .", "Here , cousin ,", "On this side my hand , and on that side thine .", "Now is this golden crown like a deep well", "That owes two buckets , filling one another ;", "The emptier ever dancing in the air ,", "The other down , unseen , and full of water .", "That bucket down and full of tears am I ,", "Drinking my griefs , whilst you mount up on high .", "My crown I am ; but still my griefs are mine .", "You may my glories and my state depose ,", "But not my griefs ; still am I king of those .", "Your cares set up do not pluck my cares down .", "My care is loss of care , by old care done ;", "Your care is gain of care , by new care won .", "The cares I give I have , though given away ;", "They tend the crown , yet still with me they stay .", "Ay , no ; no , ay ; for I must nothing be ;", "Therefore no no , for I resign to thee .", "Now mark me how I will undo myself :", "I give this heavy weight from off my head ,", "And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand ,", "The pride of kingly sway from out my heart ;", "With mine own tears I wash away my balm ,", "With mine own hands I give away my crown ,", "With mine own tongue deny my sacred state ,", "With mine own breath release all duteous rites :", "All pomp and majesty I do forswear ;", "My manors , rents , revenues , I forgo ;", "My acts , decrees , and statutes , I deny :", "God pardon all oaths that are broke to me !", "God keep all vows unbroke are made to thee !", "Make me , that nothing have , with nothing griev 'd ,", "And thou with all pleas 'd , that hast an achiev 'd !", "Long mayst thou live in Richard 's seat to sit ,", "And soon lie Richard in an earthly pit !", "God save King Henry , unking 'd Richard says ,", "And send him many years of sunshine days !", "What more remains ?", "Must I do so ? And must I ravel out", "My weav'dhYpppHeNup follies ? Gentle Northumberland ,", "If thy offences were upon record ,", "Would it not shame thee in so fair a troop", "To read a lecture of them ? If thou wouldst ,", "There shouldst thou find one heinous article ,", "Containing the deposing of a king", "And cracking the strong warrant of an oath ,", "Mark 'd with a blot , damn 'd in the book of heaven .", "Nay , all of you that stand and look upon me", "Whilst that my wretchedness doth bait myself ,", "Though some of you , with Pilate , wash your hands ,", "Showing an outward pity ; yet you Pilates", "Have here deliver 'd me to my sour cross ,", "And water cannot wash away your sin .", "Mine eyes are full of tears ; I cannot see :", "And yet salt water blinds them not so much", "But they can see a sort of traitors here .", "Nay , if I turn mine eyes upon myself ,", "I find myself a traitor with the rest ;", "For I have given here my soul 's consent", "T'undeck the pompous body of a king ;", "Made glory base , and sovereignty a slave ,", "Proud majesty a subject , state a peasant .", "No lord of thine , thou haught insulting man ,", "Nor no man 's lord ; I have no name , no title ,", "No , not that name was given me at the font ,", "But \u2018 tis usurp 'd : alack the heavy day !", "That I have worn so many winters out ,", "And know not now what name to call myself !", "O ! that I were a mockery king of snow ,", "Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke", "To melt myself away in water-drops !", "Good king , great king ,\u2014 and yet not greatly good ,", "An if my word be sterling yet in England ,", "Let it command a mirror hither straight ,", "That it may show me what a face I have ,", "Since it is bankrupt of his majesty .", "Fiend ! thou torments me ere I come to hell .", "They shall be satisfied ; I 'll read enough ,", "When I do see the very book indeed", "Where all my sins are writ , and that 's myself .", "Give me that glass , and therein will I read .", "No deeper wrinkles yet ? Hath sorrow struck", "So many blows upon this face of mine", "And made no deeper wounds ? O flatt'ring glass !", "Like to my followers in prosperity ,", "Thou dost beguile me . Was this face the face", "That every day under his household roof", "Did keep ten thousand men ? Was this the face", "That like the sun did make beholders wink ?", "Is this the face which fac 'd so many follies", "That was at last out-fac 'd by Bolingbroke ?", "A brittle glory shineth in this face :", "As brittle as the glory is the face ;", "For there it is , crack 'd in a hundred shivers .", "Mark , silent king , the moral of this sport ,", "How soon my sorrow hath destroy 'd my face .", "Say that again .", "The shadow of my sorrow ! Ha ! let 's see :", "\u2018 Tis very true : my grief lies all within ;", "And these external manner of laments", "Are merely shadows to the unseen grief", "That swells with silence in the tortur 'd soul .", "There lies the substance : and I thank thee , king ,", "For thy great bounty , that not only givest", "Me cause to wail , but teachest me the way", "How to lament the cause . I 'll beg one boon ,", "And then be gone and trouble you no more .", "Shall I obtain it ?", "\u2018 Fair cousin \u2019 ! I am greater than a king ;", "For when I was a king , my flatterers", "Were then but subjects ; being now a subject ,", "I have a king here to my flatterer .", "Being so great , I have no need to beg .", "And shall I have ?", "Then give me leave to go .", "Whither you will , so I were from your sights .", "O , good ! convey ? conveyers are you all ,", "That rise thus nimbly by a true king 's fall .", "Join not with grief , fair woman , do not so ,", "To make my end too sudden : learn , good soul ,", "To think our former state a happy dream ;", "From which awak 'd , the truth of what we are", "Shows us but this . I am sworn brother , sweet ,", "To grim Necessity ; and he and", "Will keep a league till death . Hie thee to France ,", "And cloister thee in some religious house :", "Our holy lives must win a new world 's crown ,", "Which our profane hours here have thrown down .", "A king of beasts , indeed ; if aught but beasts ,", "I had been still a happy king of men .", "Good sometimes queen , prepare thee hence for France .", "Think I am dead , and that even here thou tak'st ,", "As from my death-bed , thy last living leave .", "In winter 's tedious nights sit by the fire", "With good old folks , and let them tell thee tales", "Of woeful ages long ago betid ;", "And ere thou bid good night , to quit their griefs", "Tell thou the lamentable tale of me ,", "And send the hearers weeping to their beds ;", "For why , the senseless brands will sympathize", "The heavy accent of thy moving tongue ,", "And in compassion weep the fire out ;", "And some will mourn in ashes , some coal-black ,", "For the deposing of a rightful king .", "Northumberland , thou ladder wherewithal", "The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne ,", "The time shall not be many hours of age", "More than it is , ere foul sin gathering head", "Shall break into corruption . Thou shalt think ,", "Though he divide the realm and give thee half", "It is too little , helping him to all ;", "And he shall think that thou , which know'st the way", "To plant unrightful kings , wilt know again ,", "Being ne'er so little urg 'd , another way", "To pluck him headlong from the usurped throne .", "The love of wicked men converts to fear ;", "That fear to hate ; and hate turns one or both", "To worthy danger and deserved death .", "Doubly divorc 'd ! Bad men , ye violate", "A twofold marriage ; \u2018 twixt my crown and me ,", "And then betwixt me and my married wife .", "Let me unkiss the oath \u2018 twixt thee and me ;", "And yet not so , for with a kiss \u2018 twas made .", "Part us , Northumberland : I towards the north ,", "Where shivering cold and sickness pines the clime ;", "My wife to France , from whence set forth in pomp ,", "She came adorned hither like sweet May ,", "Sent back like Hallowmas or short'st of day .", "Ay , hand from hand , my love , and heart from heart .", "So two , together weeping , make one woe .", "Weep thou for me in France , I for thee here ;", "Better far off than near , be ne'er the near .", "Go , count thy way with sighs ; I mine with groans .", "Twice for one step I 'll groan , the way being short ,", "And piece the way out with a heavy heart .", "Come , come , in wooing sorrow let 's be brief ,", "Since , wedding it , there is such length in grief .", "One kiss shall stop our mouths , and dumbly part ;", "Thus give I mine , and thus take I thy heart .", "We make woe wanton with this fond delay :", "Once more , adieu ; the rest let sorrow say .", "I have been studying how I may compare", "This prison where I live unto the world", "And for because the world is populous ,", "And here is not a creature but myself ,", "I cannot do it ; yet I 'll hammer it out .", "My brain I 'll prove the female to my soul ;", "My soul the father : and these two beget", "A generation of still-breeding thoughts ,", "And these same thoughts people this little world ,", "In humours like the people of this world ,", "For no thought is contented . The better sort ,", "As thoughts of things divine , are intermix 'd", "With scruples , and do set the word itself", "Against the word :", "As thus : \u2018 Come , little ones \u2019 ; and then again ,", "\u2018 It is as hard to come as for a camel", "To thread the postern of a needle 's eye . \u2019", "Thoughts tending to ambition , they do plot", "Unlikely wonders ; how these vain weak nails", "May tear a passage through the flinty ribs", "Of this hard world , my ragged prison walls ;", "And , for they cannot , die in their own pride .", "Thoughts tending to content flatter themselves", "That they are not the first of fortune 's slaves ,", "Nor shall not be the last ; like silly beggars", "Who sitting in the stocks refuge their shame ,", "That many have and others must sit there :", "And in this thought they find a kind of ease ,", "Bearing their own misfortunes on the back", "Of such as have before endur 'd the like .", "Thus play I in one person many people ,", "And none contented : sometimes am I king ;", "Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar ,", "And so I am : then crushing penury", "Persuades me I was better when a king ;", "Then am I king 'd again ; and by and by", "Think that I am unking 'd by Bolingbroke ,", "And straight am nothing : but whate'er I be ,", "Nor I , nor any man that but man is", "With nothing shall be pleas 'd till he be eas 'd", "With being nothing .", "Music do I hear ?", "Ha , ha ! keep time . How sour sweet music is", "When time is broke and no proportion kept !", "So is it in the music of men 's lives .", "And here have I the daintiness of ear", "To check time broke in a disorder 'd string ;", "But , for the concord of my state and time ,", "Had not an ear to hear my true time broke .", "I wasted time , and now doth time waste me ;", "For now hath time made me his numbering clock :", "My thoughts are minutes ; and with sighs they jar", "Their watches on unto mine eyes , the outward watch ,", "Whereto my finger , like a dial 's point ,", "Is pointing still , in cleansing them from tears .", "Now sir , the sound that tells what hour it is", "Are clamorous groans , which strike upon my heart ,", "Which is the bell : so sighs and tears and groans", "Show minutes , times , and hours ; but my time", "Runs posting on in Bolingbroke 's proud joy ,", "While I stand fooling here , his Jack o \u2019 the clock .", "This music mads me ; let it sound no more ;", "For though it have holp madmen to their wits ,", "In me it seems it will make wise men mad .", "Yet blessing on his heart that gives it me !", "For \u2018 tis a sign of love ; and love to Richard", "Is a strange brooch in this all-hating world .", "Thanks , noble peer ;", "The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear .", "What art thou ? and how comest thou hither , man ,", "Where no man never comes but that sad dog", "That brings me food to make misfortune live ?", "Rode he on Barbary ? Tell me , gentle friend ,", "How went he under him ?", "So proud that Bolingbroke was on his back !", "That jade hath eat bread from my royal hand ;", "This hand hath made him proud with clapping him .", "Would he not stumble ? would he not fall down ,\u2014", "Since pride must have a fall ,\u2014 and break the neck", "Of that proud man that did usurp his back ?", "Forgiveness , horse ! Why do I rail on thee ,", "Since thou , created to be aw 'd by man ,", "Wast born to bear ? I was not made a horse ;", "And yet I bear a burden like an ass ,", "Spur-gall 'd and tir 'd by jauncing Bolingbroke .", "If thou love me , \u2018 tis time thou wert away .", "Taste of it first as thou art wont to do .", "The devil take Henry of Lancaster and thee ! Patience is stale , and I am weary of it .", "How now ! What means death in this rude assault ?", "Villain , thy own hand yields thy death 's instrument .", "Go thou and fill another room in hell .", "That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire", "That staggers thus my person . Exton , thy fierce hand", "Hath with the king 's blood stain 'd the king 's own land .", "Mount , mount , my soul ! thy seat is up on high ;", "Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward , here to die ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 65, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Is your ladyship at home this afternoon ?", "Lord Darlington , my lady .", "Yes , my lady .", "Lord Darlington ,", "The men want to know if they are to put the carpets on the terrace for to-night , my lady ?", "The Duchess of Berwick and Lady Agatha Carlisle .", "Yes , my lord .", "Yes , my lady .", "Yes , my lady .", "Mrs. Cowper-Cowper . Lady Stutfield . Sir James Royston . Mr . Guy Berkeley .", "Mr. Rufford . Lady Jedburgh and Miss Graham . Mr. Hopper .", "Lord Augustus Lorton .", "Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowden . Lord and Lady Paisley . Lord", "Darlington .", "Mr. Cecil Graham !", "Mrs. Erlynne !", "Her ladyship has just gone out .", "No , madam . Her ladyship has just gone out of the house .", "Yes , madam \u2014 her ladyship told me she had left a letter for his lordship on the table .", "Yes , madam .", "Mrs. Erlynne has called to return your ladyship 's fan which she took away by mistake last night . Mrs. Erlynne has written a message on the card .", "Mrs. Erlynne .", "Lord Augustus Lorton . Mrs. Erlynne 's carriage has come ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 66, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Bloggs . Why , what 's the matter , Kate ?", "B. I thought they 'd say so . Now be satisfied ;", "You 've studied hard . Have made your mark upon", "The honour list . Have passed your second year .", "Let that suffice . You know enough to wed ,", "And Gilmour there would give his very head", "To have you . Get married , Kate .", "Bloggs . What will you do ? They will not let you in ,", "For fear you 'd turn the heads of all the boys .", "And quite right , too . I would n't have the care", "And worry of a lot of lively girls", "For all I 'm worth .", "Bloggs . I guess I 'll have to : they wo n't send the bills to you .", "Biggs , B. A ., on his feet . Ah \u2014 ladies and gentlemen , here 's to our host , And rising , as thus , to propose him a toast , I think of the days which together In shade , and in sunshine , as chums we have passed , In love , and esteem , that forever must last , Let happen what will to the weather . In short , ladies and gentlemen , I have to propose the everlasting health and welfare of our host , who should have been our honoured guest but for that persistent pertinacity he exhibited in the matter , and which he does himself the injustice to call womanish . But I am sure , ladies and gentlemen , no one but himself ever accused our esteemed host of being womanish , and when we look upon the high standing he has achieved in our University , the honour he confers on his Alma Mater by his scholarly attainments and the gentlemanly character he has won among all sorts of students , I am sure , ladies and gentlemen , we should be doing great injustice to you all were we for one moment to admit that he could be other than he is , an honour to Toronto University , and a credit to his sex . I am quite sure the ladies are at this moment envying the happy woman whom he will at no distant date probably distinguish with his regard , and it must be satisfactory to ourselves , gentlemen , to know that it lies in our power , as the incumbents of academic honours , to be able to bestow that reversion of them on those who , having all the world at their feet , need not sigh for the fugitive conquests that demand unceasing toil and an unlimited amount of gas or coal-oil . Ladies and gentlemen , I call upon you to fill your sparkling glasses to the honour of our host and college chum , Mr. Tom Christopher . And here 's with a hip , hip , hooray ! and hands all round !", "Tom Christopher .\u2014 Ladies and gentlemen , I thank you much .", "For these your loving words . A third year man ,", "I came upon you fresh from nowhere ;", "This in itself a warranty for cold", "And hard suspicion ; but you received", "Me with some warmth , and made me one of you ,", "Chaffed me , and sat on me , and lent me books .", "And offered pipes , and made inquiries kind", "About my sisters ; and Time , who takes", "Men kindly by the hand , made us warm friends ,", "And knit us in a love all brotherly .", "Tom .\u2014 I would say sisters too , but that I fear", "My lady guests would think I did presume ;", "But yet I know , and knowing it am proud ,", "That most men here to-night would welcome all", "The sweet girl-graduates that would fill the list", "Did but the College Council set aside", "A foolish prejudice , and let them in .", "And now , I know a girl who long has worked", "To pass the exams , take the proud degree", "I hold to-day , and yet her petticoat", "Forbade .", "Tom .\u2014 I will not name her , gentlemen , but bring", "Her to your presence , if you so incline ;", "First begging that you will not let surprise", "Oust self-possession , for my friend 's a girl", "Of timid temper , though she 's bold to act", "If duty calls .", "Tom .\u2014 I go to fetch her , gentlemen ; dear ladies all ,", "I beg your suffrages of gentle eyes", "And kindly smile to greet my guest .", "Biggs .\u2014 I cannot speak , except to ask the lady 's pardon", "For our rough ways ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 67, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Child , hast thou looked upon thy grandsire dead ?", "Then thou sawest our Britain 's heart and head", "Death-stricken . Seemed not there my sire to thee", "More great than thine , or all men living ? We", "Stand shadows of the fathers we survive :", "Earth bears no more nor sees such births alive .", "Yea , his eyes", "Are liker seas that feel the summering skies", "In concord of sweet colour \u2014 and his brow", "Shines gentler than my father 's ever : thou ,", "So seeing , dost well to hold thy sire so dear .", "Nay \u2014 rather seems Locrine", "Thy sire than I thy mother .", "Boy ,", "Because of all our sires who fought for Troy", "Most like thy father and my lord Locrine ,", "I think , was Paris .", "Ask not it .", "I meant not thou shouldst understand \u2014 I spake", "As one that sighs , to ease her heart of ache ,", "And would not clothe in words her cause for sighs -", "Her naked cause of sorrow .", "Speech had I chosen , my son ,", "I had wronged thee \u2014 yea , perchance I have wronged thine ears", "Too far , to say so much .", "And Locrine -", "Were not thy sire wronged likewise of me ?", "Yet \u2014 I may choose yet \u2014 nothing will I say", "More .", "Son , son ! thy speech is bitterer than the sea .", "Thou liest .", "Thou art treacherous too -", "His heart , thy father 's very heart is thine -", "O , well beseems it , meet it is , Locrine ,", "That liar and traitor and changeling he should be", "Who , though I bare him , was begot by thee .", "Nay \u2014 I did but liken him with one", "Not all unlike him ; thou , my child , his son ,", "Art more unlike thy father .", "Nay , save when heaven would cross him in the fight ,", "He bare him , say the minstrels , as a knight -", "Yea , like thy father .", "My son ,", "I had rather see thee \u2014 see thy brave bright head ,", "Strong limbs , clear eyes \u2014 drop here before me dead .", "False was he ;", "No coward indeed , but faithless , trothless \u2014 we", "Hold therefore , as thou sayest , his princely name", "Unprincely \u2014 dead in honour \u2014 quick in shame .", "Thine ? to thine ?", "God rather strike thy life as dark as mine", "Than tarnish thus thine honour ! For to me", "Shameful it seems \u2014 I know not if it be -", "For men to lie , and smile , and swear , and lie ,", "And bear the gods of heaven false witness . I", "Can hold not this but shameful .", "Thy soul ? Yea , there \u2014 how knowest thou , boy , so well ? -", "The fire is lit that feeds the fires of hell .", "Mine is aflame this long time now \u2014 but thine -", "O , how shall God forgive thee this , Locrine ,", "That thou , for shame of these thy treasons done ,", "Hast rent the soul in sunder of thy son ?", "Nay , child , I lied \u2014 I did but rave -", "I jested \u2014 was my face , then , sad and grave ,", "When most I jested with thee ? Child , my brain", "Is wearied , and my heart worn down with pain :", "I thought awhile , for very sorrow 's sake ,", "To play with sorrow \u2014 try thy spirit , and take", "Comfort \u2014 God knows I know not what I said ,", "My father , whom I loved , being newly dead .", "Dost thou now believe me ?", "I bore", "A brave man when I bore thee .", "Never . But wilt thou trust me now ?", "Well .", "Heaven hath no power to hurt me more : and hell", "No fire to fear . The world I dwelt in died", "With my dead father . King , thy world is wide", "Wherein thy soul rejoicingly puts trust :", "But mine is strait , and built by death of dust .", "Thy speech is sweet ; thine eyes are flowers that shine :", "If ever siren bare a son , Locrine ,", "To reign in some green island and bear sway", "On shores more shining than the front of day", "And cliffs whose brightness dulls the morning 's brow ,", "That son of sorceries and of seas art thou .", "Thy soul is softer than this boy 's of thine :", "His heart is all toward battle . Was it mine", "That put such fire in his ? for none that heard", "Thy flatteries \u2014 nay , I take not back the word -", "A flattering lover lives my loving lord -", "Could guess thine hand so great with spear or sword .", "Wert thou not woman more in word than act ,", "Then unrevenged thy brother Albanact", "Had given his blood to guard his realm and thine :", "But he that slew him found thy stroke , Locrine ,", "Strong as thy speech is gentle .", "A goodly spoil", "Was that thine hand made then by Humber 's banks", "Of all who swelled the Scythian 's riotous ranks", "With storm of inland surf and surge of steel :", "None there were left , if tongues ring true , to feel", "The yoke of days that breathe submissive breath", "More bitter than the bitterest edge of death .", "This was then a day of blood . I heard ,", "But know not whence I caught the wandering word ,", "Strange women were there of that outland crew ,", "Whom ruthlessly thy soldiers ravening slew .", "These that were taken , then , thou didst not slay ?", "Slay nor spare ?", "What albeit they were ?", "Small hurt , meseems , my husband , had it been", "Though British hands had haled a Scythian queen -", "If such were found \u2014 some woman foul and fierce -", "To death \u2014 or aught we hold for shame 's sake worse .", "Not wolves , but men ,", "Surely : for beasts are loyal .", "Nought save grief and love ; Locrine ,", "A grievous love , a loving grief is mine .", "Here stands my husband : there my father lies :", "I know not if there live in either 's eyes", "More love , more life of comfort . This our son", "Loves me : but is there else left living one", "That loves me back as I love ?", "Not thou !", "No part have I \u2014 nay , never had I part -", "Our child that hears me knows it \u2014 in thine heart .", "Thy sire it was that bade our hands be one", "For love of mine , his brother : thou , his son ,", "Didst give not \u2014 no \u2014 but yield thy hand to mine ,", "To mine thy lips \u2014 not thee to me , Locrine .", "Thy heart has dwelt far off me all these years ;", "Yet have I never sought with smiles or tears", "To lure or melt it meward . I have borne -", "I that have borne to thee this boy \u2014 thy scorn ,", "Thy gentleness , thy tender words that bite", "More deep than shame would , shouldst thou spurn or smite", "These limbs and lips made thine by contract \u2014 made", "No wife 's , no queen 's \u2014 a servant 's \u2014 nay , thy shade .", "The shadow am I , my lord and king , of thee ,", "Who art spirit and substance , body and soul to me .", "And now ,\u2014 nay , speak not \u2014 now my sire is dead", "Thou think'st to cast me crownless from thy bed", "Wherein I brought thee forth a son that now", "Shall perish with me , if thou wilt \u2014 and thou", "Shalt live and laugh to think of us \u2014 or yet", "Play faith more foul \u2014 play falser , and forget .", "I know that nought I know , Locrine , of thee .", "Strong sorrow knows but sorrow 's lawless laws .", "They should not , had my heart my heart 's desire .", "Thou dost not call me wife \u2014 nor call'st amiss .", "Thou dost not ill to call me not thy wife .", "Thy sister never I : my brother thou .", "As loves a sister , never loved I thee .", "If then thou thought'st it , both were sore beguiled .", "Yet not like theirs \u2014 woe worth it !\u2014 were our loves .", "And we live linked , inseparate \u2014 heart in heart .", "Thy mother laughed when thou wast born , Locrine .", "And thou didst laugh , and wept'st not , to be born .", "The same star lit not thee to birth and me .", "Nay ; thine was nigh the sun , and mine afar .", "Nay , all its life of light was wellnigh done .", "Art thou so thankful , king , for love 's kind sake ? Would I were worthier thanks like these I take ! For thanks I cannot render thee again .", "Comfort ? In thee , fair cousin \u2014 or my son ?", "To Cornwall must he fare and fight for thee ?", "What is my will worth more than wind or foam ?", "What power is mine to speed him or to stay ?", "Most duteous wast thou to thy sire \u2014 and mine .", "Thy smile is as a flame that plays and flits .", "Not love 's \u2014 not love 's \u2014 toward me love burns not there .", "Swear by the faith none seeking there may find -", "Ay \u2014 women 's faith is water . Then , by men 's -", "Swear thou didst never love me more than now .", "I cannot give thee back thine oath again .", "I said not that it waned . I would not swear -", "- Thy faith and heart were aught but shadow and fire .", "And not my lord : I cross and thwart him still .", "Wound ? if I would , could I forsooth wound thee ?", "These hands , now bound in wedlock fast to thine ?", "Nay , life nor death , nor love whose child is hate ,", "May sunder hearts made one but once by fate .", "Wrath may come down as fire between them \u2014 life", "May bid them yearn for death as man for wife -", "Grief bid them stoop as son to father \u2014 shame", "Brand them , and memory turn their pulse to flame -", "Or falsehood change their blood to poisoned wine -", "Yet all shall rend them not in twain , Locrine .", "Thou , Locrine ?", "Today thou knowest not , nor wilt learn tomorrow ,", "The secret sense of such a word as sorrow .", "Thy spirit is soft and sweet : I well believe", "Thou wouldst , but well I know thou canst not grieve .", "The tears like fire , the fire that burns up tears ,", "The blind wild woe that seals up eyes and ears ,", "The sound of raging silence in the brain", "That utters things unutterable for pain ,", "The thirst at heart that cries on death for ease ,", "What knows thy soul 's live sense of pangs like these ?", "Thine ?", "Ay \u2014 when he comes again from Cornwall .", "Think not the boy I bare thee too much mine ,", "Though slack of speech and halting : I divine", "Thou shalt not find him faint of heart or hand ,", "Come what may come against him .", "Ay : no such coward as crawls and licks the dust", "Till blood thence licked may slake his murderous lust", "And leave his tongue the suppler shall be bred ,", "I think , in Britain ever \u2014 if the dead", "May witness for the living . Though my son", "Go forth among strange tribes to battle , none", "Here shall he meet within our circling seas", "So much more vile than vilest men as these .", "And though the folk be fierce that harbour there", "As once the Scythians driven before thee were ,", "And though some Cornish water change its name", "As Humber then for furtherance of thy fame ,", "And take some dead man 's on it \u2014 some dead king 's", "Slain of our son 's hand \u2014 and its watersprings", "Wax red and radiant from such fire of fight", "And swell as high with blood of hosts in flight -", "No fiercer foe nor worthier shall he meet", "Than then fell grovelling at his father 's feet .", "Nor , though the day run red with blood of men", "As that whose hours rang round thy praises then ,", "Shall thy son 's hand be deeper dipped therein", "Than his that gat him \u2014 and that held it sin", "To spill strange blood of barbarous women \u2014 wives", "Or harlots \u2014 things of monstrous names and lives -", "Fit spoil for swords of harsher-hearted folk ;", "Nor yet , though some that dared and \u2018 scaped the stroke", "Be fair as beasts are beauteous ,\u2014 fit to make", "False hearts of fools bow down for love 's foul sake ,", "And burn up faith to ashes \u2014 shall my son", "Forsake his father 's ways for such an one", "As whom thy soldiers slew or slew not \u2014 thou", "Hast no remembrance of them left thee now .", "Even therefore may we stand assured of this :", "What lip soever lure his lip to kiss ,", "Past question \u2014 else were he nor mine nor thine -", "This boy would spurn a Scythian concubine .", "Wilt thou not bless him going , and bid him speed ?", "I know not , sir , what ails you to desire", "Such audience of me as I give .", "Then were my brother now at rest in Wales ,", "And royal .", "Even here as there alike , sir .", "My princely cousin , not indeed", "Much that might hap at word or will of thine .", "Should I gainsay their general rede ,", "My heart would mock me .", "Nay \u2014 not so much \u2014 I said not so . Say thou", "What thou wouldst have \u2014 if aught thou wouldst \u2014 with me .", "Ay , verily ? And thy spirit exalts thee now", "So high that these thy words fly forth so free ,", "And fain thine act would follow \u2014 flying above", "Shame 's reach and fear 's ? What gift may this be ? Love ?", "Or liking ? or compassion ?", "Piteous !", "Who lives so low and looks upon the sky", "As would desire \u2014 who shares the sun with us", "That might deserve thy pity ?", "Not I ,", "Though I were cast out hence , cast off , discrowned ,", "Abject , ungirt of all that guards me round ,", "Naked . What villainous madness , knave and king ,", "Is this that puts upon thy babbling tongue", "Poison ?", "Worse had it done to slay my lord , and spare", "Me . Wilt thou now show mercy toward me ? Then", "Strike with that sword mine heart through \u2014 if thou dare .", "All know thy tongue 's edge deadly .", "I hold not thee too faint of heart to slay", "Women . Say forth whate'er thou hast heart to say .", "How should aught move me", "Fallen from such tongues as falsehood finds the same -", "Such tongues as fraud or treasonous hate o'erscurfs", "With leprous lust \u2014 a prince 's or a serf 's ?", "Shame", "And truth ? Shame never toward thine heart came near ,", "And all thy life hath hung about thy name .", "Nor ever truth drew nigh the lips that fear", "Whitens , and makes the blood that feeds them tame .", "Speak all thou wilt \u2014 but even for shame , forsooth ,", "Talk not of shame \u2014 and tell me not of truth .", "Fairer ?", "Art thou nor man nor woman ?", "And hast heart to make thy spoil of me ?", "Thou art made of lies and lust -", "Earth 's worst is all too good for such to see ,", "And yet thine eyes turn heavenward \u2014 as they must ,", "Being man 's \u2014 if man be such as thou \u2014 and soil", "The light they see . Thou hast made of me thy spoil ,", "Thy scorn , thy profit \u2014 yea , my whole soul 's plunder", "Is all thy trophy , thy triumphal prize", "And harvest reaped of thee ; nay , trampled under", "And rooted up and scattered . Yet the skies", "That see thy trophies reared are full of thunder ,", "And heaven 's high justice loves not lust and lies .", "Thou liest . I know my lord and thee . Thou liest .", "Thou art lowest of all men born \u2014 while he sits highest .", "If I but whisper him of thee , thou diest .", "Secure as fools are hardy live thou still .", "I have it in my mind to take thine head . Dost thou not fear to put me thus in fear ?", "Thou darest not swear my lord hath wronged my bed . Thou darest but smile and mutter , lie and leer .", "From thee will I bear nothing . Get thee hence :", "Thine eyes defile me . Get thee from my sight .", "Fare thou not well , and be defence", "Far from thy soul cast naked forth by night !", "Hate rose from hell a liar : love came divine", "From heaven : yet she that bore thee bore Locrine .", "Come close , and look upon me . Child or man , -", "I know not how to call thee , being my child ,", "Who know not how myself am called , nor can -", "God witness \u2014 tell thee what should she be styled", "Who bears the brand and burden set on her", "That man hath set on me \u2014 the lands are wild", "Whence late I bade thee hither , swift of spur", "As he that rides to guard his mother 's life ;", "Thou hast found nought loathlier there , nought hate-fuller", "In all the wilds that seethe with fluctuant strife ,", "Than here besets thine advent . Son , if thou", "Be son of mine , and I thy father 's wife -", "As now", "We know not if they be . Give me thine hand .", "Thou hast mine eyes beneath thy father 's brow , -", "And therefore bears it not the traitor 's brand .", "Swear \u2014 But I would not bid thee swear in vain", "Nor bind thee ere thine own soul understand ,", "Ere thine own heart be molten with my pain ,", "To do such work for bitter love of me", "As haply , knowing my heart , thou wert not fain -", "Even thou \u2014 to take upon thee \u2014 bind on thee -", "Set all thy soul to do or die .", "And though thou sworest not , yet the thing should be .", "The burden found for me so sore to bear", "Why should I lay on any hand but mine ,", "Or bid thine own take part therein , and wear", "A father 's blood upon it \u2014 here \u2014 for sign ?", "Ay , now thou pluck'st it forth of hers to whom", "Thou sworest and gavest it plighted . O Locrine ,", "Thy seed it was that sprang within my womb ,", "Thine , and none other \u2014 traitor born and liar ,", "False-faced , false-tongued \u2014 the fire of hell consume", "Me , thee , and him for ever !", "Thy sire ? my lord ? the flower of men ? How ?", "Now , and then ,", "Are twain ; thou knowest not women , how their tongue", "Takes fire , and straight learns patience : Guendolen", "Is there no more than crownless woman , wrung", "At heart with anguish , and in utterance mad", "As even the meanest whom a snake hath stung", "So near the heart that all the pulse it had", "Grows palpitating poison . Wilt thou know", "Whence ?", "What think'st thou were the bitterest wrong , the woe", "Least bearable by woman , worst of all", "That man might lay upon her ? Nay , thou art slow :", "Speak : though thou speak but folly . Silent ? Call", "To mind whatso thou hast ever heard of ill", "Most monstrous , that should turn to fire and gall", "The milk and blood of maid or mother \u2014 still", "Thou shalt not find , I think , what he hath done -", "What I endure , and die not . For my will", "It is that holds me yet alive , O son ,", "Till all my wrong be wroken , here to keep", "Fast watch , a living soul before the sun ,", "Anhungered and athirst for night and sleep ,", "That will not slake the ravin of her thirst", "Nor quench her fire of hunger , till she reap", "The harvest loved of all men , last as first -", "Vengeance .", "I praise the gods that gave me thee : thine heart", "Is none of his , no changeling 's in desire ,", "No coward 's as who begat thee : mine thou art", "All , and mine only . Lend me now thine ear :", "Thou knowest -", "How my lord ,", "Our lord , thy sire \u2014 the king whose throne is here", "Imperial \u2014 smote and drove the wolf-like horde", "That raged against us from the raging east ,", "And how their chief sank in the unsounded ford", "He thought to traverse , till the floods increased", "Against him , and he perished : and Locrine", "Found in his camp for sovereign spoil to feast", "The sense of power with lustier joy than wine", "A woman \u2014 Dost thou mock me ?", "Thou dost not dare", "Mock me ?", "And thou ? no she-wolf whelps upon the wold", "Whose brood is like thy mother 's .", "And a bold", "Man : is thine heart flesh , or a burning brand", "Lit to burn up and turn for thee to gold", "The kingship of thy sire ?", "Thou dost love then , thou , thy mother yet -", "Me , dost thou love a little ? None but thou", "There is to love me ; for the gods forget -", "Nor shall one hear of me a prayer again ;", "Yea , none of all whose thrones in heaven are set", "Shall hear , nor one of all the sons of men .", "Thou knowest .", "Have I kept silence all this while ?", "And sight of Madan on his throne ?", "Yet shalt thou not go back .", "I did not bid thee spare .", "Thy father ?", "Dost thou dare", "This ?", "Yea -", "So be it . What levies wilt thou raise , to heave", "Thy father from his seat ?", "I will . But were thy musters brought", "Whence now thou art come to cheer me , this should be", "A sign for us of comfort .", "Nay , child , nay \u2014 thou art harsh as heaven to me -", "I would but have of thee a word of cheer .", "Hearst thou ? Voices within . ] The king !", "Well . And this child of mine -", "How he may fare concerns not thee to know ?", "Locrine ,", "Thou art welcome as the sun to fields of snow .", "Make answer for me , Madan .", "Speak , I say .", "Children \u2014 who can but pray -", "Pray better , if my sense not err , than we .", "The God whom all the gods of heaven obey", "Should hear them rather , seeing \u2014 as gods may see -", "How pure of purpose is their perfect prayer .", "Thine enemies know that well .", "In Cornwall they that fell", "So found it , that of all their large-limbed brood", "No bulk is left to brave thee .", "Wouldst thou show", "Thy love , thy thanks , thy fatherhood in one ,", "Thy perfect honour \u2014 yea , thy right to stand", "Crowned , and lift up thine eyes against the sun", "As one so pure in heart , so clean of hand ,", "So loyal and so royal , none might cast", "A word against thee burning like a brand ,", "A sound that withers honour , and makes fast", "The bondage of a recreant soul to shame -", "Thou shouldst , or ever an hour be overpast ,", "Slay him .", "What , is not then thy name", "Locrine ? and hath this boy done ill to thee ?", "Hath he not won him for thy love 's sake fame ?", "Hath he not served thee loyally ? is he", "So much thy son , so little son of mine ,", "That men might call him traitor ? May they see", "The brand across his brow that reddens thine ?", "How shouldst thou dare \u2014 how dream \u2014 to let him live ?", "Is he not loyal ? art not thou Locrine ?", "What less than death for guerdon shouldst thou give", "My son who hath done thee service ? Me thou hast given -", "Who hast found me truer than falsehood can forgive -", "Shame for my guerdon : yea , my heart is riven", "With shame that once I loved thee .", "Slay me then .", "Thou liest : I bade thee slay him .", "O liar , is all the world a lie ?", "I bade thee , knowing thee what thou art \u2014 I bade", "My lord and king and traitor slay my son -", "A heartless hand that lacks the power it had", "Smite one whose stroke shall leave it strengthless \u2014 one", "Whose loyal loathing of his shame in thee", "Shall cast it out of eyeshot of the sun .", "Thou hast said \u2014 and yet thou hast lied not .", "But he", "Is the issue of thy love and mine , by fate", "Made one to no good issue . Didst thou trust", "That grief should give to men disconsolate", "Comfort , and treason bring forth truth , and dust", "Blossom ? What love , what reverence , what regard ,", "Shouldst thou desire , if God or man be just ,", "Of this thy son , or me more evil-starred ,", "Whom scorn salutes his mother ?", "Dost thou mourn", "For that ? Too careful art thou for my good ,", "Too tender and too true to me and mine ,", "For shame to make my heart or thine his food", "Or scorn lay hold upon my fame or thine .", "Art thou not pure as honour 's perfect heart -", "Not treason-cankered like my lord Locrine ,", "Whose likeness shows thee fairer than thou art", "And falser than thy loving care of me", "Would bid my faith believe thee ?", "Yea \u2014 witness heaven and hell ,", "And all the lights that lighten earth and sea ,", "And all that wrings my heart , I know thee well .", "How should I love and hate and know thee not ?", "Long since my heart has tolled it \u2014 and forgot", "All save the cause that bade the death-bell sound", "And cease and bring forth silence .", "Not air but fire it is that rings me round -", "Thy voice makes all my brain a wheel of fire .", "Man , what have I to do with pride of power ?", "Such pride perchance it was that moved my sire", "To bid me wed \u2014 woe worth the woful hour ! -", "His brother 's son , the brother 's born above", "Him as above me thou , the crown and flower", "Of Britain , gentler-hearted than the dove", "And mightier than the sunward eagle 's wing :", "But nought moved me save one thing only \u2014 love .", "Thou knowest ? but this thou knowest not , king ,", "How near of kin are bitter love and hate -", "Nor which of these may be the deadlier thing .", "Death . Would God my heart were great ! Then would I slay myself .", "Ay ! wilt thou slay me then \u2014 and slay me here ?", "Didst thou deem", "I would outlive with thee the scorn of men ,", "A slave enthroned beside a traitor ? Seem", "These eyes and lips and hands of mine a slave 's", "Uplift for mercy toward thee ? Such a dream", "Sets realms on fire , and turns their fields to graves .", "Dost the know", "What day records to day and night to night -", "How he whose wrath was rained as hail or snow", "On Troy 's adulterous towers , when treacherous flame", "Devoured them , and our fathers \u2019 roofs lay low ,", "And all their praise was turned to fire and shame -", "All-righteous God , who herds the stars of heaven", "As sheep within his sheepfold \u2014 God , whose name", "Compels the wandering clouds to service , given", "As surely as even the sun 's is \u2014 loves or hates", "Treason ? He loved our sires : were they forgiven ?", "Their walls upreared of gods , their sevenfold gates ,", "Might these keep out his justice ? What art thou", "To make thy will more strong and sure than fate 's ?", "Thy fate am I , that falls upon thee now .", "Wilt thou not slay me yet \u2014 and slay thy son ?", "So shall thy fate change , and unbend the brow", "That now looks mortal on thee .", "Peace ? The man thou art", "Craves \u2014 and shame bids not breath within him cease -", "Craves of the woman that thou knowest I am", "Peace ? Ay , take hands at parting , and release", "Each heart , each hand , each other : shall the lamb ,", "The lamb-like woman , born to cower and bleed ,", "Withstand his will whose choice may save or damn", "Her days and nights , her word and thought and deed -", "Take heart to outdare her lord the lion ? How", "Should this be \u2014 if the lion 's imperial seed", "Life not against his sire as brave a brow", "As frowns upon his mother ?\u2014 Peace be then", "Between us : none may stand before thee now :", "No son of thine keep faith with Guendolen .", "And God shall make thine hand against him strong .", "Woe worth his hand who set the hearth on flame !", "Ay !", "And thou , my holy-hearted lord ,\u2014 the same", "Whose hand was laid in mine and bound to lie", "There fast for ever if faith be found on earth -", "If truth be true , and shame not wholly die -", "Hast thou not made thy mockery and thy mirth ,", "Thy laughter and thy scorn , of shame ? But we ,", "Thy wife by wedlock , and thy son by birth ,", "Who have no part in spirit and soul with thee ,", "Will bear no part in kingdom nor in life", "With one who hath put to shame his child and me .", "Thy true-born son , and I that was thy wife ,", "Will see thee dead or perish . Call thy men", "About thee ; bid them gird their loins for strife", "More dire than theirs who storm the wild wolf 's den ;", "For if thou dare not slay us here today", "Thou art dead .", "No :", "Thou art gentle , and beasts are honest : no such way", "Lies open toward thy fearful foot : not so", "Shalt thou find surety from these foes of thine .", "Woe worth thee therefore ! yea , a sevenfold woe", "Shall God through us rain down on thee , Locrine .", "Hadst thou the heart God hath not given thee \u2014 then", "Our blood might run before thy feet like wine", "And wash thy way toward sin in sight of men", "Smooth , soft , and safe . But if thou shed it not -", "If Madan live to look on Guendolen", "Living \u2014 I wot not what shall be \u2014 I wot", "What shall not \u2014 thou shalt have no joy to live", "More than have they for whom God 's wrath grows hot .", "I dare not say", "Farewell .", "Thou hast not said \u2014 Forgive .", "Nay .", "Mine ? Hear it , heaven ,\u2014 and men , bear witness ! Mine", "The treachery that hath rent our realm in twain -", "Mine , mine the adulterous treason . Not Locrine ,", "Not he , found loyal to my love in vain ,", "Hath brought the civic sword and fire of strife", "On British fields and homesteads , clothed with joy ,", "Crowned with content and comfort : I , his wife ,", "Have brought on Troynovant the fires of Troy .", "He lifts his head before the sun of heaven", "And swears it \u2014 lies , and lives . Is God 's bright sword", "Broken , wherewith the gates of Troy \u2014 the seven", "Strong gates that gods who built them held in ward -", "Were broken even as wattled reeds with fire ?", "Son , by what name shall honour call thy sire ?", "Did I not know", "Mine honour perfect as thy shame , Locrine ,", "Now might I say , and turn to pride my woe ,", "Mine only were this boy , and none of thine .", "But what thou mayest I may not . Where are they", "Who ride not with their lord and sire today ?", "Thy secret Scythian and your changeling child ,", "Where hide they now their heads that lurk not hidden", "There where thy treason deemed them safe , and smiled ?", "When arms were levied , and thy servants bidden", "About thee to withstand the doom of men", "Whose loyal angers flamed upon our side", "Against thee , from thy smooth-skinned she-wolf 's den", "Her whelp and she sought covert unespied ,", "But not from thee far off . Thou hast born them hither", "For refuge in this west that stands for thee", "Against our cause , whose very name should wither", "The hearts of them that hate it . Where is she ?", "Hath she not heart to keep thy side ? or thou ,", "Dost thou think shame to stand beside her now", "And bid her look upon thy son and wife ?", "Nay , she should ride at thy right hand and laugh", "To see so fair a lordly field of strife", "Shine for her sake , whose lips thy love bids quaff", "For pledge of trustless troth the blood of men .", "Let it run broader than this water 's flood", "Swells after storm , it shall not cleanse thy guilt .", "Give now the word of charge ; and God do right", "Between us in the fiery courts of fight .", "Dead ? Ah ! my traitor with his harlot fled", "Hellward ?", "She ! not dead ?", "Smite her with thy sword .", "Shame", "Consume thee !\u2014 Thou \u2014 what call they , girl , thy name ?", "Daughter of Estrild ,\u2014 daughter of Locrine , -", "Daughter of death and darkness !", "She dares not \u2014 though the heart in her be fain ,", "The flesh draws back for fear . She dares not .", "Save her ! God pardon me !", "What have we done ?", "Yea .", "The gods are wise who lead us \u2014 now to smite ,", "And now to spare : we dwell but in their sigh", "And work but what their will is . What hath been", "Is past . But these , that once were king and queen ,", "The sun , that feeds on death , shall not consume", "Naked . Not I would sunder tomb from tomb", "Of these twain foes of mine , in death made one -", "I , that when darkness hides me from the sun", "Shall sleep alone , with none to rest by me .", "But thou \u2014 this one time more I look on thee -", "Fair face , brave hand , weak heart that wast not mine -", "Sleep sound \u2014 and God be good to thee , Locrine .", "I was not . She was fair as heaven in spring", "Whom thou didst love indeed . Sleep , queen and king ,", "Forgiven ; and if \u2014 God knows \u2014 being dead , ye live ,", "And keep remembrance yet of me \u2014 forgive ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 68, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The king has come ?", "Ha ! Low ?", "He 's sad , you say ?", "A son ! Where is the son", "Would weep for Pembroke ?", "First touch my hand and swear by highest God", "That you will serve the king .", "For the last time", "I 'll trust and pardon you . If you make black", "Your soul with violation of this oath ,", "I , safe beyond the stars , shall know it not ,", "Nor die again to think on \u2018 t. Men , weep not", "That ye lack sons , but weep when your wives bear them !", "Thanks , Albemarle .", "Ay , son .", "Nay , I 'm not dying yet ,", "And wish to keep my last words for his ears .", "There 's holy magic in the passing tongue", "That stamps its truth unrasurable . So", "Would I grave Henry 's heart .", "I 'll wait", "My hour . Who comes with him ?", "And I not told ?", "Already I am dead . These ears , that kings", "Engaged , are now contracted to the worm", "Permits no forfeiture . Well , well , his message ?", "The pope our friend ? I thank thee , Heaven ! England , take up thy heart ! Thou yet mayst hope !", "He alone can do it .", "Lord Albemarle , and my new-graced son ,", "Will \u2018 t please you walk within ?", "Now , Winchester ?", "Ay , you 'd trot fast enough", "To see me die .", "So I have , my lord .", "A task unfinished I must leave to you .", "Here is the key to yonder cabinet .", "Pray you unlock it ... and take out the packet", "Your eye 's now on .", "Ay , that is it .", "\u2018 Twas Henry Second , grandsire of this Henry ,", "Gave me that packet . Sir , you know the tale", "Of princess Adelais who journeyed here", "As the betrothed of Richard , Henry 's son .", "Alack , she never was his bride . Some say", "That Henry loved her ... I know not ... but she", "Returned to France , her reason wandering .", "\u201c If she recover , \u201d said the king to me ,", "\u201c Give her this packet ; should she die , break seal", "And learn what you shall do . \u201d She did not die ,", "Nor can I say she lives , so sad her state .", "Her age was bare fifteen when she left England ,", "Her face a lily and her eyes a flood ;", "She now must be midway her fifth decade ,", "A time , I 've heard , when subtle changes work", "Within the mind . A beauteous soul ! O God ,", "Restore her now , or lift her e'en to thee !", "... Take you the packet , and the king 's command .", "But first your oath . Deceit has sapped my faith", "So oft I could believe the devil himself", "Wears gown and mitre . Peter des Roches , will you", "Be true ?", "That is done ,", "As well as't can be done . Call in my son", "And Albemarle .", "Now let us talk", "Of England . O , this fleet , this fleet , rigged out", "By warlike Constance in monk Louis \u2019 name !", "I see it nearing now , leaping the waves ,", "On , on , and none to meet it ! Cowards all .", "What do ye here , ye three , loitering about", "A sick man 's bed ? A man almost a corpse .", "I would not have a servant waste himself", "To give me drink while England needs his sword .", "What ? Land your enemy ? O , fools and cowards !", "... I 've given my life for England . Now you 'll cast", "My heart-dear bargain into Louis \u2019 hand", "As \u2018 twere a snood slipped from an easy maid .", "Fool man ! to puff his days out jousting Fate ,", "Who waits but his bare death to start her mock", "Of horrid pleasantries . Then does she make", "Dice of the miser 's bones , carousal cups", "Of the ascetic 's skull , a hangman 's scoff", "Of clerics \u2019 prayer-fed sons ; and proudest sires ,", "Who sentried their blue blood , peer back through dust", "To see all Babylon pour to their line .", "And now she 'll bid my war-ghost eyes behold", "The land held with my life become a field", "For foes at holiday !", "Gualo has come , but where is he will set", "This power its task , and play it for this isle ?", "I can not say that wisdom dies with me ,", "But I could wish more proof of sager mind", "Than e'er I 've had from this small audience .", "Lord Bishop , you are left custodian", "Of Henry 's ripening youth .", "I 've spoken to the king . He 'll give you love", "For love . But who shall be lord chancellor ?", "There 's little choice . And yet there 's one , De Burgh ,", "If camp and field could spare him \u2014\u2014", "By your good leave ,", "Age is no patent to respect and place", "If virtue go not with it . Whitened hairs", "Make honor radiant , but vice thereby", "Is viler still . Ay , there are some \u2014\u2014", "Ah , son , I 've been", "A careless holder all my life , and still", "With my last hour play spendthrift . Well , here be", "Three friends of England \u2014 Gualo makes a fourth \u2014", "And trusting you I ease my bones to death .", "De Burgh ! O gallant soul !", "Now am I young !", "With forty ships he 'll meet the fleet of France !", "I live again , for courage is not dead !", "Nay \u2014 help \u2014 ah , I am gone . I 'll hasten on", "And plead in Heaven for his victory .", "Devils ! dogs ! beasts !", "Now these devoted bones", "Will never lie at peace in English earth .", "My country ! Must the foreign foot be set", "Once more upon thy neck , and thine own sons", "Pour sulphur to thy wounds ? The king ! the king !", "What , vipers , do you hear ? Call in the king !", "Ho , here ! The king !", "He has not yet confirmed you chancellor ?", "While we ride forth to call men to defence \u2014", "In truth to give them hand and foot to Louis \u2014", "You wait here with the king \u2014\u2014", "Does he suspect ?", "Submit ! \u2018 Tis only for an hour .", "We should have heard by now . There 's something wrong .", "But five ? What 's here ?", "Must we believe this tale ?", "Nay , but \u2018 tis strange .", "You 'll not forget", "Your barons \u2019 suit , my liege .", "Will what I will ! And post you , sirs !", "Ha , so ! This wedge of love \u2018 twixt you and Henry", "Quite thrusts you out .", "You have my oath , my lord .", "True . If Winchester would", "Trust Canterbury to find way .", "But will not Kent oppose this swordless worship ?", "It needs", "No second sight , my lord . The barons \u2019 arms", "Outnumber all the feeble prelacy .", "Proud Poitevin ! He plots to lose his head ,", "And give this land a king indeed !", "Your cause is ours , and here we draw our swords !", "Ah , must we force you , sir ?", "Say you will . The king once ours we 'll keep the castles , too .", "Then , Henry , come with us .", "We 'll put", "No pressure on your liberty save that", "We must t \u2019 enforce our charter rights .", "And you with us .", "And I , my king , sought but the good of England", "In all too harshly crying for the rights", "Of your long loyal barons .", "But where is Gualo ? He is friend to Kent .", "Well done !", "Henry will never yield . He wraps the earl", "So close in love \u2018 twill shake the throne to part them .", "There 's no path to the king not barriered", "By Kent 's unceasing watch .", "Arm-locked as king and king ; and eye to eye ,", "Like lovers changing souls .", "And his pale friend , lord Wynne ,", "Turns corpse on \u2018 s feet .", "This judgment , sire ,", "Is much too modest .", "\u2018 Twere best to haste in this , ere all the shires", "Misled in love by Kent , hear of his danger .", "In fewest words ,", "What purpose you ?", "But you must see the trial .", "We pray your pardon , sire .", "No doubt , my liege , we shall remove each bar", "That shuts you from your love , and please ourselves", "The most in pleasing you .", "\u2018 Tis strange enough , my lord .", "Kent 's wife , the princess Margaret , now swears", "\u2018 Twas she who took the maiden 's life , and speaks", "With so much care and proof of circumstance", "I scarce can doubt her .", "No other . She says \u2018 twas she alone , and not her husband .", "Then you 've no doubt", "\u2018 Twas she ?", "God send you comfort , sire .", "Sire , I informed you \u2014\u2014", "My lord \u2014\u2014", "What ! The lord of Wynne returned ?", "But I hope", "He has not bent a wizard 's eye upon", "Our secrets .", "I go at once to raise what power I can .", "Sire , I go ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 69, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["What , Jeremy holding forth ?", "Ay ? Why , then , I 'm afraid Jeremy has wit : for wherever it is , it 's always contriving its own ruin .", "Poet ! He shall turn soldier first , and rather depend upon the outside of his head than the lining . Why , what the devil , has not your poverty made you enemies enough ? Must you needs shew your wit to get more ?", "Jeremy speaks like an oracle . Do n't you see how worthless great men and dull rich rogues avoid a witty man of small fortune ? Why , he looks like a writ of enquiry into their titles and estates , and seems commissioned by heaven to seize hte better half .", "Rail ? At whom ? The whole world ? Impotent and vain ! Who would die a martyr to sense in a country where the religion is folly ? You may stand at bay for a while ; but when the full cry is against you , you sha n't have fair play for your life . If you can n't be fairly run down by the hounds , you will be treacherously shot by the huntsmen . No , turn pimp , flatterer , quack , lawyer , parson , be chaplain to an atheist , or stallion to an old woman , anything but poet . A modern poet is worse , more servile , timorous , and fawning , than any I have named : without you could retrieve the ancient honours of the name , recall the stage of Athens , and be allowed the force of open honest satire .", "The world behaves itself as it uses to do on such occasions ; some pity you , and condemn your father ; others excuse him , and blame you ; only the ladies are merciful , and wish you well , since love and pleasurable expense have been your greatest faults .", "Patience , I suppose , the old receipt .", "And you , like a true great man , having engaged their attendance , and promised more than ever you intended to perform , are more perplexed to find evasions than you would be to invent the honest means of keeping your word , and gratifying your creditors .", "What , is it bouncing Margery , with my godson ?", "My blessing to the boy , with this tokenof my love . And d'ye hear , bid Margery put more flocks in her bed , shift twice a week , and not work so hard , that she may not smell so vigorously . I shall take the air shortly .", "The morning 's a very good morning , if you do n't spoil it .", "What , I know Trapland has been a whoremaster , and loves a wench still . You never knew a whoremaster that was not an honest fellow .", "What do n't I know ? I know the buxom black widow in the", "Poultry . 800 pounds a year jointure , and 20 , 000 pounds in money .", "Aha ! old Trap .", "He begins to chuckle ; ply him close , or he 'll relapse into a dun .", "Here 's a dog now , a traitor in his wine : sirrah , refund the sack .\u2014 Jeremy , fetch him some warm water , or I 'll rip up his stomach , and go the shortest way to his conscience .", "And how do you expect to have your money again when a gentleman has spent it ?", "He begs pardon like a hangman at an execution .", "I am surprised ; what , does your father relent ?", "A very desperate demonstration of your love to Angelica ; and", "I think she has never given you any assurance of hers .", "Women of her airy temper , as they seldom think before they act , so they rarely give us any light to guess at what they mean . But you have little reason to believe that a woman of this age , who has had an indifference for you in your prosperity , will fall in love with your ill-fortune ; besides , Angelica has a great fortune of her own ; and great fortunes either expect another great fortune , or a fool . SCENE IX .", "Pox on him , I 'll be gone .", "A mender of reputations ! Ay , just as he is a keeper of secrets , another virtue that he sets up for in the same manner . For the rogue will speak aloud in the posture of a whisper , and deny a woman 's name while he gives you the marks of her person . He will forswear receiving a letter from her , and at the same time show you her hand in the superscription : and yet perhaps he has counterfeited the hand too , and sworn to a truth ; but he hopes not to be believed , and refuses the reputation of a lady 's favour , as a Doctor says no to a Bishopric only that it may be granted him . In short , he is public professor of secrecy , and makes proclamation that he holds private intelligence .\u2014 He 's here . SCENE XI .", "That is , when I am yours ; for while I am my own , or anybody 's else , that will never happen .", "Ay , such rotten reputations as you have to deal with are to be handled tenderly indeed .", "Not know \u2018 em ? Why , thou never had'st to do with anybody that did not stink to all the town .", "How ?", "What think you of that noble commoner , Mrs Drab ?", "Whom we all know .", "Grace !", "Why , Tattle , thou hast more impudence than one can in reason expect : I shall have an esteem for thee , well , and , ha , ha , ha , well , go on , and what did you say to her grace ?", "Hang him , let him alone , he has a mind we should enquire .", "Yes , Mrs Frail is a very fine woman , we all know her .", "What ?", "To tell what ? Why , what do you know of Mrs Frail ?", "No ?", "She says otherwise .", "Yes , faith . Ask Valentine else .", "No doubt o n't . Well , but has she done you wrong , or no ? You have had her ? Ha ?", "Well , you own it ?", "She 'll be here by and by , she sees Valentine every morning .", "Nor I , faith . But Tattle does not use to bely a lady ; it is contrary to his character . How one may be deceived in a woman , Valentine ?", "I 'm resolved I 'll ask her .", "No ; you told us .", "Come , then , sacrifice half a dozen women of good reputation to me presently . Come , where are you familiar ? And see that they are women of quality , too \u2014 the first quality .", "No , nothing under a right honourable .", "No , their titles shall serve .", "Well , begin then ; but take notice , if you are so ill a painter that I cannot know the person by your picture of her , you must be condemned , like other bad painters , to write the name at the bottom .", "Well , on that condition . Take heed you do n't fail me .", "Tattle -", "Ay , we 'll all give you something .", "Hang him , he has nothing but the Seasons and the Twelve Caesars \u2014 paltry copies \u2014 and the Five Senses , as ill-represented as they are in himself , and he himself is the only original you will see there .", "Yes ; all that have done him favours , if you will believe him .", "No , no ; come to me if you 'd see pictures .", "Yes , faith ; I can shew you your own picture , and most of your acquaintance to the life , and as like as at Kneller 's .", "Yes ; mine are most in black and white . And yet there are some set out in their true colours , both men and women . I can shew you pride , folly , affectation , wantonness , inconstancy , covetousness , dissimulation , malice and ignorance , all in one piece . Then I can shew you lying , foppery , vanity , cowardice , bragging , lechery , impotence , and ugliness in another piece ; and yet one of these is a celebrated beauty , and t'other a professed beau . I have paintings too , some pleasant enough .", "Why , I have a beau in a bagnio , cupping for a complexion , and sweating for a shape .", "Then I have a lady burning brandy in a cellar with a hackney coachman .", "I have some hieroglyphics too ; I have a lawyer with a hundred hands , two heads , and but one face ; a divine with two faces , and one head ; and I have a soldier with his brains in his belly , and his heart where his head should be .", "No head .", "Yes , I have a poet weighing words , and selling praise for praise , and a critic picking his pocket . I have another large piece too , representing a school , where there are huge proportioned critics , with long wigs , laced coats , Steinkirk cravats , and terrible faces ; with cat-calls in their hands , and horn-books about their necks . I have many more of this kind , very well painted , as you shall see .", "I will : I have a mind to your sister .", "Well , if Tattle entertains you , I have the better opportunity to engage your sister .", "I 'll give an account of you and your proceedings . If indiscretion be a sign of love , you are the most a lover of anybody that I know : you fancy that parting with your estate will help you to your mistress . In my mind he is a thoughtless adventurer Who hopes to purchase wealth by selling land ; Or win a mistress with a losing hand .", "Nor good-nature enough to answer him that did ask you ; I 'll say that for you , madam .", "Only for the affectation of it , as the women do for ill - nature .", "I shall receive no benefit from the opinion ; for I know no effectual difference between continued affectation and reality .", "Yes , but I dare trust you ; we were talking of Angelica 's love to Valentine . You wo n't speak of it .", "Ha , ha , ha !", "Your love of Valentine .", "Why , is the devil in you ? Did not I tell it you for a secret ?", "Is that your discretion ? Trust a woman with herself ?", "So faith , your business is done here ; now you may go brag somewhere else .", "\u2018 Oons , why , you wo n't own it , will you ?", "And I 'll answer for him ; for I 'm sure if he had , he would have told me ; I find , madam , you do n't know Mr Tattle .", "Why , thence it arises \u2014 the thing is proverbially spoken ; but may be applied to him \u2014 as if we should say in general terms , he only is secret who never was trusted ; a satirical proverb upon our sex . There 's another upon yours \u2014 as she is chaste , who was never asked the question . That 's all .", "So , why this is fair , here 's demonstration with a witness .", "Pooh , this proves nothing .", "Mum , Tattle .", "No , do n't ; for then you 'll tell us no more . Come , I 'll recommend a song to you upon the hint of my two proverbs , and I see one in the next room that will sing it .", "Pray sing the first song in the last new play .", "SONG .", "Set by Mr John Eccles .", "I .", "A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed ,", "The swain had been jilted , the nymph been betrayed :", "Their intent was to try if his oracle knew", "E'er a nymph that was chaste , or a swain that was true .", "II .", "Apollo was mute , and had like t'have been posed ,", "But sagely at length he this secret disclosed :", "He alone wo n't betray in whom none will confide ,", "And the nymph may be chaste that has never been tried .", "Come , Valentine , I 'll go with you ; I 've something in my head to communicate to you .", "Sir Sampson , sad news .", "Ca n't you guess at what ought to afflict you and him , and all of us , more than anything else ?", "No . Undoubtedly , Mr Foresight knew all this , and might have prevented it .", "No , not yet ; nor whirlwind . But we do n't know what it may come to . But it has had a consequence already that touches us all .", "Something has appeared to your son Valentine . He 's gone to bed upo n't , and very ill . He speaks little , yet he says he has a world to say . Asks for his father and the wise Foresight ; talks of Raymond Lully , and the ghost of Lilly . He has secrets to impart , I suppose , to you two . I can get nothing out of him but sighs . He desires he may see you in the morning , but would not be disturbed to-night , because he has some business to do in a dream .", "Alas , Mr Foresight , I 'm afraid all is not right . You are a wise man , and a conscientious man , a searcher into obscurity and futurity , and if you commit an error , it is with a great deal of consideration , and discretion , and caution -", "Nay , nay , \u2018 tis manifest ; I do not flatter you . But Sir Sampson is hasty , very hasty . I 'm afraid he is not scrupulous enough , Mr Foresight . He has been wicked , and heav'n grant he may mean well in his affair with you . But my mind gives me , these things cannot be wholly insignificant . You are wise , and should not be over-reached , methinks you should not -", "You say true , man will err ; mere man will err \u2014 but you are something more . There have been wise men ; but they were such as you , men who consulted the stars , and were observers of omens . Solomon was wise , but how ?\u2014 by his judgment in astrology . So says Pineda in his third book and eighth chapter -", "A trifler \u2014 but a lover of art . And the Wise Men of the East owed their instruction to a star , which is rightly observed by Gregory the Great in favour of astrology . And Albertus Magnus makes it the most valuable science , because , says he , it teaches us to consider the causation of causes , in the causes of things .", "I thank my stars that have inclined me . But I fear this marriage and making over this estate , this transferring of a rightful inheritance , will bring judgments upon us . I prophesy it , and I would not have the fate of Cassandra not to be believed . Valentine is disturbed ; what can be the cause of that ? And Sir Sampson is hurried on by an unusual violence . I fear he does not act wholly from himself ; methinks he does not look as he used to do .", "Come , come , Mr Foresight , let not the prospect of worldly lucre carry you beyond your judgment , nor against your conscience . You are not satisfied that you act justly .", "You are not satisfied , I say . I am loth to discourage you , but it is palpable that you are not satisfied .", "Either you suffer yourself to deceive yourself , or you do not know yourself .", "Do you sleep well o \u2019 nights ?", "Are you certain ? You do not look so .", "So was Valentine this morning ; and looked just so .", "That may be , but your beard is longer than it was two hours ago .", "Pox on her , she has interrupted my design \u2014 but I must work her into the project . You keep early hours , madam .", "Pray lend it him , madam . I 'll tell you the reason .", "Do . I 'll die a martyr rather than disclaim my passion . But come a little farther this way , and I 'll tell you what project I had to get him out of the way ; that I might have an opportunity of waiting upon you .", "It takes : pursue it in the name of love and pleasure .", "Look you there now . Your lady says your sleep has been unquiet of late .", "And did not use to be so ?", "Do so , Mr Foresight , and say your prayers . He looks better than he did .", "Yes , yes . I hope this will be gone by morning , taking it in time .", "I hope you will be able to see Valentine in the morning . You had best take a little diacodion and cowslip-water , and lie upon your back : maybe you may dream .", "No , no , you look much better .", "I hope so . Leave that to me ; I will erect a scheme ; and I hope I shall find both Sol and Venus in the sixth house .", "Good night , good Mr Foresight ; and I hope Mars and Venus will be in conjunction ;\u2014 while your wife and I are together .", "Yes , faith I do ; I have a better opinion both of you and myself than to despair .", "Yes , several , very honest ; they 'll cheat a little at cards , sometimes , but that 's nothing .", "Yes , faith , I believe some women are virtuous too ; but \u2018 tis as I believe some men are valiant , through fear . For why should a man court danger or a woman shun pleasure ?", "Why , honour is a public enemy , and conscience a domestic thief ; and he that would secure his pleasure must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other . As for honour , that you have secured , for you have purchased a perpetual opportunity for pleasure .", "Ay , your husband , a husband is an opportunity for pleasure : so you have taken care of honour , and \u2018 tis the least I can do to take care of conscience .", "Yes , faith I think so ; I love to speak my mind .", "I have no great opinion of myself , but I think I 'm neither deformed nor a fool .", "Come , I know what you would say : you think it more dangerous to be seen in conversation with me than to allow some other men the last favour ; you mistake : the liberty I take in talking is purely affected for the service of your sex . He that first cries out stop thief is often he that has stol'n the treasure . I am a juggler , that act by confederacy ; and if you please , we 'll put a trick upon the world .", "Faith , I 'm sound .", "I 'll swear you 're handsome .", "And you 'd think so , though I should not tell you so . And now", "I think we know one another pretty well .", "Well ; you 'll give me leave to wait upon you to your chamber door , and leave you my last instructions ?", "I have heard of her .", "Why , faith , I have a good lively imagination , and can dream as much to the purpose as another , if I set about it . But dreaming is the poor retreat of a lazy , hopeless , and imperfect lover ; \u2018 tis the last glimpse of love to worn-out sinners , and the faint dawning of a bliss to wishing girls and growing boys . There 's nought but willing , waking love , that can Make blest the ripened maid and finished man .", "Well , is your master ready ? does he look madly and talk madly ?", "Would he have Angelica acquainted with the reason of his design ?", "I saw her take coach just now with her maid , and think I heard her bid the coachman drive hither .", "Well , I 'll try her : \u2014 \u2018 tis she \u2014 here she comes .", "Not upon a kind occasion , madam . But when a lady comes tyrannically to insult a ruined lover , and make manifest the cruel triumphs of her beauty , the barbarity of it something surprises me .", "She 's concerned , and loves him .", "Faith , madam , I wish telling a lie would mend the matter . But this is no new effect of an unsuccessful passion .", "I 'm afraid the physician is not willing you should see him yet . Jeremy , go in and enquire .", "So , this is pretty plain . Be not too much concerned , madam ; I hope his condition is not desperate . An acknowledgment of love from you , perhaps , may work a cure , as the fear of your aversion occasioned his distemper .", "Hey , brave woman , i'faith \u2014 wo n't you see him , then , if he desire it ?", "So , faith , good nature works apace ; you were confessing just now an obligation to his love .", "Humh ! An admirable composition , faith , this same womankind .", "Gone ? Why , she was never here , nor anywhere else ; nor I do n't know her if I see her , nor you neither .", "We are all under a mistake . Ask no questions , for I can n't resolve you ; but I 'll inform your master . In the meantime , if our project succeed no better with his father than it does with his mistress , he may descend from his exaltation of madness into the road of common sense , and be content only to be made a fool with other reasonable people . I hear Sir Sampson . You know your cue ; I 'll to your master .", "For heav'n ' s sake softly , sir , and gently ; do n't provoke him .", "You 'd better let him go , sir , and send for him if there be occasion ; for I fancy his presence provokes him more .", "Miracle ! The monster grows loving .", "That ever I should suspect such a heathen of any remorse !", "You must excuse his passion , Mr Foresight , for he has been heartily vexed . His son is non compos mentis , and thereby incapable of making any conveyance in law ; so that all his measures are disappointed .", "Madam , you and I can tell him something else that he did not foresee , and more particularly relating to his own fortune .", "Hush , softly ,\u2014 the pleasures of last night , my dear , too considerable to be forgot so soon .", "\u2018 Sdeath , do you make no difference between me and your husband ?", "You make me mad . You are not serious . Pray recollect yourself .", "And did not ?", "This I have heard of before , but never believed . I have been told , she had that admirable quality of forgetting to a man 's face in the morning that she had lain with him all night , and denying that she had done favours with more impudence than she could grant \u2018 em . Madam , I 'm your humble servant , and honour you .\u2014 You look pretty well , Mr Foresight : how did you rest last night ?", "\u2018 Twas a very forgetting night . But would you not talk with Valentine ? Perhaps you may understand him ; I 'm apt to believe there is something mysterious in his discourses , and sometimes rather think him inspired than mad .", "And have you given your master a hint of their plot upon him ?", "It may make us sport .", "Ask him , Mr Foresight .", "I believe it is a spring tide .", "Humour him , madam , by all means .", "How 's this ! Tattle making love to Angelica !", "I will \u2014 I have discovered something of Tattle that is of a piece with Mrs Frail . He courts Angelica ; if we could contrive to couple \u2018 em together .\u2014 Hark'ee \u2014", "Mr Foresight , we had best leave him . He may grow outrageous , and do mischief .", "Jeremy , follow Tattle .", "Madam , I am very glad that I overheard a better reason which you gave to Mr Tattle ; for his impertinence forced you to acknowledge a kindness for Valentine , which you denied to all his sufferings and my solicitations . So I 'll leave him to make use of the discovery , and your ladyship to the free confession of your inclinations .", "Oh , I hope he will do well again . I have a message from him to your niece Angelica .", "Who ?", "Angelica ?", "\u2018 Sdeath , it 's a jest . I can n't believe it .", "Death and hell ! Where 's Valentine ? SCENE X . SIR SAMPSON , ANGELICA , FORESIGHT , MRS FORESIGHT , BEN , BUCKRAM .", "No , really , sir . I 'm his witness ; it was all counterfeit .", "\u2018 Sdeath , you are not mad indeed , to ruin yourself ?", "I hear the fiddles that Sir Sampson provided for his own wedding ; methinks \u2018 tis pity they should not be employed when the match is so much mended . Valentine , though it be morning , we may have a dance .", "Call \u2018 em , Jeremy .", "The music stays for you .", "Well , madam , you have done exemplary justice in punishing an inhuman father and rewarding a faithful lover . But there is a third good work which I , in particular , must thank you for : I was an infidel to your sex , and you have converted me . For now I am convinced that all women are not like fortune , blind in bestowing favours , either on those who do not merit or who do not want \u2018 em ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 70, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Let fame , that all hunt after in their lives ,", "Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs ,", "And then grace us in the disgrace of death ;", "When , spite of cormorant devouring Time ,", "Th \u2019 endeavour of this present breath may buy", "That honour which shall bate his scythe 's keen edge ,", "And make us heirs of all eternity .", "Therefore , brave conquerors - for so you are", "That war against your own affections", "And the huge army of the world 's desires-", "Our late edict shall strongly stand in force :", "Navarre shall be the wonder of the world ;", "Our court shall be a little Academe ,", "Still and contemplative in living art .", "You three , Berowne , Dumain , and Longaville ,", "Have sworn for three years \u2019 term to live with me", "My fellow-scholars , and to keep those statutes", "That are recorded in this schedule here .", "Your oaths are pass 'd ; and now subscribe your names ,", "That his own hand may strike his honour down", "That violates the smallest branch herein .", "If you are arm 'd to do as sworn to do ,", "Subscribe to your deep oaths , and keep it too .", "Your oath is pass 'd to pass away from these .", "Why , that to know which else we should not know .", "Ay , that is study 's god-like recompense .", "These be the stops that hinder study quite ,", "And train our intellects to vain delight .", "How well he 's read , to reason against reading !", "Well , sit out ; go home , Berowne ; adieu .", "How well this yielding rescues thee from shame !", "What say you , lords ? Why , this was quite forgot .", "We must of force dispense with this decree ;", "She must lie here on mere necessity .", "Ay , that there is . Our court , you know , is haunted", "With a refined traveller of Spain ,", "A man in all the world 's new fashion planted ,", "That hath a mint of phrases in his brain ;", "One who the music of his own vain tongue", "Doth ravish like enchanting harmony ;", "A man of complements , whom right and wrong", "Have chose as umpire of their mutiny .", "This child of fancy , that Armado hight ,", "For interim to our studies shall relate ,", "In high-born words , the worth of many a knight", "From tawny Spain lost in the world 's debate .", "How you delight , my lords , I know not , I ;", "But I protest I love to hear him lie ,", "And I will use him for my minstrelsy .", "A letter from the magnificent Armado .", "Will you hear this letter with attention ?", "\u2018 Great deputy , the welkin 's vicegerent and sole dominator of Navarre , my soul 's earth 's god and body 's fost'ring patron \u2019 -", "\u2018 So it is \u2019 -", "Peace !", "No words !", "\u2018 So it is , besieged with sable-coloured melancholy , I did commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesome physic of thy health-giving air ; and , as I am a gentleman , betook myself to walk . The time When ? About the sixth hour ; when beasts most graze , birds best peck , and men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper . So much for the time When . Now for the ground Which ? which , I mean , I upon ; it is ycleped thy park . Then for the place Where ? where , I mean , I did encounter that obscene and most prepost'rous event that draweth from my snow-white pen the ebon-coloured ink which here thou viewest , beholdest , surveyest , or seest . But to the place Where ? It standeth north-north-east and by east from the west corner of thy curious-knotted garden . There did I see that low-spirited swain , that base minnow of thy mirth , \u2019", "\u2018 that unlettered small-knowing soul , \u2019", "\u2018 that shallow vassal , \u2019", "\u2018 which , as I remember , hight Costard , \u2019", "\u2018 sorted and consorted , contrary to thy established proclaimed edict and continent canon ; which , with , O , with - but with this I passion to say wherewith - \u2019", "\u2018 For Jaquenetta - so is the weaker vessel called , which I apprehended with the aforesaid swain - I keep her as a vessel of thy law 's fury ; and shall , at the least of thy sweet notice , bring her to trial . Thine , in all compliments of devoted and heart-burning heat of duty , DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO . \u2019", "Ay , the best for the worst . But , sirrah , what say you to this ?", "Did you hear the proclamation ?", "It was proclaimed a year 's imprisonment to be taken with a wench .", "Well , it was proclaimed damsel .", "It is so varied too , for it was proclaimed virgin .", "This \u2018 maid \u2019 not serve your turn , sir .", "Sir , I will pronounce your sentence : you shall fast a week with bran and water .", "And Don Armado shall be your keeper .", "My Lord Berowne , see him delivered o'er ;", "And go we , lords , to put in practice that", "Which each to other hath so strongly sworn .", "Fair Princess , welcome to the court of Navarre .", "You shall be welcome , madam , to my court .", "Hear me , dear lady : I have sworn an oath-", "Not for the world , fair madam , by my will .", "Your ladyship is ignorant what it is .", "Madam , I will , if suddenly I may .", "Madam , your father here doth intimate", "The payment of a hundred thousand crowns ;", "Being but the one half of an entire sum", "Disbursed by my father in his wars .", "But say that he or we , as neither have ,", "Receiv 'd that sum , yet there remains unpaid", "A hundred thousand more , in surety of the which ,", "One part of Aquitaine is bound to us ,", "Although not valued to the money 's worth .", "If then the King your father will restore", "But that one half which is unsatisfied ,", "We will give up our right in Aquitaine ,", "And hold fair friendship with his Majesty .", "But that , it seems , he little purposeth ,", "For here he doth demand to have repaid", "A hundred thousand crowns ; and not demands ,", "On payment of a hundred thousand crowns ,", "To have his title live in Aquitaine ;", "Which we much rather had depart withal ,", "And have the money by our father lent ,", "Than Aquitaine so gelded as it is .", "Dear Princess , were not his requests so far", "From reason 's yielding , your fair self should make", "A yielding \u2018 gainst some reason in my breast ,", "And go well satisfied to France again .", "I do protest I never heard of it ;", "And , if you prove it , I 'll repay it back", "Or yield up Aquitaine .", "Satisfy me so .", "It shall suffice me ; at which interview", "All liberal reason I will yield unto .", "Meantime receive such welcome at my hand", "As honour , without breach of honour , may", "Make tender of to thy true worthiness .", "You may not come , fair Princess , within my gates ;", "But here without you shall be so receiv 'd", "As you shall deem yourself lodg 'd in my heart ,", "Though so denied fair harbour in my house .", "Your own good thoughts excuse me , and farewell .", "To-morrow shall we visit you again .", "Thy own wish wish I thee in every place .", "Ay me !", "\u2018 So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not", "To those fresh morning drops upon the rose ,", "As thy eye-beams , when their fresh rays have smote", "The night of dew that on my cheeks down flows ;", "Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright", "Through the transparent bosom of the deep ,", "As doth thy face through tears of mine give light .", "Thou shin'st in every tear that I do weep ;", "No drop but as a coach doth carry thee ;", "So ridest thou triumphing in my woe .", "Do but behold the tears that swell in me ,", "And they thy glory through my grief will show .", "But do not love thyself ; then thou wilt keep", "My tears for glasses , and still make me weep .", "O queen of queens ! how far dost thou excel", "No thought can think nor tongue of mortal tell . \u2019", "How shall she know my griefs ? I 'll drop the paper-", "Sweet leaves , shade folly . Who is he comes here ?", "Enter LONGAVILLE , with a paper", "What , Longaville , and reading ! Listen , car .", "In love , I hope ; sweet fellowship in shame !", "And I mine too ,. good Lord !", "Come , sir , you blush ; as his , your case is such . You chide at him , offending twice as much : You do not love Maria ! Longaville Did never sonnet for her sake compile ; Nor never lay his wreathed arms athwart His loving bosom , to keep down his heart . I have been closely shrouded in this bush , And mark 'd you both , and for you both did blush . I heard your guilty rhymes , observ 'd your fashion , Saw sighs reek from you , noted well your passion . \u2018 Ay me ! \u2019 says one . \u2018 O Jove ! \u2019 the other cries . One , her hairs were gold ; crystal the other 's eyes .You would for paradise break faith and troth ;And Jove for your love would infringe an oath . What will Berowne say when that he shall hear Faith infringed which such zeal did swear ? How will he scorn , how will he spend his wit ! How will he triumph , leap , and laugh at it ! For all the wealth that ever I did see , I would not have him know so much by me .", "Too bitter is thy jest . Are we betrayed thus to thy over-view ?", "Soft ! whither away so fast ? A true man or a thief that gallops so ?", "What present hast thou there ?", "What makes treason here ?", "If it mar nothing neither ,", "The treason and you go in peace away together .", "Berowne , read it over .", "Where hadst thou it ?", "Where hadst thou it ?", "How now ! What is in you ? Why dost thou tear it ?", "What ?", "Hence , sirs , away .", "What , did these rent lines show some love of thine ?", "What zeal , what fury hath inspir 'd thee now ?", "My love , her mistress , is a gracious moon ;", "She , an attending star , scarce seen a light .", "By heaven , thy love is black as ebony .", "O paradox ! Black is the badge of hell ,", "The hue of dungeons , and the school of night ;", "And beauty 's crest becomes the heavens well .", "And Ethiopes of their sweet complexion crack .", "\u2018 Twere good yours did ; for , sir , to tell you plain ,", "I 'll find a fairer face not wash 'd to-day .", "No devil will fright thee then so much as she .", "But what of this ? Are we not all in love ?", "Then leave this chat ; and , good Berowne , now prove", "Our loving lawful , and our faith not torn .", "Saint Cupid , then ! and , soldiers , to the field !", "And win them too ; therefore let us devise", "Some entertainment for them in their tents .", "Away , away ! No time shall be omitted", "That will betime , and may by us be fitted .", "Say to her we have measur 'd many miles", "To tread a measure with her on this grass .", "Blessed are clouds , to do as such clouds do .", "Vouchsafe , bright moon , and these thy stars , to shine ,", "Those clouds removed , upon our watery eyne .", "Then in our measure do but vouchsafe one change . Thou bid'st me beg ; this begging is not strange .", "Will you not dance ? How come you thus estranged ?", "Yet still she is the Moon , and I the Man . The music plays ; vouchsafe some motion to it .", "But your legs should do it .", "Why take we hands then ?", "More measure of this measure ; be not nice .", "Price you yourselves . What buys your company ?", "That can never be .", "If you deny to dance , let 's hold more chat .", "I am best pleas 'd with that .", "Farewell , mad wenches ; you have simple wits .", "Fair sir , God save you ! Where 's the Princess ?", "That she vouchsafe me audience for one word .", "A blister on his sweet tongue , with my heart ,", "That put Armado 's page out of his part !", "Re-enter the PRINCESS , ushered by BOYET ; ROSALINE ,", "MARIA , and KATHARINE", "All hail , sweet madam , and fair time of day !", "Construe my speeches better , if you may .", "We came to visit you , and purpose now", "To lead you to our court ; vouchsafe it then .", "Rebuke me not for that which you provoke . The virtue of your eye must break my oath .", "O , you have liv 'd in desolation here ,", "Unseen , unvisited , much to our shame .", "How , madam ! Russians !", "We were descried ; they 'll mock us now downright .", "Teach us , sweet madam , for our rude transgression", "Some fair excuse .", "Madam , I was .", "I was , fair madam .", "That more than all the world I did respect her .", "Upon mine honour , no .", "Despise me when I break this oath of mine .", "What mean you , madam ? By my life , my troth ,", "I never swore this lady such an oath .", "My faith and this the Princess I did give ;", "I knew her by this jewel on her sleeve .", "Berowne , they will shame us ; let them not approach .", "I say they shall not come .", "Here is like to be a good presence of Worthies . He presents Hector of Troy ; the swain , Pompey the Great ; the parish curate , Alexander ; Arinado 's page , Hercules ; the pedant , Judas Maccabaeus . And if these four Worthies in their first show thrive , These four will change habits and present the other five .", "You are deceived , \u2018 tis not so .", "The ship is under sail , and here she comes amain .", "Hector was but a Troyan in respect of this .", "How fares your Majesty ?", "Madam , not so ; I do beseech you stay .", "The extreme parts of time extremely forms", "All causes to the purpose of his speed ;", "And often at his very loose decides", "That which long process could not arbitrate .", "And though the mourning brow of progeny", "Forbid the smiling courtesy of love", "The holy suit which fain it would convince ,", "Yet , since love 's argument was first on foot ,", "Let not the cloud of sorrow justle it", "From what it purpos 'd ; since to wail friends lost", "Is not by much so wholesome-profitable", "As to rejoice at friends but newly found .", "Now , at the latest minute of the hour ,", "Grant us your loves .", "If this , or more than this , I would deny ,", "To flatter up these powers of mine with rest ,", "The sudden hand of death close up mine eye !", "Hence hermit then , my heart is in thy breast .", "No , madam ; we will bring you on your way .", "Come , sir , it wants a twelvemonth an \u2019 a day ,", "And then \u2018 twill end .", "Call them forth quickly ; we will do so ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 71, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hallo ! Adela !", "In bed ?", "Win at Bridge ?", "Who did ?", "That young man has too much luck \u2014 the young bounder won two races to-day ; and he 's as rich as Croesus .", "His father did sell carpets , wholesale , in the City .", "Ronny Dancy took a tenner off him , anyway , before dinner .", "Standing jump on to a bookcase four feet high . De Levis had to pay up , and sneered at him for making money by parlour tricks . That young Jew gets himself disliked .", "Not a bit . I like Jews . That 's not against him \u2014 rather the contrary these days . But he pushes himself . The General tells me he 's deathly keen to get into the Jockey Club .It 's amusing to see him trying to get round old St Erth .", "He 's got some pretty good horses .Ronny Dancy 's on his bones again , I 'm afraid . He had a bad day . When a chap takes to doing parlour stunts for a bet \u2014 it 's a sure sign . What made him chuck the Army ?", "Well , he can n't exist on backing losers .", "Yes . He 's a queer chap . I 've always liked him , but I 've never quite made him out . What do you think of his wife ?", "Is he ?", "Who 's beyond them ?", "I know .", "Half-past eleven .Newmarket always makes me sleepy . You 're keeping Morison up . LADY ADELA goes to the door , blowing a kiss . CHARLES goes up to his dressing-table and begins to brush his hair , sprinkling on essence . There is a knock on the corridor door . Come in . DE LEVIS enters , clad in pyjamas and flowered dressing-gown . He is a dark , good-looking , rather Eastern young man . His face is long and disturbed . Hallo ! De Levis ! Anything I can do for you ?", "What !How do you mean stolen ?", "Good Lord ! How much ?", "Phew !", "What ? That weed Dancy gave you in the Spring ?", "You locked \u2014", "This is damned awkward , De Levis .", "Have you got the numbers of the notes ?", "What were they ?", "What d'you want me to do ?", "Is it likely ?", "Good Lord ! We 're not in Town ; there 'll be nobody nearer than", "Newmarket at this time of night \u2014 four miles .", "The door from the bedroom is suddenly opened and LADY ADELA appears .", "She has on a lace cap over her finished hair , and the wrapper .", "Worse ; he 's had a lot of money stolen . Nearly a thousand pounds .", "Thrilling ! What 's to be done ? He wants it back .", "Yes ! What am I to do ? Fetch the servants out of their rooms ? Search the grounds ? It 'll make the devil of a scandal .", "Next to you ? The Dancys on this side , and Miss Orme on the other . What 's that to do with it ?", "Let 's get them . But Dancy was down stairs when I came up . Get Morison , Adela ! No . Look here ! When was this exactly ? Let 's have as many alibis as we can .", "How long has Morison been up with you ?", "Half an hour . Then she 's all right .", "Send her for Margaret and the Dancys \u2014 there 's nobody else in this wing .", "No ; send her to bed . We do n't want gossip . D'you mind going yourself ,", "Adela ?", "Right . Could you get him too ? D'you really want the police ,", "De Levis ?", "Then , look here , dear ! Slip into my study and telephone to the police at Newmarket . There 'll be somebody there ; they 're sure to have drunks . I 'll have Treisure up , and speak to him .LADY ADELA goes out into her room and closes the door .", "Look here , De Levis ! This is n't an hotel . It 's the sort of thing that does n't happen in a decent house . Are you sure you 're not mistaken , and did n't have them stolen on the course ?", "How was your window ?", "You 've got a balcony like this . Any sign of a ladder or anything ?", "It must have been done from the window , unless someone had a skeleton key . Who knew you 'd got that money ? Where did Kentman pay you ?", "Anybody about ?", "Suspicious ?", "You must have been marked down and followed here .", "Might have got it somehow .Come in . TREISURE , the Butler , appears , a silent , grave man of almost supernatural conformity . DE LEVIS gives him a quick , hard look , noted and resented by WINSOR .", "Who valets Mr De Levis ?", "When was he up last ?", "When did he go to bed ?", "But did he go ?", "Look here , Treisure , Mr De Levis has had a large sum of money taken from his bedroom within the last half hour .", "Robert 's quite all right , is n't he ?", "Look here , De Levis , eighty or ninety notes must have been pretty bulky . You did n't have them on you at dinner ?", "Where did you put them ?", "And you found it locked \u2014 and took them from there to put under your pillow ?", "Run your mind over things , Treisure \u2014 has any stranger been about ?", "This seems to have happened between 11. 15 and 11. 30 . Is that right ?Any noise-anything outside-anything suspicious anywhere ?", "What time did you shut up ?", "Having a bath ; with his room locked and the key in his pocket .", "Look here , Treisure , it 's infernally awkward for everybody .", "What do you suggest ?", "I entirely refuse to suspect anybody .", "Quite ! It 's pretty sickening for you . But so it is for anybody else . However , we must do our best to get it back for you . A knock on the door .", "Hallo ! TREISURE opens the door , and GENERAL . CANYNGE enters . Oh ! It 's you , General . Come in . Adela 's told you ? GENERAL CANYNGE nods . He is a slim man of about sixty , very well preserved , intensely neat and self-contained , and still in evening dress . His eyelids droop slightly , but his eyes are keen and his expression astute .", "Well , General , what 's the first move ?", "We do .", "Treisure has been here since he was a boy . I should as soon suspect myself .", "Of course , De Levis !", "Phew ! Did you ever see such a dressing-gown ? The door is opened . LADY ADELA and MARGARET ORME come in . The latter is a vivid young lady of about twenty-five in a vivid wrapper ; she is smoking a cigarette .", "You might take it seriously , Margaret ; it 's pretty beastly for us all . What time did you come up ?", "Did you hear anything ?", "And saw nothing ?", "Awfully sorry to disturb you , Mrs Dancy ; but I suppose you and Ronny have n't heard anything . De Levis 's room is just beyond Ronny 's dressing-room , you know .", "Between the quarter and half past . He 'd locked his door and had the key with him .", "All right . Get Robert up , but do n't say anything to him . By the way , we 're expecting the police .", "De Levis has got wrong with Treisure .But , I say , what would any of us have done if we 'd been in his shoes ?", "Yes ; but there 's a way of doing things .", "He sold that weed you gave him , Dancy , to Kentman , the bookie , and these were the proceeds .", "He 'd tried her high , he said .", "He must have been followed here .After rain like that , there ought to be footmarks . The splutter of a motor cycle is heard .", "What 's the move now , General ?", "Yes , General ?", "By Jove ! It will .", "Quite .Come in ! TREISURE enters .", "Show him in .", "All right . TREISURE re-opens the door , and says \u201c Come in , please . \u201d The INSPECTOR enters , blue , formal , moustachioed , with a peaked cap in his hand .", "Good evening , Inspector . Sorry to have brought you out at this time of night .", "Yes . General Canynge .", "Yes . Shall we go straight to the room it was taken from ? One of my guests , Mr De Levis . It 's the third room on the left .", "Half-past eleven .", "I 'd just looked at the time , and told my wife to send her maid off .", "Very well , Inspector ; only \u2014 my butler has been with us from a boy .", "General , d'you mind touching that bell ? CANYNGE rings a bell by the bed .", "Come in .", "The footman ROBERT , a fresh-faced young man , enters , followed by", "TREISURE .", "It 's the extreme end of the house from this , Inspector . He 's with the other two footmen .", "Miss Orme was ; Captain Dancy not .", "Yes .", "Damn De Levis and his money ! It 's deuced invidious , all this , General .", "Inspector , do you really think it necessary to disturb the whole house and knock up all my guests ? It 's most disagreeable , all this , you know . The loss of the money is not such a great matter . Mr De Levis has a very large income .", "We do n't want a Meldon Court scandal , Inspector .", "What do you say , De Levis ? D'you want everybody in the house knocked up so that their keys can be tried ?", "I 'll come with you , Inspector . He escorts him to the door , and they go out .", "Well , De Levis , I 'm afraid that 's all we can do for the present . So very sorry this should have happened in my house .", "What ?", "Damn it ! This is monstrous , De Levis . I 've known Ronald Dancy since he was a boy .", "Really , De Levis , if this is the way you repay hospitality \u2014", "Kentman paid De Levis round the corner in the further paddock , he says . DE LEVIS turns round from the window , so that he and DANCY are staring at each other .", "You see , De Levis ? He did n't even know you 'd got the money .", "Well ! You are \u2014! There is a knock on the door , and the INSPECTOR enters .", "H 'm ! You 'll take it up from the other end , then , Inspector ?", "No . DE LEVIS turns and goes out on to the balcony .", "Right you are , Inspector . Good night , and many thanks .", "Gosh ! I thought that chapwas going to \u2014! Look here , General , we must stop his tongue . Imagine it going the rounds . They may never find the real thief , you know . It 's the very devil for Dancy .", "How d'you mean ?", "I \u2014 I do n't follow \u2014", "He must have been out on his balcony since .", "He 's been leaning on the wet stone , then .", "Against the wall , perhaps . There may be a dozen explanations .I entirely and absolutely refuse to believe anything of the sort against Ronald Dancy in my house . Dash it , General , we must do as we 'd be done by . It hits us all \u2014 it hits us all . The thing 's intolerable .", "By George ! You do hold cards , Borring .", "No go , General . You can n't go back on pace . No getting a man to walk when he knows he can fly . The young men wo n't look at it .", "Thank you . That 's all . FOOTMAN goes .", "You and I , Borring . He sits down in CANYNGE 'S chair , and the GENERAL takes his place by the fire .", "He only had the numbers of two \u2014 the hundred , and one of the fifties .", "Not yet . As he speaks , DE LEVIS comes in . He is in a highly-coloured , not to say excited state . COLFORD follows him .", "You make this accusation that Dancy stole your money in my house on no proof \u2014 no proof ; and you expect Dancy 's friends to treat you as if you were a gentleman ! That 's too strong , if you like !", "Well \u2014 if he did ?", "Are you going to retract , and apologise in front of Dancy and the members who heard you ?", "Unless you stop this at once , you may find yourself in prison . If you can stop it , that is .", "Is it fair to Dancy not to let him know ?", "I 've known him all his life .", "It 's perfectly damnable for him .", "Of course , he 'll bring a case , when he 's thought it over .", "Yes . What 'll be his position even if he wins ?", "Quite so , unless they find the real thief . People always believe the worst .", "Colford !The General felt his coat sleeve that night , and it was wet .", "If he did do it \u2014", "Twisden not back , Graviter ?", "Well , they 've got through De Levis 's witnesses . Sir Frederick was at the very top of his form . It 's looking quite well . But I hear they 've just subpoenaed Canynge after all . His evidence is to be taken to-morrow .", "I said Dancy ought to have called him .", "Well ! I do n't know that . Can I go and see him before he gives evidence to-morrow ?", "They had Kentman , and Goole , the Inspector , the other bobby , my footman , Dancy 's banker , and his tailor .", "Very little . Oh ! by the way , the numbers of those two notes were given , and I see they 're published in the evening papers . I suppose the police wanted that . I tell you what I find , Graviter \u2014 a general feeling that there 's something behind it all that does n't come out .", "They 're looking for something lurid .", "It 's becoming a sort of Dreyfus case \u2014 people taking sides quite outside the evidence .", "Look here , Mr Twisden \u2014", "No , thanks . The door is closed .", "The General knows something which on the face of it looks rather queer . Now that he 's going to be called , ought n't Dancy to be told of it , so that he may be ready with his explanation , in case it comes out ?", "Well ! It rained that evening at Meldon . The General happened to put his hand on Dancy 's shoulder , and it was damp . TWISDEN puts the saucer down and replaces the cup in it . They both look intently at him .", "I 'd rather you did it , Margaret .", "Well , we 'll go together . I do n't want Mrs Dancy to hear .", "Half a second , Margaret . Wait for me . She nods and goes out . Mr Twisden , what do you really think ?", "Well , can I go and see Canynge ?", "If they get that out of him , and recall me , am I to say he told me of it at the time ?", "Thank goodness . Good-bye ! WINSOR goes out . TWISDEN , behind his table , motionless , taps his teeth with the eyeglasses in his narrow , well-kept hand . After a long shake of his head and a shrug of his rather high shoulders he snips , goes to the window and opens it . Then crossing to the door , Left Back , he throws it open and says"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 72, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["When shall we three meet again ? In thunder , lightning , or in rain ?", "Where the place ?", "I come , Graymalkin !", "Where hast thou been , sister ?", "A sailor 's wife had chestnuts in her lap ,", "And mounch 'd , and mounch 'd , and mounch 'd :\u2014 \u201c Give me , \u201d quoth I :", "\u201c Aroint thee , witch ! \u201d the rump-fed ronyon cries .", "Her husband 's to Aleppo gone , master o \u2019 the Tiger :", "But in a sieve I 'll thither sail ,", "And , like a rat without a tail ,", "I 'll do , I 'll do , and I 'll do .", "Thou art kind .", "I myself have all the other :", "And the very ports they blow ,", "All the quarters that they know", "I \u2019 the shipman 's card .", "I will drain him dry as hay :", "Sleep shall neither night nor day", "Hang upon his pent-house lid ;", "He shall live a man forbid :", "Weary seven-nights nine times nine", "Shall he dwindle , peak , and pine :", "Though his bark cannot be lost ,", "Yet it shall be tempest-tost .\u2014", "Look what I have .", "Here I have a pilot 's thumb ,", "Wreck 'd as homeward he did come .", "All hail , Macbeth ! hail to thee , Thane of Glamis !", "Hail !", "Lesser than Macbeth , and greater .", "Banquo and Macbeth , all hail !", "Why , how now , Hecate ? you look angerly .", "Come , let 's make haste ; she 'll soon be back again .", "Thrice the brinded cat hath mew 'd .", "Round about the caldron go ;", "In the poison 'd entrails throw .\u2014", "Toad , that under cold stone ,", "Days and nights has thirty-one", "Swelter 'd venom sleeping got ,", "Boil thou first i \u2019 the charmed pot !", "Speak .", "Say , if thou'dst rather hear it from our mouths ,", "Or from our masters ?", "Pour in sow 's blood , that hath eaten", "Her nine farrow ; grease that 's sweaten", "From the murderer 's gibbet throw", "Into the flame .", "He knows thy thought :", "Hear his speech , but say thou naught .", "He will not be commanded : here 's another ,", "More potent than the first .", "Show !", "Ay , sir , all this is so :\u2014 but why", "Stands Macbeth thus amazedly ?\u2014", "Come , sisters , cheer we up his sprites ,", "And show the best of our delights ;", "I 'll charm the air to give a sound ,", "While you perform your antic round ;", "That this great king may kindly say ,", "Our duties did his welcome pay ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 73, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["What 's the matter ?", "It was only while I was waiting \u2014", "Not at all , mother .", "I beg your pardon .", "Of course , mother .", "Have I done anything to annoy you , mother ? If so , it was quite unintentional .", "What is it , then , mother ? You are making me very uneasy .", "Only a \u2014", "I !", "You know I have never interfered in the household \u2014", "I mean in our family affairs .", "I have thought sometimes that perhaps I ought ; but really , mother , I know so little about them ; and what I do know is so painful \u2014 it is so impossible to mention some things to you \u2014", "Yes .", "But the girls are all right . They are engaged .", "But the will says also that if he increases his income by his own exertions , they may double the increase .", "I was certainly rather taken aback when I heard they were engaged . Cusins is a very nice fellow , certainly : nobody would ever guess that he was born in Australia ; but \u2014", "Of course I was thinking only of his income . However , he is not likely to be extravagant .", "It 's very good of you , mother ; but perhaps I had better arrange that for myself .", "I am not sulking , mother . What has all this got to do with \u2014 with \u2014 with my father ?", "You need not remind me of that , mother . I have hardly ever opened a newspaper in my life without seeing our name in it . The Undershaft torpedo ! The Undershaft quick firers ! The Undershaft ten inch ! the Undershaft disappearing rampart gun ! the Undershaft submarine ! and now the Undershaft aerial battleship ! At Harrow they called me the Woolwich Infant . At Cambridge it was the same . A little brute at King 's who was always trying to get up revivals , spoilt my Bible \u2014 your first birthday present to me \u2014 by writing under my name , \u201c Son and heir to Undershaft and Lazarus , Death and Destruction Dealers : address , Christendom and Judea . \u201d But that was not so bad as the way I was kowtowed to everywhere because my father was making millions by selling cannons .", "What could they do ? He does not actually break the law .", "Mother ! Is that true ?", "He married without letting you know this !", "But you said that was why you separated .", "Do you mean for \u2014 for \u2014 for \u2014", "But this is so frightful to me , mother . To have to speak to you about such things !", "Mother : you have no consideration for me . For Heaven 's sake either treat me as a child , as you always do , and tell me nothing at all ; or tell me everything and let me take it as best I can .", "I daresay we have been the very imperfect children of a very perfect mother ; but I do beg you to let me alone for once , and tell me about this horrible business of my father wanting to set me aside for another son .", "But you said \u2014", "But did they never marry ? Were there no legitimate sons ?", "I am afraid I should make a poor hand of managing a cannon foundry .", "My father evidently had no great opinion of my capacity .", "Then it was on my account that your home life was broken up , mother . I am sorry .", "All this simply bewilders me , mother . People may differ about matters of opinion , or even about religion ; but how can they differ about right and wrong ? Right is right ; and wrong is wrong ; and if a man cannot distinguish them properly , he is either a fool or a rascal : that 's all .", "Well , what can you do ?", "We cannot take money from him . I had rather go and live in some cheap place like Bedford Square or even Hampstead than take a farthing of his money .", "I never knew that .", "We are utterly dependent on him and his cannons , then !", "Nor do I .", "No .", "Of course if you are determined \u2014", "I would die sooner than ask him for another penny .", "Ask him here !! !", "I never expected you to ask him at all .", "I suppose so , if the girls cannot do without his money .", "Do you mean to say that my father is coming here to-night \u2014 that he may be here at any moment ?", "Not at all .", "You speak as if there were half a dozen moralities and religions to choose from , instead of one true morality and one true religion .", "In other words , some men are honest and some are scoundrels .", "Mother : what 's the matter ?", "Oh , you must n't think that , mother . I \u2014 I do n't like him .", "He has not stolen our affection from you . It is only curiosity .", "Where are you going , mother ?", "No . Certainly not .", "I beg your pardon", "Good afternoon .", "I go into trade ! Certainly not .", "I have no intention of becoming a man of business in any sense . I have no capacity for business and no taste for it . I intend to devote myself to politics .", "Mother : there must be an end of treating me as a child , if you please .Until last night I did not take your attitude seriously , because I did not think you meant it seriously . But I find now that you left me in the dark as to matters which you should have explained to me years ago . I am extremely hurt and offended . Any further discussion of my intentions had better take place with my father , as between one man and another .", "I am sorry , mother , that you have forced me \u2014", "I hope it is settled that I repudiate the cannon business .", "I have nothing of the artist about me , either in faculty or character , thank Heaven !", "I make no such ridiculous pretension .", "I have not studied law . And I am afraid I have not the necessary push \u2014 I believe that is the name barristers give to their vulgarity \u2014 for success in pleading .", "I know the difference between right and wrong .", "You are pleased to be facetious . I pretend to nothing more than any honorable English gentleman claims as his birthright", "I am sorry , sir , that you force me to forget the respect due to you as my father . I am an Englishman ; and I will not hear the Government of my country insulted .", "Really , my dear father , it is impossible to be angry with you . You do n't know how absurd all this sounds to ME . You are very properly proud of having been industrious enough to make money ; and it is greatly to your credit that you have made so much of it . But it has kept you in circles where you are valued for your money and deferred to for it , instead of in the doubtless very oldfashioned and behind-the-times public school and university where I formed my habits of mind . It is natural for you to think that money governs England ; but you must allow me to think I know better .", "Character , father , character .", "Neither yours nor mine , father , but the best elements in the English national character .", "Well , I am rather busy \u2014 er \u2014Oh well , yes : I 'll come . That is , if there is room for me .", "You must not mind Cusins , father . He is a very amiable good fellow ; but he is a Greek scholar and naturally a little eccentric .", "Mother \u2014", "Have you two seen the place ? Why did you leave us ?", "Have you found anything discreditable ?", "Did you see the libraries and schools ! ?", "Have you gone into the insurance fund , the pension fund , the building society , the various applications of co-operation ! ? Undershaft comes from the office , with a sheaf of telegrams in his hands .", "Good news , I hope .", "Another Japanese victory ?", "Oh , magnificent . A perfect triumph of organization . Frankly , my dear father , I have been a fool : I had no idea of what it all meant \u2014 of the wonderful forethought , the power of organization , the administrative capacity , the financial genius , the colossal capital it represents . I have been repeating to myself as I came through your streets \u201c Peace hath her victories no less renowned than War . \u201d I have only one misgiving about it all .", "Well , I cannot help thinking that all this provision for every want of your workmen may sap their independence and weaken their sense of responsibility . And greatly as we enjoyed our tea at that splendid restaurant \u2014 how they gave us all that luxury and cake and jam and cream for threepence I really cannot imagine !\u2014 still you must remember that restaurants break up home life . Look at the continent , for instance ! Are you sure so much pampering is really good for the men 's characters ?", "Dolly , old fellow , think . Think before you decide . Do you feel that you are a sufficiently practical man ? It is a huge undertaking , an enormous responsibility . All this mass of business will be Greek to you .", "Well , I just want to say this before I leave you to yourselves . Do n't let anything I have said about right and wrong prejudice you against this great chance in life . I have satisfied myself that the business is one of the highest character and a credit to our country .I am very proud of my father . I \u2014Barbara and Cusins , left alone together , look at one another silently ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 74, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["We are ready . But the King !The peace propagandists are after him . Mediation is the magic word . Mediation \u2014 by which the neutral nations block our legitimate road to victory for their own benefit , in the name of civilization and progress .", "We are not mediating yet . You may tell that to your friends if they become downhearted .", "Ha ! Once more to have those fellows behind me . Think of it ! Each man of them represents fifty thousand . And behind them another million and another ! God ! What a machine to handle .And the old brain working still ! MINISTER OF WARI do n't know , Clement . I am growing old . I think sometimes that war is the most terrible matter in which we erring humans become engaged . I have always thought that \u2014 at times .", "So you are a sentimentalist , after all ? MINISTER OF WARNo . Because there is something stronger in me , conquering the repulsion . My temperament , character , destiny . I am impelled to war . A dozen generations of soldiers in my blood press me on . My whole education presses me on . My sympathies and my religious sense make me tremble before the impending horror , but \u2014 I confess to you \u2014 I believe I want this war .", "So do we all . War is the soldier 's work . And he does not want to play all his life . Look . We land here and here and here .No defenses , except at this place \u2014 a masonry fort built thirty years ago . Bad cement , moreover . Fraudulent contractor . Then \u2014 MINISTER OF WARNo , you old hawk , we 're not going to do it . We 'll be content to settle ourselves in peaceful graves , you and I and the old Chief . No war , no war !", "That is sentiment . Here is fact . We land here and here and here . Then march down here and up there , uniting the armies . Rich country . I 've never seen it , but I know it better than any letter-carrier in the district . We live on the land , burning and pillaging if the inhabitants do n't give us what we want . A little dose will tame them . We 'll sweep all before us in six weeks . MINISTER OF WARStop , man , stop ! You make me want to try it .", "I can n't stop . It 's a game with me . I play it all day in my thoughts and all night I direct campaigns in my dreams . A great game . Only sometimes I get tired of playing it on paper , and want to hear the real guns and see the real battalions .", "Well ? MINISTER OF WARLook at this , look at it ! The King is sending our national honor to the dogs . He has secretly resumed communication with the Ambassador of the Republic , instead of doing what was natural and constitutional , sending the man to us . He is going to compromise . Pack up your tin soldiers , old man . Take them home for your grandchildren to play with . Our country evidently has no more use for them .", "He 's backed down , he 's backed down . All the world will be shouting tomorrow how our King has backed down . Christo ! To accept defeat before you 've begun to fight !If this other plan should be frustrated by the enemy 's navy , look , we could land here and here and \u2014", "And here , joining our armies at \u2014", "MINISTER OF WAR", "Thank God , you 're here . Where in sin have you been ?", "Three hundred thousand men here , turning the flank of a possible army marching north with that ridge of mountains as a cover \u2014 If we can only have the chance !", "I planned this campaign first some twenty years ago . But there was no navy then to speak of , and no airships . It is more intricate now , but very much more interesting as an intellectual problem .", "I have been making my plans for twenty years . The present plans have been complete , except for slight revisions , for three years .", "The Republic will never swallow that .", "My helmet . Damn it ! Where is my helmet ? I am going to dig at the plans once more . If God lets me lead the armies in such a fight , the devil can come when I 'm through and fetch away the old carcass .", "Tonight ! I need those twelve hours for my plans .", "Your Majesty is an idealist . We are practical , and , I may say , far-seeing men . And we are the three men , perhaps , who have given your Majesty the chair you sit on and made your kingdom what it is .", "Moreover , your Majesty , it works !", "And God has always been with us . God will be with us now !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 75, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Show him up . The parlormaid goes out and returns with the visitor .", "Well , well , Octavius , it 's the common lot . We must all face it someday . Sit down . Octavius takes the visitor 's chair . Ramsden replaces himself in his own .", "He had no son of his own , you see .", "How do we know that , Octavius ? He may know it : we cannot tell . Come ! Do n't grieve .That 's right . Now let me tell you something to console you . The last time I saw him \u2014 it was in this very room \u2014 he said to me : \u201c Tavy is a generous lad and the soul of honor ; and when I see how little consideration other men get from their sons , I realize how much better than a son he 's been to me . \u201d There ! Does n't that do you good ?", "Oh , that was his partiality : we were very old friends , you know . But there was something else he used to say about you . I wonder whether I ought to tell you or not !", "It was something about his daughter .", "Well , he said he was glad , after all , you were not his son , because he thought that someday Annie and you \u2014Well , perhaps I should n't have told you . But he was in earnest .", "Nonsense , my boy , nonsense ! You 're too modest . What does she know about the real value of men at her age ?Besides , she 's a wonderfully dutiful girl . Her father 's wish would be sacred to her . Do you know that since she grew up to years of discretion , I do n't believe she has ever once given her own wish as a reason for doing anything or not doing it . It 's always \u201c Father wishes me to , \u201d or \u201c Mother would n't like it . \u201d It 's really almost a fault in her . I have often told her she must learn to think for herself .", "Well , perhaps not . No : of course not . I see that . No : you certainly could n't . But when you win her on your own merits , it will be a great happiness to her to fulfil her father 's desire as well as her own . Eh ? Come ! you 'll ask her , wo n't you ?", "Oh , you sha n't need to . She 'll accept you , my boy \u2014 althoughyou have one great drawback .", "I 'll tell you , Octavius .I have in my hand a copy of the most infamous , the most scandalous , the most mischievous , the most blackguardly book that ever escaped burning at the hands of the common hangman . I have not read it : I would not soil my mind with such filth ; but I have read what the papers say of it . The title is quite enough for me .The Revolutionist 's Handbook and Pocket Companion by John Tanner , M. I. R. C ., Member of the Idle Rich Class .", "For goodness \u2019 sake , do n't call him Jack under my roofNow , Octavius , I know that my dead friend was right when he said you were a generous lad . I know that this man was your schoolfellow , and that you feel bound to stand by him because there was a boyish friendship between you . But I ask you to consider the altered circumstances . You were treated as a son in my friend 's house . You lived there ; and your friends could not be turned from the door . This Tanner was in and out there on your account almost from his childhood . He addresses Annie by her Christian name as freely as you do . Well , while her father was alive , that was her father 's business , not mine . This man Tanner was only a boy to him : his opinions were something to be laughed at , like a man 's hat on a child 's head . But now Tanner is a grown man and Annie a grown woman . And her father is gone . We do n't as yet know the exact terms of his will ; but he often talked it over with me ; and I have no more doubt than I have that you 're sitting there that the will appoints me Annie 's trustee and guardian .Now I tell you , once for all , I can n't and I wo n't have Annie placed in such a position that she must , out of regard for you , suffer the intimacy of this fellow Tanner . It 's not fair : it 's not right : it 's not kind . What are you going to do about it ?", "That girl 's mad about her duty to her parents .Excuse me , Octavius ; but there are limits to social toleration . You know that I am not a bigoted or prejudiced man . You know that I am plain Roebuck Ramsden when other men who have done less have got handles to their names , because I have stood for equality and liberty of conscience while they were truckling to the Church and to the aristocracy . Whitefield and I lost chance after chance through our advanced opinions . But I draw the line at Anarchism and Free Love and that sort of thing . If I am to be Annie 's guardian , she will have to learn that she has a duty to me . I wo n't have it : I will not have it . She must forbid John Tanner the house ; and so must you . The parlormaid returns .", "Ssh ! Well ?", "Mr Tanner !", "How dare Mr Tanner call on me ! Say I cannot see him .", "Go upstairs and ask Mr Tanner to be good enough to step down here .I must say that of all the confounded pieces of impertinence \u2014 well , if these are Anarchist manners I hope you like them . And Annie with him ! Annie ! A \u2014", "No , Sir .", "When you say Ann , you mean , I presume , Miss Whitefield .", "I believe I am .", "You ! Impossible .", "Let me see that will , sir .I cannot believe that my old friend Whitefield would have shown such a want of confidence in me as to associate me with \u2014", "My ideas obsolete !!!! !", "I shall refuse to act .", "You can refuse to accept the guardianship . I shall certainly refuse to hold it jointly with you .", "Ah ! why indeed ?", "I do not believe that Whitefield was in his right senses when he made that will . You have admitted that he made it under your influence .", "Ha ! I see . You have got me in a cleft stick .", "I admit that .", "Stuff , sir . Talk sense ; or else go and waste someone else 's time : I have something better to do than listen to your fooleries", "I am proud of your contempt for my character and opinions , sir . Your own are set forth in that book , I believe .", "Do you suppose I would read such a book , sir ?", "I did not buy it , sir . It has been sent me by some foolish lady who seems to admire your views . I was about to dispose of it when Octavius interrupted me . I shall do so now , with your permission .", "Certainly , Octavius .", "I quite intend that Annie 's wishes shall be consulted in every reasonable way . But she is only a woman , and a young and inexperienced woman at that .", "I do n't want to know how you feel towards me , Mr Tanner .", "I am glad you think so well of yourself .", "I deny that . I will not allow you or any man to treat me as if I were a mere member of the British public . I detest its prejudices ; I scorn its narrowness ; I demand the right to think for myself . You pose as an advanced man . Let me tell you that I was an advanced man before you were born .", "I am as advanced as ever I was . I defy you to prove that I have ever hauled down the flag . I am more advanced than ever I was . I grow more advanced every day .", "Polonius ! So you are Hamlet , I suppose .", "I have no \u2014", "I am sorry , Annie , to force business on you at a sad time like the present . But your poor dear father 's will has raised a very serious question . You have read it , I believe ?I must say I am surprised to find Mr Tanner named as joint guardian and trustee with myself of you and Rhoda .I do n't know that I can consent to act under such conditions . Mr Tanner has , I understand , some objection also ; but I do not profess to understand its nature : he will no doubt speak for himself . But we are agreed that we can decide nothing until we know your views . I am afraid I shall have to ask you to choose between my sole guardianship and that of Mr Tanner ; for I fear it is impossible for us to undertake a joint arrangement .", "I hope you are satisfied , Mr Tanner . Go on , Annie : I quite agree with you .", "You approve of your father 's choice , then ?", "Of course I understand your feeling , Annie . It is what I should have expected of you ; and it does you credit . But it does not settle the question so completely as you think . Let me put a case to you . Suppose you were to discover that I had been guilty of some disgraceful action \u2014 that I was not the man your poor dear father took me for . Would you still consider it right that I should be Rhoda 's guardian ?", "No sir .", "You are both so full of natural and affectionate feeling in these family matters that it is very hard to put the situation fairly before you .", "Put it yourself , then .", "If I am to be your guardian , I positively forbid you to read that book , Annie .", "Yes , yes , Annie : this is all very well , and , as I said , quite natural and becoming . But you must make a choice one way or the other . We are as much in a dilemma as you .", "I am sorry you take it that way .", "No : I never said that . I greatly object to act with Mr Tanner : that 's all .", "They are not . I deny it .", "My dear Annie , nonsense . I insist on Granny . I wo n't answer to any other name than Annie 's Granny .", "Don Juan !", "Stuff , Sir .", "I hardly expected to find you still here , Mr Tanner .", "Octavius : I have a very serious piece of news for you . It is of the most private and delicate nature \u2014 of the most painful nature too , I am sorry to say . Do you wish Mr Tanner to be present whilst I explain ?", "Before you decide that finally , let me say that the news concerns your sister , and that it is terrible news .", "I am not sure that it is not even worse than that .", "No : nothing of that sort .", "Yes .I am afraid there is no doubt that Violet did not really go to Eastbourne three weeks ago when we thought she was with the Parry Whitefields . And she called on a strange doctor yesterday with a wedding ring on her finger . Mrs. Parry Whitefield met her there by chance ; and so the whole thing came out .", "I will not have these abominations uttered in my house", "But I am only too anxious to help her .How dare you , sir , impute such monstrous intentions to me ? I protest against it . I am ready to put down my last penny to save her from being driven to run to you for protection .", "He shall , Octavius . There you speak like a man .", "A damned scoundrel . I beg your pardon , Annie ; but I can say no less .", "Stuff ! lunacy ! There is a rascal in our midst , a libertine , a villain worse than a murderer ; and we are not to learn who he is ! In our ignorance we are to shake him by the hand ; to introduce him into our homes ; to trust our daughters with him ; to \u2014 to \u2014", "Hmph ! I 'm not so sure of that . If any man has paid Violet any special attention , we can easily find that out . If there is any man of notoriously loose principles among us \u2014", "Yes sir , I repeat , if there is any man of notoriously loose principles among us \u2014", "Do you dare to suggest that I am capable of such an act ?", "I \u2014 I \u2014 I \u2014", "I am glad you admit that , sir . I admit , myself , that there is an element of truth in what you say , grossly as you may distort it to gratify your malicious humor . I hope , Octavius , no suspicion of me is possible in your mind .", "You are at present a guest beneath the roof of one of the old cats , sir . My sister is the mistress of this house .", "Life is not all plays and poems , Octavius . Come ! face it like a man .", "No , sir \u2014", "And Morality , sir ? What is to become of that ?", "I thought so , sir . Morality sent to the devil to please our libertines , male and female . That is to be the future of England , is it ?", "Not in your spirit sir . Not for your reasons .", "I hardly like to leave you alone with this gentleman . Will you not come with me ?", "You are right : I should have thought of that . You are a good girl , Annie . He pats her on the shoulder . She looks up at him with beaming eyes and he goes out , much moved . Having disposed of him , she looks at Tanner . His back being turned to her , she gives a moment 's attention to her personal appearance , then softly goes to him and speaks almost into his ear .", "No no \u2014", "Violet is certainly very obstinate . She wo n't leave London . I do n't understand her .", "I do n't like her going away in this fashion , Susan . We had better not do anything harsh .", "There , Susan ! You hear ! and there 's some truth in it . I wish you could reconcile it with your principles to be a little patient with this poor girl . She 's very young ; and there 's a time for everything .", "All I can say is that we are extremely sorry , Violet . I am shocked to think of how we have treated you .", "But I assure you I never \u2014 at least it is a monstrous perversion of something I said that \u2014", "I do n't think she is quite fair to us .", "I should think it very likely indeed .", "Her marriage has not yet been made known : she desires that it shall not be mentioned for the present .", "The young lady was married secretly ; and her husband has forbidden her , it seems , to declare his name . It is only right to tell you , since you are interested in Miss \u2014 er \u2014 in Violet .", "It is some young fool who has not enough experience to know what mystifications of this kind lead to .", "Say no more . Come Tanner , Come , Tavy .Violet comes down the avenue to Hector .", "I seem to remember the face of your friend here .", "Well , what is that to you , pray ?", "That will do , my friend . You do not expect these ladies to treat you as an acquaintance , I suppose , because you have waited on them at table .", "Really , Tanner , this tone \u2014", "Is it wise for you to be out in the sunshine with such a headache , Violet ?", "Are you in your senses ?", "Tut tut , sir ! Monstrous !", "You have deliberately humbugged us , sir !", "The sooner the better for you .", "It 's an unexpected pleasure to find you in this corner of the world , Mr Malone . Have you come to buy up the Alhambra ?", "Thank you . Mr Tanner is also one of our circle .", "What does this mean ?", "You are a happy man , Jack Tanner . I envy you ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 76, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Post letters , Master Colander .", "And I wish it was in Huntingdonshire , with the best part of it , and that 's mistress . Poor thing ! A twelvemonth married , and six months of it as good as a widow .", "Aye ! but we do n't read \u2018 em , it seems .", "And she do make others happy among the poor and the suffering .", "But , Master Colander , do let him have this letter from missus", "Then I will \u2014 there ! Poor dear lady ! I can n't abear that her letters , with her heart in \u2018 em , I 'll be sworn , should lie unopened . Barnet post mark !\u2014 why , how can that be ? Well , it 's not my business .Master shall have it thoughThere goes that door , ah ! I thought it would n't be quiet long \u2014 what a rake-helly place this London is !", "Stop ! stop ! I do n't think master can see you , young woman .", "Mistress ! why Miss Mabel \u2014 I ask your pardon , miss ,\u2014 I mean , madam . Bless your sweet face !\u2014 here , John , Thomas !", "Lord , lord ! come at last ! oh ! how woundy glad I am , to be sure \u2014 oh ! lord , lord , my old head 's all of a muddle with joy to see your kind face again .", "Yes , yes , quite well , and main happy .", "Lord help her !", "Yes , yes , madam ; you 'll startle him woundily .", "Yes , Miss Mabel ,\u2014 that is , madam ; but had n't I better prepare him like ?", "Your room , Miss Mabel ; no ! no ! that is Mr. Vane 's room , Ma'am .", "No , Ma'am , he is in the dining-roomAnon ! anon !", "Poor thing ! poor thing !there goes that door again \u2014 darn me if I go till I 've seen Colander . Anon ,\u2014 Miss Mabel !\u2014", "Well , my jack-a-dandy !", "Here he 's a bringing himself , my jack-a-dandy ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 77, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hail to you , provost !\u2014 so I think you are .", "Bound by my charity and my blest order ,", "I come to visit the afflicted spirits", "Here in the prison . Do me the common right 5", "To let me see them , and to make me know", "The nature of their crimes , that I may minister", "To them accordingly .", "When must he die ?", "Repent you , fair one , of the sin you carry ?", "I 'll teach you how you shall arraign your conscience ,", "And try your penitence , if it be sound ,", "Or hollowly put on .", "Love you the man that wrong 'd you ?", "So , then , it seems your most offenceful act", "Was mutually committed ?", "Then was your sin of heavier kind than his .", "\u2018 Tis meet so , daughter : but lest you do repent , 30", "As that the sin hath brought you to this shame ,", "Which sorrow is always towards ourselves , not heaven ,", "Showing we would not spare heaven as we love it ,", "But as we stand in fear ,\u2014", "There rest .", "Your partner , as I hear , must die to-morrow ,", "And I am going with instruction to him .", "Grace go with you , Benedicite !", "So , then , you hope of pardon from Lord Angelo ?", "Be absolute for death ; either death or life 5", "Shall thereby be the sweeter . Reason thus with life :", "If I do lose thee , I do lose a thing", "That none but fools would keep : a breath thou art ,", "Servile to all the skyey influences .", "That dost this habitation , where thou keep'st , 10", "Hourly afflict : merely , thou art death 's fool ;", "For him thou labour'st by thy flight to shun ,", "And yet runn'st toward him still . Thou art not noble ;", "For all the accommodations that thou bear'st", "Are nursed by baseness . Thou'rt by no means valiant ; 15", "For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork", "Of a poor worm . Thy best of rest is sleep ,", "And that thou oft provokest ; yet grossly fear'st", "Thy death , which is no more . Thou art not thyself ;", "For thou exist'st on many a thousand grains 20", "That issue out of dust . Happy thou art not ;", "For what thou hast not , still thou strivest to get .", "And what thou hast , forget'st . Thou art not certain ;", "For thy complexion shifts to strange effects ,", "After the moon . If thou art rich , thou'rt poor ; 25", "For , like an ass whose back with ingots bows ,", "Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey ,", "And death unloads thee . Friend hast thou none ;", "For thine own bowels , which do call thee sire ,", "The mere effusion of thy proper loins , 30", "Do curse the gout , serpigo , and the rheum ,", "For ending thee no sooner . Thou hast nor youth nor age .", "But , as it were , an after-dinner 's sleep ,", "Dreaming on both ; for all thy blessed youth", "Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms 35", "Of palsied eld ; and when thou art old and rich ,", "Thou hast neither heat , affection , limb , nor beauty ,", "To make thy riches pleasant . What 's yet in this", "That bears the name of life ? Yet in this life", "Lie hid more thousand deaths : yet death we fear , 40", "That makes these odds all even .", "Dear sir , ere long I 'll visit you again .", "Provost , a word with you .", "Bring me to hear them speak , where I may be concealed .", "Vouchsafe a word , young sister , but one word .", "Might you dispense with your leisure , I would by and by have some speech with you : the satisfaction I would require is likewise your own benefit .", "Son , I have overheard what hath passed between you and your sister . Angelo had never the purpose to corrupt her ; only he hath made an assay of her virtue to practise his judgement with the disposition of natures : she , having the truth of honour in her , hath made him that 160 gracious denial which he is most glad to receive . I am confessor to Angelo , and I know this to be true ; therefore prepare yourself to death : do not satisfy your resolution with hopes that are fallible : to-morrow you must die ; go to your knees , and make ready . 165", "Hold you there : farewell .Provost , a word with you ! Re-enter PROVOST .", "That now you are come , you will be gone . Leave me awhile with the maid : my mind promises with my habit no loss shall touch her by my company .", "The hand that hath made you fair hath made 175 you good : the goodness that is cheap in beauty makes beauty brief in goodness ; but grace , being the soul of your complexion , shall keep the body of it ever fair . The assault that Angelo hath made to you , fortune hath conveyed to my understanding ; and , but that frailty hath examples for 180 his falling , I should wonder at Angelo . How will you do to content this substitute , and to save your brother ?", "That shall not be much amiss : yet , as the matter now stands , he will avoid your accusation ; he made trial of you only . Therefore fasten your ear on my advisings : to 190 the love I have in doing good a remedy presents itself . I do make myself believe that you may most uprighteously do a poor wronged lady a merited benefit ; redeem your brother from the angry law ; do no stain to your own gracious person ; and much please the absent Duke , if peradventure 195 he shall ever return to have hearing of this business .", "Virtue is bold , and goodness never fearful . Have you not heard speak of Mariana , the sister of Frederick the 200 great soldier who miscarried at sea ?", "She should this Angelo have married ; was affianced to her by oath , and the nuptial appointed : between 205 which time of the contract and limit of the solemnity , her brother Frederick was wrecked at sea , having in that perished vessel the dowry of his sister . But mark how heavily this befell to the poor gentlewoman : there she lost a noble and renowned brother , in his love toward her ever most 210 kind and natural ; with him , the portion and sinew of her fortune , her marriage-dowry ; with both , her combinate husband , this well-seeming Angelo .", "Left her in her tears , and dried not one of them 215 with his comfort ; swallowed his vows whole , pretending in her discoveries of dishonour : in few , bestowed her on her own lamentation , which she yet wears for his sake ; and he , a marble to her tears , is washed with them , but relents not .", "It is a rupture that you may easily heal : and the cure of it not only saves your brother , but keeps you from dishonour in doing it . 225", "This forenamed maid hath yet in her the continuance of her first affection : his unjust unkindness , that in all reason should have quenched her love , hath , like an impediment in the current , made it more violent and unruly . 230 Go you to Angelo ; answer his requiring with a plausible obedience ; agree with his demands to the point ; only refer yourself to this advantage , first , that your stay with him may not be long ; that the time may have all shadow and silence in it ; and the place answer to convenience . This 235 being granted in course ,\u2014 and now follows all ,\u2014 we shall advise this wronged maid to stead up your appointment , go in your place ; if the encounter acknowledge itself hereafter , it may compel him to her recompense : and here , by this , is your brother saved , your honour untainted , the poor 240 Mariana advantaged , and the corrupt Deputy scaled . The maid will I frame and make fit for his attempt . If you think well to carry this as you may , the doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproof . What think you of it ? 245", "It lies much in your holding up . Haste you speedily to Angelo : if for this night he entreat you to his bed , give him promise of satisfaction . I will presently to 250 Saint Luke 's : there , at the moated grange , resides this dejected Mariana . At that place call upon me ; and dispatch with Angelo , that it may be quickly .", "O heavens ! what stuff is here ?", "And you , good brother father . What offence hath this man made you , sir ?", "Fie , sirrah ! a bawd , a wicked bawd !", "The evil that thou causest to be done ,", "That is thy means to live . Do thou but think", "What \u2018 tis to cram a maw or clothe a back", "From such a filthy vice : say to thyself , 20", "From their abominable and beastly touches", "I drink , I eat , array myself , and live .", "Canst thou believe thy living is a life ,", "So stinkingly depending ? Go mend , go mend .", "Nay , if the devil have given thee proofs for sin ,", "Thou wilt prove his . Take him to prison , officer :", "Correction and instruction must both work", "Ere this rude beast will profit . 30", "That we were all , as some would seem to be , 35", "From our faults , as faults from seeming , free !", "Still thus , and thus ; still worse !", "And you .", "I know none . Can you tell me of any ?", "I know not where ; but wheresoever , I wish him well . 85", "He does well i n't . 90", "It is too general a vice , and severity must cure it .", "How should he be made , then ? 100", "You are pleasant , sir , and speak apace .", "I never heard the absent Duke much detected for women ; he was not inclined that way . 115", "\u2018 Tis not possible .", "You do him wrong , surely .", "What , I prithee , might be the cause ?", "Wise ! why , no question but he was . 130", "Either this is envy in you , folly , or mistaking : the very stream of his life and the business he hath helmed must , upon a warranted need , give him a better proclamation . Let him be but testimonied in his own bringings-forth , 135 and he shall appear , to the envious , a scholar , a statesman and a soldier . Therefore you speak unskilfully ; or if your knowledge be more , it is much darkened in your malice .", "Love talks with better knowledge , and knowledge with dearer love .", "I can hardly believe that , since you know not what you speak . But , if ever the Duke return , as our prayers 145 are he may , let me desire you to make your answer before him . If it be honest you have spoke , you have courage to maintain it : I am bound to call upon you ; and , I pray you , your name ?", "He shall know you better , sir , if I may live to report you .", "O , you hope the Duke will return no more ; or 155 you imagine me too unhurtful an opposite . But , indeed , I can do you little harm ; you 'll forswear this again .", "Why should he die , sir ?", "No might nor greatness in mortality", "Can censure \u2018 scape ; back-wounding calumny 175", "The whitest virtue strikes . What king so strong", "Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue ?", "But who comes here ?", "Bliss and goodness on you !", "Not of this country , though my chance is now 205", "To use it for my time : I am a brother", "Of gracious order , late come from the See", "In special business from his Holiness .", "None , but that there is so great a fever on goodness , 210 that the dissolution of it must cure it : novelty is only in request ; and it is as dangerous to be aged in any kind of course , as it is virtuous to be constant in any undertaking . There is scarce truth enough alive to make societies secure ; but security enough to make fellowships accurst :\u2014 215 much upon this riddle runs the wisdom of the world . This news is old enough , yet it is every day 's news . I pray you , sir , of what disposition was the Duke ?", "What pleasure was he given to ?", "He professes to have received no sinister measure from his judge , but most willingly humbles himself to the determination of justice : yet had he framed to himself , 230 by the instruction of his frailty , many deceiving promises of life ; which I , by my good leisure , have discredited to him , and now is he resolved to die .", "If his own life answer the straitness of his proceeding , it shall become him well ; wherein if he chance to 240 fail , he hath sentenced himself .", "Peace be with you !", "He who the sword of heaven will bear", "Should be as holy as severe ; 245", "Pattern in himself to know ,", "Grace to stand , and virtue go ;", "More nor less to others paying", "Than by self-offences weighing .", "Shame to him whose cruel striking 250", "Kills for faults of his own liking !", "Twice treble shame on Angelo ,", "To weed my vice and let his grow !", "O , what may man within him hide ,", "Though angel on the outward side ! 255", "How may likeness made in crimes ,", "Making practice on the times ,", "To draw with idle spiders \u2019 strings", "Most ponderous and substantial things !", "Craft against vice I must apply : 260", "With Angelo to-night shall lie", "His old betrothed but despised ;", "So disguise shall , by the disguised ,", "Pay with falsehood false exacting ,", "And perform an old contracting .", "NOTES : III , 2 .", "\u2018 Tis good ; though music oft hath such a charm To make bad good , and good provoke to harm . 15 I pray you , tell me , hath any body inquired for me here to-day ? much upon this time have I promised here to meet .", "I do constantly believe you . The time is come 20 even now . I shall crave your forbearance a little : may be I will call upon you anon , for some advantage to yourself .", "Very well met , and well come . What is the news from this good Deputy ? 25", "But shall you on your knowledge find this way ? 35", "Are there no other tokens", "Between you \u2018 greed concerning her observance ? 40", "\u2018 Tis well borne up .", "I have not yet made known to Mariana", "A word of this . What , ho ! within ! come forth !", "Re-enter MARIANA .", "I pray you , be acquainted with this maid ;", "She comes to do you good .", "Do you persuade yourself that I respect you ?", "Take , then , this your companion by the hand ,", "Who hath a story ready for your ear .", "I shall attend your leisure : but make haste ; 55", "The vaporous night approaches .", "O place and greatness , millions of false eyes", "Are stuck upon thee ! volumes of report", "Run with these false and most contrarious quests 60", "Upon thy doings ! thousand escapes of wit", "Make thee the father of their idle dreams ,", "And rack thee in their fancies !", "Re-enter MARIANA and ISABELLA .", "Welcome , how agreed ?", "It is not my consent , 65", "But my entreaty too .", "Nor , gentle daughter , fear you not at all .", "He is your husband on a pre-contract : 70", "To bring you thus together , \u2018 tis no sin ,", "Sith that the justice of your title to him", "Doth flourish the deceit . Come , let us go :", "Our corn 's to reap , for yet our tithe 's to sow .", "NOTES : IV , 1 .", "The best and wholesomest spirits of the night", "Envelop you , good Provost ! Who call 'd here of late ?", "Not Isabel ?", "They will , then , ere't be long .", "There 's some in hope .", "Not so , not so ; his life is parallel 'd 75", "Even with the stroke and line of his great justice :", "He doth with holy abstinence subdue", "That in himself which he spurs on his power", "To qualify in others : were he meal 'd with that", "Which he corrects , then were he tyrannous ; 80", "But this being so , he 's just .", "This is a gentle provost : seldom when", "The steeled gaoler is the friend of men .", "Re-enter PROVOST .", "Have you no countermand for Claudio yet ,", "But he must die to-morrow ?", "As near the dawning , provost , as it is , 90", "You shall hear more ere morning .", "And here comes Claudio 's pardon .", "This is his pardon , purchased by such sin", "For which the pardoner himself is in .", "Hence hath offence his quick celerity , 105", "When it is borne in high authority :", "When vice makes mercy , mercy 's so extended ,", "That for the fault 's love is the offender friended .", "Now , sir , what news ?", "Pray you , let 's hear ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 78, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hallo ! Wheres your luggage ?", "Not her business , exactly , is it ?", "No . Now seriously , Bunny , Ive come down here to have a pleasant week-end ; and I 'm not going to stand your confounded arguments . If you want to argue , get out of this and go over to the Congregationalist minister 's . He 's a nailer at arguing . He likes it .", "Whats the matter with Bunny ?", "An afterthought ? What do you mean by that ? BENTLEY . I \u2014", "No , stop : I dont want to know . It 's only a dodge to start an argument .", "Thank you .", "Does it , by George ? You stop me doing it if you can : thats all .", "No : you dont run away . I 'm going to have this out with you . Sit down : d'y \u2019 hear ?Thats the advantage of having more body than brains , you see : it enables me to teach you manners ; and I 'm going to do it too . Youre a spoilt young pup ; and you need a jolly good licking . And if youre not careful youll get it : I 'll see to that next time you call me a swine .", "Try it , my son .Fighting isnt in your line . Youre too small and youre too childish . I always suspected that your cleverness wouldnt come to very much when it was brought up against something solid : some decent chap 's fist , for instance .", "All right , my lad , all right . Sling your mud as hard as you please : it wont stick to me . What I want to know is this . How is it that your father , who I suppose is the strongest man England has produced in our time \u2014", "I dont set up to be able to do anything but admire him and appreciate him and be proud of him as an Englishman . If it wasnt for my respect for him , I wouldnt have stood your cheek for two days , let alone two months . But what I cant understand is why he didnt lick it out of you when you were a kid . For twenty-five years he kept a place twice as big as England in order : a place full of seditious coffee-colored heathens and pestilential white agitators in the middle of a lot of savage tribes . And yet he couldnt keep you in order . I dont set up to be half the man your father undoubtedly is ; but , by George , it 's lucky for you you were not my son . I dont hold with my own father 's views about corporal punishment being wrong . It 's necessary for some people ; and I 'd have tried it on you until you first learnt to howl and then to behave yourself .", "Now you keep a civil tongue in your head . I 'll stand none of your snobbery . I 'm just as proud of Tarleton 's Underwear as you are of your father 's title and his K. C. B ., and all the rest of it . My father began in a little hole of a shop in Leeds no bigger than our pantry down the passage there . He \u2014", "Well : did they shrink ?", "Never mind whether I 'm a fool or not . Did they shrink ? Thats the point . Were they worth the money ?", "Pity your father didnt give your thin skin a jolly good lacing with a cane \u2014!", "Jolly good thing for you that my father made you come into the office and shew what you were made of . And it didnt come to much : let me tell you that . When the Governor asked me where I thought we ought to put you , I said , \u201c Make him the Office Boy . \u201d The Governor said you were too green . And so you were .", "Dont talk rot , child . You know you simply make me pity you .", "A what !", "If you dont take that back and apologize for your bad manners , I 'll give you as good a hiding as ever \u2014", "Dont be a fool . Stop that noise , will you . I 'm not going to touch you . Sh \u2014 sh \u2014 Hypatia rushes in through the inner door , followed by Mrs Tarleton , and throws herself on her knees by Bentley . Mrs Tarleton , whose knees are stiffer , bends over him and tries to lift him . Mrs Tarleton is a shrewd and motherly old lady who has been pretty in her time , and is still very pleasant and likeable and unaffected . Hypatia is a typical English girl of a sort never called typical : that is , she has an opaque white skin , black hair , large dark eyes with black brows and lashes , curved lips , swift glances and movements that flash out of a waiting stillness , boundless energy and audacity held in leash .", "It 's twenty-seven years , mother , since you had that row with me for licking Robert and giving Hypatia a black eye because she bit me . I promised you then that I 'd never raise my hand to one of them again ; and Ive never broken my word . And now because this young whelp begins to cry out before he 's hurt , you treat me as if I were a brute and a savage .", "Dont you interfere between my mother and me : d'y \u2019 hear ?", "You did it on purpose . I wasnt quite myself : I needed a moment to pull round : thank you .", "No : he 's opening one of his free libraries . Thats another nice little penny gone . He 's mad on reading . He promised another free library last week . It 's ruinous . Itll hit you as well as me when Bunny marries Hypatia . When all Hypatia 's money is thrown away on libraries , where will Bunny come in ? Cant you stop him ?", "Oh , public work ! He does too much of it . It 's really a sort of laziness , getting away from your own serious business to amuse yourself with other people 's . Mind : I dont say there isnt another side to it . It has its value as an advertisement . It makes useful acquaintances and leads to valuable business connections . But it takes his mind off the main chance ; and he overdoes it .", "Or he can spend more on it than it brings him in : thats how I look at it . What I say is that everybody 's business is nobody 's business . I hope I 'm not a hard man , nor a narrow man , nor unwilling to pay reasonable taxes , and subscribe in reason to deserving charities , and even serve on a jury in my turn ; and no man can say I ever refused to help a friend out of a difficulty when he was worth helping . But when you ask me to go beyond that , I tell you frankly I dont see it . I never did see it , even when I was only a boy , and had to pretend to take in all the ideas the Governor fed me up with . I didnt see it ; and I dont see it .", "So I say . It 's really a great encouragement to me to find you agree with me . For of course if nobody agrees with you , how are you to know that youre not a fool ?", "I wish youd talk to him about it . It 's no use my saying anything : I 'm a child to him still : I have no influence . Besides , you know how to handle men . See how you handled me when I was making a fool of myself about Bunny !", "Oh yes I was : I know I was . Well , if my blessed father had come in he 'd have told me to control myself . As if I was losing my temper on purpose ! Bentley returns , newly washed . He beams when he sees his father , and comes affectionately behind him and pats him on the shoulders .", "Flam what ?", "Not a bad idea , that .", "Going to meet the Governor . You know you wouldnt think it ; but the Governor likes Bunny rather . And Bunny is cultivating it . I shouldnt be surprised if he thought he could squeeze me out one of these days .", "Right you are . Thatll suit me down to the ground .Mrs Tarleton and Hypatia come back just as the two men are going out . Hypatia salutes Summerhays from a distance with an enigmatic lift of her eyelids in his direction and a demure nod before she sits down at the worktable and busies herself with her needle . Mrs Tarleton , hospitably fussy , goes over to him .", "We 're going out for a stroll , mother .", "Done what ?", "Leave it at that . Thats good sense . Anybody on for a game of tennis ?", "If you ask me , no .", "Yes I do . I bet you what you like that , page for page , I read more than you , though I dont talk about it so much . Only , I dont read the same books . I like a book with a plot in it . You like a book with nothing in it but some idea that the chap that writes it keeps worrying , like a cat chasing its own tail . I can stand a little of it , just as I can stand watching the cat for two minutes , say , when Ive nothing better to do . But a man soon gets fed up with that sort of thing . The fact is , you look on an author as a sort of god . I look on him as a man that I pay to do a certain thing for me . I pay him to amuse me and to take me out of myself and make me forget .", "If Kipling wants to remember , let him remember . If he had to run Tarleton 's Underwear , he 'd be jolly glad to forget . As he has a much softer job , and wants to keep himself before the public , his cry is , \u201c Dont you forget the sort of things I 'm rather clever at writing about . \u201d Well , I dont blame him : it 's his business : I should do the same in his place . But what he wants and what I want are two different things . I want to forget ; and I pay another man to make me forget . If I buy a book or go to the theatre , I want to forget the shop and forget myself from the moment I go in to the moment I come out . Thats what I pay my money for . And if I find that the author 's simply getting at me the whole time , I consider that hes obtained my money under false pretences . I 'm not a morbid crank : I 'm a natural man ; and , as such , I dont like being got at . If a man in my employment did it , I should sack him . If a member of my club did it , I should cut him . If he went too far with it , I should bring his conduct before the committee . I might even punch his head , if it came to that . Well , who and what is an author that he should be privileged to take liberties that are not allowed to other men ?", "I 'm no fool , mother , whatever some people may fancy . I dont set up to have as many ideas as the Governor ; but what ideas I have are consecutive , at all events . I can think as well as talk .", "I 'm not saying anything against you , Governor . But I do say that the time has come for sane , healthy , unpretending men like me to make a stand against this conspiracy of the writing and talking and artistic lot to put us in the back row . It isnt a fact that we 're inferior to them : it 's a put-up job ; and it 's they that have put the job up . It 's we that run the country for them ; and all the thanks we get is to be told we 're Philistines and vulgar tradesmen and sordid city men and so forth , and that theyre all angels of light and leading . The time has come to assert ourselves and put a stop to their stuck-up nonsense . Perhaps if we had nothing better to do than talking or writing , we could do it better than they . Anyhow , theyre the failures and refuse of businessand we 're the successes of it . Thank God I havnt failed yet at anything ; and I dont believe I should fail at literature if it would pay me to turn my hand to it .", "Oh ! You think youve always kept that to yourself , do you , Governor ? I know your opinion of me as well as you know it yourself . It takes one man of business to appreciate another ; and you arnt , and you never have been , a real man of business . I know where Tarleton 's would have been three of four times if it hadnt been for me .", "Now that the Governor has given himself away , and the old lady 's gone , I 'll tell you something , Lord Summerhays . If you study men whove made an enormous pile in business without being keen on money , youll find that they all have a slate off . The Governor 's a wonderful man ; but hes not quite all there , you know . If you notice , hes different from me ; and whatever my failings may be , I 'm a sane man . Erratic : thats what he is . And the danger is that some day he 'll give the whole show away .", "Has it ever occurred to you that a man with an open mind must be a bit of a scoundrel ? If you ask me , I like a man who makes up his mind once for all as to whats right and whats wrong and then sticks to it . At all events you know where to have him .", "Well , let him . If a member of my club wants to steal my umbrella , he knows where to find it . If a man put up for the club who had an open mind on the subject of property in umbrellas , I should blackball him . An open mind is all very well in clever talky-talky ; but in conduct and in business give me solid ground .", "I dont know . You can draw a line and make other chaps toe it . Thats what I call morality .", "Do you no end of good , young chap .", "Hypatia throws aside her work with an enormous sigh of relief .", "We cant all be dreaming the same thing , Governor .", "I 'll shew you .", "| Hallo , mother this is all very well , you know \u2014", "|", "PERCIVAL . | But may I point out , Mrs Tarleton , that \u2014", "|", "BENTLEY . | Do you mean that after what he said of \u2014", "|", "HYPATIA . | Oh , look here , mamma : this is really \u2014", "He has said what he had to say already , hasnt he ? Read that paper .", "| Then what do you mean by saying that \u2014", "|", "HYPATIA . | Do you mean to say that I \u2014", "|", "BENTLEY . | Oh , you are a rotter . Youre afraid \u2014", "Hes out of his mind . He thinks it 's past dinner-time .", "Well , by George , thats not bad .", "Well , now that the gentleman has been attended to , I should like to know where we are . It may be a vulgar business habit ; but I confess I like to know where I am .", "Put that in your pipe and smoke it , my boy .", "I wonder what shes going to do with him .", "It 's no use shirking it , Pat . We 'd better know where we are .", "Whats that ?", "But what question ?", "Look here , Mr Percival : youre not supposed to insult my sister .", "Oh , very well . If you choose to give yourself away like that \u2014 to allow a man to call you unladylike and then to be unladylike , Ive nothing more to say .", "Ive nothing more to say ; and as I dont seem to be wanted here , I shall take myself off .", "You wont mention our little conversation , Miss Shepanoska . It 'll do no good ; and I 'd rather you didnt .", "Oh : is that so ?", "Well , theres no use my pretending to be surprised at you , Governor , is there ? I hope you got it as hot as I did . Mind , Miss Shepanoska : it wasnt lost on me . I 'm a thinking man . I kept my temper . Youll admit that .", "Thank you . Well , if a chump may have an opinion , I should put it at this . You make , I suppose , ten pounds a night off your own bat , Miss Lina ?", "Have you indeed ? I didnt know : youll excuse my mistake , I hope . But the principle is the same . Now I trust you wont be offended at what I 'm going to say ; but Ive thought about this and watched it in daily experience ; and you may take it from me that the moment a woman becomes pecuniarily independent , she gets hold of the wrong end of the stick in moral questions .", "Well , obviously , that independence for women is wrong and shouldnt be allowed . For their own good , you know . And for the good of morality in general . You agree with me , Lord Summerhays , dont you ?", "Now theres no need , you know , Governor , to worry mother with everything that passes ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 79, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Escalus", "Angelo :", "There is a kinde of Character in thy life ,", "That to th \u2019 obseruer , doth thy history", "Haile to you , Prouost , so I thinke you are", "Bound by my charity , and my blest order ,", "I come to visite the afflicted spirits", "Here in the prison : doe me the common right", "To let me see them : and to make me know", "The nature of their crimes , that I may minister", "To them accordingly", "There rest :", "Your partner", "must die to morrow ,", "And I am going with instruction to him :", "Grace goe with you , Benedicite .", "Be absolute for death : either death or life", "Shall thereby be the sweeter . Reason thus with life :", "If I do loose thee , I do loose a thing", "That none but fooles would keepe : a breath thou art ,", "Seruile to all the skyie-influences", "That dost this habitation where thou keepst", "Deere sir , ere long Ile visit you againe", "Prouost , a word with you", "Bring them to heare me speak , where I may be conceal 'd", "Son , I haue ouer-heard what hath past between you & your sister . Angelo had neuer the purpose to corrupt her ; onely he hath made an assay of her vertue , to practise his iudgement with the disposition of natures . Shehath made him that gracious deniall , which he is most glad to receiue : I am Confessor to Angelo , and I know this to be true , therfore prepare your selfe to death : do not satisfie your resolution with hopes that are fallible , to morrow you must die , goe to your knees , and make ready", "Hold you there : farewell : Prouost , a word with you", "That shall not be much amisse : yet , as the matter now stands , he will auoid your accusation : he made triall of you onelie . Therefore fasten your eare on my aduisings , to the loue I haue in doing good ; a remedie presents it selfe . I doe make my selfe beleeue that you may most vprighteously do a poor wronged Lady a merited benefit ; redeem your brother from the angry Law ; doe no staine to your owne gracious person , and much please the absent Duke , if peraduenture he shall euer returne to haue hearing of this businesse", "Vertue is bold , and goodnes neuer fearefull : Haue you not heard speake of Mariana the sister of Fredericke the great Souldier , who miscarried at Sea ?", "Shee should this Angelo haue married : was affianced to her oath , and the nuptiall appointed : between which time of the contract , and limit of the solemnitie , her brother Fredericke was wrackt at Sea , hauing in that perished vessell , the dowry of his sister : but marke how heauily this befell to the poore Gentlewoman , there she lost a noble and renowned brother , in his loue toward her , euer most kinde and naturall : with him the portion and sinew of her fortune , her marriage dowry : with both , her combynate-husband , this well-seeming Angelo", "Left her in her teares , & dried not one of them with his comfort : swallowed his vowes whole , pretending in her , discoueries of dishonor : in few , bestow 'd her on her owne lamentation , which she yet weares for his sake : and he , a marble to her teares , is washed with them , but relents not", "It is a rupture that you may easily heale : and the cure of it not onely saues your brother , but keepes you from dishonor in doing it", "Fie , sirrah , a Bawd , a wicked bawd ,", "The euill that thou causest to be done ,", "That is thy meanes to liue . Do thou but thinke", "What \u2018 tis to cram a maw , or cloath a backe", "From such a filthie vice : say to thy selfe ,", "From their abhominable and beastly touches", "I drinke , I eate away my selfe , and liue :", "Canst thou beleeue thy liuing is a life ,", "So stinkingly depending ? Go mend , go mend", "Nay , if the diuell haue giuen thee proofs for sin", "Thou wilt proue his . Take him to prison Officer :", "Correction , and Instruction must both worke", "Ere this rude beast will profit", "That we were all , as some would seeme to bee", "From our faults , as faults from seeming free .", "Still thus , and thus : still worse ?", "And you", "I know none : can you tell me of any ?", "I know not where : but wheresoeuer , I wish him well", "He do 's well i n't", "How should he be made then ?", "You are pleasant sir , and speake apace", "I neuer heard the absent Duke much detected for Women , he was not enclin 'd that way", "\u2018 Tis not possible", "You do him wrong , surely", "Whatmight be the cause ?", "Wise ? Why no question but he was", "Either this is Enuie in you , Folly , or mistaking : The very streame of his life , and the businesse he hath helmed , must vppon a warranted neede , giue him a better proclamation . Let him be but testimonied in his owne bringings forth , and hee shall appeare to the enuious , a Scholler , a Statesman , and a Soldier : therefore you speake vnskilfully : or , if your knowledge bee more , it is much darkned in your malice", "Loue talkes with better knowledge , & knowledge with deare loue", "I can hardly beleeue that , since you know not what you speake . But if euer the Duke returnelet mee desire you to make your answer before him : if it bee honest you haue spoke , you haue courage to maintaine it ; I am bound to call vppon you , and I pray you your name ?", "He shall know you better Sir , if I may liue to report you", "O , you hope the Duke will returne no more : or you imagine me to vnhurtfull an opposite : but indeed I can doe you little harme : You 'll for-sweare this againe ?", "Why should he die Sir ?", "No might , nor greatnesse in mortality", "Can censure scape : Back-wounding calumnie", "The whitest vertue strikes . What King so strong ,", "Can tie the gall vp in the slanderous tong ?", "But who comes heere ?", "Blisse , and goodnesse on you", "Not of this Countrie , though my chance is now", "To vse it for my time : I am a brother", "Of gracious Order , late come from the Sea ,", "In speciall businesse from his Holinesse", "None , but that there is so great a Feauor on goodnesse , that the dissolution of it must cure it . Noueltie is onely in request , and as it is as dangerous to be aged in any kinde of course , as it is vertuous to be constant in any vndertaking . There is scarse truth enough aliue to make Societies secure , but Securitie enough to make Fellowships accurst : Much vpon this riddle runs the wisedome of the world : This newes is old enough , yet it is euerie daies newes . I pray you Sir , of what disposition was the Duke ?", "What pleasure was he giuen to ?", "He professes to haue receiued no sinister measure from his Iudge , but most willingly humbles himselfe to the determination of Iustice : yet had he framed to himselfemanie deceyuing promises of life , which Ihaue discredited to him , and now is he resolu 'd to die", "If his owne life , Answere the straitnesse of his proceeding , It shall become him well : wherein if he chance to faile he hath sentenc 'd himselfe Esc I am going to visit the prisoner , Fare you well", "Peace be with you .", "He who the sword of Heauen will beare ,", "Should be as holy , as seueare :", "Patterne in himselfe to know ,", "Grace to stand , and Vertue go :", "More , nor lesse to others paying ,", "Then by selfe-offences weighing .", "Shame to him , whose cruell striking ,", "Kils for faults of his owne liking :", "Twice trebble shame on Angelo ,", "To weede my vice , and let his grow .", "Oh , what may Man within him hide ,", "Though Angel on the outward side ?", "How may likenesse made in crimes ,", "Making practise on the Times ,", "To draw with ydle Spiders strings", "Most ponderous and substantiall things ?", "Craft against vice , I must applie .", "With Angelo to night shall lye", "His old betroathed", "So disguise shall by th \u2019 disguised", "Pay with falshood , false exacting ,", "And performe an olde contracting .", "Take then this your companion by the hand", "Who hath a storie readie for your eare :", "I shall attend your leisure , but make haste", "The vaporous night approaches", "Oh Place , and greatnes : millions of false eies", "Are stucke vpon thee : volumes of report", "Run with these false , and most contrarious Quest", "Vpon thy doings : thousand escapes of wit", "Make thee the father of their idle dreame ,", "And racke thee in their fancies . Welcome , how agreed ?", "It is not my consent ,", "But my entreaty too", "The best , and wholsomst spirits of the night ,", "Inuellop you , good Prouost : who call 'd heere of late ?", "Not Isabell ?", "They will then er't be long", "There 's some in hope", "Not so , not so : his life is paralel 'd", "Euen with the stroke and line of his great Iustice :", "He doth with holie abstinence subdue", "That in himselfe , which he spurres on his powre", "To qualifie in others : were he meal 'd with that", "Which he corrects , then were he tirrannous ,", "But this being so , he 's iust . Now are they come .", "This is a gentle Prouost , sildome when", "The steeled Gaoler is the friend of men :", "How now ? what noise ? That spirit 's possest with hast ,", "That wounds th \u2019 vnsisting Posterne with these strokes", "Haue you no countermand for Claudio yet ? But he must die to morrow ?", "As neere the dawning Prouost , as it is ,", "You shall heare more ere Morning", "This is his Lords man", "This is his Pardon purchas 'd by such sin ,", "For which the Pardoner himselfe is in :", "Hence hath offence his quicke celeritie ,", "When it is borne in high Authority .", "When Vice makes Mercie ; Mercie 's so extended ,", "That for the faults loue , is th \u2019 offender friended .", "Now Sir , what newes ?", "What is that Barnardine , who is to be executed in th \u2019 afternoone ?", "How came it , that the absent Duke had not either deliuer 'd him to his libertie , or executed him ? I haue heard it was euer his manner to do so", "It is now apparant ?", "Hath he borne himselfe penitently in prison ? How seemes he to be touch 'd ?", "He wants aduice", "More of him anon : There is written in your brow Prouost , honesty and constancie ; if I reade it not truly , my ancient skill beguiles me : but in the boldnes of my cunning , I will lay my selfe in hazard : Claudio , whom heere you haue warrant to execute , is no greater forfeit to the Law , then Angelo who hath sentenc 'd him . To make you vnderstand this in a manifested effect , I craue but foure daies respit : for the which , you are to do me both a present , and a dangerous courtesie", "In the delaying death", "By the vow of mine Order , I warrant you ,", "If my instructions may be your guide ,", "Let this Barnardine be this morning executed ,", "And his head borne to Angelo", "Oh , death 's a great disguiser , and you may adde to it ; Shaue the head , and tie the beard , and say it was the desire of the penitent to be so bar'de before his death : you know the course is common . If any thing fall to you vpon this , more then thankes and good fortune , by the Saint whom I professe , I will plead against it with my life", "Were you sworne to the Duke , or to the Deputie ?", "You will thinke you haue made no offence , if the Duke auouch the iustice of your dealing ?", "Not a resemblance , but a certainty ; yet since I see you fearfull , that neither my coate , integrity , nor perswasion , can with ease attempt you , I wil go further then I meant , to plucke all feares out of you . Looke you Sir , heere is the hand and Seale of the Duke : you know the Charracter I doubt not , and the Signet is not strange to you ?", "The Contents of this , is the returne of the Duke ; you shall anon ouer-reade it at your pleasure : where you shall finde within these two daies , he wil be heere . This is a thing that Angelo knowes not , for hee this very day receiues letters of strange tenor , perchance of the Dukes death , perchance entering into some Monasterie , but by chance nothing of what is writ . Looke , th \u2019 vnfolding Starre calles vp the Shepheard ; put not your selfe into amazement , how these things should be ; all difficulties are but easie when they are knowne . Call your executioner , and off with Barnardines head : I will giue him a present shrift , and aduise him for a better place . Yet you are amaz 'd , but this shall absolutely resolue you : Come away , it is almost cleere dawne . Enter . Scena Tertia .", "Sir , induced by my charitie , and hearing how hastily you are to depart , I am come to aduise you , Comfort you , and pray with you", "Oh sir , you must : and therefore I beseech you", "Looke forward on the iournie you shall go", "But heare you :", "Vnfit to liue , or die : oh grauell heart . After himbring him to the blocke", "A creature vnprepar 'd , vnmeet for death ,", "And to transport him in the minde he is ,", "Were damnable", "Oh , \u2018 tis an accident that heauen prouides :", "Dispatch it presently , the houre drawes on", "Prefixt by Angelo : See this be done ,", "And sent according to command , whiles I", "Perswade this rude wretch willingly to die", "Let this be done ,", "Put them in secret holds , both Barnardine and Claudio ,", "Ere twice the Sun hath made his iournall greeting", "To yond generation , you shal finde", "Your safetie manifested", "Quicke , dispatch , and send the head to Angelo", "Now wil I write Letters to Angelo ,", "whose contents", "Shal witnesse to him I am neere at home :", "And that by great Iniunctions I am bound", "To enter publikely : him Ile desire", "To meet me at the consecrated Fount ,", "A League below the Citie : and from thence ,", "By cold gradation , and weale-ballanc 'd forme .", "We shal proceed with Angelo .", "Conuenient is it : Make a swift returne ,", "For I would commune with you of such things ,", "That want no eare but yours", "The tongue of Isabell . She 's come to know ,", "If yet her brothers pardon be come hither :", "But I will keepe her ignorant of her good ,", "To make her heauenly comforts of dispaire ,", "When it is least expected .", "Good morning to you , faire , and gracious daughter", "He hath releasd him , Isabell , from the world ,", "His head is off , and sent to Angelo", "It is no other ,", "Shew your wisedome daughter in your close patience", "This nor hurts him , nor profits you a iot ,", "Forbeare it therefore , giue your cause to heauen .", "Marke what I say , which you shal finde", "By euery sillable a faithful veritie .", "The Duke comes home to morrow : nay drie your eyes ,", "One of our Couent , and his Confessor", "Giues me this instance : Already he hath carried", "Notice to Escalus and Angelo ,", "Who do prepare to meete him at the gates ,", "There to giue vp their powre : If you can pace your wisdome ,", "In that good path that I would wish it go ,", "And you shal haue your bosome on this wretch ,", "Grace of the Duke , reuenges to your heart ,", "And general Honor", "Not within Sir", "Sir , the Duke is marueilous little beholding to your reports , but the best is , he liues not in them", "Well : you'l answer this one day . Fare ye well", "You haue told me too many of him already sir if they be true : if not true , none were enough", "Did you such a thing ?", "Sir your company is fairer then honest , rest you well", "These Letters at fit time deliuer me ,", "The Prouost knowes our purpose and our plot ,", "The matter being a foote , keepe your instruction", "And hold you euer to our speciall drift ,", "Though sometimes you doe blench from this to that", "As cause doth minister : Goe call at Flauia 's house ,", "And tell him where I stay : giue the like notice", "To Valencius , Rowland , and to Crassus ,", "And bid them bring the Trumpets to the gate :", "But send me Flauius first", "I thank thee Varrius , thou hast made good hast ,", "Come , we will walke : There 's other of our friends", "Will greet vs heere anon : my gentle Varrius .", "Exeunt .", "Scena Sexta .", "Nay it is ten times strange ?", "Away with her : poore soule", "She speakes this , in th \u2019 infirmity of sence", "By mine honesty", "If she be mad , as I beleeue no other ,", "Her madnesse hath the oddest frame of sense ,", "Such a dependancy of thing , on thing ,", "As ere I heard in madnesse", "Mended againe : the matter : proceed", "This is most likely", "I know you'ld faine be gone : An Officer :", "To prison with her : Shall we thus permit", "A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall ,", "On him so neere vs ? This needs must be a practise :", "Who knew of your intent and comming hither ?", "Words against mee ? this \u2019 a good Fryer belike", "And to set on this wretched woman here", "Against our Substitute : Let this Fryer be found", "We did beleeue no lesse . Know you that Frier Lodowick that she speakes of ?", "What , are you married ?", "Are you a Maid ?", "Know you this woman ?", "I , with my heart ,", "And punish them to your height of pleasure .", "Thou foolish Frier , and thou pernicious woman", "Compact with her that 's gone : thinkst thou , thy oathes ,", "Though they would swear downe each particular Saint ,", "Were testimonies against his worth , and credit", "That 's seald in approbation ? you , Lord Escalus", "Sit with my Cozen , lend him your kinde paines", "To finde out this abuse , whence \u2018 tis deriu 'd .", "There is another Frier that set them on ,", "Let him be sent for", "Goe , doe it instantly :", "And you , my noble and well-warranted Cosen", "Whom it concernes to heare this matter forth ,", "Doe with your iniuries as seemes you best", "In any chastisement ; I for a while", "Will leaue you ; but stir not you till you haue", "Well determin 'd vpon these Slanderers .", "Neuer craue him , we are definitiue", "You doe but loose your labour . Away with him to death : Now Sir , to you", "Against all sence you doe importune her ,", "Should she kneele downe , in mercie of this fact ,", "Her Brothers ghost , his paued bed would breake ,", "And take her hence in horror", "He dies for Claudio 's death", "Had you a speciall warrant for the deed ?", "I would thou hadst done so by Claudio :", "Goe fetch him hither , let me looke vpon him", "Which is that Barnardine ?", "There was a Friar told me of this man .", "Sirha , thou art said to haue a stubborne soule", "That apprehends no further then this world ,", "And squar'st thy life according : Thou'rt condemn 'd ,", "But for those earthly faults , I quit them all ,", "And pray thee take this mercie to prouide", "For better times to come : Frier aduise him ,", "I leaue him to your hand . What muffeld fellow 's that ?", "If he be like your brother , for his sake", "Is he pardon 'd , and for your louelie sake", "Giue me your hand , and say you will be mine ,", "He is my brother too : But fitter time for that :", "By this Lord Angelo perceiues he 's safe ,", "Methinkes I see a quickning in his eye :", "Well Angelo , your euill quits you well .", "Looke that you loue your wife : her worth , worth yours", "I finde an apt remission in my selfe :", "And yet heere 's one in place I cannot pardon ,", "You sirha , that knew me for a foole , a Coward ,", "One all of Luxurie , an asse , a mad man :", "Wherein haue I so deseru 'd of you", "That you extoll me thus ?", "Whipt first , sir , and hang 'd after . Proclaime it Prouost round about the Citie , If any woman wrong 'd by this lewd fellowlet her appeare , And he shall marry her : the nuptiall finish 'd , Let him be whipt and hang 'd", "Vpon mine honor thou shalt marrie her .", "Thy slanders I forgiue , and therewithall", "Remit thy other forfeits : take him to prison ,", "And see our pleasure herein executed", "Slandering a Prince deserues it .", "She Claudio that you wrong 'd , looke you restore .", "Ioy to you Mariana , loue her Angelo :", "I haue confes 'd her , and I know her vertue .", "Thanks good friend , Escalus , for thy much goodnesse ,", "There 's more behinde that is more gratulate .", "Thanks Prouost for thy care , and secrecie ,", "We shall imploy thee in a worthier place .", "Forgiue him Angelo , that brought you home", "The head of Ragozine for Claudio 's ,", "Th \u2019 offence pardons it selfe . Deere Isabell ,", "I haue a motion much imports your good ,", "Whereto if you 'll a willing eare incline ;", "What 's mine is yours , and what is yours is mine .", "So bring vs to our Pallace , where wee 'll show", "What 's yet behinde , that meete you all should know .", "The Scene Vienna .", "The names of all the Actors ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 80, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["You are a thorn to me , a thorn in the flesh .", "Contagiously you bring to me mistrust", "Of all my landmarks , when , as here to-night ,", "Out of the midst of every pleasant gift", "The world can offer you , you raise your voice", "In scoffing irony against each face ,", "Form , action , motive , that together make", "Your life , and ours .", "Not alone", "Your attitude to-night ; you always seem", "As if withholding from all days and deeds", "Moving around you \u2014 from our life and yours \u2014", "Your full assent .", "Are not you ?", "Down with him , indeed !", "And may he cease to trouble you . The world", "Is pretty glorious when a man is young ,", "As we are , and so many splendid choices", "Lie all around him . There have never been", "Such opportunities as now are spread", "Before us . Men are doing mighty things", "To-day . A critic tells me that last night", "Wullf at the opera sang \u201c La ci darem \u201d", "With an artistic brilliancy of tone", "That never has been heard on any stage", "Anywhere in the world . You moped at home ,", "Doubtless ; but it was wonderful , on my word .", "Midge .", "Well , I do n't know why I should n't .", "Up in the gallery .", "Yes .", "Oh , leave me alone !", "It 's hardly that ! But she 's a mighty jolly little thing .", "A mighty nice one !", "Full of all kinds of happiness ; but shy .", "I 'd like to see some rounder try to speak", "To her on Broadway . She looks like a lady !", "Oh , pshaw ! Do n't lecture me ;", "I 'm not a saint ; in fact , few of us are .", "Oh , I will not let go !... Not yet , at least .", "See , what a night it is ! The stars are out", "As if a bucketful of them had spilled", "Across the sky . And here we sit like owls ,", "Blinking and staring at a little fire", "When heaven is burning ! I 'm afraid it 's time", "For me to leave this owlish parliament ;", "And I shall probably knock holes in half", "The windows of the town as I walk home", "Star-gazingly . And here it 's after twelve !", "I might have guessed it from the fatal fact", "That we 'd begun to talk philosophy :", "No sane man ever does , except in hours", "When by all rights he should be sound asleep .", "Good night to both of you . And do n't stay up", "Talking till morning .", "You have come back ! I had not heard of it .", "Where have you been these many months ? I long", "To talk with you .", "Then you know ....", "It must seem strange to you beyond my power", "Ever to quite unravel . But for me", "All things are clear ; and to my blinded sight", "Morning has come \u2014 in this thing , as in all", "The doubts that once enslaved me .", "Come here aside before the service starts .", "I owe it you to tell you . I have changed", "In your long absence ....", "To understand ,", "You must hear all . You know my life \u2014 how vain", "Its occupations , how absorbed I moved", "In this day 's folly and to-morrow 's lure \u2014", "How petty trifles made my whole small round", "Of being \u2014 selfish trifles , nothing worth ,", "Stained with a cruelty that I would forget .", "That night we talked together \u2014 you and I", "And Oldham \u2014 in your rooms , I wandered home", "Sorely distressed . For you had stirred in me", "A gnawing doubt whether the whole of life", "Was not mere child 's play .", "It was the kindest act man ever did", "In all my life ! I peered into my heart :", "I saw myself Judas to innocence ,", "Betraying lightly with a careless kiss", "A mortal body and immortal soul ;", "I saw no thing in all my days to claim", "A sane man 's approbation ; one by one", "Each glittering bauble that I late had loved", "Crumbled to dust beneath the parching fire", "Of reason .... And that night , I walked in Hell .", "Thank God for it ! That night I saw my joys", "Like some rank thicket of bright vanities", "Masking a precipice . A sense of sin", "And loathing overcame me , and the power", "Of utter terror filled me . I beheld", "The evil riot of gross earthy things", "That had o'ergrown me . Like a burden lay", "That sense upon me , and it pressed me down", "To a despondence deep beyond all words ,", "Beyond all thought . And no escape I saw", "Except the bullet ....", "Thus the doubtful days", "Passed like a nightmare . Till , one Sabbath morn ,", "As restlessly I paced , some random mood", "Led me to enter this cathedral 's doors", "At hour of service . As I knelt , with lips", "Unknown to prayer , the mighty music rolled", "Over my heart like an all-purging flood ,", "And a voice chanted : \u201c He that loveth life", "Shall lose it ; he that hateth this world 's life", "Shall keep the life eternal . \u201d And a voice", "Shortly thereafter sang , in angel tones :", "\u201c Come , let our feet return unto the Lord ;", "For He hath torn , and He will heal us . \u201d And", "My soul cried : \u201c Yield thy burdens to the Lord ,", "Upon His love cast thine unworthy self ,", "And bid His Will Be Done . \u201d", "And then my soul", "Melted as in the warmth of His embrace .", "My guilt was gone like night before the sun :", "Light blinded me ; an infinite love and joy", "Lifted me up , a child again , from earth", "Into such regions as my mortal speech", "Can never utter . And from that hour forth ,", "God has been with me .... Now you know my tale .", "No words can teach", "These marvels to a heart that has not known", "God 's glories .", "Aye , and more !", "Now do I walk in meadows of calm light ;", "The love of God is over me ; I faint", "Almost beneath its sweetness and wild joy .", "My whole heart 's toil is how to merit it", "Even a little .", "There is God !", "Brother in the Lord ,", "Let us together from devoted hearts", "Repeat : \u201c Thy Will Be Done . \u201d", "Faust , let us pray :", "\u201c Father , we do beseech Thee for Thy light \u201d ...", "Faust !", "Blasphemy ! Ah , Faust , what madness !...", "Flee , ere the awful wrath", "Of God smite down these walls , these poisoned stones ,", "That hear your words ! Flee , ere the heavens rain forth", "Lightnings to blast us for these horrors !", "Father , forgive ! He knows not what he does ....", "Yes ; and besides , I do not wish to sit", "Too near the front . I 'd rather not have come", "At all to-day . But you ...", "I never want to see his face again . I shall try not to listen .", "My friends , I came to listen , not to speak . But when such words as these from impious lips Fall lightly , I must rise here to refute Their poisonous message . Three days since , I stood With this man in the sacred halls of God , And witnessed in his heart the glory grow Of God 's bright hope . Then suddenly from Hell , Or from his own deep , labyrinthine heart , Sprang fiends to snatch him back from heaven 's clear gate And God 's deliverance . And his bitter lips , By thirst so nearly quenched made bitterer yet , Cried blasphemies against the powers of heaven And all bright starry hopes that light our days With faith and glory . And the hand of God , Inscrutably withheld , smote him not dumb , But suffered him to go . Now in our sight He rises to proclaim his searing doubt , His hot destroying passion , and tears down Our fairest altars . I , who was his friend , Hereby renounce him ; and in sober words Counsel all men to flee the company Of one who hates the great hopes of the world !", "I will wait", "A moment , and perhaps may see the doctor", "As he goes out . Have things been bad to-day ?", "How is he ?", "You see no hope ?", "You think I should not see him ?", "I have been heavy-hearted ; but that thus", "I find you , overwhelms me ....", "I cannot utter what is in my heart .", "It is as though I had with my own hand", "Stricken you down . And yet I did not dream", "Of what would follow .... O Faust , Faust , forgive me !", "Saved ! Ah , impossible !", "Faust ! O dearest friend !", "My heart refuses now to grasp such joy .", "If it were possible ! Can , can it be", "That God has bent once more , and with cool touch", "Dispelled the feverous mists ? Oh , I could weep", "With happiness to dream it !", "You are sick and spent . I should not thus \u2014", "The eternal God in heaven forgive you this !", "O my friend , my friend ,", "I would my tongue could cry as my heart cries \u2014", "Turn back from darkness before the hour has struck !", "Even yet may mercy fold you . God is great", "And tender ; and perhaps His love may clasp", "Even your aloofness , if at last your heart", "Calls in repentance to Him . O Faust , Faust ,", "Sink your vain pride of spirit \u2014 kneel to Him \u2014", "Beseech His mercy ere it is too late !", "Has no breath", "Of heavenly love touched this corrosive core", "Of hell-fire in you ?", "Through last night 's long hours ,", "Poor Midge , alone and comfortless , wept out", "Her heart , believing all that you had said .", "And when I spoke to her , she cried : \u201c Go , go !", "I am lost where none can help me ; all my dreams", "Shudder and perish , even as he has perished ;", "Yet they shall live again \u2014 but he will die ! \u201d ...", "Thus darkness falls from you upon men 's hearts .", "I know not if God 's deep forgiving love", "To such as you is granted ....", "And she now", "Weeps comfortless !", "Pity her , and the hosts that with her stand", "Shelterless from the blasts of your wild hate .", "I love you and I pity you \u2014 and I go ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 81, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Yes , Papa is forty to-day ;fancy living to that age ! The tenants have presented him with a handsome jar of mixed pickles , with an appropriate inscription . Papa is loved and respected by every one . And I \u2014 well , I have made him a little housewife , containing needles and thread ... See !", "Oh , do look !\u2014 there 's Papa crossing the lawn with , oh , such a horrid man following him !", "Not so bad as his boots , and they are not so bad as his face ! Why does n't Papa order him to go away ? Oh , he is actually inviting him in ! Enter Sir POSHBURY , gloomy and constrained , with SPIKER , who is jaunty , and somewhat over familiar . SpikerCosy little shanty you 've got here , Puddock \u2014 very tasty !", "I can guess who has made that offer , and why . I consent with all my heart , dear Papa .", "I was quite sure dear Bleshugh meant to speak , and I do love him very much .", "I have seen so little of him , Papa , I cannot love him \u2014 you must really excuse me !", "Not so , Papa ; I will marry this Mr. Spiker , since it is your wish .", "Mr. Spiker , let us understand one another . I will do my best to be a good wife to you \u2014 but chumminess is not mine to give , nor can I promise ever to be your dicky-bird .", "Yes , Lord Bleshugh , his wife !", "How can I tell him the truth without betraying dear Papa ? No , I must lie , though it kills me .Lord Bleshugh , I have been trifling with you . I \u2014 I never loved you .", "And if it was , who can account for the vagaries of a girlish fancy ! We women are capricious beings , you know .But you are unjust to Mr. Spiker \u2014 he has not yet howled in my presence \u2014\u2014 though I very nearly did in his !", "I \u2014 I love him .My heart will break !", "And that thing is my affianced husband Ah , no I cannot go through with it , he is too repulsive ! If I could but find a way to free myself without compromising poor Papa . The sofa-cushion ! Dare I ? It would be quite painless .... Surely the removal of such an odious wretch cannot be Murder .... I will !Oh , I wish he would n't gurgle like that , and how he does kick ! He cannot even die like a gentleman !How still he lies ! I almost wish ... Mr. Spiker , Mr . Spi-ker !... no answer \u2014 oh , I really have suffocated him !You , Papa ?", "Do n't sing , Papa , I cannot bear it \u2014 just yet . I have just suffocated Mr. Spiker with a sofa-cushion . See !", "Do not scold me , Papa . Was it not done for your sake ?", "Listen , Papa . I have thought of a plan \u2014 why should I not wheel this sofa to the head of the front-door steps , and tip it over ? They will only think he fell down when intoxicated \u2014 for he had taken far too much wine , Papa !", "Papa , Papa , hide me ! The night-air and the cold stone steps have restored Mr. Spiker to life and consciousness ! He is coming to denounce me \u2014 you \u2014 both of us ! He is awfully annoyed !", "Have I not proved my indifference ?", "Keep it . All that I did was done to spare my father !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 82, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The drug hath found his heart .", "That gives the sign to the Praetorians", "Upon the instant of the Emperor 's death .", "Hark ! trumpets answering through all the city .", "Xenophon , you and I are in this death", "Eternally bound . This husband have I slain", "To lift unto the windy chair of the world", "Nero , my son . Your silence I will buy", "With endless riches ; but a hint divulged \u2014\u2014", "Meantime his child , his heir , Britannicus ,", "Must not be seen lest he be clamoured for .", "So till the sad Chaldean give the sign", "Of that so yearned for , favourable hour ,", "When with good omens may my son succeed ,", "The sudden death of Claudius must be hid !", "Then on the instant Nero be proclaimed", "And Rome awake on an accomplished deed .", "Call them ! A lulling music let them bring .", "O thou who readest all the scroll of the sky ,", "Stands it so sure Nero my son shall reign ?", "What lurks behind these words ? There is a \u2018 but \u2019 still hovering in the stars .", "The half ! I 'll know the rest .", "Peril ! His or mine ?", "I will know all , however dark . Finish what did so splendidly begin .", "Kill me , but reign !", "Seneca ! Speak it low ! Caesar is dead ! Nero shall climb the throne .", "You , Xenophon and Burrus , stand with me .", "Say , Burrus , quickly say , how stands our cause", "With the Praetorians who unmake and make Emperors ?", "Will they have Nero ?", "Stand there until I have from him the sign ,", "Then let thy sword gleam upward to the dawn .", "You for the army answerable stand .", "And , Seneca , I have entrusted Nero 's mind", "To you , to point an eaglet to the sun .", "Nero ? What does he ?", "A torch-lit race ! And yet why not ? My child", "Should climb all virgin to the throne of the earth ,", "Not conscious of spilt blood : and I meantime", "Will sway the deep heart of the mighty world .", "The peril is Britannicus : for Nero ,", "Careless of empire , strings but verse to verse .", "How shall this dove attain the eagle cry ?", "What do you mean ?", "Till the auspicious hour he is not dead . OCTAVIA and BRITANNICUS enter", "Do not disturb your father for this night .", "Children , he is in need of some long rest . Go back to bed : your father sleepeth sound .", "Would you then", "Trouble him , when to sleep is all he asks ?", "No !", "Come softly back to bed ! no \u2014 no \u2014 this way !", "Britannicus , with the first peer of light", "You shall behold your father ; but not now .", "So the physician , Xenophon , enjoined me .", "Now take Octavia 's hand \u2014 so , both of you .", "How long till Rome shall greet her Emperor ?", "Give the sign !", "That music be a dirge : Caesar is dead .", "Nero , thou art my son !", "Nero , upon this arm behold I clasp", "This amulet . One dawn two murderers", "Despatched to kill thee , stealing to thy bed", "Were frightened by a snake which from beneath", "Thy pillow glided . From that serpent 's skin", "I made this charm . Wear it , and thou shalt prosper ;", "But lose it , look thou for calamities .", "Your pupil now the awful purple wears .", "You tremble but to grasp the pen ! But they", "Who dyed it thus , feared not to grip the brand .", "It is an act to you most necessary ,", "If you would sit secure where I have set you .", "Now the light things of boyhood , toys of youth ,", "Unworthy that stern seat , you must discard .", "Acte , the playmate of those careless hours ,", "Henceforth must be forgotten : you shall wed", "A royal consort \u2014 young Octavia ,", "The child of Claudius , of the imperial line .", "Not while this hand", "Is on thy brow , and this voice in thine ear .", "We two will rule the world .", "When you have need of me , then call me .", "My dear , dear son ! And", "Nero , well I know", "That you could never hurt or injure me .", "But you will not forget who set you here \u2014", "You will not , tell me ?", "Mothers for children have dared much , and more", "Have suffered ; but what mother hath so scarred", "Her soul for the dear fruit of her body as I ?", "Thy birth-pang was the least of all the throes", "That I for thee have suffered \u2014 a brief pain ,", "A little , little pain we share with creatures ;", "But what was this to torments of the mind ,", "The dark , imperial meditations ,", "Musing with eyes half-closed in moonless night ;", "The crimes \u2014 yes , crimes , the blood that has been spilt \u2014", "Why , I have made a way for thee through ghosts .", "Nero , you 'll not forget ?", "My son , this very night it was foretold", "\u2018 Nero shall reign , but he shall kill his mother . \u2019", "Tell me the stars have lied .", "Kiss me ; we both of us must sleep awhile .", "I will speak With you alone , not compassed by these men .To me you owe the height where now you stand . Who took you , schoolmaster , from exile ? Who Unstewarded you , Burrus ? If I have made , I can unmake \u2014 Now leave me with my son .You are self-made . Gods ! I 'd no hand in that !Nero , have you forgot who set you there ?", "You should not need that I remind you of it .", "Are you the babe that lay upon my breast ?", "Have I not reared you , tended you , and loved you ?", "Boy , never since I first looked on the sun", "From man or woman had I insolence ,", "Who have sistered , wived , and mothered Emperors .", "Gods ! you have hit on a new thing to tell me .Does your heart beat ? Are you all ice and pose ? Has nothing gripped you \u2014 is there aught to grip In you , pert shadow ? Have you e'er shed tears ?", "O wall of stone \u2018 gainst which I beat in vain !", "Nero , I will do much to win you back", "For your own sake : and though it hurts me sore ,", "Your passion for Poppaea I will aid .", "When did a mother yield herself to this ?", "Child , I have done with scorn , with bitter words , With taunt , with gibe . Now I ask only pity \u2014 A little pity from flesh that I conceived , A little mercy from the body I bore , And touches from the baby hands I kissed . Nothing I ask of you , only to love me , And if not that , to bear with me a while , Who have borne much for you : no , Nero , child , I will not weary you , I yearn for you . Forgive me all the deeds that I have done for you , Forget the great love I have spent on you , Pardon the long , long life for you endured .", "Leave Rome !", "Why , I would die as I did step", "Outside her gates , and glide henceforth a shadow .", "The blood would cease to run in my veins , my heart", "Stop , and my breath subside without her walls .", "All without Rome is darkness : you will not", "Despatch my shadow down to Antium ?", "My age ! Am I old then ?", "Look on this face ,", "Where am I scarred , who have steered the bark of State", "As it plunged , as it rose over the waves of change ?", "I was renewed with salt of such a sea .", "Empires and Emperors I have outlived ;", "A thousand loves and lusts have left no line ;", "Tremendous fortunes have not touched my hair ,", "Murder hath left my cheek as the cheek of a babe .", "My age ! Who then accuses me of age ?", "Was this a flash from budding Seneca ,", "Or the boy Burrus \u2019 inspiration ? Say ?", "Do I owe it to the shrivelled or the maimed ?", "Bookman , shall I learn policy from you ?", "Be patient with me . Nero , you I ask ,", "Not schoolmasters or stewards I promoted .", "Is it your will I go to Antium ?", "Speak , speak . Be not the mouthpiece of these men :", "Domitius !", "Then , sir , discharge me not from your employ", "Without some written commendation ,", "That I can tire the hair or pare the nails ,", "That those who were my friends may take me in !", "O , lady now ? Mother , no more !", "See the new tiger in the dancer 's eye :", "\u2018 Ware of him , keepers \u2014 then , you bid me go ?", "Romans , behold this son : the man of men ;", "This harp-player , this actor , this buffoon \u2014\u2014", "\u2014 sitting where great Julius but aspired To sit , and died in the aspiring : see , This mime \u2014 my son is he ? And did I then Have one mad moment with a street musician ?", "This son now sends me forth ,", "Yet it was I , his mother , set him there .", "And , ah ! if it were known at what a price ,", "Witness , you shades of the Silani !", "And witness Messalina on vain knees !", "And witness Claudius with the envenomed cup .", "Not the seas shall stop me now ,", "Raging on all the shores of all the world .", "Witness if easily my son did reign ,", "I am bloody from head to foot for sake of him ,", "And for my cub am I incarnadined .", "I 'll go , but if I fall , Rome too shall fall :", "I 'll shake this empire till it reel and crash", "On that ungrateful head ; and if I fall ,", "The builded world shall tumble down in thunder .", "Ah !", "To my arms , boy !", "Tremble now and shake !", "Here is the true heir to the imperial throne ,", "Deposed by me , but now by me restored .", "I 'll to the Praetorians !", "To the camp !", "And there upon the one side they shall see", "Britannicus the child of Claudius ,", "And me the daughter of Germanicus ;", "And on the other side a harp-player ,", "A withered pedant , and a maim\u00e8d sergeant ,", "Disputing for the diadem of the earth .", "Come , Caesar , away to the Praetorians !", "Thou hast done this .", "This seemeth like to old days come again ,", "Evenings of Antium with a rising moon .", "My boy , my boy , again ! Look in my eyes .", "So as a babe would you look up at me", "After a night of tossing , half-awake ,", "Blinking against the dawn , and pull my head", "Down to you , till I lost you in my hair .", "Do you remember many a night so thick", "With stars as this \u2014 you would not go to bed ,", "But still would paddle in the warm ocean", "Spraying it with small hands into the skies .", "Or when you would sail", "In a slight skiff under a moon like this ,", "Though chidden oft and oft .", "A wilful child \u2014 the sea \u2014 ever the sea \u2014", "Your mother could not hold you from the sea .", "Will you be sore if I confess a thought ?", "So foolish it seems now . Awhile I doubted whether I should come .", "Now , do not laugh at me \u2014 I say", "You will not laugh at me ?", "Why \u2014 I thought", "That you perhaps would kill me if I came !", "Truly I did !", "\u2018 O , \u2019 I said ,", "\u2018 I have wearied him : he is weary of his mother . \u2019", "In my ears there buzzed that prophecy \u2014", "\u2018 Nero shall reign but he shall kill his mother . \u2019", "Now \u2014 now \u2014 I had not told you had I not", "Been above measure happy . Now no more", "Wild words , no more mad words between us two ,", "Who all the while are aching to be friends .", "O how your hands come waxen once again", "Within my own : again behind your voice", "The hesitating tardy bird-like word", "And the sweet slur of \u2018 r 's . \u2019 O but to-night", "Even grandeur palls , the splendid goal : to-night", "I am a woman and am with my child .", "Beautiful night that gently bringest back", "Mother to son , and callest all thy stars", "To watch it . Quiet sea that bringest peace", "Between us two . Hast thou not thought how still", "The air is as with silent pleasure ? Child ,", "Is not the night then more than common calm ?", "Never until to-night did I so feel", "The lure of the sea that lures me to lie down", "At last after such heat . Ah , but the stars", "Are falling and I feel the unseen dawn .", "Son , I must go at once . Where is my maid", "To wrap me ? Sweet and warm now is the night", "And I am glad I had prepared to go", "By water , not by land .", "Alas ! Now must I go by land .", "Yes \u2014 yes \u2014", "I 'll go in her \u2014 Why not ?", "Nero , my maid a moment to enwrap me .", "As the wrapping is finished .", "I have slept ill of late : but I shall have", "A soft and steady breeze across the bay .", "I shall sleep sound . Now , Nero , now good-bye .", "For ever we are friends ?", "Most kind .", "You shall see me", "To-morrow . Will you cross the bay to me ,", "Or shall I come to you ?", "She is .", "Yes . I see you have my amulet .", "So bright the night you 'll see me all the way", "Across the shining water .", "Good-night , child ! I shall see you then to-morrow .", "Already it hath dawned .", "Child !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 83, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oliver troubles me , persuading everywhere . Restless like this .", "There 's a man 's house . It 's enough surely .", "What time is John coming ?", "John Hampden is like that , too . He excites the boy .", "Of course he 's a boy .", "Methuselah .", "I said Methuselah .", "Just because he wo n't pay a tax . How if everybody refused to pay taxes ? If you do n't have taxes , I do n't see how you are to have a government . Though I can n't see that it governs anybody , except those that do n't need it .", "There 's always something wrong . It keeps men busy , I suppose .", "I know , I know . But why must he come here to-night of all in the year ? Oliver 's like somebody out of the Bible about to-morrow as it is . This will make him worse . I wish John no harm , but \u2014 well , I hope he 's got a bad horse .", "You can n't pretend he 'll make him more temperate .", "Of course he 's right . But I 'm too old . I 've seen too many broken heads . He 'll be no righter for a broken head .", "Your father 's is like to be .", "Now , child , do n't you encourage your father , too . He 's eager enough without that .", "And that 's three of you in one house . And this young Mr. Ireton has ideas , too , I believe .", "That accounts for it .", "It makes no matter what I think .", "She 's a very old lady , and can n't speak for herself .", "Never mind your manners child . But do n't encourage your father . He does n't need it . This house is all commotion as it is .", "I do n't know what will happen . I sometimes think the world is n't worth quarrelling about at all . And yet I 'm a silly old woman to talk like that . But Oliver is a brave fellow \u2014 and John , all of them . I want them to be brave in peace \u2014 that 's the way you think at eighty .This Mr. Donne is a very good poet , but he 's rather hard to understand . I suppose that is being eighty , too . Mr. Herrick is very simple . John Hampden sent me some copies from a friend who knows Mr. Herrick . I like them better than John does .Lord , Thou hast given me a cell Wherein to dwell ; A little house , whose humble roof Is waterproof ; Under the spars of which I lie Both soft and dry .... But Mr. Shakespeare was best of all , I do believe . A very civil gentleman , too . I spoke to him once \u2014 that was forty years ago , the year Oliver was born , I remember . He did n't hold with all this talk against kings .", "Well , it 's all very dangerous , and I 'm too old for it . Not but what Oliver 's brain is better than mine . But we have to sit still and watch . However \u2014Lord , \u2018 tis thy plenty-dropping hand That sows my land : All this , and better , dost thou send Me for this end : That I should render for my part A thankful heart , Which , fired with incense , I resign As wholly Thine : But the acceptance \u2014 that must be , O Lord , by Thee . Mr. Herrick has chosen a nice name for his book . Hesperides . He has taste as well as understanding .", "Ye have been fresh and green , Ye have been filled with flowers , And ye the walks have been Where maids have spent their hours . Like unthrifts , having spent Your stock , and needy grown , You 're left here to lament Your poor estates alone .", "Well , John .", "You 're welcome , Master Ireton , I 'm sure . If you behave yourself , young man .", "No , do n't ask me . Only do n't you and John come putting more notions into Oliver 's head . I 'm sure he 's got more than he can rightly manage as it is .", "Now , young man , Oliver does n't need any urging to it . He needs holding back .", "Yes , but do n't be so proud about it , John .", ":", "Remember what Mr. Herbert says \u2014", "A servant with this clause", "Makes drudgerie divine .", "Who sweeps a room , as for thy laws ,", "Makes that and th \u2019 action fine .", "As for thy laws , remember .", "He 'll be here soon enough . I 'm sorry the judges were against you , John . I do n't know what else you could expect , though . They are the King 's judges , I suppose .", "This house is ready for any kind of revolution , John .", "Will you give me my shawl , Henry Ireton .", "There 's Oliver coming . Now you can all be thunder .", "So you have hope for me yet , miss ?", "What will it all come to , John ?", "You 're very vexatious sometimes , Oliver .", "Being right does n't make you less vexatious .", ":", "Now you talk sense , Oliver . Mr. Herrick is very clear about that . So was", "David .", "He 's a poet , young man . And he 's for being quiet , and not bustling about everywhere . You ought to read him .", "Do n't be silly , Mr. Hampden \u2014 if you excuse me for saying so . Mr. Herrick is very serious indeed , only he is n't always telling us of it .", "Well , it 's no bad judgment to stand for Mr. Herbert . Only I wo n't have nonsense talked about Mr. Herrick .", "The door is along there , to the right .", "Now , Henry Ireton , these gentlemen may be bears , but I wo n't have you make this room into a bear-pit .", "Oliver , boy , you were quite right \u2014 all that you said to those men , I mean . I do n't approve , mind you , but you were quite right .", "Yes , child .", "You are born into a great story , child . I am old .", "Not wonder only , girl . There are griefs .", "Youth , you are dear . With an old woman , it 's all reckoning . One sees the follies then of this man and that .", "It had to come . Men were no wiser than that . To make this of the land ! One Cain , as your father says .", "I know . There are times when wrath comes , and beauty is forgotten . But it must be .", "Yes . Even that .", "Yes , child . He could do no other . That 's his tribute to necessity . We all pay it . He will pay it greatly . We may be sure of that .Here they are .", "Bless you , son . How d'ye do , Henry Ireton ?", "Is it Colonel Ireton yet ?", "Thank her , truly . Well , boy , it has begun ?", "May England prosper by you .", "You commit yourself , boy , beyond turning back in all this .", "The Lord prosper you . But I am an old woman . Age can but have misgivings .", "I will be no hindrance , son .", "I must see .", "Oliver .", "These are my five Ely houses , and the Huntingdon farmlands . Use them .", "My needs are few , and I have not many days .", ":", "Bless you , my son . Bless you always . And may the mercy of God be upon", "England .", "Mr. Lawes makes beautiful music , Oliver .", "Oliver has just sent from Whitehall for his great coat . I 've sent Beth with it .", "Men will pity him . He had no pity .", "Yes , I do think so .", "There could be no safety or hope while he lived .", "Kings must love , too .", "Is Henry with your father ?", "What is the time ?", "Oliver will be the foremost man in England .", "He will have to guide all .", "When the world labours in anger , child , you cannot name the hour .", "If this be wrong , all was wrong .", "It 's very cold .", "No , thank you .", "The King \u2014 very brave , I suppose ?", "Poor , silly king . Oliver will be here directly . Shut the window , Henry .THE SCENE CLOSES", "Yes , my dear , very comfortable .", "Very well , my dear . Bridget is a good girl . I may be asleep before you come back . Good-night .", "Yes , just a little . Mr. Milton was reading to me this afternoon . Your father asked him to come . He has begun a very good poem , about Eden and the fall of man . He read me some of it . He writes extremely well . I think I should like to hear something by that young Mr. Marvell . He copies them out for me \u2014 you 'll find them in that book , there . There 's one about a garden . Just two stanzas of it . I have marked them .", "Yes . Far other worlds , and other seas . I wish your father would come . I want to go to sleep , and you never know .", "I 'm glad you have come , my son . Though you are very busy , I 'm sure .", "No , thank you . What date is this ?", "It 's nearly a year since they made you Protector , then .", "You need not , son . You were right . There was none other . And you were right not to take a crown .", "Truly , I think it . It will be a freer land because you have lived in it , my son . Our name may be forgotten , but it does not matter . You serve faithfully . I am proud .", "It was kind of Mr. Milton to come this afternoon . I can n't remember whether I thanked him as I should like to .", "Be kind to all poets , Oliver . They have been very kind to me . They have the best doctrine .", "I know that . Bridget , girl , be a stay to your father and your mother . They love you . If you should wed again , may you wed well .", "And now , I am tired . Bless you , Oliver , my son . The Lord cause His face to shine upon you , and comfort you in all your adversities , and enable you to do great things for the glory of your most high God , and to be a relief unto His people . My dear son . I leave my heart with you . A good night .", "Is Amos Tanner here ?", ":", "Ask him to sing to me . Very quietly . The song he sang that night at", "Ely \u2014 you remember \u2014 when John and Henry were there .", "You have been a good son ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 84, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["But you'l not heare me . If euer I did dream", "Of such a matter , abhorre me", "Sir : you are one of those that will not serue God , if the deuill bid you . Because we come to do you seruice , and you thinke we are Ruffians , you'le haue your Daughter couer 'd with a Barbary horse , you'le haue your Nephewes neigh to you , you'le haue Coursers for Cozens : and Gennets for Germaines", "I am one Sir , that comes to tell you , your Daughter and the Moore , are making the Beast with two backs", "Though in the trade of Warre I haue slaine men ,", "Yet do I hold it very stuffe o'th \u2019 conscience", "To do no contriu 'd Murder : I lacke Iniquitie", "Sometime to do me seruice . Nine , or ten times", "I had thought t'haue yerk 'd him here vnder the Ribbes", "I am glad of this : For now I shall haue reason", "To shew the Loue and Duty that I beare you", "With franker spirit . Therefore", "Receiue it from me . I speake not yet of proofe :", "Looke to your wife , obserue her well with Cassio ,", "Weare your eyes , thus : not Iealious , nor Secure :", "I would not haue your free , and Noble Nature ,", "Out of selfe-Bounty , be abus 'd : Looke too't :", "I know our Country disposition well :", "In Venice , they do let Heauen see the prankes", "They dare not shew their Husbands .", "Their best Conscience ,", "Is not to leaue't vndone , but kept vnknowne"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 85, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["OSGOOD & Co ., PUBLISHERS .", "Illustration : Mens Conscia .", "= Inspector =", "\u201c WHO SIGNED MAGNA", "CHARTA ? \u201d", "= Inspector =", "\u201c WHO SIGNED MAGNA CHARTA ? \u201d", "= Inspector =", "\u201c WHO SIGNED MAGNA CHARTA !!? \u201d", "= Scapegrace =", "\u201c PLEASE ,", "SIR , \u2018 TWASN'T ME , SIR !! \u201d", "Illustration : Dignity .", "= Club \u201c Buttons . \"= \u201c I 'M AT THE \u2018 JUNIOR PENINSULAR \u2019 NOW . \u201d", "= Friend .= \u201c WHAT ! DID YOU \u2018 GET THE SACK \u2019 FROM \u2018 THE REYNOLDS \u2019 ? \u201d", "= Buttons =", "\u201c GO ALONG WITH YER ! \u2018 GET THE SACK ! \u2019 I SENT IN MY", "RESI'NATION TO THE C'MMITTEE ! \u201d", "Illustration : Family Pride .", "= First Boy .= \u201c MY FATHER 'S A ORFICER . \u201d = Second Boy .= \u201c WHAT ORFICER ? \u201d = First", "Boy .= \u201c WHY , A CORPORAL ! \u201d = Third Boy =", "\u201c SO 'S MY", "FATHER \u2014 HE 'S A ORFICER , TOO \u2014 A GENERAL , HE IS ! \u201d = Fourth Boy .= \u201c GO ALONG", "WITH YER ! \u201d = Third Boy .= \u201c SO HE IS \u2014 HE 'S A GENERAL DEALER !! \u201d", "Illustration : Bad Customer .", "= Landlady .= \u201c WHAT GENTLEMAN 'S LUGGAGE IS THIS , SAM ? \u201d", "= Ancient Waiter .= \u201c GE'TLEMAN ' S LUGGAGE , \u2018 M ! \u2018 OR \u2019 BLESHYER , NO , MUM ! THAT 'S", "ARTIS 'S TRAPS , THAT IS . THEY 'LL \u2018 AVE TEA HERE TO-NIGHT , TAKE A LITTLE", "LODGIN \u2019 TO-MORROW , AND THERE THEY 'LL BE A LOAFIN ABOUT THE PLACE FOR", "MONTHS , DOIN \u2019 NO GOOD TO NOBODY ! \u201d", "Illustration : \u201c March of Refinement . \u201d", "= Brown =", "\u201c GIVE ME THE BILL OF FARE ,", "WAITER . \u201d", "= Head Waiter .= \u201c BEG PARDON , SIR ? \u201d", "= Brown .= \u201c THE BILL OF FARE . \u201d", "= Head Waiter .= \u201c THE WHAT , SIR ? O !\u2014 AH !\u2014 YES ! \u201d \u2014", "\u2014 \u201c CHAWLES , BRING THIS \u2014 THIS \u2014 A \u2014 GEN'LEMAN \u2014 THE MENOO !! \u201d", "Illustration : Refrigerated Tourists .", "= Provincial Waiter .= \u201c ICE ! GENTLEMEN ! THERE AIN'T NO ICE IN AUTUMN TIME .", "BUT IT 'S EASY TO SEE YOU ARE GENTS FROM LONDON , AS DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT", "NATURE , AND I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR IT , IN COURSE . BUT , ICE IN AUGUST ! \u201d", "Exit , sniggering .", "Illustration : Intelligent Pet ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 86, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Is Mrs. O \u2019 Farrell not here ?", "H \u2019 m .... Will you let her know I \u2019 ve come ?", "Not at home ?... But ....", "I can \u2019 t imagine why Mrs. O \u2019 Farrell should think I haven \u2019 t read the Morning Post at six o \u2019 clock in the evening .", "But when is Mrs. O \u2019 Farrell coming in ?", "But she telegraphed to me this afternoon , asking me to come and see her at once .", "It seems very extraordinary that she should have gone out . The matter was of considerable importance .", "Very well , I \u2019 ll sit down and wait . But I can \u2019 t stay long . I \u2019 m dining at ... no matter .", "Oh , thank you . Did you say you had the Morning Post ?", "Ah , thank you .", "The Duchess of St. Erth returned to Wales yesterday . The Marchioness of Mereston has arrived at 89 Grosvenor Square . The Marchioness of Serlo and Lady Eleanor King leave for Paris this morning .", "Isabel !", "She \u2019 s out !", "But ....", "I \u2019 ve just had a telegram from her .", "Nonsense . What can the Church Times have to do with the Archduchess", "Anastasia ?", "Well , presumably she wants you to drink the one and to read the other .", "It looks as if Penelope expected you , too .", "Have you ? I wonder why on earth she wired to you .", "My dear Charles , I wish you wouldn \u2019 t be slangy . It \u2019 s gone out in our set .", "I think I can put your minds at rest . I am in a position to explain the whole matter to you . The telegram she sent me makes it perfectly clear . I daresay you know that the Archduchess Anastasia is a patient of Dickie \u2019 s . And a very nice patient for him to have . I \u2019 ve never met her , though I happen to know several members of her family , and she \u2019 s a very cultivated , pleasant woman . I \u2019 ve always said to Dickie that that is the sort of practice he ought to get . The middle classes do a doctor no good .", "Well , it appears that the Archduchess Anastasia has signified her desire to know Penelope . Very charming and graceful action on her part , and just like her . Of course she \u2019 s extremely grateful to Dickie for all he \u2019 s done . He \u2019 s worked a miraculous cure , and I daresay she \u2019 s heard that Penelope is my niece . It \u2019 s a maxim you can always go on : royalty knows everything . And the long and the short of it is that she \u2019 s coming to lunch here . Of course Penelope knows nothing about these matters , and in a state of great excitement she \u2019 s sent for me . It \u2019 s the best thing she could do . I can tell her everything . I \u2019 ve lived in that set all my life . It \u2019 s nothing to be particularly proud about \u2014 mere accident of birth \u2014 I happen to be a gentleman . A certain family . Well , there it is , you see .", "She put it a little more briefly , of course , but that was the gist of it .", "You can see it if you like .", "\u201c Come at once . Archduchess Anastasia . Penelope .\u201d", "Penelope knew I had a certain amount of intelligence . She didn \u2019 t want to waste her money , so she just put what was essential , and left me to gather the rest .", "What did Penelope say to you ?", "But that \u2019 s absurd . You know how stupid the Post Office is . They must have made a mistake . I know that the Pomeranian Royal Family is very odd , but there are limits , and I can \u2019 t imagine the Archduchess Anastasia being mixed up in a scandal with a Central African missionary .", "Six and eightpence ! Why six and eightpence ?", "It \u2019 s nonsense ! You \u2019 re so unpractical , Charles .", "How very odd .", "Well ?", "Where have you been all this time ?", "Really , Penelope , I think your behaviour is outrageous .", "I think it \u2019 s a capital idea . And she just flung the words six and eightpence at you , Beadsworth , and knew she \u2019 d fetch the lawyer .", "And now , my dear , that you \u2019 ve disposed of them , tell me all about the", "Archduchess Anastasia .", "What d \u2019 you mean , you invented her ? I know her well , I \u2019 ve known her for years . I know her whole family .", "I don \u2019 t understand what you mean at all , Penelope . You mention one of my most intimate friends , and then you tell me you invented her .", "I don \u2019 t know why you should think the mere mention of the Archduchess \u2019 s name would make me come here .", "Good gracious !", "My dear Charles , this is not the kind of matter in which you can be of any use . You \u2019 re a mathematician , and you \u2019 re not expected to know anything about practical affairs .", "But who is Ada Fergusson ? I \u2019 ve never heard of her .", "I am not in the least surprised .", "I have expected it all along . You will remember , Isabel , that I was against the marriage from the beginning . I said , one doesn \u2019 t marry a doctor . One sometimes meets them in society when they \u2019 ve had their angles rubbed off a little and perhaps have been knighted , but one never meets their wives . We suppose they do marry , but they don \u2019 t marry any one we know . I may be old-fashioned , but I stick to my opinion that there are only three possible professions for a gentleman , the law , the army , and the church .", "You ask me for my opinion , and I give it you . I regret that you should think it nonsense .", "Besides , you \u2019 ve got your family to think of . Of course you must leave him . You see , that is what I say , you \u2019 re not safe with people of no birth . I look upon all this as a blessing in disguise .", "Family life in England is going to the dogs . That is the long and short of it .", "Two and two are five . Two and two are five .", "I knew this would happen . I \u2019 ve been expecting it for years .", "My dear Charles , if you \u2019 re going to discuss life I think there \u2019 s no need for me to stay . I \u2019 ve told you for twenty years that you \u2019 re a scholar and a recluse . I have lived in the world , and I \u2019 m a practical man . If Penelope wants to consult me , I am at her service ; if not ....", "Really , Penelope .", "Penelope !", "My dear child !", "My dear Penelope , there are limits .", "My dear Penelope , I expected you to have more spirit . He \u2019 s a person of no family . I should have thought you were well rid of him .", "What you expect your father to be able to tell you I can \u2019 t imagine .", "I shouldn \u2019 t have thought one could describe you as either . But , in any case , I can stay no longer .", "It appears that my advice is not wanted , and I promised to look in on dear Lady Hollington before dinner .", "I \u2019 m too indulgent . People don \u2019 t rate me at my proper value .", "I could not get on to her . I don \u2019 t know what \u2019 s the matter with those telephone girls . Hussies !", "Good gracious me ! And Ada Fergusson ?", "This is a surprise . How on earth have you come to this conclusion ?", "Upon my word ! I must say , it annoys me that I should have been forced to break an important engagement for no reason . I should have thought ....", "Good-bye , Beadsworth . You must come and dine with me at the club one of these days .", "Very nice fellow . Quite a gentleman . No one would think he was a solicitor . I shall ask him to dinner with one or two people who don \u2019 t matter .", "I beg your pardon . I don \u2019 t know what you mean .", "It \u2019 s a great mistake , of course , to think that gout is a mark of good family . The porter of my club is a martyr to it .", "How d \u2019 you mean , Mrs. Macnothing ? I \u2019 ve never heard of a family called", "Macnothing .", "But you distinctly said it was Mrs. Macnothing .", "Why on earth didn \u2019 t you say so at once ?", "One of the Fergussons of Kingarth , I suppose ?", "How d \u2019 you do ?", "Dickie feels that only a physical impediment can excuse a man for not seeing a pretty woman .", "Not at all , not at all .", "I \u2019 ve been wondering if she \u2019 s one of the Staffordshire Macks or one of the Somersetshire Macks .", "How d \u2019 you mean you don \u2019 t know at all ? She must be one or the other .", "Good-bye , Mrs. Fergusson .", "Devilish fine woman .", "Good-bye , dear . Quite a lady .", "Ah , Mrs. Fergusson , this is a delightful surprise .", "Ah , ah . Tales out of school , Mrs. Fergusson .", "Oh , you mustn \u2019 t listen to all you hear . A man who goes out as much as I do is sure to get talked about . Our world is so small and so censorious .", "Oh , I \u2019 m very sorry to hear that . You look the picture of health and extremely handsome .", "If you will allow me to call on you I can promise to sympathise with you , but I \u2019 m afraid I shall never be able to tell you that you look anything but charming .", "I see you \u2019 ve been raking in the shekels , Dickie .", "You mustn \u2019 t ask me to be indiscreet .", "No , but it pleases women of our class to think one is hand and glove with persons of that profession .", "Look here , Dickie , now that you have a moment to spare you might give me a little professional advice . Of course , I shan \u2019 t pay you .", "The fact is , I \u2019 ve noticed lately that I \u2019 m not so thin as I was .", "I \u2019 m not asking you for repartee , Dickie , but advice .", "To tell you the truth , I have an inkling that I \u2019 ve made something of an impression on a very charming lady ....", "Strange as it may appear to you , she \u2019 s a married woman .", "What do you mean , Dickie ?", "Why ?", "But all women do that . It only shows that they like you .", "Well , my boy , if my wife were as indifferent to me as that , I should ask myself who the other feller was .", "My dear Dickie , it \u2019 s woman \u2019 s nature to be exacting . If she \u2019 s in love with you she \u2019 s always a nuisance , and a very charming nuisance too , to my mind . I like it .", "Now , my dear boy , I didn \u2019 t come to talk to you about Penelope , but about my own health .", "Good gracious me , that sounds very alarming . And what shall I do for it ?", "But that \u2019 s not treatment , that \u2019 s homicide !", "But , my dear Dickie ....", "She \u2019 s a fine , dashing woman . There \u2019 s no doubt about that .", "Mrs. Fergusson .", "Dickie , Dickie .", "Is my liver very wrong ?", "Richard , tell me the worst at once .", "I suppose one has to pay for being the most popular diner-out of one \u2019 s time .", "My dear fellow , I am the last man to give a woman away .", "Between ourselves , Dickie , do you think Mrs. Fergusson would find it peculiar if I asked her to lunch with me t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate at the Carlton ?", "Do you think her husband would mind ?", "It shows that she has a nice nature , or she wouldn \u2019 t have come to ask", "Penelope if she minded your going to Paris together .", "Lucky dog , I wish I were going to Paris with her .", "Ha , ha . Well , well , I must be running away . I \u2019 m dining out as usual . These good duchesses , they will not leave me alone . Good-bye .", "This is a pleasing surprise . I was under the impression you were in Paris .", "It is my gain .", "But this is very sudden . What shall we do without you ?", "But I thought he was bravely fighting for his country .", "This is more distressing than I can say . And are you going straight through ?", "How very singular ! I had made all arrangements to go to Paris to-morrow myself .", "I should look upon it as a privilege . And perhaps we might go to one or two plays while you \u2019 re there .", "Ha , ha , ha .", "It would be very kind of you .", "Charming creature . So dashing and a thorough gentlewoman .", "My dear , I \u2019 m not only the soul of honour , but fifty-two ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 87, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["What may this mean ? Earl Douglas has enjoin 'd thee", "To meet him here in private ?", "Since my short sojourn here , I 've mark 'd this earl ,", "And though the ties of blood unite us closely ,", "I shudder at his haughtiness of temper ,", "Which not his gentle wife , the bright Elwina ,", "Can charm to rest . Ill are their spirits pair 'd ;", "His is the seat of frenzy , her 's of softness ,", "His love is transport , her 's is trembling duty ;", "Rage in his soul is as the whirlwind fierce ,", "While her 's ne'er felt the power of that rude passion .", "Though every various charm adorns Elwina ,", "And though the noble Douglas dotes to madness ,", "Yet some dark mystery involves their fate :", "The canker grief devours Elwina 's bloom ,", "And on her brow meek resignation sits ,", "Hopeless , yet uncomplaining .", "Once , not long since , she thought herself alone ;", "\u2018 Twas then the pent-up anguish burst its bounds ;", "With broken voice , clasp 'd hands , and streaming eyes ,", "She call 'd upon her father , call 'd him cruel ,", "And said her duty claim 'd far other recompence .", "Often ,", "But hitherto in vain ; and yet she shews me", "The endearing kindness of a sister 's love ;", "But if I speak of Douglas \u2014\u2014", "Crossing the portico I met Lord Douglas ,", "Disorder 'd were his looks , his eyes shot fire ;", "He call 'd upon your name with such distraction ,", "I fear 'd some sudden evil had befallen you .", "I ne'er beheld", "Your gentle soul so ruffled , yet I 've mark 'd you ,", "While others thought you happiest of the happy ,", "Blest with whate'er the world calls great , or good ,", "With all that nature , all that fortune gives ,", "I 've mark 'd you bending with a weight of sorrow .", "What do I hear ?", "On that fam 'd spot where first the feuds commenc 'd", "Between the earls ?", "Indeed \u2018 twas most unjust ; but say what follow 'd ?", "Did Douglas know , a marriage had been once", "Propos 'd \u2018 twixt you and Percy ?", "Should he now find he was the instrument", "Of the Lord Raby 's vengeance ?", "Nor will return before his sov'reign comes .", "The king returns .", "You needs must go .", "I know not . I dispatch 'd young Harcourt to him ,", "To bid him quit the castle , as you order 'd ,", "Restore the scarf , and never see you more .", "But how the hard injunction was receiv 'd ,", "Or what has happen 'd since , I 'm yet to learn .", "Be calm ;", "Douglas this very moment left the castle ,", "With seeming peace .", "Should Percy once again entreat to see thee ,", "\u2018 Twere best admit him ; from thy lips alone", "He will submit to hear his final doom", "Of everlasting exile .", "If he remains ,", "As I suspect , within the castle walls ,", "\u2018 Twere best I sought him out .", "Harcourt , t \u2019 elude his watchfulness ,", "Might prudently retire .", "May Heaven restore that peace thy bosom wants !", "Of woe , indeed !", "Your husband lives .", "Still are you wrong ; the combat is not over . Stay , flowing tears , and give me leave to speak .", "What a task is mine !", "How shall I speak ? Thy husband \u2014\u2014", "When all was ready for the fatal combat ,", "He call 'd his chosen knights , then drew his sword ,", "And on it made them swear a solemn oath ,", "Confirm 'd by every rite religion bids ,", "That they would see perform 'd his last request ,", "Be it whate'er it would . Alas ! they swore .", "Then to their hands he gave a poison 'd cup ,", "Compounded of the deadliest herbs and drugs ;", "Take this , said he , it is a husband 's legacy ;", "Percy may conquer \u2014 and \u2014 I have a wife !", "If Douglas falls , Elwina must not live .", "O spare , for pity spare , my bleeding heart :", "Inhuman to the last ! Unnatural poison !", "Hark ! what alarm is that ?", "Douglas is fallen .", "Never .", "Whose entrance ?", "He 's single , we have hosts of friends .", "O unexampled virtue !", "Monster ! Barbarian ! leave her to her sorrows .", "Unfortunate indeed , but O most innocent !", "What means my lord ? This day ? That fatal scarf", "Was given long since , a toy of childish friendship ;", "Long ere your marriage , ere you knew Elwina .", "But now , when we believ 'd thee dead , she vow 'd", "Never to see thy rival . Instantly ,", "Not in a state of momentary passion ,", "But with a martyr 's dignity and calmness ,", "She bade me bring the poison .", "I obey .", "O horror , horror , horror !", "Elwina \u2014", "Her grief wrought up to frenzy ,", "She has , in her delirium , swallow 'd poison !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 88, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Can you guess the cause ?", "Sir , it is thought , with her he shall enjoy both these", "Kingdoms of Cicilie and Calabria .", "Who , Philaster ?", "Sir , my ignorance in State-policy , will not let me know why Philaster being Heir to one of these Kingdoms , the King should suffer him to walk abroad with such free liberty .", "The second ?", "The last ?", "She 's a profitable member .", "It must be ill done , if it be done .", "Who does not ?", "This speech calls him Spaniard , being nothing but", "A large inventory of his own commendations .", "Peace , we are one soul .", "How do you worthy Sir ?", "But do you weigh the danger you are in ?", "Yes Madam .", "Sir ,", "She parted hence but now with other Ladies .", "Get him another wench , and you bring him to bed in deed .", "So please your Grace I have seen a boy wait", "On her , a fair boy .", "Why here 's a Male spirit for Hercules , if ever there be nine worthies of women , this wench shall ride astride , and be their Captain .", "Nay doubtless \u2018 tis true .", "Philaster is too backward i n't himself ;", "The Gentry do await it , and the people", "Against their nature are all bent for him ,", "And like a field of standing Corn , that 's mov 'd", "With a stiff gale , their heads bow all one way .", "I \u2018 tis past speech , she lives dishonestly .", "But how shall we , if he be curious , work", "Upon his faith ?", "It will be best .", "Sir , remember this is your honour 'd friend ,", "That comes to do his service , and will shew you", "Why he utter 'd this .", "Never before .", "It was his vertue and his noble mind .", "Is't possible this fellow should repent ? Me thinks that were not noble in him : and yet he looks like a mortified member , as if he had a sick mans Salve in 's mouth . If a worse man had done this fault now , some Physical Justice or other , would presentlyhave opened the obstructions of his Liver , and let him bloud with a Dog-whip .", "Sure this Lady has a good turn done her against her will : before she was common talk , now none dare say , Cantharides can stir her , her face looks like a Warrant , willing and commanding all Tongues , as they will answer it , to be tied up and bolted when this Lady means to let her self loose . As I live she has got her a goodly protection , and a gracious ; and may use her body discreetly , for her healths sake , once a week , excepting Lent and Dog-days : Oh if they were to be got for mony , what a great sum would come out of the City for these Licences ?", "Nor will be I think .", "There 's already a thousand fatherless tales amongst us ; some say her Horse run away with her ; some a Wolf pursued her ; others , it was a plot to kill her ; and that Armed men were seen in the Wood : but questionless , she rode away willingly .", "Sir , I cannot tell .", "Sir , shall I lie ?", "Lady you must go search too .", "Yonder , my Lord , creeps one away .", "Help to lead him hence .", "It was Philaster .", "I pray that this action lose not Philaster the hearts of the people .", "We linger time ; the King sent for Philaster and the", "Headsman an hour ago .", "We dally Gentlemen .", "So please you Sir , he 's gone to see the City ,", "And the new Platform , with some Gentlemen", "Attending on him .", "The City up ! this was above our wishes .", "No , no , \u2018 twill but lose time .", "My Lord is come .", "Noble and worthy .", "My good Lord Lyon , most happily met worthy Trasiline , Come gallants , what 's the newes , the season affoords us variety , the novilsts of our time runnes on heapes , to glut their itching eares with airie sounds , trotting to'th burse ; and in the Temple walke with greater zeale to heare a novall lye , than a pyous Anthum tho chanted by Cherubins .", "Thats as their intelligence serves .", "But like to be , and shall have in dowry with the", "Princesse this Kingdome of Cycele .", "He hath many friends .", "I could wish their experience answered their loves ,", "Then should the much too much wrongd Phylaster ,", "Possesse his right in spight of Don and the divell .", "Yet you'ld not beleeve this .", "O very well Sir .", "There would be little gotten by it , ene keepe you as ye are ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 89, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Kenneth , when this is paid , I shall have made two pound seventeen in the three months , and saved you about three pounds . One hundred and seventeen shillings at tenpence a thousand is one hundred and forty thousand words at fourteen hundred words an hour . It 's only just over an hour a day . Ca n't you get me more ? MALISE lifts the hand that holds his pen and lets it fall again . CLARE puts the cover on the typewriter , and straps it .", "I 'm quite packed . Shall I pack for you ?Ca n't we have more than three days at the sea ?You did sleep last night .", "Bad head ?By this time the day after to-morrow the case will be heard and done with . You 're not worrying for me ? Except for my poor old Dad , I do n't care a bit . MALISE heaves himself out of the chair , and begins pacing up and down .", "Kenneth , do you understand why he does n't claim damages , after what he said that day-here ?It is true that he does n't ?", "But you told me yourself", "Why ?", "How much am I valued at ?", "Will you have to pay ?", "Ca n't you borrow ?", "Will they make you bankrupt , then ?But that does n't mean that you wo n't have your income , does it ?What is your income , Kenneth ?A hundred and fifty from \u201c The Watchfire , \u201d I know . What else ?", "What else ? Tell me .", "Where are you going ?", "Where was it ?", "Give it to me !", "Give it to me !", "Do n't !", "This last business \u2014 what do you mean by that ?", "Please .", "Yes ?", "It 's inhuman !", "Thank you , Mrs. Miler \u2014 I 'm glad to know .", "Do n't !", "Will you go out and do something for me ?Take this with the note to that address \u2014 it 's quite close . He 'll give you thirty pounds for it . Please pay these bills and bring me back the receipts , and what 's over .", "Yes . It was my mother 's .", "Nothing more , Mrs. Miler , not even a wedding ring .", "Mrs. Fullarton ?Ask them to come in .", "Yes ?", "Yes .Now !", "Please tell me quickly , what you 've come for .", "I see . Will you please thank Mr. Dedmond , and say that I refuse ?", "I have just learnt it .", "You are cowards .", "I do mean it . You ruin him because of me . You get him down , and kick him to intimidate me .", "If I were dying , and it would save me , I would n't take a penny from my husband .", "Yes .", "I 'm sorry I called you a coward . It 's the whole thing , I meant .", "Please do n't , Dolly ! Let me be !", "You say George is generous ! If he wanted to be that he 'd never have claimed these damages . It 's revenge he wants \u2014 I heard him here . You think I 've done him an injury . So I did \u2014 when I married him . I do n't know what I shall come to , Dolly , but I sha n't fall so low as to take money from him . That 's as certain as that I shall die .", "After this !", "\u201c If I could be the falling bee , and kiss thee all the day ! \u201d", "No , Dolly !", "Are n't I ?", "You see , I love him .", "Did I ? How funny !", "One does n't always know the future , does one ?", "I love him ! I love him !", "Go away ! Go away !", "I must \u2014 I will keep him . He 's all I 've got .", "Go !", "Well ? \u201c The Watchfire ? \u201d You may as well tell me .", "Then you are to lose that , too ?I know about it \u2014 never mind how .", "There are other things to be got , are n't there ?", "Kenneth , do you care for me ?Am I anything to you but just prettiness ?", "Yes .", "Give me a kiss ! He turns and kisses her . But his lips , after that kiss , have the furtive bitterness one sees on the lips of those who have done what does not suit their mood . He goes out . She is left motionless by the armchair , her throat working . Then , feverishly , she goes to the little table , seizes a sheet of paper , and writes . Looking up suddenly she sees that MRS. MILER has let herself in with her latchkey .", "Take your wages ; and give him this when he comes in . I 'm going away .", "I sha n't be coming back .I 'm leaving Mr. Malise , and sha n't see him again . And the suit against us will be withdrawn \u2014 the divorce suit \u2014 you understand ?", "It 's not you . I can see for myself . Do n't make it harder ; help me . Get a cab .", "Tell him to come for my trunk . It is packed .", "Yes .", "Do n't ! It 's all right . Good-bye ! She walks out and away , not looking back . MRS. MILER chokes her sobbing into the black stuff of her thick old jacket . CURTAIN ACT IV Supper-time in a small room at \u201c The Gascony \u201d on Derby Day . Through the windows of a broad corridor , out of which the door opens , is seen the dark blue of a summer night . The walls are of apricot-gold ; the carpets , curtains , lamp-shades , and gilded chairs , of red ; the wood-work and screens white ; the palms in gilded tubs . A doorway that has no door leads to another small room . One little table behind a screen , and one little table in the open , are set for two persons each . On a service-table , above which hangs a speaking-tube , are some dishes of hors d'ouvres , a basket of peaches , two bottles of champagne in ice-pails , and a small barrel of oysters in a gilded tub . ARNAUD , the waiter , slim , dark , quick , his face seamed with a quiet , soft irony , is opening oysters and listening to the robust joy of a distant supper-party , where a man is playing the last bars of : \u201c Do ye ken John Peel \u201d on a horn . As the sound dies away , he murmurs : \u201c Tres Joli ! \u201d and opens another oyster . Two Ladies with bare shoulders and large hats pass down the corridor . Their talk is faintly wafted in : \u201c Well , I never like Derby night ! The boys do get so bobbish ! \u201d \u201c That horn \u2014 vulgar , I call it ! \u201d ARNAUD 'S eyebrows rise , the corners of his mouth droop . A Lady with bare shoulders , and crimson roses in her hair , comes along the corridor , and stops for a second at the window , for a man to join her . They come through into the room . ARNAUD has sprung to attention , but with : \u201c Let 's go in here , shall we ? \u201d they pass through into the further room . The MANAGER , a gentleman with neat moustaches , and buttoned into a frock-coat , has appeared , brisk , noiseless , his eyes everywhere ; he inspects the peaches .", "Must I order ?", "No .", "You are very kind .", "How d'you do ?", "Where ?", "Yes . As he sits down , ARNAUD returns and stands before them .", "Do they ?", "It does n't matter .", "It 's all right , thank you . The YOUNG MAN sits down again , uncomfortable , nonplussed . There is silence , broken by the inaudible words of the languid lord , and the distant merriment of the supper-party . ARNAUD brings the plovers \u2019 eggs .", "No .", "Everything has a beginning , has n't it ?", "\u2018 Le vin est tire , il faut le boire \u2019 !", "No , I do n't ; really .", "I had the sense to keep them .", "I can n't take , for nothing .", "That 's not your fault , is it ? You see , I 've been beaten all along the line . And I really do n't care what happens to me .I really do n't ; except that I do n't take charity . It 's lucky for me it 's you , and not some \u2014\u2014 The supper-party is getting still more boisterous , and there comes a long view holloa , and a blast of the horn .", "Oh , yes ; I 've had people , and a husband , and \u2014 everything \u2014\u2014 And here I am ! Queer , is n't it ?This is going to my head ! Do you mind ? I sha'n ' t sing songs and get up and dance , and I wo n't cry , I promise you !", "Have you got sisters ?My brother 's in India . I sha'n ' t meet him , anyway .", "Who are those two ?", "You 're not going to find out my name . I have n't got one \u2014 nothing . She leans her bare elbows on the table , and her face on her hands .", "First of June ! This day last year I broke covert \u2014 I 've been running ever since .", "Yes . What 's the other side ? The YOUNG MAN puts out his hand and touches her arm . It is meant for sympathy , but she takes it for attraction .", "Not yet please ! I 'm enjoying this . May", "I have a cigarette ?", "Yes , I 'm enjoying it . Had a pretty poor time lately ; not enough to eat , sometimes .", "Thank you .", "Eat and drink , for tomorrow we \u2014 Listen !", "From the supper-party comes the sound of an abortive chorus :", "\u201c With a hey ho , chivy , hark forrard , hark forrard , tantivy ! \u201d", "Jarring out into a discordant whoop , it sinks .", "\u201c This day a stag must die . \u201d Jolly old song !", "Have n't kept my end up . Lots of women do ! You see : I 'm too fine , and not fine enough ! My best friend said that . Too fine , and not fine enough .I could n't be a saint and martyr , and I would n't be a soulless doll . Neither one thing nor the other \u2014 that 's the tragedy .", "I did try .But what 's the good \u2014 when there 's nothing before you ?\u2014 Do I look ill ?", "A man once said to me : \u201c As you have n't money , you should never have been pretty ! \u201d But , you see , it is some good . If I had n't been , I could n't have risked coming here , could I ? Do n't you think it was rather sporting of me to buy thesewith the last shilling over from my cab fare ?", "It 's no use doing things by halves , is it ? I 'm \u2014 in for it \u2014 wish me luck !In for it \u2014 deep !Down , down , till they 're just above water , and then \u2014 down , down , down , and \u2014 all over ! Are you sorry now you came and spoke to me ?", "Thank God for beauty ! I hope I shall die pretty ! Do you think I shall do well ?", "I want to know . Do you ?", "That 's splendid . Those poor women in the streets would give their eyes , would n't they ?\u2014 that have to go up and down , up and down ! Do you think I \u2014 shall \u2014\u2014 The YOUNG MAN , half-rising , puts his hand on her arm .", "No , thanks .", "Yes . The YOUNG MAN turns to look for the waiter , but ARNAUD is not in the room . He gets up ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 90, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Well , madam , just wait until you hear who it was . I declare it was much more for Miss Dorothy and yourself than for me ; and if it was a little countrified , I had a good excuse .", "Miss Evelina , I was sure you would ask . Well , what do you think ? I was looking out of window at the barber 's opposite", "And first there came out two of the most beautiful -  the Royal livery , madam !", "O no , madam , it was after they were gone . Then , who should come out -  but you 'll never guess !", "Mr. Menteith himself !", "O madam , not the Beau 's own gentleman ?", "No doubt of that , madam ; they 're never far apart . He came out feeling his chin , madam , so ; and a packet of letters under his arm , so ; and he had the Beau 's own walk to that degree you could n't tell his back from his master 's .", "Madam , I know it ; but la , what are you to make of me ? Look at the time and trouble dear Miss Dorothy was always taking -  she that trained up everybody -  and see what 's come of it : Barbara Ridley I was , and Barbara Ridley I am ; and I do n't do with fashionable ways -  I can n't do with them ; and indeed , Miss Evelina , I do sometimes wish we were all back again on Edenside , and Mr. Anthony a boy again , and dear Miss Dorothy her old self , galloping the bay mare along the moor , and taking care of all of us as if she was our mother , bless her heart !", "That it has , madam , and the sight of Mr. Menteith put it clean out of my head .Four for you , Miss Evelina , two for me , and only one for Miss Dorothy . Miss Dorothy seems quite neglected , does she not ? Six months ago , it was a different story .", "O madam , will he come in his red coat ?", "La , madam , he can n't help that .", "La , madam , how nice !", "La , Miss Evelina , there 's no harm in an old maid .", "Why , madam , I did think it was a case with Mr. Austin .", "Sure , madam , that must be tiresome for him .", "Well , madam , I believe that : he is the most beautiful gentleman still .", "Well , Miss Dorothy , perhaps it 's out of my place : but I do hope Mr. Austin will come : I should love to have him see my necklace on .", "Yes , indeed , Miss , that he did : the very same day he drove you in his curricle to Penshurst . You remember , Miss , I could n't go .", "La , Miss Dorothy , I would n't for the world .", "Sure , madam , I hope I know my place .", "Please , Mr. Anthony , Miss Foster said I was to show your room .", "La , Mr. Anthony , I hope I 'm nothing of the kind .", "O Mr. Anthony , for shame ! Why do n't you ask Miss", "Foster ?", "O Mr. Anthony , do n't say that .", "Nothing that I know of . O Mr. Anthony , I do n't think there can be anything .", "O sir ! I do n't know , and yet I do n't like it . Here 's my beautiful necklace all broke to bits : she took it off my very neck , and gave me her birthday pearls instead ; and I found it afterwards on the table , all smashed to pieces ; and all she wanted it for was to take and break it . Why that ? It frightens me , Mr. Anthony , it frightens me .", "He gave it me : that 's why she broke it .", "Mr. Austin did ; and I do believe I should not have taken it , Mr. Anthony , but I thought no harm , upon my word of honour . He was always here : that was six months ago ; and indeed , indeed , I thought they were to marry . How would I think else with a born lady like Miss Dorothy ?", "Here it is , as true as true : they were going for a jaunt ; and Miss Foster had her gout ; and I was to go with them ; and he told me to make-believe I was ill ; and I did ; and I stayed at home ; and he gave me that necklace ; and they went away together ; and , oh dear ! I wish I 'd never been born .", "We have n't seen him from that day to this , the wicked villain ; and , Mr. Anthony , he has n't so much as written the poor dear a word .", "I do hope , sir , you wo n't use me against Miss Dorothy .", "Mr. Austin .", "I assure you , madam , when Mr. Menteith took me to the play , he talked so much of Mr. Austin that I could n't hear a word of Mr. Kean .", "I beg your pardon , madam , I am sure , but are we really to see one of His Majesty 's own brothers ? That will be pure ! O madam , this is better than Carlisle .", "What ? the Duke ? O dear ! was it for that ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 91, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["meeting her kindly . How does the happy Cause of my Content , my dear Amanda ? You find me musing on my happy State , And full of grateful Thoughts to Heaven , and you .", "The largest Boons that Heaven thinks fit to grant", "To Things it has decreed shall crawl on Earth ,", "Are in the Gift of Woman form 'd like you .", "Perhaps when Time shall be no more ,", "When the aspiring Soul shall take its Flight ,", "And drop this pond'rous Lump of Clay behind it ,", "It may have Appetites we know not of ,", "And Pleasures as refin 'd as its Desires \u2014", "But till that Day of Knowledge shall instruct me ,", "The utmost Blessing that my Thought can reach ,", "Is folded in my Arms , and rooted in my", "Heart .", "Well said , Amanda \u2014 let it be for ever .\u2014", "Wou 'd Heaven grant that \u2014", "It must : that mournful Separation we must see .", "A bitter Pill it is to all ; but doubles its ungrateful Taste ,", "When Lovers are to swallow it ;", "Can you then doubt my Constancy , Amanda ?", "You 'll find \u2018 tis built upon a steady Basis \u2014\u2014", "The Rock of Reason now supports my Love ,", "On which it stands so fix 'd ,", "The rudest Hurricane of wild Desire", "Wou 'd , like the Breath of a soft slumbering Babe ,", "Pass by , and never shake it .", "You know then all that needs to give you Rest ,", "For Wife 's the strongest Claim that you can urge .", "When you would plead your Title to my Heart ,", "On this you may depend ; therefore be calm ,", "Banish your Fears , for they are Traitors to your Peace :", "Beware of them , they are insinuating busy Things", "That gossip to and fro , and do a World of Mischief", "Where they come : But you shall soon be Mistress of \u2018 em all ,", "I 'll aid you with such Arms for their Destruction ,", "They never shall erect their Heads again .", "You know the Business is indispensible , that obliges", "Me to go to London , and you have no Reason , that I", "Know of , to believe that I 'm glad of the Occasion :", "For my honest Conscience is my Witness ,", "I have found a due Succession of such Charms", "In my Retirement here with you ,", "I have never thrown one roving Thought that way ;", "But since , against my Will , I 'm dragg 'd once more", "To that uneasy Theatre of Noise ,", "I am resolv 'd to make such use o n't ,", "As shall convince you \u2018 tis an old cast Mistress ,", "Who has been so lavish of her Favours ,", "She 's now grown Bankrupt of her Charms ,", "And has not one Allurement left to move me .", "That Trial past , and y'are at ease for ever ;", "When you have seen the Helmet prov 'd ,", "You 'll apprehend no more for him that wears it :", "Therefore to put a lasting Period to your Fears ,", "I am resolv 'd , this once , to launch into Temptation .", "I 'll give you an Essay of all my Virtues ;", "My former boon Companions of the Bottle", "Shall fairly try what Charms are left in Wine :", "I 'll take my Place amongst them ,", "They shall hem me in ,", "Sing Praises to their God , and drink his Glory ;", "Turn wild Enthusiasts for his sake ,", "And Beasts to do him Honour :", "Whilst I , a stubborn Atheist ,", "Sullenly look on ,", "Without one reverend Glass to his Divinity .", "That for my Temperance ,", "Then for my Constancy \u2014\u2014", "Indeed the Danger 's small .", "Why are you so timorous ?", "My Courage should disperse your Apprehensions .", "Fy , fy , Amanda , it is not kind thus to distrust me .", "For if you can believe \u2018 tis possible", "I shou 'd again relapse to my past Follies ,", "I must appear to you a thing", "Of such an undigested Composition ,", "That but to think of me with Inclination ,", "Wou 'd be a Weakness in your Taste ,", "Your Virtue scarce cou 'd answer .", "Nor shall they trouble you much longer ,", "A little time shall shew you they were groundless ;", "This Winter shall be the fiery Trial of my Virtue ;", "Which , when it once has past ,", "You 'll be convinc 'd \u2018 twas of no false Allay ,", "There all your Cares will end \u2014", "How do you like these Lodgings , my Dear ? For my part , I am so well pleased with them , I shall hardly remove whilst we stay in Town , if you are satisfy 'd .", "O ! a little of the Noise and Bustle of the World sweetens the Pleasures of Retreat : We shall find the Charms of our Retirement doubled , when we return to it .", "I own most of them are indeed but empty ; nay , so empty , that one would wonder by what Magick Power they act , when they induce us to be vicious for their sakes . Yet some there are we may speak kindlier of : There are Delights , of which a private Life is destitute , which may divert an honest Man , and be a harmless Entertainment to a virtuous Woman . The Conversation of the Town is one ; and trulythe Plays , I think , may be esteem 'd another .", "But till that Reformation can be made , I would not leave the wholesome Corn for some intruding Tares that grow among it . Doubtless the Moral of a well-wrought Scene is of prevailing Force \u2014\u2014 Last Night there happen 'd one that mov 'd me strangely .", "Why \u2018 twas about \u2014 but \u2018 tis not worth repeating .", "No , I think \u2018 tis as well let alone .", "\u2018 Twas a foolish thing : You 'd perhaps grow jealous shou 'd I tell it you , tho \u2019 without a Cause , Heaven knows .", "I 'll then convince you you have none , by making it no longer so . Know then , I happen 'd in the Play to find my very Character , only with the Addition of a Relapse ; which struck me so , I put a sudden Stop to a most harmless Entertainment , which till then diverted me between the Acts . \u2018 Twas to admire the Workmanship of Nature , in the Face of a young Lady that sat some distance from me , she was so exquisitely handsome \u2014\u2014", "Why do you repeat my Words , my Dear ?", "Then you are alarmed , Amanda ?", "You are too quick in apprehending for me ; all will be well when you have heard me out . I do confess I gaz 'd upon her , nay , eagerly I gaz 'd upon her .", "No , I desir 'd her not : I view 'd her with a World of Admiration , but not one Glance of Love .", "I did take heed ; for observing in the Play , that he who seem 'd to represent me there , was , by an Accident like this , unwarily surpriz 'd into a Net , in which he lay a poor intangled Slave , and brought a Train of Mischiefs on his Head , I snatch 'd my Eyes away ; they pleaded hard for leave to look again , but I grew absolute , and they obey 'd .", "Indeed I cannot tell .", "By all that 's sacred , then , I did not ask .", "I do not .", "Why , were you disturb 'd ?", "None certainly .", "But you thought wrong , Amanda ; For turn the Case , and let it be your Story ; Should you come home , and tell me you had seen a handsome Man , shou 'd I grow jealous because you had Eyes ?", "She has Reason on her side , I have talk 'd too much ; but I must turn it off another way .Will you then make no difference , Amanda , between the Language of our Sex and yours ? There is a Modesty restrains your Tongues , which makes you speak by halves when you commend ; but roving Flattery gives a loose to ours , which makes us still speak double what we think : You shou 'd not therefore , in so strict a Sense , take what I said to her Advantage .", "I am content .", "Do n't you be jealous now , for I shall gaze upon her too .", "Ha ! By Heavens , the very Woman !", "If my Wife never desires a harder thing ,", "Madam , her Request will be easily granted .", "You ought rather , Madam , to wish me Joy upon that , since I am the only Gainer .", "If the World is so favourable to me , to allow I deserve that", "Title , I hope \u2018 tis so just to my Wife , to own I derive it from her .", "I 'm afraid we shall lose that Character , Madam , whenever you happen to change your Condition .", "Lord Foppington !\u2014 I know him not .", "Give my Service to his Lordship , and let him know , I am proud of the Honour he intends me .", "No , there you are wrong , Amanda ; you shou 'd never bestow your", "Pity upon those who take pains for your Contempt ; Pity those whom", "Nature abuses , but never those who abuse Nature .", "You have done well to engage a Second , my Dear ; for here comes one will be apt to call you to an Account for your Country Principles .", "My Lord , this young Lady is a Relation of my Wife 's .", "\u2018 Tis a heavenly one , indeed !", "But your Lordship now is become a Pillar of the State ; you must attend the weighty Affairs of the Nation .", "O , but you 'll find the House will expect your Attendance .", "But your Friends will take it ill if you do n't attend their particular Causes .", "Not I , my Lord ; I 'm too fashionable a Husband to pry into the", "Secrets of my Wife .", "Hey ; what the Devil , do you affront my Wife , Sir ? Nay then \u2014", "I hope I ha n't kill 'd the Fool , however \u2014\u2014 Bear him up ! Where 's your Wound ?", "Call a Surgeon there : Unbutton him quickly .", "This Mischief you may thank yourself for .", "Pr'ythee do n't stand prating , but look upon his Wound .", "Why then he 'll bleed to Death , Sir .", "\u2018 Slife , he 's run thro \u2019 the Guts , I tell thee .", "Let me see his Wound .", "Why , thou art the veriest Coxcomb I ever saw .", "I shall hardly think it worth my prosecuting any farther , so you may be at rest , Sir .", "Oh , there 's no harm done : You serv 'd him well .", "O , no matter ; never trouble yourself about that .", "O , a Trifle : He would have lain with my Wife before my Face , so she oblig 'd him with a Box o'the Ear , and I run him thro \u2019 the Body : That was all .", "None at all : He 's fallen into the Hands of a roguish Surgeon , who I perceive designs to frighten a little Money out of him . But I saw his Wound , \u2018 tis nothing ; he may go to the Play to-night , if he pleases .", "With all my Heart .Tho \u2019 I cou 'd wish , methinks , to stay and gaze a little longer on that Creature . Good God ! How beautiful she is !\u2014 But what have I to do with Beauty ? I have already had my Portion , and must not covet more . Come , Sir , when you please .", "~ to ~ Wor . ] I 'll overtake you , Sir : What wou 'd my Dear ?", "Jealous already , Amanda ?", "Aside . ] Whate'er her Reason be , I must not tell her true .Why , I confess she 's handsome . But you must not think I slight your Kinswoman , if I own to you , of all the Women who may claim that Character , she is the last wou 'd triumph in my Heart .", "Now tell me why you ask 'd ?", "I 'm yours .", "Is my Wife within ?", "\u2018 Tis well ; leave me . Solus . Sure Fate has yet some Business to be done , Before Amanda 's Heart and mine must rest ; Else , why amongst those Legions of her Sex , Which throng the World , Shou 'd she pick out for her Companion The only one on Earth Whom Nature has endow 'd for her undoing ? Undoing was't , I said \u2014\u2014 Who shall undo her ? Is not her Empire fix 'd ? Am I not hers ? Did she not rescue me , a groveling Slave , When , chain 'd and bound by that black Tyrant Vice , I labour 'd in his vilest Drudgery ? Did she not ransom me , and set me free ? Nay , more : When by my Follies sunk To a poor tatter 'd , despicable Beggar , Did she not lift me up to envy 'd Fortune ? Give me herself , and all that she possest ? Without a Thought of more Return , Than what a poor repenting Heart might make her , Ha n't she done this ? And if she has , Am I not strongly bound to love her for it ? To love her \u2014 Why , do I not love her then ? By Earth and Heaven , I do ! Nay , I have Demonstration that I do : For I would sacrifice my Life to serve her . Yet hold \u2014\u2014 If laying down my Life Be Demonstration of my Love , What is't I feel in favour of Berinthia ? For shou 'd she be in danger , methinks , I cou 'd incline To risk it for her Service too ; and yet I do not love her . How then subsists my Proof ?\u2014 \u2014 O , I have found it out . What I would do for one , is Demonstration of my Love ; And if I 'd do as much for t'other : it there is Demonstration of my Friendship \u2014\u2014 Ay \u2014\u2014 it must be so . I find I 'm very much her Friend .\u2014 Yet let me ask myself one puzzling Question more : Whence springs this mighty Friendship all at once ? For our Acquaintance is of a later Date . Now Friendship 's said to be a Plant of tedious Growth , its Root compos 'd of tender Fibres , nice in their Taste , cautious in spreading , check 'd with the least Corruption in the Soil , long ere it take , and longer still ere it appear to do so ; whilst mine is in a Moment shot so high , and fix 'd so fast , it seems beyond the Power of Storms to shake it . I doubt it thrives too fast .Enter ~ Berinthia ~. \u2014 Ah , she here !\u2014 Nay , then take heed , my Heart , for there are Dangers towards .", "I was debating , Madam , whether I was so or not ; and that was it which made me look so thoughtful .", "What if the Distemper , I suspect , be in the Mind ?", "Alas , you undertake you know not what .", "Nay , I 'll allow you so yet farther : For I have reason to believe , shou 'd I put myself into your Hands , you wou 'd increase my Distemper .", "Were I but sure of that , I 'd quickly lay my Case before you .", "O , a very great one .", "You might betray my Distemper to my Wife .", "Will you then keep my Secret ?", "Swear .", "By what ?", "That 's swearing by my Deity . Do it by your own , or I sha n't believe you .", "I 'm satisfy 'd . Now hear my Symptoms , and give me your Advice .", "The first were these :", "When \u2018 twas my Chance to see you at the Play ,", "A random Glance you threw , at first alarm 'd me ,", "I cou 'd not turn my Eyes from whence the Danger came :", "I gaz 'd upon you , till you shot again ,", "And then my Fears came on me .", "My Heart began to pant , my Limbs to tremble ,", "My Blood grew thin , my Pulse beat quick ,", "My Eyes grew hot and dim , and all the Frame of Nature", "Shook with Apprehension .", "\u2018 Tis true , some small Recruits of Resolution", "My Manhood brought to my Assistance ,", "And by their Help I made a Stand a while ,", "But found at last your Arrows flew so thick ,", "They cou 'd not fail to pierce me ;", "So left the Field ,", "And fled for shelter to Amanda 's Arms .", "What think you of these Symptoms , pray ?", "Why , instantly she let me Blood , which for the present much assuag 'd my Flame . But when I saw you , out it burst again , and rag 'd with greater Fury than before . Nay , since you now appear , \u2018 tis so increas 'd , that in a Moment , if you do not help me , I shall , whilst you look on , consume to Ashes .", "Then we 'll die together , my charming Angel .", "Tell her I 'm coming .", "In Matters of Love , a Woman 's Oath is no more to be minded than a Man 's .", "So , thus for all 's well . I 'm got into her Bed-Chamber , and I think nobody has perceiv 'd me steal into the House ; my Wife do n't expect me home till four o'Clock ; so if Berinthia comes to Bed by eleven , I shall have a Chace of five Hours . Let me see , where shall I hide myself ? Under her Bed ? No ; we shall have her Maid searching there for something or other ; her Closet 's a better place , and I have a Master-Key will open it : I 'll e'en in there , and attack her just when she comes to her Prayers , that 's the most like to prove her critical Minute ; for then the Devil will be there to assist me .", "Peace , my Dear ; it 's no Ghost , take it in your Arms , you 'll find \u2018 tis worth a hundred of \u2018 em .", "Is the Coast clear ?", "I am very well pleas 'd with my Trick thus far , and shall be so till I have play 'd it out , if it be n't your Fault : where 's my Wife ?", "With whom ?", "Then we are safe enough .", "And they 'd be in the right o n't too . But I dare trust mine :\u2014\u2014 Besides , I know he 's in love in another place , and he 's not one of those who court half a dozen at a time .", "What says Amanda to my staying abroad so late ?", "Then I 'm afraid they 'll quarrel at Play , and soon throw up the Cards :Therefore , my dear charming Angel , let us make good use of our time .", "Pray what do you think I mean ?", "I 'll shew you .", "No , that wou 'd make you blush worse than t'other .", "Faith , I can n't tell that ; but if I do , it shall be in the dark .", "I 'll try that .", "You 'll do as well without it .", "Come into the Closet , Madam , there 's Moonshine upon the Couch .", "Then you must be carried .", "You need not fear , Sir , I 'm too fond of my own Wife , to have the least Inclination for yours .", "Madam .", "Madam , I saw \u2018 em all go into the Tavern together , and my Master was so drunk he cou 'd scarce stand .", "O Lord , Madam , here 's my Master just staggering in upon you ; he has been quarrelsome yonder , and they have kick 'd him out of the Company ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 92, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I am no Hans of thine . My name is Hans Lorbass . A knave who stalks stiff-necked and solemn up and down the world does not much relish being treated like a child . Burial-wife . Thou art my dear child none the less . Only grow old and gray ; and then shall thy body bear its scars and thy soul its sins back to the old wife .", "Not yet . Burial-wife . Thou hast dug many a deep still grave for me ; many a wanderer will come and find rest , therein . Over the gray path of the boundless sea will each one come bringing his life 's sorrow to lay it here upon my bosom . I open wide my arms to them as my father bade me , and blessing them I thus absolve myself from suffering and penance . Beneath my breath sin and crime straightway disappear ;\u2014 and smilingly I bear all my dear children to their rest .", "Not me . What concern hast thou with me ? It is true thou holdest me here within thy grave-yard prison and compellest me to play the grave-digger with blows and taunts ; but let my prince once come this way again , and not another hour of service shalt thou have .... My prince , my gold-prince ! My sweet lad ! How I could burst with a single leap straight to thy side through all the world , and with my too-long-idle sword hurl down to hell the coward pack that presses round thee !... And thou art all to blame ,\u2014 yes , all . He had already quite enough agonizing longings , unfulfilled desires ; but thou must needs fan the warmly glowing flames to a devouring blaze . It was thou that lured him into that adventure , that willed his braving danger singlehanded ; and if he cracks the accursed nut , if I see the foam curl again about his prow ,\u2014 even if I clasp him to me and feel him safe indeed ,\u2014 who shall tell me that after all his prize is worth his pains ? Where is that woman thou hast showed to him , that pattern of beauty and purity , that paragon of softness and strength , she who was born to steal away his other longings ,\u2014 where is she ?\u2014 show her to me ! Burial-wife . My little Hans , my son , why stormest thou so ?", "Let me curse . Burial-wife . Hush thee , and lie down here beside me on the straw , and listen what I tell thee .", "On the grave-straw ?Burial-wife . There landed two men yonder on a golden spring day , and wandered lost like wild things through the thicket . Who were they ?", "I and my master were the two . The villainy of his step-brother had rent from him his throne and kingdom . He was too young , he was too weak ,\u2014 there lay the blame . Burial-wife . Yet he was blustering and drew his sword and demanded with storm and threat that I should grant a wish for him . Still thou knowest him , my dear son ?", "Do I know him ! Burial-wife . \u201c Thou desirest the fairest of women for thy bride ? \u201d I said . \u201c She is not here ; but if thou dost not shrink before the danger , I can show thee the way , my son . \u201d", "The way to death ! Burial-wife . \u201c There lies an isle in the northern seas , where day and night are merged in dawn ; never more shall he rejoice at sight of home who loses his path there in a storm . There lies thy path . And there , where the holy word is never taught , within a crystal house there lives a wild heron , worshiped as a god . From that heron thou must pluck three feathers out and bring them hither . \u201d", "And if he brings them ? Burial-wife . Then I will make him conscious of miraculous power , through which he shall find and bind her to himself who awaits him in night and need ; for by this deed he grows a man , and worth the prize .", "And then ? When he has got her , and sighs and coos and lies in her bosom half a hundred years , when he turns himself a very woman , I shall be the last to wonder at it . Look !I shovelled this shining glittering bauble out of the dune-sand . I have heaped up whole bushels of it in my greedy zeal . Now , as I toss from me this sticky mass of resin , that borrows the name and place of a stone , so with the act I hurl away in mocking laughter these many-colored lies of womankind .Now go and brew my evening draught . I will to the sea to seek my master .OttarHolloa , Gylf ! GylfWhat is it ?", "Bandits ! Just come on once !How is it ? I hope they have not hurt thee . Burial-wife . None can harm me , none molest me , who has not first wronged himself and all his hopes . OttarHo , Hans is playing with his love !", "Have a care !", "It is now scarce three years since we bore within the hall our master in his ash-hewn coffin . He raised his hand already cold , and pointed with his pallid , bony finger \u2014 not toward the bastard Danish conqueror , but towards his own true son , Prince Witte ; and him he left his country 's lord . The land was poor , the people rude , yet it had preserved its pride and loyalty un stained through a thousand murderous brawls . Three years ago as everybody knows , you would have murdered our young lord at summons of the Bastard and his fair promises ; and now \u2014 what are you ? Thieves , sand-fleas , loafers , riff-raff , haunting the moors and hiding in the thickets . Stop ! I will build a gallows for you presently ; my brave sword is too good for you .", "Quite right ! Give us thy fist !... No use to wrangle !Thou hast need of a little scouring first , I think . Children , what fine fellows you would be , if only you were not such frightful rogues .Tell me now , what have you been at so long ? OttarWho ? We ?", "Yes , you !", "No need . I know that trade a thousand miles away . You are wreckers ! AllOf course . HansSee , see !", "And your Duke ?", "So , so ! I just bethought myself . One question more : How come you here ?", "Who , then ?", "Are you so sure of it ?", "No need , my lord , I have my pay .", "I drive naught , my lord , I am driven . DukeIt pleases thee to jest .", "And thee to be galled thereat .", "Think what thou wilt . Covered with wounds I sunk it in the ocean 's depths .", "What is that , now thou art here ?And even if thy journey were in vain , if thou hast not brought the heron 's feathers back with thee , what is \u2014", "Thou hast the feathers ? Are they really heron 's feathers , from the very bird ?", "Forgive me , dear my lord and master , that I forgot a moment the bare fact itself , to thee so all-important . I knew thou wouldst never have returned without them , however my heart thirsted after thee .", "Where are they , master ? Dost thou bear them in thy breast ? I feel thou wouldest . Chide me if thou wilt , but show them to me .", "Thy story , master ,\u2014 come , tell it to me !", "Master , how changed thou art . Thy fire seems smothered , and thy passions burn less fiercely , being self-controlled .", "I look at thee in wonderment . I left thee a boy , I find thee a man . And for this , though my sword has itched in my hand to answer to my thoughts , though I have sat for hours on end in gnawing tedium and spat into the sea , for this result I bless the old wife there . Once more I may strike good blows for thee , once more be proud to guard thee as before . PrinceIt shall be so .... Yes , yes , my lad . Since I have been gone \u2014 how long is it ?", "A good two years , master .", "I will go .", "Do not blame me , master ; I know of what I speak . First of all , mistrust the old one . I fear her not ... but something horrible and slimy crawled in my throat when I first saw her crouching in a grave , all stiff , her brows drawn and her staring eyes turned inwards lifelessly .... When a storm stood coal-black in the heavens and gave the greedy coffins fresh food \u2014 lo , there she stood and bade me dig the graves ; and when the wave cast corpses up on the strand , she bore each one up the hill pressed mother-like to her breast , shaken meanwhile with a sly laugh ; and thus she laughed until they all lay quietly at rest beneath . Have a care for thyself !", "But if she weaves enchantment , master ?", "And once more I stand broad-legged in thy unhappy path and shout : Do not destroy thyself ! Whoever runs after his desire shall perish in the race ; it only yields to him who hurls it from him . Thou dost not know as yet the old wife 's schemes ; thou standest now above enchantment , a young glowing god confiding in the magic of thine own strength . What thou dost know is that thy prize is hidden , and that the broad path of possibilities , on which thou thinkest to glide aloft , may be choked all at once between black walls and leave thee fevered and panting with the chase , with desire and loathing , eagerness and shrinking , to hasten on forever and never gain the end . PrinceLook there !", "Thou hast done well to bring them ; if the fatal seed of death does not draw thee down to eternal failure thou must do well indeed ! For now the secret purpose of thy path is about to reveal itself ; now thy proud and self-poised soul pants to mount aloft ,\u2014 and here I stand and counsel thee : Hurl away thy prize !", "Too late . It has begun .It looks as if the hearth-fire glowed straight through her parchment skin and wrapped her bones in flame .", "Bravo ! Bravo !", "Cursed witch , thou hast \u2014Art thou singed ? PrinceI see naught .", "Thou hast bewitched him finely .", "I am armed .The hangman \u2014", "My master , a brave knight and skilled in arms , born far in the north , where he was betrayed in feud with his stepbrother , to atone has undertaken a journey to the Holy Sepulchre . We have but just now entered your kingdom , and crave for God 's love , if not a refuge , at least a resting place .", "And I warrant , my lord , that thou hast warranted rightly .SkoellHans Lorbass \u2014 seize him !", "Whither then ?", "What 's that ? Eh , there , sleepy-head , wake up !", "Hsh \u2014 sh !", "Thy master is here ?", "The devil take him !What now ?", "What draws you here !", "Well , did she please thee ? Hast thou found her worthy to awake thy idle sword to deeds of battle ?", "Then come . Thy path is hot . Thy path is broad !\u2014 Then hasten ! Already far too long hast thou delayed before this tottering throne , from which an eye in speechless pleading calls for help .", "Who would it have been ? Some body-servant about the castle , perhaps , some \u2014", "Here is thy shield . Quick , take it .", "Let the filthy rascal go , whoever he is , and come !", "For what , my lord ? Here are the very bones whereon thine eyes desired to feast themselves . It is true they are covered with flesh for the present , but they are there inside , I swear to thee .", "How \u2014 what \u2014? That witch-work to distract thee now ? Here is thy sword , and there the foe ! Play with him , tickle him , stroke his beard , till he weeps blood out of his mouth , till \u2014", "Master !", "I am the Prince 's servant !", "I counsel thee , take off thy hands ! SkoellCome , brother of my heart , be sensible , stay in thy seat ; down below there is just a mob of women , and thou wouldst be no use at all .", "True enough .The third call ! Now is the time !", "I tell thee , thou brute beast , thou calf , thou knave , thou thief , as truly as I love thee as my brother , I will kill thee !", "There , which one of them drives the other in the corner , now ? Eh ?", "Ho , ho ! How the rascal puffs ! Yes , thou wilt learn to run , my fine fellow ! Another blow ! He struck him not ! Now for thy life !\u2014 What is he thinking of ?My master bleeds !", "Wipe it off ! Whisk it away ! That little blood-letting but sharpens the anger , pricks the hate and \u2014", "Now gather all thy powers together , master ! And all my love for thee turn into fire and flame , that \u2014", "Away from here ! Whoever loves his life , whether man or woman , comes not too near ! QueenNot even I , my friend ? HansThou , Lady ,\u2014 yes . QueenSend for physicians that he may be saved .", "He is saved ! If he were not , I 'd spring in the very face of death for him ,\u2014 I would spring down death 's very throat ; death and I , we know each other well .", "And I will answer thee : I myself am that justice . I bear it on my sword 's point , I carry it here beneath my cap , I pour it forth in my master 's name , who gave it for his glory and his happiness .If ye believe it not , then listen trembling to the thousand toned joy that peals from far away like spring thunder quivering in the air , and sweeps throughout the land the joyous message of deliverance : we are free !", "Thou seest , O Queen , he speaks in fever . Do not listen , do not heed his words .", "When thou canst ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 93, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Basta ! am I to pass ! son of a dog !", "Snout of a swine ! knave ! door-bestriding fool !", "Have I not matters to her from my master ,", "To the Signora , from her husband 's brother ?", "The Devil 's scullion feed you", "On flame , until your liver shrivels black !", "O-he ! who 's here ! I come from Signor Osio !", "The little Sicilian ? Luck then is my slave !", "Well , pretty fig ! my little red pomegranate !", "My fair forbidden fruit \u2014 pluckt in the moon !", "I 've come ...", "But ,", "Blood of the Holy Sepulchre !", "What thing has happened here ?", "Eh ?... I , my beauty ?", "Of ...", "absolution ? Body , now , of Bacchus !", "Does he not go to the Mass \u2014 and if he does not", "Am I a priest", "To know his need of purging ?", "Or if he sins must I be damned with him ?", "The way ! the way !", "I want no way , but in unto your mistress .", "Am I not sent here to her with commands ?", "Ecco ! and must I turn with them upon me ,", "And say a wench denied me ?", "Or that I feared", "Perchance to catch the fever", "Of heresy your master 's shackled with ?", "Pah , but you jest , my ruby rose of Aetna \u2014", "Whom yet I will not say but I will wed ,", "Tho you are from that Paynim-breeding isle", "Of Sicily . You jest : so , in with you .", "I seek your lady .", "More !And from what and whom ?", "And that is what I am to fear ?", "And do you mean \u2014?", "To you she said this ?", "I say you lie . You do ! as if Eternity were not ,\u2014To frighten me and Signor Osio ! MarinaAnd yet you understand ? ha , understand ? And hoarsely stare at words upon my lips That should be meaningless as moony madness ? You penetrate What not the Pope himself , Nor any could , but with a guilty knowledge ? There 's villainy I say , and you are in it , The tool of a blind villain , who should be Where now his brother rots , but that the Church Is no more Christ 's ! Ah , ah ! my nails could tear Your hated false caresses from my flesh , Your kisses from my memory and fling them Upon your wicked heart . And , for your master , The Virgin strangle him ! She \u2014 or another !Another ! MatteoWhat ? what say you ?", "I say , what do you hint ! Stand ! there is more !", "More ! and I 'll have it , by the crater of Hell !", "More \u2014 and your lips shall tell it with a kiss .", "Ah ! Ahi !", "It has to do then with the Florentine ?", "Who is as pagan as that devil Venus ,", "Yet prates to priests as subtly as my master", "Who will not play Love with her ?", "By the Passion and Blood of God , has she again", "Gone jealous to Monsignor Querio ,", "To get undone the doors of the Inquisition ,", "So that your master ...? has she ?", "Marina there .", "Yes , Signora . To your beauty", "He sends salute ; and to your lady cousin", "Who ... O Signora , see !", "upon the terrace !", "See , see ! Oh , in her hand there is ... Oh !\u2014 oh !", "Signora , yes . He sends me with a message . He begs that he may see you .", "Implores", "That this strange shrinking from him and aversion ,", "This pale ... and unintelligible ... repulsion", "You have of late \u2014", "He bade me", "To say , Signora , nothing must prevent ;", "That it concerns \u2014", "I could learn no more , Signor . The fever is tossing her .", "I do not know .", "But burningly she sleeps .", "Shall we not go ?", "For if we here are found \u2014", "No priest is there , Signor .", "I seemed to hear", "Signora Bianca say that since the morning", "When it was borne in secret to the tomb", "She has not .", "But still her moan 's of Signor Rizzio ,", "Who has not yet returned , tho still they seek him .", "Osio", "Her blood be on his head ! upon his head !", "And not on mine , that has not swayed to schism ,", "If death is calling now for her damnation .", "No , I am pure of it !", "But should he come ?", "What , Signor ?", "Signor !", "Signor ! I will show .", "You shall have all ; but let me live , Signor .", "I have a father crippled who would starve", "But for the gold I get ....", "And she , Signora Porzia 's innocent ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 94, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["A plague on that fire ! I think I 'll make my supper on prunes and crackers to-night !", "Hello !", "Why ... who are you ?", "Where do you want to go ?", "Oh , I see ! You got lost ?", "You should have turned to the right down where the roads cross .", "Are you expecting to get to the railroad to-night ?", "Humph ! You 'll find it hard going . Better rest .What are you \u2014 a peddler ?", "No . I do n't want anything .", "Yes ... all alone .", "That 's my father 's camp .", "The family has n't come up yet .", "I 'm camping out \u2014 I prefer the tent .", "John Isman 's his name .", "Why ... yes . Fairly so .", "Oh ! You 've been here before ?", "That 's my sister , I guess .", "Her name 's Estelle .", "I 'm Gerald Isman .", "Yes .", "Why ... what makes you think that ?", "Oh ! I see ! No ... I like to be alone .", "Yes . You like music ?", "This ?", "That 's the Nibelung music .", "Why ... it 's in an opera .", "It 's by a composer named Wagner .", "Why ... I guess he made it up .", "It 's about the Nibelungs .", "Queer little people who live down inside the earth , and spend all their time digging for gold .", "Why ... I do n't know ...", "No ... but the poets tell us they exist .", "Well , they have great rocky caverns , down in the depths of the earth . And they have treasures of gold ... whole caves of it . And they 're very cunning smiths ... they make all sorts of beautiful golden vessels and trinkets .", "Oh !", "Why ... where did you get such things ?", "Let me see them .", "Why ... what is it ?", "Why ... I do n't know ...", "Why ... they 're little men ... with long hair and funny clothes ... and humpbacked .", "Why ... yes ... in a way .", "Their names ?", "Well , there was Alberich , the king .", "He was the one who found the Rheingold . And then there was", "Hagen , his son .", "He killed the hero , Siegfried .", "And then there was Mimi .", "He was a very famous smith .", "What do you mean ?", "Why ... I would n't mind .", "Indeed I would !", "No , I do n't think so .", "Yes ... sure !", "What do you want for your ring ?", "What !", "But I can n't ... it ...", "Yes . But I do n't like to ...", "But wait !", "Good-night .Well , I 'll be switched ! If that was n't a queer old customer !It feels like real gold !What in the world did he mean , anyhow ? The magic ring ! I hope he does n't get lost in those woods to-night .Confound that fire ! It 's out for good now ! Let it go .Nibelungs ! They are realer than anybody guesses . People who spend their lives in digging for gold , and know and care about nothing else . How many of them I 've met at mother 's dinner parties ! Well , I must get to my work now .Ah , me ! I do n't know what makes me so lazy this evening . This strange heaviness ! There seems to be a spell on me .How beautiful these woods are at sunset ! If I were a Nibelung , I 'd come here for certain !I 'm good for nothing but dreaming ... I wish Estelle were here to sing to me ! How magical the twilight is ! Estelle ! Estelle !", "What 's that ?What 's that ?Why , what can it mean ?Why , it 's a Nibelung !Oh ! I must be dreaming !Nibelungs ! Why , it 's absurd ! Wake up , man ! You 're going crazy !My God !", "The pack peddler !", "Good evening , Wiggie !I suppose that old lady 's taken to herself all the credit for this evening 's success !", "How can anybody stay away ? When a man spends several millions on a single entertainment people have to come out of pure curiosity ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 95, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Dear Mother , leave me not ! I love to rest Under the shadow of that hanging cave And listen to your tales . Your Proserpine Entreats you stay ; sit on this shady bank , And as I twine a wreathe tell once again The combat of the Titans and the Gods ; Or how the Python fell beneath the dart Of dread Apollo ; or of Daphne 's change ,\u2014 That coyest Grecian maid , whose pointed leaves Now shade her lover 's brow . And I the while Gathering the starry flowers of this fair plain Will weave a chaplet , Mother , for thy hair . But without thee , the plain I think is vacant , Itsblossoms fade ,\u2014 its tall fresh grasses droop , Nodding their heads like dull things half asleep ;\u2014 Go not , dear Mother , from your Proserpine .", "\u2014 Mother , farewel !", "Climb the bright sky with rapid wings ; and swift", "As a beam shot from great Apollo 's bow", "Rebounds from the calm mirror of the sea", "Back to his quiver in the Sun , do thou", "Return again to thy loved Proserpine .", "And now , dear Nymphs , while the hot sun is high", "Darting his influence right upon the plain ,", "Let us all sit beneath the narrow shade", "That noontide Etna casts .\u2014 And , Ino , sweet ,", "Come hither ; and while idling thus we rest ,", "Repeat in verses sweet the tale which says", "How great Prometheus from Apollo 's car", "Stole heaven 's fire \u2014 a God-like gift for Man !", "Or the more pleasing tale of Aphrodite ;", "How she arose from the salt Ocean 's foam ,", "And sailing in her pearly shell , arrived", "On Cyprus sunny shore , where myrtles", "bloomed", "And sweetest flowers , to welcome Beauty 's Queen ;", "And ready harnessed on the golden sands", "Stood milk-white doves linked to a sea-shell car ,", "With which she scaled the heavens , and took her seat", "Among the admiring Gods .", "Ino , you knew erewhile a River-God ,", "Who loved you well and did you oft entice", "To his transparent waves and flower-strewn banks .", "He loved high poesy and wove sweet sounds ,", "And would sing to you as you sat reclined", "On the fresh grass beside his shady cave ,", "From which clear waters bubbled , dancing forth ,", "And spreading freshness in the noontide air .", "When you returned you would enchant our ears", "With tales and songs which did entice the fauns ,", "With Pan their King from their green haunts , to hear .", "Tell me one now , for like the God himself ,", "Tender they were and fanciful , and wrapt", "The hearer in sweet dreams of shady groves ,", "Blue skies , and clearest , pebble-paved streams .", "Thanks , Ino dear , you have beguiled an hour", "With poesy that might make pause to list", "The nightingale in her sweet evening song .", "But now no more of ease and idleness ,", "The sun stoops to the west , and Enna 's plain", "Is overshadowed by the growing form", "Of giant Etna :\u2014 Nymphs , let us arise ,", "And cull the sweetest flowers of the field ,", "And with swift fingers twine a blooming wreathe", "For my dear Mother 's rich and waving hair .", "Sweet Ino , well I know the love you bear", "My dearest Mother prompts your partial voice ,", "And that love makes you doubly dear to me .", "But you are idling ,\u2014 look", "my lap is full", "Of sweetest flowers ;\u2014 haste to gather more ,", "That before sunset we may make our crown .", "Last night as we strayed through that glade , methought", "The wind that swept my cheek bore on its wings", "The scent of fragrant violets , hid", "Beneath the straggling underwood ; Haste , sweet ,", "To gather them ; fear not \u2014 I will not stray .", "Then I again behold thee , Mother dear :\u2014 Again I tread the flowery plain of Enna , And clasp thee , Arethuse , & you , my nymphs ; I have escaped from hateful Tartarus , The abode of furies and all loathed shapes That thronged around me , making hell more black . Oh ! I could worship thee , light giving Sun , Who spreadest warmth and radiance o'er the world . Look atthe branches of those chesnut trees , That wave to the soft breezes , while their stems Are tinged with red by the sun 's slanting rays .And the soft clouds that float \u2018 twixt earth and sky . How sweet are all these sights ! There all is night ! No God like thatsmiles on the Elysian plains , The airwindless , and all shapes are still .", "No , Iris , no ,\u2014 I still am pure as thee :", "Offspring of light and air , I have no stain", "Of Hell . I am for ever thine , oh , Mother !", "If fate decrees , can we resist ? farewel !", "Oh ! Mother , dearer to your child than light ,", "Than all the forms of this sweet earth & sky ,", "Though dear are these , and dear are my poor nymphs ,", "Whom I must leave ;\u2014 oh ! can immortals weep ?", "And can a Goddess die as mortals do ,", "Or live & reign where it is death to be ?", "Ino , dear Arethuse , again you lose", "Your hapless Proserpine , lost to herself", "When she quits you for gloomy Tartarus .", "Dear Mother , let me kiss that tear which steals", "Down your pale cheek altered by care and grief .", "This is not misery ; \u2018 tis but a slight change", "Prom our late happy lot . Six months with thee ,", "Each moment freighted with an age of love :", "And the six short months in saddest Tartarus", "Shall pass in dreams of swift returning joy .", "Six months together we shall dwell on earth ,", "Six months in dreams we shall companions be ,", "Jove 's doom is void ; we are forever joined ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 96, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["i. Sc\u00e6na . i .", "i. Sc\u00e6na . ii . RAFE ROISTER DOISTER . MATHEW MERYGREEKE .", "i. Sc\u00e6na iii . MAGE MUMBLE CRUST ,spinning on the distaffe . TIBET TALK APACE , sowyng . ANNOT ALYFACE , knittyng . R. ROISTER .", "i. Sc\u00e6na . iiii .", "i. Sc\u00e6na . v . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE . MARGERIE MUMBLECRUST .", "ii . Sc\u00e6na i .CDOBINET DOUGHTIE .", "ii . Sc\u00e6na . iii . TRUEPENIE . D. DOUGH . TIBET T. ANOT AL .", "ii . Sc\u00e6na . iiii . D i b C. CUSTANCE . TIBET . ANNOT ALYFACE . TRUPENY .", "ii . Sc\u00e6na . i . MATHEWE MERYGREEKE .", "iii . Sc\u00e6na . ii . D ii b TIBET . M. MERYGREEKE . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE .", "iii . Sc\u00e6na . iii . MATHEW MERYGREEKE . ROISTER DOISTER .", "iii . Sc\u00e6na . iiii . CUSTANCE . MERYGREEKE . ROISTER DOISTER .", "iiii . Sc\u00e6na . iii . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE . SYM SURESBY . RALPH ROISTER . MATHEW MERYGREKE . TRUPENY .", "iiii . Sc\u00e6na . iiii . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE . ANOT ALYFACE . TIBET T. M. MUMBLECRUST .", "iiii . Sc\u00e6na . v . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE . TRUPENIE . TRISTRAM TRUSTY . C. CUSTANCE .", "iiii . Sc\u00e6na . vi . G ii b MERYGREKE . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE . TRIST . TRUSTY .", "iiii . Sc\u00e6na . vii . R. ROYSTER . M. MERYGREEKE . C. CUSTANCE . D. DOUGHTIE . HARPAX . TRISTRAM TRUSTY .", "iiii . Sc\u00e6na . viii .M. MERYGREEKE . C. CUSTANCE . R. ROISTER . TIB . T. AN . ALYFACE . M. MUMBLECRUST . TRUPENIE . DOBINET DOUGHTIE . HARPAX . Two drummes with their Ensignes .", "v. Sc\u00e6na . i . GAWYN GOODLUCKE . SYM SURESBY . Sym Suresby my trustie man , nowe advise thee well , And see that no false surmises thou me tell , Was there such adoe about Custance of a truth ?", "v. Sc\u00e6na . ii . C. CUSTANCE . GAWYN GOODLUCKE . SYM SURESBY .", "v. Sc\u00e6na . iii . CHRISTIAN CUSTANCE .", "v. Sc\u00e6na . iiii . GAWYN GOODLUCKE . TRISTRAM TRUSTIE . C. CUSTANCE . SYM SURESBY .", "v. Sc\u00e6na . v .M. MERYGREEKE . RALPH ROISTER . GAWYN GOODLUCKE . TRISTRAM TRUSTIE . C. CUSTANCE .", "v. Sc\u00e6na . vi . R. ROISTER . M. MERYGREEKE . C. CUSTANCE . G. GOODLUCKE . T. TRUSTIE . D. DOUGHTIE . HARPAX ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 97, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I prithee , Rene , charm our ears again", "With the same song you sang me yesterday .", "Here are fresh listeners .", "A very grievous , but convenient cold ,", "Which always racks you when you would not sing .", "Alack ! you hear , I 've caught poor Rene 's cough .", "O , fie !", "\u2018 Ods mercy ! gentlemen , you do me wrong .", "Ah ! rogues , you 'd shift your sins upon my shoulders .", "Goon , goon ! Talk yourselves fairly out .", "Why do you laugh ?", "Peace ! peace ! What tongue dare echo yon fool 's laugh ?", "Nay , never raise your hands in wonderment :", "I 'll strike the dearest friend among ye all", "Beneath my feet , as if he were a slave ,", "Who dares insult my brother with a laugh !", "Shame on ye , sirs ! I have mistaken you .", "I thought I harboured better friends . Poor fops ,", "Who 've slept in down and satin all your years ,", "Within the circle Lanciotto charmed", "Round Rimini with his most potent sword !\u2014", "Fellows whose brows would melt beneath a casque ,", "Whose hands would fray to grasp a brand 's rough hilt ,", "Who ne'er launched more than braggart threats at foes !\u2014", "Girlish companions of luxurious girls !\u2014", "Danglers round troubadours and wine-cups !\u2014 Men", "Whose best parts are their clothes ! bundles of silk ,", "Scented like summer ! rag-men , nothing more !\u2014", "Creatures as generous as monkeys \u2014 brave", "As hunted hares \u2014 courteous as grinning apes \u2014", "Grateful as serpents \u2014 useful as lap-dogs \u2014", "Ha !", "I am alone at last ! So let me be ,", "Till Lanciotto fill the vacant room", "Of these mean knaves , whose friendship is but breath .", "Brother ! what is this ?", "Lanciotto , are you mad ? Kind Heaven ! look here \u2014", "Straight in my eyes . Now answer , do you know", "How near you were to murder ? Dare you bend", "Your wicked hand against a heart I love ?", "Were it for you to mourn your wilful death ,", "With such a bitterness as would be ours ,", "The wish would ne'er have crossed you . While we 're bound", "Life into life , a chain of loving hearts ,", "Were it not base in you , the middle link ,", "To snap , and scatter all ? Shame , brother , shame !", "I thought you better metal .", "Lanciotto ,", "I heard the bells of Rimini , just now ,", "Exulting o'er your coming marriage-day ,", "While you conspired to teach them gloomier sounds .", "Why are you sad ?", "\u2018 Twas strange :", "A sullen antic of his crabbed wit .", "Fie ! man ,", "You have been ever played on in this sort", "By your wild fancies . When your heart is high ,", "You make them playthings ; but in lower moods ,", "They seem to sap the essence of your soul ,", "And drain your manhood to its poorest dregs .", "There sticks the sword , indeed ,", "Just as your tread detached it from its sheath ;", "Looking more like a blessed cross , I think ,", "Than a bad looking omen . As for blood \u2014 Ha , ha !", "It sets mine dancing . Pshaw ! away with this !", "Deck up your face with smiles . Go trim yourself", "For the young bride . New velvet , gold , and gems ,", "Do wonders for us . Brother , come ; I 'll be", "Your tiring-man , for once .", "Say \u2018 tis true ;", "What do you drive at ?", "Ha !", "Lanciotto ,", "I , who have known you from a stripling up ,", "Never observed , or , if I did , ne'er weighed", "Your special difference from the rest of men .", "You 're not Apollo \u2014", "Nor yet are you", "A second Pluto . Could I change with you \u2014", "My graces for your nobler qualities \u2014", "Your strength , your courage , your renown \u2014 by heaven ,", "We 'd e'en change persons , to the finest hair .", "I am but just . Let me beseech you , brother .", "To look with greater favour on yourself ;", "Nor suffer misty phantoms of your brain", "To take the place of sound realities .", "Go to Ravenna , wed your bride , and lull", "Your cruel delusions in domestic peace .", "Ghosts fly a fireside ; \u2018 tis their wont to stalk", "Through empty houses , and through empty hearts .", "I know Francesca will be proud of you .", "Women admire you heroes . Rusty sages ,", "Pale poets , and scarred warriors , have been", "Their idols ever ; while we fair plump fools", "Are elbowed to the wall , or only used", "For vacant pastime .", "For what ?", "Nay , Lanciotto ,", "I 'll be a better orator in your behalf ,", "Without your promptings .", "Ha ! that is right : be gay !", "Ply me with jokes ! I 'd rather see you smile", "Than see the sun shine .", "An empress , brother ,", "Were honoured by your hand . You are by much", "Too humble in your reckoning of yourself .", "I can count virtues in you , to supply", "Half Italy , if they were parcelled out .", "Look up !", "Your mother , by the bleat .", "When your wit", "Went begging , sirrah .", "For weighty reasons , father . Will you trust", "Your greatest captain , hope of all the Guelfs ,", "With crafty Guido ? Should the Ghibelins", "Break faith , and shut Lanciotto in their walls \u2014", "Sure the temptation would be great enough \u2014", "What would you do ?", "But Lanciotto", "Would be a precious hostage .", "I go there in his place .", "Well , giggler ?", "\u2018 Sdeath ! fool , I 'll have you in the stocks . Father , your fool exceeds his privilege .", "Peace , varlet , peace !", "Here 's for your counsel !", "Farewell , Lanciotto . You are dull again .", "More cause to haste me on my happy work .", "Noble sir ,", "We looked for welcome from your courtesy ,", "Not from your love ; but this unhoped for sight", "Of smiling faces , and the gentle tone", "In which you greet us , leave us naught to win", "Within your hearts . I need not ask , my lord ,", "Where bides the precious object of my search ;", "For I was sent to find the fairest maid", "Ravenna boasts , among her many fair .", "I might extend my travel many a league ,", "And yet return , to take her from your side .", "I blush to bear so rich a treasure home ,", "As pledge and hostage of a sluggish peace ;", "For beauty such as hers was meant by Heaven", "To spur our race to gallant enterprise ,", "And draw contending deities around", "The dubious battles of a second Troy .", "As a man", "Who ever sees Heaven 's purpose in its works ,", "I must suppose so rare a tabernacle", "Was framed for rarest virtues . Pardon me", "My public admiration . If my praise", "Clash with propriety , and bare my words", "To cooler judgment , \u2018 tis not that I wish", "To win a flatterer 's grudged recompense ,", "And gain by falsehood what I 'd win through love .", "When I have brushed my travel from my garb ,", "I 'll pay my court in more befitting style .", "Pray , pardon me .", "Lady , I believed", "My post , at starting , one of weight and trust ;", "When I beheld you , I concluded it", "A charge of honour and high dignity .", "I did not think to hear you underrate", "Your own importance , by dishonouring me .", "No , not severe ;", "Say candid , rather . I am somewhat hurt", "By my reception . If I feel the wound ,", "\u2018 Tis not because I suffer from the jest ,", "But that your lips should deal it .", "Gentle lady \u2014", "Have you been ?", "If I implied such slander by my words ,", "They wrong my purpose . If I compliment ,", "\u2018 Tis not from habit , but because I thought", "Your face deserved my homage as its due .", "When I have clearer insight , and you spread", "Your inner nature o'er your lineaments ,", "Even that face may darken in the shades", "Of my opinion . For mere loveliness", "Needs inward light to keep it always bright .", "All things look badly to unfriendly eyes .", "I spoke my first impression ; cooler thought", "May work strange changes .", "Unpleasant stuff ,", "To judge by your dark brows . I have essayed", "Kindness and coldness , yet you are not pleased .", "How , lady ?", "Lady , \u2018 tis your wish", "To nettle me , to break my breeding down ,", "And see what natural passions I have hidden", "Behind the outworks of my etiquette .", "I neither own nor feel the want of heart", "With which you charge me . You are more than cruel ;", "You rouse my nerves until they ache with life ,", "And then pour fire upon them . For myself", "I would not speak , unless you had compelled .", "My task is odious to me . Since I came ,", "Heaven bear me witness how my traitor heart", "Has fought against my duty ; and how oft", "I wished myself in Lanciotto 's place .", "Or him in mine .", "Do I ? Well ,", "Let it remain unguessed .", "Well interpreted ! The Sphinx were simple in your skilful hands !", "But I", "Have gall to feed my bitterness , while you", "Jest in the wanton ease of happiness .", "Stop ! there is peril in our talk .", "\u2018 Tis dangerous to talk about one 's self ;", "It panders selfishness . My duty waits .", "I , too , shame upon me .", "Pray drop me , lady .", "Somewhat \u2014 in feature .", "No , darker . He was tanned", "In long campaigns , and battles hotly fought ,", "While I lounged idly with the troubadours ,", "Under the shadow of his watchful sword .", "He is shorter , I believe ,", "But broader , stronger , more compactly knit .", "Ah , now you strike the key !", "A mind just fitted to his history ,", "An equal balance \u2018 twixt desert and fame .", "No future chronicler shall say of him ,", "His fame outran his merit ; or his merit", "Halted behind some adverse circumstance ,", "And never won the glory it deserved .", "My love might weary you , if I rehearsed", "The simple beauty of his character ;", "His grandeur and his gentleness of heart ,", "His warlike fire and peaceful love , his faith ,", "His courtesy , his truth . I 'll not deny", "Some human weakness , to attract our love ,", "Harbours in him , as in the rest of us .", "Sometimes against our city 's enemies", "He thunders in the distance , and devotes", "Their homes to ruin . When the brand has fallen ,", "He ever follows with a healing rain ,", "And in his pity shoulders by revenge .", "A thorough soldier , lady . He grasps crowns ,", "While I pick at the laurel .", "To me :", "Others may think my brother over-nice", "Upon the point of honour ; over-keen", "To take offence where no offence is meant ;", "A thought too prodigal of human life ,", "Holding it naught when weighed against a wrong ;", "Suspicious of the motives of his friends ;", "Distrustful of his own high excellence ;", "And with a certain gloom of temperament ,", "When thus disturbed , that makes him terrible", "And rash in action . I have heard of this ;", "I never felt it . I distress you , lady ?", "Perhaps I throw these points too much in shade ,", "By catching at an enemy 's report .", "But , then , Lanciotto said , \u201c You 'll speak of me ,", "Not as I ought to be , but as I am . \u201d", "He loathes deceit .", "O base temptation ! What if I betray His crippled person \u2014 imitate his limp \u2014 Laugh at his hip , his back , his sullen moods Of childish superstition ?\u2014 tread his heart Under my feet , to climb into his place ?\u2014 Use his own warrant \u2018 gainst himself ; and say , Because I loved her , and misjudged your jest , Therefore I stole her ? Why , a common thief Would hang for just such thinking ! Ha ! ha ! ha !I reckon on her love , as if I held The counsels of her bosom . No , I swear , Francesca would despise so mean a deed . Have I no honour either ? Are my thoughts All bound by her opinions ?", "I grant it . You shall see ,", "And shape your judgment by your own remark .", "All that my honour calls for I have said .", "I do .", "With the hand ,", "Not with the obligation .", "O , Heaven , if I have faltered and am weak ,", "Tis from my nature ! Fancies , more accursed", "Than haunt a murderer 's bedside , throng my brain \u2014", "Temptations , such as mortal never bore", "Since Satan whispered in the ear of Eve ,", "Sing in my ear \u2014 and all , all are accursed !", "At heart I have betrayed my brother 's trust ,", "Francesca 's openly . Turn where I will ,", "As if enclosed within a mirrored hall ,", "I see a traitor . Now to stand erect ,", "Firm on my base of manly constancy ;", "Or , if I stagger , let me never quit", "The homely path of duty , for the ways", "That bloom and glitter with seductive sin !", "Some ten-score .", "Double that .", "My lady \u2014", "Alas ! \u2018 tis as I feared !", "What ails the fool ? He passed me , muttering The strangest garbage in the fiercest tone . \u201c Ha ! ha ! \u201d cried he , \u201c they made a fool of me \u2014 motley man , a slave ; as if I felt No stir in me of manly dignity ! Ha ! ha ! a fool \u2014 a painted plaything , toy \u2014 For men to kick about this dirty world !\u2014 My world as well as theirs .\u2014 God 's world , I trow ! I will get even with them yet \u2014 ha ! ha ! In the democracy of death we 'll square . I 'll crawl and lie beside a king 's own son ; Kiss a young princess , dead lip to dead lip ; Pull the Pope 's nose ; and kick down Charlemagne , Throne , crown , and all , where the old idiot sprawls , Safe as he thinks , rotting in royal state ! \u201d And then he laughed and gibbered , as if drunk With some infernal ecstasy .", "Sad again ! Where has the rapture gone of yesterday ?", "Thus ever up and down ! Arouse yourself ,", "Balance your mind more evenly , and hunt", "For honey in the wormwood .", "Not lightly even . I think her heart as virgin as her hand .", "Of what ?", "Grammercy ! Lanciotto , are you sane ? You boasted yesterday \u2014", "Pshaw ! she marries you :", "\u2018 Twere proof enough for me .", "Me , Lanciotto , me ! For mercy 's sake ,", "Blot out such thoughts \u2014 they madden me ! What , love \u2014", "She love \u2014 yet marry you !", "You have such wild conjectures !", "O ! good heavens , forbear !", "The picture which you draw ,", "Wronging yourself by horrid images .", "You love her , Lanciotto !", "O ! Heaven , that I must bear this ! Yes , and more ,\u2014", "More torture than I dare to think upon ,", "Spreads out before me with the coming years ,", "And holds a record blotted with my tears ,", "As that which I must suffer !", "O ! torture , torture !", "Conquer for yourself . Two captains share one honour : keep it all . What if I ask to share the spoils ?", "The bridegroom waits .", "Sister !", "You shall be obeyed .", "Too well !", "\u2018 Tis a nice difference .", "I do .", "I await you , lady .", "Lady , I do not understand this scorn .", "I came , as is my duty , to escort", "My brother 's bride to him . When next you 're called ,", "I 'll send a lackey .", "With reason : I would not appear to you", "Low or contemptible .", "Lady , I 'll not be catechized .", "No ! if you press me further , I will say", "A word to madden you .\u2014 Stand still ! You stray", "Around the margin of a precipice .", "I know what pleasure \u2018 tis to pluck the flowers", "That hang above destruction , and to gaze", "Into the dread abyss , to see such things", "As may be safely seen . Tis perilous :", "The eye grows dizzy as we gaze below ,", "And a wild wish possesses us to spring", "Into the vacant air . Beware , beware !", "Lest this unholy fascination grow", "Too strong to conquer !", "Lady , come !", "O ! no ; I would be kind .", "But now , while reason over-rides my heart ,", "And seeming anger plays its braggart part \u2014", "In heaven 's name , come !", "It is .", "Sister !", "I cannot .", "Nothing .", "Not one .", "Nothing .", "Nothing .", "Never .", "Nothing that concerns", "Your happiness , Lanciotto . If I did ,", "Would I not tell unquestioned ?", "I have .", "Brother !\u2014", "Lanciotto ,", "This is sheer frenzy . Join your bride .", "Lanciotto , this is folly . Let me take", "Your usual place of honour .", "He is gone !", "Francesca !", "Francesca !", "Our poem waits . I have been reading while you talked with Ritta . How did you get her off ?", "I hate the girl :", "She seems to stand between me and the light .", "And now for the romance . Where left we off ?", "Here it is .", "\u201c So sat", "Guenevra and Sir Lancelot \u201d \u2014 \u2018 Twere well", "To follow them in that .", "My dagger frets me ; let me take it off .", "In thoughts of love , we 'll lay our weapons by .", "Draw closer : I am weak in voice to-day .", "\u201c So sat Guenevra and Sir Lancelot ,", "Under the blaze of the descending sun ,", "But all his cloudy splendours were forgot .", "Each bore a thought , the only secret one ,", "Which each had hidden from the other 's heart ,", "Both with sweet mystery well-nigh overrun .", "Anon , Sir Lancelot , with gentle start ,", "Put by the ripples of her golden hair ,", "Gazing upon her with his lips apart .", "He marvelled human thing could be so fair ;", "Essayed to speak ; but in the very deed ,", "His words expired of self-betrayed despair .", "Little she helped him , at his direst need ,", "Roving her eyes o'er hill , and wood , and sky ,", "Peering intently at the meanest weed ;", "Ay , doing aught but look in Lancelot 's eye .", "Then , with the small pique of her velvet shoe ,", "Uprooted she each herb that blossomed nigh ;", "Or strange wild figures in the dust she drew ;", "Until she felt Sir Lancelot 's arm around", "Her waist , upon her cheek his breath like dew .", "While through his fingers timidly he wound", "Her shining locks ; and , haply , when he brushed", "Her ivory skin , Guenevra nearly swound :", "For where he touched , the quivering surface blushed ,", "Firing her blood with most contagious heat ,", "Till brow , cheek , neck , and bosom , all were flushed .", "Each heart was listening to the other beat .", "As twin-born lilies on one golden stalk ,", "Drooping with Summer , in warm languor meet ,", "So met their faces . Down the forest walk", "Sir Lancelot looked \u2014 he looked , east , west , north , south \u2014", "No soul was nigh , his dearest wish to balk :", "She smiled ; he kissed her full upon the mouth . \u201d", "I 'll read no more !", "I am mad !", "The torture of unnumbered hours is o'er ,", "The straining cord has broken , and my heart", "Riots in free delirium ! O , Heaven !", "I struggled with it , but it mastered me !", "I fought against it , but it beat me down !", "I prayed , I wept , but Heaven was deaf to me ;", "And every tear rolled backward on my heart ,", "To blight and poison !", "The love ? No , no ! I 'd dare it all again ,", "Its direst agonies and meanest fears ,", "For that one kiss . Away with fond remorse !", "Here , on the brink of ruin , we two stand ;", "Lock hands with me , and brave the fearful plunge !", "Thou canst not name a terror so profound", "That I will look or falter from . Be bold !", "I know thy love \u2014 I knew it long ago \u2014", "Trembled and fled from it . But now I clasp", "The peril to my breast , and ask of thee", "A kindred desperation .", "No , darling , no ! You could not bend me back ;", "My course is onward ; but my heart is sick", "With coming fears .", "Thy lips have not", "A sorcery to rouse me as this spell .", "Give , give forever !", "Have we not touched the height of human bliss ?", "And if the sharp rebound may hurl us back", "Among the prostrate , did we not soar once ?\u2014", "Taste heavenly nectar , banquet with the gods", "On high Olympus ? If they cast us , now ,", "Amid the furies , shall we not go down", "With rich ambrosia clinging to our lips ,", "And richer memories settled in our hearts ?", "Francesca .", "The sun is sinking low", "Upon the ashes of his fading pyre ,", "And gray possesses the eternal blue ;", "The evening star is stealing after him ,", "Fixed , like a beacon , on the prow of night ;", "The world is shutting up its heavy eye", "Upon the stir and bustle of to-day ;\u2014", "On what shall it awake ?", "Thou art a siren . Sing , forever sing ;", "Hearing thy voice , I cannot tell what fate", "Thou hast provided when the song is o'er ;\u2014", "But I will venture it .", "I 've sworn it .", "What couldst thou ask for that I have not given ?", "With love I gave thee manly probity ,", "Innocence , honour , self-respect , and peace .", "Lanciotto will return , and how shall I \u2014", "O ! shame , to think of it !\u2014 how shall I look", "My brother in the face ? take his frank hand ?", "Return his tender glances ? I should blaze", "With guilty blushes .", "Love thee ! Standing here ,", "With countless miseries upon my head ,", "I say , my love for thee grows day by day .", "It palters with my conscience , blurs my thoughts", "Of duty , and confuses my ideas", "Of right and wrong . Ere long , it will persuade", "My shaking manhood that all this is just .", "Die ,\u2014 \u2018 twere best ;", "Tis the last desperate comfort of our sin .", "And so would I , with joy ;", "But crime has made a craven of me . O !", "For some good cause to perish in ! Something", "A man might die for , looking in God 's face ;", "Not slinking out of life with guilt like mine", "Piled on the shoulders of a suicide !", "I care not ; anywhere", "Out of this Rimini . The very things", "That made the pleasures of my innocence", "Have turned against me . There is not a tree ,", "Nor house , nor church , nor monument , whose face", "Took hold upon my thoughts , that does not frown", "Balefully on me . From their marble tombs", "My ancestors scowl at me ; and the night", "Thickens to hear their hisses . I would pray ,", "But heaven jeers at it . Turn where'er I will ,", "A curse pursues me .", "But my gentleness", "Seems to reproach me ; and , instead of joy ,", "It whispers horror !", "I must go .", "I must go .", "Loose thy hold ! \u2018 Tis for thy sake , and Lanciotto 's ; I Am as a cipher in the reckoning . I have resolved . Thou canst but stretch the time . Keep me to-day , and I will fly to-morrow \u2014 Steal from thee like a thief .", "Lo ! Heaven is just !", "Peace , Francesca , peace !", "Yes , I am . But she", "Has been betrayed ; so she is innocent .", "Her father tampered with her . I \u2014", "Lanciotto , shut thy ears ;", "She would deceive thee .", "Yes .", "I dare not .", "Death .", "It is false !", "If you received my dagger from his hand ,", "He stole it .", "No ; enough !", "I will not load my groaning spirit more ;", "A lie would crush it .", "Hold , homicide !", "Live happily , after a deed like this !", "Away ! thou'rt frantic . I will never lift", "This wicked hand against thee .", "And more :", "Thou canst not offer more than I will bear .", "I am .", "Remorseless man , dare you do this ,", "And hope to live ? Die , murderer !", "I cannot .", "O , heaven !", "O ! Lanciotto , hold ! Hold , for thy sake ! Thou wilt repent this deed .", "Hark ! she calls . I pray thee , brother , help me to her side .", "God bless thee !", "No .", "But for thee ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 98, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["There 's that lazy man of mine , singing , while I work .", "Dodolphe !\u2014 Dodolphe Potin !", "I want you !", "Hurry up !\u2014 Do you hear ?", "Fool ! Justice is blind , not deaf .", "Bah !", "Take that rubbish to the cellar .", "Aye \u2014 and the fire that warms a man 's home may burn his house down !\u2014 Mark you that , Citizen .", "I mean , Citizen Potin , that in days of revolution , husbands are easily suppressed .", "Bah ! Better death , than a life of terror like that in France to-day .", "Never !\u2014 while I have a truth to tell .", "Aye , for in these noble days of liberty we are only free to lie .", "What now ?", "The dumb girl of the guillotine !", "Except to stand by the scaffold , and count the heads that fall from the guillotine .", "Aye , even those who think themselves too great to believe in God , have faith in the fatal power of this pale child . My God ! look there !", "Aye !\u2014 Go .\u2014 Hurry Mademoiselle here , before she has a chance to heed this messenger of misery .", "Goddess of Reason !\u2014 A fine deity for days as mad as these :Ah , Citizen Kauvar !\u2014 Patriot !\u2014 Revolutionist !\u2014 Bold son of Liberty , as you are !\u2014 You 'd love this age of terror less if it brought death to Mademoiselle Diane .\u2014 Yes , I 've watched ye , sturdy citizen , and in spite of your stern devotion to the Republic , I suspect you carry another idol in your heart .", "Ah ! Here she comes \u2014 Diane Leblanc ,\u2014 a ray of sunlight in this prison men call Paris .", "What \u2014 flowers ?", "No . He went away an hour ago .", "Not yet ! He 's been away all night .", "Yes , what happens every day . Innocence is slaughtered !", "Has doubtless fought all night to stop the useless flow of noble blood .", "Ah ! He was one of the fiercest champions of Freedom when the people first arose ; but now I think he 'd give his life to still the tempest he did so much to rouse .", "One look \u2014 one smile of yours will banish every thought of sorrow from his tired brain .", "What 's that ?", "All right , Citizen .", "Do n't fear ! I 'll stand good guard .", "Take care !\u2014 A committee from the Section is on its way upstairs .", "No , not strange ! Treachery is at every door . They are coming . Quick !\u2014 To your work !Come in !", "He 's not at home .", "Oh , the impudence of these men ! How my nails ache to get at their ugly faces !How often have I told you that this apartment is not a public office ?", "Bah ! Religion is abolished , and angels are suppressed ! I wish friends were too !", "What know you of a woman 's tongue ?", "Come , Citizen , there 's no use waiting . President Kauvar do n't do business at home ; you 've no rights here .", "Well , then , dare my dusting .", "Aye \u2014 tools so sharp they often cut the fools that use them . Mark that .", "I 'll keep out all I can .", "What 's the matter ?", "Ha ! It 's you , is it ?", "Where 's the Duke ?", "And I believe \u2018 twas you betrayed him !", "Well said ! Short and sharp , like the truth .Bravo !\u2014 But one moment ! Do you know who did betray him ?You do know ! I can see by the wag of your head you know , and I mean to make you tell me !\u2014 But I can n't stop now ; I 'm here to see Mam'selle Diane ; where is she ?", "I 'll be back soon , and then I 'll give you a piece of my mind .", "Woe to you when next we meet !", "Hold , Citizen Potin !", "Dodolphe \u2014 you 're up to mischief ! Speak out \u2014 what 's up ?", "Do n't lamb me , sir !", "What 's this mean ?", "Porpoise !", "Culottes !", "Ye gods , what 's this ?", "By heaven ! A woman 's hose !", "What does this mean ?", "You \u2014 a soldier ?", "Embrace ye ?", "Let Victory try it if she dare !", "We shall meet again , my dear .", "What word can an honest woman speak that you would care to hear ?", "Listen ! Go to them \u2014 they 'll give you justice , aye , and glory , for you betrayed the innocent \u2014 to glut their appetite for blood .", "Is it a lie that you signed the warrant for the Duke 's arrest ?", "I know your hand too well to be deceived . I 've seen the warrant ; it bears your name , and written by yourself .", "I wish I could believe you .", "No ; in looks you 're lucky !", "Why ask that ?", "Your wife ?", "In these days the fairest faces mask the foulest souls ! Looks and words prove nothing ! Evidence alone will clear you of this crime .", "Then get it quickly before it is too late .", "There !\u2014 Praying for the father she believes you betrayed .", "Then love is lunacy !", "She will not come .", "You shall see .JEAN LITAIS enters , watching PAUL intently .", "Here , child , be seated , and taste comfort once again .", "Now try to smile a bit .", "Monsieur , your daughter desires a word with you \u2014", "alone .", "I am Citizeness Nanette Potin .", "What are you going to do ?", "Help !", "Dodolphe !", "Yes , while he himself was all the time a Marquis in disguise ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 99, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now , that 's what I call the real thing \u2014 the clean grit . The position of that bokeyis such , that none but the purest taste could conceive ,\u2014 those camellias , chastity itself . A fine combination ! Cutting the turnips and carrots to make ornaments for the cold tongue ; chusing the bokies at Covent Garden Market ; mildly tempering the brilliant light of wax and gas with the soothing hue of flowers . I have brought all my arts to bear upon this sworry . The party who is a greengrocer in the morning , is the only perfect waiter in the evening .", "Yes , Miss Agatha ; without exaggeration I may venture to say , we are lit up .", "No , Miss Agatha , he has not \u2014 since he left the house at two in the afternoon \u2014 I have n't the slightest notion where he is gone .", "No \u2014 though I did my best to ascertain ;\u2014 \u201c Are you going far , sir ? \u201d says I . He stares , and he makes me no answer . \u201c Shall you be long , sir ? \u201d says I . He stares again , and again he makes no answer . \u201c Because sir , \u201d says I , \u201c there 's the party this evening ! \u201d \u201c I know that , better than you do , \u201d says he , \u201c for I shall have to pay for it ! \u201d \u2014 just like him , Miss Agatha \u2014 ha , ha , ha !", "I hope you admire the bokies , Miss Agatha ; them camellias are quite the thing , I flatter myself ;\u2014 all my taste \u2014 ha ! ha ! You 'll be called to-morrow the Lady of the Camellias !", "Now , I thought I had said something very pretty \u2014 but she do n't look pleased .", "On the contrary , Miss Agatha \u2014 I 'm sorry to differ from you , but I rather think one has arrived , and is coffee-ing in the back parlor ;\u2014 here he is , too !", "Watch in an umbrella \u2014 come , that 's not bad !\u2014 ho , ho , ho !", "Which it is capital !\u2014 just like you , sir .", "Thwaites , at your service , sir . Cards ai n't common in our business ; but my address is \u2014\u2014", "And I 'll listen if you talk for an hour . If I take up the newspaper , is it to read about politics ? No ! About plays ?\u2014 No , I should rather think not ! About pictures ? bother , no ! I look to see if Mr. Whitewash has been saying something for some poor devil in the Central Criminal Court . That 's my intellectual treat !", "That 's the man of money . Give me the man of mind !", "Mr. Pawkins !", "Please , sir , the parties which is in t'other room can n't get on without you .", "At your service , sir .", "Yes , sir : I do n't think him much \u2018 count , sir .", "No !", "Yes , sir !", "The deuce !", "Ca n't be done , sir ; can n't be done . Gov'ner orders the contrary .", "Mr. Ferguson .", "So , Mr. Pawkins , it was Mrs. Ferguson 's Jemima , was it ? Are you aware , sir , that I pay my attentions in that quarter ? Are you aware that I 'm Thwaites ?", "Please , sir , a knowin \u2019 party , as calls himself your clerk , has brought this ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 100, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Why so : now haue I done a good daies work .", "You Peeres , continue this vnited League :", "I , euery day expect an Embassage", "From my Redeemer , to redeeme me hence .", "And more to peace my soule shall part to heauen ,", "Since I haue made my Friends at peace on earth .", "Dorset and Riuers , take each others hand ,", "Dissemble not your hatred , Sweare your loue", "Take heed you dally not before your King ,", "Lest he that is the supreme King of Kings", "Confound your hidden falshood , and award", "Either of you to be the others end", "Dorset , imbrace him :", "Hastings , loue Lord Marquesse", "Now Princely Buckingham , seale y this league", "With thy embracements to my wiues Allies ,", "And make me happy in your vnity", "A pleasing Cordiall , Princely Buckingham", "Is this thy Vow , vnto my sickely heart :", "There wanteth now our Brother Gloster heere ,", "To make the blessed period of this peace", "Happy indeed , as we haue spent the day :", "Gloster , we haue done deeds of Charity ,", "Made peace of enmity , faire loue of hate ,", "Betweene these swelling wrong incensed Peeres", "Who knowes not he is dead ?", "Who knowes he is ?", "Qu . All-seeing heauen , what a world is this ?", "Buc . Looke I so pale Lord Dorset , as the rest ?", "Dor . I my good Lord , and no man in the presence ,", "But his red colour hath forsooke his cheekes", "Is Clarence dead ? The Order was reuerst", "I prethee peace , my soule is full of sorrow", "Then say at once , what is it thou requests", "Haue I a tongue to doome my Brothers death ?", "And shall that tongue giue pardon to a slaue ?", "My Brother kill 'd no man , his fault was Thought ,", "And yet his punishment was bitter death .", "Who sued to me for him ? Who", "Kneel 'd and my feet , and bid me be aduis 'd ?", "Who spoke of Brother-hood ? who spoke of loue ?", "Who told me how the poore soule did forsake", "The mighty Warwicke , and did fight for me ?", "Who told me in the field at Tewkesbury ,", "When Oxford had me downe , he rescued me :", "And said deare Brother liue , and be a King ?", "Who told me , when we both lay in the Field ,", "Frozen", "to death , how he did lap me", "Euen in his Garments , and did giue himselfe", "to the numbe cold night ?", "All this from my Remembrance , brutish wrath", "Sinfully pluckt , and not a man of you", "Had so much grace to put it in my minde .", "But when your Carters , or your wayting Vassalls", "Haue done a drunken Slaughter , and defac 'd", "The precious Image of our deere Redeemer ,", "You straight are on your knees for Pardon , pardon ,", "And I", "must grant it you .", "But for my Brother , not a man would speake ,", "Nor I", "speake vnto my selfe", "For him poore Soule . The proudest of you all ,", "Haue bin beholding to him in his life :", "Yet none of you , would once begge for his life .", "O God ! I feare thy iustice will take hold", "On me , and you ; and mine , and yours for this .", "Come Hastings helpe me to my Closset .", "Ah poore Clarence .", "I will not sup to night ,", "Giue me some Inke and Paper :", "What , is my Beauer easier then it was ?", "And all my Armour laid into my Tent ?", "Cat . It is my Liege : and all things are in readinesse", "So , I am satisfied : Giue me a Bowle of Wine ,", "I haue not that Alacrity of Spirit ,", "Nor cheere of Minde that I was wont to haue .", "Set it downe . Is Inke and Paper ready ?", "Rat . It is my Lord", "Who 's there ?", "Rat . Ratcliffe , my Lord , \u2018 tis I : the early Village Cock", "Hath twice done salutation to the Morne ,", "Your Friends are vp , and buckle on their Armour", "O Ratcliffe , I feare , I feare", "By the Apostle Paul , shadowes to night", "Haue stroke more terror to the soule of Richard ,", "Then can the substance of ten thousand Souldiers", "Armed in proofe , and led by shallow Richmond .", "\u2018 Tis not yet neere day . Come go with me ,", "Vnder our Tents Ile play the Ease-dropper ,", "To heare if any meane to shrinke from me .", "He said the truth : and what said Surrey then ? Rat . He smil 'd and said , the better for our purpose", "He was in the right , and so indeed it is . Tell the clocke there . Clocke strikes . Giue me a Kalender : Who saw the Sunne to day ? Rat . Not I my Lord", "Then he disdaines to shine : for by the Booke", "He should haue brau 'd the East an houre ago ,", "A blacke day will it be to somebody . Ratcliffe", "The Sun will not be seene to day ,", "The sky doth frowne , and lowre vpon our Army .", "I would these dewy teares were from the ground .", "Not shine to day ? Why , what is that to me", "More then to Richmond ? For the selfe-same Heauen", "That frownes on me , lookes sadly vpon him .", "Enter Norfolke .", "Come , bustle , bustle . Caparison my horse .", "Call vp Lord Stanley , bid him bring his power ,", "I will leade forth my Soldiers to the plaine ,", "And thus my Battell shal be ordred .", "My Foreward shall be drawne in length ,", "Consisting equally of Horse and Foot :", "Our Archers shall be placed in the mid'st ;", "Iohn Duke of Norfolke , Thomas Earle of Surrey ,", "Shall haue the leading of the Foot and Horse .", "They thus directed , we will follow", "In the maine Battell , whose puissance on either side", "Shall be well-winged with our cheefest Horse :", "This , and Saint George to boote .", "What think'st thou Norfolke", "A thing deuised by the Enemy .", "Go Gentlemen , euery man to his Charge ,", "Let not our babling Dreames affright our soules :", "For Conscience is a word that Cowards vse ,", "Deuis 'd at first to keepe the strong in awe ,", "Our strong armes be our Conscience , Swords our Law .", "March on , ioyne brauely , let vs too't pell mell ,", "If not to heauen , then hand in hand to Hell .", "What shall I say more then I haue inferr 'd ?", "Remember whom you are to cope withall ,", "A sort of Vagabonds , Rascals , and Run-awayes ,", "A scum of Brittaines , and base Lackey Pezants ,", "Whom their o'rehYpppHeNcloyed Country vomits forth", "To desperate Aduentures , and assur 'd Destruction .", "You sleeping safe , they bring you to vnrest :", "You hauing Lands , and blest with beauteous wiues ,", "They would restraine the one , distaine the other ,", "And who doth leade them , but a paltry Fellow ?", "Long kept in Britaine at our Mothers cost ,", "A Milke-sop , one that neuer in his life", "Felt so much cold , as ouer shooes in Snow :", "Let 's whip these straglers o 're the Seas againe ,", "Lash hence these ouer-weening Ragges of France ,", "These famish 'd Beggers , weary of their liues ,", "Who", "For want of meanes", "had hang 'd themselues .", "If we be conquered , let men conquer vs ,", "And not these bastard Britaines , whom our Fathers", "Haue in their owne Land beaten , bobb 'd , and thump 'd ,", "And on Record , left them the heires of shame .", "Shall these enioy our Lands ? lye with our Wiues ?", "Rauish our daughters ?", "Drum afarre off", "Hearke , I heare their Drumme ,", "Right Gentlemen of England , fight boldly yeomen ,", "Draw Archers draw your Arrowes to the head ,", "Spurre your proud Horses hard , and ride in blood ,", "Amaze the welkin with your broken staues .", "Enter a Messenger .", "What sayes Lord Stanley , will he bring his power ?", "Mes . My Lord , he doth deny to come", "Off with his sonne Georges head", "A thousand hearts are great within my bosom .", "Aduance our Standards , set vpon our Foes ,", "Our Ancient word of Courage , faire S", "George", "Inspire vs with the spleene of fiery Dragons :", "Vpon them , Victorie sits on our helpes .", "Alarum , excursions . Enter Catesby ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 101, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Mery .+ Nowe say thys againe : he hath somewhat to dooing", "Which followeth the trace of one that is wowing ,", "Specially that hath no more wit in his hedde ,", "Than my cousin Roister Doister withall is ledde .", "I am sent in all haste to espie and to marke", "How our letters and tokens are likely to warke .", "Maister Roister Doister must haue aunswere in haste", "For he loueth not to spende much labour in waste .", "Nowe as for Christian Custance by this light ,", "Though she had not hir trouth to Gawin Goodluck plight ,", "Yet rather than with such a loutishe dolte to marie ,", "I dare say woulde lyue a poore lyfe solitarie ,", "But fayne would I speake with Custance if I wist how", "To laugh at the matter , yond commeth one forth now .", "Mery .+ What is he , whome this little mouse doth so threaten ?", "Mery .+ I will call hir : Maide with whome are ye so hastie ?", "Mery .+ I knowe where she is : Dobinet hath wrought some wile .", "Mery .+ We shall haue sport anone : I like this very well . And dwell ye here with mistresse Custance faire maide ?", "Mery .+ A little message vnto hir by worde of mouth .", "Mery .+ Then help me to speke with hir .", "Mery .+ Dame Custance god ye saue .", "Mery .+ I am come to you a little matter to breake .", "Mery .+ Howe feele ye your selfe affected here of late ?", "Mery .+ Concerning mariage . Doth not loue lade you ?", "Mery .+ Doe ye feele no pangues of dotage ? aunswere me right .", "Mery .+ Oh Iesus , will ye see", "What dissemblyng creatures these same women be ?", "The gentleman ye wote of , whome ye doe so loue ,", "That ye woulde fayne marrie him , yf ye durst it moue ,", "Emong other riche widowes , which are of him glad ,", "Lest ye for lesing of him perchaunce might runne mad ,", "Is nowe contented that vpon your sute making ,", "Ye be as one in election of taking .", "Mery .+ Yea and he is as louing a worme againe as a doue .", "Een of very pitie he is willyng you to take ,", "Bicause ye shall not destroy your selfe for his sake .", "Mery .+ Is it not trowe ye ? If ye haue the grace now to offer your self , ye speede .", "Mery .+ Lo where ye be againe ,", "As though ye knewe him not .", "Mery .+ Nay sure , the partie is in good knacking earnest ,", "And haue you he will", "and haue you he must .", "Mery .+ Mary so thinketh he , vnto him alone .", "Mery .+ Ye knowe him not you by his letter and token .", "Mery .+ Ye a woman ? and your letter so long vnredde .", "Mery .+ Ah well I say .", "Mery .+ Will ye neuer leaue this dissimulation ? Ye know hym not .", "Mery .+ Then will he haue you if he may , so mote I thriue ,", "And he biddeth you sende him worde by me ,", "That ye humbly beseech him , ye may his wife be ,", "And that there shall be no let in you nor mistrust ,", "But to be wedded on sunday next if he lust ,", "And biddeth you to looke for him .", "Mery .+ When he commeth , aske hym whether he did or no ?", "Mery .+ He hath in his head .", "Mery .+ Well dame Custance , if he heare you thus play choploge .", "Mery .+ Play the deuill in the horologe .", "Mery .+ Shall I tell hym what ye say ?", "Mery .+ Then let me alone we will laugh well ye shall see ,", "It will not be long ere he will hither resorte .", "Mery .+ Nowe that the whole answere in my deuise doth rest ,", "I shall paint out our wower in colours of the best .", "And all that I say shall be on Custances mouth ,", "She is author of all that I shall speake forsoth .", "But yond commeth Roister Doister nowe in a traunce .", "Mery .+ I will not see him , but giue him a iutte in deede . I crie your mastershyp mercie .", "Mery .+ As fast as I could runne sir in poste against you . But why speake ye so faintly , or why are ye so sad ?", "Mery .+ Yea that I haue .", "Mery .+ No so God me saue .", "Mery .+ Nay a sharp answer .", "Mery .+ Ye shall not", "by hir will marry hir cat .", "Ye are such a calfe , such an asse , such a blocke ,", "Such a lilburne , such a hoball , such a lobcocke ,", "And bicause ye shoulde come to hir at no season ,", "She despised your maship out of all reason .", "Bawawe what ye say", "of such a ientman ,", "Nay I feare him not", "doe the best he can .", "He vaunteth him selfe for a man of prowesse greate ,", "Where as a good gander I dare say may him beate .", "And where he is louted and laughed to skorne ,", "For the veriest dolte that euer was borne ,", "And veriest lubber , slouen and beast ,", "Liuing in this worlde from the west to the east :", "Yet of himselfe hath he suche opinion ,", "That in all the worlde is not the like minion .", "He thinketh eche woman to be brought in dotage", "With the onely sight of his goodly personage :", "Yet none that will haue hym : we do hym loute and flocke ,", "And make him among vs , our common sporting stocke ,", "And so would I now", "saue onely bicause ,", "Better nay", "I lust not medle with dawes .", "Ye are happy", "that ye are a woman ,", "This would cost you your life in case ye were a man .", "Mery .+ No but that ye wowe hir to haue hir to your wife ,", "But I coulde not stoppe hir mouth .", "Mery .+ Be of good cheere man , and let the worlde passe .", "Mery .+ Ye shall haue choise of a thousande as good as shee ,", "And ye must pardon hir , it is for lacke of witte .", "Mery .+ In faith I can not tell .", "Mery .+ Then shall I bidde toll the bell ?", "Mery .+ God haue mercie on your soule , ah good gentleman ,", "That er ye shuld th", "s dye for an vnkinde woman .", "Will ye drinke once ere ye goe .", "Mery .+ How feele your soule to God .", "Mery .+ And shall we hence streight ?", "Mery .+ Placebo dilexi .", "Maister Doister Doister will streight go home and die . vt infra . *", "Mery .+ Holde your peace for shame sir , a dead man may not speake . Nequando : What mourners and what torches shall we haue ?", "Mery .+ Dirige . He will go darklyng to his graue ,", "Neque , lux , neque crux , neque mourners , neque clinke ,", "He will steale to heauen , vnknowing to God I thinke .", "A porta inferi , who shall your goodes possesse ?", "Mery .+ Requiem \u00e6ternam . Now God reward your mastershyp .", "And I will crie halfepenie doale for your worshyp .", "Come forth sirs , heare the dolefull newes I shall you tell .", "Our good maister here will no longer with vs dwell ,", "But in spite of Custance , which hath hym weried ,", "Let vs see his mashyp solemnely buried .", "And while some piece of his soule is yet hym within ,", "Some part of his funeralls let vs here begin .", "Audiui vocem , All men take heede by this one gentleman ,", "Howe you sette your loue vpon an vnkinde woman .", "For these women be all such madde pieuishe elues ,", "They will not be wonne except it please them selues .", "But in fayth Custance if euer ye come in hell ,", "Maister Roister Doister shall serue you as well .", "And will ye needes go from vs thus in very deede ?", "Mery .+ Now Iesus Christ be your speede .", "Good night Roger olde knaue , farewell Roger olde knaue ,", "Good night Roger olde knaue , knaue knap . vt infra . **", "Pray for the late maister Roister Doisters soule ,", "And come forth parish Clarke , let the passing bell toll .", "Pray for your mayster sirs , and for hym ring a peale .", "He was your right good maister while he was in heale .", "Qui Lazarum .", "Mery .+ Dead men go not so fast In Paradisum .", "Mery .+ Soft , heare what I haue cast", "Mery .+ Whough , wellaway .", "Ye may tarie one houre , and heare what I shall say ,", "Ye were best sir for a while to reuiue againe ,", "And quite them er ye go .", "Mery .+ Ye plain .", "Mery .+ I will rubbe your temples , and fette you againe at last .", "Mery .+ Yes for twentie pounde .", "Mery .+ Fet you again out of your sound", "By this crosse ye were nigh gone in deede , I might feele", "Your soule departing within an inche of your heele .", "Now folow my counsell .", "Mery .+ If I wer you ,", "Custance should eft seeke to me , ere I woulde bowe .", "Mery .+ Then shall ye reuiue againe for an houre or two .", "Mery .+ Good happe is not hastie : yet in space com", "th grace ,", "To speake with Custance your selfe shoulde be very well ,", "What good therof may come , nor I , nor you can tell .", "But now the matter standeth vpon your mariage ,", "Ye must now take vnto you a lustie courage .", "Ye may not speake with a faint heart to Custance ,", "But with a lusty breast and countenance ,", "That she may knowe she hath to answere to a man .", "Mery .+ Then bicause ye must Custance face to face wowe ,", "Let vs see how to behaue your selfe ye can doe .", "Ye must haue a portely bragge after your estate .", "Mery .+ Well done , so loe , vp man with your head and chin ,", "Vp with that snoute man : so loe , nowe ye begin ,", "So , that is somewhat like , but prankie cote , nay whan ,", "That is a lustie brute , handes vnder your side man :", "So loe , now is it euen as it should bee ,", "That is somewhat like , for a man of your degree .", "Then must ye stately goe , ietting vp and downe ,", "Tut , can ye no better shake the taile of your gowne ?", "There loe , suche a lustie bragge it is ye must make .", "Mery .+ Else were I much to blame , I thanke your mastershyp .", "The lorde one day all to begrime you with worshyp ,", "Backe sir sauce , let gentlefolkes haue elbowe roome ,", "Voyde sirs , see ye not maister Roister Doister come ?", "Make place my maisters .", "Mery .+ Back al rude loutes .", "Mery .+ I crie your maship mercy", "Hoighdagh , if faire fine mistresse Custance sawe you now ,", "Ralph Royster Doister were hir owne I warrant you .", "Mery .+ Your good mastershyps", "Maistershyp , were hir owne Mistreshyps mistreshyps ,", "Ye were take vp for haukes , ye were gone , ye were gone ,", "But now one other thing more yet I thinke vpon .", "Mery .+ A wower be he neuer so poore", "Must play and sing before his bestbeloues doore ,", "How much more than you ?", "Mery .+ And perchaunce that woulde make hir the sooner come out .", "Mery .+ I wyll be here with them ere ye can say trey ace . Exeat .", "Mery .+ There hath grown no grasse on my heele since I went hence ,", "Lo here haue I brought that shall make you pastance .", "Mery .+ Lo where she commeth , some countenaunce to hir make", "And ye shall heare me be plaine with hir for your sake .", "Mery .+ May not folks be honest , pray you , though they be pore ?", "Mery .+ Looke partly towarde hir , and drawe a little nere .", "Mery .+ Why may not we be here ?", "Nay and ye will haze , haze : otherwise I tell you plaine ,", "And ye will not haze , then giue vs our geare againe .", "Mery .+ Ye are to tender hearted : shall she make vs dawes ? Nay dame , I will be plaine with you in my friends cause .", "Mery .+ And where will ye finde one which can doe that he can ?", "Now thys man towarde you being so kinde ,", "You not to make him an answere somewhat to his minde .", "Mery .+ And I reported it .", "Mery .+ Was I not metely plaine ?", "Mery .+ But I would not tell all , for faith if I had", "With you dame Custance ere this houre it had been bad ,", "And not without cause : for this goodly personage ,", "Ment no lesse than to ioyne with you in mariage .", "Mery .+ Ye know not where your preferment lieth I see ,", "He sending you such a token , ring and letter .", "Mery .+ Let vs see your letter .", "Mery .+ To mine owne deare coney birde , swete heart , and pigsny", "Good Mistresse Custance present these by and by ,", "Of this superscription do ye blame the stile ?", "Mery .+ Sweete mistresse where as I loue you nothing at all ,", "Regarding your substance and richesse chiefe of all ,", "For your personage , beautie , demeanour and wit ,", "I commende me vnto you neuer a whit .", "Sorie to heare report of your good welfare .", "For", "suche your conditions are ,", "That ye be worthie fauour of no liuing man ,", "To be abhorred of euery honest man .", "To be taken for a woman enclined to vice .", "Nothing at all to Vertue gyuing hir due price .", "Whersore concerning mariage , ye are thought", "Suche a fine Paragon , as nere honest man bought .", "And nowe by these presentes I do you aduertise", "That I am minded to marrie you in no wise .", "For your goodes and substance , I coulde bee content", "To take you as ye are . If ye mynde to bee my wyfe ,", "Ye shall be assured for the tyme of my lyfe ,", "I will keepe ye ryght well , from good rayment and fare ,", "Ye shall not be kepte but in sorowe and care .", "Ye shall in no wyse lyue at your owne libertie ,", "Doe and say what ye lust , ye shall neuer please me ,", "But when ye are mery , I will be all sadde ,", "When ye are sory , I will be very gladde .", "When ye seeke your heartes ease , I will be vnkinde ,", "At no tyme , in me shall ye muche gentlenesse finde .", "But all things contrary to your will and minde ,", "Shall be done : otherwise I wyll not be behinde", "To speake . And as for all them that woulde do you wrong", "I will so helpe and mainteyne , ye shall not lyue long .", "Nor any foolishe dolte , shall cumbre you but I .", "Thus good mistresse Custance , the lorde you saue and kepe ,", "From me Roister Doister , whether I wake or slepe .", "Who fauoureth you no lesse ,", "Than this letter purporteth , which ye haue vnfolde .", "Mery .+ Fie you are fowle to blame this is your owne hand .", "Mery .+ Ah that ye would in a letter shew such despite .", "Mery .+ Why ye made it your selfe ye tolde me by this light .", "Mery .+ Who can blame this woman to fume and frette and rage ?", "Tut , tut , your selfe nowe haue marde your owne marriage .", "Well , yet mistresse Custance , if ye can this remitte ,", "This gentleman other wise may your loue requitte .", "Mery .+ What weepe ? fye for shame , and blubber ? for manhods sake ,", "Neuer lette your foe so muche pleasure of you take .", "Rather play the mans parte , and doe loue refraine .", "If she despise you een despise ye hir againe .", "Mery .+ Yea and perchaunce that way ye shall much sooner speede ,", "For one madde propretie these women haue in fey ,", "When ye will , they will not : Will not ye , then will they .", "Ah foolishe woman , ah moste vnluckie Custance ,", "Ah vnfortunate woman , ah pieuishe Custance ,", "Art thou to thine harmes so obstinately bent ,", "That thou canst not see where lieth thine high preferment ?", "Canst thou not lub dis man , which coulde lub dee so well ?", "Art thou so much thine own foe .", "Mery .+ Wel I lament .", "Mery .+ Wherfor ?", "Mery .+ I mourne for an other thing .", "Mery .+ That I am not a woman myselfe for your sake ,", "I would haue you my selfe , and a strawe for yond Gill ,", "And mocke much of you though it were against my will .", "I would not I warrant you , fall in such a rage ,", "As so to refuse suche a goodly personage .", "Mery .+ And I were a woman .", "Mery .+ For though I say it , a goodly person ye bee .", "Mery .+ Yes a goodly man as ere I dyd see .", "Mery .+ By the faith that I owe to God sir , but ye bee . Woulde I might for your sake , spende a thousande pound land .", "Mery .+ Yea : And I were the fairest lady in the shiere ,", "And knewe you as I know you , and see you nowe here .", "Well I say no more .", "Mery .+ But since that can not be , will ye play a wise parte ?", "Mery .+ Refraine from Custance a while now .", "And I warrant hir soone right glad to seeke to you ,", "Ye shall see hir anon come on hir knees creeping ,", "And pray you to be good to hir salte teares weeping .", "Mery .+ In faith then farewel she . Or else if ye be wroth , ye may auenged be .", "Mery .+ Scriblerin deede he is worthy no lesse . I will call hym to you , and ye bidde me doubtlesse .", "Mery .+ Nay , if ye will kyll him , I will not fette him ,", "I will not in so muche extremitie sette him ,", "He may yet amende sir , and be an honest man ,", "Therfore pardon him good soule , as muche as ye can .", "Mery .+ Nay fayth ye shall promise that he shall no harme haue ,", "Else I will not fet him .", "Mery .+ Yea that do hardely .", "Mery .+ I returne , and bring him to you by and by . Ex .", "Mery .+ Nay I woulde I had of my purse payde fortie pens .", "Mery .+ But the ientman had rather spent fiue thousande pounde ,", "For it disgraced him at least fiue tymes so muche .", "Mery .+ Come nowe to hymselfe , and hearke what he will say .", "Mery .+ Why did ye not promise that ye would not him spill ?", "Mery .+ I can not blame him sir , though your blowes wold him greue . For he knoweth present death to ensue of all ye geue .", "Mery .+ I redde it in deede .", "Mery .+ I knocke your costarde if ye offer to strike me .", "Mery .+ Yea and rappe you againe except ye can sit in rest . And I will no longer tarie here me beleue .", "Mery .+ Ye are an other your selfe sir , the lorde vs both saue ,", "Albeit in this matter I must your pardon craue ,", "Alas woulde ye wyshe in me the witte that ye haue ?", "But as for my fault I can quickely amende ,", "I will shewe Custance it was I that did offende .", "Mery .+ But if by no entreatie she will be turned ,", "Then sette lyght by hir and bee as testie as shee ,", "And doe your force vpon hir with extremitie .", "Mery .+ That if force shall neede all may be in a readinesse ,", "And as for thys letter hardely let all go ,", "We wyll know where she refuse you for that or no .", "Mery .+ Nay alas , ye may so feare hir out of hir wit .", "Mery .+ Will ye doe no harme in deede , shall I trust your worde ?", "Mery .+ As perchance shall not chaunce againe in seuen yeare .", "Mery .+ But I woulde not haue you make hir too muche afrayde .", "Mery .+ Nay mistresse Custance , I warrant you , our letter", "Is not as we redde een nowe , but much better ,", "And where ye halfe stomaked this gentleman afore ,", "For this same letter , ye wyll loue hym now therefore ,", "Nor it is not this letter , though ye were a queene ,", "That shoulde breake marriage betweene you twaine I weene .", "Mery .+ And though I haue here his letter of loue with me ,", "Yet his ryng and tokens he sent , keepe safe with ye .", "Mery .+ As long as it will hold .", "Mery .+ Why nowe may ye see what it comth too in the ende ,", "To make a deadly foe of your most louing frende :", "And ywis this letter if ye woulde heare it now .", "Mery .+ In faith would rauishe you .", "Mery .+ As ten yeare . How say ye , wil ye haue him ?", "Mery .+ Wil ye take him ?", "Mery .+ At my word ?", "Mery .+ This one faulte with twaine shall be mended , ye shall see .", "Gentle mistresse Custance now , good mistresse Custance ,", "Honey mistresse Custance now , sweete mistresse Custance ,", "Golden mistresse Custance now , white mistresse Custance ,", "Silken mistresse Custance now , faire mistresse Custance .", "Mery .+ Then I can say no more , to speede we are not like ,", "Except ye rappe out a ragge of your Rhetorike .", "Mery .+ Too hir , that is well sayd .", "Mery .+ Wel sayd yet .", "Mery .+ Wel sir , ye perceiue ,", "For all your kinde offer , she will not you receiue .", "Mery .+ Lo dame , ye may see what an husbande ye haue lost .", "Mery .+ Ah , ye will not beleue how this doth my heart wounde .", "How shoulde a mariage betwene you be towarde ,", "If both parties drawe backe , and become so frowarde .", "Mery .+ Nay for the passion of God sir , do not so .", "Mery .+ Nay for the paishe of God , let me now treate peace ,", "For bloudshed will there be in case this strife increace .", "Ah good dame Custance , take better way with you .", "Mery .+ Yeld in time .", "Mumb .+ And I am here too at length .", "Mumbl .+ I with my distaffe will reache hym one rappe ,", "Mery .+ Custance and Trustie both , I doe you here well finde .", "Mery .+ Nowe for altogether ye must your answere tell . Will ye haue this man , woman ? or else will ye not ? Else will he come neuer bore so brymme nor tost so hot .", "Mery .+ The more fond of you both hardly yat mater gesse .", "Mery .+ Why do ye thinke dame Custance", "That in this wowyng I haue ment ought but pastance ?", "Mery .+ But well might ye iudge I spake it all in mockage ? For why ? Is Roister Doister a fitte husband for you ?", "Mery .+ No to God I vow .", "And dyd not I knowe afore of the insurance", "Betweene Gawyn Goodlucke , and Christian Custance ?", "And dyd not I for the nonce , by my conueyance ,", "Reade his letter in a wrong sense for daliance ?", "That if you coulde haue take it vp at the first bounde ,", "We should therat such a sporte and pastime haue founde ,", "That all the whole towne should haue ben the merier .", "Mery .+ This should both haue made sport , and shewed your honestie", "And Goodlucke I dare sweare , your witte therin would low .", "Mery .+ And nothing yet to late , for when I come to him ,", "Hither will he repaire with a sheepes looke full grim ,", "By plaine force and violence to driue you to yelde .", "Mery .+ Let vs see , be bolde .", "Mery .+ If occasion serue , takyng his parte full brim ,", "I will strike at you , but the rappe shall light on him .", "When we first appeare .", "Mery .+ And I wil set him on . Then will he looke as fierce as a Cotssold lyon .", "Mery .+ That do I very nowe .", "Mery .+ Wel god haue mercy on you . Ex .", "Mery .+ I am loth to tell you .", "Mery .+ Forsooth sir , I haue spoken for you all that I can .", "But if ye winne hir , ye must een play the man ,", "Een to fight it out , ye must a mans heart take .", "Mery .+ By this crosse I haue seene you eate your meate as well ,", "As any that ere I haue seene of or heard tell ,", "A stomacke quod you ? he that will that denie", "I know was neuer at dynner in your companie .", "Mery .+ Nay the stomacke of a horse or a dogge I weene .", "Mery .+ Ten men can scarce match you with a spoone in a pie .", "Mery .+ I neuer sawe your stomacke cloyed yet in my lyfe .", "Mery .+ We shall see how ye will strike nowe being angry .", "Mery .+ Nay then haue at your pate agayne by this day ,", "Mery .+ I can not in fight make to you suche warrantise :", "But as for your foes here let them the bargaine bie .", "Mery .+ If I were as ye be , by gogs deare mother ,", "I woulde not leaue one stone vpon an other .", "Though she woulde redeeme it with twentie thousand poundes .", "Mery .+ Bee not at one with hir vpon any amendes .", "Mery .+ On .", "Mery .+ Forth .", "Mery .+ On .", "Mery .+ That tender heart of yours wyll marre altogether ,", "Thus will ye be turned with waggyng of a fether .", "Mery .+ On forth , while this geare is hot", "Mery .+ What lacke we now ?", "Mery .+ Backe for the pashe of God , backe sirs , backe againe . What is the great mater ?", "Mery .+ Well remembred of a captaine by sainct Marie .", "Mery .+ Let vs haue it then .", "Mery .+ Then wote not I when . But what is it ?", "Mery .+ Tut so will ye be , when ye haue studied a weke . But tell me what it is ?", "Mery .+ The kitchen collocauit , the best hennes to grece ,", "Runne , fet it Dobinet , and come at once withall ,", "And bryng with thee my potgunne , hangyng by the wall ,", "I haue seene your head with it full many a tyme ,", "Couered as safe as it had bene with a skrine :", "And I warrant it saue your head from any stroke ,", "Except perchaunce to be amased with the smoke :", "I warrant your head therwith , except for the mist ,", "As safe as if it were fast locked vp in a chist :", "And loe here our Dobinet commeth with it nowe .", "Mery .+ Let me see it on .", "Mery .+ There can be no fitter thing . Now ye must vs tell", "What to do .", "Mery .+ Now sainct George to borow , Drum dubbe a dubbe afore .", "Mery .+ And he were a loute she coulde haue done no more . She hath calde him foole , and dressed him like a foole . Mocked him lyke a foole , vsed him like a foole .", "Mery .+ And hangman and all .", "Mery .+ And what then , will ye thus forgo and lese your right ?", "Mery .+ Tushe tushe sir do not . Be good maister to hir .", "Mery .+ Tush I say do not . And what shall your people here returne streight home ?", "Mery .+ Do not off your harnesse sirs I you aduise ,", "At the least for this fortnight in no maner wise ,", "Perchaunce in an houre when all ye thinke least ,", "Our maisters appetite to fight will be best .", "But soft , ere ye go , haue once at Custance house .", "Mery .+ Once discharge my harquebouse", "And for my heartes ease , haue once more with my potgoon .", "Mery .+ And it cost me my life .", "Mery .+ By the matte but I will . Haue once more with haile shot . I will haue some penyworth , I will not leese all .", "Merygreeke . C. Custance . R. Roister . Tib . T. An . Alyface .", "M. Mumblecrust . Trupenie . Dobinet Doughtie . Harpax .+", "Two drummes with their Ensignes .", "Mery .+ Ah sirrha now Custance if ye had so muche wit", "I woulde see you aske pardon , and your selues submit .", "Mery .+ Here ye what she saith ?", "Mery .+ Dubba dub sirrha .", "Mery .+ Dubbadub .", "Mery .+ Now sirs , quite our selues like tall men and hardie .", "Mery .+ God sende vs a faire day .", "Mery .+ Stand .", "Mery .+ Kepe .", "Mery .+ Strike .", "Mery .+ Hold thine owne Harpax , downe with them Dobinet .", "Mery .+ Saue your selfe sir , for gods sake .", "Mery .+ Saue your self .", "Mery .+ Nay then , haue at you mistresse .", "Mery .+ I wil strike at Custance here .", "Mery .+ So I wil . Nay mistresse Custance .", "Mery .+ Saue your self sir .", "Mery .+ Truce , hold your hands , truce for a pissing while or twaine :", "Nay how say you Custance , for sauing of your life ,", "Will ye yelde and graunt to be this gentmans wife ?", "Mery .+ He loued a while euen like a turtle doue .", "Mery .+ I am sory for you : he could loue you yet so he coulde .", "Mery .+ Why so ?", "Mery .+ What then ? sainct George to borow , our Ladies knight .", "Mery .+ How then ?", "Mery .+ Nay sticke to it , like an hardie man and a tall .", "Mery .+ Away for the pashe of our sweete Lord Iesus Christ .", "Merygreeke . Ralph Roister . Gawyn Goodlucke . Tristram Trustie . C. Custance .+", "Mery .+ Yond I see Gawyn Goodlucke , to whome lyeth my message ,", "I will first salute him after his long voyage ,", "And then make all thing well concerning your behalfe .", "Mery .+ Hence out of sight ye calfe ,", "Till I haue spoke with them , and then I will you fet ,", "Mery .+ What master Gawin Goodluck wel met", "And from your long voyage I bid you right welcome home .", "Mery .+ I come to you from an honest mome .", "Mery .+ Roister Doister that doughtie kite .", "Mery .+ Ye must take him to fauour , and pardon all past ,", "He heareth of your returne , and is full yll agast .", "Mery .+ Ye nere had better sport .", "Mery .+ Why , suche a foole it is ,", "As no man for good pastime would forgoe or misse .", "Mery .+ He will be a glad man . Ex .", "Mery .+ I warrant you on my worde ,", "They say they shall be sicke , but ye be at theyr borde .", "Mery .+ Yes at first , and made strange", "But when I sayd your anger to fauour shoulde change ,", "And therewith had commended you accordingly ,", "They were all in loue with your mashyp by and by .", "And cried you mercy that they had done you wrong .", "Mery .+ We feare", "he will be auenged one day ,", "Then for a peny giue all our liues we may .", "Mery .+ Did they ? yea , euen with one voice", "He will forgiue all", "Oh how they did reioyce .", "Mery .+ Goe fette hym", "while he is in good moode ,", "For haue his anger who lust , we will not by the Roode .", "Mery .+ I warrant you , be bolde", "Too them , and salute them .", "Mery .+ Why so ? better nay : Wherfore ?", "Mery .+ When tooke he gaine of money to any mans harmes ?", "Mery .+ Well , he shall with you talke therof more at leasure . Vpon your good vsage , he will now shake your hande .", "Mery .+ Be not afearde Gawyn to let him shake your fyst .", "Mery .+ He shall not say you nay and I too , by Iesus . Bicause ye shall be friends , and let all quarels passe .", "Mery .+ Then let me fet your quier that we may haue a song .", "Mery .+ Come on sirs quickly .", "Mery .+ God graunt hir as she doth , the Gospell to protect ,", "Learning and vertue to aduaunce , and vice to correct ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 102, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["O Romeo , Romeo , braue Mercutio 's is dead ,", "That Gallant spirit hath aspir 'd the Cloudes ,", "Which too vntimely here did scorne the earth", "Here comes the Furious Tybalt backe againe", "Romeo , away be gone :", "The Citizens are vp , and Tybalt slaine ,", "Stand not amaz 'd , the Prince will Doome thee death", "If thou art taken : hence , be gone , away", "Why dost thou stay ?", "There lies that Tybalt", "O Noble Prince , I can discouer all", "The vnluckie Mannage of this fatall brall :", "There lies the man slaine by young Romeo ,", "That slew thy kinsman braue Mercutio", "Tybalt here slaine , whom Romeo 's hand did slay ,", "Romeo that spoke him faire , bid him bethinke", "How nice the Quarrell was , and vrg 'd withall", "Your high displeasure : all this vttered ,", "With gentle breath , calme looke , knees humbly bow 'd", "Could not take truce with the vnruly spleene", "Of Tybalts deafe to peace , but that he Tilts", "With Peircing steele at bold Mercutio 's breast ,", "Who all as hot , turnes deadly point to point ,", "And with a Martiall scorne , with one hand beates", "Cold death aside , and with the other sends", "It back to Tybalt , whose dexterity"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 103, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night !", "She has a strange look . She is like a little princess who wears a yellow veil , and whose feet are of silver . She is like a princess who has little white doves for feet . You would fancy she was dancing .", "How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night !", "She is very beautiful to-night .", "How pale the Princess is ! Never have I seen her so pale . She is like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver .", "The Princess has hidden her face behind her fan ! Her little white hands are fluttering like doves that fly to their dove-cots . They are like white butterflies . They are just like white butterflies .", "The Princess rises ! She is leaving the table ! She looks very troubled . Ah , she is coming this way . Yes , she is coming towards us . How pale she is ! Never have I seen her so pale .", "She is like a dove that has strayed .... She is like a narcissus trembling in the wind .... She is like a silver flower .", "You have just left the feast , Princess ?", "Will you be seated , Princess ?", "Is it your pleasure that I bid them bring your litter , Princess ? The night is fair in the garden .", "Pardon me , Princess , but if you do not return some misfortune may happen .", "Princess , it were better to return . Suffer me to lead you in .", "Would it not be better to return to the banquet ?", "I fear him not , Princess ; there is no man I fear . But the Tetrarch has formally forbidden that any man should raise the cover of this well .", "Princess , I cannot , I cannot .", "Let the prophet come forth .... The Princess Salome desires to see him .", "She has a strange look ! She is like a little princess , whose eyes are eyes of amber . Through the clouds of muslin she is smiling like a little princess .", "You can never tell , Princess .", "Oh , no , Princess .", "Do not stay here , Princess , I beseech you .", "Do not stay here , Princess . I pray you do not stay here .", "No , no , Princess .", "Princess ! Princess !", "Princess ! Princess ! Princess !", "Princess , I beseech thee to go within .", "Princess , Princess , thou who art like a garden of myrrh , thou who art the dove of all doves , look not at this man , look not at him ! Do not speak such words to him . I cannot suffer them .... Princess , Princess , do not speak these things .", "Ah !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 104, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hey , fellow , let thy vis-a-vis come to the door .", "Sir , I will venture as soon as I can expose myself to the ladies .", "My wound !\u2014 I would not be in eclipse another day , though I had as many wounds in my body as I have had in my heart . So mind , Varole , let these cards be left as directed ; for this evening I shall wait on my future father-in-law , Sir Tunbelly , and I mean to commence my devoirs to the lady , by giving an entertainment at her father 's expense ; and hark thee , tell Mr. Loveless I request he and his company will honour me with their presence , or I shall think we are not friends .", "So well that I have ardered my coach to the door \u2014 so there 's no danger of death this baut , Tam .", "That I believe a lie .\u2014", "Because I remember mine did so when I heard my uncle was shot through the head .", "Pr'ythee , why so ?", "Well !\u2014 Naw , strike me dumb ! he starved me ; he has let me want a thausand women for want of a thausand paund .", "If I was a younger brother I should think so too .", "Never , stap my vitals !", "Because she 's a woman of insolent virtue , and I thought myself piqued in honour to debauch her .", "The greatness of your necessities , Tam , is the worst argument in the waurld for your being patiently heard . I do believe you are going to make a very good speech , but , strike me dumb ! it has the worst beginning of any speech I have heard this twelvemonth .", "I do believe thou art : but , come , let 's know the affair quickly .", "Why , faith , Tam , to give you my sense of the thing , I do think taking a purse the best remedy in the waurld ; for if you succeed , you are relieved that way , if you are taken, you are relieved t'other .", "Why , do you then really think it a reasonable thing , that I should give you five hundred paunds ?", "Then thou art willing to receive it anyhow , strike me speechless ! But these are damned times to give money in ; taxes are so great , repairs so exorbitant , tenants such rogues , and bouquets so dear , that the devil take me I 'm reduced to that extremity in my cash , I have been forced to retrench in that one article of sweet pawder , till I have brought it down to five guineas a maunth \u2014 now judge , Tam , whether I can spare you five paunds .", "All I can say is , you should have been a better husband .", "Do n't be in a passion , Tam , for passion is the most unbecoming thing in the waurld \u2014 to the face . Look you , I do n't love to say anything to you to make you melancholy , but upon this occasion I must take leave to put you in mind that a running horse does require more attendance than a coach-horse . Nature has made some difference twixt you and me .", "That is not all , Tam .", "Ask the ladies .", "I do , stap my vitals !", "Sir , I am proud at being at the head of so prevailing a party .", "Look you , Tam , you know I have always taken you for a mighty dull fellow , and here is one of the foolishest plats broke out that I have seen a lang time . Your poverty makes life so burdensome to you , you would provoke me to a quarrel , in hopes either to slip through my lungs into my estate , or to get yourself run through the guts , to put an end to your pain . But I will disappoint you in both your designs ; far , with the temper of a philasapher , and the discretion of a statesman \u2014 I shall leave the room with my sword in the scabbard ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 105, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good morning , Woodcutter .", "Good morning , Woodcutter .", "Do n't you ever say anything except good morning ?", "You are a cross woodcutter to-day .", "You are still cutting wood ? Do n't you ever do anything else ?", "Now , that 's not fair , Woodcutter . You can n't say I was a Princess yesterday , when I came and helped you stack your wood . Or the day before , when I tied up your hand where you had cut it . Or the day before that , when we had our meal together on the grass . Was I a Princess then ?", "I think you 're perfectly horrid . I 've a good mind never to speak to you again . And \u2014 and I would , if only I could be sure that you would notice I was n't speaking to you .", "Yes , but the trouble is that you do n't interrupt your work .", "I wish I thought you were .", "Yes , that 's just it . That 's why I want your help . Particularly in the matter of the Princes .", "Three suitors . And I hate them all .", "I do n't know . Father has n't made up his mind yet .", "Why , of course ! You should read the History Books , Woodcutter . The suitors to the hand of a Princess are always set some trial of strength or test of quality by the King , and the winner marries his daughter .", "Woodcutter !", "I do n't want to be married .I mean , not to any of those three .", "I know . That 's why I wanted you to help me .", "Well , perhaps a simple one could n't , but a clever one might .", "His reward would be that the Princess , not being married to any of her three suitors , would still be able to help him chop his wood in the mornings . . . . I am helping you , are n't I ?", "I thought I was .", "I 'm not very great .", "And one man happy ?", "I wonder who he 'll be . . . . Woodcutter , if you were a Prince , would you be my suitor ?", "Oo , would you kill the others ? With that axe ?", "Yes ?", "Well , she 's only got three at present .", "Oh , I just thought you might want to be doing something to your axe .", "Yes . You see , she has made up her mind .", "That 's where you 'll have the advantage of them , when it comes to axes .", "Woodcutter ! My woodcutter ! My , oh so very slow and uncomprehending , but entirely adorable woodcutter !", "All sorts of things . . . . Do you really love me , woodcutter , or have I proposed to you under a misapprehension ?", "I thought you did . But I wanted to hear you say it . If I had been a simple peasant , I suppose you would have said it a long time ago ?", "Yes . . . . Well , now we must think of a plan for making Mother like you .", "Well , I do n't quite see how I am to stop you .", "Oh , Woodcutter , woodcutter , why did n't you do that the first day I saw you ? Then I need n't have had the bother of proposing to you .What is it ?", "Oh ! I must fly !", "Perhaps .", "Well , Woodcutter , what did I tell you ?", "Did n't you listen to what they said ?", "Well , I could n't help listening . And unless you stop it somehow , I shall be married to one of them to-night .", "The one with the kindest heart \u2014 whichever that is .", "They wo n't . They never have . In our circles when three Princes come together , one of them has a kind heart and the other two have n't .Have n't you read any History at all ?", "What do you mean ?", "Oh , how clever of you ! But what do you want me to do ?", "I obey my lord 's commands .", "Father !", "My mother ?", "But what 's the matter ?", "Oh , sir , you have saved my mother 's life !", "It is my mother , the Queen , who asks you .", "You will be very welcome , sir .", "I will do my best , father ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 106, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Where is the Master , Boson ?", "Hang cur , hang , you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker , we are lesse afraid to be drownde , then thou art .", "Let 's all sinke with \u2019 King", "At a word , I am not", "To tell you true , I counterfet him", "At a word I am not", "Me , a n't shall please you ? I am Anthony Dull", "Beleeue me no , I thanke my fortune for it ,", "My ventures are not in one bottome trusted ,", "Nor to one place ; nor is my whole estate", "Vpon the fortune of this present yeere :", "Therefore my merchandize makes me not sad", "Fie , fie", "Thou knowst that all my fortunes are at sea ,", "Neither haue I money , nor commodity", "To raise a present summe , therefore goe forth", "Try what my credit can in Venice doe ,", "That shall be rackt euen to the vttermost ,", "To furnish thee to Belmont to faire Portia .", "Goe presently enquire , and so will I", "Where money is , and I no question make", "To haue it of my trust , or for my sake .", "No more then I am wel acquitted of", "I once did lend my bodie for thy wealth ,", "Which but for him that had your husbands ring", "Had quite miscarried . I dare be bound againe ,", "My soule vpon the forfeit , that your Lord", "Will neuer more breake faith aduisedlie"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 107, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["In sooth , I know not why I am so sad ;", "It wearies me ; you say , it wearies you ;", "But how I caught it , found it , or came by it ,", "What stuff \u2018 tis made of , whereof it is born ,", "I am to learn ;", "And such a want-wit sadness makes of me ,", "That I have much ado to know myself .", "Believe me , no : I thank my fortune for it ,", "My ventures are not in one bottom trusted ,", "Nor to one place ; nor is my whole estate", "Upon the fortune of this present year :", "Therefore my merchandize makes me not sad .", "Fie , fie !", "Your worth is very dear in my regard .", "I take it your own business calls on you ,", "And you embrace the occasion to depart .", "I hold the world but as the world , Gratiano ;", "A stage , where every man must play a part ,", "And mine a sad one .", "Farewell : I 'll grow a talker for this gear .", "Is that any thing now ?", "Well ; tell me now , what lady is the same", "To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage ,", "That you to-day promis 'd to tell me of ?", "I pray you , good Bassanio , let me know it ;", "And , if it stand , as you yourself still do ,", "Within the eye of honour , be assur 'd", "My purse , my person , my extremest means ,", "Lie all unlock 'd to your occasions .", "You know me well ; and herein spend but time ,", "To wind about my love with circumstance ;", "Then do but say to me what I should do ,", "That in your knowledge may by me be done ,", "And I am prest unto it :", "therefore speak .", "Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea ;", "Neither have I money , nor commodity", "To raise a present sum : therefore go forth ,", "Try what my credit can in Venice do ;", "That shall be rack 'd , even to the uttermost ,", "To furnish thee to Belmont , to fair Portia .", "Go , presently inquire , and so will I ,", "Where money is ; and I no question make ,", "To have it of my trust , or for my sake .", "FOOTNOTES :", "Shylock , albeit , I neither lend nor borrow ,", "By taking , nor by giving of excess .", "Yet , to supply the ripe wants of my friend ,", "I 'll break a custom :\u2014 - Is he yet possess 'd", "How much you would ?", "And for three months .", "I do never use it .", "And what of him ? did he take interest ?", "This was a venture , Sir , that Jacob serv 'd for ;", "A thing not in his power to bring to pass ,", "But sway 'd and fashion 'd by the hand of Heaven .", "Was this inserted to make interest good ?", "Or is your gold and silver ewes and rams ?", "Mark you this , Bassanio ,", "The devil can cite scripture for his purpose .", "An evil soul producing holy witness", "Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ;", "A goodly apple rotten at the heart ;", "O , what a goodly outside falsehood hath !", "Well , Shylock , shall we be beholden to you ?", "I am as like to call thee so again ,", "To spet on thee again , to spurn thee too .", "If thou wilt lend this money , lend it not", "As to thy friends ;", "But lend it rather to thine enemy ;", "Who , if he break , thou may'st with better face", "Exact the penalties .", "This were kindness .", "Content , in faith ; I 'll seal to such a bond ,", "And say , there is much kindness in the Jew .", "Why , fear not , man ; I will not forfeit it ;", "Within these two months , that 's a month before", "This bond expires , I do expect return", "Of thrice three times the value of this bond .", "Yes , Shylock , I will seal unto this bond .", "Hie thee , gentle Jew . This Hebrew will turn Christian ; he grows kind .", "Come , on ; in this there can be no dismay ,", "My ships come home a month before the day .", "FOOTNOTES :", "Hear me yet , good Shylock .", "I pray thee , hear me speak .", "Let him alone ;", "I 'll follow him no more with bootless prayers .", "He seeks my life .", "The duke cannot deny the course of law ,", "For the commodity that strangers have", "With us in Venice , if it be denied ,", "\u2018 Twill much impeach the justice of the state ;", "Since that the trade and profit of the city", "Consisteth of all nations .", "Well , gaoler , on :\u2014 Pray heaven , Bassanio come", "To see me pay his debt , and then I care not .", "FOOTNOTES :", "Ready , so please your grace .", "Duke , I am sorry for thee : them art come to answer", "A stony adversary , an inhuman wretch ,", "Uncapable of pity , void and empty", "From any dram of mercy .", "I have heard", "Your grace hath ta'en great pains to qualify", "His rigorous course ; but since he stands obdurate ,", "And that no lawful means can carry me", "Out of his envy 's reach ,", "I do oppose", "My patience to his fury ; and am arm 'd", "To suffer , with a quietness of spirit ,", "The very tyranny and rage of his .", "I pray you , think you question with the Jew .", "You may as well go stand upon the beach ,", "And bid the main flood bate his usual height ;", "Yon may as well use question with the wolf ,", "Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ;", "You may as well forbid the mountain pines", "To wag their high tops , and to make no noise ,", "When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven ;", "You may as well do anything most hard ,", "As seek to soften that", "His Jewish heart :\u2014 Therefore , I do beseech you ,", "Make no more offers , use no further means ,", "But , with all brief and plain conveniency ,", "Let me have judgment , and the Jew his will .", "Bas , For thy three thousand ducats here are six .", "I am a tainted wether of the flock ,", "Meetest for death ; the weakest kind of fruit", "Drops earliest to the ground , and so let me :", "You cannot better be employ 'd , Bassanio ,", "Than to live still , and write mine epitaph .", "Ay , so he says .", "I do .", "Most heartily I do beseech the court", "To give the judgment .", "But little ; I am arm 'd and well prepar 'd .\u2014", "Give me your hand , Bassanio ; fare you well !", "Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you ;", "For herein fortune shows herself more kind", "Than is her custom : it is still her use ,", "To let the wretched man outlive his wealth ,", "To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow ,", "An age of poverty : from which lingering penance", "Of such a misery doth she cut me off .", "Commend me to your honorable wife :", "Tell her the process of Antonio 's end ;", "Say , how I lov 'd you , speak me fair in death ;", "And , when the tale is told , bid her be judge", "Whether Bassanio had not once a love .", "Repent not you that you shall lose your friend ,", "And he repents not that he pays your debt ;", "For , if the Jew do cut but deep enough ,", "I 'll pay it instantly with all my heart .", "So please my lord the duke , and all the court ,", "To quit the fine for one half of his goods ;", "I am content , so he will let me have", "The other half in use ,", "to render it ,", "Upon his death , unto the gentleman", "That lately stole his daughter ;", "Two things provided more ,\u2014 That for this favour ,", "He presently become a Christian ;", "The other , that he do record a gift ,", "Here in the court , of all he dies possess 'd ,", "Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter .", "And stand indebted , over and above ,", "In love and service to you evermore .", "My lord Bassanio , let him have the ring ;", "Let his deservings , and my love withal ,", "Be valued \u2018 gainst your wife 's commandment .", "No more than I am well acquitted of .", "I am the unhappy subject of these quarrels .", "I once did lend my body for his wealth ;", "Which , but for him that had your husband 's ring ,", "Had quite miscarried : I dare be bound again ,", "My soul upon the forfeit , that your lord", "Will never more break faith advisedly .", "Here , lord Bassanio ; swear to keep this ring .", "Sweet lady , you have given me life , and living ;", "For here I read for certain , that my ships", "Are safely come to road ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 108, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I am not , my friend ; my story is short , and you shall hear it . It was my luck , call it bad or good , to be born in France , in the town of Castlenaudary , where my parents , good honest peasants , cultivated a small farm on the borders of the canal of Midi . I was useful , though young ; we were well enough to live , and I received from the parish school a good education , was taught to love my country , my parents , and my friends ; a happy temper , a common advantage in my country , made all things easy to me ; I never looked for to-morrow to bring me more joy than I experienced to-day .", "Novelty , a desire for change , an ardent disposition to visit foreign countries . Passing through the streets of Toulouse one bright morning in spring , the lively drum and fife broke on my ear , as I was counting my gains from a day 's marketing . A company of soldiers neatly dressed , with white cockades , passed me with a brisk step ; I followed them through instinct \u2014 the sergeant informed me that they were on their way to Bordeaux , from thence to embark for America , to aid the cause of liberty in the new world , and were commanded by the Marquis de la Fayette . That name was familiar to me ; La Fayette was a patriot \u2014 I felt like a patriot , and joined the ranks immediately .", "I did . We had a boisterous passage to America , and endured many hardships during the revolution . I was wounded at Yorktown , which long disabled me , but what then ? I served under great men , and for a great cause ; I saw the independence of the thirteen states acknowledged , I was promoted to a sergeancy by the great Washington , and I sheathed my sword , with the honest pride of knowing , that I had aided in establishing a powerful and happy republic .", "I have , indeed . When the army was disbanded , I travelled on foot to explore the uncultivated territory which I had assisted in liberating . I purchased a piece of land near the great lakes , and with my axe levelled the mighty oaks , cleared my meadows , burnt out the wolves and bears , and then built that cottage there .", "In a short time , Jenkins , everything flourished ; my cottage was neat , my cattle thriving , still I wanted something \u2014 it was a wife . I was tired of a solitary life , and married Kate , the miller 's daughter ; you knew her .", "She was a good wife \u2014 ever cheerful and industrious , and made me happy : poor Kate ! I was without children for several years ; at length my Christine was born , and I have endeavoured , in cultivating her mind , and advancing her happiness , to console myself for the loss of her mother .", "She left the cottage early this morning with Lenox , to climb the mountains and see the sun rise ; it is time for them to return to breakfast .", "An honest lieutenant of infantry , with a gallant spirit and a warm heart . He was wounded at Niagara , and one stormy night , he presented himself at our cottage door , pale and haggard . His arm had been shattered by a ball , and he had received a flesh wound from a bayonet : we took him in \u2014 for an old soldier never closes his door on a wounded comrade \u2014 Christine nursed him , and he soon recovered . But I wish they were here \u2014 it is growing late : besides , this is a busy day , friend Jenkins .", "You know Jerry Mayflower , the wealthy farmer ; he has offered to marry my Christine . Girls must not remain single if they can get husbands , and I have consented to the match , and he will be here to-day to claim her hand .", "Oh , she may make a few wry faces , as she does when swallowing magnesia , but the dose will go down . There is some credit due to a wife who improves the intellect of her husband ; aye , and there is some pride in it also . Girls should marry . Matrimony is like an old oak ; age gives durability to the trunk , skill trims the branches , and affection keeps the foliage ever green . But come , let us in .", "Ah ! Lenox , my boy , good morning to you . Why Christine , you have had a long ramble with the invalid .", "Well , he goes in good time , and may success attend him . Ods my life , when I was young , the sound of the drum and fife was like the music of the spheres , and the noise and bustle of a battle was more cheering to me , than \u201c the hunter 's horn in the morning . \u201d You will not forget us , Lenox , will you ?", "Well \u2014 quite well \u2014 and these are all your neighbours ?", "Well , farmer , you are an honest man , but I fear my Christine will not approve this match , commenced without her advice , and concluded without her consent . Then her education has been so different from \u2014", "But I 'm not sure that she will like you .", "Indeed !", "And did you share in the glory of that spirited battle ?", "Well , and you panted to be at them ? clubb 'd your rifles , and dashed over ?", "And you did not cross ?", "No doubt . Admirable sophistry , that can shield cowards and traitors , under a mistaken principle of civil government ! I 've heard of those scruples , which your division felt when in sight of the enemy . Was that a time to talk of constitutions \u2014 when part of our gallant army was engaged with unequal numbers ? Could you calmly behold your fellow citizens falling on all sides , and not avenge their death ? Could you , with arms in your hands , the enemy in view , with the roar of cannon thundering on your ear , and the flag of your country waving amidst fire and smoke \u2014 could you find a moment to think of constitutions ? Was that a time to pause and suffer coward scruples to unnerve the arm of freemen ?", "I pray you pardon me . I am an old soldier , and fought for the liberty which you enjoy , and , therefore , claim some privilege in expressing my opinion . But come , your friends are idle , let us have breakfast before our cottage door .\u2014 Ah , Jerry , my Crissy would make a fine soldier 's wife : do you know that I have given her a military education ?", "Aye , she can crack a bottle at twelve paces with a pistol .", "And then she can bring down a buck , at any distance .", "Christine , here is farmer Mayflower and his friends , who have come to visit our cottage , and you in particular .", "Come here , farmer \u2014 give me your hand \u2014 Christine , yours \u2014\u2014 there ; may you live long and happy , and my blessings ever go with you .", "Come , let us have breakfast in the open air \u2014 help me to arrange the table .", "Come , sit down , farmer and neighbours ; and you , my pretty lads and lasses , let 's have a dance . Ah , here is a foraging party .Party dance \u2014 several pastoral and fancy dances \u2014 and as the whole company retires , CHRISTINE comes from the cottage with cautious steps \u2014 she is dressed in a frock coat , pantaloons and hat .", "Impossible !", "Refuse an honest man ? A wealthy one , too ? And one whom her father gives to her ? Trifling girl ! Insensible to her happiness and interest . What objections had she to you , farmer ?", "Mere coyness \u2014 maiden bashfulness .", "I will seek and expostulate with the stubborn girl . Ah , Jerry , times have strangely altered , when young women choose husbands for themselves , with as much ease and indifference , as a ribbon for their bonnet .", "She is nowhere to be found \u2014 she has gone off and left her poor old father . In her room , I found these lines scrawled with a pencil : \u201c You have driven your daughter from you , by urging a match that was hateful to her . Was her happiness not worth consulting ? \u201d What 's to be done ? Where has she gone ? Ah , a light breaks in upon me \u2014 to the camp \u2014 to the camp !", "Cruel girl ! to desert her old father , who has ever been kind and affectionate .", "We cannot be far from the outposts , let us continue our search .", "Nowhere to be found . I have asked everybody in the camp in vain \u2014 she is lost to me . Unhappy , cruel girl ! to quit her old and fond father thus .", "Impossible ! we must return , dejected and disappointed .", "Where is she ? where is my daughter ?", "Come to my arms , dear wanderer . Could you leave your poor old father thus ? You 've nearly broke my heart , Christine .", "I do \u2014 I do ! and further prove my love , by making you happy . Take her , Lenox , she is yours ; and never let father attempt to force his child into a marriage which her heart abhors ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 109, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u201c The Young Man 's best Companion \u201d \u2014 a very excellent book for youth ; but at Mr. Niggle 's age , he ought to possess his best companion in a devoted and amiable wife ; heigho ! What a treasure I should be to any man that could properly understand me .\u201c The Epistles of Abelard and Heloise . \u201d I am pleased to see this book on his table , it proves that he possesses a taste for sentiment of the highest order , and can admire devotedness and passion under the most trying circumstances . \u201c The Newgate Calender . \u201d Bless the man , what can induce him to have such a book as this in his house ; surely he can have no sympathy with housebreakers and assassins ? I must look to this : should I ever be the mistress here , some of these volumes must be removed \u2014 this furniture too \u2014 very well for a bachelor ; but when he is married , a change must be made . And those curtains , how slovenly they are put up . Ah , any one can discover the want of a presiding female hand in a bachelor 's house \u2014 where is the neatness , the order , and the good taste that prevails in all the arrangements , where the master of the house is a married man . If ever I am Mrs. Niggle , down shall come those curtains , away shall go that sideboard , off shall go those chairs , and as for this table \u2014 let me look at its legs \u2014\u2014", "Oh ! how you frightened me .", "Good morning , Mr. Damper , I was merely observing Mr. Niggle 's table legs .", "What a censorious man you are , Mr. Damper , you rail at our sex as if you considered it man 's natural enemy , instead of his best friend . Is it possible that you have never loved a woman in all your life ?", "For , like most first great causes , you do n't understand us .", "It is entirely through your interference , I have been told , that he is in a state of celibacy ; and , though the poor gentleman is now fifty-five , yet ever since he arrived at years of discretion , he has been sighing and pining for a wife .", "How did you save him ?", "And he had to pay five hundred pounds damages , in an action for breach of promise .", "Oh , you monster , you ought to be poisoned .", "I have been waiting for him this half hour , to solicit his vote for a beadle .", "I am sure , sir , I was not aware that my friendly visits could cause anybody to talk , or at least be annoying to you ; however , I shall not intrude again \u2014 you know why I called yesterday .", "For what , sir ? He complained , a few days since , that he was without a pincushion , and could never recollect to purchase one ; and where was the harm , sir , in my supplying such a trifling want : I shall not be so attentive again , be assured . As for my call this morning , it was on parish business \u2014 a motive of charity ; but since my little acts of friendship are so sternly checked , of course those of charity must suffer at the same time . And I did hope to have your company to tea , to-morrow .", "Insulting creature !", "Do you allude to Miss Coy ?", "I think I can guess the nature of the report \u2014 quite a full-grown young man , I hear .", "Shocking ! shocking !", "Relating to the party you alluded to , Miss Skylark ?", "Very indeed !", "We ought really to tell him what we have heard , and break off the match .", "And cards too !", "Can it be ? Is it a fact ?It is , indeed , true ; and if he is not already married , he will be so very soon . I could n't have thought it , after \u2014 after \u2014\u2014", "Well , I hope he 'll be happy \u2014 I 'm sure he will \u2014 such an excellent temper \u2014 such taste in all matters .", "In elegance of costume , Mr. Boss , you completely bear away the palm .", "A young man of Mr. Boss 's figure , must in time strike those who would think it little trouble to conquer the faults of habit and nature , and make herself as near , what he may consider to be perfection , as possible .", "In an eminent degree .", "What a strange turn in affairs , and what a singular lady is that Miss Skylark .", "Nothing decided yet , she tells me . He still continues writing the most glowing letters that ever were penned . I am to see a few of them shortly ; but when the poor fellow is in her presence , he can scarcely utter a word , and though he has written nearly fifty most passionate billets , he has never once verbally alluded to the state of his feelings .", "And of course he can n't find courage to utter a word .", "You are very kind !", "Beautiful !", "Exquisite !", "Oh , that I do , from the extreme point of your boot , to the loftiest summit of your hair .", "Good morning , Mr. Pinkey .", "You wish to see me ?", "\u2018 Tis a general invitation to all our friends . You will find a card at your house , Miss Skylark . Perhaps Mr. P. will escort you .", "If you please .", "Do !", "We 'll leave them together ; he may overcome his bashfulness when he gets used to being alone with his object . He is fond of her , no doubt \u2014 true love is never very loquacious .", "Ah , you will know it some day .", "For me to attempt to explain , would be to confess that I have experienced the emotion myself .", "No !", "No , I declare .", "If I am much in your society , there is no knowing what I may experience .MISS SKYLARK seated , R ., looking after them ; sings . \u201c Is there a heart that never loved , Or felt soft woman 's sigh ! \u201d", "And is that basket full of Mr. Pinkey 's letters ?", "How very strange that he can never get courage to express the feelings , that you say he so beautifully describes in his epistles . What can be done to make him speak out ?", "Then where is the language of love ?", "And yet you tell me he writes so beautifully .", "Try me first with a little despair , then the enthusiasm will relish all the better afterwards .", "Poor fellow , how badly he must want a night 's rest .", "Pray do n't begin singing your love letters \u2014 we shall never get to the end of one of them .", "Eh ! Bless me , those words are very familiar to me !", "I have that letter in my pocket at this very moment !", "Nay , nay , the case is not so bad as you suppose it to be , though I have a similar letter in my possession , it is not from Mr. Pinkey .", "You see this book \u2014 look at its title .", "Mr. Pinkey 's despairing epistle is copied word for word , from that book .", "Look and be convinced \u2014 turn to page 20 .", "Eighteen-pence .", "Hush ! he 's here .", "Come in . Re-enter PINKEY with a paper in his hand , F. E. L .", "You 're very kind , I 'll go to them directly . What do you think ?\u2014 the young man that I have watched walking in the fields , every now and then , with the neice of the old maid at the cottage , and that we suspect is related to Miss Coy , is actually come here to tea this evening .", "I caught him making a sketch of my little house here , and I told him as he seemed so taken with the beauty of its exterior that he was welcome to step in and survey the interior . Then I told him that two friends of his were coming here this evening , and that I should be happy to see him meet them . And he is actually come ?", "Excellent ! I long to understand the mystery that not only seems to surround him , but Miss Coy , and the other two ladies . So what with them , and Niggle and Damper , who are both coming \u2014\u2014", "Oh , yes ; Mr. Boss of course .", "Now do n't look so sly at me \u2014 I confess the soft impeachment ; but it is purely platonic , it is indeed . Well , when we are altogether , I expect my tea party will go off with eclat . Come to us as soon as you can .", "Oh , no sir ; offer your arm to the lady that has the greatest right to it .", "Hand Miss Skylark some toast Mr. P. Put some coals on the fire , and bring me Mr. Damper 's cup .", "Do you intend permanently residing in this town ?", "Coals , Mr. Pinkey , and you do n't attend to Miss", "Skylark .", "No I do not .It 's a friend of your 's , Mr. Niggle . Pray walk in , Miss Coy ; pray walk in .", "Tea , Miss Coy ?", "Madam .", "What have I said .", "I see nothing offensive in the remark .", "What an extraordinary series of events , for one afternoon , and no learning who or what Miss Macaw and her neice are .", "And avoid copying letters .", "Now , Mr. Boss , will you step and look at my little parterre ?", "But you always make some valuable observation , whatever you may be regarding \u2014 you can n't help it \u2014 your natural good taste is so prevailing .", "Sincerely I do .", "It requires little effort to be agreeable where you are .", "Ah !", "Oh !", "Step this way , my dear .", "MISS SKYLARK enters following MISS SNARE , D. F .", "Ah ! Mr. Narcissus , I was looking for you .", "Take a seat for one moment , I beg .", "What is the matter , have you refused him ?", "I have no faith in platonic affections .", "We might as well think of playing at snow-balls in July . The ice-cellar of propriety may yield the snow , but the moment it becomes exposed to the warm air of temptation , it dissolves into its original liquid !", "Oh , flatterer .", "I trust that I possess the candle of the sage , and have used it with more success than he did .", "That with its light I have discovered in you , not only an honest , but an elegant man .", "Oh !", "Sir , that is a liberty I do not allow \u2014 there are certain bounds to familiarity , which once passed , we are in the highway of contempt . We have merely been friends , not lovers . You could not venture on a greater piece of indecorum , even after an accepted proposal ! Good evening sir !", "How very strange there is no one to receive us . Ah , Mr. Niggle !", "A little disagreement ; and as this gentleman had called at my house , he politely offered to bring me here , as I expressed an anxiety to see our new neighbour .BOSS enters , with MISS COY on his arm , C. D .", "Surely he is not going to throw himself away on Miss Coy . She can never appreciate him , I 'm sure .", "If I must confess , he attempted to salute me , before making a formal declaration !", "All the improprieties of life are impulses ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 110, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["There 's Uncle , back from the Fair .", "Put down that mug afore you damage it , May ; and , Annet , do you go and help your uncle in .", "If ever there was a careless little wench , \u2018 tis she . I never did hold with the bringing up of other folks children and if I 'd had my way , \u2018 tis to the poor-house they 'd have went , instead of coming here where I 've enough to do with my own .", "I 'm not one that can be taken by surprise , Dan . May , lay that parcel on the table at once , and put away your uncle 's hat and overcoat .", "I daresay you 'll be told all in good season . Here , take up and get on with that sewing , I dislike to see young people idling away their time .", "I do n't hold with drinking nor with taking bites atween meals , but as your uncle has come a good distance , and the day is warm , you make take the key of the pantry , Annet , and draw a glass of cider for him .", "I would n't encourage the child in her nonsense , if I was you , Dan . She 's old enough to know better than to ask to be taken to such places . Why in all my days I never set my foot within a fair , pleasure or business , nor wanted to , either .", "Certainly not . I wonder at your asking such a question , May . But you do say some very unsuitable things for a little child of your age .", "No , Father , \u2018 twill spoil your next meal as it is .", "They do n't want to hear about anything sensible , Dan . They 're like all the maids now , with their thoughts set on pleasuring and foolishness .", "And that they were . Why , when I was your age , Annet , I should have been ashamed if I could n't have held my own in any proper or suitable conversation .", "Ah \u2014 I recollect .", "And a good thing if there were others of the same pattern now , I 'm thinking .", "Come , Father .", "Come , Father , such talk is hardly suited to little girls , who should know better than to ask so many teasing questions .", "And did you have company on the way home , Father ?", "Along of Andrew ? Girls , you may now go outside into the garden for a while . Yes , put aside your work .", "You heard what I said ? Go off into the garden , and stop there till I send for you . And take uncle 's glass and wash it at the spout as you go .", "She 's got old enough to be put to service , and if I 'd have had my way , \u2018 tis to service she 'd have gone this long time since , and that it is .", "Well , you must please yourself about it Father , as you do most times . But \u2018 tis uncertain work taking up with other folks children as I told you from the first . See what a lot of trouble you and me have had along of Giles .", "No , Father , Giles has never sent a letter since the day he left home . But very often there is no need for letters to keep remembrance green . \u2018 Tis a plant what thrives best on a soil that is bare .", "All I say is that I hope he may get it then .", "Well , that 's not my fault , Father .", "And you may pitch , Father . You may lead the mare down to the pond , but she 'll not drink if she has n't the mind to . You know what Millie is . \u2018 Tis n't from my side that she gets it either .", "Yes , there you are , Father .", "Well , if you think you can shew her that , Father , \u2018 tis a fortunate job on all sides .", "May , what are you a-doing here I should like to know ? Did n't I send you out into the garden along of your sister ?", "Then you can be off again , and shut the door this time , do your hear ?", "Get along off , you tiresome child .\u2014 One word might do for some , but it takes twenty to get you to move .\u2014 Run along now , do you hear me ?Well , Father , I 've done my share with Millie and she do n't take a bit of notice of what I say . So now it 's your turn .", "All right , Father , just you try your way \u2014 I 'll have nothing more to do with it .", "There , Father , I told you what to expect .", "And so I told you , Father , from the start .", "I 'm not deaf , Father .", "Millie has not shown any backwardness in clothing herself as though for church .", "Well , \u2018 tis to be hoped the young people have fixed it up for good and all this time .", "I think we 've all had quite enough of Millie 's tongue ,", "Father . Let her give it a rest if she 've a mind .", "And supper just about to be served ? I 'm surprised at you , Father . No , I can n't hear of cider being drawn so needless like .", "Millie , do you call your cousins in to supper .", "So that 's where you 've been , you deceitful little wench .", "And how long may you have bid there , I should like to know ?", "There , run along quick and find your sister . Supper 's late already , and that it is .", "Stop a moment , Millie . What are you thinking of to go trailing out in the dew with that beautiful cloak and bonnet . Take and lay them in the box at once , do you hear ?", "Off with the cloak this minute , Millie .", "I do n't know what 's come to the maid . She do n't act like herself to-day .", "I 'd be content with a suitable behaviour , Father . I 'm not hard to please .", "\u2018 Tis all very well for you to talk , Father but \u2018 tis I who have got to do .", "Well , Father , I 'm not detaining you . There 's the door , and the food has been cooling on the table this great while .", "And what do you want to run about in the garden for when", "I 've just smoothed your hair and got you all ready to go to church ?", "You should know better then . Did n't I tell you to sit still in that chair with your hands folded nicely till we were ready to start .", "This 'll be the last time as I tie your ribbon , mind .", "What 's your cousin doing now , Annet ?", "In all my days I never did hear tell of such a thing , I do n't know what 's coming to the world , I do n't .", "Crying ? She 'll have something to cry about if she does n't look out , when her father comes in , and hears how she 's a - going on .", "Look you , May , you get and run up , and knock at the door and tell her that \u2018 twill soon be time for us to set off to church and that she have got to make haste in her dressing .", "Now Annet , no idling here , if you please . Set the nosegay in water , and when you 've given a look round to see that everything is in its place , upstairs with you , and on with your bonnet , do you hear ? Uncle wo n't wish to be kept waiting for you , remember .", "Millie has not seen fit to shew herself this morning , Father . She 's biding up in her room with the door locked , and nothing that I 've been able to say has been attended to , so perhaps you 'll kindly have your try .", "I 'm fairly tired of sending up to her , Father . You 'd best go yourself .", "There , Father ,\u2014 perhaps you 'll believe what I tell you another time . Millie has got that hardened and wayward , there 's no managing of her , there 's not .", "\u2018 Tis all very well to talk of young Andrew , but who 's a - going to get her to church with him I 'd like to know .", "Very well , Father , and we shall all be much obliged to you .", "You 'd best take sommat and go and break open the door , Father . \u2018 Tis the sensiblest thing as you can do , only you 'd never think of anything like that by yourself .", "There , there , Father \u2014 there 's no need to bluster in this fashion . Take up the poker and go and break into the door quiet and decent , like anyone else would do . And girls \u2014 off for your bonnets this moment I tell you .", "Good-morning , Andrew .", "\u2018 Tis Father at a little bit of carpentering .", "We know what young men be upon their wedding morn ! I warrant as the clock can n't run too fast for them at such a time .", "You 'll have enough words presently . Hark , she 's coming down with Father now .", "I would n't make such a show of myself if I was you , Mill . Go upstairs this minute and wash your face and smooth your hair and put yourself ready for church .", "I do n't know what 's come to the house this morning , and that 's the truth . Andrew , I 'll not have you keep Millie beyond a five minutes . \u2018 Tis enough of one another as you 'll get later on , like . Father , go you off upstairs for your coat . \u2018 Tis hard work for me , getting you all to act respectable , that \u2018 tis .", "Millie , what are you stopping for ? Come you up here and get your gown on , do .", "There , father , come along down and give your face a wash at the pump .", "If you think that your neckerchief is put on right \u2018 tis time you should know different , Father .", "\u2018 Tis altogether wrong . \u2018 Tis like the two ears of a heifer sticking out more than anything else that I can think on .", "Thrown there in a fine fit of temper , I warrant .", "We all hear a great deal about your word , Father , but \u2018 twould be better for there to be more do and less say about you .", "I have n't patience with the wenches now-a-days . Lay down that nosegay at once , Annet , and call your cousin from her room . I warrant she has finished tricking of herself up by now .", "Too late \u2014 I should think it was . What 's come to the maid ! In my time girls did n't use to spend a quarter of the while afore the glass as they do now . Suppose you was to holler for her again , Father .", "She 's right enough in the clothing of her , but \u2018 twould be better if her looks did match the garments more . Come , Millie , can n't you appear pleasanter like on your wedding day ?", "And what next , I should like to know ?", "Run along and get some for your cousin , May .", "Who 's that , I should like to know ?", "We do n't want no beggars nor roadsters here to-day , if you please .", "I never knowed you so careful of a poor wretch afore ,", "Millie . \u2018 Tis quite a new set out , this .", "Please to come to your right senses , Millie .", "No , Father , I 'll leave you to manage this affair . \u2018 Tis you who have spoiled Mill and brought her up so wayward and unruly , and \u2018 tis to you I look for to get us out of this unpleasant position .", "And who are these persons , Giles ?", "And who may you be , I should like to know ? You appear to be making very free with my parlour .", "Old Missis , indeed . Father , you shall speak to these persons .", "Put them both out of the door , Father , do you hear me ? \u2018 Tis to the cider as they 've been getting . That 's clear .", "Depend upon it \u2018 tis two wicked thieves we have got among us , flying from justice .", "Do you hear that , Father ? O you shocking liars \u2014 \u2018 tis stolen goods that you 've been and brought to our innocent house this day . But , Father , do you up and fetch in the constable , do you hear ?", "Well \u2014 \u2018 tis a respectabler end than I thought as you 'd come to , Giles . And different nor what you deserved .", "I shall be deaf before I 've done , but it appears to me that Annet 's not lost any time in making the most of her chances .", "I 'll have no cider drinking out of meal times here .", "And that 'll not be till this day next year if this sort of thing goes on any longer ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 111, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Unto earth 's utmost boundary we have come ,", "To Scythia 's realm , th \u2019 untrodden wilderness .", "Hephaestus , now it is thy part to do", "The Almighty Father 's bidding , and to bind", "This arch-deceiver to yon lowering cliff", "With bonds of everlasting adamant .", "Thy attribute , all-fabricating fire ,", "He stole and gave to man . Such is the crime", "For which he pays the penalty to Heaven ,", "That he may learn henceforth meekly to bear", "The rule of Zeus and less befriend mankind .", "To work ! A truce to these weak wails of ruth .", "Whom the gods hate why dost thou not abhor \u2014", "Him that betrayed thy attribute to man ?", "True , but to disobey the Almighty Sire", "How canst thou dare ? Fearest thou not this more ?", "Thy wailings are no medicines for his woes ;", "Then waste no pains on that which profits naught .", "Why dost thou curse it ? Simple truth to say ,", "Thy art is no way guilty of these ills .", "The one thing to the gods themselves deniedIs sovereignty , for Zeus alone is free .", "Be quick , then , and make fast this sinner 's chain ,", "Lest the Almighty see thee loitering .", "Grasp him , and with thy hammer round his arms", "Strike and strike hard and clench them to the rock .", "Strike harder , clench , leave nothing loose ; his craft ,", "E'en in extremity , can find a way .", "Clench now the other firmly ; let him know", "That all his cunning is no match for Zeus .", "Drive then the ruthless spike of adamant", "Right through the sinner 's breast and see it holds .", "Thou loiterest , moaning for the foe of Zeus ;", "One day thou mayest be moaning for thyself .", "I see yon sinner meeting his desert . Proceed , make fast the fetters round his sides .", "Press thee I will , and shout into thine ear . Go down and clench the gyves about his legs .", "Now let thy hammer all the bonds make fast ;", "The overseer of this thy work is stern .", "Be thou soft-hearted an thou wilt , but spare", "To flout my sternness and my strong resolve .", "There revel in thy insolence , there rob", "Gods of their attributes to give to man .", "Can mortal man in aught thy durance ease ?", "Ill chosen was the name that thou hast borne .", "Foresight it means , but thou dost foresight need", "To set thy limbs free from his handiwork ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 112, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Brother Cosroe , I find myself agriev 'd ;", "Yet insufficient to express the same ,", "For it requires a great and thundering speech :", "Good brother , tell the cause unto my lords ;", "I know you have a better wit than I .", "Brother , I see your meaning well enough ,", "And through", "your planets I perceive you think", "I am not wise enough to be a king :", "But I refer me to my noblemen ,", "That know my wit , and can be witnesses .", "I might command you to be slain for this ,\u2014", "Meander , might I not ?", "I mean it not , but yet I know I might .\u2014", "Yet live ; yea , live ; Mycetes wills it so .\u2014", "Meander , thou , my faithful counsellor ,", "Declare the cause of my conceived grief ,", "Which is , God knows , about that Tamburlaine ,", "That , like a fox in midst of harvest-time ,", "Doth prey upon my flocks of passengers ;", "And , as I hear , doth mean to pull my plumes :", "Therefore \u2018 tis good and meet for to be wise .", "Full true thou speak'st , and like thyself , my lord ,", "Whom I may term a Damon for thy love :", "Therefore \u2018 tis best , if so it like you all ,", "To send my thousand horse incontinent", "To apprehend that paltry Scythian .", "How like you this , my honourable lords ?", "Is it not a kingly resolution ?", "Then hear thy charge , valiant Theridamas ,", "The chiefest", "captain of Mycetes \u2019 host ,", "The hope of Persia , and the very legs", "Whereon our state doth lean as on a staff ,", "That holds us up and foils our neighbour foes :", "Thou shalt be leader of this thousand horse ,", "Whose foaming gall with rage and high disdain", "Have sworn the death of wicked Tamburlaine .", "Go frowning forth ; but come thou smiling home ,", "As did Sir Paris with the Grecian dame :", "Return with speed ; time passeth swift away ;", "Our life is frail , and we may die to-day .", "Go , stout Theridamas ; thy words are swords ,", "And with thy looks thou conquerest all thy foes .", "I long to see thee back return from thence ,", "That I may view these milk-white steeds of mine", "All loaden with the heads of killed men ,", "And , from their knees even to their hoofs below ,", "Besmear 'd with blood that makes a dainty show .", "Theridamas , farewell ten thousand times .", "Ah , Menaphon , why stay'st thou thus behind ,", "When other men press", "forward for renown ?", "Go , Menaphon , go into Scythia ,", "And foot by foot follow Theridamas .", "Unless they have a wiser king than you ! These are his words ; Meander , set them down .", "Well , here I swear by this my royal seat \u2014", "Emboss 'd with silk as best beseems my state ,", "To be reveng 'd for these contemptuous words !", "O , where is duty and allegiance now ?", "Fled to the Caspian or the Ocean main ?", "What shall I call thee ? brother ? no , a foe ;", "Monster of nature , shame unto thy stock ,", "That dar'st presume thy sovereign for to mock !\u2014", "Meander , come : I am abus 'd , Meander .", "Come , my Meander , let us to this gear .", "I tell you true , my heart is swoln with wrath", "On this same thievish villain Tamburlaine ,", "And of", "that false Cosroe , my traitorous brother .", "Would it not grieve a king to be so abus 'd ,", "And have a thousand horsemen ta'en away ?", "And , which is worse ,", "to have his diadem", "Sought for by such scald knaves as love him not ?", "I think it would : well , then , by heavens I swear ,", "Aurora shall not peep out of her doors ,", "But I will have Cosroe by the head ,", "And kill proud Tamburlaine with point of sword .", "Tell you the rest , Meander : I have said .", "Was there such brethren , sweet Meander , say ,", "That sprung of teeth of dragons venomous ?", "And \u2018 tis a pretty toy to be a poet .", "Well , well , Meander , thou art deeply read ;", "And having thee , I have a jewel sure .", "Go on , my lord , and give your charge , I say ;", "Thy wit will make us conquerors to-day .", "He tells you true , my masters ; so he does .\u2014", "Drums , why sound ye not when Meander speaks ?", "Accurs 'd be he that first invented war !", "They knew not , ah , they knew not , simple men ,", "How those were", "hit by pelting cannon-shot", "Stand staggering", "like a quivering aspen-leaf", "Fearing the force of Boreas \u2019 boisterous blasts !", "In what a lamentable case were I ,", "If nature had not given me wisdom 's lore !", "For kings are clouts that every man shoots at ,", "Our crown the pin", "that thousands seek to cleave :", "Therefore in policy I think it good", "To hide it close ; a goodly stratagem ,", "And far from any man that is a fool :", "So shall not I be known ; or if I be ,", "They cannot take away my crown from me .", "Here will I hide it in this simple hole .", "Thou liest .", "Away ! I am the king ; go ; touch me not .", "Thou break'st the law of arms , unless thou kneel ,", "And cry me \u201c mercy , noble king ! \u201d", "Ay , marry ,am I : have you any suit to me ?", "So I can when I see my time .", "Ay : didst thou ever see a fairer ?", "Such another word , and I will have thee executed . Come , give it me .", "You lie ; I gave it you .", "No ; I mean I let you keep it .", "O gods , is this Tamburlaine the thief ? I marvel much he stole it not away ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 113, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I perceive , from the tea cups , Crichton , that the great function is to take place here .", "The servants \u2019 hall coming up to have tea in the drawing-room !No wonder you look happy , Crichton .", "Do you know , Crichton , I think that with an effort you might look even happier .You do n't approve of his lordship 's compelling his servants to be his equals \u2014 once a month ?", "Certainly not . And , after all , it is only once a month that he is affable to you .", "Tea cups ! Life , Crichton , is like a cup of tea ; the more heartily we drink , the sooner we reach the dregs .", "Crichton , in case I should be asked to say a few words to the servants , I have strung together a little speech .I was wondering where I should stand .", "Suppose you were all little fishes at the bottom of the sea \u2014", "And how are my little friends to-day ?", "You poor over-worked things .Rest your weary limbs .", "Why ?You see , as the servants are to be the guests I must be butler . I was practising . This is a tray , observe .Tea , my lady ?", "Had a very tiring day also , Mary ?", "What 's that ?Is it Brocklehurst ?You have given your warm young heart to Brocky ?I do n't wish to fatigue you , Mary , by insisting on a verbal answer , but if , without straining yourself , you can signify Yes or No , wo n't you make the effort ?The ring ! Then I am too late , too late !May I ask , Mary , does Brocky know ? Of course , it was that terrible mother of his who pulled this through . Mother does everything for Brocky . Still , in the eyes of the law you will be , not her wife , but his , and , therefore , I hold that Brocky ought to be informed . Now \u2014If you girls are shamming sleep in the expectation that I shall awaken you in the manner beloved of ladies , abandon all such hopes .", "I knew that was it , though I do n't know everything . Agatha , I 'm not young enough to know everything .", "Do n't you see ? I 'm not young enough to know everything .", "Look here , Treherne , I 'm not young enough to know everything .", "I mean what I say .", "I 'm \u2014 not \u2014 young \u2014 enough \u2014 to \u2014 know \u2014 everything .", "No , I do n't .", "I am not young enough , Crichton , to know everything .", "Ah , if you had that fellow 's head , Treherne , you would find something better to do with it than play cricket . I hear you bowl with your head .", "Congratulations , Brocky .", "Mother pleased ?", "That 's good . Do you go on the yacht with us ?", "Mother do n't like it ?", "But , my dear uncle , I have prepared nothing .", "Oh \u2014 well \u2014 if anything strikes me on the spur of the moment .", "You stick to me , Brocky , and I 'll pull you through .", "The chef .", "If I might venture , Miss Fisher", "At last we meet . Wo n't you sit down ?", "Brocklehurst , this is John . I think you have already met on the door-step .", "How do you do , Gladys . You know my uncle ?", "No you do n't , it wo n't do , Brocky .You are too pretty , my dear . Mother would n't like it .Here 's something safer . Charming girl , Brocky , dying to know you ; let me introduce you . Tweeny , Lord Brocklehurst \u2014 Lord Brocklehurst , Tweeny .", "I cordially agree .", "Selfish brute , only thinking of himself . What about my speech ?", "Pooh ! You must do for yourselves , that 's all .", "How is his lordship now ?", "I have no pity for you girls , I \u2014", "And uncommon glad I am to go . Ta-ta , all of you . He asked me to say a few words . I came here to say a few words , and I 'm not at all sure that I could n't bring an action against him .", "This is what I have written . \u2018 Wrecked , wrecked , wrecked ! on an island in the Tropics , the following : the Hon . Ernest Woolley , the Rev . John Treherne , the Ladies Mary , Catherine , and Agatha Lasenby , with two servants . We are the sole survivors of Lord Loam 's steam yacht Bluebell , which encountered a fearful gale in these seas , and soon became a total wreck . The crew behaved gallantly , putting us all into the first boat . What became of them I cannot tell , but we , after dreadful sufferings , and insufficiently clad , in whatever garments we could lay hold of in the dark \u2019 \u2014", "\u2014 \u2018 succeeded in reaching this island , with the loss of only one of our party , namely , Lord Loam , who flung away his life in a gallant attempt to save a servant who had fallen overboard . \u2019", "Well , you know , it was rather silly of uncle to fling away his life by trying to get into the boat first ; and as this document may be printed in the English papers , it struck me , an English peer , you know \u2014", "\u2014 \u2018 By night the cries of wild cats and the hissing of snakes terrify us extremely \u2019 \u2014\u2014 \u2018 terrify the ladies extremely . Against these we have no weapons except one cutlass and a hatchet . A bucket washed ashore is at present our only comfortable seat \u2019 \u2014", "H'sh ! Oh , do be quiet .\u2014 \u2018 To add to our horrors , night falls suddenly in these parts , and it is then that savage animals begin to prowl and roar . \u2019", "No , that 's all . I end up , \u2018 Rescue us or we perish . Rich reward . Signed Ernest Woolley , in command of our little party . \u2019 This is written on a leaf taken out of a book of poems that Crichton found in his pocket . Fancy Crichton being a reader of poetry . Now I shall put it into the bottle and fling it into the sea .The tide is going out , we must n't miss the post .", "The tide , Crichton , is a postman who calls at our island twice a day for letters .", "Poor Crichton ! I sometimes think he is losing his sense of humour . Come along , Agatha .", "Danger ! Crichton , a tiger-cat !", "Look out , Crichton .", "The grass is moving . It 's coming .", "Uncle , uncle , dear old uncle .", "But you are also idling , Crichton .We must n't waste time . To work , to work .", "Sniff , uncle .", "You are actually wearing boots , uncle . It 's very unsafe , you know , in this climate .", "We have all abandoned them , you observe . The blood , the arteries , you know .", "O Lord , yes .", "I only wanted the loan of them .", "Oh , very well .I do n't want your old boots .You do n't think you could spare me one boot ?", "Quite so . Well , all I can say is I 'm sorry for you .", "Excuse me , uncle , I 'm thinking . I 'm planning out the building of this hut .", "That do n't matter .", "Please , please , this is important .", "What !", "Not at all . The great thing is , \u2018 I 've got \u2018 em , I 've got \u2018 em . \u2019", "This is my answer .", "Crichton , look here .", "Pooh !", "My case ?", "Thank you , Crichton .", "I should like to see you try to do it , uncle .", "A strong man . You mean a stout man . You are one of mind to two of matter .", "Oh , all right .", "Are n't you all forgetting that this is an island ?", "We do n't have any , uncle . They all belong to Crichton .", "Rot ! If I could have your socks , Crichton \u2014", "What is that about an egg ? Why should you have an egg ?", "Nor mine for nearly three months . It was only last week , Tweeny , that he said to me , \u2018 Ernest , the water cure has worked marvels in you , and I question whether I shall require to dip you any more . \u2019Of course that sort of thing encourages a fellow .", "Thank you , Tweeny , that 's very precious to me .", "Shells ! He 'll like that . He likes sets of things .", "Rather .", "John , it sometimes gives me the creeps .", "I think he looks too regal in it .", "I say , John , I want a word with you .", "Dash it all , you know , you 're a clergyman .", "Then \u2014 would you , John ?", "Officiate at a marriage ceremony , John ?", "Odd ? Seems to me it 's natural . And whatever is natural , John , is right .", "By one of the women ?", "By Jove !I say , John , what an observant beggar he is .", "I do not hesitate to affirm , John , that he has seen the love-light in my eyes . You answered \u2014", "You 're a brick .", "Make your mind easy about that .", "Agatha ? What made you think it was Agatha ?", "Pooh ! Agatha 's all very well in her way , John , but I 'm flying at bigger game .", "Tweeny , of course .", "Her cooking has very little to do with it .", "Yes , John , I believe I may say so . I am unworthy of her , but I think I have touched her heart .", "I 'm sorry , John .", "Thank you , John . How 's the little black pig to-day ?", "Are you very busy , Tweeny ?", "There 's something I should like to say to you if you could spare me a moment .", "What an ass I used to be , Tweeny .", "I 'm no great shakes even now . But listen to this , Tweeny ; I have known many women , but until I knew you I never knew any woman .", "I did n't mean it in that way .Ah , Tweeny , I do n't undervalue the bucket , but what I want to say now is that the sweet refinement of a dear girl has done more for me than any bucket could do .", "More than that . I want to build a little house for you \u2014 in the sunny glade down by Porcupine Creek . I want to make chairs for you and tables ; and knives and forks , and a sideboard for you .", "Not often ; but just occasionally there would be your adoring husband .", "It is n't as if I should be much there .", "Twice a week I should be away altogether \u2014 at the dam . On the other days you would never see me from breakfast time to supper .If you like I 'll even go fishing on Sundays .", "Thank you , Tweeny ; it can n't be helped .Tweeny , we shall be disappointing the Gov .", "He wanted us to marry .", "Where did you get it ?", "Is this necessary ? Think how it would pain him .", "You need n't be alarmed ; it 's only me .", "Do you mind if I do n't cook fish to-night ?I think you might all be a little sorry for a chap .I 'm particularly disappointed in you , Aggy ; seeing that I was half engaged to you , I think you might have had the good feeling to be a little more hurt .", "I shall now go and lie down for a bit .", "Thank you .", "Long life to you both , sir .", "You 'll get a lot of tit-bits out of this , Daddy .", "I dare say I shall have to clean out the dam now .", "Polly , Gov ., the boat has turned back . They are English sailors ; they have landed ! We are rescued , I tell you , rescued !", "Eh ?", "Happy ? Lord , yes .", "Forget it ? The man who could forget it would be a selfish wretch and a \u2014 But I say , this makes a difference !", "A mighty difference !", "Here is another .", "That 's how it strikes them , you know . Here 's another one .", "As the author \u2014", "I say it was you who taught us how to obtain a fire by rubbing two pieces of stick together .", "The papers ! The papers are guides that tell us what we ought to do , and then we do n't do it .", "I thought \u2014\u2014 I shall go and dress .", "How do you do , Lady Brocklehurst .", "Oh , I do n't know .", "Thanks , awfully .The fact is \u2014", "The fact is \u2014", "Dear old Daddy \u2014 he was our monkey . You remember our monkey , Agatha ?", "The fact is \u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 114, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Believe \u2018 t , I will .", "Sirrah , I 'll strip you \u2014", "Rogue , rogue ! \u2014 out of all your sleights .", "Sirrah \u2014", "You most notorious whelp , you insolent slave ,", "Dare you do this ?", "Why , who", "Am I , my mungrel ? who am I ?", "Speak lower , rogue .", "Will you be so loud ?", "By your means , doctor dog !", "Why , I pray you , have I", "Been countenanced by you , or you by me ?", "Do but collect , sir , where I met you first .", "Not of this , I think it .", "But I shall put you in mind , sir ; \u2014 at Pie-corner ,", "Taking your meal of steam in , from cooks \u2019 stalls ,", "Where , like the father of hunger , you did walk", "Piteously costive , with your pinch'dhYpppHeNhornhYpppHeNnose ,", "And your complexion of the Roman wash ,", "Stuck full of black and melancholic worms ,", "Like powder corns shot at the artillery-yard .", "When you went pinn 'd up in the several rags", "You had raked and pick 'd from dunghills , before day ;", "Your feet in mouldy slippers , for your kibes ;", "A felt of rug , and a thin threaden cloke ,", "That scarce would cover your no buttocks \u2014", "When all your alchemy , and your algebra ,", "Your minerals , vegetals , and animals ,", "Your conjuring , cozening , and your dozen of trades ,", "Could not relieve your corps with so much linen", "Would make you tinder , but to see a fire ;", "I gave you countenance , credit for your coals ,", "Your stills , your glasses , your materials ;", "Built you a furnace , drew you customers ,", "Advanced all your black arts ; lent you , beside ,", "A house to practise in \u2014", "Where you have studied the more thriving skill", "Of bawdry since .", "You might talk softlier , rascal .", "The place has made you valiant .", "Sirrah \u2014", "I shall turn desperate , if you grow thus loud .", "Hang thee , collier ,", "And all thy pots , and pans , in picture , I will ,", "Since thou hast moved me \u2014", "Write thee up bawd in Paul 's , have all thy tricks", "Of cozening with a hollow cole , dust , scrapings ,", "Searching for things lost , with a sieve and sheers ,", "Erecting figures in your rows of houses ,", "And taking in of shadows with a glass ,", "Told in red letters ; and a face cut for thee ,", "Worse than Gamaliel Ratsey 's .", "I will have", "A book , but barely reckoning thy impostures ,", "Shall prove a true philosopher 's stone to printers .", "Out , you dog-leech ! The vomit of all prisons \u2014", "Still spew 'd out", "For lying too heavy on the basket .", "Bawd !", "Conjurer !", "Witch !", "Away , this brach ! I 'll bring thee , rogue , within", "The statute of sorcery , tricesimo tertio", "Of Harry the Eighth : ay , and perhaps thy neck", "Within a noose , for laundring gold and barbing it .", "\u2018 Tis his fault ;", "He ever murmurs , and objects his pains ,", "And says , the weight of all lies upon him .", "\u2018 Slid , prove to-day , who shall shark best .", "For which at supper , thou shalt sit in triumph ,", "And not be styled Dol Common , but Dol Proper ,", "Dol Singular : the longest cut at night ,", "Shall draw thee for his Doll Particular .", "O , fear not him . While there dies one a week", "O \u2019 the plague , he 's safe , from thinking toward London .", "Beside , he 's busy at his hop-yards now ;", "I had a letter from him . If he do ,", "He 'll send such word , for airing of the house ,", "As you shall have sufficient time to quit it :", "Though we break up a fortnight , \u2018 tis no matter .", "O ,", "My lawyer 's clerk , I lighted on last night ,", "In Holborn , at the Dagger . He would have", "a familiar ,", "To rifle with at horses , and win cups .", "Get you", "Your robes on : I will meet him as going out .", "Not be seen ; away !", "Seem you very reserv 'd .", "God be wi \u2019 you , sir ,", "I pray you let him know that I was here :", "His name is Dapper . I would gladly have staid , but \u2014", "Who 's that ? \u2014 He 's come , I think , doctor .", "Good faith , sir , I was going away .", "But I thought", "Sure I should meet you .", "This is his worship .", "Yes .", "Ay .", "Faith , he does make the matter , sir , so dainty", "I know not what to say .", "Would I were fairly rid of it , believe me .", "I cannot think you will , sir . But the law", "Is such a thing \u2014 and then he says , Read 's matter", "Falling so lately .", "It was a clerk , sir .", "Nay , hear me , sir . You know the law", "Better , I think \u2014", "You did so .", "What 's that ?", "I 'll tell the doctor so .", "Come , noble doctor , pray thee let 's prevail ;", "This is the gentleman , and he is no chiaus .", "Tut , do not say so .", "You deal now with a noble fellow , doctor ,", "One that will thank you richly ; and he is no chiaus :", "Let that , sir , move you .", "He has", "Four angels here .", "Doctor , wherein ? to tempt you with these spirits ?", "I draw you ! a horse draw you , and a halter ,", "You , and your flies together \u2014", "That know no difference of men .", "Good deeds , sir , doctor dogs-meat . \u2018 Slight , I bring you", "No cheating Clim o \u2019 the Cloughs or Claribels ,", "That look as big as five-and-fifty , and flush ;", "And spit out secrets like hot custard \u2014", "Nor any melancholic under-scribe ,", "Shall tell the vicar ; but a special gentle ,", "That is the heir to forty marks a year ,", "Consorts with the small poets of the time ,", "Is the sole hope of his old grandmother ;", "That knows the law , and writes you six fair hands ,", "Is a fine clerk , and has his cyphering perfect .", "Will take his oath o \u2019 the Greek Testament ,", "If need be , in his pocket ; and can court", "His mistress out of Ovid .", "Did you not tell me so ?", "Hang him , proud stag , with his broad velvet head ! \u2014", "But for your sake , I 'd choak , ere I would change", "An article of breath with such a puckfist :", "Come , let 's be gone .", "I am sorry", "I e'er embark 'd myself in such a business .", "Will he take then ?", "Not a syllable , \u2018 less you take .", "Upon no terms but an assumpsit .", "Why now , sir , talk . Now I dare hear you with mine honour . Speak . So may this gentleman too .", "No whispering .", "Wherein ? for what ?", "How !", "You are mistaken , doctor .", "Why he does ask one but for cups and horses ,", "A rifling fly ; none of your great familiars .", "\u2018 Slight , that is a new business !", "I understood you , a tame bird , to fly", "Twice in a term , or so , on Friday nights ,", "When you had left the office , for a nag", "Of forty or fifty shillings .", "Why , this changes quite the case . Do you think that I dare move him ?", "What ! for that money ?", "I cannot with my conscience ; nor should you", "Make the request , methinks .", "Why then , sir ,", "I 'll try . \u2014", "Say that it were for all games , doctor .", "Indeed !", "Speak you this from art ?", "What ! is he ?", "What ?", "Will he win at cards too ?", "A strange success , that some man shall be born to .", "Faith , I have confidence in his good nature :", "You hear , he says he will not be ingrateful .", "Troth , do it , doctor ; think him trusty , and make him .", "He may make us both happy in an hour ;", "Win some five thousand pound , and send us two o n't .", "And you shall , sir .", "You have heard all ?", "Nothing !", "Well , a rare star", "Reign 'd at your birth .", "The doctor", "Swears that you are \u2014", "Allied to the queen of Fairy .", "Yes , and that", "You were born with a cawl on your head .", "Come ,", "You know it well enough , though you dissemble it .", "How !", "Swear by your fac , and in a thing so known", "Unto the doctor ? How shall we , sir , trust you", "In the other matter ? can we ever think ,", "When you have won five or six thousand pound ,", "You 'll send us shares i n't , by this rate ?", "Go to . Go thank the doctor : he 's your friend ,", "To take it so .", "So ! Another angel .", "Must you ! \u2018 slight ,", "What else is thanks ? will you be trivial ? \u2014 Doctor ,", "When must he come for his familiar ?", "Not , if she danced , to-night .", "Did you never see", "Her royal grace yet ?", "Your aunt of Fairy ?", "Well , see her grace ,", "Whate'er it cost you , for a thing that I know .", "It will be somewhat hard to compass ; but", "However , see her . You are made , believe it ,", "If you can see her . Her grace is a lone woman ,", "And very rich ; and if she take a fancy ,", "She will do strange things . See her , at any hand .", "\u2018 Slid , she may hap to leave you all she has :", "It is the doctor 's fear .", "Let me alone , take you no thought . Do you", "But say to me , captain , I 'll see her grace .", "Enough .", "Can you remember this ?", "Well then , away . It is but your bestowing", "Some twenty nobles \u2018 mong her grace 's servants ,", "And put on a clean shirt : you do not know", "What grace her grace may do you in clean linen .", "What ! my honest Abel ? Though art well met here .", "He shall do any thing . \u2014 Doctor , do you hear ?", "This is my friend , Abel , an honest fellow ;", "He lets me have good tobacco , and he does not", "Sophisticate it with sack-lees or oil ,", "Nor washes it in muscadel and grains ,", "Nor buries it in gravel , under ground ,", "Wrapp 'd up in greasy leather , or piss 'd clouts :", "But keeps it in fine lily pots , that , open 'd ,", "Smell like conserve of roses , or French beans .", "He has his maple block , his silver tongs ,", "Winchester pipes , and fire of Juniper :", "A neat , spruce , honest fellow , and no goldsmith .", "Already , sir , have you found it ? Lo thee , Abel !", "Sir !", "What , and so little beard ?", "\u2018 Slid , doctor , how canst thou know this so soon ? I am amused at that !", "Which finger 's that ?", "Why , this is strange ! Is it not , honest Nab ?", "That 's a secret , Nab !", "Why , how now , Abel ! is this true ?", "Nay , I 'll not counsel thee .", "Thou hear'st what wealth", "Thou'rt like to come to .", "A crown ! and toward such a fortune ? heart ,", "Thou shalt rather gi \u2019 him thy shop . No gold about thee ?", "Out on thee , Nab ! \u2018 Slight , there was such an offer \u2014", "Shalt keep't no longer , I 'll give't him for thee . Doctor ,", "Nab prays your worship to drink this , and swears", "He will appear more grateful , as your skill", "Does raise him in the world .", "What is't , Nab ?", "That he shall , Nab :", "Leave it , it shall be done , \u2018 gainst afternoon .", "Now , Nab ,", "Art thou well pleased , Nab ?", "Away .", "Why , now , you smoaky persecutor of nature !", "Now do you see , that something 's to be done ,", "Beside your beech-coal , and your corsive waters ,", "Your crosslets , crucibles , and cucurbites ?", "You must have stuff brought home to you , to work on :", "And yet you think , I am at no expense", "In searching out these veins , then following them ,", "Then trying them out . \u2018 Fore God , my intelligence", "Costs me more money , than my share oft comes to ,", "In these rare works .", "Sir , he 'll come to you by and by .", "The evening will set red upon you , sir ;", "You have colour for it , crimson : the red ferment", "Has done his office ; three hours hence prepare you", "To see projection .", "Like a wench with child , sir ,", "That were but now discover 'd to her master .", "No , sir ! buy", "The covering off o \u2019 churches .", "Yes .", "Let them stand bare , as do their auditory ;", "Or cap them , new , with shingles .", "I have blown , sir ,", "Hard for your worship ; thrown by many a coal ,", "When \u2018 twas not beech ; weigh 'd those I put in , just ,", "To keep your heat still even ; these blear 'd eyes", "Have wak 'd to read your several colours , sir ,", "Of the pale citron , the green lion , the crow ,", "The peacock 's tail , the plumed swan .", "Yes , sir .", "At his prayers , sir , he ;", "Good man , he 's doing his devotions", "For the success .", "Good , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "Both blood and spirit , sir .", "And I shall carry it ?", "Sir , I 'll go look", "A little , how it heightens .", "Anon , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "Which ? on D , sir ?", "Whitish .", "I will , sir .", "Sir , please you ,", "Shall I not change the filter ?", "The ground black , sir .", "Yes , sir , and then married them ,", "And put them in a bolt'shYpppHeNhead nipp 'd to digestion ,", "According as you bade me , when I set", "The liquor of Mars to circulation", "In the same heat .", "Yes , by the token , sir , the retort brake ,", "And what was saved was put into the pellican ,", "And sign 'd with Hermes \u2019 seal .", "Yes , sir ,", "He 's ripe for inceration , he stands warm ,", "In his ash-fire . I would not you should let", "Any die now , if I might counsel , sir ,", "For luck 's sake to the rest : it is not good .", "Nay , I know't , sir ,", "I have seen the ill fortune . What is some three ounces", "Of fresh materials ?", "No more , sir . Of gold , t'amalgame with some six of mercury .", "Ask him , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "Ay .", "Sir .", "Wherein , sir ?", "\u2018 Twas not my fault , sir ; she would speak with you .", "I dare not , sir .", "A lord 's sister , sir .", "She 's mad , sir , and sent hither \u2014", "He 'll be mad too . \u2014", "Sir , to be cured .", "Lo you ! \u2014 Here , sir !", "Softly , sir ; speak softly . I meant", "To have told your worship all . This must not hear .", "You are very right , sir , she is a most rare scholar ,", "And is gone mad with studying Broughton 's works .", "If you but name a word touching the Hebrew ,", "She falls into her fit , and will discourse", "So learnedly of genealogies ,", "As you would run mad too , to hear her , sir .", "O divers have run mad upon the conference :", "I do not know , sir . I am sent in haste ,", "To fetch a vial .", "I dare not , in good faith .", "He is extreme angry that you saw her , sir .", "O , the most affablest creature , sir ! so merry !", "So pleasant ! she 'll mount you up , like quicksilver ,", "Over the helm ; and circulate like oil ,", "A very vegetal : discourse of state ,", "Of mathematics , bawdry , any thing \u2014", "I 'll come to you again , sir .", "Here 's one from Captain Face , sir ,Desires you meet him in the Temple-church , Some half-hour hence , and upon earnest business . Sir ,if you please to quit us , now ; and come Again within two hours , you shall have My master busy examining o \u2019 the works ; And I will steal you in , unto the party , That you may see her converse . \u2014 Sir , shall I say , You 'll meet the captain 's worship ?", "Sir , he does pray , you 'll not forget .", "But do so , good sir , to avoid suspicion . This gentleman has a parlous head .", "As my life , sir .", "O , what else , sir ?", "And that you 'll make her royal with the stone ,", "An empress ; and yourself , King of Bantam .", "Will I , sir !", "Send your stuff , sir , that my master", "May busy himself about projection .", "Your jack , and all , sir .", "Not I , sir !", "Away , sir .", "Good , sir , go .", "And swallowed , too , my Subtle . I have given him line , and now he plays , i'faith .", "Thorough both the gills .", "A wench is a rare bait , with which a man", "No sooner 's taken , but he straight firks mad .", "Well said , sanguine !", "His jack too ,", "And 's iron shoeing-horn ; I have spoke to him . Well ,", "I must not lose my wary gamester yonder .", "Ay ,", "If I can strike a fine hook into him , now !", "The Temple-church , there I have cast mine angle .", "Well , pray for me . I 'll about it .", "Sir !", "Yes , sir . And save the ground ?", "Sir , putrefaction ,", "Solution , ablution , sublimation ,", "Cohobation , calcination , ceration , and", "Fixation .", "After mortification .", "\u2018 Tis the pouring on", "Your aqua regis , and then drawing him off ,", "To the trine circle of the seven spheres .", "Malleation .", "Antimonium .", "A very fugitive , he will be gone , sir .", "By his viscosity ,", "His oleosity , and his suscitability .", "With the calce of egg-shells ,", "White marble , talc .", "Shifting , sir , your elements ,", "Dry into cold , cold into moist , moist into hot ,", "Hot into dry .", "\u2018 Tis a stone ,", "And not a stone ; a spirit , a soul , and a body :", "Which if you do dissolve , it is dissolved ;", "If you coagulate , it is coagulated ;", "If you make it to fly , it flieth .", "He is busy with his spirits , but we 'll upon him .", "I told you , he would be furious . \u2014 Sir , here 's Nab ,", "Has brought you another piece of gold to look on :", "\u2014 We must appease him . Give it me , \u2014 and prays you ,", "You would devise \u2014 what is it , Nab ?", "Ay , a good lucky one , a thriving sign , doctor .", "\u2018 Slight , do not say so ,", "He will repent he gave you any more \u2014", "What say you to his constellation , doctor ,", "The Balance ?", "Nab !", "Abel , thou art made .", "Six o \u2019 thy legs more will not do it , Nab . He has brought you a pipe of tobacco , doctor .", "Out with it , Nab .", "Good ! a bona roba ?", "Very good , Abel .", "No matter , Abel .", "What ! dost thou deal , Nab ?", "Good\u2014 On , Nab .", "Ods lid , Nab , send her to the doctor , hither .", "Hurt it ! \u2018 tis the way", "To heal it , if \u2018 twere hurt ; to make it more", "Follow 'd and sought : Nab , thou shalt tell her this .", "She 'll be more known , more talk 'd of ; and your widows", "Are ne'er of any price till they be famous ;", "Their honour is their multitude of suitors .", "Send her , it may be thy good fortune . What !", "Thou dost not know .", "What ! and dost thou despair , my little Nab ,", "Knowing what the doctor has set down for thee ,", "And seeing so many of the city dubb 'd ?", "One glass o \u2019 thy water , with a madam I know ,", "Will have it done , Nab : what 's her brother , a knight ?", "How ! to quarrel ?", "\u2018 Slid , Nab , the doctor is the only man", "In Christendom for him . He has made a table ,", "With mathematical demonstrations ,", "Touching the art of quarrels : he will give him", "An instrument to quarrel by . Go , bring them both ,", "Him and his sister . And , for thee , with her", "The doctor happ'ly may persuade . Go to :", "\u2018 Shalt give his worship a new damask suit", "Upon the premises .", "He shall ;", "He is the honestest fellow , doctor . \u2014 Stay not ,", "No offers ; bring the damask , and the parties .", "And thy will too , Nab .", "He 'll send you a pound , doctor .", "He will do't .", "It is the goodest soul ! \u2014 Abel , about it .", "Thou shalt know more anon . Away , be gone .", "A miserable rogue , and lives with cheese ,", "And has the worms . That was the cause , indeed ,", "Why he came now : he dealt with me in private ,", "To get a med'cine for them .", "A wife , a wife for one on us , my dear Subtle !", "We 'll e'en draw lots , and he that fails , shall have", "The more in goods , the other has in tail .", "Ay , or be such a burden ,", "A man would scarce endure her for the whole .", "Content : but Dol must have no breath o n't .", "\u2018 Pray God I have not staid too long .", "Good pox ! yond \u2019 costive cheater", "Never came on .", "I have walk 'd the round", "Till now , and no such thing .", "Quit him ! an hell would quit him too , he were happy .", "\u2018 Slight ! would you have me stalk like a mill-jade ,", "All day , for one that will not yield us grains ?", "I know him of old .", "Let him go , black boy !", "And turn thee , that some fresh news may possess thee .", "A noble count , a don of Spain , my dear", "Delicious compeer , and my party-bawd ,", "Who is come hither private for his conscience ,", "And brought munition with him , six great slops ,", "Bigger than three Dutch hoys , beside round trunks ,", "Furnished with pistolets , and pieces of eight ,", "Will straight be here , my rogue , to have thy bath ,", "and to make his battery", "Upon our Dol , our castle , our cinque-port ,", "Our Dover pier , our what thou wilt . Where is she ?", "She must prepare perfumes , delicate linen ,", "The bath in chief , a banquet , and her wit ,", "For she must milk his epididimis .", "Where is the doxy ?", "Are they within then ?", "How much ?", "Why , this is a lucky day . Ten pounds of Mammon !", "Three of my clerk ! A portague of my grocer !", "This of the brethren ! beside reversions ,", "And states to come in the widow , and my count !", "My share to-day will not be bought for forty \u2014", "Pounds , dainty Dorothy ! art thou so near ?", "As with the few that had entrench 'd themselves", "Safe , by their discipline , against a world , Dol ,", "And laugh 'd within those trenches , and grew fat", "With thinking on the booties , Dol , brought in", "Daily by their small parties . This dear hour ,", "A doughty don is taken with my Dol ;", "And thou mayst make his ransom what thou wilt ,", "My Dousabel ; he shall be brought here fetter 'd", "With thy fair looks , before he sees thee ; and thrown", "In a down-bed , as dark as any dungeon ;", "Where thou shalt keep him waking with thy drum ;", "Thy drum , my Dol , thy drum ; till he be tame", "As the poor black-birds were in the great frost ,", "Or bees are with a bason ; and so hive him", "In the swan-skin coverlid , and cambric sheets ,", "Till he work honey and wax , my little God'shYpppHeNgift .", "An adalantado ,", "A grandee , girl . Was not my Dapper here yet ?", "Nor my Drugger ?", "A pox on \u2018 em ,", "They are so long a furnishing ! such stinkards", "Would not be seen upon these festival days . \u2014", "How now ! have you done ?", "\u2018 Slid , Nab shall do't against he have the widow ,", "To furnish household .", "I pray he keep away", "Till our new business be o'erpast .", "A spirit", "Brought me th \u2019 intelligence in a paper here ,", "As I was conjuring yonder in my circle", "For Surly ; I have my flies abroad . Your bath", "Is famous , Subtle , by my means . Sweet Dol ,", "You must go tune your virginal , no losing", "O \u2019 the least time : and , do you hear ? good action .", "Firk , like a flounder ; kiss , like a scallop , close ;", "And tickle him with thy mother tongue . His great", "Verdugoship has not a jot of language ;", "So much the easier to be cozen 'd , my Dolly .", "He will come here in a hired coach , obscure ,", "And our own coachman , whom I have sent as guide ,", "No creature else .", "Who 's that ?", "O no , not yet this hour .", "God 's will then , queen of Fairy , On with your tire ;and , doctor , with your robes . Let 's dispatch him for God 's sake .", "I warrant you , take but the cues I give you ,", "It shall be brief enough .", "\u2018 Slight , here are more !", "Abel , and I think the angry boy , the heir ,", "That fain would quarrel .", "No ,", "Not that I see . Away !", "O sir , you are welcome .", "The doctor is within a moving for you ;", "I have had the most ado to win him to it ! \u2014", "He swears you 'll be the darling of the dice :", "He never heard her highness dote till now .", "Your aunt has given you the most gracious words", "That can be thought on .", "See her , and kiss her too . \u2014", "What , honest Nab !", "Hast brought the damask ?", "\u2018 Tis well done , Nab ; thou'lt bring the damask too ?", "Where 's the widow ?", "O , is it so ? good time . Is your name Kastril , sir ?", "Wherein , sir ?", "It seems , sir , you are but young", "About the town , that can make that a question .", "Sir , for the duello ,", "The doctor , I assure you , shall inform you ,", "To the least shadow of a hair ; and shew you", "An instrument he has of his own making ,", "Wherewith no sooner shall you make report", "Of any quarrel , but he will take the height o n't", "Most instantly , and tell in what degree", "Of safety it lies in , or mortality .", "And how it may be borne , whether in a right line ,", "Or a half circle ; or may else be cast", "Into an angle blunt , if not acute :", "And this he will demonstrate . And then , rules", "To give and take the lie by .", "Yes , in oblique he 'll shew you , or in circle ;", "But never in diameter . The whole town", "Study his theorems , and dispute them ordinarily", "At the eating academies .", "Anything whatever .", "You cannot think that subtlety , but he reads it .", "He made me a captain . I was a stark pimp ,", "Just of your standing , \u2018 fore I met with him ;", "It is not two months since . I 'll tell you his method :", "First , he will enter you at some ordinary .", "For why , sir ?", "Why , would you be", "A gallant , and not game ?", "Spend you ! it will repair you when you are spent :", "How do they live by their wits there , that have vented", "Six times your fortunes ?", "Ay , forty thousand .", "Ay , sir , And gallants yet . Here 's a young gentleman Is born to nothing , \u2014forty marks a year , Which I count nothing : \u2014 he is to be initiated , And have a fly of the doctor . He will win you , By unresistible luck , within this fortnight , Enough to buy a barony . They will set him Upmost , at the groom porter 's , all the Christmas : And for the whole year through , at every place , Where there is play , present him with the chair ; The best attendance , the best drink ; sometimes Two glasses of Canary , and pay nothing ; The purest linen , and the sharpest knife , The partridge next his trencher : and somewhere The dainty bed , in private , with the dainty . You shall have your ordinaries bid for him , As play-houses for a poet ; and the master Pray him aloud to name what dish he affects , Which must be butter 'd shrimps : and those that drink To no mouth else , will drink to his , as being The goodly president mouth of all the board .", "\u2018 Ods my life ! do you think it ?", "You shall have a cast commander ,", "Will , by most swift posts , dealing", "with him ,", "Arrive at competent means to keep himself ,", "His punk and naked boy , in excellent fashion ,", "And be admired for't .", "He will do more , sir : when your land is gone ,", "As men of spirit hate to keep earth long ,", "In a vacation , when small money is stirring ,", "And ordinaries suspended till the term ,", "He 'll shew a perspective , where on one side", "You shall behold the faces and the persons", "Of all sufficient young heirs in town ,", "Whose bonds are current for commodity ;", "On th \u2019 other side , the merchants \u2019 forms , and others ,", "That without help of any second broker ,", "Who would expect a share , will trust such parcels :", "In the third square , the very street and sign", "Where the commodity dwells , and does but wait", "To be deliver 'd , be it pepper , soap ,", "Hops , or tobacco , oatmeal , woad , or cheeses .", "All which you may so handle , to enjoy", "To your own use , and never stand obliged .", "Why , Nab here knows him .", "And then for making matches for rich widows ,", "Young gentlewomen , heirs , the fortunat'st man !", "He 's sent to , far and near , all over England ,", "To have his counsel , and to know their fortunes .", "I 'll tell you , sir ,", "What he did tell me of Nab . It 's a strange thing : \u2014", "By the way , you must eat no cheese , Nab , it breeds melancholy ,", "And that same melancholy breeds worms ; but pass it : \u2014", "He told me , honest Nab here was ne'er at tavern", "But once in 's life !", "And then he was so sick \u2014", "How should I know it ?", "And he has no head", "To bear any wine ; for what with the noise of the fidlers ,", "And care of his shop , for he dares keep no servants \u2014", "And he was fain to be brought home ,", "The doctor told me : and then a good old woman \u2014", "Ay , that was with the grief", "Thou took'st for being cess 'd at eighteen-pence ,", "For the water-work .", "Thy hair went off ?", "Nay , so says the doctor .", "Sir , he is busy now :", "But if you have a sister to fetch hither ,", "Perhaps your own pains may command her sooner ;", "And he by that time will be free .", "Drugger , she 's thine : the damask ! \u2014", "Subtle and I", "Must wrestle for her .", "\u2014 Come on , master Dapper ,", "You see how I turn clients here away ,", "To give your cause dispatch ; have you perform 'd", "The ceremonies were enjoin 'd you ?", "\u2018 Tis well : that shirt may do you", "More worship than you think . Your aunt 's a-fire ,", "But that she will not shew it , t \u2019 have a sight of you .", "Have you provided for her grace 's servants ?", "Good !", "Very good !", "O , you are too just . I would you had had the other noble in Maries .", "Ay , those same", "Are best of all : where are they ? Hark , the doctor .", "He is come .", "Yes .", "Thrice , you must answer .", "If you have , say .", "She need not doubt him , sir . Alas , he has nothing ,", "But what he will part withal as willingly ,", "Upon her grace 's word \u2014 throw away your purse \u2014", "As she would ask it ; \u2014 handkerchiefs and all \u2014", "She cannot bid that thing , but he 'll obey . \u2014", "If you have a ring about you , cast it off ,", "Or a silver seal at your wrist ; her grace will send", "Her fairies here to search you , therefore deal", "Directly with her highness : if they find", "That you conceal a mite , you are undone .", "All what ?", "Keep nothing that is transitory about you .", "Bid Dol play music . \u2014", "Look , the elves are come .", "To pinch you , if you tell not truth . Advise you .", "Ti , ti . They knew't , they say .", "Ti , ti-ti-ti .", "In the other pocket .", "Nay , pray you , hold : he is her grace 's nephew ,", "Ti , ti , ti ? What care you ? good faith , you shall care . \u2014", "Deal plainly , sir , and shame the fairies . Shew", "You are innocent .", "I thought \u2018 twas something . And would you incur", "Your aunt 's displeasure for these trifles ? Come ,", "I had rather you had thrown away twenty half-crowns .", "You may wear your leaden heart still . \u2014", "How now !", "\u2018 Ods lid , we never thought of him till now ! Where is he ?", "O , by no means .", "What shall we do with this same puffin here ,", "Now he 's on the spit ?", "Who 's there ? sir Epicure ,", "My master 's in the way . Please you to walk", "Three or four turns , but till his back be turned ,", "And I am for you . \u2014 Quickly , Dol !", "Sir , he shall", "Hold out , an \u2018 twere this two hours , for her highness ;", "I can assure you that . We will not lose", "All we have done . \u2014", "For that we 'll put , sir ,", "A stay in 's mouth .", "Of gingerbread .", "Make you it fit . He that hath pleas 'd her grace", "Thus far , shall not now crincle for a little . \u2014", "Gape , sir , and let him fit you .", "Are they perfumed , and his bath ready ?", "Sir Epicure , I am yours , sir , by and by .", "O sir , you 're come in the only finest time . \u2014", "Now preparing for projection , sir . Your stuff will be all changed shortly .", "To gold and silver , sir .", "Yes , sir , a little to give beggars .", "At hand here . I have told her such brave things of you ,", "Touching your bounty , and your noble spirit \u2014", "As she is almost in her fit to see you .", "But , good sir , no divinity in your conference ,", "For fear of putting her in rage . \u2014", "Six men", "will not hold her down : and then ,", "If the old man should hear or see you \u2014", "The very house , sir , would run mad . You know it ,", "How scrupulous he is , and violent ,", "\u2018 Gainst the least act of sin . Physic , or mathematics ,", "Poetry , state , or bawdry , as I told you ,", "She will endure , and never startle ; but", "No word of controversy .", "And you must praise her house , remember that ,", "And her nobility .", "Why , this is yet", "A kind of modern happiness , to have", "Dol Common for a great lady .", "To him , Dol , suckle him . \u2014 This is the noble knight ,", "I told your ladyship \u2014", "Well said , my Guinea bird .", "O , we shall have most fierce idolatry .", "Very like !", "Her father was an Irish costermonger .", "I 'll be sworn , I heard it .", "I 'll in , and laugh .", "Sir , you are too loud . I hear you every word", "Into the laboratory . Some fitter place ;", "The garden , or great chamber above . How like you her ?", "But do you hear ? Good sir , beware , no mention of the rabbins .", "O , it is well , sir . \u2014 Subtle !", "Dost thou not laugh ?", "All 's clear .", "And your quarrelling disciple ?", "I must to my captainship again then .", "So I meant . What is she ? A bonnibel ?", "We 'll draw lots :", "You 'll stand to that ?", "O , for a suit ,", "To fall now like a curtain , flap !", "You 'll have the first kiss , \u2018 cause I am not ready .", "Who would you speak with ?", "Gone , sir ,", "About some business .", "He 'll return straight . But master doctor , his lieutenant , is here .", "Good master Kastril ! Is this your sister ?", "I shall be proud to know you , lady .", "The count is come .", "At the door .", "What will you do", "With these the while ?", "\u2018 Fore God ,", "She is a delicate dab-chick ! I must have her .", "Where are you , doctor ?", "I will have this same widow , now I have seen her ,", "On any composition .", "Have you disposed of them ?", "Subtle , in troth , I needs must have this widow .", "Nay , but hear me .", "Nay , thou art so violent now \u2014 Do but conceive ,", "Thou art old , and canst not serve \u2014", "Nay ,", "But understand : I 'll give you composition .", "Well , sir , I am silent . Will you go help to fetch in Don in state ?", "Peace , Subtle .", "Or , what do you say to a collar of brawn , cut down", "Beneath the souse , and wriggled with a knife ?", "Perhaps some Fleming or some Hollander got him", "In d'Alva ' s time ; count Egmont 's bastard .", "Praises the house , I think ;", "I know no more but 's action .", "Cozen 'd , do you see ,", "My worthy Donzel , cozen 'd .", "Full .", "Milked , in troth , sweet Don .", "Of the sennora .", "\u2018 Slid , Subtle , how shall we do ?", "Why Dol 's employ 'd , you know .", "Stay ! that he must not by no means .", "Unless you 'll mar all . \u2018 Slight , he will suspect it :", "And then he will not pay , not half so well .", "This is a travelled punk-master , and does know", "All the delays ; a notable hot rascal ,", "And looks already rampant .", "Mammon ! in no case .", "Think : you must be sudden .", "Mi vida ! \u2018 Slid , Subtle , he puts me in mind of the widow .", "What dost thou say to draw her to it , ha !", "And tell her \u2018 tis her fortune ? all our venture", "Now lies upo n't . It is but one man more ,", "Which of us chance to have her : and beside ,", "There is no maidenhead to be fear 'd or lost .", "What dost thou think o n't , Subtle ?", "The credit of our house too is engaged .", "O , by that light", "I 'll not buy now : You know your doom to me .", "E'en take your lot , obey your chance , sir ; win her ,", "And wear her out , for me .", "It is the common cause ; therefore bethink you . Dol else must know it , as you said .", "That 's now no reason , sir .", "You hear the Don too ? by this air , I call ,", "And loose the hinges : Dol !", "Will you then do ?", "Yes , and I 'll take her too with all her faults ,", "Now I do think o n't better .", "As you please .", "Remember now , that upon any change ,", "You never claim her .", "Come , lady : I knew the Doctor would not leave ,", "Till he had found the very nick of her fortune .", "Better ! \u2018 Slight , make you that a question , lady ?", "Ask from your courtier , to your inns-of-court-man ,", "To your mere milliner ; they will tell you all ,", "Your Spanish gennet is the best horse ; your Spanish", "Stoup is the best garb ; your Spanish beard", "Is the best cut ; your Spanish ruffs are the best", "Wear ; your Spanish pavin the best dance ;", "Your Spanish titillation in a glove", "The best perfume : and for your Spanish pike ,", "And Spanish blade , let your poor captain speak \u2014", "Here comes the doctor .", "I have told her all , sir ,", "And her right worshipful brother here , that she shall be", "A countess ; do not delay them , sir ; a Spanish countess .", "By this good rush , persuade her ,", "She will cry strawberries else within this twelvemonth .", "Indeed , sir !", "Nay , good sir ,", "Be not so fierce .", "And kiss 'd , and ruffled !", "And then come forth in pomp !", "Of keeping all the idolaters of the chamber", "Barer to her , than at their prayers !", "And has her pages , ushers ,", "Footmen , and coaches \u2014", "Nay , eight !", "Yes , and have", "The citizens gape at her , and praise her tires ,", "And my lord 's goose-turd bands , that ride with her !", "It is the count come :", "The doctor knew he would be here , by his art .", "Is't not a gallant language that they speak ?", "No , Spanish , sir .", "List , sir .", "He admires your sister .", "\u2018 Tis true he tells you , sir :", "His art knows all .", "That he does , sir .", "O no , sir .", "Does he not use her bravely ?", "Nay , he will use her better .", "Into the garden , sir ;", "Take you no thought : I must interpret for her .", "What 's the matter , sir ?", "Death , sir ,", "We are undone !", "My master will hear !", "Nay , you must never hope to lay her now .", "How did you put her into't ?", "Out of Broughton ! I told you so . \u2018 Slid , stop her mouth .", "She 'll never leave else . If the old man hear her ,", "We are but faeces , ashes .", "O , we are lost ! Now she hears him , she is quiet .", "O , sir , we are defeated ! all the works", "Are flown in fumo , every glass is burst ;", "Furnace , and all rent down , as if a bolt", "Of thunder had been driven through the house .", "Retorts , receivers , pelicans , bolt-heads ,", "All struck in shivers !", "Help , good sir ! alas ,", "Coldness and death invades him . Nay , sir Mammon ,", "Do the fair offices of a man ! you stand ,", "As you were readier to depart than he .", "Who 's there ? my lord her brother is come .", "His coach is at the door . Avoid his sight ,", "For he 's as furious as his sister 's mad .", "My brain is quite undone with the fume , sir ,", "I ne'er must hope to be mine own man again .", "Faith , very little , sir ;", "A peck of coals or so , which is cold comfort , sir .", "And so am I , sir .", "Nay , certainties , sir .", "Nay , look , sir ,", "You grieve him now with staying in his sight :", "Good sir , the nobleman will come too , and take you ,", "And that may breed a tragedy .", "Ay , and repent at home , sir . It may be ,", "For some good penance you may have it yet ;", "A hundred pound to the box at Bethlem \u2014", "For the restoring such as \u2014 have their wits .", "I 'll send one to you to receive it .", "All flown , or stinks , sir .", "I cannot tell , sir . There will be perhaps ,", "Something about the scraping of the shards ,", "Will cure the itch , \u2014 though not your itch of mind , sir .", "It shall be saved for you , and sent home . Good sir ,", "This way , for fear the lord should meet you .", "Ay .", "Yes , and as heavily", "As all the gold he hoped for were in 's blood .", "Let us be light though .", "Now to our don .", "Good sir .", "Very well , sir . Will you go fetch Don Diego off , the while ?", "Why , you can do't as well , if you would set to't . I pray you prove your virtue .", "How , Surly !", "Why , now 's the time , if ever you will quarrel", "Well , as they say , and be a true-born child :", "The doctor and your sister both are abused .", "A very errant rogue , sir , and a cheater ,", "Employ 'd here by another conjurer", "That does not love the doctor , and would cross him ,", "If he knew how .", "Well said , sir ! He is", "The impudent'st rascal \u2014", "By no means : bid him be gone .", "There is not such a foist in all the town ,", "The doctor had him presently ; and finds yet ,", "The Spanish count will come here .", "\u2014 Bear up , Subtle .", "And yet this rogue would come in a disguise ,", "By the temptation of another spirit ,", "To trouble our art , though he could not hurt it !", "Do not believe him , sir . He is the lying'st swabber ! Come your ways , sir .", "Nay , here 's an honest fellow , too , that knows him ,", "And all his tricks . Make good what I say , Abel ,", "This cheater would have cozen 'd thee o \u2019 the widow . \u2014", "He owes this honest Drugger here , seven pound ,", "He has had on him , in two-penny'orths of tobacco .", "And what does he owe for lotium ?", "Nay , sir , you must quarrel him out o \u2019 the house .", "No , sir .", "Yes , indeed , sir .", "O , you must follow , sir , and threaten him tame :", "He 'll turn again else .", "Drugger , this rogue prevented us for thee :", "We had determin 'd that thou should'st have come", "In a Spanish suit , and have carried her so ; and he ,", "A brokerly slave ! goes , puts it on himself .", "Hast brought the damask ?", "Thou must borrow", "A Spanish suit . Hast thou no credit with the players ?", "I know not , Nab : \u2014 Thou shalt , if I can help it . \u2014", "Hieronimo 's old cloak , ruff , and hat will serve ;", "I 'll tell thee more when thou bring'st \u2018 em .", "What did he come for ?", "I conceive . Come , Subtle ,", "Thou art so down upon the least disaster !", "How wouldst thou ha \u2019 done , if I had not help't thee out ?", "Who would have look 'd it should have been that rascal ,", "Surly ? he had dyed his beard and all . Well , sir .", "Here 's damask come to make you a suit .", "He is gone to borrow me a Spanish habit ;", "I 'll be the count , now .", "Within , with my lord 's sister ; madam Dol", "Is entertaining her .", "You will not offer it .", "Stand to your word ,", "Or \u2014 here comes Dol , she knows \u2014", "Strict for my right . \u2014 How now , Dol !", "Hast", "told her ,", "The Spanish count will come ?", "Who 's that ?", "She lies ,", "This is some trick . Come , leave your quiblins , Dorothy .", "\u2018 Tis he , by this good day .", "We are undone , and taken .", "No : \u2018 twas within the walls .", "Be silent : not a word , if he call or knock .", "I 'll into mine old shape again and meet him ,", "Of Jeremy , the butler . In the mean time ,", "Do you two pack up all the goods and purchase ,", "That we can carry in the two trunks . I 'll keep him", "Off for to-day , if I cannot longer : and then", "At night , I 'll ship you both away to Ratcliff ,", "Where we will meet to-morrow , and there we 'll share .", "Let Mammon 's brass and pewter keep the cellar ;", "We 'll have another time for that . But , Dol ,", "\u2018 Prythee go heat a little water quickly ;", "Subtle must shave me : all my captain 's beard", "Must off , to make me appear smooth Jeremy .", "You 'll do it ?", "And not cut my throat , but trim me ?", "What mean you , sir ?", "Good sir , come from the door .", "Yet farther , you are too near yet .", "The house , sir , has been visited .", "No , sir ,", "I had it not .", "Yes , sir , my fellow ,", "The cat that kept the buttery , had it on her", "A week before I spied it ; but I got her", "Convey 'd away in the night : and so I shut", "The house up for a month \u2014", "Purposing then , sir ,", "To have burnt rose-vinegar , treacle , and tar ,", "And have made it sweet , that you shou 'd ne'er have known it ;", "Because I knew the news would but afflict you , sir .", "How , sir !", "Sir ,", "Their wisdoms will not say so .", "They did pass through the doors then ,", "Or walls , I assure their eye-sights , and their spectacles ;", "For here , sir , are the keys , and here have been ,", "In this my pocket , now above twenty days :", "And for before , I kept the fort alone there .", "But that \u2018 tis yet not deep in the afternoon ,", "I should believe my neighbours had seen double", "Through the black pot , and made these apparitions !", "For , on my faith to your worship , for these three weeks", "And upwards the door has not been open 'd .", "Did you see me at all ?", "Surly come ! And Mammon made acquainted ! they 'll tell all . How shall I beat them off ? what shall I do ? Nothing 's more wretched than a guilty conscience .", "What mean you , sir ?", "Another man 's house !", "Here is the owner , sir : turn you to him ,", "And speak your business .", "The gentleman is distracted , sir ! No lungs ,", "Nor lights have been seen here these three weeks , sir ,", "Within these doors , upon my word .", "Yes , sir , I am the housekeeper ,", "And know the keys have not been out of my hands .", "You do mistake the house , sir :", "What sign was't at ?", "I cannot tell , sir .", "I NEI . These are two of the gallants", "That we do think we saw .", "Two of the fools !", "Your talk as idly as they . Good faith , sir ,", "I think the moon has crazed \u2018 em all . \u2014", "O me ,", "The angry boy come too ! He 'll make a noise ,", "And ne'er away till he have betray 'd us all .", "Who would you speak with , sir ?", "Upon my trust , the doors were never open , sir .", "Ananias too ! And his pastor !", "These are all broke loose ,", "Out of St. Katherine 's , where they use to keep", "The better sort of mad-folks .", "Peace , you drunkards ! Sir ,", "I wonder at it : please you to give me leave", "To touch the door , I 'll try an the lock be chang 'd .", "Good faith , sir , I believe", "There 's no such thing : \u2018 tis all deceptio visus . \u2014", "Would I could get him away .", "Our clerk within , that I forgot !", "I know not , sir .", "Ha !", "Illusions , some spirit o \u2019 the air \u2014", "His gag is melted ,", "And now he sets out the throat .", "Would you were altogether .", "Believe it , sir , in the air .", "Or you will else , you rogue .", "Dismiss this rabble , sir . \u2014", "What shall I do ? I am catch 'd .", "Sir , you were wont to affect mirth and wit \u2014", "But here 's no place to talk o n't in the street .", "Give me but leave to make the best of my fortune ,", "And only pardon me the abuse of your house :", "It 's all I beg . I 'll help you to a widow ,", "In recompence , that you shall give me thanks for ,", "Will make you seven years younger , and a rich one .", "\u2018 Tis but your putting on a Spanish cloak :", "I have her within . You need not fear the house ;", "It was not visited .", "It is true , sir . \u2018 Pray you forgive me .", "How now ! is his mouth down ?", "A pox , I heard him , and you too .", "\u2014 He 's undone then . \u2014", "I have been fain to say , the house is haunted", "With spirits , to keep churl back .", "Sure , for this night .", "Did you not hear the coil", "About the door ?", "Show him his aunt , and let him be dispatch 'd :", "I 'll send her to you .", "Have you done there ?", "Where 's Subtle ?", "Drugger is at the door , go take his suit ,", "And bid him fetch a parson , presently ;", "Say , he shall marry the widow . Thou shalt spend", "A hundred pound by the service !", "Now , queen Dol ,", "Have you pack 'd up all ?", "And how do you like", "The lady Pliant ?", "Give me them .", "Yes ; I 'll come to you presently .", "What now ! a billing ?", "Drugger has brought his parson ; take him in , Subtle ,", "And send Nab back again to wash his face .", "If you can get him .", "A trick that Dol shall spend ten pound a month by .", "Is he gone ?", "I 'll go bestow him .", "Come , my venturers ,", "You have pack 'd up all ? where be the trunks ? bring forth .", "Let us see them . Where 's the money ?", "Mammon 's ten pound ; eight score before :", "The brethren 's money , this . Drugger 's and Dapper 's .", "What paper 's that ?", "If she should have precedence of her mistress ?", "What box is that ?", "We 'll wet it to-morrow ; and our silver-beakers", "And tavern cups . Where be the French petticoats ,", "And girdles and hangers ?", "Is Drugger 's damask there ,", "And the tobacco ?", "Give me the keys .", "\u2018 Tis true , you shall not open them , indeed ;", "Nor have them forth , do you see ? Not forth , Dol .", "No , my smock rampant . The right is , my master", "Knows all , has pardon 'd me , and he will keep them ;", "Doctor , \u2018 tis true \u2014 you look \u2014 for all your figures :", "I sent for him , indeed . Wherefore , good partners ,", "Both he and she be satisfied ; for here", "Determines the indenture tripartite", "\u2018 Twixt Subtle , Dol , and Face . All I can do", "Is to help you over the wall , o \u2019 the back-side ,", "Or lend you a sheet to save your velvet gown , Dol .", "Here will be officers presently , bethink you", "Of some course suddenly to \u2018 scape the dock :", "For thither you will come else .", "Hark you , thunder .", "Dol , I am sorry for thee i'faith ; but hear'st thou ?", "It shall go hard but I will place thee somewhere :", "Thou shalt have my letter to mistress Amo \u2014", "Or madam Caesarean .", "Subtle ,", "Let 's know where you set up next ; I will send you", "A customer now and then , for old acquaintance :", "What new course have you ?", "Sir , have you done ? Is it a marriage ? perfect ?", "Off with your ruff and cloak then ; be yourself , sir .", "Ay , he would have built", "The city new ; and made a ditch about it", "Of silver , should have run with cream from Hogsden ;", "That every Sunday , in Moorfields , the younkers ,", "And tits and tom-boys should have fed on , gratis .", "If I can hear of him , sir , I 'll bring you word ,", "Unto your lodging ; for in troth , they were strangers", "To me , I thought them honest as my self , sir .", "No , this was Abel Drugger . Good sir , go ,", "And satisfy him ; tell him all is done :", "He staid too long a washing of his face .", "The doctor , he shall hear of him at West-chester ;", "And of the captain , tell him , at Yarmouth , or", "Some good port-town else , lying for a wind .", "If you can get off the angry child , now , sir \u2014", "Yes ; but go in and take it , sir .", "\u201c So I will , sir . \u201d", "\u201c Gentlemen ,", "My part a little fell in this last scene ,", "Yet \u2018 twas decorum . And though I am clean", "Got off from Subtle , Surly , Mammon , Dol ,", "Hot Ananias , Dapper , Drugger , all", "With whom I traded : yet I put my self", "On you , that are my country : and this pelf", "Which I have got , if you do quit me , rests", "To feast you often , and invite new guests . \u201d", ", appearance ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 115, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Heigho ! Six dark and weary miles , and not yet at the camp . How tediously affliction paces !\u2014 Come , Gregory ! come on . Why , how you lag behind !\u2014 Poor simple soul ! what cares has he to weigh him down ? Oh , yes ,\u2014 he has served me from my cradle ; and his plain honest heart feels for his mistress 's fallen fortunes , and is heavy .\u2014 Come , my good fellow , come !", "What , with only six miles this morning ?\u2014 Fie !", "Then , you are weary of my service \u2014 you wish you had not followed me .", "Well , well ; we must to the wars , my good fellow .", "Then you had best return . We now , Gregory , are approaching", "King Henry 's camp .", "Do n't you observe the light breaking through the tents yonder ?", "Why , whither should I go , poor simpleton ? My home is wretchedness . The wars I seek have made it so ; they have robbed me of my husband ; comfort now is lost to me . Oh ! Gondibert , too faithful to a weak cause , our ruin is involved with our betters !", "Peace ! peace , man !\u2014 half such a word , spoken at random , might cost your life . The times , Gregory , are dangerous .", "Ay , Gregory ; was it not unkind ? And yet I will not call him so \u2014 the times are cruel \u2014 not my husband .\u2014 His affection had too much thought in it to change . His regular love , corrected by the steady vigour of his mind , knew not the turbulence of boyish raptures ; but , like a sober river in its banks , flowed with a sweet and equal current . Oh ! it was such a placid stream of tenderness !\u2014 How long is it since your master left us , Gregory ?", "And , from that day to this , I have in vain cherished hopes of his return .\u2014 Fearful , no doubt , of being surprised , he keeps concealed .\u2014 Thus is he torn from me \u2014 torn from his children \u2014 poor tender blossoms ! too weak to be exposed to the rude tempest of the times , and leaves their innocence unsheltered !", "To seek him in the camp . The Lancasters again are making head , here , in the north . If he have had an opportunity of joining them , \u2018 tis more than probable he is in their army . Thither will we ;\u2014 and for this purpose have I doff 'd my woman 's habit ; leaving my house to the care of a trusty friend : and , thus accoutred , have led you , Gregory , the faithful follower of my sorrows , a weary journey half over England .", "What , man , afraid ! Come , come ; we run but little risk . Example , too , will animate us . The very air of the camp , Gregory , will brace your courage to the true pitch .", "Pshaw ! pr'ythee , man , put but a confident look on the matter , and we shall do , I warrant . A bluff and blustering outside often conceals a chicken heart . Mine aches , I am sure ! but I will hide my grief under the veil of airy carelessness .\u2014 Down , sorrow ! I 'll be all bustle , like the occasion . Come , Gregory ! Mark your mistress , man , and learn : see how she 'll play the pert young soldier . SONG .\u2014 ADELINE . The mincing step , the woman 's air , The tender sigh , the soften 'd note , Poor Adeline must now forswear , Nor think upon the petticoat . Since love has led me to the field , The soldier 's phrase I 'll learn by rote ; I 'll talk of drums , of sword and shield , And quite forget my petticoat . When the loud cannon 's roar I hear , And trumpets bray with brazen throat , With blust'ring , then , I 'll hide my fear , Lest I betray my petticoat . But ah ! how slight the terrors past , If he on whom I fondly dote , Is to my arms restored at last ;\u2014 Then \u2014 give me back my petticoat !", "Tremble not now , Gregory , for your life !", "Pooh ! pr'ythee \u2014 we are here among friends . Did you not mark the courtesy of the centinels ; who , upon signifying our intentions , bid us pass on , till we should find a leader , to whom we might tender our services ?", "Tut , tut , man ! your fears have made you blind ; this motley gentleman 's occupation has nothing terrible in it , I 'll answer for it \u2014 we will accost him . How now , fellow ?", "What , sirrah ? call you me fool ?", "Why do you follow the camp , fool ?", "I come , partly , indeed , among other purposes , to offer my weak aid to the army .", "If I could find your leader , I would vouch , too , for the integrity of this my follower , to be received into the ranks .", "Lead us to your General , and you shall be well remember 'd by me .", "Yes , madam , if it please you ;", "And , if my youth should lack ability ,", "I do beseech you , let my honest will", "Atone for its defect :\u2014 yet I will say \u2014", "And yet I would not boast \u2014 that a weak boy", "May show you that he is zealous in your service :", "For tho \u2019 but green in years , alas ! misfortune", "Has sorely wrung my heart !\u2014 and the proud world ,", "\u2014 must know", "What \u2018 tis to suffer , ere its thoughtless breast ,", "Callous in happiness , can warm with feeling", "For others in distress .", "Whither shall I fly ! Fatigue and despair so wear and press me , I scarcely know what course to take .", "Even where chance shall carry us , Gregory .", "Then , here , my good fellow , we must rest ourselves .", "Good faith even here !\u2014 here , for necessity demands it , we must pass the night : and , in the morning , the ring-dove , cooing to its mate , will wake us to our journey homeward . This is a retreat , were but the mind at ease , a king might well repose in .", "Oh ! this world ! this world ! I am weary o n't ! \u2018 Would I had been some villager !\u2014 \u2018 twere well , now , to be a shepherd 's boy \u2014 he has no cares \u2014 but while his sheep browse on the mountain 's side , with vacant mind \u2014 happy in ignorance \u2014 he sinks to sleep , o'ercanopied with heaven , and makes the turf his pillow .", "Fie ! Gregory ; be content , be content . Think that we are happy in this forest , in having thus escaped the enemy 's fire , and be grateful in the change .", "Truce now , Gregory ; and consider how we can best dispose ourselves here , till the morning .", "Peace , fool ! nor let thy grosser mind , half fears , half levity , thus trifle with my feelings ! I have borne me up against affliction , till my o'ercharged bosom can contain no longer .", "Pr'ythee , no more , Gregory ! bear with , my pettishness \u2014 for , now and then , the tongue of disappointment will needs let fall some of the acid drops which misery sprinkles the heart withal .", "Why , why should fortune sport with a weak woman thus ! why , fickle goddess , wanton as boys in giddy cruelty , torture a silly fly before you kill it ?", "The thunder rolls awful on the ear , and strikes the soul with terror . The plunderer , too , perhaps catching the sulphurous flash , explores his wretched prey , and stalks to midnight murder .", "Is it thus you stand by me , Gregory ? I , at least , hoped you had valour enough to \u2014", "Heavens ! when will my miseries end ! Speak , friends , what would you have ?", "If it is our lives you seek , they are so care worn , that in resigning them , we part with that which is scarce worth the keeping .", "I scarce know whither ; but I came far inland ; sent by my father to the wars ; his sword the sole inheritance his age can leave me . This man , a faithful servant of our cottage , in simple love has followed me .", "It is , it is my lord !\u2014 Oh Heaven ! my heart !\u2014 to find him thus , too !\u2014 Yet , to find him any how is transport .", "\u2018 Tis brief .\u2014 I have been sorely wrung , sir , by the keen pressure of mishap .\u2014 I once had friends : they have left me . One whom I thought a special one \u2014 a noble gentleman \u2014 who pledged himself , by all the ties that are most binding to a man , to guard my uninstructed youth \u2014 even he , to whom my soul looked up ; whom , I might say , I loved as with a woman 's tenderness ,\u2014 even he has , now , deserted me .", "I hope not so , sir .", "Now , by my holy dame , he had none to suspect me . Yet , from the pressure of the time ,\u2014 some trying chance \u2014 but , I am wandering . This is my suit to you .\u2014 If you should find me fit to be entrusted with the secrets of your party , I could wish to be enrolled among you .", "Attempt not to dissuade me ; I am fix 'd .", "Yet there is one soft tie , which , when I think", "The cruel edge of keen necessity", "Has cut asunder , almost bursts my heart .", "That , which from my youth ,\u2014", "For I have scarcely yet told one and twenty ,\u2014", "Might , haply , not be thought ;\u2014 yet so it is ;\u2014", "Know , then , that I am married .", "Oh ! witness for me , Heaven ! The pure and holy warmth that fills my bosom .", "And have you felt this !", "Wherefore should I return ? return to witness", "The bitter load of misery , which circumstance", "Has brought upon my house ? My infant children \u2014", "An if I thought \u2018 twere so ?\u2014", "Oh ! my dear , loved lord !", "Here cease those pangs ;\u2014 here , in the ecstacy of joy ,", "Behold your Adeline , now rushing to the arms", "Of a beloved husband .", "Well , and in safety .", "Nay , pr'ythee , now , no more of this :\u2014", "Blot from thy memory all former sorrow :\u2014", "Or , if we think o n't , be it at some moment ,", "When calm content smiles round our happy board .", "And , trust me , now , I think our storms are over :\u2014", "For , on my way , I learn , the House of York", "Has now sent forth free pardon to all those ,", "Who , long attach 'd to the Lancastrian party ,", "Have not engaged in their late enterprise .", "Oh ! \u2018 tis my man : I pray you conduct him hither .", "Poor simpleton ! \u2018 tis Gregory , who , in pure zeal , and honest attachment , has followed me .", "A weak one , madam ;\u2014 and a woman too .", "Your pardon , madam , if , to seek a husband ,\u2014", "Happy has been my search \u2014 more than the cause ,", "Altho \u2019 my heart is warm i n't \u2014 brought me hither ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 116, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Chamberlain ! Maid ! Cherry ! Daughter Cherry ! All asleep ? all dead ?", "You deserve to have none , you young minx :\u2014 The company of the Warrington coach has stood in the hall this hour , and nobody to show them to their chambers .", "But they threaten to go to another inn to-night .", "Welcome ladies .", "This way , this way , gentlemen .", "Yes , sir , I 'm old Will Boniface , pretty well known upon this road , as the saying is .", "O , sir ,\u2014\u2014 what will your honour please to drink , as the saying is ?", "Sir , I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in Staffordshire ; \u2018 tis smooth as oil , sweet as milk , clear as amber , and strong as brandy , and will be just fourteen years old the fifth day of next March .", "As punctual , sir , as I am in the age of my children : I 'll show you such ale \u2014\u2014 Here , tapster , broach number 1792 , as the saying is :\u2014\u2014 Sir , you shall taste my Anno Domini \u2014\u2014 I have lived in Litchfield , man and boy , above eight and fifty years , and I believe have not consumed eight and fifty ounces of meat .", "Not in my life , sir ; I have fed purely upon ale : I have eat my ale , drank my ale , and I always sleep upon ale . Enter TAPSTER , with a Tankard . Now , sir , you shall see : your worship 's health : ha ! delicious , delicious \u2014\u2014 fancy it Burgundy , only fancy it , and \u2018 tis worth ten shillings a quart .", "Strong ! it must be so ; or how would we be strong that drink it ?", "Eight and fifty years , upon my credit , sir ; but it killed my wife , poor woman , as the saying is .", "I do n't know how , sir ; she would not let the ale take its natural course , sir : she was for qualifying it every now and then with a dram , as the saying is , and an honest gentleman , that came this way from Ireland , made her a present of a dozen bottles of Usquebaugh \u2014\u2014 but the poor woman was never well after ; but , however , I was obliged to the gentleman , you know .", "My Lady Bountiful said so \u2014 she , good lady , did what could be done ; she cured her of three tympanies , but the fourth carried her off ; but she 's happy , and I 'm contented , as the saying is .", "\u2018 Ods my life , sir , we 'll drink her health .My Lady Bountiful is one of the best of women : her last husband , Sir Charles Bountiful , left her worth a thousand pounds a year ; and I believe she lays out one half o n't in charitable uses , for the good of her neighbours : she cures all disorders incidental to men , women and children ; in short , she has cured more people in and about Litchfield within ten years , than the doctors have killed in twenty , and that 's a bold word .", "Yes , sir , she has a daughter by Sir Charles , the finest woman in all our country , and the greatest fortune : she has a son too by her first husband , \u2018 Squire Sullen , who married a fine lady from London t'other day ; if you please , sir , we 'll drink his health .", "Why , sir , the man 's well enough ; says little , thinks less , and does \u2014 nothing at all , \u2018 faith : but he 's a man of great estate , and values nobody .", "Yes , sir , he 's a man of pleasure ; he plays at whist , and smokes his pipe eight-and-forty hours together sometimes .", "Ay , and to a curious woman , sir \u2014 but he 's a \u2014\u2014 He wants it here , sir .", "That 's none of my business ; he 's my landlord , and so a man , you know , would not \u2014\u2014 but I'cod he 's no better than \u2014 sir , my humble service to you .Though I value not a farthing what he can do to me ; I pay him his rent at quarter day ; I have a good running trade ; I have but one daughter , and I can give her \u2014 but no matter for that .", "A power of fine ladies ; and then we have the French Officers .", "So well , as the saying is , that I could wish we had as many more of them ; they are full of money , and pay double for every thing they have ; they know , sir , that we paid good round taxes for the taking of them , and so they are willing to reimburse us a little ; one of them lodges in my house .", "I 'll wait on them \u2014\u2014 Does your master stay long in town , as the saying is ?", "Come from London ?", "Going to London , mayhap ?", "An odd fellow this ;I beg your worship 's pardon , I 'll wait on you in half a minute .", "What will your worship please to have for supper ?", "Sir , we have a delicate piece of beef in the pot , and a pig at the fire .", "Please to bespeak something else ; I have every thing in the house .", "Veal , sir ! we had a delicate loin of veal on Wednesday last .", "As for fish , truly , sir , we are an inland town , and indifferently provided with fish , that 's the truth o n't ; but then for wild fowl !\u2014 We have a delicate couple of rabbits .", "Fricasseed ! Lard , sir , they 'll eat much better smothered with onions .", "Cherry , daughter Cherry .", "Ay , child , you must lay by this box for the gentleman , \u2018 tis full of money .", "I do n't know what to make of him ; he talks of keeping his horses ready saddled , and of going , perhaps , at a minute 's warning ; or of staying , perhaps , till the best part of this be spent .", "A highwayman ! upon my life , girl , you have hit it , and this box is some new purchased booty .\u2014 Now , could we find him out , the money were ours .", "What horses have they ?", "A black ! ten to one the man upon the black mare : and since he do n't belong to our fraternity , we may betray him with a safe conscience : I do n't think it lawful to harbour any rogues but my own . Lookye , child , as the saying is , we must go cunningly to work ; proofs we must have ; the gentleman 's servant loves drink ; I 'll ply him that way , and ten to one he loves a wench ; you must work him t'other way .", "Consider , child , there 's two hundred pound , to boot .Coming , coming \u2014 child , mind your business .", "Well , daughter , as the saying is , have you brought Martin to confess ?", "Young ! why , you jade , as the saying is , can any woman wheedle that is not young ? Your mother was useless at five and twenty ! Would you make your mother a whore , and me a cuckold , as the saying is ? I tell you , silence confesses it , and his master spends his money so freely , and is so much a gentleman every manner of way , that he must be a highwayman .", "O , Mr. Gibbet , what 's the news ?", "But , harkye , where 's Hounslow and Bagshot ?", "D'ye know of any other gentlemen o \u2019 the pad on this road ?", "I fancy , that I have two that lodge in the house just now .", "Why , the one is gone to church .", "And the other is now in his master 's chamber : he pretends to be a servant to the other ; we 'll call him out , and pump him a little .", "Mr. Martin ! Mr. Martin !", "What think you now ?", "Ha ! ha ! ha ! Mr. Martin , you 're very arch \u2014 This gentleman is only travelling towards Chester , and would be glad of your company , that 's all \u2014 Come , Captain , you 'll stay to-night , I suppose ; I 'll show you a chamber \u2014\u2014 Come , Captain .", "Mr. Martin , as the saying is \u2014 yonder 's an honest fellow below , my Lady Bountiful 's butler , who begs the honour , that you would go home with him , and see his cellar .", "I shall do your worship 's commands , as the saying is .", "Yes , sir , there 's a captain below , as the saying is , that arrived about an hour ago .", "Who shall I tell him , sir , would \u2014\u2014", "I obey your commands , as the saying is .", "There 's another gentleman below , as the saying is , that , hearing you were but two , would be glad to make the third man , if you 'd give him leave .", "A clergyman , as the saying is .", "O , sir , he 's a priest , and chaplain to the French officers in town .", "Yes , sir ; born at Brussels .", "Very well , sir ; you may know him , as the saying is , to be a foreigner by his accent , and that 's all .", "Never , sir , but he 's a master of languages , as the saying is \u2014 he talks Latin ; it does me good to hear him talk Latin .", "Not I , sir , as the saying is ;\u2014 but he talks it so very fast , that", "I 'm sure it must be good .", "Here he is , as the saying is .", "Upon the table , as the saying is .", "Ay , ay , Mr. Bagshot , as the saying is , knives and forks , cups and cans , tumblers and tankards .\u2014 There 's one tankard , as the saying is , that 's near upon as big as me : it was a present to the \u2018 squire from his godmother , and smells of nutmeg and toast , like an East India ship .", "Yes , Mr. Hounslow , as the saying is \u2014\u2014 at one end of the gallery lies my Lady Bountiful and her daughter , and at the other , Mrs. Sullen \u2014 as for the \u2018 squire .\u2014\u2014", "\u2018 Tis now twelve , as the saying is \u2014 gentlemen , you must set out at one .", "A chicken , as the saying is \u2014 you 'll have no creature to deal with but the ladies .", "In plate , jewels , and money , as the saying is , you may .", "And what think you , then , of my daughter Cherry for a wife ?", "Coming , coming \u2014 a coach and six foaming horses at this time o'night ! some great man , as the saying is , for he scorns to travel with other people .", "Sir , I a n't abed , as the saying is .", "All but the \u2018 squire himself , sir , as the saying is ; he 's in the house .", "Why , sir , there 's the constable , Mr. Gage , the exciseman , the hunch-backed barber , and two or three other gentlemen .", "Sir , here 's the \u2018 squire .", "I never heard your worship , as the saying is , talk so much before .", "Pray , sir , as the saying is , let me ask you one question : are not man and wife one flesh ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 117, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Sir , Black Moll hath sent word her Trial comes on in the Afternoon , and she hopes you will order Matters so as to bring her off .", "Tom Gagg , Sir , is found guilty .", "Betty hath brought more Goods into our Lock to-year than any five of the Gang ; and in truth , \u2018 tis a pity to lose so good a Customer .", "Without dispute , she is a fine Woman ! \u2018 Twas to her I was obliged for my Education , andshe hath trained up more young Fellows to the Business than the Gaming table .", "\u2018 Tis Woman that seduces all Mankind ,", "By her we first were taught the wheedling Arts :", "Her very Eyes can cheat ; when most she 's kind ,", "She tricks us of our Money with our Hearts .", "For her , like Wolves by Night we roam for Prey ,", "And practise ev'ry Fraud to bribe her Charms ;", "For Suits of Love , like Law , are won by Pay ,", "And Beauty must be fee 'd into our Arms .", "When a Gentleman is long kept in suspence , Penitence may break his Spirit ever after . Besides , Certainty gives a Man a good Air upon his Trial , and makes him risk another without Fear or Scruple . But I 'll away , for \u2018 tis a Pleasure to be the Messenger of Comfort to Friends in Affliction .", "I ply 'd at the Opera , Madam ; and considering \u2018 twas neither dark nor rainy , so that there was no great Hurry in getting Chairs and Coaches , made a tolerable Hand o n't . These seven Handkerchiefs , Madam .", "And this Snuff-box .", "I had a fair Tug at a charming Gold Watch . Pox take the Tailors for making the Fobs so deep and narrow ! It stuck by the way , and I was forc 'd to make my Escape under a Coach . Really , Madam , I fear I shall be cut off in the Flower of my Youth , so that every now and thenI have Thoughts of taking up and going to Sea .", "I beg you , Madam , do n't ask me ; for I must either tell a Lye to you or to Miss Polly ; for I promis 'd her I would not tell .", "I shall lead a sad Life with Miss Polly , if ever she comes to know that I told you . Besides , I would not willingly forfeit my own Honour by betraying any body .", "Madam , here 's Miss Polly come to wait upon you ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 118, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I hate these old sums ! Mother 's always making me do sums in the holidays . It is n't fair . Seven times three is \u2014 what 's father reading ?That 's French , I know . Father 's always reading French . G. Y. P . Gyp ? I wonder what it 's about .Seven times three is \u2014 twenty-one . Put down one and carry two . Oh , but it 's pence and shillings . I can n't do pence and shillings !Horrid old things ! they 're always coming wrong .I say , what fun to make a libation to Demeter ! I will ! Let 's see . I wish I had mother 's Greek dress . I must have one of father 's rags . This 'll do .It 's awfully jolly dressing up . But I have no wine . Oh , I know \u2014 I 'll take some of father 's painting water \u2014 though it 's rather black-and-whity .Hail , Demeter ! I have no wine for you , but here 's some water .I suppose I should pray for something now . Oh , I do wish you 'd stop mother persecuting me in the holidays like this ! But you can n't , you dear old thing . Father says the old gods are dead . I wish they 'd come alive again .", "It 's very hard to have to do sums in the holidays .", "Let 's see \u2014 twenty-one ?", "I suppose two shillings and one penny .", "Twelve \u2014 I suppose .", "But , father , I think there ought to be ten pence in a shilling .", "Oh , because then , do n't you see , you could count on your fingers all right , but now there are too many pennies for your fingers , and so you never can tell how many are over .", "Nine ?", "Oh , you jolly old father ! I should like to do my sums with you always .", "Father ! Father !", "I say , FATHER !", "But , father \u2014", "Do the Greeks worship Demeter now ?", "The old Greeks were the cleverest people that ever lived , and they had the nicest gods . Do n't you wish there were goddesses now , father ?", "Goddesses sometimes fell in love with people , father \u2014 did n't they ?", "And one might fall in love with you , father . That would be fun !", "She 'd give me all sorts of jolly things .", "Oh , bother these horrid old sums !", "Please , mother , I only made a libation .", "But , mother , I only \u2014", "I was n't climbing trees . I only climbed one tree .", "But you 're hurting me .", "Not all .", "I do n't know .", "Yes , mother .", "I do n't know .", "Father , I 'm going to bring you some buttercups , to put on your table and make your work look pretty .", "I will .", "I 'll bring you some speedwell , mother .", "And I 'll make a daisy chain for Demeter .", "Good-bye .", "Mother ! Are you sick ?", "I 'm sorry , mother .", "May I go and play with Maude and Bertie after school to-morrow , and stay to tea ?", "Oh , but why ? They want me to stay to tea .", "But I forgot \u2014 I really did .", "Well , I promise . But it 's very hard to remember promises , when you want to do a thing very much .", "You said you wished I was dead , and I thought you did n't want me any more . I thought perhaps you were going to kill me with a knife , like Medea , and I did n't like that . I thought the river would be kinder .", "But I thought you meant what you said . You ought n't to say what you do n't mean , mother .", "Yes , you know I 'll always forgive you , mother . But you said I had brought shame upon father .I do n't want to bring shame upon father !", "But there 's no use promising . Oh , I am so tired !", "Yes ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 119, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Mr. Ventimore do n't seem to be in , after all , sir . Unless he 's in his bedroom .Mr. Ventimore ! A gentleman and two ladies to see you .No , sir , he has n't come in yet \u2014 but he wo n't be long now .", "Well , sir , he said as how he 'd be in early , to make sure as everythink was as it should be .If you must know , he 's expecting company to dinner this evening .", "Well , sir , to tell you the truth , I \u2018 ave a good deal on my \u2018 ands just now .", "Did you ring for me , sir ?\u2014 or was it only to let the gentleman out ?", "Lor , yes , sir . That wo n't make no difference !", "Me , sir ? Let to a Asiatic ! No ,\u2014 nor would n't ! Why , there was Rapkin 's own sister-in-law let her droring-room floor to one . And \u2014\u2014 reason she \u2018 ad to repent of it \u2014 for all his gold spectacles .", "Well , sir , not to deceive you , he ai n't back yet from his Public \u2014 Libery as he calls it .", "Whatever he 's took , sir , you may rely on him to \u2018 and the dishes without \u2018 aving no accidents .", "Camuels , sir ?", "Lor ! They do look like camuels , sir \u2014 or somethink o \u2019 that . I expect they belong to the \u2018 Ippodrome , or else a circus .", "They seem to be stopping outside the \u2018 ouse . Them camuels have folded up , and all the niggers as is with them is a kneelin \u2019 down with their noses on the kerbstone !", "But they 're unpackin \u2019 the camuels now ! And \u2014 well , if they ai n't bringing everythink in \u2018 ere !", "They would n't be more things as you 've been buying at that auction , sir , would they ?", "Then I 'd better go and tell them \u2014\u2014", "\u2018 Ere ! my good men , what are you comin \u2019 in \u2018 ere for , bringing all your dust into my apartments ?", "This rubbish do n't belong \u2018 ere ! I can n't \u2018 ave the \u2018 ole place littered up with it ! You need n't act so ridic'lous if you are niggers !It ai n't no use my talking to \u2018 em , sir . They 're not like Christians \u2014 they 're deaf and dumb , seemingly ! You try !", "They 've gone off altogether , sir . I can n't see nothink now but a cloud of dust .", "Sir ! Sir !Sir ! Where are you going to \u2018 ave your dinner-party now ?", "Well , I must say and I do say that if this \u2018 ad to \u2018 appen , it could n't have come more ill-convenient !", "Oh , whatever is it now ? What 's \u2018 appened ?Goodness gracious ! Mr. Ventimore , sir \u2014 what 's come to the \u2018 ouse ?", "I do n't see nothink as ai n't different . For mercy 's sake , sir , \u2018 oo 's been alterin \u2019 of it like this ?", "But where are you going to \u2018 ave your dinner-party now , sir ?", "But I do n't see no dinner-table , nor yet no sideboard .", "I 'll try , sir , but \u2014 not to deceive you \u2014 I feel that upset I \u2018 ardly know where I am .", "I 've no idea where any of the rooms has got to , sir !", "William , this is a pretty state o \u2019 things !", "Public Libery , indeed ! You and your Public Libery .", "But do you mean to say you do n't see nothing ?", "You ast \u2018 im where you are \u2014 he 's better able to tell you than I am . I 'm going back to my kitching .", "Oh , William , William ! Come away at once !", "Oh , Mr. Ventimore , who 's been and dressed you up like that ? Why , it 's \u2018 ardly Christian !Come away out of this \u2018 orrible \u2018 ouse , do !", "Everything ! Ca n't you see it 's all turned into Arabian \u2018 alls ?", "Ah , you may well ask ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore .You 've a deal to answer for , you \u2018 ave !", "Dinner indeed ! And me unable to get into my own kitching for them nasty niggers o \u2019 yours as is swarmin \u2019 there like beedles ! The gell 's bolted already , and you and me 'll go next , William , for stay under this roof with sech I wo n't !", "Bein \u2019 a \u2018 ole of your own makin \u2019 , sir , you can get out of it yourself ! Come ,", "William !", "Ah , you may well ask ! After sneakin \u2019 off first thing like you did , and leavin \u2019 me to make your excuses !", "I 'd never have gone if I \u2018 ad n't fancied the \u2018 ouse was changed into Arabian \u2018 alls and full o \u2019 grinnin \u2019 niggers !", "You ! You 'd ha \u2019 seen anythink in the condition you was in ! And , any'ow , the \u2018 ouse was just as usual when we come in .", "There was you , William ! And you 'll go on from bad to worse if you do n't give up nippin \u2019 !", "And I did \u2014 if it was my last words . Camuels and furrin \u2019 parties as brought in packages off of them . Luckily , they was all gone afore the neighbours \u2018 ad time to take notice .And the best thing you and me can do is to let bygones be bygones , and \u2018 old our tongues about it .", "Mr. Ventimore ! I did blame him \u2014 at first . But I 'm sure now as \u2018 e \u2018 ad nothink to do with it . Poor dear young gentleman , we 've never known \u2018 im beyave otherwise than as a gentleman , and \u2014\u2014Bless us and save us ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore !And who 's that ?", "When you and your friends come flyin \u2019 in at first-floor windows like pidgins , Mr. Ventimore , you must expect some notice to be took .It 's giving my \u2018 ouse a bad name , and , as I 've always kep \u2019 these apartments respectable \u2018 itherto , you 'll be good enough to find others where they 're less partickler , for put up with it I wo n't !", "I 'm going .", "Was he ? I did n't know he 'd come in .", "Goin \u2019 out of town , sir ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 120, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The road-side on the slope of a wooded hill near Fort Edward . The speakers , two young soldiers ,\u2014 Students in arms . 1st Student . These were the evenings last year , when the bell From the old college tower , would find us still Under the shady elms , with sauntering step And book in hand , or on the dark grass stretched , Or lounging on the fence , with skyward gaze Amid the sunset warble . Ah ! that world ,\u2014 That world we lived in then \u2014 where is it now ? Like earth to the departed dead , methinks . 2nd Stud . Yet oftenest , of that homeward path I think , Amid the deepening twilight slowly trod , And I can hear the click of that old gate , As once again , amid the chirping yard , I see the summer rooms , open and dark , And on the shady step the sister stands , Her merry welcome , in a mock reproach , Of Love 's long childhood breathing . Oh this year , This year of blood hath made me old , and yet , Spite of my manhood now , with all my heart , I could lie down upon this grass and weep For those old blessed times , the times of peace again . 1st Stud . There will be weeping , Frank , from older eyes , Or e'er again that blessed time shall come . Hearts strong and glad now , must be broke ere then : Wild tragedies , that for the days to come Shall faery pastime make , must yet ere then Be acted here ; ay , with the genuine clasp Of anguish , and fierce stabs , not buried in silk robes , But in hot hearts , and sighs from wrung souls \u2019 depths . And they shall walk in light that we have made , They of the days to come , and sit in shadow Of our blood-reared vines , not counting the wild cost . Thus \u2018 tis : among glad ages many ,\u2014 one \u2014 In garlands lies , bleeding and bound . Times past , And times to come , on ours , as on an altar \u2014 Have laid down their griefs , and unto us Is given the burthen of them all . 2nd Stud . And yet , See now , how pleasantly the sun shines there Over the yellow fields , to the brown fence Its hour of golden beauty \u2014 giving still . And but for that faint ringing from the fort , That comes just now across the vale to us , And this small band of soldiers planted here , I could think this was peace , so calmly there , The afternoon amid the valley sleeps . 1st Stud . Yet in the bosom of this gentle time , The crisis of an age-long struggle heaves . 2nd Stud . Age-long ?\u2014 Why , this land 's history can scarce Be told in ages , yet . 1st Stud . But this war 's can . In that small isle beyond the sea , Francis , Ages , ages ago , its light first blazed . This is the war . Old , foolish , blind prerogative , In ermines wrapped , and sitting on king 's thrones ; Against young reason , in a peasant 's robe His king 's brow hiding . For the infant race Weaves for itself the chains its manhood scorns ,The reverence of humanity , that gold Which makes power 's glittering round , ordained of God But for the lovely majesty of right , Unto a mad usurper , yielding , all , Making the low and lawless will of man Vicegerent of that law and will divine , Whose image only , reason hath , on earth . This is the struggle :\u2014 here , we 'll fight it out . \u2018 Twas all too narrow and too courtly there ; In sight of that old pageantry of power We were , in truth , the children of the past , Scarce knowing our own time : but here , we stand In nature 's palaces , and we are men ;\u2014 Here , grandeur hath no younger dome than this ; And now , the strength which brought us o'er the deep , Hath grown to manhood with its nurture here ,\u2014 Now that they heap on us abuses , that Had crimsoned the first William 's cheek , to name ,\u2014 We 're ready now \u2014 for our last grapple with blind power .DIALOGUE II .", "The same . A group of ragged soldiers in conference . 1st Soldier . I am flesh and blood myself , as well as the rest of you , but there is no use in talking . What the devil would you do ?\u2014 You may talk till dooms-day , but what 's to hinder us from serving our time out ?\u2014 and that 's three months yet . Ay , there 's the point . Show me that . 2nd Sol . Three months ! Ha , thank Heaven mine is up to-morrow ; and , I 'll tell you what , boys , before the sun goes down to-morrow night , you will see one Jack Richards trudging home ,\u2014 trudging home , Sirs ! None of your bamboozling , your logic , and your figures . A good piece of bread and butter is the figure for me . But you should hear the Colonel , though , as the time draws nigh . Lord ! you 'd think I was the General at least . Humph , says I . 3d Sol . Ay , ay ,\u2014 feed you on sugar-candy till they get you to sign , and then comes the old shoes and moccasins .\u2014\u2014 2nd Sol . And that 's true enough , Ned . I 've eaten myself , no less than two very decent pair in the service . I 'll have it out of Congress yet though , I 'll be hanged if I do n't . None of your figures for me ! I say , boys , I am going home . 1st Sol . Well , go home , and \u2014 can n't any body else breathe ? Why do n't you answer me , John ?\u2014 What would you have us do ?\u2014 4th Sol . Ask Will Wilson there . 1st Sol . Will ?\u2014 Where is he ? 4th Sol . There he stands , alongside of the picket there , his hands in his pockets , whistling , and looking as wise as the dragon . Mind you , there 's always something pinching at the bottom of that same whistle , though its such a don'thYpppHeNcare sort of a whistle too . Ask Will , he 'll tell you . 3d Sol . Ay , Will has been to the new quarters to-day . See , he 's coming this way . 5th Sol . And he saw Striker there , fresh from the Jerseys , come up along with that new General there , yesterday . 3d Sol . General Arnold ? 5th Sol . Ay , ay , General Arnold it is . 6th Sol .I say , boys \u2014\u2014 4th Sol . What 's the matter , Will ? 6th Sol . Do you want to know what they say below ?", "The same . 1st Officer . I cannot conceal it from you , Sir ; there is but one feeling about it , as far as I can judge , and I had some chances in my brief journey \u2014 2nd Off . Were you at head-quarters ? 1st Off . Yes ,\u2014 and every step of this retreating army only makes it more desperate . I never knew any thing like the mad , unreasonable terror this army inspires . Burgoyne and his Indians !\u2014 \u201c Burgoyne and the Indians \u201d \u2014 there is not a girl on the banks of the Connecticut that does not expect to see them by her father 's door ere day-break . Colonel Leslie , what were those men concealing so carefully as we approached just now ?\u2014 Did you mark them ? 2nd Off . Yes . If I am not mistaken , it was the paper we were speaking of . 1st Off . Ay , ay ,\u2014 I thought as much . 2nd Off . General Arnold , I am surprised you should do these honest men the injustice to suppose that such an impudent , flimsy , bombastic tirade as that same proclamation of Burgoyne 's , should have a feather 's weight with any mother 's son of them .", "A room in the Parsonage ,\u2014 an old-fashioned summer parlor .\u2014 - On the side a door and windows opening into an orchard , in front , a yard filled with shade trees . The view beyond bounded by a hill partly wooded . A young girl , in the picturesque costume of the time , lies sleeping on the antique sofa . Annie sits by a table , covered with coarse needlework , humming snatches of songs as she works . Annie ,Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away . Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away . And flies weeping away . The red cloud of war o'er our forest is scowling , Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away . Come blow the shrill bugle , the war dogs are howling , Already they eagerly snuff out their prey \u2014 The red cloud of war \u2014 the red cloud of war \u2014 Yes , let me see now ,\u2014 with a little plotting this might make two \u2014 two , at least ,\u2014 and then \u2014 The red cloud of war o'er our forest is scowling , Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away , The infants affrighted cling close to their mothers , The youths grasp their swords , and for combat prepare ; While beauty weeps fathers , and lovers , and brothers , Who are gone to defend \u2014 \u2014 Alas ! what a golden , delicious afternoon is blowing without there , wasting for ever ; and never a glimpse of it . Delicate work this ! Here 's a needle might serve for a genuine stiletto ! No matter ,\u2014 it is the cause ,\u2014 it is the cause that makes , as my mother says , each stitch in this clumsy fabric a grander thing than the flashing of the bravest lance that brave knight ever won .The brooks are talking in the dell , Tul la lul , tul la lul , The brooks are talking low , and sweet , Under the boughs where th \u2019 arches meet ; Come to the dell , come to the dell , Oh come , come . The birds are singing in the dell , Wee wee whoo , wee wee whoo ; The birds are singing wild and free , In every bough of the forest tree , Come to the dell , come to the dell , Oh come , come . And there the idle breezes lie , Whispering , whispering , Whispering with the laughing leaves . And nothing says each idle breeze , But come , come , come , O lady come , Come to th \u2019 dell .", "A little glen in the woods near Fort Edward . A young British Officer appears , attended by a soldier in the American uniform ; the latter with a small sealed pacquet in his hand .", "A chamber in the Parsonage . Helen leaning from the open window .", "The hill \u2014 Night \u2014 Large fires burning \u2014 Sentinels dimly seen in the back-ground . A young Indian steals carefully from the thicket . He examines the ground and the newly-felled trees .", "Chamber in the Parsonage . Moonlight . Annie sitting by the window , the door open into an adjoining room .", "The porch . Helen waiting the return of her messenger from the hut .", "The British camp . Moonlight . A lady in a rich travelling dress , standing in the door of a log-hut .", "The interior of a tent . Maitland , in travelling equipments , pacing the floor .", "Lady Ackland 's door .", "The Hill . The Student 's Night-watch .", "How beautiful the night , through all these hours", "Of nothingness , with ceaseless music wakes", "Among the hills , trying the melodies", "Of myriad chords on the lone , darkened air ,", "With lavish power , self-gladdened , caring nought", "That there is none to hear . How beautiful !", "That men should live upon a world like this ,", "Uncovered all , left open every night", "To the broad universe , with vision free", "To roam the long bright galleries of creation ,", "Yet , to their strange destiny ne'er wake .", "Yon mighty hunter in his silver vest ,", "That o'er those azure fields walks nightly now ,", "In his bright girdle wears the self-same gems", "That on the watchers of old Babylon", "Shone once , and to the soldier on her walls", "Marked the swift hour , as they do now to me .", "Prose is the dream , and poetry the truth .", "That which we call reality , is but", "Reality 's worn surface , that one thought", "Into the bright and boundless all might pierce ,", "There 's not a fragment of this weary real", "That hath not in its lines a story hid", "Stranger than aught wild chivalry could tell .", "There 's not a scene of this dim , daily life ,", "But , in the splendor of one truthful thought", "As from creation 's palette freshly wet ,", "Might make young romance 's loveliest picture dim ,", "And e'en the wonder-land of ancient song ,\u2014\u2014", "Old Fable 's fairest dream , a nursery rhyme .", "How calm the night moves on , and yet", "In the dark morrow , that behind those hills", "Lies sleeping now , who knows what waits ?\u2014 \u2018 Tis well .", "He that made this life , I 'll trust with another .", "To be ,\u2014 there was the risk . We might have waked", "Amid a wrathful scene , but this ,\u2014 with all", "Its lovely ordinances of calm days ,", "The golden morns , the rosy evenings ,", "Its sweet sabbath hours and holy homes ,\u2014\u2014", "If the same hidden hand from whence these sprung ,", "That dark gate opens , what need we fear there ?\u2014\u2014", "Here 's wrath , but none that hath not its sure pathway", "Upward leading ,\u2014 there are tears , but \u2018 tis", "A school-time weariness ; and many a breeze", "And lovely warble from our native hills ,", "Through the dim casement comes , over the worn", "And tear-wet page , unto the listening ear", "Of our home sighing \u2014 to the listening ear .", "Ah , what know we of life ?\u2014 of that strange life", "That this , in many a folded rudiment ,", "With nature 's low , unlying voice , doth point to .", "Is it not very like what the poor grub", "Knows of the butterfly 's gay being ?\u2014\u2014", "With its colors strange , fragrance , and song ,", "And robes of floating gold with gorgeous dyes ,", "And loveliest motion o'er wide , blooming worlds .", "That dark dream had ne'er imaged !\u2014\u2014", "Ay , sing on ,", "Sing on , thou bright one , with the news of life ,", "The everlasting , winging o'er our vale .", "Oh warble on , thy high , strange song .", "What sayest thou ?\u2014 a land o'er these dark cliffs ,", "A land all glory , where the day ne'er setteth \u2014\u2014", "Where bright creatures , mid the deathless shades ,", "Go singing , shouting evermore ? And yet", "\u2018 Twere vain . That wild tale hath no meaning here ,", "Thou warbler from afar . Like music", "Of a foreign tongue , on our dull sense ,", "The rich thought wastes .\u2014 We have been nursed in tears ,", "Thro \u2019 all we 've known of life , we have known grief ,", "And is there none in life 's deep essence mixed ?", "Is sorrow but the young soul 's garment then ?\u2014\u2014", "A baby mantle , doffed forever here ,", "Within these lowly walls .", "And we were born", "Amid a glad creation !\u2014 - then why hear we ne'er", "The silver shout , filling the unmeasured heaven ?\u2014\u2014", "Why catch we e'er the rich plume 's rustle soft ,", "Or sweep of passing lyre ! Our tearful home", "Hung \u2018 mid a gay , rejoicing universe ,", "And ne'er a glimpse adown its golden paths ?\u2014\u2014", "Oh are there eyes , soft eyes upon us ,", "In the dark and in the day , shining unseen ,", "And everlasting smiles , brightening unfelt", "On all our tears : News sweet and strange ye bring .", "Hither we came from our Creator 's hands ,", "Bright earnest ones , looking for joy , and lo ,", "A stranger met us at the gate of life ,", "A stranger dark , and wrapped us in her robe ,", "And bore us on through a dim vale .\u2014 Ah , not", "The world we looked for ,\u2014 for an image in .", "Our souls was born , of a high home , that yet", "We have not seen . And were our childhood 's yearnings ,", "Its strange hopes , no dreams then ,\u2014 dim revealings", "Of a land that yet we travel to ?\u2014\u2014", "But thou , oh foster-mother , mournful nurse ,", "So long upon thy sable vest we 're leaned ,", "Thou art grown dear to us , and when at last", "At yonder blue and burning gate", "Thou yieldest up thy trust , and joy at last", "In her own wild embrace enfolds us once , e'en", "From the jewelled bosom of that dazzling one ,", "From the young roses of that smiling face ,", "Shall we not turn to thee , for one last glimpse", "Of that wan cheek , and solemn eye of love ,", "And watch thy stately step , far down", "This dim world 's fading paths ? Take us , kind sorrow !", "We will lean our young head meekly on thee ;", "Good and holy is thy ministry ,", "Oh handmaid of the Halls thou ne'er mayst tread .", "And let the darkness gather round that world ,", "Not for the vision of thy glittering walls", "We ask , nor glimpse of brilliant troops that roam", "Thine ancient streets , thou sunless city ,\u2014", "Wrap thy strange pavillions still in clouds ,", "Let the shades slumber round thy many homes ,", "By faith , and not by sight , through lowly paths", "Of goodness , sorrow-led , to thee we come .", "PART FOURTH .", "FULFILMENT .", "DIALOGUE I .", "The ground before the fort . Baggage wagons . Cannon dismounted . Confused sounds within . A soldier is seen leaning on his rifle .2nd Sol . It 's morning ! Look in the east there . What are we waiting for ? 1st Sol . Eh ! The devil knows best , I reckon , Sir . 2nd Sol . Hillo , John ! What 's the matter there ? Here 's day-break upon us ! What are we waiting for ?3d Sol . To build a bridge \u2014 that is all . 2nd Sol . A bridge ? 3d Sol . We shall be off by to-morrow night , no doubt of it ,\u2014 if we do n't chance to get cooked and eaten before that time ,\u2014 some little risk of that . 2nd Sol . But what 's the matter below there , I say ? The bridge ? what ails it ? 3d Sol . Just as that last wagon was going over , down comes the bridge , Sirs , or a good piece of it at least .\u2014 What else could it do ?\u2014 timbers half sawn away ! 2nd Sol . Some of that young jackanape 's work ! Aid-de-camp ! I 'd aid him . He must be ordering and fidgetting , and fuming .\u2014 Could not wait till we were over . 1st Sol . All of a piece , boys ! 3d Sol . Humph . I wish it had been ,\u2014 the bridge , I mean . 1st Sol . But , I say , do n't you see how every thing , little and great , goes one way , and that , against us ? Chance has no currents like this ! It 's a bad side that Providence frowns on . I think when Heaven deserts a cause , it 's time for us poor mortals to begin to think about it . 3d Sol . Now , if you are going to do so mean a thing as that , do n't talk about Heaven \u2014 prythee do n't .4th Sol .Yankee doodle is the tune Americans delight in , \u2018 Twill do to whistle , sing , or play , And just the thing for fighting . Yankee doodle , boys , huzza \u2014\u2014I do not like the looks of it , Will . 5th Sol . Of what ? 4th Sol . Of the morning that begins to glimmer in the east there . 5th Sol . No ? Why , I was thinking just now I never saw a handsomer summer 's dawning . That first faint light on the woods and meadows , there is nothing I like better . See , it has reached the river now . 4th Sol . But the mornings we saw two years ago looked on us with another sort of eye than this ,\u2014 it is not the glimmer of the long , pleasant harvest day that we see there . 5th Sol . We have looked on mornings that promised better , I 'll own . I would rather be letting down the bars in the old meadow just now , or hawing with my team down the brake ; with the children by my side to pick the ripe blackberries for our morning meal , than standing here in these rags with a gun on my shoulder . Let well alone .\u2014 We could not though . 4th Sol .See , they are beginning to form again . It looks for all the world like a funeral train . 5th Sol . What was the Stamp Act to us , or all the acts beyond the sea that ever were acted , so long as they left us our golden fields , our Sabbath days , the quiet of the summer evening door , and the merry winter hearth . The Stamp Act ? It would have been cheaper for us to have written our bills on gold-leaf , and for tea , to have drunk melted jewels , like the queen I read of once ; cheaper and better , a thousand times , than the bloody cost we are paying now . 4th Sol . It was not the money , Will ,\u2014 it was not the money , you know . The wrong it was . We could not be trampled on in that way ,\u2014 it was not in us \u2014 we could not . 5th Sol . Ay , ay . A fine thing to get mad about was that when we sat in the door of a moonlight evening and the day 's toils were done . It was easy talking then . Trampled on ! I will tell you when I was nearest being trampled on , Andros ,\u2014 when I lay on the ground below there last winter ,\u2014 on the frozen ground , with the blood running out of my side like a river , and a great high-heeled German walking over my shoulder as if I had been a hickory log . I can tell you , Sir , that other was a moon-shiny sort of a trampling to that . I shall bear to be trampled on in figures the better for it , as long as I live . Between ourselves now \u2014\u2014 4th Sol . There 's no one here . 5th Sol . There are voices around that corner , though . Come this way .1st Sol . Then if nothing else happens , we are off now . Hillo , Martin ! Here we go again \u2014 skulking away . Hey ? What do you say now ? Hey , Mr. Martin , what do you say now ? 2nd Sol .What I said before . 1st Sol . But where is all this to end , Sir ? Tell us that \u2014 tell us that . 3d Sol . Yes , yes ,\u2014 tell us that . If you do n't see Burgoyne safe in Albany by Friday night , never trust me , Sirs . 1st Sol . A bad business we 've made of it . 4th Sol . Suppose he gets to Albany ;\u2014 do you think that would finish the war ? 3d Sol . Well , indeed , I thought that was settled on all hands , Sir . I believe the General himself makes no secret of that . 4th Sol . And what becomes of us all then ? We shall go back to the old times again , I suppose ;\u2014 were n't so very bad though , Sam , were they ? 1st Sol . We have seen worse , I 'll own . 3d Sol . And what becomes of our young nation here , with its congress and its army , and all these presidents , and generals , and colonels , and aide-de-camps ?\u2014 wont it look like a great baby-house when the hubbub is over , and the colonies settle quietly down again ? 2nd Sol . Faith , you take it very coolly . Before that can happen , do you know what must happen to you ? 1st Sol . Nothing worse than this , I reckon . 2nd Sol .4th Sol . What would they hang us though ? Do you think they would really hang us , John ? 2nd Sol . Wait and see . 1st Sol . Nonsense ! nonsense ! A few of the ringleaders , Schuyler , and Hancock , and Washington , and a few such , they will hang of course ,\u2014 but for the rest ,\u2014 we shall have to take the oath anew , and swallow a few duties with our sugar and tea , and \u2014\u2014 2nd Sol . You talk as if the matter were all settled already . 1st Sol . There is no more doubt of it , than that you and I stand here this moment . Why , they are flocking to Skeensborough from all quarters now , and this poor fragment ,\u2014 this miserable skeleton of an army , which is the only earthly obstacle between Burgoyne and Albany , why , even this is crumbling to pieces as fast as one can reckon . Two hundred less than we were yesterday at this hour , and to-morrow \u2014 how many are off to-morrow ? Ay , and what are we doing the while ? Bowing and retreating , cap in hand , from post to post , from Crown Point to Ticonderoga , from Ticonderoga to Fort Edward , from Fort Edward onward ; just showing them down , as it were , into the heart of the land . Let them get to Albany \u2014 Ah , let them once get to Albany , they 'll need no more of our help then , they 'll take care of themselves then and us too . 2nd Sol . They 'll never get to Albany . 1st Sol . Hey ? 2nd Sol . They 'll never get to Albany . 1st Sol . What 's to hinder them ? 2nd Sol . We ,\u2014 yes we ,\u2014 and such as we , craven-hearted as we are . They 'll never get to Albany until we take them there captives . 3d Sol . Then they 'll wait till next week , I reckon . 1st Sol . Ha ha ha ! Ha ha ha ! How many prisoners shall we have a-piece , John ? How many regiments , I mean ? They 'll open the windows when we get there , wo n't they ? I hope the sun will shine that day . How grandly we shall march down the old hill there , with our train behind us . I shall have to borrow a coat of one of them though , they might be ashamed of their captor else . 3d Sol . When is this great battle to be , John ? This do n't look much like it . 4th Sol . I think myself , if the General would only give us a chance to fight \u2014\u2014 2nd Sol . A chance to throw your life away ,\u2014 he will never give you . A chance to fight , you will have ere long ,\u2014 doubt it not . Our General might clear his blackened fame , by opposing this force to that ,\u2014 this day he might ;\u2014 he will not do it . The time has not yet come . But he will spare no pains to strengthen the army , and prepare it for victory , and the glory he will leave to his rival . Recruits will be pouring in ere long . General Burgoyne 's proclamation has weakened us ,\u2014 General Schuyler will issue one himself to-day . 1st Sol . Will he ? will he ? What will he proclaim ?\u2014 As to the recruits he gets , I 'll eat them all , skin and bone . What will he proclaim ? You see what Burgoyne offers us . On the one hand , money and clothing , and protection for ourselves and our families ; and on the other , the cord , and the tomahawk , and the scalping-knife . Now , what will General Schuyler set down over against these two columns ?\u2014 What will he offer us ?\u2014 To lend us a gun , maybe ,\u2014 leave to follow him from one post to another , barefooted and starving , and for our pains to be cursed and reviled for cowards from one end of the land to the other . And what will he threaten ? Ha , we were cowards indeed , if we feared what he could threaten . What thing in human nature will he speak to ?\u2014 say . 2nd Sol . I will tell you . To that spirit in human nature which resists the wrong , the fiendish wrong threatened there . Ay , in the basest nature that power sleeps , and out of the bosom of Omnipotence there is nothing stronger . It has wakened here once , and this war is its fruit . It slumbers now . Let Burgoyne look to it that he rouse it not himself for us . Let him look to it . For every outrage of those fiendish legions , thank God .\u2014 It lays a finger on the spring of our only strength . What will he offer us ? I will tell you .\u2014 A chance to live , or to die ,\u2014 men ,\u2014 ay , to leave a sample of manhood on the earth , that shall wring tears from the selfish of unborn ages , as they feel for once the depths of the slumbering and godlike nature within them . And Burgoyne ,\u2014 oh ! a coat and a pair of shoes , he offers , and \u2014 how many pounds ?\u2014 Are you men ? 4th Sol . What do you say , Sam ?\u2014 Talks like a minister , do n't he ? 1st Sol . Come , come ,\u2014 there 's the drum , boys . You do n't bamboozle me again ! I 've heard all that before . 3d Sol . Nor me .\u2014 I do n't intend to have my wife and children tomahawked ,\u2014 do n't think I can stand that , refugee or not . 2nd Sol . Here they come .5th Sol . All 's ready , all 's ready . 6th Sol .\u201c Come blow the shrill bugle , the war dogs are howling , \u201d \u2014DIALOGUE II .", "Before the door of the Parsonage . Trunks , boxes , and various articles of furniture , scattered about the yard . Two men coming down the path .", "A Chamber partly darkened , the morning air steals faintly through the half-open shutters . Helen before the mirror , leaning upon the toilette , her face buried in her hands , her long hair unbound , and flowing on her shoulders .", "The hill . A young Soldier enters . How gloriously , with what a lonely majesty the morning wastes in that silent valley there ; with its moving shadows , and breeze and sunshine , and its thousand delicious sounds mocking those desolate homes \u2014\u2014This is strange , indeed . This feeling that I cannot analyze , still grows upon me . Presentiment ? Some dark , swift-flying thought , leaves its trace , and the cause-seeking mind , in the range of its own vision finding none , looks to the shadowy future for it .1st Chief . Hoogh ! Hoogh ! Alaska fights to revenge his son ,\u2014 we spill our blood to revenge his son , and he thinks to win gifts besides . Hugh ! A brave chief he is ! 2nd Chief . Your talk is not good , Manida . They are our enemies ,\u2014 we shall conquer them , we shall see their chestnut locks waving aloft , we shall dance and shout all night around them , and the eyes of the maidens shall meet ours in the merry ring , sparkling with joy , as we shout \u201c Victory ! victory ! our enemies are slain ,\u2014 our foot is on their necks , we have slain our enemies ! \u201d What more , Manida ? Is it not enough ? 1st Chief . No . I went last night with Alaska to the camp above , to the tent of the young sachem of the lake , and he promised him presents , rich and many , for an errand that a boy might do . I asked Alaska to send me for him , and he would not . 2nd Chief . The young white sachem was Alaska 's friend , many moons ago , when Alaska was wounded and sick .\u2014 He must revenge young Siganaw , but he must keep his faith to his white friend , too . 1st Chief . Ah , but I know where the horse is hidden and the paper . When the tomahawks flash here , and the war-cry is loudest , we will steal away . Come , and I will share the prize with you . 2nd Chief . No , I will tell my brother chief that Manida is a treacherous friend . 1st Chief . You cannot . It is too late . Hist ! Quick , lower \u2014 lower \u2014\u201c Then march to the roll of the drum , It summons the brave to the plain , Where heroes contend for the home Which perchance they may ne'er see again . \u201dWell , we are finely manned here !2nd Sol . How many men do you think we have in all , upon this hill , Edward ? 1st Sol . Hist !\u2014 more than you count on , perhaps . 2nd Sol . Why ? What is the matter ? Why do you look among those bushes so earnestly ? 1st Student . It is singular , indeed . I can hardly tell you what it is , but twice before in my round , precisely in this same spot , the same impression has flashed upon me , though the sense that gives it , if sense it is , will not bide an instant 's questioning . There ! Hist ! Did nothing move there then ? 2nd Sol . I see nothing . This comes of star-gazing , when you should have slept . Though as to that , I have nothing to complain of , certainly . I had to thank your taste that way , last night , for an hour of the most delicious slumber . It was like that we used to snatch of old , between the first stroke of the prayer-bell and its dying peal . 1st Sol . I am glad you could sleep . For myself , such a world of troubled thoughts haunted me , I found more repose in waking . 2nd Sol . Then I wish you could have shared my dream with me , as indeed you seemed to , for you were with me through it all . A blessed dream it was , and yet \u2014 1st Sol . Well , let me share it with you now . 2nd Sol . I cannot tell you how it was , that in honor and good conscience we had effected it , but somehow , methought our part in this sickening warfare was accomplished , and we were home again . Oh the joy of it ! oh the joy of it ! Even amid my dream , methought we questioned its reality , so unearthly in its perfectness , it seemed . We stood upon the college-green , and the sun was going down with a strange , darkling splendor ; and from afar , ever and anon came the thunder roll of battle ; but we had nought to do with it ; our part was done ; our time was out ; we were to fight no more . And there we stood , watching the students \u2019 games ; and there too was poor Hale , merry and full of life as e'er he was , for never a thought of his cruel fate crossed my dream . Suddenly we saw two ladies , arm in arm , come swiftly down the shady street , most strangely beautiful and strangely clad , with long white robes , and garlands in their hair , and such a clear and silvery laugh , and something fearful in their loveliness withal ; and one of them , as she came smiling toward us \u2014 do you remember that bright , fair-haired girl we met in yonder lane one noon ?\u2014 Just such a smile as hers wore the lady in my dream . Then , into the old chapel we were crowding all ; that long-deferred commencement had come on at last ; we stood upon a stage , and a strange light filled all the house , and suddenly the ceiling swelled unto the skiey dome , and nations filled the galleries ; and I woke , to find myself upon a soldier 's couch , and the reveille beating . 1st Sol . Well , if it cheered you , \u2018 twas a good dream most certainly , though , yet \u2014 the dream-books might not tell you so . Will you take this glass a moment ? 2nd Sol . What is it ? 1st Sol . That white house by the orchard , in the door \u2014 do you see nothing ? 2nd Sol . Yes , a figure , certainly ;\u2014 yes , now it moves . I had thought those houses were deserted ,\u2014 it is time they were I think , for all the protection we can give them . How long shall we maintain this post , think you , with such a handful ? 1st Sol . Till the preparations below are complete , I trust so at least , for we have watchers in these woods , no doubt , who would speedily report our absence . 2nd Sol . Well , if we all see yonder sun go down , \u2018 tis more than I count on . 1st Sol . A chance if we do \u2014 a chance if we do . Will the hour come when this infant nation shall forget her bloody baptism ?\u2014 the holy name of truth and freedom , that with our hearts \u2019 blood we seal upon her in these days of fear ? 2nd Sol . Ay , that hour may come . 1st Sol . Then , with tears , and blood if need be , shall she learn it anew ; and not in vain shall the bones of the martyrs moulder in her peopled vales . For human nature , in her loftiest mood , was this beautiful land of old built , and for ages hid . Here \u2014 her cradle-dreams behind her flung ; here , on the height of ages past , her solemn eye down their long vistas turned , in a new and nobler life she shall arise here . Ah , who knows but that the book of History may show us at last on its long-marred page \u2014 Man himself ,\u2014 no longer the partial and deformed developments of his nature , which each successive age hath left as if in mockery of its ideal ,\u2014 but , man himself , the creature of thought ,\u2014 the high , calm , majestic being , that of old stood unshrinking beneath his Maker 's gaze . Even , as first he woke amid the gardens of the East , in this far western clime at last he shall smile again ,\u2014 a perfect thing . 2nd Sol . In your earnestness , you do not mark these strange sounds , Edward . Listen .3d Sol . We are surrounded ! Fly . The Indians are upon us . Fly .4th Sol . God ! They are butchering them above there , do not stand here !2nd Sol . Resistance is vain . Hear those shrieks ! There is death in them . Resistance is vain . 1st Sol . Flight is vain . Look yonder ! Francis ,\u2014 the dark hour hath come ! 2nd Sol . Is it so ? Mother and sister I shall see no more .1st Sol . We shall die together . God of Truth and Freedom , unto thee our youthful spirits trust we .DIALOGUE II .", "The deserted house \u2014 the chamber \u2014 Helen by the table \u2014 her head bowed and motionless . She rises slowly from her drooping posture .", "British Camp . The interior of a Tent richly furnished . An", "Officer seated at a table covered with papers and maps .", "A Servant in waiting .", "The ground before Maitland 's Tent .", "The slope of the Hill near Fort Edward . The road-side , shaded with stately pines and hemlocks .1st Off . Yes , here has been wild work upon this hill to-day . They were slaughtered to a man . 2nd Off . I saw a sight above there , just now , that sickened me of warfare . 1st Off . And what was that , pry'thee ? 2nd Off . Oh nothing ,\u2014 \u2018 twas nothing but a dead soldier ; a common sight enough , indeed ; but this was a mere youth ;\u2014 he was lying in a little hollow on the roadside , and as I crossed in haste , I had well-nigh set my foot on his brow . Such a brow it was , so young , so noble , and the dark chesnut curls clustering about it . I think I never saw a more classic set of features , or a look of loftier courage than that which death seemed to have found and marbled in them . Hark \u2014 that 's a water-fall we hear . 1st Off . I saw him , there was another though , lying not far thence , the sight of whom moved me more . He was younger yet , or seemed so , and of a softer mould ; and , torn and bloody as they were , I fancied I could see in his garb and appointments , and in every line of his features , the traces of some mother 's tenderness . 2nd Off . Listen , Andre ! This is beautiful ! There 's some cascade not far hence , worth searching for .", "A little glen , darkly shaded with pines . A fountain issuing from one side , and falling with a curious murmur into the basin below ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 121, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Ha ! Sir George Airy ! A Birding thus early , what forbidden Game rouz 'd you so soon ? For no lawful Occasion cou 'd invite a Person of your Figure abroad at such unfashionable Hours .", "Is it possible that any thing in Nature can ruffle the Temper of a Man , whom the four Seasons of the Year compliment with as many Thousand Pounds , nay ! and a Father at Rest with his Ancestors .", "Ha , ha , ha , never consult the Stars about that ; Gold has a Power beyond them ; Gold unlocks the Midnight Councils ; Gold out-does the Wind , becalms the Ship , or fills her Sails ; Gold is omnipotent below ; it makes whole Armies fight , or fly ; It buys even Souls , and bribes the Wretches to betray their Country : Then what can thy Business be , that Gold wo n't serve thee in ?", "In Love \u2014 Ha , ha , ha , ha ; In Love , Ha , ha , ha , with what , prithee , a Cherubin !", "A Woman , Good , Ha , ha , ha , and Gold not help thee ?", "Ay , if thou'rt in Love with two hundred , Gold will fetch \u2018 em , I warrant thee , Boy . But who are they ? who are they ? come .", "And a Fool \u2014", "And pray , which are you in Quest of now ?", "Nay then , I pity you ; for the Jew my Father will no more part with her , and 30000 Pound , than he wou 'd with a Guinea to keep me from starving .", "Yes , for \u2018 tis her Gold that bars my Father 's Gate against you .", "Not a Souse out of his Pocket , I assure you ; I had an Uncle who defray 'd that Charge , but for some litte Wildnesses of Youth , tho \u2019 he made me his Heir , left Dad my Guardian till I came to Years of Discretion , which I presume the old Gentleman will never think I am ; and now he has got the Estate into his Clutches , it does me no more good , than if it lay in Prester John 's Dominions .", "I have made many Essays to no purpose ; tho \u2019 Want , the Mistress of Invention , still tempts me on , yet still the old Fox is too cunning for me \u2014 I am upon my last Project , which if it fails , then for my last Refuge , a Brown Musquet .", "Not yet , when you can , I have Confidence enough in you to ask it .", "To deal ingeniously with you , Sir George , I know very little of Her , or Home ; for since my Uncle 's Death , and my Return from Travel , I have never been well with my Father ; he thinks my Expences too great , and I his Allowance too little ; he never sees me , but he quarrels ; and to avoid that , I shun his House as much as possible . The Report is , he intends to marry her himself .", "Yes faith , so they say ; but I tell you , I am wholly ignorant of the matter . Miranda and I are like two violent Members of a contrary Party , I can scarce allow her Beauty , tho \u2019 all the World do 's ; nor she me Civility , for that Contempt , I fancy she plays the Mother-in-law already , and sets the old Gentleman on to do mischief .", "Ay and my helping-hand , if occasion be .", "What Marplot , no no , he 's my Instrument ; there 's a thousand", "Conveniences in him , he 'll lend me his Money when he has any , run of my", "Errands and be proud o n't ; in short , he 'll Pimp for me , Lye for me ,", "Drink for me , do any thing but Fight for me , and that I trust to my own", "Arm for .", "A good Assurance ! But heark ye , how came your Beautiful", "Countenance clouded in the wrong place ?", "When you have \u2018 em , you mean .", "Then a Fool for Diversion is out of Fashion , I find .", "Well , on Condition you 'll give us a true Account how you came by that Mourning Nose , I will .", "Sir George , here 's a Gentleman has a passionate Desire to kiss your Hand .", "Ha , ha , ha , ha , fase was the Word , so you walk 'd off , I suppose .", "Provided he may command you \u2014", "The Dog is Diverting sometimes , or there wou 'd be no enduring his Impertinence : He is pressing to be employ 'd and willing to execute , but some ill Fate generally attends all he undertakes , and he oftner spoils an Intreague than helps it \u2014", "Yes , witness the Merchant 's Wife .", "Come , Sir George , let 's walk round , if you are not ingag 'd , for I have sent my Man upon a little earnest Business , and have order 'd him to bring me the Answer into the Park .", "Prosperity to't whate'er it be , I have private Affairs too ; over a Bottle we 'll compare Notes .", "Curst Misfortune , come along with me , my Heart feels Pleasure at her Name . Sir George , yours ; we 'll meet at the old place the usual Hour .", "Marplot , you must excuse me , I am engag 'd . ( Exit ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 122, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Here we sons of freedom dwell ,", "In our friendly , rock-hewn cell ;", "Pleasure 's dictates we obey ,", "Nature points us out the way ,", "Ever social , great and free ,", "Valour guards our liberty .", "AIR .", "Of severe and partial laws ,", "Venal judges , Alguazils ;", "Dreary dungeons \u2019 iron jaws ,", "Oar and gibbet \u2014 whips or wheels ,", "Let 's never think", "While thus me drink", "Sweet Muscadine !", "O life divine !", "Come , cavaliers , our carbines are loaded , our hearts are light : charge your glasses , Bacchus gives the word , and a volley makes us immortal as the rosy god .\u2014 Fire !", "Oh , no ! a brimmer round .\u2014 Come , a good booty to us to-night .", "Pho , Sanguino ! you know when a jest offers , Spado regards neither time , place , nor person .", "Come , away with reflection on the past , or care for the future ; the present is the golden moment of possession .\u2014 Let us enjoy it .", "You know , cavaliers , when I entered into this noble fraternity , I boasted only of a little courage sharpened by necessity , the result of my youthful follies , a father 's severity , and the malice of a good-natured dame .", "When you did me the honour to elect me your captain , two conditions I stipulated :\u2014\u2014 Though at war with the world abroad , unity and social mirth should preside over our little commonwealth at home .", "The other , unless to preserve your own lives , never commit a murder .", "Hand me that red wine .", "AIR II .\u2014 DON CAESAR .", "Flow , thou regal purple stream ,", "Tinctur 'd by the solar beam ,", "In my goblet sparkling rise ,", "Cheer my heart and glad my eyes .", "My brain ascend on fancy 's wing ,", "\u2018 Noint me , wine , a jovial king .", "While I live , I 'll lave my clay ,", "When I 'm dead and gone away ,", "Let my thirsty subjects say ,", "A month he reign 'd , but that was May .", "Hark , how distinct we hear the thunder through this vast body of earth and rock .\u2014 Rapino , is Calvette above , upon his post ?", "Spado , \u2018 tis your business to relieve the centinel .", "Come , come , no jesting with duty \u2014 \u2018 tis your watch .", "Then call Calvette , lock down the trap-door , and get us some more wine from the cistern .", "Not to-night \u2014 I know my time \u2014 I have my reasons \u2014 I shall give command on that business . But where 's the stranger we brought in at our last excursion ?", "Then he 'll fight .\u2014 My arms !", "To the attack of one man \u2014 paltry ! Only you , Calvette , Sanguino , Rapino , and Spado go ; the rest prepare for our general excursion .", "Come , come , leave buffoonery , and to your duty .", "How 's this ?", "What 's the matter ?", "Begone instantly to your comrades .Signor , no occasion to tamper with my companions ; you shall owe your liberty to none but me . I 'll convey you to the cottage of the vines , belonging to the peasant Philippo , not far from Don Scipio 's castle ; there you may rest in safety to-night , and \u2014", "Look ye , signor , I am a ruffian , perhaps worse , but venture to trust me .\u2014 A picklock may be used to get to a treasure \u2014 do n't wish to know more of me than I now chuse to tell you ; but , if your mistress loves you as well as you seem to love her , to-morrow night she 's yours .", "Now for Philippo \u2014 I do n't suppose you wish to see any of our work above \u2014 ha ! ha ! ha !\u2014 Well , well , I was once a lover , but now \u2014 AIR IV .\u2014 DON CAESAR . On by the spur of valour goaded , Pistols primed , and carbines loaded , Courage strikes on hearts of steel ; While each spark , Through the dark Gloom of night , Lends a clear and cheering light , Who a fear or doubt can feel ? Like serpents now , through thickets creeping , Then on our prey , like lions , leaping ! Calvette to the onset leads us , Let the wand'ring trav'ler dread us ! Struck with terror and amaze , While our swords with lightning blaze .Thunder to our carbines roaring , Bursting clouds in torrents pouring , Each a free and roving blade , Ours a free and roving trade , To the onset let 's away , Valour calls , and we obey .", "Thus far I 've got into the castle unperceived \u2014 I 'm certain Sanguino means the old gentleman a mischief , which nature bids me endeavour to prevent . I saw the rascal slip in at the postern below ; but where can he have got to !Yes , yonder he issues , like a rat or a spider .\u2014 How now , Sanguino !", "On enterprize without my knowledge ! What 's your business here ?", "A stilletto ! I command you to quit your purpose .", "Your wound was chance \u2014 Put up \u2014 We shall have noble booty here , and that 's our business \u2014 But you seem to know your ground here , Sanguino ?", "I missed Spado at the muster this morning \u2014 did he quit the cave with you ?", "Is n't that Spado 's voice ?", "Hush !", "Here 's a pretty dog !", "No , you stay .\u2014", "Yes , you are found out .", "You 're to make discoveries in the forest too .", "Hold , Sanguino .", "Come , Spado , confess what really brought you here .", "Hey ! Let 's see those chests .", "You gave my letter to the lady ?", "Lucky , she knows me only by that name .", "Hush ! Mind you let us all in by the little wicket in the east rampart .", "Soft ! Letting down the drawbridge for me now may attract observation .Yonder I can get across the moat .", "Then you shall .\u2014 Hold !My father !", "Yes , sir ; drove to desperation by \u2014 my follies were my own \u2014 but my vices \u2014\u2014", "My father ! I am unworthy of this goodness .\u2014 I confess even now I entered this castle with an impious determination to extort by force \u2014", "Hold !", "Stop ! hold ! I command you .", "And I 'll preserve it as my own .\u2014 Retire , and wait your orders .Don Scipio What , then , you wo n't let me be murdered . My dear boy ! my darling ! Forgive me !\u2014 I \u2014 I \u2014 I pardon all .", "Then , sir , I shall first beg it for my companions ; if reclaimed , by the example of their leader , their future lives will show them worthy of mercy ; if not , with mine let them be forfeit to the hand of justice .", "My beloved Lorenza !", "}", "Dear father , this is the individual lady whose beauty , grace , and angelic voice , captivated my soul at Florence ; if she can abase her spotless mind , to think upon a wretch stained with crimes , accompany her pardon with your approbation ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 123, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["You are all thumbs .", "Shemus stays late .", "White Mary ,", "Bring Shemus home out of the wicked woods ;", "Save Shemus from the wolves ; Shemus is daring ;", "And save him from the demons of the woods ,", "Who have crept out and wander on the roads ,", "Deluding dim-eyed souls now newly dead ,", "And those alive who have gone crazed with famine .", "Save him , White Mary Virgin .", "Shemus has come .", "Shemus , you are late home : you have been lounging", "And chattering with some one : you know well", "How the dreams trouble me , and how I pray ,", "Yet you lie sweating on the hill from morn ,", "Or linger at the crossways with all comers ,", "Telling or gathering up calamity .", "Praise be the saints !", "Before you came", "She made a great noise in the hencoop , Shemus .", "What fluttered in the window ?", "Then you are Countess Cathleen : you and yours", "Are ever welcome under my poor thatch .", "Will you sit down and warm you by the sods ?", "You \u2019 re almost there .", "There is a trodden way among the hazels", "That brings your servants to their marketing .", "When wealthy and wise folk wander from their peace", "And fear wood things , poor folk may draw the bolt", "And pray before the fire .", "I will go the next ;", "Our parents \u2019 cabins bordered the same field .", "O Shemus , hush , maybe your mind might pray", "In spite o \u2019 the mouth .", "Is yonder quicken wood ?", "Shemus ! Shemus !", "What , would you burn the blessed quicken wood ?", "A spell to ward off demons and ill faeries .", "You know not what the owls were that peeped in ,", "For evil wonders live in this old wood ,", "And they can show in what shape please them best .", "And we have had no milk to leave of nights", "To keep our own good people kind to us .", "And Aleel , who has talked with the great Sidhe ,", "Is full of terrors to come .", "Who knows what evil you have brought to us ?", "I fear the wood things , Shemus .", "Do not open .", "Look ! look !", "O Mary , Mother of God , be pitiful !", "No , do not come in :", "We have no food , not even for ourselves .", "What have you in the bags ?", "I will not cook for you .", "I will not cook for you : you are not human :", "Before you came two horned owls looked at us ;", "The dog bayed , and the tongue of Shemus maddened .", "When you came in the Virgin \u2019 s blessed shrine", "Fell from its nail , and when you sat down here", "You poured out wine as the wood sidheogs do", "When they \u2019 d entice a soul out of the world .", "Why did you come to us ? Was not death near ?", "If you be not demons ,", "Go and give alms among the starving poor ,", "You seem more rich than any under the moon .", "Then ask of Father John .", "And have the starving any merchandise ?", "Merchants ,", "Their swine and cattle , fields and implements ,", "Are sold and gone .", "What have they ?", "Shemus and Teig , Teig \u2014", "Destroyers of souls , may God destroy you quickly !", "You shall at last dry like dry leaves , and hang", "Nailed like dead vermin to the doors of God .", "Just now when she came near I thought I heard Other small steps beating upon the floor , And a faint music blowing in the wind , Invisible pipes giving her feet the time ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 124, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Carry those things in : go ! ( Ex . SERVANTS .", "Sosia , come here ;", "A word with you !", "Quite another thing .", "This business", "Needs not that art ; but those good qualities ,", "Which I have ever known abide in you ,", "Fidelity and secrecy .", "Since I bought you , from a boy", "How just and mild a servitude you 've pass 'd", "With me , you 're conscious : from a purchas 'd slave", "I made you free , because you serv 'd me freely :", "The greatest recompense I could bestow .", "Nor do I repent .", "I will ; and this I must advise you first ;", "The nuptial you suppose preparing now ,", "Is all unreal .", "You shall hear all from first to last : and thus", "The conduct of my son , my own intent ,", "And what part you 're to act , you 'll know at once .", "For my son , Sosia , now to manhood grown ,", "Had freer scope of living : for before", "How might you know , or how indeed divine", "His disposition , good or ill , while youth ,", "Fear , and a master , all constrain 'd him ?", "Though most , as is the bent of youth , apply", "Their mind to some one object , horses , hounds ,", "Or to the study of philosophy ;", "Yet none of these , beyond the rest , did he", "Pursue ; and yet , in moderation , all .", "I was o'erjoy ' d .", "So did he shape his life to bear himself", "With ease and frank good-humor unto all ;", "Mix 'd in what company soe'er , to them", "He wholly did resign himself ; and join 'd", "In their pursuits , opposing nobody ,", "Nor e'er assuming to himself : and thus", "With ease , and free from envy , may you gain", "Praise , and conciliate friends .", "Meanwhile , \u2018 tis now about three years ago ,", "A certain woman from the isle of Andros ,", "Came o'er to settle in this neighborhood ,", "By poverty and cruel kindred driv'n :", "Handsome and young .", "At first", "Modest and thriftily , though poor , she liv 'd ,", "With her own hands a homely livelihood", "Scarce earning from the distaff and the loom .", "But when a lover came , with promis 'd gold ,", "Another , and another , as the mind", "Falls easily from labor to delight ,", "She took their offers , and set up the trade .", "They , who were then her chief gallants , by chance", "Drew thither , as oft happen with young men", "My son to join their company . \u201c So , so ! \u201d", "Said I within myself , \u201c he 's smit ! he has it ! \u201d", "And in the morning as I saw their servants", "Run to and fro , I 'd often call , \u201c here , boy !", "Prithee now , who had Chrysis yesterday ? \u201d", "The name of this same Andrian .", "Ph\u00e6drus they said , Clinia , or Niceratus ,", "For all these three then follow 'd her .\u2014 \u201c Well , well ,", "But what of Pamphilus ? \u201d \u2014 \u201c Of Pamphilus !", "He supp 'd , and paid his reck'ning . \u201d \u2014 I was glad .", "Another day I made the like inquiry ,", "But still found nothing touching Pamphilus .", "Thus I believ 'd his virtue prov 'd , and hence", "Thought him a miracle of continence :", "For he who struggles with such spirits , yet", "Holds in that commerce an unshaken mind ,", "May well be trusted with the governance", "Of his own conduct . Nor was I alone", "Delighted with his life , but all the world", "With one accord said all good things , and prais 'd", "My happy fortunes , who possess 'd a son", "So good , so lib'rally disposed .\u2014 In short", "Chremes , seduc 'd by this fine character ,", "Came of his own accord , to offer me", "His only daughter with a handsome portion", "In marriage with my son . I lik 'd the match ;", "Betroth 'd my son ; and this was pitch 'd upon ,", "By joint agreement , for the wedding-day .", "I 'll tell you .", "In a few days , the treaty still on foot ,", "This neighbor Chrysis dies .", "My son , on this event , was often there", "With those who were the late gallants of Chrysis ;", "Assisted to prepare the funeral ,", "Ever condol 'd , and sometimes wept with them .", "This pleas 'd me then ; for in myself I thought ,", "\u201c Since merely for a small acquaintance-sake", "He takes this woman 's death so nearly , what", "If he himself had lov 'd ? What would he feel", "For me , his father ? \u201d All these things , I thought ;", "Were but the tokens and the offices", "Of a humane and tender disposition .", "In short , on his account , e'en I myself", "Attend the funeral , suspecting yet", "No harm .", "You shall hear all . The Corpse", "Borne forth , we follow : when among the women", "Attending there , I chanc 'd to cast my eyes ,", "Upon one girl , in form \u2014\u2014", "And look ; so modest , and so beauteous , Sosia !", "That nothing could exceed it . As she seem 'd", "To grieve beyond the rest ; and as her air", "Appear 'd more liberal and ingenuous ,", "I went and ask 'd her women who she was .", "Sister , they said , to Chrysis : when at once", "It struck my mind ; \u201c So ! so ! the secret 's out ;", "Hence were those tears , and hence all that compassion ! \u201d", "Meanwhile the funeral proceeds : we follow ;", "Come to the sepulchre : the body 's plac 'd", "Upon the pile , lamented : whereupon", "This sister I was speaking of , all wild ,", "Ran to the flames with peril of her life .", "Then ! there ! the frighted Pamphilus betrays", "His well-dissembled and long-hidden love :", "Runs up , and takes her round the waist , and cries ,", "\u201c Oh my Glycerium ! what is it you do ?", "Why , why endeavor to destroy yourself ? \u201d", "Then she , in such a manner , that you thence", "Might easily perceive their long , long , love ,", "Threw herself back into his arms , and wept ,", "Oh how familiarly !", "Chremes next day came open-mouth 'd to me :", "Oh monstrous ! he had found that Pamphilus", "Was married to this stranger woman . I", "Deny the fact most steadily , and he", "As steadily insists . In short we part", "On such bad terms , as let me understand", "He would refuse his daughter .", "Not even this", "Appear 'd sufficient for reproof .", "\u201c Father ,", "You have , you know ,", "Prescrib 'd a term to all these things yourself .", "The time is near at hand , when I must live", "According to the humor of another .", "Meanwhile , permit me now to please my own ! \u201d", "If he", "Refuses , on account of this amour ,", "To take a wife , such obstinate denial", "Must be considered as his first offense .", "Wherefore I now , from this mock-nuptial ,", "Endeavor to draw real cause to chide :", "And that same rascal Davus , if he 's plotting ,", "That he may let his counsel run to waste ,", "Now , when his knaveries can do no harm :", "Who , I believe , with all his might and main", "Will strive to cross my purposes ; and that", "More to plague me , than to oblige my son .", "Why so ! Bad mind , bad heart : But if", "I catch him at his tricks !\u2014 But what need words ?", "\u2014 If , as I wish it may , it should appear", "That Pamphilus objects not to the match ,", "Chremes remains to be prevail 'd upon ,", "And will , I hope , consent . \u2018 Tis now your place", "To counterfeit these nuptials cunningly ;", "To frighten Davus ; and observe my son ,", "What he 's about , what plots they hatch together .", "Go first : I 'll follow you . ( Exit SOSIA . Beyond all doubt My son 's averse to take a wife : I saw How frighten 'd Davus was , but even now , When he was told a nuptial was preparing . But here he comes .In this Scene , all quotation marks were supplied from the 1768 edition .", "Carry those things in : go !can be taken as the correct plural form \u201c Exeunt \u201d . Harper He wholly did resign himself ; and join 'd In their pursuits , opposing nobody , Colman 1768 He wholly did resign himself ; complied With all their humours , checking nobody ,", "But now he will ; to your cost too , I warrant you !", "What says the rogue ?", "Davus !", "Here ! this way !", "What say you ?", "Upon what ! The world reports that my son keeps a mistress .", "D'ye mind what I say ? Sirrah !", "But for me now to dive into these matters", "May seem perhaps like too severe a father :", "For all his youthful pranks concern not me .", "While \u2018 twas in season , he had my free leave", "To take his swing of pleasure . But to-day", "Brings on another stage of life , and asks", "For other manners : wherefore I desire ,", "Or , if you please , I do beseech you , Davus ,", "To set him right again .", "All , who are fond of mistresses , dislike", "The thoughts of matrimony .", "And then , if such a person entertains", "An evil counselor in those affairs ,", "He tampers with the mind , and makes bad worse .", "No ?", "Then for the rest I have to say to you ,", "You choose I should speak plainly .", "If I discover then , that in this match", "You get to your dog 's tricks to break it off ,", "Or try to show how shrewd a rogue you are ,", "I 'll have you beat to mummy , and then thrown", "In prison , Sirrah ! upon this condition ,", "That when I take you out again , I swear", "To grind there in your stead . D'ye take me now ?", "Or do n't you understand this neither ?", "I could excuse your tricks in any thing ,", "Rather than this .", "You laugh at me : well , well !\u2014 I give you warning That you do nothing rashly , nor pretend You was not advertis 'd of this \u2014 take heed ! ( Exit .Harper To have o'erwhelm ' d us , nor have giv'n us time Colman 1768 To have o'erwhelm ' d us , nor allow 'd us time Or , if you please , I do beseech you , Davus , anomalously printed as DAVUS in Harper text ]", "I return to see", "What they 're about , or what they meditate .", "I see them both together .", "Here , Pamphilus !", "It is my pleasure , that to-day ,", "As I have told you once before , you marry .", "You perform", "Your duty , when you cheerfully comply", "With my desires .", "Now then go in", "That when you 're wanted you be found .", "Well , what now , Davus ?", "Nothing , say you ?", "And yet I look 'd for something .", "Can you speak truth ?", "Say then ,", "Is not this wedding irksome to my son ,", "From his adventure with the Andrian ?", "I praise him for't .", "Yet , in my eyes , he seem 'd a little sad .", "For what ?", "Well , what is't ?", "Tell me , what is't ?", "Hold your peace .", "I 'll look to that . Away ! ( Exit DAVUS .", "What now ? What means the varlet ? Precious rogue ,", "For if there 's any knavery on foot ,", "He , I am sure , is the contriver o n't . ( Exit .", "Harper", "\u2018 Tis true he lov 'd ; and even then by stealth", "Colman 1768", "\u2018 Tis true he lov 'd ; but even then by stealth ]", "ACT THE THIRD .", "The Andrian 's maid-servant ! Is't not ?", "What says she ?", "How 's that ?", "O Jupiter ! what 's this", "I hear ? If this be true , I 'm lost indeed .", "How 's this ?", "And can he be so mad ? What ! educate", "A harlot 's child !\u2014 Ah , now I know their drift :", "Fool that I was , scarce smelt it out at last .", "DAVUS", "What 's this he says he has smelt out ?", "Imprimis ,", "\u2018 Tis this rogue 's trick upon me . All a sham :", "A counterfeit deliv'ry , and mock labor ,", "Devis 'd to frighten Chremes from the match .", "Heyday ! Already ! Oh ridiculous !", "Soon as she heard that I was at the door", "She hastens to cry out : your incidents", "Are ill-tim 'd , Davus .", "Are your players", "Unmindful of their cues , and want a prompter ?", "This too where 's he that knows you would not swear", "Was your contrivance ?", "While in the house , forsooth , the midwife gave", "No orders for the Lady in the straw :", "But having issued forth into the street ,", "Bawls out most lustily to those within .", "\u2014 Oh Davus , am I then so much your scorn ?", "Seem I so proper to be play 'd upon ,", "With such a shallow , barefac 'd , imposition ?", "You might at least , in reverence , have us 'd", "Some spice of art , wer't only to pretend", "You fear 'd my anger , should I find you out .", "Did not I give you warning ? threaten too ,", "In case you play 'd me false ? But all in vain :", "For what car 'd you ?\u2014 What ! think you I believe", "This story of a child by Pamphilus ?", "Why do n't you answer ?", "I been inform 'd ?", "D'ye laugh at me ?", "Whence ! from you :", "Because I know you .", "Beyond all doubt ; I know it :", "I not know you ?", "Falsely , hey ?", "All that I know is this ; that nobody", "Has been deliver 'd here .", "But how d'ye know ?", "How 's this ?", "Having discover 'd such a plot on foot ,", "Why did you not directly tell my son ?", "Get you in . Wait for me there , and see that you prepare What 's requisite . ( Exit DAVUS . He has not wrought upon me To yield implicit credit to his tale , Nor do I know if all he said be true . But , true or false , it matters not : to me My Son 's own promise is the main concern . Now to meet Chremes , and to beg his daughter In marriage with my son . If I succeed , What can I rather wish , than to behold Their marriage-rites to-day ? For since my son Has given me his word , I 've not a doubt , Should he refuse , but I may force him to it : And to my wishes see where Chremes comes .The initial direction \u201c Manent SIMO , DAVUS . \u201d is supplied from the 1768 edition . Harper SIMO . I been inform 'd ? DAVUS . What then you found it out ? Colman 1768 SIMO . Inform 'd ? DAVUS . What then you found it out yourself ? Harper DAVUS . I 've heard so , and believe so . Besides a thousand things concur to lead To this conjecture . In the first place , she Profess 'd herself with child by Pamphilus : That proves a falsehood . Now that she perceives A nuptial preparation at our house , A maid 's dispatch 'd immediately to bring Colman 1768 DAVUS . I 've heard so , and believe so . Besides a thousand different things concur To lead to this conjecture . First , Glycerium Profess 'd herself with child by Pamphilus : That proves a falsehood . Now as she perceives A nuptial preparation at our house , A maid 's immediately dispatch 'd to bring ]", "Chremes , good-day !", "And I for you .", "A moment 's hearing ; you shall be inform 'd ,", "What I request , and what you wish to know .", "Now by the Gods ;", "Now by our friendship , Chremes , which begun", "In infancy , has still increas 'd with age ;", "Now by your only daughter , and my son ,", "Whose preservation wholly rests on you ;", "Let me entreat this boon : and let the match", "Which should have been , still be .", "E'en in that spirit , I desire it , Chremes ,", "Entreat it may be done ; nor would entreat ,", "But that occasion urges .", "A diff'rence \u2018 twixt Glycerium and my son .", "A breach so wide as gives me hopes", "To sep'rate them forever .", "Indeed \u2018 tis thus .", "Prevent we then , I pray , this mischief now ;", "While time permits , while yet his passion 's sore", "From contumelies ; ere these women 's wiles ,", "Their wicked arts , and tears made up of fraud", "Shake his weak mind , and melt it to compassion .", "Give him a wife : by intercourse with her ,", "Knit by the bonds of wedlock , soon I hope ,", "He 'll rise above the guilt that sinks him now .", "How can you know , unless you make the trial ?", "The mischief , should he fail ,", "Is only this : divorce , which Heav'n forbid !", "But mark what benefits if he amend !", "First , to your friend you will restore a son ;", "Gain to yourself a son-in-law , and match", "Your daughter to an honest husband .", "I see I ever lov 'd you justly , Chremes .", "But what ?", "Davus ,", "Davus , in all their secrets , told me so ;", "Advis 'd me too , to hasten on the match", "As fast as possible . Would he , d'ye think ,", "Do that , unless he were full well assur 'd", "My son desir 'd it too ?\u2014 Hear , what he says .", "Ho there ! call Davus forth .\u2014 But here he comes .", "Harper", "CHREMES . Whence is't you know", "Colman 1768", "CHREMES . From whence are you appriz 'd ]", "What 's the matter ?", "D'ye hear him ?\u2014 Davus , I for some time past", "Was fearful of you ; lest , like other slaves ,", "As slaves go now , you should put tricks upon me ,", "And baffle me , to favor my son 's love .", "I thought so : and in fear of that", "Conceal 'd a secret which I 'll now disclose .", "I 'll tell you : for I now", "Almost begin to think you may be trusted .", "No marriage was intended .", "None . All counterfeit , to sound my son and you .", "Even so .", "Hear me . No sooner had I sent you in . But opportunely I encountered Chremes .", "I told him all . That you had just told me ,\u2014\u2014", "Begged him to grant his daughter , and at length", "With much ado prevail 'd .", "How 's that ?", "My good friend Chremes then", "Is now no obstacle .", "Prithee , now , Davus , seeing you alone", "Have brought about this match \u2014\u2014", "Endeavor farther to amend my son .", "It were easy now ,", "While his mind 's irritated .", "Do then : where is he ?", "I 'll in , and tell him , what I 've now told you . ( Exit .", "SCENE VII .", "DAVUS alone .", "Lost and undone ! To prison with me straight !", "No prayer , no plea : for I have ruin 'd all !", "Deceiv 'd the old man , hamper 'd Pamphilus", "With marriage ; marriage , brought about to-day", "By my sole means ; beyond the hopes of one ;", "Against the other 's will .\u2014\u2014 Oh , cunning fool !", "Had I been quiet , all had yet been well .", "But see , he 's coming . Would my neck were broken !", "Ah , Chremes , I must now entreat the more ,", "More urge you to confirm the promis 'd boon .", "What injuries ?", "Now , for Heav'n ' s sake .", "Believe not them , whose interest it is", "To make him vile and abject as themselves .", "These stories are all feign 'd , concerted all ,", "To break the match : when the occasion 's past", "That urges them to this , they will desist .", "Artifice ! mere trick .", "It may be so : and Davus", "Told me beforehand they 'd attempt all this ;", "Though I , I know not how , forgot to tell you .", "Ha ! whence comes the rogue ?", "What mischief 's this ?", "A knave ! Who 's that he praises ?", "Why do n't I speak to him ?", "Good Sir , your humble Servant !", "You 've taken special care .", "Oh , mighty fine !", "That to be sure is all that 's wanting now .", "\u2014 But tell me , Sir ! what business had you there ?", "You ?", "You , Sir .", "As if I ask 'd , how long it was ago .", "Is Pamphilus within ?", "\u2014 Oh torture .\u2014 Did not you assure me , Sirrah ,", "They were at variance ?", "Why then", "Is Pamphilus within ?", "What story now ?", "And what says he , then ?", "Ho , Dromo ! Dromo !", "Dromo !", "Speak but a word more \u2014 Dromo !", "Here , drag him headlong in ,", "And truss the rascal up immediately .", "Davus .", "Because I 'll have it so . Take him , I say .", "Off with him !", "I will not hear . I 'll trounce you .", "True or false . See that you keep him bound : and do you hear ? Bind the slave hand and foot . Away ! ( Exeunt DROMO and DAVUS .", "Oh Chremes , Chremes ,", "Filial unkindness !\u2014 Do n't you pity me !", "To feel all this for such a thankless son !\u2014\u2014", "Here , Pamphilus , come forth ! ho , Pamphilus !", "Have you no shame ?", "What say you ? Most \u2014\u2014", "As if \u2018 twere possible to utter aught", "Severer than he merits !\u2014 Tell me then ;", "Glycerium is a citizen ?", "They say so !\u2014 Oh amazing impudence !\u2014\u2014", "Does he consider what he says ? does he", "Repent the deed ? or does his color take", "The hue of shame ?\u2014 To be so weak of soul ,", "Against the custom of our citizens ,", "Against the law , against his father 's will ,", "To wed himself to shame and this vile woman .", "Ah , Pamphilus ! d'ye feel", "Your wretchedness at last ? Then , then , when first", "You wrought upon your mind at any rate", "To gratify your passion : from that hour", "Well might you feel your state of wretchedness .", "\u2014 But why give in to this ? Why torture thus ,", "Why vex my spirit ? Why afflict my age", "For his distemp'rature ? Why rue his sins ?", "\u2014 No ; let him have her , joy in her , live with her .", "How , my father !\u2014 can I think", "You want this father ? You that for yourself", "A home , a wife , and children have acquir 'd", "Against your father 's will ? And witnesses", "Suborn 'd , to prove that she 's a citizen ?", "\u2014 You 've gain 'd your point .", "What would you say ?", "Hear him ? What must I hear then , Chremes !", "Well , let him speak : I hear him .", "Bring him here !", "Well , be it so . ( Exit PAMPHILUS .", "I could bear all this bravely , Chremes ; more ,", "Much more , to know that he deceiv 'd me not .", "Asks he for me ?", "So , Sir , you say that this Glycerium", "Is an Athenian citizen ?", "What then are you come prepar 'd ?", "And dare you ask for what ?", "Shall you go on thus with impunity ?", "Lay snares for inexperienc 'd , lib'ral youth ,", "With fraud , temptation , and fair promises", "Soothing their minds ?\u2014\u2014", "\u2014 And then", "With marriage solder up their harlot loves ?", "A good man he ?\u2014 To come ,", "Although at Athens never seen till now ,", "So opportunely on the wedding-day !\u2014\u2014", "Is such a fellow to be trusted , Chremes ?", "A Sharper !", "All romance .", "How !", "But why believe you this ?", "True . I knew him .", "Indeed , my Chremes ,", "I heartily rejoice she 's found your daughter .", "Chremes , I trust you will believe , we all", "Rejoice at this .", "Peace , son ! the event", "Has reconcil 'd me .", "Be it so .", "Why do you not give orders instantly", "To bring her to our house ?", "It can n't be .", "He has other business of his own ,", "Of nearer import to himself .", "He 's bound .", "How , Sir ?\u2014 neck and heels .", "It shall be done .", "I 'll in , and order it . ( Exit ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 125, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Merchant of Syracusa , plead no more ;", "I am not partial to infringe our laws :", "The enmity and discord which of late 5", "Sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke", "To merchants , our well-dealing countrymen ,", "Who , wanting guilders to redeem their lives ,", "Have seal \u2019 d his rigorous statutes with their bloods ,", "Excludes all pity from our threatening looks . 10", "For , since the mortal and intestine jars", "\u2019 Twixt thy seditious countrymen and us ,", "It hath in solemn synods been decreed ,", "Both by the Syracusians and ourselves ,", "To admit no traffic to our adverse towns : 15", "Nay , more ,", "If any born at Ephesus be seen", "At any Syracusian marts and fairs ;", "Again : if any Syracusian born", "Come to the bay of Ephesus , he dies , 20", "His goods confiscate to the duke \u2019 s dispose ;", "Unless a thousand marks be levied ,", "To quit the penalty and to ransom him .", "Thy substance , valued at the highest rate ,", "Cannot amount unto a hundred marks ; 25", "Therefore by law thou art condemn \u2019 d to die .", "\u00c6ge . Yet this my comfort : when your words are done ,", "My woes end likewise with the evening sun .", "Well , Syracusian , say , in brief , the cause", "Why thou departed \u2019 st from thy native home , 30", "And for what cause thou camest to Ephesus .", "\u00c6ge . A heavier task could not have been imposed", "Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable :", "Yet , that the world may witness that my end", "Was wrought by nature , not by vile offence , 35", "I \u2019 ll utter what my sorrow gives me leave .", "In Syracusa was I born ; and wed", "Unto a woman , happy but for me ,", "And by me , had not our hap been bad .", "With her I lived in joy ; our wealth increased 40", "By prosperous voyages I often made", "To Epidamnum ; till my factor \u2019 s death ,", "And the great care of goods at random left ,", "Drew me from kind embracements of my spouse :", "From whom my absence was not six months old , 45", "Before herself , almost at fainting under", "The pleasing punishment that women bear ,", "Had made provision for her following me ,", "And soon and safe arrived where I was .", "There had she not been long but she became 50", "A joyful mother of two goodly sons ;", "And , which was strange , the one so like the other", "As could not be distinguish \u2019 d but by names .", "That very hour , and in the self-same inn ,", "A meaner woman was delivered 55", "Of such a burden , male twins , both alike :", "Those , for their parents were exceeding poor ,", "I bought , and brought up to attend my sons .", "My wife , not meanly proud of two such boys ,", "Made daily motions for our home return : 60", "Unwilling I agreed ; alas ! too soon", "We came aboard .", "A league from Epidamnum had we sail \u2019 d ,", "Before the always-wind-obeying deep", "Gave any tragic instance of our harm : 65", "But longer did we not retain much hope ;", "For what obscured light the heavens did grant", "Did but convey unto our fearful minds", "A doubtful warrant of immediate death ;", "Which though myself would gladly have embraced , 70", "Yet the incessant weepings of my wife ,", "Weeping before for what she saw must come ,", "And piteous plainings of the pretty babes ,", "That mourn \u2019 d for fashion , ignorant what to fear ,", "Forced me to seek delays for them and me . 75", "And this it was , for other means was none :", "The sailors sought for safety by our boat ,", "And left the ship , then sinking-ripe , to us :", "My wife , more careful for the latter-born ,", "Had fasten \u2019 d him unto a small spare mast , 80", "Such as seafaring men provide for storms ;", "To him one of the other twins was bound ,", "Whilst I had been like heedful of the other :", "The children thus disposed , my wife and I ,", "Fixing our eyes on whom our care was fix \u2019 d , 85", "Fasten \u2019 d ourselves at either end the mast ;", "And floating straight , obedient to the stream ,", "Was carried towards Corinth , as we thought .", "At length the sun , gazing upon the earth ,", "Dispersed those vapours that offended us ; 90", "And , by the benefit of his wished light ,", "The seas wax \u2019 d calm , and we discovered", "Two ships from far making amain to us ,", "Of Corinth that , of Epidaurus this :", "But ere they came ,\u2014 O , let me say no more ! 95", "Gather the sequel by that went before .", "Nay , forward , old man ; do not break off so ;", "For we may pity , though not pardon thee .", "\u00c6ge . O , had the gods done so , I had not now", "Worthily term \u2019 d them merciless to us ! 100", "For , ere the ships could meet by twice five leagues ,", "We were encounter \u2019 d by a mighty rock ;", "Which being violently borne upon ,", "Our helpful ship was splitted in the midst ;", "So that , in this unjust divorce of us , 105", "Fortune had left to both of us alike", "What to delight in , what to sorrow for .", "Her part , poor soul ! seeming as burdened", "With lesser weight , but not with lesser woe ,", "Was carried with more speed before the wind ; 110", "And in our sight they three were taken up", "By fishermen of Corinth , as we thought .", "At length , another ship had seized on us ;", "And , knowing whom it was their hap to save ,", "Gave healthful welcome to their shipwreck \u2019 d guests ; 115", "And would have reft the fishers of their prey ,", "Had not their bark been very slow of sail ;", "And therefore homeward did they bend their course .", "Thus have you heard me sever \u2019 d from my bliss ;", "That by misfortunes was my life prolong \u2019 d , 120", "To tell sad stories of my own mishaps .", "And , for the sake of them thou sorrowest for ,", "Do me the favour to dilate at full", "What hath befall \u2019 n of them and thee till now .", "\u00c6ge . My youngest boy , and yet my eldest care , 125", "At eighteen years became inquisitive", "After his brother : and importuned me", "That his attendant \u2014 so his case was like ,", "Reft of his brother , but retain \u2019 d his name \u2014", "Might bear him company in the quest of him : 130", "Whom whilst I labour \u2019 d of a love to see ,", "I hazarded the loss of whom I loved .", "Five summers have I spent in furthest Greece ,", "Roaming clean through the bounds of Asia ,", "And , coasting homeward , came to Ephesus ; 135", "Hopeless to find , yet loath to leave unsought", "Or that , or any place that harbours men .", "But here must end the story of my life ;", "And happy were I in my timely death ,", "Could all my travels warrant me they live . 140", "Hapless \u00c6geon , whom the fates have mark \u2019 d", "To bear the extremity of dire mishap !", "Now , trust me , were it not against our laws ,", "Against my crown , my oath , my dignity ,", "Which princes , would they , may not disannul , 145", "My soul should sue as advocate for thee .", "But , though thou art adjudged to the death ,", "And passed sentence may not be recall \u2019 d", "But to our honour \u2019 s great disparagement ,", "Yet will I favour thee in what I can . 150", "Therefore , merchant , I \u2019 ll limit thee this day", "To seek thy help by beneficial help :", "Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus ;", "Beg thou , or borrow , to make up the sum ,", "And live ; if no , then thou art doom \u2019 d to die . 155", "Gaoler , take him to thy custody .", "Yet once again proclaim it publicly , 130", "If any friend will pay the sum for him ,", "He shall not die ; so much we tender him .", "She is a virtuous and a reverend lady :", "It cannot be that she hath done thee wrong . 135", "Long since thy husband served me in my wars ;", "And I to thee engaged a prince \u2019 s word ,", "When thou didst make him master of thy bed ,", "To do him all the grace and good I could .", "Go , some of you , knock at the abbey-gate , 165", "And bid the lady abbess come to me .", "I will determine this before I stir .", "Come , stand by me ; fear nothing . Guard with halberds ! 185", "Discover how , and thou shalt find me just .", "A grievous fault ! Say , woman , didst thou so ?", "But had he such a chain of thee or no ?", "Why , what an intricate impeach is this !", "I think you all have drunk of Circe \u2019 s cup . 270", "If here you housed him , here he would have been ;", "If he were mad , he would not plead so coldly :", "You say he dined at home ; the goldsmith here", "Denies that saying . Sirrah , what say you ?", "Saw \u2019 st thou him enter at the abbey here ?", "Why , this is strange . Go call the abbess hither . 280", "I think you are all mated , or stark mad .", "\u00c6ge . Most mighty Duke , vouchsafe me speak a word :", "Haply I see a friend will save my life ,", "And pay the sum that may deliver me .", "Speak freely , Syracusian , what thou wilt . 285", "\u00c6ge . Is not your name , sir , call \u2019 d Antipholus ?", "And is not that your bondman , Dromio ?", "I tell thee , Syracusian , twenty years 325", "Have I been patron to Antipholus ,", "During which time he ne \u2019 er saw Syracusa :", "I see thy age and dangers make thee dote .", "Re-enter Abbess , with ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse and", "DROMIO of Syracuse .", "One of these men is Genius to the other ;", "And so of these . Which is the natural man ,", "And which the spirit ? who deciphers them ?", "Why , here begins his morning story right : 355", "These two Antipholuses , these two so like ,", "And these two Dromios , one in semblance ,\u2014", "Besides her urging of her wreck at sea ,\u2014", "These are the parents to these children ,", "Which accidentally are met together . 360", "Antipholus , thou camest from Corinth first ?", "Stay , stand apart ; I know not which is which .", "It shall not need ; thy father hath his life .", "With all my heart , I \u2019 ll gossip at this feast ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 126, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Neither my husband nor the slaue return 'd ,", "That in such haste I sent to seeke his Master ?", "Sure Luciana it is two a clocke", "Why should their libertie then ours be more ?", "Looke when I serue him so , he takes it thus", "There 's none but asses will be bridled so", "But were you wedded , you wold bear some sway", "How if your husband start some other where ?", "Patience vnmou 'd , no maruel though she pause ,", "They can be meeke , that haue no other cause :", "A wretched soule bruis 'd with aduersitie ,", "We bid be quiet when we heare it crie .", "But were we burdned with like waight of paine ,", "As much , or more , we should our selues complaine :", "So thou that hast no vnkinde mate to greeue thee ,", "With vrging helpelesse patience would releeue me ;", "But if thou liue to see like right bereft ,", "This foole-beg 'd patience in thee will be left", "Say , is your tardie master now at hand ?", "Say , didst thou speake with him ? knowst thou his minde ?", "By thee , and this thou didst returne from him .", "That he did buffet thee , and in his blowes ,", "Denied my house for his , me for his wife", "Come , come , no longer will I be a foole ,", "To put the finger in the eie and weepe ;", "Whil'st man and Master laughes my woes to scorne :", "Come sir to dinner , Dromio keepe the gate :", "Husband Ile dine aboue with you to day ,", "And shriue you of a thousand idle prankes :", "Sirra , if any aske you for your Master ,", "Say he dines forth , and let no creature enter :", "Come sister , Dromio play the Porter well", "I , and let none enter , least I breake your pate", "Who is that at the doore y keeps all this noise ?", "Ah Luciana , did he tempt thee so ?", "Might'st thou perceiue austeerely in his eie ,", "That he did plead in earnest , yea or no :", "Look 'd he or red or pale , or sad or merrily ?", "What obseruation mad'st thou in this case ?", "Oh , his hearts Meteors tilting in his face", "He meant he did me none : the more my spight", "And true he swore , though yet forsworne hee were", "And what said he ?", "With what perswasion did he tempt thy loue ?", "Did'st speake him faire ?", "I cannot , nor I will not hold me still .", "My tongue , though not my heart , shall haue his will .", "He is deformed , crooked , old , and sere ,", "Ill-fac 'd , worse bodied , shapelesse euery where :", "Vicious , vngentle , foolish , blunt , vnkinde ,", "Stigmaticall in making worse in minde", "Ah but I thinke him better then I say :", "And yet would herein others eies were worse :", "Farre from her nest the Lapwing cries away ;", "My heart praies for him , though my tongue doe curse .", "Where is thy Master Dromio ? Is he well ?", "Why man , what is the matter ?", "What is he arrested ? tell me at whose suite ?", "Go fetch it Sister : this I wonder at .", "Exit Luciana .", "Thus he vnknowne to me should be in debt :", "Tell me , was he arested on a band ?", "The houres come backe , that did I neuer here", "Go Dromio , there 's the monie , beare it straight ,", "And bring thy Master home imediately .", "Come sister , I am prest downe with conceit :", "Conceit , my comfort and my iniurie .", "Enter .", "Enter Antipholus Siracusia .", "There 's not a man I meete but doth salute me", "As if I were their well acquainted friend ,", "And euerie one doth call me by my name :", "Some tender monie to me , some inuite me ;", "Some other giue me thankes for kindnesses ;", "Some offer me Commodities to buy .", "Euen now a tailor cal 'd me in his shop ,", "And show 'd me Silkes that he had bought for me ,", "And therewithall tooke measure of my body .", "Sure these are but imaginarie wiles ,", "And lapland Sorcerers inhabite here .", "Oh that thou wer't not , poore distressed soule", "O husband , God doth know you din 'd at home", "Where would you had remain 'd vntill this time ,", "Free from these slanders , and this open shame", "Is't good to sooth him in these contraries ?", "Alas , I sent you Monie to redeeme you ,", "By Dromio heere , who came in hast for it", "I did not gentle husband locke thee forth", "Dissembling Villain , thou speak'st false in both", "Oh binde him , binde him , let him not come neere me", "What wilt thou do , thou peeuish Officer ?", "Hast thou delight to see a wretched man", "Do outrage and displeasure to himselfe ?", "I will discharge thee ere I go from thee ,", "Beare me forthwith vnto his Creditor ,", "And knowing how the debt growes I will pay it .", "Good Master Doctor see him safe conuey 'd", "Home to my house , oh most vnhappy day", "Go beare him hence , sister go you with me :", "Say now , whose suite is he arrested at ?", "I know the man : what is the summe he owes ?", "Say , how growes it due", "He did bespeake a Chain for me , but had it not", "It may be so , but I did neuer see it .", "Come Iailor , bring me where the Goldsmith is ,", "I long to know the truth heereof at large .", "And come with naked swords ,", "Let 's call more helpe to haue them bound againe .", "Runne all out .", "Hold , hurt him not for God sake , he is mad ,", "Some get within him , take his sword away :", "Binde Dromio too , and beare them to my house", "To fetch my poore distracted husband hence ,", "Let vs come in , that we may binde him fast ,", "And beare him home for his recouerie", "This weeke he hath beene heauie , sower sad ,", "And much different from the man he was :", "But till this afternoone his passion", "Ne 're brake into extremity of rage", "To none of these , except it be the last ,", "Namely , some loue that drew him oft from home", "Why so I did", "As roughly as my modestie would let me", "And in assemblies too", "It was the copie of our Conference .", "In bed he slept not for my vrging it ,", "At boord he fed not for my vrging it :", "Alone , it was the subiect of my Theame :", "In company I often glanced it :", "Still did I tell him , it was vilde and bad", "I will attend my husband , be his nurse ,", "Diet his sicknesse , for it is my Office ,", "And will haue no atturney but my selfe ,", "And therefore let me haue him home with me", "I will not hence , and leaue my husband heere :", "And ill it doth beseeme your holinesse", "To separate the husband and the wife", "Come go , I will fall prostrate at his feete ,", "And neuer rise vntill my teares and prayers", "Haue won his grace to come in person hither ,", "And take perforce my husband from the Abbesse", "Iustice most sacred Duke against the Abbesse", "May it please your Grace , Antipholus my husba", "d ,", "Who I made Lord of me , and all I had ,", "At your important Letters this ill day ,", "A most outragious fit of madnesse tooke him :", "That desp'rately he hurried through the streete ,", "With him his bondman , all as mad as he ,", "Doing displeasure to the Citizens ,", "By rushing in their houses : bearing thence", "Rings , Iewels , any thing his rage did like .", "Once did I get him bound , and sent him home ,", "Whil'st to take order for the wrongs I went ,", "That heere and there his furie had committed ,", "Anon I wot not , by what strong escape", "He broke from those that had the guard of him ,", "And with his mad attendant and himselfe ,", "Each one with irefull passion , with drawne swords", "Met vs againe , and madly bent on vs", "Chac 'd vs away : till raising of more aide", "We came againe to binde them : then they fled", "Into this Abbey , whether we pursu 'd them ,", "And heere the Abbesse shuts the gates on vs ,", "And will not suffer vs to fetch him out ,", "Nor send him forth , that we may beare him hence .", "Therefore most gracious Duke with thy command ,", "Let him be brought forth , and borne hence for helpe", "Peace foole , thy Master and his man are here ,", "And that is false thou dost report to vs", "Ay me , it is my husband : witnesse you ,", "That he is borne about inuisible ,", "Euen now we hous 'd him in the Abbey heere .", "And now he 's there , past thought of humane reason .", "No my good Lord . My selfe , he , and my sister ,", "To day did dine together : so befall my soule ,", "As this is false he burthens me withall", "I see two husbands , or mine eyes deceiue me", "Which of you two did dine with me to day ?", "And are not you my husband ?", "I sent you monie sir to be your baile", "By Dromio , but I thinke he brought it not"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 127, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Drip ! drip ! drip ! drip !\u2014 in such a place as this It has nothing else to do but drip ! drip ! drip ! I wish it had not dripp 'd upon my torch . Faith \u2018 twas a moving letter \u2014 very moving ! His life in danger \u2014 no place safe but this . 5 \u2018 Twas his turn now to talk of gratitude ! And yet \u2014 but no ! there can n't be such a villain . It cannot be ! Thanks to that little cranny Which lets the moonlight in ! I 'll go and sit by it . To peep at a tree , or see a he-goat 's beard , 10 Or hear a cow or two breathe loud in their sleep , \u2018 Twere better than this dreary noise of water-drops !returns after a minute 's elapse in an ecstasy of fear . A hellish pit ! O God \u2014 \u2018 tis like my night-mair ! I was just in !\u2014 and those damn 'd fingers of ice Which clutch 'd my hair up ! Ha ! what 's that ? it moved ! 15", "I swear , I saw a something moving there ! The moonshine came and went , like a flash of lightning . I swear , I saw it move !", "You see that little cranny ? But first permit me ,", "I walk 'd up to it , meaning to sit there .", "When I had reach 'd it within twenty paces \u2014\u2014", "Merciful Heaven ! Do go , my lord ! and look . 30", "If every atom of a dead man 's flesh Should move , each one with a particular life , Yet all as cold as ever \u2014 \u2018 twas just so ! Or if it drizzled needle-points of frost 35 Upon a feverish head made suddenly bald \u2014 OsorioWhy , Ferdinand ! I blush for thy cowardice . It would have startled any man , I grant thee . But such a panic .", "When a boy , my lord !", "I could have sat whole hours beside that chasm , 40", "Push 'd in huge stones and heard them thump and rattle", "Against its horrid sides ; and hung my head", "Low down , and listen 'd till the heavy fragments", "Sunk , with faint crash , in that still groaning well ,", "Which never thirsty pilgrim blest , which never 45", "A living thing came near ; unless , perchance ,", "Some blind-worm battens on the ropy mould ,", "Close at its edge .", "Call him that fears his fellow-men a coward .", "I fear not man . But this inhuman cavern 50", "It were too bad a prison-house for goblins .", "Besides", "but true it is ,", "My last night 's sleep was very sorely haunted", "By what had pass 'd between us in the morning .", "I saw you in a thousand hideous ways , 55", "And doz 'd and started , doz 'd again and started .", "I do entreat your lordship to believe me ,", "In my last dream \u2014\u2014", "I was in the act", "Of falling down that chasm , when Alhadra", "Waked me . She heard my heart beat !", "Never , my lord !", "But my eyes do not see it now more clearly", "Than in my dream I saw that very chasm .", "What is , my lord ?", "Except in self-defence .", "Something doth trouble you .", "How can I serve you ? By the life you gave me , 70", "By all that makes that life of value to me ,", "My wife , my babes , my honour , I swear to you ,", "Name it , and I will toil to do the thing ,", "If it be innocent ! But this , my lord !", "Is not a place where you could perpetrate , 75", "No , nor propose a wicked thing . The darkness", "Collects the guilt and crowds it round the heart .", "It must be innocent .", "Who ? when ? my lord .", "What ? he was mad ?", "Ah , poor wretch ! Madmen are mostly proud .", "I have a prattler three years old , my lord !", "In truth he is my darling . As I went", "From forth my door , he made a moan in sleep \u2014", "But I am talking idly \u2014 pray go on !", "And what did this man ?", "I would , my lord , you were by my fireside !", "I 'd listen to you with an eager eye ,", "Tho \u2019 you began this cloudy tale at midnight .", "But I do listen \u2014 pray proceed , my lord !", "He of whom you tell the tale \u2014 115", "Ah ! what of him , my lord ?", "A dark tale darkly finish 'd ! Nay , my lord ! 130", "Tell what he did .", "Osorio", "That which his wisdom prompted .", "He made the traitor meet him in this cavern ,", "And here he kill 'd the traitor .", "No !\u2014 the fool .", "He had not wit enough to be a traitor .", "Poor thick-eyed beetle ! not to have foreseen 135", "That he , who gull 'd thee with a whimper 'd lie", "To murder his own brother , would not scruple", "To murder thee , if e'er his guilt grew jealous", "And he could steal upon thee in the dark !", "O yes , my lord ! 140", "I would have met him arm 'd , and scared the coward !", "And all my little ones fatherless ! Die thou first .FerdinandStill I can strangle thee !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 128, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Drip ! drip ! drip ! drip !\u2014 in such a place as this It has nothing else to do but drip ! drip ! drip ! I wish it had not dripp 'd upon my torch . Faith \u2018 twas a moving letter \u2014 very moving ! His life in danger \u2014 no place safe but this . 5 \u2018 Twas his turn now to talk of gratitude ! And yet \u2014 but no ! there can n't be such a villain . It cannot be ! Thanks to that little cranny Which lets the moonlight in ! I 'll go and sit by it . To peep at a tree , or see a he-goat 's beard , 10 Or hear a cow or two breathe loud in their sleep , \u2018 Twere better than this dreary noise of water-drops !returns after a minute 's elapse in an ecstasy of fear . A hellish pit ! O God \u2014 \u2018 tis like my night-mair ! I was just in !\u2014 and those damn 'd fingers of ice Which clutch 'd my hair up ! Ha ! what 's that ? it moved ! 15", "I swear , I saw a something moving there ! The moonshine came and went , like a flash of lightning . I swear , I saw it move !", "You see that little cranny ? But first permit me ,", "I walk 'd up to it , meaning to sit there .", "When I had reach 'd it within twenty paces \u2014\u2014", "Merciful Heaven ! Do go , my lord ! and look . 30", "If every atom of a dead man 's flesh Should move , each one with a particular life , Yet all as cold as ever \u2014 \u2018 twas just so ! Or if it drizzled needle-points of frost 35 Upon a feverish head made suddenly bald \u2014 OsorioWhy , Ferdinand ! I blush for thy cowardice . It would have startled any man , I grant thee . But such a panic .", "When a boy , my lord !", "I could have sat whole hours beside that chasm , 40", "Push 'd in huge stones and heard them thump and rattle", "Against its horrid sides ; and hung my head", "Low down , and listen 'd till the heavy fragments", "Sunk , with faint crash , in that still groaning well ,", "Which never thirsty pilgrim blest , which never 45", "A living thing came near ; unless , perchance ,", "Some blind-worm battens on the ropy mould ,", "Close at its edge .", "Call him that fears his fellow-men a coward .", "I fear not man . But this inhuman cavern 50", "It were too bad a prison-house for goblins .", "Besides", "but true it is ,", "My last night 's sleep was very sorely haunted", "By what had pass 'd between us in the morning .", "I saw you in a thousand hideous ways , 55", "And doz 'd and started , doz 'd again and started .", "I do entreat your lordship to believe me ,", "In my last dream \u2014\u2014", "I was in the act", "Of falling down that chasm , when Alhadra", "Waked me . She heard my heart beat !", "Never , my lord !", "But my eyes do not see it now more clearly", "Than in my dream I saw that very chasm .", "What is , my lord ?", "Except in self-defence .", "Something doth trouble you .", "How can I serve you ? By the life you gave me , 70", "By all that makes that life of value to me ,", "My wife , my babes , my honour , I swear to you ,", "Name it , and I will toil to do the thing ,", "If it be innocent ! But this , my lord !", "Is not a place where you could perpetrate , 75", "No , nor propose a wicked thing . The darkness", "Collects the guilt and crowds it round the heart .", "It must be innocent .", "Who ? when ? my lord .", "What ? he was mad ?", "Ah , poor wretch ! Madmen are mostly proud .", "I have a prattler three years old , my lord !", "In truth he is my darling . As I went", "From forth my door , he made a moan in sleep \u2014", "But I am talking idly \u2014 pray go on !", "And what did this man ?", "I would , my lord , you were by my fireside !", "I 'd listen to you with an eager eye ,", "Tho \u2019 you began this cloudy tale at midnight .", "But I do listen \u2014 pray proceed , my lord !", "He of whom you tell the tale \u2014 115", "Ah ! what of him , my lord ?", "A dark tale darkly finish 'd ! Nay , my lord ! 130", "Tell what he did .", "Osorio", "That which his wisdom prompted .", "He made the traitor meet him in this cavern ,", "And here he kill 'd the traitor .", "No !\u2014 the fool .", "He had not wit enough to be a traitor .", "Poor thick-eyed beetle ! not to have foreseen 135", "That he , who gull 'd thee with a whimper 'd lie", "To murder his own brother , would not scruple", "To murder thee , if e'er his guilt grew jealous", "And he could steal upon thee in the dark !", "O yes , my lord ! 140", "I would have met him arm 'd , and scared the coward !", "And all my little ones fatherless ! Die thou first .FerdinandStill I can strangle thee !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 129, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["What can have made the grey hen flutter so ?", "There is something that the hen hears .", "What can have kept your father all this while ?", "Look out , and tell me if your father 's coming .", "What is it ?", "Mother of God , defend us !", "You 'll bring misfortune with your blasphemies", "Upon your father , or yourself , or me .", "I would to God he were home \u2014 ah , there he is .", "What was it kept you in the wood ? You know", "I cannot get all sorts of accidents", "Out of my mind till you are home again .", "What , did you beg ?", "There 's flour enough to make another loaf .", "There is the hen in the coop .", "God , that to this hour 's found bit and sup ,", "Will cater for us still .", "Maybe He 'd have us die because He knows ,", "When the ear is stopped and when the eye is stopped ,", "That every wicked sight is hid from the eye ,", "And all fool talk from the ear .", "God 's pity on the rich ,", "Had we been through as many doors , and seen", "The dishes standing on the polished wood", "In the wax candle light , we 'd be as hard ,", "And there 's the needle 's eye at the end of all .", "Had I but time to put the place to rights .", "We know it , lady .", "A place that 's set among impassable walls", "As though world 's trouble could not find it out .", "Then you are Countess Cathleen ?", "You have still some way ,", "But I can put you on the trodden path", "Your servants take when they are marketing .", "But first sit down and rest yourself awhile ,", "For my old fathers served your fathers , lady ,", "Longer than books can tell \u2014 and it were strange", "If you and yours should not be welcome here .", "You never thanked her ladyship .", "We have all she had ;", "She emptied out the purse before our eyes .", "SHEMUS", "Leave that door open .", "When those that have read books ,", "And seen the seven wonders of the world ,", "Fear what 's above or what 's below the ground ,", "It 's time that poverty should bolt the door .", "Is it call devils ? Call devils from the wood , call them in here ?", "God help us all !", "I will not cook for you .", "I will not cook for you , because I know", "In what unlucky shape you sat but now", "Outside this door .", "If you are not demons ,", "And seeing what great wealth is spread out there ,", "Give food or money to the starving poor .", "But seek them patiently .", "Those scruples may befit a common time .", "I had thought there was a pushing to and fro ,", "At times like this , that overset the scale", "And trampled measure down .", "Where shall the starving come at merchandise ?", "Their swine and cattle , fields and implements", "Are sold and gone .", "Teig and Shemus \u2014", "Oh , God , why are you still ?", "Destroyers of souls , God will destroy you quickly .", "You shall at last dry like dry leaves and hang", "Nailed like dead vermin to the doors of God .", "SECOND MERCHANT .", "Curse to your fill , for saints will have their dreams .", "FIRST MERCHANTm Though we 're but vermin that our Master sent", "To overrun the world , he at the end", "Shall pull apart the pale ribs of the moon", "And quench the stars in the ancestral night .", "God is all powerful ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 130, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["No , no , it cannot be . My lord 's commands", "Were absolute , that none should visit him .", "But perchance he should ?", "The study of my life has been his pleasure ;", "Nor will I risk his favour , to indulge", "Such unavailing curiosity .", "Pray be content ;", "I dare not do it . Have this castle 's walls", "Hous 'd thee nine years , and , art thou yet to learn", "The temper of the count ? Serv 'd and obey 'd ,", "There lives not one more gracious , liberal ;", "Offend him , and his rage is terrible ;", "I 'd rather play with serpents . But , fair Jaqueline ,", "Setting aside the comeliness and grace", "Of this young rustic , which , I own , are rare ,", "And baits to catch all women , pr'ythee tell ,", "Why are you thus solicitous to see him ?", "What ! when the gang of outlaw 'd Thiery", "Rush 'd on her chariot , near the wood of Zart ,", "Was he the unknown youth , who succour 'd her", "All good betide him for it .", "He should be worshipp 'd ,", "Have statues rais 'd to him ; for , by my life ,", "I think , there does not breathe another like her .", "It makes me young , to see her lovely eyes :", "Such charity ! such sweet benevolence !", "So fair , and yet so humble ! prais 'd for ever ,", "Nay , wonder 'd at , for nature 's rarest gifts ,", "Yet lowlier than the lowest .", "My lord was ever proud and choleric ;", "The youth , perhaps unus 'd to menaces ,", "Brook 'd them but ill , and darted frown for frown :", "This stirr 'd the count to fury . But fear nothing ;", "All will be well ; I 'll wait the meetest season ,", "And be his advocate .", "Assure her , that the man , who sav 'd her life ,", "Is dear to Fabian as his vital blood .", "Madam , my lord comes this way , and commands", "To clear these chambers ; what he meditates ,", "\u2018 Tis fit indeed were private . My old age", "Has liv 'd too long , to see my master 's shame .", "My heart is rent in pieces : deaf to reason ,", "He hears no counsel but from cruelty .", "Good Austin intercedes , and weeps in vain .", "Soft , bear her gently in .", "You bleed , my lord !", "Who , good my lord ?", "Hear me , my lord , so shall the wonder cease .\u2014", "The very arms he wears , were once Alphonso 's .", "He found them in the stores , and brac 'd them on ,", "To assist you in your danger .", "They talk of naught besides ;", "And their craz 'd notions are so full of wonder ,", "There 's scarce a common passage of the times ,", "But straight their folly makes it ominous .", "A lie believ 'd , may in the end , my lord ,", "Prove fatal as a written gospel truth .", "Therefore \u2014\u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 131, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I dont believe another half-hour would do Mr Dubedat a bit of harm .", "Well , Mrs Dubedat , we have had a most enjoyable evening .", "Wrong ! Why , we are all charmed with him .", "You shall go away quite happy . He 's worth saving . He must and shall be saved . Mrs Dubedat rises and gasps with delight , relief , and gratitude . They all rise except Sir Patrick and Schutzmacher , and come reassuringly to her .", "No : dont cry . Your husband had better not know that weve been talking about him . MRS DUBEDATNo , of course not . Please dont mind me . What a glorious thing it must be to be a doctor !Dont laugh . You dont know what youve done for me . I never knew until now how deadly afraid I was \u2014 how I had come to dread the worst . I never dared let myself know . But now the relief has come : now I know . Louis Dubedat comes from the hotel , in his overcoat , his throat wrapped in a shawl . He is a slim young man of 23 , physically still a stripling , and pretty , though not effeminate . He has turquoise blue eyes , and a trick of looking you straight in the face with them , which , combined with a frank smile , is very engaging . Although he is all nerves , and very observant and quick of apprehension , he is not in the least shy . He is younger than Jennifer ; but he patronizes her as a matter of course . The doctors do not put him out in the least : neither Sir Patrick 's years nor Bloomfield Bonington 's majesty have the smallest apparent effect on him : he is as natural as a cat : he moves among men as most men move among things , though he is intentionally making himself agreeable to them on this occasion . Like all people who can be depended on to take care of themselves , he is welcome company ; and his artist 's power of appealing to the imagination gains him credit for all sorts of qualities and powers , whether he possesses them or not . LOUISNow , Jinny-Gwinny : the motor has come round .", "Why do you let him spoil your beautiful name like that , Mrs", "Dubedat ?", "No , no : if Loony doesnt want it , I do .", "Never fear . Never mind . I 'll make that cough all right .", "Gone . BLENKINSOPGone !", "Just this moment \u2014", "Theyre really very nice people . I confess I was afraid the husband would turn out an appalling bounder . But he 's almost as charming in his way as she is in hers . And theres no mistake about his being a genius . It 's something to have got a case really worth saving . Somebody else will have to go ; but at all events it will be easy to find a worse man .", "Come now , Sir Paddy , no growling . Have something more to drink .", "Well , did you catch him ?", "Was it anything about Dubedat ? BLENKINSOPI ought to keep it to myself , I know . I cant tell you , Ridgeon , how ashamed I am of dragging my miserable poverty to your dinner after all your kindness . It 's not that you wont ask me again ; but it 's so humiliating . And I did so look forward to one evening in my dress clotheswith all my troubles left behind , just like old times .", "But what has happened ?", "Oh , never mind that \u2014 BLENKINSOPNo : I know what youre going to say ; but I wont take it . Ive never borrowed a penny ; and I never will . Ive nothing left but my friends ; and I wont sell them . If none of you were to be able to meet me without being afraid that my civility was leading up to the loan of five shillings , there would be an end of everything for me . I 'll take your old clothes , Colly , sooner than disgrace you by talking to you in the street in my own ; but I wont borrow money . I 'll train it as far as the twopence will take me ; and I 'll tramp the rest .", "Come , Loony ! do you mean to say that Jews are never rogues and thieves ?", "Eh ?", "Well , what do you want ?", "The woman ! Do you mean the lady who dined here ? the gentleman 's wife ?", "Yes .", "What am I to do ? Shall I give her the address or not ?", "Tuberculosis . BLENKINSOPAnd can you cure that ?", "I believe so .", "Its not an easy case to judge , is it ? Blenkinsop 's an honest decent man ; but is he any use ? Dubedat 's a rotten blackguard ; but he 's a genuine source of pretty and pleasant and good things .", "Thats true . Her life will be a hell .", "Thats a devilishly difficult question , Paddy . The pictures are so agreeable , and the good people so infernally disagreeable and mischievous , that I really cant undertake to say offhand which I should prefer to do without .", "It would be simpler if Blenkinsop could paint Dubedat 's pictures .", "Well , I 'll be as fair as I can . I 'll put into one scale all the pounds Dubedat has borrowed , and into the other all the half-crowns that Blenkinsop hasnt borrowed .", "Come come , Paddy ! none of your claptrap with me : I 'm too sceptical for it . I 'm not at all convinced that the world wouldnt be a better world if everybody behaved as Dubedat does than it is now that everybody behaves as Blenkinsop does .", "Ah , that beats me . Thats the experimental test . Still , it 's a dilemma . It 's a dilemma . You see theres a complication we havnt mentioned .", "Well , if I let Blenkinsop die , at least nobody can say I did it because I wanted to marry his widow .", "Now if I let Dubedat die , I 'll marry his widow .", "I cant . I 'm at my limit . I can squeeze in one more case , but not two . I must choose .", "Is that clear to you ? Mind : it 's not clear to me . She troubles my judgment .", "It 's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture .", "In short , as a member of a high and great profession , I 'm to kill my patient .", "In B . B . ' s , for instance : eh ?SIR PATRICKSir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington is a very eminent physician .", "He is .", "Not at all . Not at all . Mrs Dubedat looks at him , a little puzzled by his formal manner ; then goes into the inner room . LOUISI say : dont look so grave . Theres nothing awful going to happen , is there ?", "No .", "She shewed it to me a fortnight ago when she first called on me . LOUISOh ! did she ? Good Lord ! how time does fly ! I could have sworn I 'd only just finished it . It 's hard for her here , seeing me piling up drawings and nothing coming in for them . Of course I shall sell them next year fast enough , after my one-man-show ; but while the grass grows the steed starves . I hate to have her coming to me for money , and having none to give her . But what can I do ?", "I understood that Mrs Dubedat had some property of her own .", "No . LOUISWhy not ?", "I am not a rich man ; and I want every penny I can spare and more for my researches .", "I presume people sometimes have that in view when they lend money . LOUISWell , I can manage that for you . I 'll give you a cheque \u2014 or see here : theres no reason why you shouldnt have your bit too : I 'll give you a cheque for two hundred .", "Why not cash the cheque at once without troubling me ?", "I mean on the score of its being \u2014 shall I say dishonorable ?", "Indeed ! Well , you will have to find some other means of getting it .", "Do I mean \u2014!Of course I refuse , man . What do you take me for ? How dare you make such a proposal to me ?", "Faugh ! You would not understand me if I tried to explain . Now , once for all , I will not lend you a farthing . I should be glad to help your wife ; but lending you money is no service to her .", "My patients call me in as a physician , not as a commercial traveller . A knock at the door . Louis goes unconcernedly to open it , pursuing the subject as he goes .", "\u2014 they could afford it . But to clean poor Blenkinsop out of his last half-crown was damnable . I intend to give him that half-crown and to be in a position to pledge him my word that you paid it . I 'll have that out of you , at all events .", "How , pray ?", "Were you lying ?", "We havnt trapped her into a mock marriage and deserted her .", "Did you tell her you were already married ?", "My mind 's made up . When the law breaks down , honest men must find a remedy for themselves . I will not lift a finger to save this reptile .", "Not in mine . My hands are full . I have no time and no means available for this case .", "About Dubedat .", "Yes . So good that I should like to have it .", "Oh , for that matter , I will give you six for it .", "Damn his impudence !", "Diagnose artistic genius , B . B. Thats what saves his self-respect .", "You look quite discouraged again .What 's the matter ? Are you disappointed ?", "Well ? hills DUBEDAT . I had set my heart YOUR curing Louis .", "Well , Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington \u2014", "I explained to you . I cannot take another case .", "At Richmond I thought I could make room for one more case . But my old friend Dr Blenkinsop claimed that place . His lung is attacked . MRS DUBEDATDo you mean that elderly man \u2014 that rather \u2014 RIDGEONI mean the gentleman that dined with us : an excellent and honest man , whose life is as valuable as anyone else 's . I have arranged that I shall take his case , and that Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington shall take Mr Dubedat 's . MRS DUBEDATI see what it is . Oh ! it is envious , mean , cruel . And I thought that you would be above such a thing .", "What do you mean ?", "Yes : I can forgive him for all that .", "I am like all the rest . Face to face , I cannot tell you one thing against him . MRS DUBEDATBut your manner is changed . And you have broken your promise to me to make room for him as your patient .", "I think you are a little unreasonable . You have had the very best medical advice in London for him ; and his case has been taken in hand by a leader of the profession . Surely \u2014", "Nonsense . I AM a doctor . But mind you , dont call Walpole one .", "He asked me for some once . MRS DUBEDATOh , I am so sorry \u2014 so sorry . But he will never do it again : I pledge you my word for that . He has given me his promise : here in this room just before you came ; and he is incapable of breaking his word . That was his only real weakness ; and now it is conquered and done with for ever .", "Was that really his only weakness ?", "Yes : I understand .", "Come ! dont exaggerate .", "You did not see much of the world in Cornwall , did you ? MRS DUBEDATOh yes . I saw a great deal every day of the beauty of the world \u2014 more than you ever see here in London . But I saw very few people , if that is what you mean . I was an only child .", "That explains a good deal .", "As I guess . You havnt yet told me what it was .", "I know that . Well , I am going to test you \u2014 hard . Will you believe me when I tell you that I understand what you have just told me ; that I have no desire but to serve you in the most faithful friendship ; and that your hero must be preserved to you .", "At all hazards .No : you have not heard the rest .You must believe me when I tell you that the one chance of preserving the hero lies in Louis being in the care of Sir Ralph . MRS DUBEDATYou say so : I have no more doubt : I believe you . Thank you .", "Good-bye .I hope this will be a lasting friendship .", "Death ends everything , doesnt it ? Goodbye . With a sigh and a look of pity at her which she does not understand , he goes .", "Whats the matter ! Have you been sent for , too ?", "What has happened ?", "Is that whats happened ?", "So long as he goes before his wife finds him out , I dont care . I fully expected this . SIR PATRICKIt 's a little hard on a lad to be killed because his wife has too high an opinion of him . Fortunately few of us are in any danger of that . Sir Ralph comes from the inner room and hastens between them , humanely concerned , but professionally elate and communicative .", "Yes .", "We are all here . LOUISThat voice sounded devilish . Take care , Ridgeon : my ears hear things that other people 's cant . Ive been thinking \u2014 thinking . I 'm cleverer than you imagine . SIR PATRICKYouve got on his nerves , Colly . Slip out quietly . RIDGEONWould you deprive the dying actor of his audience ? LOUISI heard that , Ridgeon . That was good . Jennifer dear : be kind to Ridgeon always ; because he was the last man who amused me . RIDGEONWas I ?", "I said the other day that the most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor . I was wrong . The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not also a man of honor . Ridgeon and Walpole wheel the chair into the recess . THE NEWSPAPER MANI thought it shewed a very nice feeling , his being so particular about his wife going into proper mourning for him and making her promise never to marry again .", "Good-bye .MRS DUBEDATI said his friends , Sir Colenso .She unfolds the great piece of silk , and goes into the recess to cover her dead .", "Good morning . May I look round , as well , before the doors open ?", "Thanks . Whats this ?", "So did I .I 'll take a look round . The Secretary puts on the shining hat and goes out . Ridgeon begins looking at the pictures . Presently he comes back to the table for a magnifying glass , and scrutinizes a drawing very closely . He sighs ; shakes his head , as if constrained to admit the extraordinary fascination and merit of the work ; then marks the Secretary 's list . Proceeding with his survey , he disappears behind the screen . Jennifer comes back with her book . A look round satisfies her that she is alone . She seats herself at the table and admires the memoir \u2014 her first printed book \u2014 to her heart 's content . Ridgeon re-appears , face to the wall , scrutinizing the drawings . After using his glass again , he steps back to get a more distant view of one of the larger pictures . She hastily closes the book at the sound ; looks round ; recognizes him ; and stares , petrified . He takes a further step back which brings him nearer to her . RIDGEONClever brute !I beg your pardon . I thought I was alone . JENNIFERI am glad we have met , Sir Colenso Ridgeon . I met Dr Blenkinsop yesterday . I congratulate you on a wonderful cure . RIDGEON", "I mean that he has been made a Medical Officer of Health . He cured the Chairman of the Borough Council very successfully .", "No . I believe it was with a pound of ripe greengages . JENNIFERFunny !", "Yes . Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh .", "What was that ?", "That is what the public doctor always thinks of the private doctor . Well , Blenkinsop ought to know . He was a private doctor long enough himself . Come ! you have talked at me long enough . Talk to me . You have something to reproach me with . There is reproach in your face , in your voice : you are full of it . Out with it .", "I have met people who had none .", "Well , did you find us so very cruel , after all ? They tell me that though you have dropped me , you stay for weeks with the Bloomfield Boningtons and the Walpoles . I think it must be true , because they never mention you to me now .", "I am very sorry . I see I had better go . JENNIFERI beg your pardon . I forgot myself . But it is not yet \u2014 it is a private copy .", "But for me it would have been a very different book .", "You know then that I killed him ? JENNIFEROh , doctor , if you acknowledge that \u2014 if you have confessed it to yourself \u2014 if you realize what you have done , then there is forgiveness . I trusted in your strength instinctively at first ; then I thought I had mistaken callousness for strength . Can you blame me ? But if it was really strength \u2014 if it was only such a mistake as we all make sometimes \u2014 it will make me so happy to be friends with you again .", "I tell you I made no mistake . I cured Blenkinsop : was there any mistake there ?", "I cant be your friend on false pretences . Something has got me by the throat : the truth must come out . I used that medicine myself on Blenkinsop . It did not make him worse . It is a dangerous medicine : it cured Blenkinsop : it killed Louis Dubedat . When I handle it , it cures . When another man handles it , it kills \u2014 sometimes . JENNIFERThen why did you let Sir Ralph give it to Louis ?", "I 'm going to tell you . I did it because I was in love with you . JENNIFERIn lo \u2014 You ! elderly man ! RIDGEONDubedat : thou art avenged !I never thought of that . I suppose I appear to you a ridiculous old fogey .", "Oh , quite . More , perhaps . In twenty years you will understand how little difference that makes .", "I think I did . It really comes to that .", "Thou shalt not kill , but needst not strive", "Officiously to keep alive .", "I suppose \u2014 yes : I killed him .", "I am a doctor : I have nothing to fear . It is not an indictable offense to call in B . B . Perhaps it ought to be ; but it isnt .", "I am so hopelessly idiotic about you that I should not mind it a bit . You would always remember me if you did that .", "Pardon me . I succeeded . JENNIFERNo . Doctors think they hold the keys of life and death ; but it is not their will that is fulfilled . I dont believe you made any difference at all .", "Perhaps not . But I intended to . JENNIFERAnd you tried to destroy that wonderful and beautiful life merely because you grudged him a woman whom you could never have expected to care for you !", "Who kissed my hands . Who believed in me . Who told me her friendship lasted until death .", "No . Whom I was saving . JENNIFERPray , doctor , from what ?", "From making a terrible discovery . From having your life laid waste .", "No matter . I have saved you . I have been the best friend you ever had . You are happy . You are well . His works are an imperishable joy and pride for you .", "Yes , now that he is dead . Were you always happy when he was alive ? JENNIFEROh , you are cruel , cruel . When he was alive I did not know the greatness of my blessing . I worried meanly about little things . I was unkind to him . I was unworthy of him . RIDGEONHa !", "King of Men ! Oh , this is too monstrous , too grotesque . We cruel doctors have kept the secret from you faithfully ; but it is like all secrets : it will not keep itself . The buried truth germinates and breaks through to the light .", "What truth ! Why , that Louis Dubedat , King of Men , was the most entire and perfect scoundrel , the most miraculously mean rascal , the most callously selfish blackguard that ever made a wife miserable . JENNIFERHe made his wife the happiest woman in the world , doctor .", "No : by all thats true on earth , he made his WIDOW the happiest woman in the world ; but it was I who made her a widow . And her happiness is my justification and my reward . Now you know what I did and what I thought of him . Be as angry with me as you like : at least you know me as I really am . If you ever come to care for an elderly man , you will know what you are caring for . JENNIFERI am not angry with you any more , Sir Colenso . I knew quite well that you did not like Louis ; but it is not your fault : you dont understand : that is all . You never could have believed in him . It is just like your not believing in my religion : it is a sort of sixth sense that you have not got . Anddont think that you have shocked me so dreadfully . I know quite well what you mean by his selfishness . He sacrificed everything for his art . In a certain sense he had even to sacrifice everybody \u2014", "Everybody except himself . By keeping that back he lost the right to sacrifice you , and gave me the right to sacrifice him . Which I did . JENNIFERHe was one of the men who know what women know : that self-sacrifice is vain and cowardly .", "Yes , when the sacrifice is rejected and thrown away . Not when it becomes the food of godhead .", "Oh !I have marked five pictures as sold to me .", "By whom ?!! !", "Good morning ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 132, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Ned , Ned , whither so fast ? What , turned flincher ! Why , you wo \u2019 not leave us ?", "Then thy reason staggers , and thou'rt almost drunk .", "Why , they are at the end of the gallery ; retired to their tea and scandal , according to their ancient custom , after dinner . But I made a pretence to follow you , because I had something to say to you in private , and I am not like to have many opportunities this evening .", "O \u2019 my word , Brisk , that was a home thrust ; you have silenced him .", "No , no , hang him , he has no taste . But , dear Brisk , excuse me , I have a little business .", "We 'll come immediately , if you 'll but go in and keep up good humour and sense in the company . Prithee do , they 'll fall asleep else .", "Well , I 'll speak but three words , and follow you .", "Faith , \u2018 tis a good-natured coxcomb , and has very entertaining follies . You must be more humane to him ; at this juncture it will do me service . I 'll tell you , I would have mirth continued this day at any rate ; though patience purchase folly , and attention be paid with noise , there are times when sense may be unseasonable as well as truth . Prithee do thou wear none to-day , but allow Brisk to have wit , that thou may'st seem a fool .", "Oh , I would have no room for serious design , for I am jealous of a plot . I would have noise and impertinence keep my Lady Touchwood 's head from working : for hell is not more busy than her brain , nor contains more devils than that imaginations .", "True ; but you shall judge whether I have not reason to be alarmed . None besides you and Maskwell are acquainted with the secret of my Aunt Touchwood 's violent passion for me . Since my first refusal of her addresses she has endeavoured to do me all ill offices with my uncle , yet has managed \u2018 em with that subtilty , that to him they have borne the face of kindness ; while her malice , like a dark lanthorn , only shone upon me where it was directed . Still , it gave me less perplexity to prevent the success of her displeasure than to avoid the importunities of her love , and of two evils I thought myself favoured in her aversion . But whether urged by her despair and the short prospect of time she saw to accomplish her designs ; whether the hopes of revenge , or of her love , terminated in the view of this my marriage with Cynthia , I know not , but this morning she surprised me in my bed .", "What at first amazed me \u2014 for I looked to have seen her in all the transports of a slighted and revengeful woman \u2014 but when I expected thunder from her voice , and lightning in her eyes , I saw her melted into tears and hushed into a sigh . It was long before either of us spoke : passion had tied her tongue , and amazement mine . In short , the consequence was thus , she omitted nothing that the most violent love could urge , or tender words express ; which when she saw had no effect , but still I pleaded honour and nearness of blood to my uncle , then came the storm I feared at first , for , starting from my bed-side like a fury , she flew to my sword , and with much ado I prevented her doing me or herself a mischief . Having disarmed her , in a gust of passion she left me , and in a resolution , confirmed by a thousand curses , not to close her eyes till they had seen my ruin .", "It is so . Well , the service you are to do me will be a pleasure to yourself : I must get you to engage my Lady Plyant all this evening , that my pious aunt may not work her to her interest . And if you chance to secure her to yourself , you may incline her to mine . She 's handsome , and knows it ; is very silly , and thinks she has sense , and has an old fond husband .", "For my Lord Froth , he and his wife will be sufficiently taken up with admiring one another and Brisk 's gallantry , as they call it . I 'll observe my uncle myself , and Jack Maskwell has promised me to watch my aunt narrowly , and give me notice upon any suspicion . As for Sir Paul , my wise father-in-law that is to be , my dear Cynthia has such a share in his fatherly fondness , he would scarce make her a moment uneasy to have her happy hereafter .", "Maskwell , you mean ; prithee why should you suspect him ?", "He has obligations of gratitude to bind him to me : his dependence upon my uncle is through my means .", "My aunt !", "Pooh , pooh ! nothing in the world but his design to do me service ; and he endeavours to be well in her esteem , that he may be able to effect it .", "I confess the consequence is visible , were your suspicions just . But see , the company is broke up , let 's meet \u2018 em .", "I beg your lordship 's pardon . We were just returning .", "But does your lordship never see comedies ?", "No ?", "You are cruel to yourself , my lord , as well as malicious to them .", "Let him alone , Brisk , he is obstinately bent not to be instructed .", "Shall we go to the ladies , my lord ?", "Or what say you to another bottle of champagne ?", "O yes , madam .", "Ay , my lord , I shall have the same reason for my happiness that your lordship has , I shall think myself happy .", "You 're thoughtful , Cynthia ?", "That 's only when two fools meet , and their follies are opposed .", "No , hang't , that 's not endeavouring to win , because it 's possible we may lose ; since we have shuffled and cut , let 's even turn up trump now .", "No , marriage is rather like a game at bowls : fortune indeed makes the match , and the two nearest , and sometimes the two farthest , are together , but the game depends entirely upon judgment .", "Not at all ; only a friendly trial of skill , and the winnings to be laid out in an entertainment . What 's here , the music ? Oh , my lord has promised the company a new song ; we 'll get \u2018 em to give it us by the way .Pray let us have the favour of you , to practise the song before the company hear it . SONG . I . Cynthia frowns whene'er I woo her , Yet she 's vext if I give over ; Much she fears I should undo her , But much more to lose her lover : Thus , in doubting , she refuses ; And not winning , thus she loses . II . Prithee , Cynthia , look behind you , Age and wrinkles will o'ertake you ; Then too late desire will find you , When the power must forsake you : Think , O think o \u2019 th \u2019 sad condition , To be past , yet wish fruition .", "You shall have my thanks below .", "What can this mean ?", "For heav'n ' s sake , madam , to whom do you direct this language ?", "I am so amazed , I know not what to say .", "Hell and damnation ! This is my aunt ; such malice can be engendered nowhere else .", "But the greatest villain imagination can form , I grant it ; and next to the villainy of such a fact is the villainy of aspersing me with the guilt . How ? which way was I to wrong her ? For yet I understand you not .", "By heav'n , I love her more than life or \u2014", "The daughter to procure the mother !", "Incest ! O my precious aunt , and the devil in conjunction .", "Where am I ? is it day ? and am I awake ? Madam \u2014", "Madam , pray give me leave to ask you one question .", "Nay , madam , hear me ; I mean \u2014", "For heav'n ' s sake , madam \u2014", "Death and amazement ! Madam , upon my knees \u2014", "So then , spite of my care and foresight , I am caught , caught in my security . Yet this was but a shallow artifice , unworthy of my Machiavellian aunt . There must be more behind : this is but the first flash , the priming of her engine . Destruction follows hard , if not most presently prevented . SCENE VII .", "Maskwell , welcome , thy presence is a view of land , appearing to my shipwrecked hopes . The witch has raised the storm , and her ministers have done their work : you see the vessels are parted .", "There 's comfort in a hand stretched out to one that 's sinking ; though ne'er so far off .", "Ha ! how 's this ?", "Ha ! Oh , see , I see my rising sun ! Light breaks through clouds upon me , and I shall live in day \u2014 Oh , my Maskwell ! how shall I thank or praise thee ? Thou hast outwitted woman . But , tell me , how couldst thou thus get into her confidence ? Ha ! How ? But was it her contrivance to persuade my Lady Plyant to this extravagant belief ?", "Ha , ha , ha , ay , a very fury ; but I was most afraid of her violence at last . If you had not come as you did , I do n't know what she might have attempted .", "She is most gracious in her favour . Well , and , dear Jack , how hast thou contrived ?", "I will ; till then success attend thee .", "How now , Jack ? What , so full of contemplation that you run over ?", "And having trusted thee with the secrets of her soul , thou art villainously bent to discover \u2018 em all to me , ha ?", "All , all , man ! What , you may in honour betray her as far as she betrays herself . No tragical design upon my person , I hope .", "What dost thou mean ?", "Like any two guardians to an orphan heiress . Well ?", "So when you 've swallowed the potion you sweeten your mouth with a plum .", "Of Cynthia and her fortune . Why , you forget you told me this before .", "Ha ! Pho , you trifle .", "Hell and the devil , is she abandoned of all grace ? Why , the woman is possessed .", "By heav'n , into a hot furnace sooner .", "What d'ye mean ?", "How , how , for heav'n ' s sake , dear Maskwell ?", "Let me adore thee , my better genius ! By heav'n I think it is not in the power of fate to disappoint my hopes \u2014 my hopes ? My certainty !", "Good fortune ever go along with thee .", "Why , what 's the matter ? She 's convinced that I do n't care for her .", "That I have seen , with the ceremony thereunto belonging . For on that night he creeps in at the bed 's feet like a gulled bassa that has married a relation of the Grand Signior , and that night he has his arms at liberty . Did not she tell you at what a distance she keeps him ? He has confessed to me that , but at some certain times , that is , I suppose , when she apprehends being with child , he never has the privilege of using the familiarity of a husband with a wife . He was once given to scrambling with his hands , and sprawling in his sleep , and ever since she has him swaddled up in blankets , and his hands and feet swathed down , and so put to bed ; and there he lies with a great beard , like a Russian bear upon a drift of snow . You are very great with him , I wonder he never told you his grievances : he will , I warrant you .", "Nay , then you have her ; for a woman 's bragging to a man that she has overcome temptations is an argument that they were weakly offered , and a challenge to him to engage her more irresistibly . \u2018 Tis only an enhancing the price of the commodity , by telling you how many customers have underbid her .", "\u2018 Tis a mistake , for women may most properly be said to be unmasked when they wear vizors ; for that secures them from blushing and being out of countenance , and next to being in the dark , or alone , they are most truly themselves in a vizor mask . Here they come : I 'll leave you . Ply her close , and by and by clap a billet doux into her hand ; for a woman never thinks a man truly in love with her , till he has been fool enough to think of her out of her sight , and to lose so much time as to write to her .", "Ay , hell thank her , as gentle breezes moderate a fire ; but I shall counter-work her spells , and ride the witch in her own bridle .", "What ?", "Why so ?", "Hum , \u2018 gad I believe there 's something in it . Marriage is the game that we hunt , and while we think that we only have it in view , I do n't see but we have it in our power .", "I do n't know why we should not steal out of the house this very moment and marry one another , without consideration or the fear of repentance . Pox o \u2019 fortune , portion , settlements , and jointures .", "Love , love , downright , very villainous love .", "To run most wilfully and unreasonably away with me this moment and be married .", "That 's but a kind of negative consent . Why , you wo n't baulk the frolic ?", "I 'll do't .", "This very next ensuing hour of eight o'clock is the last minute of her reign , unless the devil assist her in propria persona .", "Ay , what am I to trust to then ?", "And you wo n't die one , for your own , so still there 's hope .", "Maskwell ! I have been looking for you \u2014 \u2018 tis within a quarter of eight .", "He ? You say true .", "Pray heaven my aunt keep touch with her assignation . O that her lord were but sweating behind this hanging , with the expectation of what I shall see . Hist , she comes . Little does she think what a mine is just ready to spring under her feet . But to my post .SCENE XVI . LADY TOUCHWOOD .", "And may all treachery be thus discovered .", "Villain !", "Say you so , were you provided for an escape ? Hold , madam , you have no more holes to your burrow ; I 'll stand between you and this sally-port .", "Be patient .", "Consider , I have you on the hook ; you will but flounder yourself a - weary , and be nevertheless my prisoner .", "O madam , have a care of dying unprepared , I doubt you have some unrepented sins that may hang heavy , and retard your flight .", "None ; hell has served you even as heaven has done , left you to yourself .\u2014 You 're in a kind of Erasmus paradise , yet if you please you may make it a purgatory ; and with a little penance and my absolution all this may turn to good account .", "You have been to blame . I like those tears , and hope they are of the purest kind ,\u2014 penitential tears .", "May I believe this true ?", "Upon such terms I will be ever yours in every honest way . SCENE XIX . MASKWELL softly introduces LORD TOUCHWOOD , and retires .", "Nay , I beseech you rise .", "Ha !", "Damnation !", "Confusion , my uncle ! O the damned sorceress .", "By heaven , \u2018 twere senseless not to be mad , and see such witchcraft .", "Now , by my soul , I will not go till I have made known my wrongs . Nay , till I have made known yours , which , if possible , are greater ,\u2014 though she has all the host of hell her servants .", "Death and furies , will you not hear me ?\u2014 Why by heaven she laughs , grins , points to your back ; she forks out cuckoldom with her fingers , and you 're running horn-mad after your fortune .", "Send him to her .", "Oh , I could curse my stars , fate , and chance ; all causes and accidents of fortune in this life ! But to what purpose ? Yet , \u2018 sdeath , for a man to have the fruit of all his industry grow full and ripe , ready to drop into his mouth , and just when he holds out his hand to gather it , to have a sudden whirlwind come , tear up tree and all , and bear away the very root and foundation of his hopes :\u2014 what temper can contain ? They talk of sending Maskwell to me ; I never had more need of him . But what can he do ? Imagination cannot form a fairer and more plausible design than this of his which has miscarried . O my precious aunt , I shall never thrive without I deal with the devil , or another woman . Women , like flames , have a destroying power , Ne'er to be quenched , till they themselves devour .", "O Maskwell , what hopes ? I am confounded in a maze of thoughts , each leading into one another , and all ending in perplexity . My uncle will not see nor hear me .", "How ? For heaven 's sake ?", "The devil he has ! What 's to be done ?", "In the garden .", "I know no other way but this he has proposed : if you have love enough to run the venture .", "How ?", "I do n't understand you .", "So .", "Oh , I conceive you ; you 'll tell him so .", "No , no ; ha , ha , I dare swear thou wilt not .", "Excellent Maskwell ! Thou wert certainly meant for a statesman or a", "Jesuit ; but thou art too honest for one , and too pious for the other .", "Should I begin to thank or praise thee , I should waste the little time we have . SCENE X . CYNTHIA , MASKWELL .", "No . My dear , will you get ready ? The things are all in my chamber ; I want nothing but the habit .", "How ?", "\u2018 Tis loss of time ; I cannot think him false . SCENE XVI . CYNTHIA , LORD TOUCHWOOD .", "Nay , by heaven you shall be seen . Careless , your hand . Do you hold down your head ? Yes , I am your chaplain , look in the face of your injured friend ; thou wonder of all falsehood .", "Good heavens ! How I believed and loved this man ! Take him hence , for he 's a disease to my sight .", "We are your lordship 's creatures ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 133, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["But I tell you I will come out \u2014 I did n't come to Bath to be confined , nor I wo n't \u2014 I hate all their company , but sweet Miss Courtney 's .", "Do n't you talk about that , Letty \u2014 It was a shame to bring me up in the country \u2014 if I had been properly taken care of , I might have done great things \u2014 I might have married the poet I danced with at the ball \u2014 But it 's all over now .\u2014 I shall never get a husband , and , what 's worse , my aunt did it on purpose .\u2014 She ruined me , Letty , that nobody else might .", "No ,\u2014 she 's a dear creature ,\u2014 she has taught me many things ; but nothing improper , I 'm sure .", "Yes \u2014 and if you 'll keep it a secret , I 'll tell you , Letty ; Mr Harry Neville taught it her last summer ,\u2014 and now she is always playing it , because it puts her in mind of the dear man ;\u2014 when it is ended , do n't you observe how she sighs from the bottom of her dear little heart ?", "So they have \u2014 she wo n't see him , and I believe my aunt , Lady Waitfor't , has been the occasion of it ;\u2014 poor Mr Neville !\u2014 I wish I could assist him , for indeed , Letty , I always pity any body that is crossed in love \u2014 it may be one 's own case one day or other , you know .", "What ! the country gentleman who has lately come to his title ? No , if you 'll believe me , I do n't like him at all ,\u2014 he 's a sour old fellow \u2014 is always abusing our sex , and thinks there is only one good woman under heaven :\u2014 now , I 'm sure that 's a mistake , for I know I 'm a good woman , and I think , Letty , you are another .", "More shame for you \u2014 she is a woman of sentiment , and hums you over with her flourishes about purity , and feelings .\u2014 Feelings !\u2014 \u2018 faith , she ought to be ashamed of herself \u2014 no other woman would talk in that manner .", "Then why can n't she do as I have done , Letty ? keep her feelings to herself \u2014 If I had given way to them half so much as she has \u2014 Oh Lord ! I do n't know what might have been the consequence .", "No ,\u2014 How should she , when she talks of nobody but herself ?", "Then , pray let him have her \u2014 every fool knows so , to be sure he does , Letty , that a prodigy of goodness is a very rare thing ;\u2014 but when he finds her out !\u2014 \u2018 faith , it will be a rare joke , when he finds her out .", "What is it ?\u2014 I have forgot .", "Yes ,\u2014 so are good women ,\u2014 bid her remember that , Letty .", "Ay \u2014 that man is always with her of late \u2014 but come , Letty , let 's get out of their way \u2014 let 's take a walk , and look at the beaux .", "No \u2014 though I hate the country , I never will become a woman of fashion \u2014 I know too well what it is to do many things one do n't like , and \u2018 faith , while there is such real pleasure in following my own inclinations , I see no reason why , merely out of fashion , I should be obliged to copy other people 's .", "The poet I danced with !\u2014 he little thinks how much I 've thought of him since \u2014 Sir .", "I hope , sir , you caught no cold the other night ?", "I have been reading \u201c All for Love . \u201d \u2014 Pray , sir , do you know any thing about plays ?", "I know so much about them , that I once acted at a private theatre .", "I can n't tell !", "No ,\u2014 nobody knew ,\u2014 it 's a way they have .", "Lord ! I do n't care about fine morals \u2014 I 'd rather my husband had fine teeth ,\u2014 and I 'm told most women of fashion are of the same opinion .", "\u2018 Faith \u2014 with all my heart \u2014 they never have any money , you know , and , as I have none , our distress would be complete ; and , if we had any luck , our adventures would become public , and then we should get into a novel at last .", "Oh lord ! my aunt , what 's to be done ?", "She must n't find you here \u2014 she 'll be the death of us , she is so violent .", "If you have any pity for me \u2014 here \u2014 hide yourself for a moment behind this sofa , and I 'll get her out of the room directly .", "Nay \u2014 pray \u2014 she 's here ! come \u2014 quick !\u2014 quick !\u2014", "Toll de roll , & c .", "Leave the room , aunt ?", "Nothing , aunt , nothing \u2014 Lord ! lord ! what will become of poor , poor Mr Poet ?", "\u2018 Faith , no more can I \u2014 to be sure it was the luckiest thing in the world ! ha ! ha ! ha !", "I 'm afraid my only way is to confess all .\u2014 My lord , if I confess the truth , I hope you 'll prevail on my aunt to forgive me .", "Why , sir , I found the gentleman alone , and not having had a tete-a-tete a long time , I pressed him to stay , and , on hearing your voice , I put him behind the sofa ,\u2014 that you might not think any thing had happened ,\u2014 and , indeed , sir , nothing did happen \u2014 upon my word he 's as quiet , inoffensive a gentleman as yourself .", "So \u2014 poor Mr Neville is to lose Miss Courtney .\u2014 Her present quarrel with him is so violent , that she may marry this idiot merely in revenge .\u2014 If I could dupe him now , and ensure her contempt .\u2014 I 'll try .\u2014 Mr Ennui , have you seen your intended wife yet ?", "So I thought \u2014 why you 'll never please her while you remain as you are .\u2014 You must alter your manners .\u2014 She is all life !\u2014 all spirits !\u2014 and loves a man the very opposite to you .", "There 's the difficulty \u2014 let me see \u2014 the sort of man she prefers is \u2014 you know Sir Harry Hustle ?\u2014 a man all activity and confidence !\u2014 who does every thing from fashion , and glories in confessing it .", "I know \u2014 that 's the reason she likes him , and you must become the same , if you wish to win her affection \u2014 a new dress \u2014 bold looks \u2014 a few oaths , and much swaggering , effects the business .Ay , that 's right , you are the very man already .", "No , no ;\u2014 go about it directly \u2014 see Sir Harry Hustle , and study your conversation before hand \u2014 but remember Louisa is so fond of fashion , that you can n't boast too much of its vices and absurdities .", "Ay , that 's the very thing \u2014 well ;\u2014 good bye , Mr Ennui \u2014 success attend you \u2014 mind you talk enough .", "Oh , uncle-in-law ! look here \u2014\u2014 I never saw any thing so elegant in all my life .", "Whose !\u2014 why the sweet gentleman 's just arrived from Italy .\u2014 Lord ! he 's a dear man !\u2014 He has promised to do every thing for me \u2014 to get me a fortune \u2014 to get me a husband \u2014 to get me a \u2014\u2014", "Yes , but I do , though \u2014 he has told me every thing \u2014 Lord ! I have heard such things !\u2014 Come here , near \u2014get my aunt out of the room , and I 'll tell you stories that shall make your old heart bound again ! Hush ! do it quietly \u2014 I will , upon my honour .\u2014 What an old fool it is !", "Sir , your coming at all is taken as a very great compliment ,", "I 'll assure you .", "And , my dear sweet Mr Poet , I rejoice to see you !", "Alone , my lady ! do you call Mr Vapid nobody , then ?", "Then I have a wrong notion of your nobodies .\u2014 I always thought them harmless , unmeaning things ; but Mr Vapid 's not so very harmless either \u2014 are you , Mr Vapid ?", "There now ,\u2014 I told you so .\u2014 Upon my word , you rely too much on your time of life ,\u2014 you do indeed . You think , because you 're a little the worse for wear , you may trust yourself any where ,\u2014 but you 're mistaken \u2014 you 're not near so bad as you imagine \u2014 nay , I do n't flatter , do I , Mr Vapid ?", "Nay , aunt , do n't say that .", "What is it ? something pleasant I hope .", "A convent ! Oh lord ! I can n't make up my mind to it , now do n't , pray do n't think of it \u2014 I declare it 's quite shocking .", "Indeed , I can n't bear the thoughts of it .\u2014 Oh do speak to her , Mr Vapid \u2014 tell her about the nasty monks , now do ,\u2014 a convent ! mercy ! what a check to the passions ! Oh ! I can n't bear it .", "It will be the death of me ! pray , my dear aunt \u2014\u2014", "Oh ! my poor heart ! Oh , oh !", "Oh ! oh ! oh !", "Did you really love me , Mr Vapid ?", "But did you really love me , Mr Vapid ?", "And would you have really run away with me , Mr Vapid ?", "Then come along this moment .", "Well , Mr Vapid , now let 's run away \u2014 come \u2014 why what are you thinking of ?", "What do you fear ?", "No , no , pray let us begone , think of this another time .", "Die together !", "Oh ! Miss Courtney ! my sweet Miss Courtney ! Mr Vapid , here , has run away with me , and I am so frightened for fear of Lady Waitfor't .", "Your own case ! Lord ! you base man , have you got a young lady in your lodgings ?", "Nay \u2014 where are you going ?", "Poor dear girl ! I must n't leave her thus \u2014 Mr Vapid , we wo n't run away till something is done for her .", "I will \u2014 Lord ! if they must be happy in being friends again , what must I be who make them so !", "Lord ! he has a very bad memory ,\u2014 I hope he wo n't forget our marriage .", "Uncle-in-law , what are your feelings on this occasion ?\u2014 as my aunt says .", "Did n't you ?", "Now , you 're a dear creature ! and I wo n't marry ,\u2014 that 's what I wo n't , without consulting you .", "A gentleman run away with me ;\u2014 he is now in the room .", "No , behind you .", "Come , my dear , have n't you almost finished ?", "Come , give consent , my lord ,\u2014 my husband will get money , though", "I have none .", "Shall I ? then \u2018 faith , Mr Vapid , we 'll build a theatre of our own ! you shall write plays , and I 'll act them .", "Mr Ennui , I hope you 'll forgive me , and Sir Harry Hustle , the fatigue we occasioned you ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 134, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now , mother , though thou love my brother more ,", "Am I not more thy son than he ?", "Have I more Spaniard in me \u2014 less of thee ?", "Did our Most Holiest father thrill thy womb", "With more Italian passion than brought forth", "Me ?", "I doubt it not . But I ,", "Mother , am not mine elder . He desires", "And he enjoys the life God gives him \u2014 God ,", "The Pope our father , and thy sacred self ,", "Mother beloved and hallowed . I desire", "More .", "Ay ; my father 's eminence", "Set so the stamp on mine . I will not die", "Cardinal .", "Ay , fair mother \u2014 ay .", "Thou hast loved my father likewise . Dost thou love", "Giulia \u2014 the sweet Farnese \u2014 called the Fair", "In all the Roman streets that call thee Rose ?", "And that bright babe Giovanni , whom our sire ,", "Thy holy lord and hers , hath stamped at birth", "As duke of Nepi ?", "And fill thee full ,", "Sweet sinless mother . Fear it not . Thou hast", "Children more loved of him and thee than me -", "Our bright Francesco , born to smile and sway ,", "And her whose face makes pale the sun in heaven ,", "Whose eyes outlaugh the splendour of the sea ,", "Whose hair has all noon 's wonders in its weft ,", "Whose mouth is God 's and Italy 's one rose ,", "Lucrezia .", "God alone", "Knows . Was not God \u2014 the God of love , who bade", "His son be man because he hated man ,", "And saw him scourged and hanging , and at last", "Forgave the sin wherewith he had stamped us , seeing", "So fair a full atonement \u2014 was not God", "Bridesman when Christ 's crowned vicar took to bride", "My mother ?", "There too my sire had found thee . Priests", "Make way where warriors dare not \u2014 save when war", "Sets wide the floodgates of the weirs of hell .", "And what hast thou to do with sin ? Hath he", "Whose sin was thine not given thee there and then", "God 's actual absolution ? Mary lived", "God 's virgin , and God 's mother : mine art thou ,", "Who am Christlike even as thou art virginal .", "And if thou love me or love me not God knows ,", "And God , who made me and my sire and thee ,", "May take the charge upon him . I am I .", "Somewhat I think to do before my day", "Pass from me . Did I love thee not at all ,", "I would not bid thee know it .", "Alas , my mother , sounds no sense for men -", "Rings but reverberate folly , whence resounds", "Returning laughter . Weep or smile on me ,", "Thy sunshine or thy rainbow softens not", "The mortal earth wherein thou hast clad me . Nay ,", "But rather would I see thee smile than weep ,", "Mother . Thou art lovelier , smiling .", "I ? God 's vicar 's child ?", "Whither ? Am not I", "Hinge of the gate that opens heaven \u2014 that bids", "God open when my sire thrusts in the key -", "Cardinal ? Canst thou dream I had rather be", "Duke ?", "Knowest thou none", "Lovelier ?", "Nay , no whit .", "Our heavenly father on earth adores no less", "Our mother than our sister : and I hold", "His heart and eye , his spirit and his sense ,", "Infallible .", "Most holiest father , I desire", "Paternal absolution \u2014 when thy laugh", "Has waned from lip and eyelid .", "Forbid it , God !", "The God that set thee where thou art , and there", "Sustains thee , bids the love he kindles bind", "Brother to brother .", "Friends ? Our father on earth , thy will be done .", "Not I .", "Hast thou fallen out with me , then , that thy tongue", "Disclaims its lingering utterance ?", "Hate or love ,", "Francesco ?", "I believe", "Thou dost not hate or love or envy me ;", "Even as I know , and knowing believe , we all -", "Our father , thou and I \u2014 triune in heart -", "Hold loveliest of all living things to love", "This .", "Sister , I sinned \u2014 sin must be mine . A word", "Fell out askance between us , and she wept", "Because our father chid us .", "Nay : there lurks no God in me . And thou ,", "Father , dost thou fear ?", "Wisdom lives in thee ,", "And cries not out along the streets as when", "None of God 's folk that heard regarded her ,", "As all that hear thy word regard \u2014 or die ,", "Being not outside God 's eyeshot . Dost thou sleep", "Here in his special keeping \u2014 here \u2014 to-night ,", "Brother ?", "They say", "These holy streets of heaven 's most holiest choice", "Lie dangerous now in darkness if a man", "Walk not on holiest errands . Thou , they say ,", "Wert scarce a Christlike sacrifice if slain .", "Too many dead flow down the Tiber 's flow", "Nightly . They say it .", "Ah , my lord and brother , didst thou now ,", "Were this not thankless ? God \u2014 our father 's God -", "Guide thee !", "Thou wilt not bid me this , I think , again ,", "Father .", "Enter MICHELOTTO", "Thou art swift of speed at need . I bade thee", "Abide my bidding .", "Thou knewest it ?", "I do not ask thee where my brother sleeps . And where to-morrow sees him yet asleep -", "Nay -", "Not I but Rome shall ask it . Pass in peace .", "The benediction of my sire be thine .", "Thou hast said it .", "Some while yet .", "\u2018 Tis pity there should be \u2014 for thy sake \u2014 none .", "Why ?", "And Christendom 's to boot .", "And then myself ? Thou art crazed , but I", "Sane .", "They say ,", "Thine .", "Nor thou nor I", "Know .", "Most holiest father , no .", "Thy brain is not so sick yet . Thou and God", "Friends ? Man , how long would God have let thee live -", "Thee ?", "The firstfruits of thy fatherhood", "Were something less than Satan . Man of God ,", "Vaunt not thyself .", "Thou shalt do better , dying in Peter 's chair :", "Thou shalt die famous .", "Hast thou heard that prayers are heard ?", "Or hast thou known earth , for a man 's cry 's sake ,", "Cleave , and devour him ?", "Wilt thou sleep the worse for this next year ?", "Thou hast lived thy seven days \u2019 space in hell ,", "Father : they say thou hast fasted even from sleep .", "What they say and what thou sayest I hold", "False . Though thou hast wept as woman , howled as wolf ,", "Above our dead , thou art hale and whole . And now", "Behoves thee rise again as Christ our God ,", "Vicarious Christ , and cast as flesh away", "This grief from off thy godhead . I and thou ,", "One , will set hand as never God hath set", "To the empire and the steerage of the world .", "Do thou forget but him who is dead , and was", "Nought , and bethink thee what a world to wield", "The eternal God hath given into thine hands", "Which daily mould him out of bread , and give", "His kneaded flesh to feed on . Thou and I", "Will make this rent and ruinous Italy", "One . Ours it shall be , body and soul , and great", "Above all power and glory given of God", "To them that died to set thee where thou art -", "Throned on the dust of Caesar and of Christ ,", "Imperial . Earth shall quail again , and rise", "Again the higher because she trembled . Rome", "So bade it be : it was , and shall be .", "Whom should thy radiant Rose", "Have found so fit to ingraff with , and bring forth", "So strong a scion as I am ?", "God", "Must needs forget \u2014 if God remember . Now", "This thing thou hast loved , and I that swept him hence", "Held never fit for hate of mine , is dead ,", "Wilt thou be one with me \u2014 one God ? No less ,", "Lord Christ of Rome , thou wilt be .", "What dove , though lovelier than the swan that lured", "Leda to love of God on earth , might match", "Lucrezia ?", "Sire ,", "I would so too . Our sire , his sire and mine ,", "I slew not him for lust of slaying , or hate ,", "Or aught less like thy wiser spirit and mine .", "Not for hate or love .", "Death was the lot God bade him draw , if God", "Be more than what we make him .", "Dost thou not ? Flesh must sleep to live . Am I", "No son of thine ?", "Sire , good night ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 135, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["PERSONS", "\u201c Pull hard , and make the Nothe , or down we go ! \u201d one says , says he .", "We pulled ; and bedtime brought the storm ; but snug at home slept we .", "Yet all the while our gallants after fighting through the day ,", "Were beating up and down the dark , sou \u2019 - west of Cadiz Bay .", "The dark ,", "The dark ,", "Sou \u2019 - west of Cadiz Bay !", "PERSONS", "Traverse the waters borne by one of such ; and thereto Bonaparte 's responses are : I \u201c The principles of honour and of truth which ever actuate the sender 's mind", "\u201c Herein are written largely ! Take our thanks : we read that this conjuncture undesigned I \u201c Unfolds felicitous means of showing you that still our eyes are set , as yours , on peace ,", "\u201c To which great end the Treaty of Amiens must be the ground - work of our amities . \u201d I From London then : \u201c The path to amity the King of England studies to pursue ;", "\u201c With Russia hand in hand he is yours to close the long convulsions thrilling Europe through . \u201d I Still fare the shadowy missioners across , by Dover-road and Calais Channel-track ,", "From Thames-side towers to Paris palace-gates ; from Paris leisurely to London back . I Till thus speaks France : \u201c Much grief it gives us that , being pledged to treat , one Emperor with one King ,", "\u201c You yet have struck a jarring counternote and tone that keys not with such promising . I \u201c In these last word , then , of this pregnant parle ; I trust I may persuade your Excellency", "\u201c That in no circumstance , on no pretence , a party to our pact can", "Russia be . \u201d", "\u201c We gather not from your Imperial lines a reason why our words should be reweighed . I \u201c We hold Russia not as our ally that is to be : she stands fully - plighted so ;", "\u201c Thus trembles peace upon this balance-point : will you that Russia be let in or no ? \u201d I Then France rolls out rough words across the strait : \u201c To treat with you confederate with the Tsar ,", "\u201c Presumes us sunk in sloughs of shamefulness from which we yet stand gloriously afar ! I \u201c The English army must be Flanders-fed , and entering Picardy with pompous prance ,", "\u201c To warrant such ! Enough . Our comfort is , the crime of further strife lies not with France . \u201d", "Bursts into running flame , that all his signs of friendliness were met by moves for war . I Attend and hear , for hear ye faintly may , his manifesto made at Erfurt town ,", "That to arms only dares he now confide the safety and the honour of his crown !", "The Spanish people , handled in such sort ,", "As chattels of a Court ,", "Dream dreams of England . Messengers are sent", "In secret to the assembled Parliament ,", "In faith that England 's hand", "Will stouten them to stand ,", "And crown a cause which , hold they , bond and free", "Must advocate enthusiastically .", "PERSONS", "What can we wish for more ? Thanks to the frost and flood We are grinning crones \u2014 thin bags of bones Who once were flesh and blood . So foolish Life adieu , And ingrate Leader too . \u2014 Ah , but we loved you true ! Yet \u2014 he-he-he ! and ho-ho-ho !\u2014 We 'll never return to you .The fire sinks and goes out ; but the Frenchmen do not move . The day dawns , and still they sit on . In the background enter some light horse of the Russian army , followed by KUTUZOF himself and a few of his staff . He presents a terrible appearance now \u2014 bravely serving though slowly dying , his face puffed with the intense cold , his one eye staring out as he sits in a heap in the saddle , his head sunk into his shoulders . The whole detachment pauses at the sight of the French asleep . They shout ; but the bivouackers give no sign .", "They distracted and delayed us", "By the pleasant pranks they played us ,", "And what marvel , then , if troopers , even of regiments of renown ,", "On whom flashed those eyes divine , O ,", "Should forget the countersign , O ,", "As we tore CLINK ! CLINK ! back to camp above the town ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 136, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u2018 Tis confest", "that in these Eastern Kingdoms", "Women are not exempted from the Sceptre ,", "But claim a priviledge , equal to the Male ;", "But how much such divisions have ta'en from", "The Majesty of Egypt , and what factions", "Have sprung from those partitions , to the ruine", "Of the poor Subject ,", "We have too many , and too sad examples ,", "Therefore the wise Photinus , to prevent", "The Murthers , and the Massacres , that attend", "On disunited Government , and to shew", "The King without a Partner , in full splendour ,", "Thought it convenient the fair Cleopatra ,", "Should be committed in safe Custody ,", "In which she is attended like her Birth ,", "Until her Beauty , or her royal Dowre ,", "Hath found her out a Husband .", "The Civil war", "In which the Roman Empire is embarqu 'd", "On a rough Sea of danger , does exact", "Their whole care to preserve themselves , and gives them", "No vacant time to think of what we do ,", "Which hardly can concern them .", "I could give you", "A Catalogue of all the several Nations", "From whence he drew his powers : but that were tedious .", "They have rich arms , are ten to one in number ,", "Which makes them think the day already won ;", "And Pompey being master of the Sea ,", "Such plenty of all delicates are brought in ,", "As if the place on which they are entrench 'd ,", "Were not a Camp of Souldiers , but Rome ,", "In which Lucullus and Apicius joyn 'd ,", "To make a publique Feast : they at Dirachium", "Fought with success ; but knew not to make use of", "Fortunes fair offer : so much I have heard", "C\u00e6sar himself confess .", "In Thessalie , near the Pharsalian plains", "Where C\u00e6sar with a handfull of his Men", "Hems in the greater number : his whole troops", "Exceed not twenty thousand , but old Souldiers", "Flesh 'd in the spoils of Germany and France ,", "Inur 'd to his Command , and only know", "To fight and overcome ; And though that Famine", "Raigns in his Camp , compelling them to tast", "Bread made of roots , forbid the use of man ,", "Or corn not yet half ripe , and that a Banquet :", "They still besiege him , being ambitious only", "To come to blows , and let their swords determine", "Who hath the better Cause .", "We every hour", "Expect to hear the issue .", "You are cruel ,", "If you deny him swearing , you take from him", "Three full parts of his language .", "Was't of your own composing ?", "\u2018 Tis a strange impudence ,", "This fellow does put on .", "Vices , for him ,", "Make as free way as vertues doe for others .", "\u2018 Tis the times fault : yet Great ones still have grace 'd", "To make them sport , or rub them o 're with flattery ,", "Observers of all kinds .", "See how he hangs", "On great Photinus Ear .", "That we are", "To enquire , and learn of you Sir : whose grave care", "For Egypts happiness , and great Ptolomies good ,", "Hath eyes and ears in all parts .", "\u2018 Tis Labienus", "C\u00e6sars Lieutenant in the wars of Gaul ,", "And fortunate in all his undertakings :", "But since these Civil jars he turn 'd to Pompey ,", "And though he followed the better Cause", "Not with the like success .", "Here he comes Sir .", "Pardon me .", "I could not help it , if my life had lain for't ,", "Alas , who would suspect a pack of bedding ,", "Or a small Truss of houshold furniture ?", "And as they said , for C\u00e6sars use : or who durst", "seek to stop it ?", "I was abus 'd .", "Photinus ,", "What e 're it be I shall make one : and zealously :", "For better dye attempting something nobly ,", "Than fall disgraced .", "\u2018 Twill be too late else :", "For , since the Masque , he sent three of his Captains", "to view again", "The glory of your wealth .", "For when your wealth is gone , your power must follow .", "What eye", "Will look upon King Ptolomy ? if they do look ,", "It must be in scorn :", "For a poor King is a monster ;", "What ear remember ye ? \u2018 twill be then a courtesie", "to take your life too from ye :", "But if reserv 'd , you stand to fill a victory ,", "As who knows Conquerours minds ? though outwardly", "They bear fair streams .", "O Sir , does this not shake ye ?", "If to be honyed on to these afflictions \u2014", "Keep it warm and fiery .", "It seems so .", "Why dost thou weep ?", "He will be hard to win : he feels his lewdness .", "It is not that : it may be some disgrace", "That he takes heavily ; and would be cherish 'd ,", "Septimius ever scorn 'd to shew such weakness .", "Thou shalt command in Chief , all our strong Forces", "And if thou serv'st an use , must not all justifie it ?", "S", "p. I am Rogue enough .", "Keep thy self glorious still , though ne 're so stain 'd ,", "And that will lessen it , if not work it out .", "To goe complaining thus , and thus repenting", "Like a poor Girl that had betrai 'd her maide", "-head \u2014", "Will shew so in a Souldier ,", "So simply , and so ridiculously , so tamely \u2014", "Yes : and is honour 'd for it ;", "Nay call 'd the honour 'd C\u00e6sar , so maist thou be :", "Thou wert born as near a Crown as he .", "Thou shalt have all :", "And do all through thy power , men shall admire thee ,", "And the vices of Septimius shall turn vertues .", "He 's well wrought : put him on apace for cooling .", "The deed is bloody", "If we conclude in Ptolomies death .", "But what course take we", "For the Princess Cleopatra ?", "I will undertake", "For Ptolomy .", "See , they do appear", "As they desir 'd a Parley .", "Thy glories now have toucht the highest point ,", "And must descend .", "He rowz 'd them with his Sword ;", "We talk of Mars , but I am sure his Courage", "Admits of no comparison but it self ,", "And", "his following friends", "With such a confidence as young Eagles prey", "Under the large wing of their fiercer Dam ,", "Brake through our Troops and scatter 'd them , he went on", "But still pursu 'd by us , when on the sudden ,", "He turn 'd his head , and from his Eyes flew terrour ;", "Which strook in us no less fear and amazement ,", "Than if we had encounter 'd with the lightning", "Hurl 'd from Jove 's cloudy Brow .", "We faln back , he made on , and as our fear", "Had parted from us with his dreadful looks ,", "Again we follow 'd ; but got near the Sea ;", "On which his Navy anchor 'd ; in one hand", "Holding a Scroll he had above the waves ,", "And in the other grasping fast his Sword ,", "As it had been a Trident forg 'd by Vulcan", "To calm the raging Ocean , he made away", "As if he had been Neptune , his friends like", "So many Tritons follow 'd , their bold shouts", "Yielding a chearful musick ; we showr 'd darts", "Upon them , but in vain , they reach 'd their ships", "And in their safety we are sunk ; for C\u00e6sar", "Prepares for War .", "Unable", "To follow C\u00e6sar , he was trod to death", "By the Pursuers , and with him the Priest", "Of Isis , good Achoreus ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 137, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Do you know , I 'm getting so I 'm actually afraid to leave them alone with that governess . She 's too romantic . I 'll wager she 's got a whole book full of ghost stories , superstitions , and yellow-journal horrors up her sleeve .", "And then you met Curt .", "Why did you elect to take up mining engineering at Cornell instead of a classical degree at the Yale of your fathers and brothers ? Because you had been reading Bret Harte in prep . school and mistaken him for a modern realist . You devoted four years to grooming yourself for another outcast of Poker Flat .", "Aha ! Now we come to the Missing Link !", "And there you hope to dig up \u2014 our first ancestor ?", "And you were with him on that Asian plateau ?", "Yes , if you two want to work together , why just shoo me \u2014", "I had forgotten \u2014", "How old were they when \u2014?", "Good heavens !", "I think people are foolish to stand by such an oath as you took \u2014 forever .Children are a great comfort in one 's old age , I 've tritely found .", "A woman is as old as she looks . You 're not thirty yet .", "The past is never past for a dog with a bad name , eh , Lily ?If you want to reward me for my truthfulness , Mrs. Jayson , help me take the kids for an airing in the car . I know it 's an imposition but they 've grown to expect you .By Jove , I 'll have to run along . I 'll get them and then pick you up here . Is that all right ?", "She seems to get as much fun out of it as they do .Ah , Eddy discovered her behind the tree . Is n't he tickled now !Jove , what a hand she is with children !", "You think so ? With everyone ?", "A mosquito is a ridiculous , amusing creature , seen under a microscope ; but when a swarm has been stinging you all night \u2014", "You bet I do . Touch me anywhere and you 'll find a bite . This , my native town , did me the honor of devoting its entire leisure attention for years to stinging me to death .", "Et tu ! Your tone is sceptical . But I swear to you , Curt , I 'm an absolutely new man since my wife 's death , since I 've grown to love the children . Before that I hardly knew them . They were hers , not mine , it seemed .Now we 're the best of pals , and I 've commenced to appreciate life from a different angle . I 've found a career at last \u2014 the children \u2014 the finest career a man could have , I believe .", "But we 're wandering from the subject of Martha versus the mosquitoes .", "On the Asian expedition ?", "That 's not old \u2014 but it 's not young either , Curt .", "He \u2014 prevaricates , Mrs. Jayson .", "I got over as soon as I could .By Jove , old man , you look as though you 'd been through hell !", "Buck up !How 's Martha ?", "You 're surely not worrying , are you ? Martha is so strong and healthy there 's no doubt of her pulling through in fine shape .", "I 've guessed you thought that . That 's why you have n't noticed me \u2014 or them \u2014 over here so much lately . I 'll confess that I felt you \u2014And the infernal gossip \u2014 I 'll admit I thought that you \u2014 oh , damn this rotten town , anyway !", "Deuce take it , Curt , what 's the matter with you ? I never thought you 'd turn morbid .", "Curt !", "What , Curt ?", "Good God , you do n't mean you hate \u2014 Martha ?", "Curt ! Do n't you know you can n't talk like that \u2014 now \u2014 when \u2014 CURTIS \u2014It has made us both suffer torments \u2014 not only now \u2014 every day , every hour , for months and months . Why should n't I hate it , eh ?", "Curt ! Ca n't you realize how horrible \u2014", "Shut up ! You 're not yourself . Come , think for a moment . What would Martha feel if she heard you going on this way ? Why \u2014 it would kill her !", "This is only your damned imagination . They put you out because you were in their way , that 's all . And as for Martha , she was probably suffering so much \u2014", "You 're raving , damn it !", "For God 's sake , do n't think about it ! It 's absurd \u2014 ridiculous !", "Curt !", "Damn it , man , do you know what you 're saying ?No , Curt , old boy , do stop talking . If you do n't I 'll send for a doctor , damned if I wo n't . That talk belongs in an asylum . God , man , can n't you realize this is your child \u2014 yours as well as hers ?", "Do you realize how contemptible this confession makes you out ?Why , if you had one trace of human kindness in you \u2014 one bit of unselfish love for your wife \u2014 one particle of pity for her suffering \u2014", "Curt , for God 's sake , do n't return to that ! Why , good God , man \u2014 even now \u2014 while you 're speaking \u2014 do n't you realize what may be happening ? And you can talk as if you were wishing \u2014", "For the love of God , if you have such thoughts , keep them to yourself . I wo n't listen ! You make me despise life !", "There ! What did I tell you ? Run , you chump !", "Pardon me , please .", "No , I quite agree with you .", "Curt , damn it , wake up ! Are you made of stone ? Has everything I 've said gone in one ear and out the other ? I know it 's hell for me to torment you at this particular time but it 's your own incredibly unreasonable actions that force me to . I know how terribly you must feel but \u2014 damn it , man , postpone this going away ! Face this situation like a man ! Be reconciled to your child , stay with him at least until you can make suitable arrangements \u2014", "That 's your final answer , eh ? Well , I 'm through . I 've done all I could . If you want to play the brute \u2014 to forget all that was most dear in the world to Martha \u2014 to go your own damn selfish way \u2014 well , there 's nothing more to be said . You will be punished for it , believe me !And I \u2014 I want you to understand that all friendship ceases between us from this day . You are not the Curt I thought I knew \u2014 and I have nothing but a feeling of repulsion \u2014 good-by .", "Curt ! Forgive me ! I ought to know better . This is n't you . You 'll come to yourself when you 've had time to think it over . The memory of Martha \u2014 she 'll tell you what you must do .Good-by , old scout !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 138, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Who 's there ?", "Come in ! I was asleep .The sound of LARRY 's breathing can be heard .Well , Larry , what is it ? LARRY comes skirting along the wall , as if craving its support , outside the radius of the light .Are you ill ? LARRY stands still again and heaves a deep sigh .", "What is it , man ?Have you committed a murder that you stand there like a fish ?", "By Jove ! Drunk again !What do you mean by coming here in this state ? I told you \u2014\u2014 If you were n't my brother \u2014\u2014! Come here , where I can we you ! What 's the matter with you , Larry ?", "What in God 's name is this nonsense ?Come , Larry ! Pull yourself together and drop exaggeration ! What on earth do you mean ?", "Be quiet ! LARRY lifts his hands and wrings them .", "When \u2014 when \u2014 what \u2014\u2014?", "Good God ! How ? Where ? You 'd better tell me quietly from the beginning . Here , drink this coffee ; it 'll clear your head . He pours out and hands him a cup of coffee . LARRY drinks it off .", "Women ! Always women , with you ! Well ?", "Yes ?", "What did you do then ?", "Well ?", "How far ?", "Was \u2014 did anyone see ?", "What time ?", "And then ?", "Why \u2014 in heaven 's name ?", "Where is this place ?", "And the archway ?", "Good God ! Why , I saw it in the paper this morning . They were talking of it in the Courts !Here it is again . \u201c Body of a man was found this morning under an archway in Glove Lane . From marks about the throat grave suspicion of foul play are entertained . The body had apparently been robbed . \u201d My God !You saw this in the paper and dreamed it . D'you understand , Larry ?\u2014 you dreamed it .", "Did you take anything from the-body ?", "\u201c Patrick Walenn \u201d \u2014 Was that his name ? \u201c Simon 's Hotel , Farrier Street , London . \u201dNo !\u2014 that makes me \u2014\u2014What in God 's name made you come here and tell me ? Do n't you know I 'm \u2014 I 'm within an ace of a Judgeship ?", "Love !", "Steady , Larry ! Let 's think it out . You were n't seen , you say ?", "When did you leave the girl again ?", "Where did you go ?", "To Fitzroy Street ?", "What have you done since ?", "Not been out ?", "Not seen the girl ?", "Will she give you away ?", "Or herself hysteria ?", "Who knows of your relations with her ?", "No one ?", "Did anyone see you go in last night , when you first went to her ?", "Give them to me . LARRY takes two keys from his pocket and hands them to his brother .", "What ! A girl like that ?", "What else have you that connects you with her ?", "In your rooms ?", "Photographs ? Letters ?", "Sure ?", "No one saw you going back to her ?", "You were fortunate . Sit down again , man . I must think . He turns to the fire and leans his elbows on the mantelpiece and his head on his hands . LARRY Sits down again obediently .", "It 's all too unlikely . It 's monstrous !", "This Walenn \u2014 was it his first reappearance after an absence ?", "How did he find out where she was ?", "How drunk were you ?", "How much had you drunk , then ?", "You say you did n't mean to kill him .", "That 's something .", "She was hanging on to him , you say ?\u2014 That 's ugly .", "D'you mean she \u2014 loves you ?", "Can a woman like that love ?", "I 'm trying to get at truth . If you want me to help ,", "I must know everything . What makes you think she 's fond of you ?", "I 'm talking of love .", "What made you choose that archway ?", "Did his face look as if he 'd been strangled ?", "Did it ?", "Very disfigured ?", "Did you look to see if his clothes were marked ?", "Why not ?", "You say he was disfigured . Would he be recognisable ?", "When she lived with him last \u2014 where was that ?", "Not Soho ?", "How long has she been at this Soho place ?", "Living this life ?", "Till , she met you ? And you believe \u2014\u2014?", "Always in the same rooms ?", "What was he ? A professional bully ?", "Spending most of his time abroad , I suppose .", "Can you say if he was known to the police ?", "Now listen , Larry . When you leave here , go straight home , and stay there till I give you leave to go out again . Promise .", "Is your promise worth anything ?", "Exactly . But if I 'm to help you , you must do as I say . I must have time to think this out . Have you got money ?", "Half-quarter day \u2014 yes , your quarter 's always spent by then . If you 're to get away \u2014 never mind , I can manage the money .", "Privilege of A brother . As it happens , I 'm thinking of myself and our family . You can n't indulge yourself in killing without bringing ruin . My God ! I suppose you realise that you 've made me an accessory after the fact \u2014 me , King 's counsel \u2014 sworn to the service of the Law , who , in a year or two , will have the trying of cases like yours ! By heaven , Larry , you 've surpassed yourself !", "Come , Larry ! Hand it over .", "Come , Larry ! Courage ! LARRY looks up at him .", "Do n't go out . Do n't drink . Do n't talk . Pull yourself together !", "No , no . Courage ! LARRY reaches the door , turns as if to say something-finds no words , and goes .", "A friend of Larry 's . Do n't be frightened . She has recoiled again to the window ; and when he finds the switch and turns the light up , she is seen standing there holding her dark wrapper up to her throat , so that her face has an uncanny look of being detached from the body .You need n't be afraid . I have n't come to do you harm \u2014 quite the contrary .Larry would n't have given me these , would he , if he had n't trusted me ? WANDA does not move , staring like a spirit startled out of the flesh .", "Larry 's brother . WANDA , with a sigh of utter relief , steals forward to the couch and sinks down . KEITH goes up to her . He 'd told me .", "An awful business !", "In this room ?", "You \u2014 look very young . What 's your name ?", "Are you fond of Larry ?", "I \u2014 I 've come to see what you can do to save him . WANDA ,You would not deceive me . You are really his brother ?", "I swear it .", "This , man , your \u2014 your husband , before he came here the night before last \u2014 how long since you saw him ?", "Does anyone about here know you are his wife ?", "They 've discovered who he was \u2014 you know that ?", "Did my brother ever see him before ?", "Yes . I saw the mark . Have you a servant ?", "Does she know Larry ?", "Friends \u2014 acquaintances ?", "Do you mean that ?", "How long ?", "So you have not been out since \u2014\u2014?", "What have you been doing ?", "Look at me .If the worst comes , and this man is traced to you , can you trust yourself not to give Larry away ?", "Good ! One more question . Do the police know you \u2014 because \u2014 of your life ?You know where Larry lives ?", "You must n't go there , and he must n't come to you .", "Leave that to me . I 'm going to do all I can .", "You said no one comes but Larry .", "Curse ! I must have left that door .You told me they did n't know you .", "After your life , who can believe \u2014 -  ? Look here ! You drifted together and you 'll drift apart , you know . Better for him to get away and make a clean cut of it .", "I 'm thinking of Larry . With you , his danger is much greater . There 's a good chance as things are going . You may wreck it . And for what ? Just a few months more of \u2014 well \u2014 you know .", "You must know what Larry is . He 'll never stick to you .", "The last man on earth to stick to anything ! But for the sake of a whim he 'll risk his life and the honour of all his family . I know him .", "Now , now ! At any moment they may find out your connection with that man . So long as Larry goes on with you , he 's tied to this murder , do n't you see ?", "Larry has loved dozens of women .", "Do n't cry ! If I give you money , will you disappear , for his sake ?", "Ah ! First Larry , then you ! Come now . It 's better for you both . A few months , and you 'll forget you ever met .", "I do n't want you to go back to that life .", "That 's not enough . You know that . You must take it out of his hands . He will never give up his present for the sake of his future . If you 're as fond of him as you say , you 'll help to save him .", "Well , well ! Get up .", "Listen !", "So much for your promise not to go out !", "Exactly !", "So you can joke , can you ?", "A boat leaves for the Argentine the day after to-morrow ; you must go by it .", "You can n't go together . I 'll send her by the next boat .", "Yes . You 're lucky they 're on a false scent .", "You have n't seen it ?", "They 've taken up a vagabond who robbed the body . He pawned a snake-shaped ring , and they identified this Walenn by it . I 've been down and seen him charged myself .", "He 's in no danger . They always get the wrong man first . It 'll do him no harm to be locked up a bit \u2014 hyena like that . Better in prison , anyway , than sleeping out under archways in this weather .", "A little yellow , ragged , lame , unshaven scarecrow of a chap . They were fools to think he could have had the strength .", "You ? Where ?", "You went back there ?", "He 's in no danger , I tell you . He could never have strangled \u2014\u2014 Why , he had n't the strength of a kitten . Now , Larry ! I 'll take your berth to-morrow . Here 's moneyYou can make a new life of it out there together presently , in the sun .", "Bosh ! Dismiss it from your mind ; there 's not nearly enough evidence .", "No . You 've got your chance . Take it like a man .", "What ! I tell you no jury would convict ; and if they did , no judge would hang . A ghoul who can rob a dead body , ought to be in prison . He did worse than you .", "Do n't be a fool !", "I suppose I may ask you not to be entirely oblivious of our name . Or is that unworthy of your honour ?", "You owe it to me \u2014 to our name \u2014 to our dead mother \u2014 to do nothing anyway till we see what happens .", "Can I trust you ?", "Swear ?", "Remember , nothing ! Good night !", "Where 's Larry ?", "Guilty ! Sentence of death ! Fools !\u2014 idiots !", "Girl ! girl ! It may all depend on you . Larry 's still living here ?", "I must wait for him .", "Are you ready to go away at any time ?", "And he ?", "A graveyard thief \u2014 a ghoul !", "Listen ! Help me . Do n't let Larry out of your sight . I must see how things go . They 'll never hang this wretch .Now , we must stop Larry from giving himself up . He 's fool enough . D'you understand ?", "My God ! If the police come \u2014 find me here \u2014No , he would n't without seeing you first . He 's sure to come . Watch him like a lynx . Do n't let him go without you .", "Listen !", "It 's he !", "The thing can n't stand . I 'll stop it somehow . But you must give me time , Larry .", "Think my reasons what you like .", "This man can and shall get off . I want your solemn promise that you wo n't give yourself up , nor even go out till I 've seen you again .", "By the memory of our mother , swear that .", "I have your oath \u2014 both of you \u2014 both of you . I 'm going at once to see what can be done .", "Asleep ! Drunk ! Ugh !What !Larry ! Larry !My God !\u201c I , Lawrence Darrant , about to die by my own hand confess that I \u2014\u2014 \u201dIf I leave that there \u2014 my name \u2014 my whole future !My God ! It 's ruin !All my \u2014\u2014 No ! Let him hang !What 's that ? What \u2014\u2014!Fool ! Nothing !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 139, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["This is the Play of Everychild", "With Cho-Cho", "As Author and Manager .", "The play has defects \u2014", "It has good points \u2014", "And bad points \u2014", "Like the world itself \u2014", "Like life !", "Perhaps the author of the world", "Is something like me ,", "A little grotesque ,", "A little whimsical ,", "Serious often ,", "Sometimes all the more serious", "Seen through a Fool 's words", "With cap and jingle of bells .", "In this droll world", "There are lots of children", "Who are the children of fools \u2014", "Like me .", "Good people !", "I bespeak your patience", "With Everychild", "Daughter of a Clown ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 140, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["No , my proper name 's John .", "His proper name 's Mark .", "Miss Anne , stand clear o \u2019 that bin . You 'll put your foot through one o \u2019 those \u2018 ock bottles .", "Now shut it , Miss Anne !", "Poulder . Butlers think they 're the Almighty .", "But his name 's Bartholomew .", "It 's hidjeous .", "I do n't give a darn .", "\u2018 Tai n't in the dictionary .", "It 'll pass .", "Thirty-four .", "All for the dinner . They give the Sweated \u2014 tea .", "We 've got to be on the safe side .", "That 's the escape of gas .", "Yes .", "Little blighter I 've never seen before .", "He 's just gone .", "You might \u2018 arf say so . There 's a lot under a woppin \u2019 big house like this ; you can n't hardly get to the bottom of it .", "Ask another .", "Who 'd want to blow it up ?", "I 've seen a lot bigger messes than this 'd make , out in the war .", "Ah ! \u2018 Cept that you could n't lay your \u2018 and on a bottle o \u2019 port when you wanted one .", "I only suggest it 's possible .", "I say nothin \u2019 about that .", "I 'm ashamed of you , Miss Anne , pumpin \u2019 me !", "Try it on your own responsibility , then ; do n't bring me in !", "I should n't use that word , at your age .", "Like Lord William ? What do you think ? We chaps would ha \u2019 done anything for him out there in the war .", "Well \u2014 that 's the same thing .", "Ah ! A lot o \u2019 people thought when the war was over there 'd be no more o \u2019 that .Used to amuse me to read in the papers about the wonderful unity that was comin \u2019 . I could ha \u2019 told \u2018 em different .", "You know such a lot o \u2019 people , do n't you ?", "That 's right \u2014 we all bars them that tries to get something out of us .", "Well \u2014\u2014 Speaking generally , I bar everybody that looks down their noses at me . Out there in the trenches , there 'd come a shell , and orf 'd go some orficer 's head , an \u2019 I 'd think : That might ha \u2019 been me \u2014 we 're all equal in the sight o \u2019 the stars . But when I got home again among the torfs , I says to meself : Out there , ye know , you filled a hole as well as me ; but here you 've put it on again , with mufti .", "Ah ! Footmen were to ha \u2019 been off ; but Lord William was scared we would n't get jobs in the rush . We 're on his conscience , and it 's on my conscience that I 've been on his long enough \u2014 so , now I 've saved a bit , I 'm goin \u2019 to take meself orf it .", "Out o \u2019 Blighty !", "Well- \u2018 e can be .", "Well , I had my bit o \u2019 fun in the war .", "Do you ? You 'd ha \u2019 been just suited .", "It 's a belief , in the middle classes .", "Anything from two \u2018 undred a year to supertax .", "Yes .", "\u2018 Tis n't so much the bein \u2019 virtuous , as the lookin \u2019 it , that 's awful .", "Well . Ask him !", "Careless !", "You stand back , there ! I do n't like the look o \u2019 that !", "Go and fetch Poulder while I keep an eye on it .", "No . Clear off and get him , and do n't you come back .", "Cut along .", "Yes .", "Hallo !", "Bomb !", "See !", "Look here , you starched antiquity , you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars . If you do n't look out I 'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory ! Drop your civilian swank !", "Put up your hands !", "Up with \u2018 em !", "Very good .", "You 'd have made a first-class Boche , Poulder . Take the bomb yourself ; you 're in charge of this section .", "Afraid ! You \u2018 Op o \u2019 me thumb !", "It wo n't be the Press that 'll stop Miss Anne 's goin \u2019 to \u2018 Eaven if one o \u2019 this sort goes off . Look out ! I 'm goin \u2019 to drop it .", "Lives close by , in Royal Court Mews \u2014 No . 3 . I had a word with him before he came down . Lemmy his name is .", "Look here \u2014 go quiet ! I 've had a grudge against you yellow newspaper boys ever since the war \u2014 frothin \u2019 up your daily hate , an \u2019 makin \u2019 the Huns desperate . You nearly took my life five hundred times out there . If you squeal , I 'm gain \u2019 to take yours once \u2014 and that 'll be enough .", "Well , you look it . Hup .", "Ho !", "That 's the one ! Git up in that \u2018 ock bin , and mind your feet among the claret .", "Then it 'll wipe out one by the Press on the Public \u2014 an \u2019 leave just a million over ! Hup !", "Mind your feet in Mr. Poulder 's favourite wine !", "The complications .", "\u2018 E got up out o \u2019 remorse , Miss .", "Yes , when you 've got \u2018 im in a nice dark place .", "I 'm goin \u2019 to pay it , Miss .", "\u2018 Op off your base , and trust to me .", "\u2018 Igh explosive .", "Be'ind the parapet , me Lord .", "There are three old chips in the lobby , my Lord .", "Very good , my Lord .", "Wanted for your speech , my Lord .", "Well , I 'm goin \u2019 to .", "No ; but you 've eaten a good bit , on the stairs . What price that Peach Melba ?", "Lovely ? Ho !", "That 's right .", "Not \u2018 arf !", "Thinkin \u2019 .", "How shall I know \u2018 em ?", "Right-o !", "Form fours-by your right-quick march !", "Right incline \u2014 Mark time ! Left turn ! \u2018 Alt ! \u2018 Enry , set the bomb !", "Stand easy !", "I see the eight per cent ., but not the money .", "We 'll put up a fight over your body : \u201c Bartholomew Poulder , faithful unto death ! \u201d Have you insured your life ?", "Act o \u2019 God ! Why not ?", "It is ; and I sympathise with it .", "I do \u2014 only \u2014 hands off the gov'nor .", "I stand in front of \u2018 im when the scrap begins !", "Well , look at it ! It 's been creepin \u2019 down ever since I knew you . Talk of your sacrifices in the war \u2014 they put you on your honour , and you got stout on it . Rations \u2014 not \u2018 arf .", "Keep a civil tongue , or I 'll throw you to the crowd !Shall I tell you why I favour the gov'nor ? Because , with all his pomp , he 's a gentleman , as much as I am . Never asks you to do what he would n't do himself . What 's more , he never comes it over you . If you get drunk , or \u2014 well , you understand me , Poulder \u2014 he 'll just say : \u201c Yes , yes ; I know , James ! \u201d till he makes you feel he 's done it himself .I 've had experience with him , in the war and out . Why he did n't even hate the Huns , not as he ought . I tell you he 's no Christian .", "And he 'll never be . He 's got too soft a heart .", "Let \u2018 er alone !", "Silly ass ! You should take \u2018 em lying down !", "Crisis in the Cabinet !", "What 's that you give me ?", "If I lose control of meself .", "Well , I 'll merely empty the pail over you !", "Another strategic victory ! What a Boche he 'd have made . As you were , Tommy !That 's a bishop .", "By the way he 's drawin \u2019 . It 's the fine fightin \u2019 spirit in \u2018 em . They were the backbone o \u2019 the war . I see there 's a bit o \u2019 the old stuff left in you , Tommy .", "You 've still got a sense of your superiors . Did n't you notice how you moved to Poulder 's orders , me boy ; an \u2019 when he was gone , to mine ?", "Look here , Miss Anne \u2014 your lights ought to be out before ten . Close in , Tommy !", "Good Lord ! What 's this ?", "No .", "Have some sense of what 's fittin \u2019 .", "Tommy , ketch \u2018 em !", "No .", "That 's you . Come \u2018 ere !", "They are !", "\u2018 Umour \u2018 er a couple o \u2019 inches , Tommy !", "Daughter o \u2019 the house .", "That 's \u2018 is Grace . \u2018 E 's gettin \u2019 wickets , too .", "Do you want him in or out , me Lord ?", "If they get saucy , me Lord ,", "I can always give \u2018 em their own back .", "Me Lord , let me blow \u2018 em to glory !", "Me Lord !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 141, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u2018 Is that you , Edward ? So dark here ! We ought really to keep the gas turned up all the time . \u2019", "\u2018 Well , hurry in to the fire , do ! Ugh , what a storm ! Do you suppose anybody will come ? You must be half frozen , you poor thing ! Come quick , or you 'll certainly perish ! \u2019 She flies from the portiere to the fire burning on the hearth , pokes it , flings on a log , jumps back , brushes from her dress with a light shriek the sparks driven out upon it , and continues talking incessantly in a voice lifted for her husband to hear in the anteroom . \u2018 If I 'd dreamed it was any such storm as this , I should never have let you go out in it in the world . It was n't at all necessary to have the flowers . I could have got on perfectly well , and I believe NOW the table would look better without them . The chrysanthemums would have been quite enough ; and I know you 've taken more cold . I could tell it by your voice as soon as you spoke ; and just as quick as they 're gone to-night I 'm going to have you bathe your feet in mustard and hot water , and take eight of aconite , and go straight to bed . And I do n't want you to eat very much at dinner , dear , and you must be sure not to drink any coffee , or the aconite wo n't be of the least use . \u2019 She turns and encounters her husband , who enters through the portiere , his face pale , his eyes wild , his white necktie pulled out of knot , and his shirt front rumpled . \u2018 Why , Edward , what in the world is the matter ? What has happened ? \u2019 ROBERTS , sinking into a chair : \u2018 Get me a glass of water , Agnes \u2014 wine \u2014 whisky \u2014 brandy \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 Robbed ? \u2019 She drops the wineglass , puts the decanter down on the hearth , and carefully bestowing the flagon of cologne in the wood-box , abandons herself to justice : \u2018 Then let them come for me at once , Edward ! If I could have the heart to send you out in such a night as this for a few wretched rosebuds , I 'm quite equal to poisoning you . Oh , Edward , WHO robbed you ? \u2019", "\u2018 Yes , yes ; go on ! I can bear it , Edward . \u2019", "\u2018 Waistcoat ! Yes ! \u2019", "\u2018 What ! Your watch ? The watch Willis gave you ? Made out of the gold that he mined himself when he first went out to California ? Do n't ask me to believe it , Edward ! But I 'm only too glad that you escaped with your life . Let them have the watch and welcome . Oh , nay dear , dear husband ! \u2019 She approaches him with extended arms , and then suddenly arrests herself . \u2018 But you 've got it on ! \u2019 ROBERTS , with as much returning dignity as can comport with his dishevelled appearance : \u2018 Yes ; I took it from him . \u2019 At his wife 's speechless astonishment : \u2018 I went after him and took it from him . \u2019 He sits down , and continues with resolute calm , while his wife remains standing before him motionless : \u2018 Agnes , I do n't know how I came to do it . I would n't have believed I could do it . I 've never thought that I had much courage \u2014 physical courage ; but when I felt my watch was gone , a sort of frenzy came over me . I was n't hurt ; and for the first time in my life I realised what an abominable outrage theft was . The thought that at six o'clock in the evening , in the very heart of a great city like Boston , an inoffensive citizen could be assaulted and robbed , made me furious . I did n't call out . I simply buttoned my coat tight round me and turned and ran after the fellow . \u2019", "\u2018 Edward ! \u2019", "\u2018 Oh ! \u2019", ": \u2018 Oh , I wonder that you live to tell the tale ,", "Edward ! \u2019", "\u2018 But I always knew you had it ! Go on . Oh , when I tell Willis of this ! Had the robber any accomplices ? Were there many of them ? \u2019", "\u2018 Nonsense ! There are ALWAYS two ! I 've read the accounts of those garottings . And to think you not only got out of their clutches alive , but got your property back \u2014 Willis 's watch ! Oh , what WILL Willis say ? But I know how proud of you he 'll be . Oh , I wish I could scream it from the house-tops . Why did n't you call the police ? \u2019", "\u2018 No matter . I 'm glad you have ALL the glory of it . I do n't believe you half realise what you 've been through now . And perhaps this was the robbers \u2019 first attempt , and it will be a lesson to them . Oh yes ! I 'm glad you let them escape , Edward . They may have families . If every one behaved as you 've done , there would soon be an end of garotting . But , oh ! I can n't bear to think of the danger you 've run . And I want you to promise me never , never to undertake such a thing again ! \u2019", "\u2018 Yes , yes ; you must ! Suppose you had got killed in that awful struggle with those reckless wretches tugging to get away from you ! Think of the children ! Why , you might have burst a blood-vessel ! Will you promise , Edward ? Promise this instant , on your bended knees , just as if you were in a court of justice ! \u2019 Mrs. Roberts 's excitement mounts , and she flings herself at her husband 's feet , and pulls his face down to hers with the arm she has thrown about his neck . \u2018 Will you promise ? \u2019", "\u2018 He was attacked by two garotters \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 Do n't speak , Edward ! I KNOW there were two . On the Common . Not half an hour ago . As he was going to get me some rosebuds . In the midst of this terrible storm . \u2019", "\u2018 Do n't answer , Edward ! One of the band threw his arm round Edward 's neck \u2014 so . \u2019 She illustrates by garotting Mrs. Crashaw , who disengages herself with difficulty .", "\u2018 And the other one snatched his watch , and ran as fast as he could . \u2019", "\u2018 Of COURSE they might . But EDWARD did n't care . The idea of being robbed at six o'clock on the Common made him so furious that he scorned to cry out for help , or call the police , or anything ; but he just ran after them \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 Nonsense , Edward ! How could you tell , so excited as you were ?\u2014 And caught hold of the largest of the wretches \u2014 a perfect young giant \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 Well , he was YOUNG , anyway !\u2014 And flung him on the ground . \u2019 She advances upon Mrs. Crashaw in her enthusiasm .", "\u2018 And tore his coat open , while all the rest were tugging at him , and snatched his watch , and then \u2014 and then just walked coolly away . \u2019", "\u2018 Well , RAN . It 's quite the same thing , and I 'm just as proud of you as if you had walked . Of course you were not going to throw your life away . \u2019", "\u2018 Of course you would n't , dear ! And that 's what I want him to promise , Aunt Mary : never to do it again , no matter HOW much he 's provoked . I want him to promise it right here in your presence , Aunt Mary ! \u2019", "\u2018 Yes ; go right off at once , Edward . How you DO think of things , Aunt Mary ! I really suppose I should have gone on all night and never noticed his looks . Run , Edward , and do it , dear . But \u2014 kiss me first ! Oh , it DON'T seem as if you could be alive and well after it all ! Are you sure you 're not hurt ? \u2019 ROBERTS , embracing her : \u2018 No ; I 'm all right . \u2019", "\u2018 And you 're not injured internally ? Sometimes they 're injured internally \u2014 are n't they , Aunt Mary ?\u2014 and it does n't show till months afterwards . Are you sure ? \u2019 ROBERTS , making a cursory examination of his ribs with his hands : \u2018 Yes , I think so . \u2019", "\u2018 And you do n't feel any bad effects from the cologne NOW ? Just think , Aunt Mary , I gave him cologne to drink , and poured the brandy on his head , when he came in ! But I was determined to keep calm , whatever I did . And if I 've poisoned him I 'm quite willing to die for it \u2014 oh , quite ! I would gladly take the blame of it before the whole world . \u2019", "\u2018 Yes , do go , Edward . But \u2014 kiss me \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 Did he ? Well , kiss me again , then , Edward . And now do go , dear . M-m-m-m . \u2019 The inarticulate endearments represented by these signs terminate in a wild embrace , protracted halfway across the room , in the height of which Mr. Willis Campbell enters .", "\u2018'Sh , Edward ! What 's he been doing ? What does he look as if he had been doing ? \u2019", "\u2018 For shame , Willis ! I should think you 'd sink through the floor . Edward , not a word ! I AM ashamed of him , if he IS my brother . \u2019", "\u2018 Up ? He 's been ROBBED !\u2014 robbed on the Common , not five minutes ago ! A whole gang of garotters surrounded him under the Old Elm \u2014 or just where it used to be \u2014 and took his watch away ! And he ran after them , and knocked the largest of the gang down , and took it back again . He was n't hurt , but we 're afraid he 's been injured internally ; he may be bleeding internally NOW \u2014 Oh , do you think he is , Willis ? Do n't you think we ought to send for a physician ?\u2014 That , and the cologne I gave him to drink . It 's the brandy I poured on his head makes him smell so . And he all so exhausted he could n't speak , and I did n't know what I was doing , either ; but he 's promised \u2014 oh yes , he 's promised !\u2014 never , never to do it again . \u2019 She again flings her arms about her husband , and then turns proudly to her brother .", "\u2018 Oh yes , do go , Edward ! Not but what I should be proud and happy to have you appear just as you are before the whole world , if it was only to put Willis down with his jokes about your absent-mindedness , and his boasts about those California desperadoes of his . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , I know it does n't become me to praise your courage , darling ! But I should like to know what Willis would have done , with all his California experience , if a garotter had taken his watch ? \u2019", "\u2018 But of course there were more . How could he tell , in the dark and excitement ? And the one he did see was a perfect giant ; so you can imagine what the rest must have been like . \u2019", "\u2018 Knock him down ? Of course he did . \u2019", "\u2018 There , Willis ! \u2019", "\u2018 And he did n't call for the police , or anything \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 And when he had got his watch away from them , he just let them go , because they had families dependent on them . \u2019", "\u2018 I was all excitement , Willis \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , my goodness , what 's that ? It 's the garotters \u2014 I know it is ; and we shall all be murdered in our beds ! \u2019", "\u2018 NO , Willis , you sha'n ' t ! Do n't leave me , Edward ! Aunt Mary !\u2014 Oh , if we MUST die , let us all die together ! Oh , my poor children ! Ugh ! What 's that ? \u2019 The servant-maid opens the outer door , and uttering a shriek , rushes in through the drawing - room portiere .", "\u2018 Which Mr. Bemis ? \u2019", "\u2018 Robbed ? Why , EDWARD has been robbed too . \u2019", "\u2018 Yes , EDWARD was coming through the Common . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , if you only WERE , Mr. Bemis , perhaps I could persuade Edward that he was too : I KNOW he is . Edward , do n't exert yourself ! Aunt Mary , will you STOP him , or do you all wish to see me go distracted here before your eyes ? \u2019 WILLIS , examining the overcoat which Roberts has removed : \u2018 Well , you wo n't have much trouble buttoning and unbuttoning this coat for the present . \u2019", ": \u2018 There were half a dozen in the gang that attacked", "Edward . \u2019", "\u2018 Edward 's put HIS arm round his neck and choked him . \u2019", "\u2018 I KNOW he did , Aunt Mary . \u2019", "\u2018 And then he ran after them , and snatched his watch away again in spite of them all ; and he did n't call for the police , or anything , because it was their first offence , and he could n't bear to think of their suffering families . \u2019 BEMIS , with a stare of profound astonishment : \u2018 Who ? \u2019", "\u2018 Edward . Did n't I SAY Edward , all the time ? \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , he SAW how unstrung poor Edward was ! Mr. Bemis , I think you 're quite prejudiced . How could Edward help their escaping ? I think it was quite enough for him , single-handed , to get his watch back . \u2019 A ring at the door , and then a number of voices in the anteroom . \u2018 I do believe they 're all there ! I 'll just run out and prepare your son . He would be dreadfully shocked if he came right in upon you . \u2019 She runs into the anteroom , and is heard without : \u2018 Oh , Dr. Lawton ! Oh , Lou dear ! OH , Mr. Bemis ! How can I ever tell you ? Your poor father ! No , no , I CAN'T tell you ! You must n't ask me ! It 's too hideous ! And you would n't believe me if I did . \u2019 Chorus of anguished voices : \u2018 What ? what ? what ? \u2019", "\u2018 They 've been robbed ! Garotted on the Common ! And , OH , Dr. Lawton , I 'm so glad YOU 'VE come ! They 're both injured internally , but I WISH you 'd look at Edward first . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , it 's all very well to make fun now , Dr. Lawton ; but if you had been here when they first came in \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 And the Millers \u2014 what a shame they could n't come ! How excited they would have been !\u2014 that is , Mrs. Miller . Is their baby very bad , Doctor ? \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , how ridiculous you are , Doctor ! \u2019 BEMIS , rising feebly from his chair : \u2018 Well , now that it 's all explained , Mrs. Roberts , I think I 'd better go home ; and if you 'll kindly have them telephone for a carriage \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 NO , indeed , Mr. Bemis ! We shall not let you go . Why , the IDEA ! You must stay and take dinner with us , just the same . \u2019", "\u2018 Oh , never mind the STATE . You look perfectly well ; and if you insist upon going , I shall know that you bear a grudge against Edward for not arresting him . Wait ! We can put you in perfect order in just a second . \u2019 She flies out of the room , and then comes swooping back with a needle and thread , a fresh white necktie , a handkerchief , and a hair-brush . \u2018 There ! I can n't let you go to Edward 's dressing-room , because he 's there himself , and the children are in mine , and we 've had to put the new maid in the guest-chamber \u2014 you ARE rather cramped in flats , that 's true ; that 's the worst of them \u2014 but if you do n't mind having your toilet made in public , like the King of France \u2014 \u2019 BEMIS , entering into the spirit of it : \u2018 Not the least ; but \u2014 \u2019 He laughs , and drops back into his chair .", "\u2018 Then why do n't you do something ? \u2019", "\u2018 Do n't mind him a bit , Mr. Bemis ; it 's nothing but \u2014 \u2019", "\u2018 I thought you meant Edward . \u2019", "\u2018 Caught ? Nonsense ! You do n't mean it ! How can you trifle with such a subject ? I know you are joking ! Who is it ? \u2019", "\u2018 I do n't wish to . But oh , Mr. Bemis , I 've just come from my own children , and you must be merciful to his family ! \u2019"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 142, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u2014 The wawking of the fauld .", "PATIE sings .", "My Peggy is a young thing ,", "Just enter 'd in her teens ,", "Fair as the day , and sweet as May ,", "Fair as the day , and always gay .", "My Peggy is a young thing ,", "And I 'm not very auld ;", "Yet well I like to meet her , at", "The wawking of the fauld .", "My Peggy speaks sae sweetly ,", "Whene'er we meet alane ,", "I wish nae mair to lay my care ,", "I wish nae mair of a \u2019 that 's rare .", "My Peggy speaks sae sweetly ,", "To a \u2019 the lave I 'm cauld ;", "But she gars a \u2019 my spirits glow", "At wawking of the fauld .", "My Peggy smiles sae kindly ,", "Whene'er I whisper love ,", "That I look down on a \u2019 the town ,", "That I look down upon a crown .", "My Peggy smiles sae kindly ,", "It makes me blyth and bauld ;", "And naething gi'es me sic delight ,", "As wawking of the fauld .", "My Peggy sings sae saftly ,", "When on my pipe I play ;", "By a \u2019 the rest it is confest ,", "By a \u2019 the rest that she sings best .", "My Peggy sings sae saftly ,", "And in her sangs are tauld ,", "With innocence , the wale of sense ,", "At wawking of the fauld .", "PATIE .", "This sunny morning , Roger , chears my blood ,", "And puts all nature in a jovial mood .", "How heartsome \u2018 tis to see the rising plants !", "To hear the birds chirm o'er their pleasing rants !", "How halesome \u2018 tis to snuff the cauler air ,", "And all the sweets it bears , when void of care !", "What ails thee , Roger , then ? what gars thee grane ?", "Tell me the cause of thy ill-season 'd pain ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 143, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Your wedding dress ? Oh , how well it becomes you ! It looks as if it had been made today !", "But this time it is not exactly in style , dear mother ! The sleeves are too wide ! It must not annoy you ! MOTHERI should have to be you for that ! CLARA . And so this is the way you looked ! But surely you carried a bunch of flowers too , did n't you ?", "I have often asked you to , but you have never before put it on . You have always said : It is no longer my wedding dress ; it is my shroud now , and that is something one should not play with . I got so that I could n't even look at it any more , because , hanging there so white , it always made me think of your death , and of the day when the old women would try to pull it on over your head . Why then today ?", "Do n't talk in that way , dear mother ! It weakens you .", "You still talk as you did in your illness !", "A gold chain ? Where did you get that ?", "What does he mean by that ?", "I did n't see him very often at best \u2014 almost never except at the table . He had more appetite than I ! MOTHERThat was natural ! He had to work so hard !", "To be sure ! And how strange men are ! They are more ashamed of their tears than they are of their sins ! A clenched fist \u2014 why not exhibit that ? But red eyes !\u2014 And father too ! The afternoon they opened your vein and no blood came , he sobbed at his work-bench until it moved my very soul ! But when I went up to him and stroked his cheeks , what did he say ? \u201c See if you can n't get this accurs\u00e8d splinter out of my eye ! I have so much to do and can n't accomplish anything ! \u201d MOTHERYes ! yes !\u2014 I never see Leonard any more , by the way . How does that happen ?", "Let him stay away !", "Is it because I stay out too long when I go to the well in the evening that you have reason to suspect that ?", "I do n't see him at all !", "The bell is ringing !", "Why so polite , so considerate ? I am no princess , you know . LEONARDI thought you were not alone ! In passing by I thought I saw your neighbor Babbie standing by the window .", "And so that is why \u2014", "Things used to be different !", "What of it ?", "Oh , Leonard , it was not right of you !", "I did n't praise him , did I ? You do n't need to run him down !", "We used to play together as children , and afterward \u2014 you know very well !", "Then I think it was only natural , seeing him again for the first time in a long while that way , for me to look at him and be astonished to see how big and \u2014", "I thought he was looking at the little mole on my left cheek to see if it , too , had grown bigger ! You know I always imagine people are looking at that when they stare at me so , and it always makes me blush . I have a feeling as if it were growing larger , as long as they look at it !", "Oh , you said a bad , bad word , when I pushed you back and jumped up from the bench . The moon , which up to that time had shone in through the foliage with such kindly consideration for me , at that moment sank shrewdly behind the wet clouds . I wanted to hurry away , but felt something holding me . At first I thought it was you , but it was the rose-bush , whose thorns held my dress like teeth . You outraged my heart , so that I no longer trusted it myself . You stood before me like one demanding the payment of a debt ! I \u2014 Oh , God !", "When I got home , I found my mother ill , mortally ill. She had been stricken suddenly , as if by an invisible hand . My father had wanted to send for me , but she would not consent to his doing so , not wishing to interrupt my happiness . And how I felt when I heard that ! I held myself aloof , I did not dare to touch her , I trembled ! She took it for childish anxiety and motioned me over to her ; when I slowly drew near her , she held me down and kissed my desecrated mouth . I lost control of myself ; I wanted to confess to her , to cry out what I thought and felt : It is my fault that you are lying there ! I tried to do so , but tears and sobs choked my voice . She reached for my father 's hand , and said with a blissful glance at me : What a heart !", "What ?", "Oh !", "Want you to ? It will mean my death , if I do not become your wife pretty soon ! But you do not know my father ! He does not understand why we are in such a hurry \u2014 he cannot understand why , and we cannot tell him why ! And he has declared a hundred times that he will never give his daughter to any man unless he has not only , as he says , love in his heart for her , but also bread in his cupboard for her . He will say : Wait another year or two , my son .\u2014 And what will be your answer ? LEONARD . You foolish girl , that difficulty is disposed of ! I have the position now \u2014 I am cashier !", "You cashier ? And the other applicant , the pastor 's nephew ?", "That comes \u2014", "How do I know ? I think it was because we got angry at each other the", "Sunday before !", "I do n't understand you !", "About me ?", "Leonard !", "Not a word .", "You bad man ! Get out of my sight !", "Oh , my God , I am chained to this man !", "I know nothing about it .", "Here comes my father .", "I must go into the kitchen !LEONARDWell , I guess there is nothing to be got here ! I can n't understand it at all ; for Master Antony is one of those fellows whose ghost , if you should accidentally put one too many letters on his gravestone , would haunt you until you took it off . For he would regard it as dishonest to appropriate more of the alphabet than he was properly entitled to .", "The weekly paper !", "Father ! SECOND BAILIFFHave you no pity ?", "Father , he is innocent ! He must be innocent ! He is your son , my brother !", "Father , father , I cannot \u2014", "Father , you are terrible ! ANTONYDear daughter , Carl is only a bungler . He has killed his mother , and what does it mean ? His father remains alive ! So , come to his aid \u2014 you cannot ask him to do everything alone . You must make an end of me ! The old trunk still looks rugged , does n't it ? But it has begun to totter already \u2014 it will not cost you much trouble to fell it ! You need not reach for the ax . You have a pretty face \u2014 I have never praised you , but today I will tell you , so that you may acquire courage and confidence . Your eyes , nose , mouth are surely admired ! Become \u2014 You understand me ?\u2014 Or tell me , I have an idea that you are already \u2014 CLARAMother ! Mother !", "I \u2014 swear \u2014 that \u2014 I \u2014 will \u2014 never \u2014 bring \u2014 disgrace-on \u2014 you !", "Father , I have had enough .", "I ate out in the kitchen .", "You wrenched the hammer away from him and did it yourself , and said : \u201c This is my masterpiece ! \u201d The preceptor , who was just then leading the choir boys in the dirge over by the door , thought you had gone crazy .", "Yes , father , so it is .", "Oh , Carl !", "Calm yourself !", "Merciful God ! What shall I do ?", "Father , Carl has not yet confessed anything , and they have found nothing on him .", "You always believe the worst things you can of Carl ! You have always done so ! I wonder if you still remember how \u2014", "And supposing Carl is acquitted ? Supposing the jewels are found again ?", "He has just gone out .", "Oh , father ! Why are you not here ?\u2014 He has forgotten his spectacles \u2014 there they lie ! Oh , if he only notices it and returns for them !\u2014 How then ? Where Who had them ?", "Yes !", "That she is not altogether in her right mind , to be sure ! WOLFRAMMy God ! My God ! All in vain ! Not a single servant that I have ever taken into my house have I allowed to leave me ; to each one I have paid double wages and closed my eyes to all remissness , in order to buy their silence ! And yet \u2014 the false , ungrateful creatures ! Oh , my poor children ! Only for your sake did I seek to conceal it !", "Do not blame your servants ! Surely it is not their fault ! Ever since your neighbor 's house burned down , and your wife stood at the open window laughing and clapping her hands at the fire , yes , and even puffing out her cheeks and blowing at it , as if she wanted to make it burn more furiously , people have had to choose between taking her for the devil himself or for a lunatic . And there were hundreds who saw that !", "Your own wife !", "Oh , my poor mother ! It is too terrible !", "Once in the tavern the bailiff put his glass down on the table by my father 's and nodded to him as if he wanted to touch glasses with him . My father then took his away , and said : \u201c People in red coats and blue trimmings used to have to drink out of glasses with wooden feet . Also they used to have to wait out in front of the window , or , if it was raining , by the door , and respectfully remove their hats when the landlord handed them the drink . Moreover , if they felt a desire to touch glasses with anybody , they waited until neighbor Hangman happened in . \u201d Oh , God ! What is not possible in this world ! My mother had to pay for that with an untimely death !", "In the mountains at the lumber-dealer 's .", "No !", "I should think people would forget about such things when they had hundreds and thousands of books to study .", "And\u2014 what happens then ?", "Everything is bright and cheerful today ; that 's because it is such beautiful weather .", "Oh , that is true , so true ! It almost makes me cry !", "To Leonard ! Where else should I go ? Only that one road lies before me in this world !", "Do not make me frantic ! Do not mention that word again ! You ! It is you I love ! There ! I cry it out to you as if I were already wandering on the other side of the grave , where no one blushes any more , where cold and naked forms glide past one another , because the fearful , holy presence of God has entirely consumed in every one all thought of others .", "Did you ? Oh , the other too !He stepped up in front of me \u2014 he or I !\u2014 Oh , my heart , my accursed heart ! In order to prove to him , prove to myself , that it was not so , or to stifle it if it were so , I did what now\u2014 God in Heaven ! I would have pity on myself , were I Thou , and Thou I !", "Oh , ask me everything that conspires to drive a poor girl crazy ! Scorn and derision from all sides when you went to the University , and did not let me hear from you .\u2014 \u201c She still thinks of him ! \u201d \u201c She thinks that child 's play was meant seriously ! \u201d \u201c Does she receive any letters from him ? \u201d \u2014 And then , too , my mother : \u201c Stay with people of your class ! \u201d \u201c Pride never succeeds ! \u201d \u201c Leonard is a very nice fellow ; everybody is surprised that you look at him over your shoulder so ! \u201d And added to all the rest , my own heart : \u201c If he has forgotten you , show him that you too \u2014 \u201d Oh , God !", "Release me ? There !SECRETARYAs cashier , I \u2014 your brother \u2014 thief \u2014 very sorry \u2014 but out of consideration for my office , I cannot help it \u2014He wrote you that on the very day your mother died ? For he adds his condolence on her sudden death !", "I suppose so !", "Yes !", "Go now , go ! SECRETARYOr else one would have to shoot the dog who knows of it . Oh , that he had some courage about him ! That he would stand up and fight ! That one could force him to it ! I should not be afraid of missing him !", "I beg of you ! SECRETARYAs soon as it grows dark !Girl , you stand before me \u2014Thousands of your sex would have kept it a secret with shrewd cunning , and only in an hour of sweet forgetfulness would have confided it coaxingly to the ear and soul of their husbands . I feel what I owe you ! CLARAOh , my heart , lock yourself up ! Crush yourself together so that not another drop of that blood may escape which would kindle again the congealing life in my veins ! For a moment a feeling akin to hope arose in you again ! Now for the first time I am conscious of it !No ! No man can , overlook that ! And if \u2014 could you yourself overlook it ? Would you have had the courage to grasp a hand that \u2014 No ! no ! Such evil courage you would not have ! You would with your own hands have to lock yourself into your hell , if any one tried to open the door from the outside . You are forever \u2014 Oh , alas , that the pain is intermittent , that the piercing agony sometimes ceases ! That is the reason why it lasts so long ! The tortured man imagines he is resting when the torturer merely pauses to get his breath . It is like a drowning man 's catching his breath on the waves , when the current that has drawn him under spews him forth again only to seize him once more and draw him down . He has nothing but a double , futile fight for life !\u2014 Well , Clara ?\u2014 Yes , father , I am going ! Your daughter will not drive you to self-destruction ! Soon I shall be the wife of that man , or \u2014 God ! No ! I do not go begging for happiness \u2014 it is misery , the deepest misery that I beg for ! You will give me my misery !\u2014 Away ! Where is the letter ?Three wells you pass on your way to him ! You must not halt at any of them , Clara \u2014 you have not yet the right to do that !", "Good evening , Leonard !", "I have come to give back your letter ! Read it again ! LEONARDIt is a perfectly sensible letter ! How can a man who has public money in trust marry into a family to which\u2014 to which your brother belongs ?", "Leonard !", "Leonard , I am my father 's daughter ! Not as the sister of an accused , innocent man , who has been set free \u2014 for my brother is at liberty \u2014 not as a girl who trembles before undeserved disgrace , forI tremble still more before you , only as the daughter of the old man who gave me life , do I stand here !", "Can you ask ? Oh , that I might go away ! My father will cut his throat , unless \u2014 Marry me !", "He has sworn it ! Marry me !", "He has sworn it ! Marry me ! And , afterward , kill me ! I will thank you even more for the latter than for the former !", "Answer that yourself !", "No , that I cannot swear ! But this I can swear Whether I love you or do not love you , that you shall never know ! I will wait on you , I will work for you , you need give me nothing to eat , I will support myself , I will do sewing and spinning for other people at night , I will go hungry when I have nothing to do , I will rather bite a piece out of my own arm than go to my father and let him suspect anything ! When you beat me , because your dog is not at hand , or because you have kicked him out , I will rather swallow my own tongue than emit a cry which will betray to the neighbors what is going on . I cannot promise that my skin will not show the welts caused by your whip , for that is not in my power . But I will lie about it , I will say that I fell head foremost against the cupboard , or that I slipped on the floor because it was too smooth \u2014 that I will do before anybody has time to ask me where the black and blue marks came from !\u2014 Marry me ! I shall not live long ! And if it lasts too long for you , if you do not care to meet the expenses of the divorce proceedings necessary to get rid of me , them buy some poison of the apothecary and put it somewhere as if it were for your rats . I will take it without your even nodding to me , and tell the neighbors with my dying breath that I took it for pulverized sugar !", "Then may God not frown too severely on me if I come before he calls me ! If I had myself alone to consider I would endure it patiently . If the world kicked me in my misery , instead of standing by me , I would bear it submissively and regard it as just punishment for I know not what ! I would love my child , even if it had your features , and I would cry so much before the poor innocent thing that , when it grew older and wiser , it would certainly not despise and curse its mother . But it is not myself alone ; and on Judgement Day I shall much more easily find an answer to the Judge 's question : why did you drive your father to it ?", "I readily believe that you fail to understand why anybody in the world should keep an oath .", "I thank you as I would thank a serpent which had wound itself around me and unwound itself and sprung away again , because another prey enticed it . I know that I have been bitten , I know that it deserts me only because it does not seem worth the trouble to suck out what little marrow there is left in my bones . But still I thank the snake , for now I shall have a quiet death . Yes , man , I am not mocking ; to me it is as if I had seen through your breast down into the abyss of hell , and whatever may be my lot in the awful eternity to come , I shall never have anything more to do with you , and that is a consolation ! And just as the unfortunate person whom a viper has stung cannot be blamed for opening his veins in terror and disgust , in order that his poisoned blood may stream swiftly forth , so perhaps God in His everlasting mercy will take pity on me when He looks down upon you and me and sees what you have made of me ! For how could I do it , when I never , never should have done it ?\u2014 One thing more : My father knows nothing , he does not even suspect anything ! And that he may never find out I shall quit the world this very day ! If I thought for one moment that you\u2014 oh , but that is foolishness ! You would be only all the better pleased to see them all stand and shake their heads and inquire in vain of one another why it happened !", "Away from here ! The man can talk !", "No !", "Better both than a parricide ! Oh , I know that one cannot atone for one sin with another ! But what I now do affects me alone ! If I hand the knife to my father the blow strikes him as well as me ! It strikes me in any case ! That gives me courage and strength in all my distress ! Things will go well with you on earth !", "Where ? What ?", "Nothing !", "I held fast to the scrap of paper , and yet the evening wind is so strong that it blows the tiles off the roofs . As I was passing the church one fell right in front of me , so that my foot struck against it . Oh , God ! I thought \u2014 one more ! And I stood still . That would have been fine ; they would have buried me and said : \u201c She met with an accident ! \u201d \u2014 But I waited in vain for the second . CARLThunder and \u2014 I 'll lame the hand that wrote that !\u2014 Bring me a bottle of wine ! Or is your savings box empty ?", "There is one more in the house . I had bought it secretly for mother 's birthday and put it aside . Tomorrow would have been the day \u2014", "Carl , do not drink so much ! Father says the devil lurks in wine !", "As if he had been in a den of thieves . No sooner had he opened his mouth than mother fell over and was dead !", "Surely you are not going to \u2014", "Brother , you talk \u2014", "You do not understand me !", "And are you going away to leave your father all alone ? He is sixty years old !", "I ?", "Oh , what anguish ! Yes , I must go ! Away !", "I must go into the kitchen ! What else should I mean ?", "Yes ! That too ! Just to hear that I came home again !", "Why do I not do it then ? Shall I never do it ? Am I going to continue putting it off from day to day , as I am now doing from one minute to the next , until \u2014 certainly ! Then , away ! Away ! And yet I stand still ! I have a feeling as if imploring hands were raised in my womb , as if eyes \u2014What does it mean ? Am I too weak to do it ? Then ask yourself if you are strong enough to see your father with his throat cut !\u2014No ! No !\u2014 Our Father , Who art in Heaven , hallowed be Thy name \u2014 God ! God ! My poor head ! I cannot even pray ! Brother ! Brother ! Help me !", "The Lord 's Prayer !It seemed to me as if I were already lying in the water and sinking , and had not yet prayed ! I\u2014 Forgive us our trespasses , as we forgive those that trespass against us ! That is it ! Yes ! Yes ! Certainly I forgive him ! I shall think no more of him !\u2014 Good night , Carl !", "Thank you ! Thank you ! That was the last thing that still troubled me ! The deed itself would have betrayed me ! Now people will say : She had an accident ! She fell in !", "It is bright moonlight !\u2014 Oh , God , I am coming only because otherwise my father would come ! Forgive me , as I \u2014 have mercy on me \u2014 mercy \u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 144, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good morning , Mr. Mifflin . MIFFLINGood morning , Miss Gorodna .", "Mr. Gibson has been very nice about it . He told me he would give you the interview for your article . He 's in the factory \u2014 trying to settle some things he can n't settle . I 'll let him know you 're here .NORAHe 'll be right here .", "This is Mr. Mifflin , Mr. Gibson .", "With their hands , Mr. Gibson !", "Why should n't they ?", "It means the elimination of capital and the capitalist !", "No , Mr. Gibson ; it 's to go on until the abolition of the wage system !", "The struggle with capitalism will continue till the workers take possession of the machinery of production . It is theirs by right ; the wealth they produce is morally their own . The parasites who now consume that wealth must be destroyed .", "It 's what you stand for that my theories make me detest \u2014 since you used the word .", "Class and class hatred .", "From both !", "You do n't ! So long as capital exists you and I are in warring classes , Mr. Gibson .", "Capitalist and proletariat . You can n't get out of your class and I do n't want to get out of mine .", "We are not . We never shall be \u2014 and we never were ! Even before we were born we were n't ! You came into this life with a silver spoon . I was born in a tenement room where five other people lived . My father was a man with a great brain . He never got out of the tenements in his life ; he was crushed and kept under ; yet he was a well-read man and a magnificent talker ; he could talk Marx and Tolstoi supremely . Yet he never even had time to learn English .", "Your father was n't crushed under the capitalistic system as mine was . My father was an intellectual .", "What of that ? Mine remained a thinker and a revolutionist ; yours became a capitalist .", "Yes , and took advantage of the capitalistic system to own the factory .", "How many hours a day do you work , Mr. Gibson ?", "In other words , when you want to work .", "You take a higher return !", "Can it be possible that you think you deserve as much as any of these workers ? You do n't so much as touch one of these pianos that bring you your return . I do ! I work on them with my hands . Do you think you deserve as much as I ?", "Do n't talk to me as a woman ! My work is pleasant enough now ; but what work did I have to do before I got this far ? I worked sixteen hours a day , and when I was only a child at that ! Twelve hours I was sewing , and four I studied . If my father had n't known music and taught me a little your capitalistic system would have me sewing twelve hours a day still !", "We do ? Do you really think that ? That we get paid for what we do ?", "Then what do you get paid for ? For nothing in the world but owning this factory . You 're paid because you 're a capitalist !", "Why , look at the state the factory 's in ! The discontent you saw in those men \u2014 that 's the fault of the capitalistic system ! There are n't twenty workmen in the place that are contented .", "Not until the system 's changed . What are you going to do about it ? GIBSONThey 've driven me as far as they can . If they walk out I 'll walk out . I can stand it if they can .", "You 'd close down ? Your only solution is to take the bread out of these men 's mouths ?", "You 'll let us starve because you have n't the courage to come to the right solution ! Do n't you mind starving us ?", "That 's the capitalist ! They think it 's capital that runs the factories !", "What in the world else ?You think you produce this wealth because you 've got your money in it ? You pass out a pittance to those who do produce it , and when they ask for more than a pittance you take their tools away from them ! If they rebel you set the police on them . That 's capital \u2014 and that 's you , Mr. Gibson !", "I mean it !", "My theories ! I have n't any theories ! I 'm talking about the truth , and the truth is my whole life . I can n't find room for anything but the truth .", "Ah , that 's a man 's egoism ! With the whole world seething so that its wrongs should fill every mind \u2014 yes , and every heart \u2014 until they 're righted , you ask me \u2014", "Are you going to give them what they want ?", "We must n't forget that .CARTERThe telephone is ringin \u2019 .", "Yes , I \u2014 remember . But things were different then . Please . I think I ought n't to keep it now .I came to see you on a matter of business , too .", "Oh , no ! Please stay , Mr. Carter ! It 's a factory matter .It was about that great stock of wire you had your purchasing agent buy just before the \u2014 before you went away , Mr. Gibson .", "Thank you ! If you remember , you must have ordered him to buy all the wire of our grade that was in the market at that time . At any rate , we found ourselves in possession of an enormous stock that would have lasted us about three years .", "As it happened it turned out to be a very good investment , Mr. Gibson , because in less than a month it had gained about nine per cent . in value , and three weeks ago a man came to us and offered to take it off our hands at a price giving us a twenty-two per cent . profit !", "So of course we sold it . GIBSONDid you ?", "Naturally we did ! Twenty-two per cent . profit in that short time ! Now it just happens that we 've got to buy some more ourselves , and we can n't get hold of any , even at the price that we sold it , because it seems to have kept going up . I thought perhaps you might know where to get some at the price you bought the other , and you might n't mind telling us .", "You think there is n't any ?", "Then I 'm afraid we 'll have to get some back from the people we sold to . Of course I 'm anxious to show the great financial improvement as well as other improvements . That 's partly my province and Mr. Carter 's , our committee chairman , besides our regular work .", "Hill was always a capitalist at heart . We certainly have n't needed him !", "Oh , a great many !", "Economies !Mr. Gibson , have you any realization of what you threw away at that place ? Do n't be afraid , I 'll never bring you the figures . I would n't do such a thing to anybody !", "We could n't believe it at first . Just what was being thrown away on advertising , for instance . The bill you paid for the last month you were there was five thousand dollars !", "We cut that five thousand dollars down to three hundred ! That was one item of forty-seven hundred dollars a month saved . Just one item ! CARTERQuite some item ! NORAFive thousand dollars a month to advertise a piano that sells for only a hundred and eighty-eight dollars !", "Mr. Gibson , did you really ever have any idea what you were paying in commissions to agents ?", "Why , I can n't believe it ! Did you know that you paid them twenty per cent . on each piano ? Over thirty-seven dollars !", "But was n't it thrown away ? I can n't understand how you kept the factory going so long as you did , with such losses . Why , do n't you know it amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year ? When we found it out we could n't see how you made both ends meet , and we thought there must have been some mistake , and you 'd never realized what advantage these agents were taking of you .", "The very first month our profits were four thousand dollars more than the last month you were there !", "And the next month we cut down the commissions , and the profits were five thousand more !", "But last month , with new economies , we showed a larger profit than you had !", "We sha n't know that until the report 's read at the meeting to-morrow . I think it will be the largest profit of all .", "He is n't a good influence .", "They were n't needed . Our bookkeeping is so simplified since you left !", "Yes ; and whatever problems come up , they 're all settled at our meetings .", "It 's that Mrs. Simpson ; she 's a great nuisance .", "Do n't you think you and Frankel might shake hands now , like good comrades ? FRANKELSure , I 'll shake hands with him !", "Well ?", "Is that the old capitalistic sneer ?", "I 'll try not . Of course it is n't all a bed of roses ! Of course things do n't run like oiled machinery !", "It 's magnificent !", "Yes ; I 'd like you to see how reasonable people settle their differences when they have an absolutely equal and common interest . GIBSONAre n't you ever tired ?", "Tired of living out my ideals ?", "Oh !", "Oh , no ; that 's only an amount carried over .", "Oh , we 'll work it all out at the meeting , Mr. Carter !", "We 'll do it , comrade ! CARTERSure ! Sure we will ! It 's wonderful what a meeting does ; I 'm always forgettin \u2019 all we got to do is vote and then the trouble 's over .NORAI was afraid this would happen . Of course after Mrs. Simpson came other wives were bound to . CARTERWell , I guess I better \u2014", "I just wonder \u2014", "Well , if that 's something the meeting can settle ? CARTERWell , it 's got to vote on it .", "We did vote on Mrs. Simpson last meeting .", "It did n't seem to settle Mrs. Simpson , did it ?", "No ; I should think not !", "I do n't know what will be an inspiration to you .", "The next order of business \u2014", "Is reports of committees . CARTERThe next order of business is reports of committees .The first committee I will report on is my committee . I will state it is very difficult reading , because consisting of figures written by the bookkeeper , and pretty hard to make head or tail of , but \u2014", "It 's over ; it has n't done any harm ! FRANKELIt was in that piano .Look out , he 's probably got another one in there .MIFFLINIt must have been an accident !", "The only way , comrades , to know how much we have gained since the last division is to read the bookkeeper 's report .", "The bookkeeper has charge , but there are n't any checks .", "It 's all of us ! Have n't we all done this thing together ?", "We 've all got to !", "Could n't we have learned ? Could n't one of us ?", "But he left !", "Other people offered him more money .", "But were you worth all that you took ? You took all that the business made .", "Were you actually worth that much to it ?", "It is n't right ; you pay labour only what you have to pay .", "It is n't right ! It is n't right !", "Will it always be so ?", "But will the plan always fail ?", "Well \u2014 I 'm whipped .Are you going to accept that offer ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 145, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Not to me who \u2018 ave seen a Lord married in", "Hengland .", "Mrs. Haustin !", "A good many \u2018 appens to be \u2018 aving the sense to be going now .", "\u2018 E 's glad to get \u2018 er !", "Mrs. Cullingham do n't seem in no \u2018 urry ; she 's a common lot !", "Miss Chester . I 've seen there was something goin \u2019 hon between them whenever she 's dined or lunched \u2018 ere .", "I 'll bet my month 's wages .", "Why , what 's it to you , please ?", "If I was a gentleman , miss , I would n't be here ; I 'd be on the other side of the door .", "Very well , miss .", "Go and see if the carriage is there !", "You can take that first .", "Now , James , you 're to go over with the luggage to Twenty-third", "Street Ferry and check the heavy baggage ; you know where to .", "I am hunder hoath not to tell , Miss .", "And wait with the checks and Mr. Austin 's dressing-bag \u2014\u2014 until they come ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 146, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now , do n't move . Remember you 're a sick man , and forget you 're a servant .", "I found a red lamp only three doors off . He 'll be along in half a minute .", "How could I explain what it was , you fool , when I do n't know ? I simply asked to see the doctor , and I told him there was a fellow-creature suffering at No . 126 , and would he come at once . \u201c 126 ? \u201d he said , \u201c 126 has been shut up for years . \u201d", "I saida hundred and twenty-six \u2014 and ran off . Then he yelled out after me that he 'd come instantly .... I say , Shawn , we 're discovered . I could tell that from his sudden change of tone . I bet the entire street knows that the celebrated Me has arrived at last . I feel like a criminal already , dashed if I do n't ! I wish we 'd gone to a hotel now .I say , did you make up the bed ?", "But what about sheets and so on ?", "Well , do n't you think you could work your passage out to the bed ? With my help ?", "Keep on in that tone \u2014 and I 'll give you the sack on the spot . Now then . Try \u2014 before the doctor comes .", "Confound \u2014\u2014", "Just now . That is , he only began to complain about six o'clock . We arrived in London this morning from Madrid .", "What for ?", "But there is n't any ... we 've nothing except this spirit-lamp .", "Not one .", "Shawn , my poor fellow , he takes you for the illustrious Ilam Carve . This is what comes of me rushing out in shirt sleeves .I can n't explain it to him .", "It 's all right . You 'll be infinitely better looked after , you know , and I shall be saved from their infernal curiosity .", "Shawn , I 've always suspected you were a bad lot . Now I know . I also know why you were so devilish anxious to put me to bed early . What am I to say to this young lady on your behalf ?", "I do n't think we 've got a wine glass . There 's a cup , but I suppose that is n't medical enough .", "What is this device ? PASCOE . This device ? I 'm going to get some strychnine into him by injection . Steady with that cup , now !", "Might I ask what 's the matter with him ?", "Surely that 's some one in the hall .", "There 's one there .", "Yes . I \u2014 I think he was just making it up .", "Always .", "Can I do anything ?", "I see it .", "The bell must be out of order .", "Oh ! You think I 'm out of order .", "All we famous folk ?", "What sort of thing ?", "The front door ? On purpose ? What for ?", "You 're the young lady that Mr. Shawn 's expecting \u2014\u2014", "So you 're the young lady \u2014 Mrs .\u2014 Miss \u2014\u2014", "No , no . Not a message .... But \u2014 the fact is , we 're rather upset here for the moment .", "Now , if it is n't an indiscreet question , how did you know that there was illness ?", "Pneumonia .", "Mercy ?", "Coming over from the Continent .", "Mr. Shawn ? Oh no , no ! It 's Ilam Carve .", "And who told you that ?", "You think he will ?", "Well , if you could call again \u2014\u2014", "Not precisely a message . But if you could call again \u2014\u2014", "Any time . Any time . Soon .", "Why not morning ?", "Nothing to complain of , if you ask me .", "I say \u2014 you wo n't forget ?", "What 's this about a nurse ?", "On the contrary , I should like him to be treated with every care . He 's invaluable to me .", "But you think I carry oddness rather far ?", "Nervousness \u2014 nothing but nervousness . I 'm very nervous . And then \u2014 you know the saying \u2014 like master , like man .", "Oh , very . Always was . Ever since I 've known him . You remember his first picture at the Academy ?", "Either you remember it exactly or you do n't remember it at all . Life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle .", "Not a bit . The oddness of the fellow \u2014\u2014", "His oddness came out in this way \u2014 although the thing had really a great success , from that day to this he 's never painted another life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle .", "Do n't you ? Well , perhaps you do n't go in for art much . If you did , you 'd know that the usual and correct thing for a painter who has made a great success with a life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle , is to keep on doing life-size pictures of a policeman blowing his whistle for ever and ever , so that the public can always count on getting from him a life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle .", "Seeing the way he invariably flouted the public , it 's always been a mystery to me how he managed to make a name , to say nothing of money .", "No , not Alcar . I think the bobby was last bought by Texel .", "Collector \u2014 United States \u2014 one of their kings , I 'm told .", "Really ! That 's what I should call influence . No . It was the \u201c Pelicans feeding their Young \u201d that Alcar bought . Four thousand . You 're getting mixed up .", "Then the \u2014 governor really is famous in England ? You see we never come to England .", "Yes . I 've looked at his prices . Titian 's prices are higher , but Titian is n't what you 'd call famous with the general public , is he ? What I want to know is \u2014 is the governor famous among the general public ?", "About how famous should you say he is ?", "No , it is n't . Is he as famous as \u2014 er \u2014 Harry Lauder ?", "Is he as famous as Harry Vardon ?", "I only see these names in the papers . Is he as famous as Bernard", "Shaw ?", "Oh , well that 's not so bad . Better than I thought ! It 's so difficult to judge where one is \u2014 er \u2014 personally concerned . Especially if you 're never on the spot .", "Why should he come to England ? He is n't a portrait painter . It 's true he owns this house , but surely that is n't sufficient excuse for living in a place like England ?", "Well , there is .", "Have a cigarette ?", "Oh !He gave it me .", "Well , you see we 're more like brothers \u2014 been together so long . He gives me his best suits too . Look at this waistcoat .", "Yes \u2014 shyness .", "Just simple shyness . Shyness is a disease with the governor , a perfect disease .", "Did you notice it ?", "Pardon me . My esteemed employer 's shyness is a special shyness . He 's only shy when he has to play the celebrity . So long as people take him for no one in particular he 's quite all right . For instance , he 's never shy with me . But instantly people approach him as the celebrity , instantly he sees in the eye of the beholder any consciousness of being in the presence of a toff \u2014 then he gets desperately shy , and his one desire is to be alone at sea or to be buried somewhere deep in the bosom of the earth .What are you laughing at ?", "No , but seriously ! It 's true what I tell you . It amounts almost to a tragedy in the brilliant career of my esteemed . You see now that England would be impossible for him as a residence . You see , do n't you ?", "Why , even on the Continent , in the big towns and the big hotels , we often travel incognito for safety . It 's only in the country districts that he goes about under his own name .", "None , except a few Italian and Spanish peasants \u2014 and me .", "Oh , not so bad as that ! And then it 's only fair to say he has his moments of great daring \u2014 you may say rashness .", "Are they ?We 're here now owing to one of his moments of rashness .", "Yes . We met an English lady in a village in Andalusia , and \u2014 well , of course , I can n't tell you everything \u2014 but she flirted with him and he flirted with her .", "Yes . And then he proposed to her . I knew all along it was a blunder .", "Yes . She belonged to the aristocracy , and she was one of those amateur painters that wander about the Continent by themselves \u2014 you know .", "Oh yes . They got as far as Madrid together , and then all of a sudden my esteemed saw that he had made a mistake .", "We fled the country . We hooked it . The idea of coming to London struck him \u2014 just the caprice of a man who 's lost his head \u2014 and here we are .", "Him ?Really ! Confound him ! Now I 've always suspected that ; though he manages to keep his goings-on devilish quiet .", "It 's such a pleasure to talk freely \u2014 for once in a way .", "Oh ! He wo n't mind !", "Digging ? Oh no . He must have got a bad chill on the steamer . Why ?", "Oh , I see ! All artists are like that . Messing about with paints and acids and things . Look at my hands .", "No , no .", "But \u2014 but \u2014\u2014", "You do n't mean to say \u2014 Why , he 's a strong healthy man !", "But this is ridiculous . I simply do n't know what I shall do without that man . The stage is darkened for a few moments to indicate passage of time .", "Will there have to be an inquest ?", "It 's some relief to know that . I could n't have faced a coroner .", "That 's what you call perfectly ordinary , is it ? A man is quite well on Tuesday afternoon , and dead at 4 a. m. on Thursday morning .My watch has stopped .", "Almost half an hour ago . Two sausages that were sent in yesterday for the nurse .", "Oh yes .", "No , I \u2014 I did n't telegraph \u2014 I forgot \u2014\u2014", "I did n't know the address .", "See here , doctor . I 'm afraid there 's been some mistake .", "Registrar ?", "Is that the front door bell ?", "Oh yes , I have ! You got up a great quarrel when you were aged twelve , you and he .", "How did you get to know about it ?", "Yes .", "I 've never spoken to a journalist in my life .", "Very well . Then you 're going ?", "PASCOE . Yes .", "Want a word of advice ?", "I \u2014 I ought \u2014\u2014", "Now for it !Well ?", "Recognize your cousin ?", "Should you indeed .And so you 're Cyrus , the little boy that kicked and tried to bite in that historic affray of thirty years ago .", "What salary ?", "Eighty pounds a year .", "The day before yesterday .", "But listen \u2014\u2014", "What bank ? He did n't keep them in any bank .", "He kept them himself .", "Yes . Why not ?", "Mine .", "That is \u2014\u2014", "His .Now then , mind what you 're about ! Those are etching things .", "That 's a typewriter .", "That was \u2014 his servant 's .", "Yes , I mean mine .", "What the devil has that got to do with you ?", "I 've got something to tell you \u2014\u2014", "Yes .", "Here .", "Yes .", "I 'm not laughing . I 'm smiling .There 's nothing there except lists of securities and pictures and a few oddments \u2014 passports and so on .", "Here , steady ! There 's twelve thousand francs there besides some", "English notes . That 's mine .", "Yes .", "And those letters are mine too .", "So long as you burn them I do n't mind .", "Oh ! Is that still there ? I thought it was destroyed .", "Yes . It 's a will that was made in Venice I do n't know how long ago \u2014 just after your aunt died and you had that appalling and final shindy by correspondence about the lease of this house . Everything is left for the establishment of an International Gallery of Painting and Sculpture in London , and you 're the sole executor , and you get a legacy of five pounds for your trouble .", "He did .", "He said it would be one in the eye for you \u2014 and he wondered whether you 'd decline the executorship .", "But he meant to destroy that will long since .", "No .", "I was forgetting that .", "He 's left his card . There it is .", "Yes . But he did n't . His house is only three doors off .", "Shall you ?", "I say .", "Nothing .", "Oh ! You !", "Had you ? Well , will you sit down \u2014 er \u2014 I sayWhat do you think of that chap ?", "It 's Mr. Cyrus Carve . The great West End auctioneer .", "Did he ?", "The man is an ass .", "Not content with being an ass merely , he is a pompous and a stupid ass .Now there is something very important that he ought to know , and he would n't let me tell him . JANET . Really ?", "Yes , very important . But no . He would n't let me tell him . And perhaps if I 'd told him he would n't have believed me .", "I do n't know \u2014 Would n't let me .", "Now I wonder if you 're right .", "No , I 'm hanged if I write to him !", "Perhaps it is .Pardon me .I was only thinking what a terrific lark it will be .", "If he never does get to know . If nobody ever gets to know .No . I 'll keep my mouth shut .", "You advise me to keep my mouth shut ?", "He shall go his own way .", "And", "I 'll \u2014 go \u2014 mine .", "And that being settled , the first thing I have to do is to apologize for my behaviour on Tuesday night .", "Done the same yourself ?", "Just so .", "Quite .", "Let me see now \u2014\u2014", "Where did I put it ? Oh , perhaps it 's in the pocket of another coat .", "If you knew what I 've been through this last day or two \u2014\u2014", "I have n't had a quiet moment . Now \u2014\u2014\u201c Dear Sir , in reply to your advertisement , I write to you with particulars of my case . I am a widow , aged thirty-two years \u2014\u2014 \u201d", "My dear lady !\u201c Thirty-two years . My father was a jobbing builder , well known in Putney and Wandsworth . My husband was a rent collector and estate agent . He died four years ago of appendicitiscaught \u2014\u2014 \u201d", "I beg pardon , \u201c \u2014 caused by accidentally swallowing a bristle out of his tooth-brush , the same being discovered at the operation . I am an orphan , a widow , and have no children . In consequence I feel very lonely , and my first experience not being distasteful , indeed the reverse , I am anxious to try again , provided I can meet with a sincere helpmeet of good family . I am the owner of the above house , rated at forty-five pounds a year , in one of the nicest streets in Putney , and I have private means of some three pounds a week , from brewery shares bringing in fifteen per cent . I will say nothing about my appearance , but enclose latest carte-de-visite photograph . \u201d", "\u201c As to my tastes , I will only say that as a general rule they are quiet . If the above seems in your line , I shall be obliged if you will write and send me particulars of yourself , with photographs .\u2014 Yours truly , JANET CANNOT . \u201d Well , Mrs . Cannot , your letter is an absolute model .", "Well \u2014\u2014 By the way , what 's this type-written thing in the envelope ?", "Oh !", "So thats the explanation of the typewriter .", "Private secretary ! I \u2014 shall we just glance through my reply ?\u201c My dear Mrs . Cannot , your letter inspires me with more confidence than any of the dozens of others I have received . \u201d\u201c As regards myself , I should state at once that I am and have been for many years private secretary , indeed I may say almost companion , to the celebrated painter . Mr. Ilam Carve , whose magnificent pictures you are doubtless familiar with . \u201d", "Really . \u201c We have been knocking about England together for longer than I care to remember , and I personally am anxious for a change . Our present existence is very expensive . I feel the need of a home and the companionship of just such a woman as yourself . Although a bachelor , I think I am not unfitted for the domestic hearth . My age is forty . \u201d That 's a mistake of the typewriter .", "Forty-five it ought to be .", "\u201c My age is forty-five . By a strange coincidence Mr . Carve has suggested to me that we set out for England to-morrow . At Dover I will telegraph you with a rendezvous . In great haste . Till then , my dear Mrs . Cannot , believe me , \u201d etc .", "Perhaps I was afraid of prejudicing you in advance .", "Oh , quite .", "Mr . Carve ?...Oh !He 's dead !", "Early this morning .", "I forgot for the moment . I was n't thinking \u2014\u2014", "Now , Mrs . Cannot , I assure you I feel that man 's death . I admit I had very little affection for him \u2014 certainly not much respect \u2014 but we 'd been together a long time , and his death is a shock to me . Yes , really . But I 've had to think so much about my own case \u2014 and then a scene , a regular scene with Cyrus Carve . And then you coming . The fact is \u2014\u2014", "A month ? But what am I to do with myself for a month ? Do you know you 're absolutely the only friend I 've got in London \u2014 in England . We 're never here . I 'm an utter stranger . You can n't leave me like that \u2014 for a month \u2014 four weeks \u2014 four Sundays . I have n't the least idea what 's going to happen to me .", "Yes , but where ?", "I 've got to be out of this place in half an hour , less . The fact is , Cyrus Carve has been extremely \u2014 er \u2014 pert . He 's paid me a month 's salary and I 'm off at once . In under thirty minutes I shall be on the streets .", "But I do n't know any nice respectable boarding-house .", "I have n't had a paper to-day .", "I do n't think I should fancy it .", "And I was thinking how cheap it was .", "Upon my soul I do n't know what money I have got .", "Let 's see . Well , there 's seven poundsand thisNot much is it ? Sixteen shillings and sixpence . It 's true I 've an annuity of eighty pounds . I was forgetting that .", "Yes . But an annuity is n't ready cash , is it ?", "I was forgetting that too .", "Twenty-one fives , and ten tens . That makes two hundred and five pounds .I always knew I was a bad lot \u2014 but where did I collar all that from ?I know what I shall do ! I shall go to the Grand Babylon .", "In the big towns we always went to the best hotel . It 's cheapest in the end .", "Now , Mrs . Cannot , will you do me a favour ?", "Will you come and lunch with me at the Grand Babylon to-morrow ?", "Remember . You 're my only friend . Will you come and lunch with me at the Grand Babylon to-morrow ?", "I 'm really delighted to see you .", "I 'm not . Perhaps it 's these sleepless nights I 've had .", "I was wearing my dressing-gown . I nearly always do when I 'm alone . Do you think you 'd mind if I put it on again .", "Yes . Cousin Cyrus thought so too . He did n't want me to bring it away . Still , I beat him on that point .Do you know , you do me good .", "Well , and what 's the news from outside ? I have n't stirred since yesterday noon .", "Really ! Is it so much talked about as all that ?", "Nearly a page of it in the Telegraph !", "I never read obituaries of artists in the papers .", "Well , they make me angry . Obituaries of archbishops are n't so bad . Newspapers seem to understand archbishops . But when they begin about artists \u2014 you cannot imagine the astounding nonsense they talk .", "What did the Telegraph say ? Did you look at it ?", "Eccentric ! There you are ! He was n't eccentric in the least . The only society he avoided was the society of gaping fools .", "Really ! It said that ?", "Upon my soul I think I must .", "I was only going to telephone and have the daily papers sent up .", "There .", "Telephone in every room .", "Just take that thing off the hook and talk into it .It wo n't explode .", "Tell them to send me up the daily papers at once .", "Yes .", "Certainly .", "Thanks very much . Now you can hang it up again .", "What are you looking for ?", "No . This is my sitting-room .", "Yes .", "That 's one way to my bathroom . In a big hotel I always take a suite , you know . It 's so much more comfortable .", "To tell you the truth , I did n't ask the price .", "Thanks ! Give them to me .", "Now let 's just glance at these chaps .", "Why ? Here 's black borders and a heading across two columns ! \u201c Death of England 's greatest painter , \u201d \u201c Irreparable loss to the world 's art , \u201d \u201c Our readers will be shocked \u2014\u2014 \u201d Are they all like that ?\u201c Sad death of a great genius . \u201d", "\u201c London 's grief . \u201d \u201c The news will come as a personal blow to every lover of great painting . \u201d But \u2014 but \u2014 I 'd no notion of this .It 's terrible .", "\u201c Although possibly something of a poseur in his choice of subjects .... \u201d The fellow 's a fool . Poseur indeed !", "Well \u2014 well .", "London 's grief . It 's the luncheon orchestra downstairs .", "Never mind it . Let \u2018 em ring . I understand now why journalists and so on have been trying all day to see me . Honestly I 'm \u2014 I 'm staggered .", "I 'll stop it .", "Father Looe ? Never heard of him .", "Would you mind saying I 'm not at home ?", "Did you want to see him ?", "Then you shall . Tell them to send him up , will you ?", "Of course .", "Perhaps with your being here I sha n't be quite so shy .", "Painfully ! Who told them that , I should like to know ?", "It 's very curious . I have n't felt a bit shy with you .", "Yes .", "Yes .", "Please sit down .", "My friend , Mrs. Janet Cannot .", "A Catholic ?", "Yes \u2014 I believe so .", "Ilam Carve was not a Catholic .", "Ilam Carve was not a Catholic .", "Nothing in particular .", "Look here \u2014 what 's all this about ?", "Buried in Westminster Abbey ?", "I quite see .", "A decree absolute .", "Decidedly not .", "The whole thing is preposterous .", "Do n't you think you 're rather young to be in sole charge of this country ?", "He used Chinese white like anything .", "Chinese white , of course . My notion is that it does n't matter a fig how you get effects so long as you do get them .", "His ? Rather . You bet it was .", "The doctor ? What doctor ?", "But I do n't want to see him .", "Why ?", "But this is n't the doctor ?", "Who told you that ?", "I 've nothing to say .", "I 've nothing to say .", "Eccentric life on the Continent !", "I would n't mind signing an order for the fellow 's execution .", "Or burning at the stake .", "You 'd bury him in Westminster Abbey because he 's a philanthropist , not because he 's an artist . That 's England all over .... Well , I 'm hanged if I 'll have it .", "And I tell you another thing \u2014 he 's not dead .", "I am Ilam Carve .", "That 's just what I am .", "It must be stopped .", "I 'm doing nothing out of bed .", "I was afraid I had n't . But I called and called , and there was no answer . So then I began to argue the point . Why not get up ? I 'd had a tremendous long sleep . I felt singularly powerful . And I thought you 'd gone home .", "I did , honestly .", "Yes . But of course I thought you might be coming back sooner or later .", "You 've scarcely left me for three days and three nights , Mrs . Cannot , so far as I remember . Surely it was natural for me to suppose that you 'd gone home to your own affairs .", "Now , do n't be angry . I 'm only convalescent .", "No , I 'm dashed if I do !", "I say , I 'm dashed if I do ! I wo n't stir until I 've thanked you . I 've been ill I do n't know how many times ; but this is the first time in my life I 've ever enjoyed being ill. D'you knowI 'd really no idea what nursing was .", "I should like to . Even in this barracksyou 've quite altered my views of life .", "I suppose coffee 's on the menu ?", "I think I should like some caf\u00e9 au lait , and a roll .", "All right . And then when I 've had it I 'll go to bed .", "Hello ! What 's this ? Hotel bill-receipted ?", "And you paid it ?", "Oh , not much above four pounds , I hope .", "Well ?", "Really !", "What ? \u201c Admit", "Mr. Albert Shawn to Westminster Abbey , cloisters entrance ....", "Funeral .... Tuesday . \u201d ... That 's to-day , is n't it ?", "But you told me he was n't going to be buried in", "Westminster Abbey .", "You told me Cyrus Carve had insisted on cremation .", "Then he 's .... Westminster Abbey !", "But it 's awful . Absolutely awful .", "I told you \u2014 I explained the whole thing to you .", "There 'll be a perfect Hades of a row . I must write to the Dean at once . I must \u2014\u2014", "Do you believe it ?", "No , you do n't . Honestly , do you now ?", "I must see her .", "I must see her .", "It 's very kind of you .", "And whom have we to thank for this beautiful national manifestation of sympathy with art ?", "Did your brother relent and graciously permit Lady Leonard Alcar to encourage a national funeral ? Or was it due solely to the influence of the newspapers written by people of refined culture like the man who gave his opinion the other day that I had got \u2018 em ? Or perhaps you yourself settled it with your esteemed uncle over a cup of tea ?", "I used to \u2014 a little .", "Miss Looe , I suppose you 're on very confidential terms with your uncle .", "Will you give him a message from me . He 'll do perhaps better than anybody .", "It is something important \u2014 very important indeed . In fact \u2014", "I \u2014", "No , I can n't tell you . At least , not now . Thanks very much for calling .", "What 's this about being engaged to be married ?", "But are we cousins ?", "I see .", "All what ?", "But do you mean to say you 'd \u2014", "But you must n't forget that he was really very successful indeed .... Just look at the money he made , for instance .", "He had the supreme satisfaction of doing what he enjoyed doing better than anybody else could do it .", "Painting .", "Do you know \u2014 a good deal of what you say applies to me .", "Doing with myself ?", "Oh , that ! It must be a photograph of the lady he was engaged to . He broke it off , you know . That was why we came to London in such a hurry .", "Lady Alice Rowfant .", "I do n't know . Everything got mixed up . Clothes , papers , everything .", "Of course ! Look here , do you suppose Lady Alice Rowfant is anything to me ?", "No .", "Honestly .", "I just wanted to tell you \u2014\u2014", "But I say , what are you doing ?", "What ? Now ?", "But you can n't leave me like this . I 'm very ill .", "And when shall you come back ?", "I shall be delighted to . But before that , wo n't you come here ?", "Why not to-morrow ?", "Listen \u2014 have some tea before you go .", "I have n't begun to thank you .", "You 're so sudden .", "I say \u2014 what can you see in me ?", "I \u2014 I do n't know what it is .... Something ....I dunno ! Everything !", "Supposing I have a relapse ?", "But supposing I do ?", "Please send me up a telegraph form .", "The pattern of this jug is really not so bad .... Yes , my soul ?", "Is there any more coffee ?", "Hot ?", "Then I do n't want any . Got any bacon ?", "Does n't matter .", "Ca n't you see he 's teasing you ?", "And now you 're going to leave me ?", "Jane \u2014", "But I will call you Jane . Jane , why do you ask me if I 'm sure I 'm happy ? When a man has first-class food and first-class love , together with a genuine French bed , really waterproof boots , a constant supply of hot water in the bathroom , enough money to buy cigarettes and sixpenny editions , the freedom to do what he likes all day and every day \u2014 and \u2014 let me see , what else \u2014 a complete absence of domestic servants \u2014 then either that man is happy or he is a silly cuckoo !", "My sweet child , what 's the matter with you ?", "And I forgot it last year , did n't I ? I shall be forgetting my dinner next .", "And yet all last week I was thinking about this most important day , and telling myself I must remember it .", "Well , it does just happen that the proof is behind the sideboard .", "A present . It was all ready and waiting five days ago .", "No , no . You can n't take a picture like snuff ! Get away from it .Now !", "Well , not to beat about the bush , yes .", "How many times have you told me you hate flattery ?", "It is pretty good . In fact it 's devilish good . It 's one of the best things I ever did in my life . Old Carve would have got eight hundred for that like a shot .", "And now will she let him finish reading his paper ?", "This .", "Yes , they 've begun it at last .", "As for example ?", "Well , what should you have done , witch ?", "I do n't want more . If he 'd left me eight hundred a year instead of eighty , I should n't be any happier . That 's just what I 've learnt since I took lodgings in your delightful wigwam , Jane \u2014 money and fame have no connection whatever with happiness .", "But I have . You wo n't hear of me paying more than half the household expenses , and you say they 're never more than thirty shillings a week . Half thirty \u2014 fifteen . Look at the balance it leaves me .", "Anything wrong ?", "Jane , I do believe you 've been hiding something from me .", "I 've felt it for several days .", "\u201c Mrs. Albert Shawn . Sir or Madam . \u201d \u2014 Why are shareholders never supposed to have any particular sex ?\u2014 \u201c Sir or Madam . Cohoon 's Brewery , Ltd .,\u2014 I am directed by the shareholders \u2019 provisional committee of investigation to request your attendance at an informal meeting of shareholders to be held in room 2009 Winchester House on Friday the 20th inst . at noon . If you cannot be present , will you kindly write stating whether or not you will be prepared to support the committee of investigation at the annual meeting . In view of the probability that the directors \u2019 report will be unfavourable , and the ordinary dividend either passed or much reduced , the committee wishes to be thoroughly prepared and armed . Believe me , Sir or Madam . \u201d Oh ! So that 's it , is it ?", "Oh , well ! We must wait and see what happens .", "I never worry about money .", "Personally , I am quite satisfied with a plain but perfect table .", "I can place eighty pounds per annum at your absolute disposal . That alone will pay for over a thousand best cuts .", "And yet you have several times taken your Bible oath that my half-share of it all came to less than forty pounds .", "Jane , you have been a deceitful thing . But never mind . I will draw a veil over this sinful past . Let us assume that beer goes all to pieces , and that you never get another cent out of Cohoon 's . Well , as you need a hundred and eighty a year , I will give you a hundred and eighty a year .", "I shall earn it .", "I shall earn it here .", "Painting !", "If I wanted , I could take a cab and sell that in Bond Street inside sixty minutes at my own price . Only I do n't want .", "Yes , I was looking for it the other day , and I could n't find it .", "Sold ?What in the name of \u2014\u2014", "So he would . It was absolutely characteristic .", "And where 's the picture now ?", "I must get hold of it .", "How could I be vexed with two neckties to the good ? But do n't do it again , Jane . I shall go round to the Reindeer this morning and have a drink . If that picture ever found its way to a Bond Street expert 's , the consequences might be awkward \u2014 devilish awkward . Because it 's dated , you see .", "Just get me my cash-box , will you ?", "You see that ?Well , count it !", "That 's what I 've earned with painting , just at odd times .", "I 'll tell you . You know the framemaker 's next to Salmon and Gluckstein 's . I buy my colours and canvases and things there . They cost money . I owed the chap two pounds once , and one morning , in the shop , when I was opening my box to put some new tubes in , he saw one of my pictures all wet . He offered of his own accord to take it for what I owed him . I would n't let him have it . But I was rather hard up , so I said I 'd do him another instead , and I did him one in a different style and not half as good , and of course he liked it even better . Since then , I 've done him quite a few . It is n't that I 've needed the money ; but it 's a margin , and colours and frames , etc . come to a dickens of a lot in a year .", "With the pictures ? Do n't know . I 've never seen one in his window . I have n't been selling him any lately .", "Oh , I did n't feel like it . And the things were getting too good . But , of course , I can start again any time .", "You bet he would .", "Oh , three or four hours . I work pretty quickly .", "There 's one of your tradesmen .", "That \u2018 ud make \u2018 em sit up in Bond Street .", "Good-morning .", "By chance I have n't !", "Not a square inch .", "No .", "It 's not for sale .", "Well !", "Janet , would you mind leaving us a minute .", "Yes .", "Why do you ask me ?", "What 's that ?", "Look here ! I never could stick being called \u201c master \u201d ! It 's worse even than \u201c ma\u00eetre . \u201d Have a cigarette ? How did you find out who I was ?", "Yes , but you knew before you saw that .", "But I 'd completely altered my style . I altered it on purpose .", "Who are you ?", "What ! You 're my old dealer !", "The fact is , perhaps , I ought to explain .", "I 'll say this \u2014 you know a picture when you see it .", "All right ! Well , I 'll only ask you to persevere in your discretion . As you say , it is n't your affair . Thank goodness , I did n't put a date on any of these things . I wo n't sell any more . I 'd take an oath never to paint again , only I know I should go and break it next week . I shall rely on this famous discretion of yours to say nothing \u2014 nothing whatever .", "How too late ?", "Publicly ? Why ?", "What does that matter ? There is n't a date on any of them .", "And if there is ? No law against painting a taxi , I hope !", "The devil !", "But I wo n't give evidence ! You 've brought this on yourself . How much did you sell those little pictures for ?", "And what did you pay for them ? I ask you , what did you pay for them ?", "Damned Jew !", "I do n't care .", "Me in the witness-box ! Me cross-examined ! No . That 's always been my nightmare !", "Please go .Please go .", "You 've been listening ?", "Here 's a perfect Hades of a mess .", "Your faculty for keeping calm really is most singular .", "Anybody would say you did n't care a cent whether I 'm Ilam Carve or whether I 'm somebody else .", "But are n't you convinced now ?", "Oh yes ; had an excellent night in this chair .", "Well , of course I looked after it now and then . I did n't want to perish in my solitude .", "Janet , we are a pair of great babies to have quarrelled like that ,\u2014 especially at bedtime .", "Well , did n't we ?", "What did you agree with ? I should like to know .", "And do you call that agreeing with me ? I know perfectly well from your tone that in spite of all my explanations and reiterations during the last three months you do n't believe I 'm Ilam Carve . You only say you do in order to soothe me . I hate being soothed . You 're as convinced as ever that Ebag is a rascal , and that I 've got a bee in my bonnet .", "Well , I like that !", "Hush , hush ! There !Who 's being an infant now ?", "I hope you never will . One of the chief charms of existence in your wigwam , my child , is that I never hear any confounded chatter about art . Now \u2014 are we pals ?", "Why \u2014 what are you dressed like that for ?", "Going away ?", "Oh , nothing will upset me now . But you might let me know at once if the editor of the Spectator calls round with the bread .", "Oh , for a machine gun \u2014 one simple little machine gun !She immediately returns with a tray containing bread , etc ., and a toasting-fork .", "It 's too late \u2014 I 've had the subpoena . If I hooked it , everybody would say I was an adventurer .", "We should be followed .", "Now ?", "Creep away in the dark ! No ! I 'll go through with the thing .", "Jane !", "You 're taking an unfair advantage of me .", "You 're only a woman after all .... And I 'd thought so highly of you !", "What time is it ?", "Where do you mean to drag me to ?", "There 's a train from Victoria at 8. 30 .", "And the cab ?", "Why not ?", "I wanted to look at the weather .", "I say , here 's a curate pushed himself in at the front door !", "But I tell you he 's here !", "I suppose this is the very newest journalism . Would you mind me asking a question ?", "Why did you wait till the door was opened ? Seems a pity to stand on ceremony . Why not have broken a window or so and climbed right in ?", "Go on . Go on .... To think that I was once shy !", "As you say \u2014 really !", "And so these are my two sons ! They show little emotion in beholding the author of their being for the first time . As for me , I hardly recognise them .", "I see . If it is n't indiscreet , am I a grandfather ?", "I only wanted to know the worst . Silly joke about the fertility of curates \u2014 you 've met with it , no doubt !", "Undoubtedly .", "Good-morning . Good-morning .", "Incomparable woman !", "What ?", "You 're beginning to come round at last ?", "And yet she identified me . She was positive .", "Then you really think she could be mistaken on such a point ?", "I do n't know . It was to save worry to begin with , and then it went on by itself and somehow I could n't stop it .... I do n't know !", "It 's from Lord Leonard Alcar . He says if we 'll go up and see him to-morrow afternoon he 'll be very much obliged indeed , and he may be able to be of assistance to us .", "Oh , I sha n't go !", "Well , what about this trip to the Continent ?", "Now listen , Jane . What earthly good can it do ? I sha n't go .", "How d'you do ?", "Oh , very well ! Very well !", "How English !", "England all over !", "True ! What she is !", "I see you 've bought my latest portrait of my wife .", "I suppose it would be abusing your hospitality to inquire how much you paid our excellent dealer for it ?", "Really !", "Sheer carelessness , my lord .", "I beg your pardon . No , not profoundly . Why should it ?", "Excuse me . I claim nothing except to be let alone . Certainly I do not ask to be accepted as Ilam Carve . I was leading a placid and agreeable existence in a place called Putney , an ideal existence with a pearl among women , when my tranquillity was disturbed and my life transformed into a perfect nightmare by a quarrel between a retail trades-manand a wholesale ink-dealerabout one of my pictures . It does not concern me . My role is and will be passive . If I am forced into the witness-box I shall answer questions to the worst of my ability , and I shall do no more . I am not cross . I am not sulking ; but I consider that I have a grievance . If I am here , it is solely because my wife does what she likes with me .", "It depends .", "I assert nothing .", "Yes , but I do n't want to be .", "Well , he always did everything for me \u2014 a most useful man .... But I did n't \u2018 allow \u2019 him to be buried in my name . On the contrary , I told various people that I was not dead \u2014 but strange to say , nobody would believe me . My handsome , fascinating cousin here would n't even let me begin to tell him . Even my wife would n't believe me , so I gave it up .", "Cousin , if you continue in that strain", "I shall have to take you out on to the doormat and assault you .", "My dear fellow , why not have told us this exciting news earlier ?", "Well ?", "True . And he 's seen you with yours off .", "Oh !", "No . Not precisely .", "Of course .", "I wo n't touch a penny of their wretched money .", "I 'm hanged if I do !", "I 'm dashed if I take my collar off .", "Why should I offer my skin to the inspection of two individuals in whom I have n't the slightest interest ? They 've quarrelled about me , but is that a reason why I should undress myself ? Let me say again , I 've no desire whatever to prove that I am Ilam Carve .", "I do n't look at it like that . Already my fellow-citizens , expressing their conviction that I was a great artist , have buried me in Westminster Abbey \u2014 not because I was a great artist , but because I left a couple of hundred thousand pounds for a public object . And now my fellow-citizens , here assembled , want me to convince them that I am a great artist by taking my collar off . I wo n't do it . I simply will not do it . It 's too English . If any person wishes to be convinced that I 'm an artist and not a mountebank , let him look at my work, because that 's all the proof that I mean to offer . If he is blind or shortsighted I regret it , but my neck is n't going to help him .", "Or Timbuctoo .", "And who 's going to stop me ? All the laws of this country added together can n't make me take my collar off if I do n't want to .", "Well , that will only be another proof that the name of this island is England . It will be telegraphed to the Continent that in order to prove to herself that she possessed a great artist , England had to arrest him for bigamy and shove him into prison .... Characteristic ! Characteristic !", "I 've got past shyness . I think it was the visit of my fine stalwart sons yesterday that cured me of shyness . I doubt if I shall ever be shy any more .", "No .", "That does n't concern you .", "The artist is always beaten !", "There 's only one question . Last time they buried me in the Abbey ,\u2014 what will they do with me next time ? CURTAIN . 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Where d'yuh get dat beer stuff ? Beer , hell ! Beer 's for goils \u2014 and Dutchmen . Me for somep'n wit a kick to it ! Gimme a drink , one of youse guys .All righto , Yank . Keep it and have another . \u201d", "Aw hell ! Nix on dat old sailing ship stuff ! All dat bull 's dead , see ? And you 're dead , too , yuh damned old Harp , on'y yuh do n't know it . Take it easy , see . Give us a rest . Nix on de loud noise .Ca n't youse see I 'm tryin \u2019 to t'ink ?", "Aw right . Can de noise . I got yuh de foist time .\u201c Far away in Canada , Far across the sea , There 's a lass who fondly waits Making a home for me \u2014 \u201d", "Shut up , yuh lousey boob ! Where d'yuh get dat tripe ? Home ? Home , hell ! I 'll make a home for yuh ! I 'll knock yuh dead . Home ! T'hell wit home ! Where d'yuh get dat tripe ? Dis is home , see ? What d'yuh want wit home ?I runned away from mine when I was a kid . On'y too glad to beat it , dat was me . Home was lickings for me , dat 's all . But yuh can bet your shoit noone ai n't never licked me since ! Wanter try it , any of youse ? Huh ! I guess not .Goils waitin \u2019 for yuh , huh ? Aw , hell ! Dat 's all tripe . Dey do n't wait for noone . Dey 'd double-cross yuh for a nickel . Dey 're all tarts , get me ? Treat \u2018 em rough , dat 's me . To hell wit \u2018 em . Tarts , dat 's what , de whole bunch of \u2018 em .", "Sit down before I knock yuh down !De Bible , huh ? De Cap'tlist class , huh ? Aw nix on dat Salvation Army-Socialist bull . Git a soapbox ! Hire a hall ! Come and be saved , huh ? Jerk us to Jesus , huh ? Aw g'wan ! I 've listened to lots of guys like you , see , Yuh 're all wrong . Wanter know what I t'ink ? Yuh ai n't no good for noone . Yuh 're de bunk . Yuh ai n't got no noive , get me ? Yuh 're yellow , dat 's what . Yellow , dat 's you . Say ! What 's dem slobs in de foist cabin got to do wit us ? We 're better men dan dey are , ai n't we ? Sure ! One of us guys could clean up de whole mob wit one mit . Put one of \u2018 em down here for one watch in de stokehole , what 'd happen ? Dey 'd carry him off on a stretcher . Dem boids do n't amount to nothin \u2019 . Dey 're just baggage . Who makes dis old tub run ? Ai n't it us guys ? Well den , we belong , do n't we ? We belong and dey do n't . Dat 's all .As for dis bein \u2019 hell \u2014 aw , nuts ! Yuh lost your noive , dat 's what . Dis is a man 's job , get me ? It belongs . It runs dis tub . No stiffs need apply . But yuh 're a stiff , see ? Yuh 're yellow , dat 's you .", "Aw , take it easy . Leave him alone . He ai n't woith a punch . Drink up . Here 's how , whoever owns dis .", "Sure ting ! Dat 's me ! What about it ?", "Aw ! Look out who yuh 're givin \u2019 the bark !", "Dat 's de stuff ! Now yuh 're gettin \u2019 wise to somep'n . Care for nobody , dat 's de dope ! To hell wit \u2018 em all ! And nix on nobody else carin \u2019 . I kin care for myself , get me !Our watch , yuh old Harp !Come on down in hell . Eat up de coal dust . Drink in de heat . It 's it , see ! Act like yuh liked it , yuh better \u2014 or croak yuhself .", "Tinkin \u2019 and dreamin \u2019 , what 'll that get yuh ? What 's tinkin \u2019 got to do wit it ? We move , do n't we ? Speed , ai n't it ? Fog , dat 's all you stand for . But we drive trou dat , do n't we ? We split dat up and smash trou \u2014 twenty-five knots a hour !Aw , yuh make me sick ! Yuh do n't belong !", "Aw , yuh make me sick ! Lie down and croak , why do n't yuh ? Always beefin \u2019 , dat 's you ! Say , dis is a cinch ! Dis was made for me ! It 's my meat , get me !Dere 's de damn engineer crakin \u2019 de whip . He tinks we 're loafin \u2019 .", "Come on , youse guys ! Git into de game ! She 's gittin \u2019 hungry ! Pile some grub in her ! Trow it into her belly ! Come on now , all of youse ! Open her up !", "One \u2014 two \u2014 tree \u2014Dat 's de stuff ! Let her have it ! All togedder now ! Sling it into her ! Let her ride ! Shoot de piece now ! Call de toin on her ! Drive her into it ! Feel her move ! Watch her smoke ! Speed , dat 's her middle name ! Give her coal , youse guys ! Coal , dat 's her booze ! Drink it up , baby ! Let 's see yuh sprint ! Dig in and gain a lap ! Dere she go-o-es", "Take it easy dere , you ! Who d'yuh tinks runnin \u2019 dis game , me or you ? When I git ready , we move . Not before ! When I git ready , get me !", "He ai n't got no noive . He 's yellow , get me ? All de engineers is yellow . Dey got streaks a mile wide . Aw , to hell wit him ! Let 's move , youse guys . We had a rest . Come on , she needs it ! Give her pep ! It ai n't for him . Him and his whistle , dey do n't belong . But we belong , see ! We gotter feed de baby ! Come on !", "Forgot nothin \u2019 ! To hell wit washin \u2019 .", "Aw say , youse guys . Lemme alone . Ca n't youse see", "I 'm tryin \u2019 to tink ?", "Yes , tink ! Tink , dat 's what I said ! What about it ?", "Love , hell ! Hate , dat 's what . I 've fallen in hate , get me ?", "Say ! Wait a moment ! Is all dat straight goods ?", "Hell ! Law !", "Hell ! Governments !", "Hell ! God !", "Aw , join de Salvation Army !", "Aw !", "She was all white . I tought she was a ghost . Sure .", "Aw !", "Aw , choke dat off , see !", "Say ! What yuh tryin \u2019 to do , kid me , yuh old", "Harp ?", "I 'll brain her ! I 'll brain her yet , wait \u2018 n \u2019 see !Say , is dat what she called me \u2014 a hairy ape ?", "Hairy ape , huh ? Sure ! Dat 's de way she looked at me , aw right . Hairy ape ! So dat 's me , huh ?Yuh skinny tart ! Yuh white-faced bum , yuh ! I 'll show yuh who 's a ape !Say , youse guys . I was bawlin \u2019 him out for pullin \u2019 de whistle on us . You heard me . And den I seen youse lookin \u2019 at somep'n and I tought he 'd sneaked down to come up in back of me , and I hopped round to knock him dead wit de shovel . And dere she was wit de light on her ! Christ , yuh coulda pushed me over with a finger ! I was scared , get me ? Sure ! I tought she was a ghost , see ? She was all in white like dey wrap around stiffs . You seen her . Kin yuh blame me ? She did n't belong , dat 's what . And den when I come to and seen it was a real skoit and seen de way she was lookin \u2019 at me \u2014 like Paddy said \u2014 Christ , I was sore , get me ? I do n't stand for dat stuff from nobody . And I flung de shovel \u2014 on'y she 'd beat it .I wished it 'd banged her ! I wished it 'd knocked her block off !", "Yuh tink I made her sick , too , do yuh ? Just lookin \u2019 at me , huh ? Hairy ape , huh ?I 'll fix her ! I 'll tell her where to git off ! She 'll git down on her knees and take it back or I 'll bust de face offen her !I 'll find yuh ! I 'm comin \u2019 , d'yuh hear ? I 'll fix yuh , God damn yuh !", "She done me doit ! She done me doit , did n't she ? I 'll git square wit her ! I 'll get her some way ! Git offen me , youse guys ! Lemme up ! I 'll show her who 's a ape !", "I do n't see no grass , yuh boob .Clean , ai n't it ? Yuh could eat a fried egg offen it . The white wings got some job sweepin \u2019 dis up .Where 's all de white-collar stiffs yuh said was here \u2014 and de skoits \u2014 her kind ?", "Aw , hell ! I do n't see noone , see \u2014 like her . All dis gives me a pain . It do n't belong . Say , ai n't dere a backroom around dis dump ? Let 's go shoot a ball . All dis is too clean and quiet and dolled-up , get me ! It gives me a pain .", "Sure ting I do ! Did n't I try to git even wit her in Southampton ? Did n't I sneak on de dock and wait for her by de gangplank ? I was goin \u2019 to spit in her pale mug , see ! Sure , right in her pop-eyes ! Dat woulda made me even , see ? But no chanct . Dere was a whole army of plain clothes bulls around . Dey spotted me and gimme de bum 's rush . I never seen her . But I 'll git square wit her yet , you watch !De lousey tart ! She tinks she kin get away wit moider \u2014 but not wit me ! I 'll fix her ! I 'll tink of a way !", "De more de merrier when", "I gits started . Bring on de gang !", "Take a slant at dat ! Give it de once-over ! Monkey fur \u2014 two t'ousand bucks !Is dat straight goods \u2014 monkey fur ? What de hell \u2014?", "Trowin \u2019 it up in my face ! Christ ! I 'll fix her !", "Votes , hell ! Votes is a joke , see . Votes for women ! Let dem do it !", "Git away from me ! Yuh 're yellow , dat 's what . Force , dat 's me ! De punch , dat 's me every time , see !", "Huh ! Huh !", "G'wan ! Tell it to Sweeney !Say , who d'yuh tink yuh 're bumpin \u2019 ? Tink yuh own de oith ?", "G'wan !", "I see yuh , all in white ! I see yuh , yuh white-faced tart , yuh ! Hairy ape , huh ? I 'll hairy ape yuh !", "At last ! Bus , huh ? I 'll bust yuh !", "Steel . Dis is de Zoo , huh ?", "I musta been dreamin \u2019 . I tought I was in a cage at de", "Zoo \u2014 but de apes do n't talk , do dey ?", "I was a fireman \u2014 stokin \u2019 on de liners .I 'm a hairy ape , get me ? And I 'll bust youse all in de jaw if yuh do n't lay off kiddin \u2019 me .", "Sure ting ! Ai n't dat what youse all are \u2014 apes ?A VOICE \u2014I 'll show yuh who 's a ape , yuh bum !", "De guard ? Yuh mean de keeper , do n't yuh ?", "Aw , yuh 're all wrong ! Sure dere was a skoit in it \u2014 but not what youse mean , not dat old tripe . Dis was a new kind of skoit . She was dolled up all in white \u2014 in de stokehole . I tought she was a ghost . Sure .", "Her hands \u2014 dey was skinny and white like dey was n't real but painted on somep'n . Dere was a million miles from me to her \u2014 twenty-five knots a hour . She was like some dead ting de cat brung in . Sure , dat 's what . She did n't belong . She belonged in de window of a toy store , or on de top of a garbage can , see ! Sure !But would yuh believe it , she had de noive to do me doit . She lamped me like she was seein \u2019 somep'n broke loose from de menagerie . Christ , yuh 'd oughter seen her eyes !But I 'll get back at her yet , you watch ! And if I can n't find her I 'll take it out on de gang she runs wit . I 'm wise to where dey hangs out now . I 'll show her who belongs ! I 'll show her who 's in de move and who ai n't . You watch my smoke !", "Wreckers , dat 's de right dope ! Dat belongs ! Me for dem !", "I 'd like to catch dat senator guy alone for a second . I 'd loin him some trute !", "I got him . So dey blow up tings , do dey ? Dey turn tings round , do dey ? Hey , lend me dat paper , will yuh ?", "Tanks . I can n't read much but I kin manage .Sure \u2014 her old man \u2014 president of de Steel Trust \u2014 makes half de steel in de world \u2014 steel \u2014 where I tought I belonged \u2014 drivin \u2019 trou \u2014 movin \u2019 \u2014 in dat \u2014 to make HER \u2014 and cage me in for her to spit on ! ChristHe made dis \u2014 dis cage ! Steel ! IT do n't belong , dat 's what ! Cages , cells , locks , bolts , bars \u2014 dat 's what it means !\u2014 holdin \u2019 me down wit him at de top ! But I 'll drive trou ! Fire , dat melts it ! I 'll be fire \u2014 under de heap \u2014 fire dat never goes out \u2014 hot as hell \u2014 breakin \u2019 out in de night \u2014", "Or a hairy ape , yuh big yellow bum ! Look out ! Here I come !", "Hello .", "I tought I 'd bumped into de wrong dump .", "Name ? Lemme tink .", "Dis burg is full of bulls , ai n't it ?", "Sure . Youse would n't for woilds . Sure . I 'm wise to dat .", "Aw , dat 's aw right , see .Aw , can it ! Youse need n't put me trou de toid degree . Ca n't youse see I belong ? Sure ! I 'm reg'lar . I 'll stick , get me ? I 'll shoot de woiks for youse . Dat 's why I wanted to join in .", "I know enough not to speak outa my toin .Aw , say ! I 'm reg'lar . I 'm wise to de game . I know yuh got to watch your step wit a stranger . For all youse know , I might be a plain-clothes dick , or somep'n , dat 's what yuh 're tinkin \u2019 , huh ? Aw , forget it ! I belong , see ? Ask any guy down to de docks if I do n't .", "Ai n't there no password \u2014 no grip nor nothin \u2019 ?", "Yuh mean to say yuh always run wide open \u2014 like dis ?", "Sure , I 'll come out wit it . I 'll show youse I 'm one of de gang . Dere 's dat millionaire guy , Douglas \u2014", "What 's dat , yuh Sheeny bum , yuh !", "So dem boids do n't tink I belong , neider . Aw , to hell wit \u2018 em ! Dey 're in de wrong pew \u2014 de same old bull \u2014 soapboxes and Salvation Army \u2014 no guts ! Cut out an hour offen de job a day and make me happy ! Gimme a dollar more a day and make me happy ! Tree square a day , and cauliflowers in de front yard \u2014 ekal rights \u2014 a woman and kids \u2014 a lousey vote \u2014 and I 'm all fixed for Jesus , huh ? Aw , hell ! What does dat get yuh ? Dis ting 's in your inside , but it ai n't your belly . Feedin \u2019 your face \u2014 sinkers and coffee \u2014 dat do n't touch it . It 's way down \u2014 at de bottom . Yuh can n't grab it , and yuh can n't stop it . It moves , and everyting moves . It stops and de whole woild stops . Dat 's me now \u2014 I do n't tick , see ?\u2014 I 'm a busted Ingersoll , dat 's what . Steel was me , and I owned de woild . Now I ai n't steel , and de woild owns me . Aw , hell ! I can n't see \u2014 it 's all dark , get me ? It 's all wrong !Say , youse up dere , Man in de Moon , yuh look so wise , gimme de answer , huh ? Slip me de inside dope , de information right from de stable \u2014 where do I get off at , huh ? A POLICEMAN \u2014You 'll get off at the station , you boob , if you do n't get up out of that and keep movin \u2019 .", "Sure ! Lock me up ! Put me in a cage ! Dat 's de on'y answer yuh know . G'wan , lock me up !", "Say , where do I go from here ?", "Welcome to your city , huh ? Hail , hail , de gang 's all here !Say , yuh 're some hard-lookin \u2019 guy , ai n't yuh ? I seen lots of tough nuts dat de gang called gorillas , but yuh 're de foist real one I ever seen . Some chest yuh got , and shoulders , and dem arms and mits ! I bet yuh got a punch in eider fist dat 'd knock \u2018 em all silly !Sure , I get yuh . Yuh challenge de whole woild , huh ? Yuh got what I was sayin \u2019 even if yuh muffed de woids .And why would n't yuh get me ? Ai n't we both members of de same club \u2014 de Hairy Apes ?So yuh 're what she seen when she looked at me , de white-faced tart ! I was you to her , get me ? On'y outa de cage \u2014 broke out \u2014 free to moider her , see ? Sure ! Dat 's what she tought . She was n't wise dat I was in a cage , too \u2014 worser'n yours \u2014 sure \u2014 a damn sight \u2014 \u2018 cause you got some chanct to bust loose \u2014 but me \u2014Aw , hell ! It 's all wrong , ai n't it ?I s'pose yuh wanter know what I 'm doin \u2019 here , huh ? I been warmin \u2019 a bench down to de Battery \u2014 ever since last night . Sure . I seen de sun come up . Dat was pretty , too \u2014 all red and pink and green . I was lookin \u2019 at de skyscrapers \u2014 steel \u2014 and all de ships comin \u2019 in , sailin \u2019 out , all over de oith \u2014 and dey was steel , too . De sun was warm , dey was n't no clouds , and dere was a breeze blowin \u2019 . Sure , it was great stuff . I got it aw right \u2014 what Paddy said about dat bein \u2019 de right dope \u2014 on'y I could n't get IN it , see ? I could n't belong in dat . It was over my head . And I kept tinkin \u2019 \u2014 and den I beat it up here to see what youse was like . And I waited till dey was all gone to git yuh alone . Say , how d'yuh feel sittin \u2019 in dat pen all de time , havin \u2019 to stand for \u2018 em comin \u2019 and starin \u2019 at yuh \u2014 de white-faced , skinny tarts and de boobs what marry \u2018 em \u2014 makin \u2019 fun of yuh , laughin \u2019 at yuh , gittin \u2019 scared of yuh \u2014 damn \u2018 em !Sure ! Dat 's de way it hits me , too . On'y yuh 're lucky , see ? Yuh do n't belong wit \u2018 em and yuh know it . But me , I belong wit \u2018 em \u2014 but I do n't , see ? Dey do n't belong wit me , dat 's what . Get me ? Tinkin \u2019 is hard \u2014It 's dis way , what I 'm drivin \u2019 at . Youse can sit and dope dream in de past , green woods , de jungle and de rest of it . Den yuh belong and dey do n't . Den yuh kin laugh at \u2018 em , see ? Yuh 're de champ of de woild . But me \u2014 I ai n't got no past to tink in , nor nothin \u2019 dat 's comin \u2019 , on'y what 's now \u2014 and dat do n't belong . Sure , you 're de best off ! Yuh can n't tink , can yuh ? Yuh can n't talk neider . But I kin make a bluff at talkin \u2019 and tinkin \u2019 \u2014 a'most git away wit it \u2014 a'most !\u2014 and dat 's where de joker comes in .I ai n't on oith and I ai n't in heaven , get me ? I 'm in de middle tryin \u2019 to separate \u2018 em , takin \u2019 all de woist punches from bot \u2019 of \u2018 em . Maybe dat 's what dey call hell , huh ? But you , yuh 're at de bottom . You belong ! Sure ! Yuh 're de on'y one in de woild dat does , yuh lucky stiff !And dat 's why dey gotter put yuh in a cage , see ?Sure ! Yuh get me . It beats it when you try to tink it or talk it \u2014 it 's way down \u2014 deep \u2014 behind \u2014 you \u2018 n \u2019 me we feel it . Sure ! Bot \u2019 members of dis club !What de hell ! T \u2019 hell wit it ! A little action , dat 's our meat ! Dat belongs ! Knock \u2018 em down and keep bustin \u2019 \u2018 em till dey croaks yuh wit a gat \u2014 wit steel ! Sure ! Are yuh game ? Dey 've looked at youse , ai n't dey \u2014 in a cage ? Wanter git even ? Wanter wind up like a sport \u2018 stead of croakin \u2019 slow in dere ?Sure ! Yuh 're reg'lar ! Yuh 'll stick to de finish ! Me \u2018 n \u2019 you , huh ?\u2014 bot \u2019 members of this club ! We 'll put up one last star bout dat 'll knock \u2018 em offen deir seats ! Dey 'll have to make de cages stronger after we 're trou !Pardon from de governor ! Step out and shake hands ! I 'll take yuh for a walk down Fif \u2019 Avenoo . We 'll knock \u2018 em offen de oith and croak wit de band playin \u2019 . Come on , Brother .Shake \u2014 de secret grip of our order .Hey , I did n't say , kiss me .Say \u2014 dey oughter match him \u2014 wit Zybszko . He got me , aw right . I 'm trou . Even him did n't tink I belonged .Christ , where do I get off at ? Where do I fit in ?Aw , what de hell ! No squakin \u2019 , see ! No quittin \u2019 , get me ! Croak wit your boots on !In de cage , huh ?Ladies and gents , step forward and take a slant at de one and only \u2014\u2014 one and original \u2014 Hairy Ape from de wilds of \u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 148, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["There 's no one here ; the garden is asleep .", ":", "The stars are sentinels discreet and mute :", "How many things they know and never tell !", ":", "Mistress , have no concern ; for when we hear", "The clatter of his horse along the street ,", "We 'll run this way and lead your dancers down", "With song and laughter ,\u2014 you shall know in time .", "Yes , dancing is the cure for homesickness .", "We 'll make her dance .", "Then sing for us ,\u2014 a song of Israel !", "All is ready for the rites of worship ; our lady will play a great part in them . She has put on her Tyrian robes , and all her ornaments .", "A favourite of Rimmon , too ! The High Priest has assured her of it . He is a great man ,\u2014 next to the King , now that Naaman is gone .", "How can he come back ? The Hebrew slave that went away with him , when they caught her , said that he was dead . The High Priest has shut her up in the prison of the temple , accusing her of her master 's death .", "What , then ?", "Hush ! here comes the fool Shumakim . He is never sober .", "About the lady Tsarpi , fool , and what she would do if her husband returned .", "You must have heard that he went away to Samaria to look for healing . Some say that he died on the journey ; but others say he has been cured , and is on his way home to his wife .", "You are a wicked old man . You mock the god . He will punish you ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 149, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["We drink , Master Wilford . Not a man of us has been chased as yet .", "We give you joy , Master Wilford , of the prospect of advancement which has so unexpectedly opened to you .", "Have you been sent for ?", "Lives there anyone that may dispute your claim \u2014 I mean vexatiously ?", "Doubtless you look for much happiness from this change of fortune ?", "The finest wife ?", "Give you joy !", "Come !", "We 'll drink to his lordship 's health ! \u2018 Tis two o'clock ,", "We 'll e'en carouse till midnight ! Health , my lord !", "Give what ?", "What means the knave by revels ?", "Ay , knave !", "Thou sayest false !", "Though didst thou need a proof thou speakest true ,", "I 'd give thee one . Thou seest but one lord here ,", "And I see two !", "Ha !", "Only mark him ! how he struts about ! How laughs his straight sword at his noble back .", "A blow !", "His blood on his own head ! I 'm for you , sir !", "My lord , I 'm struck !", "With all my heart , since \u2018 tis your lordship 's will ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 150, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Giorgione ! GiorgioneIt is you ?", "Your word came to me ,", "In San Lazzario where I labored late ,", "And shakes my troubled heart . You will not do this !", "How my son ! her picture ! as a wanton 's !", "My son !", "And to what end ?", "The deeds of wounded pride and love", "Work not so , but fall back upon the doer \u2014", "Or on some other .", "Nor have ,", "Ever , to heed me ! as Aretino ,", "Who turns your praise to Titian , has told .", "For your wild will runs ever without curb ,", "And I who reared you , as my very own ,", "Must pay the fall .", "And the piety", "I would have won you to in the past days", "Is wasted . The Madonnas", "I painted with a heart inspired of Heaven", "You paint with pride .", "Until", "A girl whom you had fixed your heart upon", "With boundless folly , you who should have lived", "With but one passion \u2014 that of brain and brush \u2014", "Until she \u2014\u2014", "This Isotta \u2014\u2014", "So . And most strange .", "Because she is a woman \u2014 whom you tempted ,", "Tho with all trust to wed her \u2014 and you know not", "Whether her going was of shamelessness .", "Giorgione", "Or whether she may not yet return , today ,", "And with a heart that is a nymph 's , a soul", "That is a nun 's ,", "Beguile me back to doting ?", "Whether she may not \u2014", "With that body God", "Might once , deceived , have moulded angels after \u2014?", "Then flaunt her thralling of me to the world ,", "Whose ready lips should laugh where'er we went", "And whisper , \u201c Isotta , there ! Giorgione 's mistress !", "Who makes a mocking of him ? \u201d", "Never ! never !", "Only your unrelenting brain would think it .", "For this I know of her , that tho she has", "Deserted you for what must seem to be", "Only a new-found passion \u2014", "Yet is she womanly , and did you give her ,", "As now you mean , to avid lusting eyes ,", "Life would be smitten from her .", "And then from you , repentant of her fate ?", "No , no , my son , I have not seen you rise ,", "A planet from the sea , the world 's first painter ,", "To set in this :", "You owe my fathering more .", "And listen , I have brought to you a way", "Of laurels for forgetting . I have come", "With a commission from the Signoria ,", "Which names you the chief glory of this city", "And votes you proud permission to adorn", "San Marco 's highest altar with perfection .", "Your ways have ever been the ways of wounding .", "Giorgione ! you have sent for them ? GiorgioneWhoever seeks my door is bidden \u2014 all !", "Then , O my son , it is a premonition ,", "A pall against this purpose ! that you may", "Not let these ribald two \u2014", "Aretino , this poet and depraver ,", "And Titian snared within his pagan senses ,", "Enter and gaze upon .... O boy , you will not !", "Despoil the picture ,", "Scatter it to the seas ,", "And vow never again to paint another ,", "Tho that would break my heart , but promise me \u2014\u2014", "Aretino !...", "Aretino !", "Ah !...", "My son !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 151, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Did you hear what I was playing , Lane ?", "I 'm sorry for that , for your sake . I do n't play accurately \u2014 any one can play accurately \u2014 but I play with wonderful expression . As far as the piano is concerned , sentiment is my forte . I keep science for Life .", "And , speaking of the science of Life , have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell ?", "Oh ! . . . by the way , Lane , I see from your book that on Thursday night , when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me , eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed .", "Why is it that at a bachelor 's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne ? I ask merely for information .", "Good heavens ! Is marriage so demoralising as that ?", "I do n't know that I am much interested in your family life , Lane .", "Very natural , I am sure . That will do , Lane , thank you .", "Lane 's views on marriage seem somewhat lax . Really , if the lower orders do n't set us a good example , what on earth is the use of them ? They seem , as a class , to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility .", "How are you , my dear Ernest ? What brings you up to town ?", "I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock . Where have you been since last Thursday ?", "What on earth do you do there ?", "And who are the people you amuse ?", "Got nice neighbours in your part of Shropshire ?", "How immensely you must amuse them !By the way , Shropshire is your county , is it not ?", "Oh ! merely Aunt Augusta and Gwendolen .", "Yes , that is all very well ; but I am afraid Aunt Augusta wo n't quite approve of your being here .", "My dear fellow , the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful . It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you .", "I thought you had come up for pleasure ? . . . I call that business .", "I really do n't see anything romantic in proposing . It is very romantic to be in love . But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal . Why , one may be accepted . One usually is , I believe . Then the excitement is all over . The very essence of romance is uncertainty . If ever I get married , I 'll certainly try to forget the fact .", "Oh ! there is no use speculating on that subject . Divorces are made in Heaven \u2014Please do n't touch the cucumber sandwiches . They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta .", "That is quite a different matter . She is my aunt .Have some bread and butter . The bread and butter is for Gwendolen . Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter .", "Well , my dear fellow , you need not eat as if you were going to eat it all . You behave as if you were married to her already . You are not married to her already , and I do n't think you ever will be .", "Well , in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with . Girls do n't think it right .", "It is n't . It is a great truth . It accounts for the extraordinary number of bachelors that one sees all over the place . In the second place , I do n't give my consent .", "My dear fellow , Gwendolen is my first cousin . And before I allow you to marry her , you will have to clear up the whole question of Cecily .", "Bring me that cigarette case Mr. Worthing left in the smoking - room the last time he dined here .", "Well , I wish you would offer one . I happen to be more than usually hard up .", "I think that is rather mean of you , Ernest , I must say .However , it makes no matter , for , now that I look at the inscription inside , I find that the thing is n't yours after all .", "Oh ! it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one should n't . More than half of modern culture depends on what one should n't read .", "Yes ; but this is n't your cigarette case . This cigarette case is a present from some one of the name of Cecily , and you said you did n't know any one of that name .", "Your aunt !", "But why does she call herself little Cecily if she is your aunt and lives at Tunbridge Wells ?\u2018 From little Cecily with her fondest love . \u2019", "Yes . But why does your aunt call you her uncle ? \u2018 From little Cecily , with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack . \u2019 There is no objection , I admit , to an aunt being a small aunt , but why an aunt , no matter what her size may be , should call her own nephew her uncle , I can n't quite make out . Besides , your name is n't Jack at all ; it is Ernest .", "You have always told me it was Ernest . I have introduced you to every one as Ernest . You answer to the name of Ernest . You look as if your name was Ernest . You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life . It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name is n't Ernest . It 's on your cards . Here is one of them .\u2018 Mr. Ernest Worthing , B . 4 , The Albany . \u2019 I 'll keep this as a proof that your name is Ernest if ever you attempt to deny it to me , or to Gwendolen , or to any one else .", "Yes , but that does not account for the fact that your small", "Aunt Cecily , who lives at Tunbridge Wells , calls you her dear uncle .", "Come , old boy , you had much better have the thing out at once .", "Well , that is exactly what dentists always do . Now , go on ! Tell me the whole thing . I may mention that I have always suspected you of being a confirmed and secret Bunburyist ; and I am quite sure of it now .", "I 'll reveal to you the meaning of that incomparable expression as soon as you are kind enough to inform me why you are Ernest in town and Jack in the country .", "Here it is .Now produce your explanation , and pray make it improbable .", "Where is that place in the country , by the way ?", "I suspected that , my dear fellow ! I have Bunburyed all over Shropshire on two separate occasions . Now , go on . Why are you Ernest in town and Jack in the country ?", "The truth is rarely pure and never simple . Modern life would be very tedious if it were either , and modern literature a complete impossibility !", "Literary criticism is not your forte , my dear fellow . Do n't try it . You should leave that to people who have n't been at a University . They do it so well in the daily papers . What you really are is a Bunburyist . I was quite right in saying you were a Bunburyist . You are one of the most advanced Bunburyists I know .", "You have invented a very useful younger brother called Ernest , in order that you may be able to come up to town as often as you like . I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury , in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose . Bunbury is perfectly invaluable . If it was n't for Bunbury 's extraordinary bad health , for instance , I would n't be able to dine with you at Willis 's to - night , for I have been really engaged to Aunt Augusta for more than a week .", "I know . You are absurdly careless about sending out invitations . It is very foolish of you . Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations .", "I have n't the smallest intention of doing anything of the kind . To begin with , I dined there on Monday , and once a week is quite enough to dine with one 's own relations . In the second place , whenever I do dine there I am always treated as a member of the family , and sent down with either no woman at all , or two . In the third place , I know perfectly well whom she will place me next to , to-night . She will place me next Mary Farquhar , who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table . That is not very pleasant . Indeed , it is not even decent . . . and that sort of thing is enormously on the increase . The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous . It looks so bad . It is simply washing one 's clean linen in public . Besides , now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying . I want to tell you the rules .", "Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury , and if you ever get married , which seems to me extremely problematic , you will be very glad to know Bunbury . A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it .", "Then your wife will . You do n't seem to realise , that in married life three is company and two is none .", "Yes ; and that the happy English home has proved in half the time .", "My dear fellow , it is n't easy to be anything nowadays . There 's such a lot of beastly competition about .Ah ! that must be Aunt Augusta . Only relatives , or creditors , ever ring in that Wagnerian manner . Now , if I get her out of the way for ten minutes , so that you can have an opportunity for proposing to Gwendolen , may I dine with you to-night at Willis 's ?", "Yes , but you must be serious about it . I hate people who are not serious about meals . It is so shallow of them .", "I 'm feeling very well , Aunt Augusta .", "Dear me , you are smart !", "Certainly , Aunt Augusta .", "Good heavens ! Lane ! Why are there no cucumber sandwiches ? I ordered them specially .", "No cucumbers !", "That will do , Lane , thank you .", "I am greatly distressed , Aunt Augusta , about there being no cucumbers , not even for ready money .", "I hear her hair has turned quite gold from grief .", "I am afraid , Aunt Augusta , I shall have to give up the pleasure of dining with you to-night after all .", "It is a great bore , and , I need hardly say , a terrible disappointment to me , but the fact is I have just had a telegram to say that my poor friend Bunbury is very ill again .They seem to think I should be with him .", "Yes ; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid .", "I 'll speak to Bunbury , Aunt Augusta , if he is still conscious , and I think I can promise you he 'll be all right by Saturday . Of course the music is a great difficulty . You see , if one plays good music , people do n't listen , and if one plays bad music people do n't talk . But I 'll run over the programme I 've drawn out , if you will kindly come into the next room for a moment .", "Did n't it go off all right , old boy ? You do n't mean to say Gwendolen refused you ? I know it is a way she has . She is always refusing people . I think it is most ill-natured of her .", "My dear boy , I love hearing my relations abused . It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all . Relations are simply a tedious pack of people , who have n't got the remotest knowledge of how to live , nor the smallest instinct about when to die .", "It is n't !", "That is exactly what things were originally made for .", "All women become like their mothers . That is their tragedy . No man does . That 's his .", "It is perfectly phrased ! and quite as true as any observation in civilised life should be .", "We have .", "The fools ? Oh ! about the clever people , of course .", "By the way , did you tell Gwendolen the truth about your being", "Ernest in town , and Jack in the country ?", "The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her , if she is pretty , and to some one else , if she is plain .", "What about your brother ? What about the profligate Ernest ?", "Yes , but it 's hereditary , my dear fellow . It 's a sort of thing that runs in families . You had much better say a severe chill .", "Of course it is n't !", "But I thought you said that . . . Miss Cardew was a little too much interested in your poor brother Ernest ? Wo n't she feel his loss a good deal ?", "I would rather like to see Cecily .", "Have you told Gwendolen yet that you have an excessively pretty ward who is only just eighteen ?", "Women only do that when they have called each other a lot of other things first . Now , my dear boy , if we want to get a good table at Willis 's , we really must go and dress . Do you know it is nearly seven ?", "Well , I 'm hungry .", "What shall we do after dinner ? Go to a theatre ?", "Well , let us go to the Club ?", "Well , we might trot round to the Empire at ten ?", "Well , what shall we do ?", "It is awfully hard work doing nothing . However , I do n't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind .", "Gwendolen , upon my word !", "Really , Gwendolen , I do n't think I can allow this at all .", "Thanks , I 've turned round already .", "A glass of sherry , Lane .", "To-morrow , Lane , I 'm going Bunburying .", "I shall probably not be back till Monday . You can put up my dress clothes , my smoking jacket , and all the Bunbury suits . . .", "I hope to-morrow will be a fine day , Lane .", "Lane , you 're a perfect pessimist .", "Oh , I 'm a little anxious about poor Bunbury , that is all .", "I love scrapes . They are the only things that are never serious .", "Nobody ever does .ACT DROP", "You are my little cousin Cecily , I 'm sure .", "Oh ! I am not really wicked at all , cousin Cecily . You must n't think that I am wicked .", "Oh ! Of course I have been rather reckless .", "In fact , now you mention the subject , I have been very bad in my own small way .", "It is much pleasanter being here with you .", "That is a great disappointment . I am obliged to go up by the first train on Monday morning . I have a business appointment that I am anxious . . . to miss ?", "No : the appointment is in London .", "About my what ?", "I certainly would n't let Jack buy my outfit . He has no taste in neckties at all .", "Australia ! I 'd sooner die .", "Oh , well ! The accounts I have received of Australia and the next world , are not particularly encouraging . This world is good enough for me , cousin Cecily .", "I 'm afraid I 'm not that . That is why I want you to reform me . You might make that your mission , if you do n't mind , cousin Cecily .", "Well , would you mind my reforming myself this afternoon ?", "I will . I feel better already .", "That is because I am hungry .", "Thank you . Might I have a buttonhole first ? I never have any appetite unless I have a buttonhole first .", "No , I 'd sooner have a pink rose .", "Because you are like a pink rose , Cousin Cecily .", "Then Miss Prism is a short-sighted old lady .You are the prettiest girl I ever saw .", "They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in .", "Brother John , I have come down from town to tell you that I am very sorry for all the trouble I have given you , and that I intend to lead a better life in the future .", "Of course I admit that the faults were all on my side . But I must say that I think that Brother John 's coldness to me is peculiarly painful . I expected a more enthusiastic welcome , especially considering it is the first time I have come here .", "I am afraid I can n't stay more than a week this time .", "What a fearful liar you are , Jack . I have not been called back to town at all .", "I have n't heard any one call me .", "My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree .", "Well , Cecily is a darling .", "Well , I do n't like your clothes . You look perfectly ridiculous in them . Why on earth do n't you go up and change ? It is perfectly childish to be in deep mourning for a man who is actually staying for a whole week with you in your house as a guest . I call it grotesque .", "I certainly wo n't leave you so long as you are in mourning . It would be most unfriendly . If I were in mourning you would stay with me , I suppose . I should think it very unkind if you did n't .", "Yes , if you are not too long . I never saw anybody take so long to dress , and with such little result .", "If I am occasionally a little over-dressed , I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated .", "I think it has been a great success . I 'm in love with Cecily , and that is everything .", "He 's gone to order the dog-cart for me .", "He 's going to send me away .", "I am afraid so . It 's a very painful parting .", "Thank you .", "I hope , Cecily , I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection .", "Do you really keep a diary ? I 'd give anything to look at it . May I ?", "Ahem ! Ahem !", "Cecily , ever since I first looked upon your wonderful and incomparable beauty , I have dared to love you wildly , passionately , devotedly , hopelessly .", "Cecily !", "Tell it to come round next week , at the same hour .", "Oh , I do n't care about Jack . I do n't care for anybody in the whole world but you . I love you , Cecily . You will marry me , wo n't you ?", "For the last three months ?", "But how did we become engaged ?", "Darling ! And when was the engagement actually settled ?", "Did I give you this ? It 's very pretty , is n't it ?", "My letters ! But , my own sweet Cecily , I have never written you any letters .", "Oh , do let me read them , Cecily ?", "But was our engagement ever broken off ?", "But why on earth did you break it off ? What had I done ? I had done nothing at all . Cecily , I am very much hurt indeed to hear you broke it off . Particularly when the weather was so charming .", "What a perfect angel you are , Cecily .", "Yes , darling , with a little help from others .", "You 'll never break off our engagement again , Cecily ?", "Yes , of course .", "But , my dear child , do you mean to say you could not love me if I had some other name ?", "Oh , any name you like \u2014 Algernon \u2014 for instance . . .", "Well , my own dear , sweet , loving little darling , I really can n't see why you should object to the name of Algernon . It is not at all a bad name . In fact , it is rather an aristocratic name . Half of the chaps who get into the Bankruptcy Court are called Algernon . But seriously , Cecily . . .if my name was Algy , could n't you love me ?", "Ahem ! Cecily !Your Rector here is , I suppose , thoroughly experienced in the practice of all the rites and ceremonials of the Church ?", "I must see him at once on a most important christening \u2014 I mean on most important business .", "I sha n't be away more than half an hour .", "I 'll be back in no time .", "My own love !", "To what young lady ? Good heavens ! Gwendolen !", "Of course not ! What could have put such an idea into your pretty little head ?", "I cannot deny it .", "Yes , and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is . The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life .", "That is absurd . One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses . Every serious Bunburyist knows that .", "Well , one must be serious about something , if one wants to have any amusement in life . I happen to be serious about Bunburying . What on earth you are serious about I have n't got the remotest idea . About everything , I should fancy . You have such an absolutely trivial nature .", "Your brother is a little off colour , is n't he , dear Jack ? You wo n't be able to disappear to London quite so frequently as your wicked custom was . And not a bad thing either .", "I can see no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant , clever , thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax . To say nothing of the fact that she is my cousin .", "Well , I simply wanted to be engaged to Cecily . I adore her .", "I do n't think there is much likelihood , Jack , of you and Miss", "Fairfax being united .", "If it was my business , I would n't talk about it .It is very vulgar to talk about one 's business . Only people like stock-brokers do that , and then merely at dinner parties .", "Well , I can n't eat muffins in an agitated manner . The butter would probably get on my cuffs . One should always eat muffins quite calmly . It is the only way to eat them .", "When I am in trouble , eating is the only thing that consoles me . Indeed , when I am in really great trouble , as any one who knows me intimately will tell you , I refuse everything except food and drink . At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy . Besides , I am particularly fond of muffins .", "I wish you would have tea-cake instead . I do n't like tea-cake .", "But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins .", "That may be . But the muffins are the same .", "You can n't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner . It 's absurd . I never go without my dinner . No one ever does , except vegetarians and people like that . Besides I have just made arrangements with Dr. Chasuble to be christened at a quarter to six under the name of Ernest .", "Yes , but I have not been christened for years .", "Quite so . So I know my constitution can stand it . If you are not quite sure about your ever having been christened , I must say I think it rather dangerous your venturing on it now . It might make you very unwell . You can hardly have forgotten that some one very closely connected with you was very nearly carried off this week in Paris by a severe chill .", "It use n't to be , I know \u2014 but I daresay it is now . Science is always making wonderful improvements in things .", "Jack , you are at the muffins again ! I wish you would n't . There are only two left .I told you I was particularly fond of muffins .", "Why on earth then do you allow tea-cake to be served up for your guests ? What ideas you have of hospitality !", "I have n't quite finished my tea yet ! and there is still one muffin left .ACT DROP", "In order that I might have an opportunity of meeting you .", "I am !", "Darling !", "Yes , Aunt Augusta .", "Oh ! No ! Bunbury does n't live here . Bunbury is somewhere else at present . In fact , Bunbury is dead .", "Oh ! I killed Bunbury this afternoon . I mean poor", "Bunbury died this afternoon .", "Bunbury ? Oh , he was quite exploded .", "My dear Aunt Augusta , I mean he was found out ! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live , that is what I mean \u2014 so Bunbury died .", "I am engaged to be married to Cecily , Aunt Augusta .", "Yes , Aunt Augusta !", "Cecily is the sweetest , dearest , prettiest girl in the whole world . And I do n't care twopence about social possibilities .", "Thank you , Aunt Augusta .", "Thank you , Aunt Augusta .", "Of course I could , Cecily . You know I could .", "Then what is to be done , Cecily ?", "Well , not till to-day , old boy , I admit . I did my best , however , though I was out of practice .", "My dear boy , we were never even on speaking terms . He died before I was a year old .", "Cecily !At last !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 152, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Attilia waiting here ? Is't possible ?", "Is this a place for Regulus 's daughter ?", "Just gods ! must that incomparable maid", "Associate here with Lictors and Plebeians ?", "Let not her sorrows make my fair unjust .", "Is there in Rome a heart so dead to virtue", "That does not beat in Regulus 's cause ?", "That wearies not the gods for his return ?", "That does not think all subjugated Afric", "A slender , unimportant acquisition ,", "If , in return for this extended empire ,", "The freedom of thy father be the purchase ?", "These are the feelings of Imperial Rome ;", "My own , it were superfluous to declare .", "For if Licinius were to weigh his merit ,", "That he 's thy father were sufficient glory .", "He was my leader , train 'd me up to arms ;", "And if I boast a spark of Roman honour ,", "I owe it to his precepts and his virtues .", "Ah ! spare me thy reproaches \u2014 what , when late", "A private citizen , could I attempt ?", "\u2018 Twas not the lust of power , or pride of rank ,", "Which made me seek the dignity of tribune ;", "No , my Attilia , but I fondly hop 'd", "\u2018 Twould strengthen and enforce the just request", "Which as a private man I vainly urg 'd ;", "But now , the people 's representative ,", "I shall demand , Attilia , to be heard .", "Ah ! think , Attilia , who that Consul is ,", "Manlius , thy father 's rival , and his foe :", "His ancient rival , and his foe profess 'd :", "To hope in him , my fair , were fond delusion .", "Be it so , my fair ! but elsewhere make thy suit ;", "Let not the Consul meet Attilia here ,", "Confounded with the refuse of the people .", "Behold he comes .", "O bless me with a look ,", "One parting look at least .", "O sweet , yet powerful influence of virtue ,", "That charms though cruel , though unkind subdues ,", "And what was love exalts to admiration !", "Yes , \u2018 tis the privilege of souls like thine", "To conquer most when least they aim at conquest .", "Yet , ah ! vouchsafe to think upon Licinius ,", "Nor fear to rob thy father of his due ;", "For surely virtue and the gods approve", "Unwearied constancy and spotless love .", "Ah ! my friend !", "and At . O by this hand we beg \u2014\u2014", "With joy , my honour 'd friend , I seek thy presence .", "Because my heart once more", "Beats high with flattering hope . In thy great cause", "I have been labouring .", "In thine and Rome 's . Does it excite thy wonder ?", "Couldst thou , then , think so poorly of Licinius ,", "That base ingratitude could find a place", "Within his bosom ?\u2014 Can I , then , forget", "Thy thousand acts of friendship to my youth ?", "Forget them , too , at that important moment", "When most I might assist thee ?\u2014 Regulus ,", "Thou wast my leader , general , father \u2014 all .", "Didst thou not teach me early how to tread", "The path of glory ; point the way thyself ,", "And bid me follow thee ?", "I have defended", "Thy liberty and life !", "Just as the Fathers were about to meet ,", "I hasten 'd to the temple \u2014 at the entrance", "Their passage I retarded by the force", "Of strong entreaty : then address 'd myself", "So well to each , that I from each obtain 'd", "A declaration , that his utmost power", "Should be exerted for thy life and freedom .", "Not he alone ; no , \u2018 twere indeed unjust", "To rob the fair Attilia of her claim", "To filial merit .\u2014 What I could , I did .", "But she \u2014 thy charming daughter \u2014 heav'n and earth ,", "What did she not to save her father ?", "Attilia , thy belov 'd \u2014 thy age 's darling !", "Was ever father bless 'd with such a child ?", "Gods ! how her looks took captive all who saw her !", "How did her soothing eloquence subdue", "The stoutest hearts of Rome ! How did she rouse", "Contending passions in the breasts of all !", "How sweetly temper dignity with grief !", "With what a soft , inimitable grace", "She prais 'd , reproach 'd , entreated , flatter 'd , sooth 'd .", "What could they say ?", "Who could resist the lovely conqueror ?", "See where she comes \u2014 Hope dances in her eyes ,", "And lights up all her beauties into smiles .", "For pity 's sake , my Lord !", "Because I am a Roman , I aspired", "T \u2019 oppose th \u2019 inhuman rigour of thy fate .", "Oh ! my best Attilia ,", "Do not repent thee of the pious deed :", "It was a virtuous error . That in us", "Is a just duty , which the god-like soul", "Of Regulus would think a shameful weakness .", "If the contempt of life in him be virtue ,", "It were in us a crime to let him perish .", "Perhaps at last he may consent to live :", "He then will thank us for our cares to save him :", "Let not his anger fright thee . Though our love", "Offend him now , yet , when his mighty soul", "Is reconcil 'd to life , he will not chide us .", "The sick man loathes , and with reluctance takes", "The remedy by which his health 's restor 'd .", "Would my Attilia rather lose her father", "Than , by offending him , preserve his life ?", "Yes , he shall live , and we again be bless 'd ;", "Then dry thy tears , and let those lovely orbs", "Beam with their wonted lustre on Licinius ,", "Who lives but in the sunshine of thy smiles .", "Ah ! my fair mourner ,", "All 's lost .", "Yes , at my life 's expense , my heart 's best treasure ,", "Wouldst thou instruct me how .", "Farewell , my love !", "If possible , to save the life of Regulus .", "Since the disease so desperate is become ,", "We must apply a desperate remedy .", "No , my gentle love ,", "Too much I prize thy safety and thy peace .", "Let me entreat thee , stay with Barce here", "Till our return .", "Soon shalt thou know it all \u2014 Farewell ! farewell ! Let us keep Regulus in Rome , or die .", "At length I 've found thee \u2014 ah , my charming maid !", "How have I sought thee out with anxious fondness !", "Alas ! she hears me not .\u2014\u2014 My best Attilia !", "Ah ! grief oppresses every gentle sense .", "Still , still she hears not \u2014\u2014 \u2018 tis Licinius speaks ,", "He comes to soothe the anguish of thy spirit ,", "And hush thy tender sorrows into peace .", "\u2018 Tis one who comes the messenger of heav'n ,", "To talk of peace , of comfort , and of joy .", "Cease , cease , my love , this tender voice of woe ,", "Though softer than the dying cygnet 's plaint :", "She ever chants her most melodious strain", "When death and sorrow harmonise her note .", "I come to dry thy tears , not make them flow ;", "The gods once more propitious smile upon us ,", "Joy shall again await each happy morn ,", "And ever-new delight shall crown the day !", "Yes , Regulus shall live .\u2014\u2014", "Mock thy afflictions ?\u2014 May eternal Jove ,", "And every power at whose dread shrine we worship ,", "Blast all the hopes my fond ideas form ,", "If I deceive thee ! Regulus shall live ,", "Shall live to give thee to Licinius \u2019 arms .", "Oh ! we will smooth his downward path of life ,", "And after a long length of virtuous years ,", "At the last verge of honourable age ,", "When nature 's glimmering lamp goes gently out ,", "We 'll close , together close his eyes in peace \u2014", "Together drop the sweetly-painful tear \u2014", "Then copy out his virtues in our lives .", "Thou know'st what influence the name of Tribune", "Gives its possessor o'er the people 's minds :", "That power I have exerted , nor in vain ;", "All are prepar 'd to second my designs :", "The plot is ripe ,\u2014 there 's not a man but swears", "To keep thy god-like father here in Rome \u2014\u2014", "To save his life at hazard of his own .", "We 'll seek thy father , and meanwhile , my fair ,", "Compose thy sweet emotions ere thou see'st him ,", "Pleasure itself is painful in excess ;", "For joys , like sorrows , in extreme , oppress :", "The gods themselves our pious cares approve ,", "And to reward our virtue crown our love .", "Rome will not suffer Regulus to go .", "I grant they are \u2014", "But still the people are the greater part .", "The less cruel .\u2014\u2014", "Full of esteem and gratitude to Regulus ,", "We would preserve his life .", "His honour !\u2014\u2014", "On your lives ,", "Stir not a man .", "And I forbid it .", "How dar'st thou , Manlius , thus oppose the Tribune ?", "Romans , guard it .", "The Majesty of Rome is in the people ;", "Thou dost insult it by opposing them .", "Hatred ? ah ! my friend ,", "It is our love would break these cruel chains .", "What faith should be observ 'd with savages ? What promise should be kept which bonds extort ?", "Rome is no more if Regulus departs .", "Lay down your arms \u2014 let Regulus depart ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 153, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Ah , madonna ....", "It has not seemed brief to me .", "Yes , but I did not then know that each day spent apart from you , Madonna", "Graciosa , would be a century in passing .", "Yes , my search is desperate .", "Very certainly , since at my journey 's end I find Madonna Graciosa , the chief jewel of Tuscany .", "Ah , well , to balance that , you will presently find courtiers in Florence who will barter for you like merchants . May I descend ?", "Am I to be welcomed merely for the sake of my gems ? You were more gracious , you were more beautifully like your lovely name , on the fortunate day that I first encountered you ... only six weeks ago , and only yonder , where the path crosses the highway . But now that I esteem myself your friend , you greet me like a stranger . You do not even invite me into your garden . I much prefer the manner in which you told me the way to the inn when I was an unknown passer-by . And yet your pennant promised greeting .", "Now , there is the greeting I had hoped for ! But how do you escape your father 's watch so easily ?", "That \u201c Oh , yes , you ! \u201d is a very fitting reward for my devotion . For I find that nowadays I travel about the kingdom buying jewels less for my patrons at court than for the pleasure of having your eyes appraise them , and smile at me .", "That is wise , for the turquoise is a talisman . They say that the woman who wears a turquoise is thereby assured of marrying the person whom she prefers .", "In fact , they are handsome stones .", "Oh , with your lute !", "Yes , to be sure ! with my jewels .", "There is again my gracious lady . Now , in reward for that , you shall feast your eyes .", "Oh , I did not mean to offer them to you to-day . No , this string is intended for the Duke 's favorite , Count Eglamore .", "For Count Eglamore .", "If it be taste to appreciate pearls , then the Duke 's chief officer has excellent taste . He seeks them far and wide . He will be very generous in paying for this string .", "Oh , the nobles complain of him , but we merchants have no quarrel with Eglamore . He buys too lavishly .", "It is a pursuit not limited to us who frankly live by sale and purchase . Count Eglamore , for example , knows that men may be bought as readily as merchandise . It is one reason why he is so hated \u2014 by the unbought .", "You pray too much , madonna . Even very pious people ought to be reasonable .", "The Marquis of Cibo conspired , or so the court judged \u2014", "Yet you have never even seen him , I believe ?", "So I have gathered . They remain among the unbought .", "Ah , yes , I remember .", "I remember that also .", "Yes , the dog seemed to think so , I remember .", "Has my Lord Balthazar yet set a day for that presentation ?", "I wish to have this Eglamore 's accounts all settled by that date .", "In fact , a noble who is not rich cannot afford to continue supporting a daughter who is salable in marriage .", "Marvels . I think \u2014 yes , I am afraid that you will like them .", "Few courtiers have expressed dislike of him in my presence .", "Eh , madonna ! some day , when you have seen his jewels \u2014", "Yes , he will show them to you , I think , without fail , for the Duke loves beauty in all its forms . So he will take pleasure in confronting the brightness of your eyes with the brightness of the four kinds of sapphires , of the twelve kinds of rubies , and of many extraordinary pearls \u2014", "And you will see his famous emerald necklace , and all his diamonds , and his huge turquoises , which will make you ashamed of your poor talisman \u2014", "He will show you the very finest of his gems , assuredly . And then , worse still , he will be making verses in your honor .", "It is a preposterous feature of Duke Alessandro 's character that he is always making songs about some beautiful thing or another .", "The songs of a reigning duke are always good .", "Tastes differ , of course \u2014", "I have a portrait of the Duke . It does not , I think , unduly flatter him . Will you look at it ?", "Here is the likeness .", "Oh , it was a gift to me from his highness for a special service I did him , and as such must be treasured .", "If you do , I ask only that in noisy Florence you remember this quiet garden .", "You may see his arms on it , and on the back his inscription .", "You are astonished at his highness \u2019 coloring ? That he inherits from his mother . She was , you know , a blackamoor .", "Such observations are court etiquette .", "Seen him ! here ! riding past !", "That was idle gossip , I fancy . The Duke rarely rides abroad without my \u2014\u2014 without my lavish patron Eglamore , the friend of all honest merchants .", "True , madonna , true . I had forgotten you did not see them .", "Madonna ! but wise persons do not apply such adjectives to dukes . And wise persons do not criticize Count Eglamore 's appearance , either , now that Eglamore is indispensable to the all-powerful Duke of Florence .", "It is thanks to the Eglamore whom you hate that the Duke has ample leisure to indulge in recreations which are reputed to be \u2014 curious .", "That is perhaps quite as well .To be brief , madonna , business annoys the Duke .", "It interferes with the pursuit of all the beautiful things he asks for in that song .", "Eglamore is an industrious person who affixes seals , and signs treaties , and musters armies , and collects revenues , upon the whole , quite as efficiently as Alessandro would be capable of doing these things .", "And otherwise amuses himself as his inclinations prompt , while Eglamore rules Tuscany \u2014 and the Tuscans are none the worse off on account of it .But is not that a horseman ?", "I confess I wish to run no risk of being found here , by your respected father or by your ingenious cousins and uncles .", "A prince has means to overcome all obstacles .", "What would you do ?", "In which you would be very ravishingly beautiful . His tone has become rather ardent , and he is now standing nearer to her than the size of the garden necessitates . So GRACIOSA demurely steps down from the bench , and sits at the far end .", "I ? What would I do if I were a great lord instead of a tradesman !I think you know the answer , madonna .", "And is it not a serious matter that a pedler of crystals should have dared to love a nobleman 's daughter ?", "But you are perfectly right . It is not a serious matter . That I worship you is an affair which does not seriously concern any person save me in any way whatsoever . Yet I think that knowledge of the fact would put your father to the trouble of sharpening his dagger .", "Indeed , I am not certain that I do worship you ; for in order to adore whole-heartedly the idolater must believe his idol to be perfect .Now your nails are of an ugly shape , like that of little fans . Your nose is nothing to boast of . And your mouth is too large . I do not admire these faults , for faults they are undoubtedly \u2014", "No .... Then , too , I know that you are vain and self-seeking , and look forward contentedly to the time when your father will transfer his ownership of your physical attractions to that nobleman who offers the highest price for them .", "That is true , and nobody disputes it . Still , you participate in a monstrous bargain , and I would prefer to have you exhibit distaste for it . Bending forward , GUIDO draws from his jewel pack the string of pearls , and this he moodily contemplates , in order to evince his complete disinterestedness . The pose has its effect . GRACIOSA looks at him for a moment , rises , draws a deep breath , and speaks with a sort of humility .", "I am afraid that men do not always love according to the strict laws of logic .I desire your happiness above all things , yet to see you so abysmally untroubled by anything which troubles me is \u2014 another matter .", "No ?", "You know that I love you .", "Madonna is candid this morning .", "Would I incur such risks without caring ?", "Your highness was never lacking in penetration .", "It happens that not a moment ago we were admiring your highness \u2019 portrait .", "I gave orders for the Marquis of Cibo 's execution , as was the duty of my office . I did not devise the manner of his punishment . The punishment for Cibo 's crime was long ago fixed by our laws . All who attack the Duke 's person must die thus .", "Graciosa ... you shame me \u2014", "God , God ! The DUKE looks with delight at GRACIOSA , who stands bewildered and childlike .", "Highness \u2014!", "She is a child \u2014", "Highness , I love this child \u2014", "No !", "No , I will not have it .", "I have never been too nice to profit by your vices . I have taken my thrifty toll of abomination . I have stood by contentedly , not urging you on , yet never trying to stay you as you waded deeper and ever deeper into the filth of your debaucheries , because meanwhile you left me so much power .", "It was not altogether I who made of you a brainsick beast . But what you are is in part my handiwork . Nevertheless , you shall not harm this child .", "I know this means my ruin .", "That is nothing to me .", "At court you are the master . At your court in Florence I have seen many mothers raise the veil from their daughters \u2019 faces because you were passing . But here upon this hill-top I can see only the woman I love and the man who has insulted her .", "By killing you , your highness .", "I think this knife will serve me , highness , to make earth a cleaner place .", "You risk your life , for very certainly I mean to kill you .", "Ah ! He catches up the fallen dagger , and attacks the DUKE , this time with utter disregard of the rules of fence and his own safety . GUIDO drives the DUKE back . GUIDO is careless of defence , and desirous only to kill . The DUKE is wounded , and falls with a cry at the foot of the shrine . GUIDO utters a sort of strangled growl . He raises his dagger , intending to hack at and mutilate his antagonist , who is now unconscious . As GUIDO stoops , GRACIOSA , from behind him , catches his arm .", "Madonna , the Duke is not yet dead . That wound is nothing serious .", "It is impossible to let him live .", "I think so , too , but I know that all this madman 's whims are ruthless .", "Power ! I , who have attacked the Duke 's person ! I , who have done what your dead cousin merely planned to do !", "Living , this brain-sick beast will make of you his plaything \u2014 and , a little later , his broken , soiled and cast-by plaything . It is therefore necessary that I kill Duke Alessandro .", "That is the law , madonna . But what he said is true . I am useless to him , a rebellious lackey to be punished . Whether I have his life or no , I am a lost man .", "Now there is not a beggar in the kingdom who would change lots with me . But at least I shall first kill this kingdom 's lord . He picks up his dagger .", "Perhaps I might escape , going north to Bologna , and then to Venice , which is at war with the Duke \u2014", "But first the Duke must die , because his death saves you .", "Not even Eglamore would leave you at the mercy of this poet .", "And I must need upset the bargain between these jewel merchants !", "I had no choice . I love you .It is a theme on which I shall not embroider . So long as I thought to use you as an instrument I could woo fluently enough . Today I saw that you were frightened and helpless \u2014 oh , quite helpless . And something in me changed . I knew for the first time that I loved you . And I knew I was not clean as you are clean . I knew that I had more in common with this beast here than I had with you .", "You , who had only scorn to give me when I was a kingdom 's master ! Would you go with me now that I am homeless and friendless ?", "Graciosa \u2014!", "Ah , you shall not regret that foolish preference .", "He will not enter Hell to-day .Already he revives , you see . So let us begone before his attendants come .", "So we may pass for minstrels on the road to Venice .", "The Duke 's attendants fetching him new women \u2014 two more of those numerous damsels that his song demands . They will revive this ruinous songmaker to rule over Tuscany more foolishly than Eglamore governed when Eglamore was a great lord .It is a very rich and lovely country , this kingdom which a half-hour since lay in the hollow of my hand . Now I am empty-handed ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 154, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Tis that I came to towne for , I wo 'd not", "Endure againe the countrey conversation ,", "To be the Lady of sixe shires I the men", "So neare the Primitive making , they retaine", "A sence of nothing but the earth , their braines", "And barren heads standing as much in want", "Of plowing as their ground , to heare a fellow", "Make himselfe merry and his horse with whisteling", "Sellingers round , to observe with what solemnitie", "They keepe their Wakes , and throw for pewter Candlestickes ,", "How they become the Morris , whith whose bells", "They ring all into Whitson Ales , and sweate ,", "Through twenty Scarffes and Napkins , till the Hobbyhorse", "Tire , and the maide Marrian dissolv 'd to a gelly ,", "Be kept for spoone meate .", "You doe imagine ,", "No doubt , you have talk 'd wisely , and confuted ,", "London past all defence , your Master should", "Doe well to send you backe into the countrie ,", "With title of Superintendent Baylie .", "Even so sir .", "A country-gentleman ,", "By your affection to converse with stuble ,", "His tenants will advance your wit , and plumpe it so", "With beefe and bag-pudding .", "Complaine to the Lord of the soyle your master .", "I am angry with my selfe ,", "To be so miserably restrained in things ,", "Wherein it doth concern your love and honour", "To see me satisfied .", "What charge more than is necessarie ,", "For a lady of my birth and education ?", "Tis English .", "Decoy welcome , this visite is a favour .", "You oblige me Madam , but I must", "Not dispence so with your absence .", "Thou shalt command mine , prethee sweete Decoy .", "So you will promise to dine with me . De . I shall", "Present a guest . Are . Why then good morrow Madam .", "Whats your newes sir ? St. Madam two gentlemen .", "What gentlemen ? Have they no names . St . They are", "The gentleman with his owne head of haire ,", "Whom you commended for his horsemanship", "In Hide Parke , and becomming the saddle", "The tother day . Are . What circumstance is this ,", "To know him by . St. His names at my tongues end ,", "He lik 'd the fashion of your pearle chaine Madam ,", "And borrowed it for his Jewelier to take", "A coppie by it . Bor . What cheating gallants this ?", "Fie , how 's this haire disordered ? here 's a curle ,", "Straddle most impiously , I must to my closet . Exit .", "Faire morning to you gentlemen ,", "You went not late to bed by your early visit ,", "You doe me honour . Al . It becomes our service .", "What newes abroade ? you hold precious intelligence .", "And where were you last night ? Al . I Madam ? where", "I slept not , it had beene sin where so much", "Delight and beauty was to keepe me waking ,", "There is a Lady Madam will be worth", "Your free societie , my conversation", "Nere knew so elegant and brave a soule ,", "With most incomparable flesh and bloud ,", "So spirited , so Courtly speakes the Languages ,", "Sings , Dances , playes o'th Lute to admiration ,", "Is faire and paints not , games too , keepes a table ,", "And talkes most witty Satyre , has a wit", "Of a cleane Mercury .", "A Virgin ? Al . Neither . Lit . What a widow ? something", "Of this wide commendation might have beene", "Excusd , this such a prodigie ? Al . Repent", "Before I name her , shee did never see", "Yet full sixteene , an age in the opinion", "Of wise men not contemptible , she ha 's", "Mourned out her yeare too for the honest Knight", "That had compassion of her youth , and dy 'd", "So timely , such a widow is not common ,", "And now she shines more fresh and tempting", "Then any naturall Virgin .", "Whats her name ?", "You have beene high in praises . Al . I come short ,", "No flattery can reach her . Bor . Now my Lady", "Is troubled as she feared to be eclipsd ,", "This newes will cost me somewhat . Are . You deserve", "Her favour for this noble character .", "You must bring us acquainted . Bo . I pray doe sir ,", "I long to see her too , Madam I have", "Thought upo n't and corrected my opinion ,", "Pursue what wayes of pleasure your desires", "Incline you too , not onely with my state ,", "But with my person I will follow you ,", "I see the folly of my thrift , and will", "Repent in Sacke and prodigalitie", "To your owne hearts content .", "But doe not mocke .", "I am glad to heare you sir in so good tune .", "The boy 's undone . Fre . Madam you appeare troubled .", "Have J not cause ? Was not J trusted with", "Thy education boy , and have they sent thee", "Home like a very scholler . Alex . Twas ill done", "How ere they usd him in the Vniversitie ,", "To send him to his friends thus . Fre . Why sir , blacke", "Is not within my reading any blemish ,", "Sables are no disgrace in Heraldry .", "What lucke I did not send him into France ,", "They would have given him generous education ,", "Taught him another garbe , to weare his locke ,", "And shape , as gawdie as the Summer , how", "To dance , and wagge his feather ala mode ,", "To complement , and cringe , to talke not modestly", "Like J forsooth , and no forsooth , to blush", "And looke so like a Chaplaine , there he might", "Have learned a brazen confidence , and observ 'd", "So well the custome of the countrey , that", "He might by this time have invented fashions", "For us , and beene a benefit to the Kingdome", "Preserv 'd our Tailors in their wits , and sav 'd", "The charge of sending into forraine Courts", "For pride and anticke fashions , observe ,", "In what a posture he does hold his hat now .", "I feare hee 's spoild forever , he did name", "Logicke , and may for ought I know be gone", "So farre to understand it , I did alwayes", "Suspect they would corrupt him in the Colledge ,", "Will your Greeke sawes and sentences discharge", "The Mercer , or is Latin a fit language", "To court a mistresse in ? Mr. Alexander", "If you have any charitie , let me", "Commend him to your breeding , I suspect", "I must employ my Doctor first , to purge", "The Vniversitie that lies in 's head", "It alters his complexion . Alex . If you dare", "Trust me to serve him . Are . Mr. Littleworth", "Be you joynd in commission . Lit . I will teach him", "Postures and rudiments . Are . I have no patience", "To see him in this shape , it turnes my stomacke ,", "When he has cast his Academicke skinne", "He shall be yours , I am bound in conscience", "To see him bred , his owne state shall maintaine", "The change , while hees my Ward , come hither sir .", "I wanted such an engine , my Lord has", "Done me a curtesie to disclose her nature ,", "I now know one to trust , and will employ her .", "Touching my Lord , for reasons , which I shall", "Offer to your Ladiship hereafter , I", "Desire you would be silent , but to shew", "How much I dare be confident in your secrecie ,", "I powre my bosome forth , I love a gentleman", "On whom there woo'not meet much conjuration", "To meet \u2014 your eare \u2014", "Your pardon a few minutes sir \u2014\u2014 you must", "Contrive it thus . Lit . I attend , and shall account it", "Honour to waite on your returne . Are . He must not", "Have the least knowledge of my name , or person .", "I hope the revells are maintained within .", "Tis well . Lit . And praises her beyond all poetry .", "I'me glad he has so much wit . Lit . Not jealous !", "This secures me , what would make other Ladies pale", "With jealousie , gives but a licence to my wandrings ,", "Let him now taxe me if he dare \u2014\u2014 and yet", "Her beauti 's worth my envie , and I wish", "Revenge upon it , not because he loves ,", "But that it shines above my owne . Enter Alex .", "I have it , you two gentlemen professe", "Much service to me , if I have a way", "To employ your wit and secrecie . Both . You'le honour us .", "You gave a high and worthy character", "Of Celestina . Alex . I remember Madam .", "Doe either of you love her ? Alex . Not I Madam .", "They are here , begin not till I whisper you .", "C'est bien de la douceur de vostre naturel que vous tenez", "Ceste language ; mais j'espere que mon mary n'a pas", "Manque de vous entretenir en mon absence .", "Il eut trop failly , s'il n'eust tasche de tout son pouvoir a vous rendre toutes fortes de services .", "Vrayement Madame , que jamais personne a plus desire ,", "L'honneur de vostre compagnie , que moy .", "Vous m'obligez trop .", "Passion of my braine .", "There 's a complement .", "Ie vous prie Madame d'excuser les habitz , & le rude", "Comportement de mon cousin . Il est tout fraichement", "Venu de l'universite , ou on l'a tout gaste .", "Oh most unpardonable ! get him off", "Quickly , and discreetely , or if I live \u2014\u2014", "What shall I doe ? Try your skill , Master Littleworth .", "Nephew Fredricke ! Fr . Little gentleman ,", "This an affront both to my bloud and person ,", "I am a gentleman of as tall a birth", "As any boast nobility , though my clothes", "Smell o'the lampe , my coate is honourable ,", "Right honourable , full , of or , and argent ,", "A little gentleman ! Bor . Coze you must be patient ,", "My Lady meant you no dishonour , and", "You must remember shee 's a woman .", "Now gentlemen . Ex . all but Cel . & Alex . & Little .", "Is she gone . Li . I thinke we peperd her .", "Some love letter \u2014\u2014 He smiles upont .", "Now Mr. Alexander , you looke bright o the suddaine ,", "Another spirit 's in your eye .", "I blush while I converse with my owne thoughts ,", "Some strange fate governes me , but I must on ,", "The wayes are cast already , and we thrive", "When our sinne feares no eye nor perspective . Exit .", "Well , turne about Fredricke , very well .", "A coach will easily convey it , or", "You may take water at strand bridge . Lit . But I", "Have taken fire . Are . The Thames will coole .", "But hath Sir Thomas lost five hundred pounds", "Already ? Ser . And five hundred more he borrow 'd ,", "The Dice are notable devourers Madam ,", "They make no more of peeces , than of pebbles ,", "But thrust their heapes together to engender ,", "Two hundred more the Caster cries this gentleman ,", "I am w'ee . I ha that to nothing sir , the Caster", "Agen , tis covered , and the table too ,", "With summes that frighed me , here one sneakes out ,", "And with a Martyrs patience , smiles upon", "His moneyes Executioner , the Dice ,", "Commands a pipe of good Tobacco , and", "I'th smoke o n't vanishes ; another makes", "The bones vault ore his head , sweares that ill throwing", "Has put his shoulder out of joynt , calls for", "A bone setter that lookes to'th boxe , to bid", "His master send him some more hundred pounds ,", "Which lost , he takes tobacco , and is quiet ;", "Here a strong arme throwes in , and in , with which", "He brusheth all the table , payes the Rookes", "That went their smelts a peece upon his hand ,", "Yet sweares he has not drawne a stake this seven yeare .", "But I was bid make haste , my master may", "Lose this five hundred pounds ere I come thither . Exit .", "If we both waste so fast , we shall soone finde", "Our state is not immortall , some thing in", "His other wayes appeare not well already . Enter sir Thomas .", "Say you so ? I'le have another coach to morrow If there be rich above ground . Bor . I forgot To bid the fellow aske my Jeweller , Whether the chaine of Diamonds be made up , I will present it to my Lady Bellamour , Faire Celestina . Are . This gowne J have worne Sixe dayes already , it lookes dull , ile give it My waiting woman , and have one of cloth of gold enbrodered , shooes and pantables Will show well of the same . Bor . I have invited A covey of Ladies , and as many gentlemen To morrow to the Italian Ordinary , I shall have rarities , and regalli as To pay for Madam , musicke , wanton songs , And tunes of silken petticotes to dance to .", "And to morrow have I invited halfe the Court To dine here , what misfortune tis your company And ours should be devided ? after dinner J entertaine e 'm with a play . Bor . By that time Your play inclines to the Epilogue , shall we quit our Italian host , and whirle in coaches , To the Douch Magazine of sawce , the Stillyard , Where deale , and backragge , and what strange wine else , They dare but give a name too in the reckoning Shall flow into our roome , and drowne Westphalias , Tongues , and Anchoavis , like some little towne Endangered by a sluce , through whole fierce ebbe We wade and wash our selves into a boate , And bid our Coachmen drive their leather tenements By land , while we saile home with a fresh tide To some new randevous . Are . If you have not Pointed the place , pray bring your Ladies hither , J meane to have a Ball to morrow night , And a rich banquet for e 'm , where we'le dance Till morning rise , and blush to interrupt us .", "Tis very pretty . Enter Decoy .", "Madam Decoy . De . What melancholy Exit .", "After so sweet a nights worke ? Have not I", "Shew 'd my selfe Mistris of my art . Are . A Lady .", "Where have you beene cozen ? Fre . At the bridge , At the Beares foote , where our first health began To the faire Aretina , whose sweet company Was wished by all , we could not get a lay , a Tumbler , a Device , a bona roba For any money , drawers were growne dull ; We wanted our true firkes and our vagaries ; When were you in drinke Aunt ? Are . How ? Fr . Do not Ladies Play the good fellowes too ? there 's no true mirth Without e 'm , I have now such tickling fancies , That Doctour of the chaire of wit , has read A precious lecture , how I should behave My selfe to Ladies , as now for example .", "Would you practise upon me ? Fre . I first salute you ,", "You have a soft hand Madam , are you so", "All over ? Are . Nephew . Fre . Nay you should but smile ,", "And then agen I kisse you ; and thus draw", "Off your white glove , and start to see your hand", "More excellently white , I grace my owne", "Lip with this touch , and turning gently thus ,", "Prepare you for my skill in Palmistry ,", "Which out of curiosity no Lady", "But easily applies too , the first line", "I tooke with most ambition to find out ,", "Is Venus girdle , a faire semicircle", "Enclosing both the mount of Sol and Saturne ,", "If that appeare , she 's for my turne , a Lady", "Whom nature has prepar 'd for the careere ,", "And Cupid at my elbow , I put forward ,", "You have this very line , Aunt .", "The boy 's franticke .", "He has sacke enough , and I may find his humor . Exeunt .", "Your other clothes were not so rich , who was", "Your tailor sir ? Al . They were made for me long since ,", "They have knowne but two bright dayes upon my backe ,", "I had a humor Madam to lay things by ,", "They will serve two dayes more , I thinke I ha gold enough", "To goe to'th Mercer , Ile now allow my selfe", "A suite a weeke as this , with necessary", "Dependances , Beaver , silke stockings , garters ,", "And roses in their due conformitie ,", "Bootes are forbid a cleane legge , but to ride in ,", "My linnen every morning comes in new ,", "The old goes too great bellies . Ar . You are charitable .", "You make me wonder sir , to see this change", "Of fortune , your revenew was not late", "So plentifull . Al . Hang durty land and Lordships ,", "I wonot change one lodging I ha got", "For the Chamber of London . Are . Strange of such a sudden ,", "To rise to this estate , no fortunate hand", "At dice could lift you up so , for tis since", "Last night , yesterday , you were no such Monarke .", "Dare you trust my security . Al . There 's gold ,", "I shall have more to morrow .", "You astonish me , who can supply these ?", "Not that I wish to know", "More of your happinesse , then I have aready", "Heart to congratulate , be pleasd to lay", "My wonder . Al . Tis a secret . Are . Which ile die", "Ere Ile betray . Al . You have alwayes wish 'd me well ,", "But you shall sweare not to reveale the partie .", "Ile lose the benefit of my tongue . Alex . Nor be", "Afraid at what I say , what thinke you first", "Of an old Witch , a strange ill favor 'd hag", "That for my company last night , has wrought", "This cure upon my fortune ? I doe sweat", "To thinke upon her name . Are . How sir a Witch ?", "What devill ? How I tremble . Ale . Have a heart ,", "Twas a shee devill too , a most insatiate", "Abominable devill with a taile", "Thus long . Are . Goodnesse defend me , did you see her ?", "Tis a false glasse , sure I am more deform 'd ,", "What have I done , my soule is miserable . Enter Lord .", "Heaven has dissolv 'd the clouds that hung upon", "My eyes , and if you can with mercy meet", "A penitent , I throw my owne will off ,", "And now in all things obey yours , my nephew", "Send backe agen to'th colledge , and my selfe", "To what place you'le confine me . Bor . Dearer now", "Than ever to my bosome , thou shalt please", "Me best to live at thy owne choice , I did", "But fright thee with a noise of my expences ,", "The summes are safe , and we have wealth enough ,", "If yet we use it nobly ? My Lord \u2014\u2014 Madam ,", "Pray honour to night . Are . I begge your presence ,", "And pardon . Bor . I know not how my Aretina", "May be disposd to morrow for the country ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 155, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I tell you , Sir , his love to me is all a pretence : it is amazing that you , who are so acute , so quick in discerning on other occasions , should be so blind upon this .", "Surely , Sir , strong circumstances in every court should have weight .", "Not perfectly well .", "I do , Sir .", "Attentively .", "Clearly .", "True .", "Very obliging , Sir . But suppose now , Sir , it should appear that the attention of Sir Luke Limp is directed to some other object , would not that induce you to \u2014", "In this very house .", "No , Sir ?", "Yes , Sir , one person else .", "But remember , Sir , my accusation is confined to Sir Luke .", "Suppose then , Sir , those powerful charms which made a conquest of you , may have extended their empire over the heart of Sir Luke ?", "Indeed , Sir , but I do .", "Overt acts !", "I can n't say that , Sir ; but another organ has been pretty explicit .", "In those cases a very infallible one \u2014 the eye .", "Perhaps not , Sir , but it is a decisive evidence in a court of love .", "Sir , you mistake me ; it is not the lady , but the gentleman I am about to impeach .", "You were never more deceiv 'd in your life ; for it is impossible , my dear Sir , that jealousy can subsist without love .", "And from that passionI am pretty free at present .", "A sweet object to excite tender desires !", "First as to his years .", "I own , Sir , age procures honor , but I believe it is very rarely productive of love .", "And tho \u2019 the loss of a leg can n't be imputed to Sir Luke Limp as a fault \u2014", "I hope , Sir , at least you will allow it a misfortune .", "A pretty thing truly , for a girl , at my time of life , to be ty 'd to a man with one foot in the grave .", "O ! Sir ! I know how proud Sir Luke is of his leg , and have often heard him declare , that he would not change his bit of timber for the best flesh and bone in the kingdom .", "To be sure , sustaining unavoidable evils with constancy is a certain sign of greatness of mind .", "But then to derive a vanity from a misfortune , will not I 'm afraid be admitted as a vast instance of wisdom , and indeed looks as if the man had nothing better to distinguish himself by .", "By inunendo .", "Besides , Sir , I have other proofs of your hero 's vanity , not inferior to that I have mention 'd .", "The paltry ambition of levying and following titles .", "I mean the poverty of fastening in public upon men of distinction , for no other reason but because of their rank ; adhering to Sir John till the Baronet is superceded by my Lord ; quitting the puny Peer for an Earl ; and sacrificing all three to a Duke .", "True , Sir , if the virtues that procur 'd the father a peerage , could with that be entail 'd on the son .", "Sir !", "No , Sir ; I am contented with only , not thinking him the better .", "Not unless the proposer had other qualities than what he possesses by patent . Besides , Sir , you know Sir Luke is a devotee to the bottle .", "It occasions one evil at least ; that when under its influence , he generally reveals all , sometimes more than he knows .", "You mean , Sir , they prove the object a trifle .", "Nobody .", "But , Sir \u2014", "Without doubt , Sir ; but there are notwithstanding in this town a great number of nobodies , not described by lord Coke .", "There is your next-door neighbour , Sir Harry Hen , an absolute blank .", "What , Sir ! a man who is not suffer 'd to hear , see , smell , or in short to enjoy the free use of any one of his senses ; who , instead of having a positive will of his own , is deny 'd even a paltry negative ; who can neither resolve or reply , consent or deny , without first obtaining the leave of his lady : an absolute monarch to sink into the sneaking state of being a slave to one of his subjects \u2014 Oh fye !", "Nobody Sir , in the fullest sense of the word \u2014 Then your client Lord", "Solo .", "O yes , Sir , I am no stranger to that nobleman 's attributes ; but then , Sir , please to consider , his power as a peer he gives up to a proxy ; the direction of his estate , to a rapacious , artful attorney : and as to his skill in the elegant arts , I presume you confine them to painting and music , he is directed in the first by Mynheer Van Eisel , a Dutch dauber ; and in the last is but the echo of Signora Florenza , his lordship 's mistress and an opera singer .", "In short , Sir , I define every individual who , ceasing to act for himself , becomes the tool , the mere engine of another man 's will , to be nothing more than a cypher .", "Every one \u2014 Sir Luke has not a first principle in his whole composition ; not only his pleasures , but even his passions are prompted by others ; and he is as much directed to the objects of his love and his hatred , as in his eating , drinking , and dressing . Nay , though he is active , and eternally busy , yet his own private affairs are neglected ; and he would not scruple to break an appointment that was to determine a considerable part of his property , in order to exchange a couple of hounds for a lord , or to buy a pad-nag for a lady . In a word \u2014 but he 's at hand , and will explain himself best ; I hear his stump on the stairs .", "Lover ! ha , ha , ha !", "Christen 'd ! I do n't understand you .", "He does ?", "Meaning me , I presume .", "A chair-minuet ! I do n't understand you .", "Ay , Sir Luke ; how do you prove that ?", "You make light , Sir Luke , of these sort of engagements .", "You see , Sir , the Knight must give way for my Lord .", "By the choice of his company he gives an unanswerable instance of that .", "Well , Sir , what dy'e think of the proofs ? I flatter myself I have pretty well established my case .", "It was not in my power to keep him .", "What will at any time take him away \u2014 a Duke at the door .", "What have you got there , Jack ?", "For me ! Prythee what is it ?", "What thing ?", "Come , do n't be a boy , let me have it .How 's this ! a letter ! from whom ?", "Not I ; I do n't know the hand .", "Then tell me his name .", "\u201c Charles Woodford ! \u201d \u2014 I am sure I know nothing of him .", "How ! when , and where ?", "Well ?", "What can be his business with me ?", "Indeed , Sir , but I shall .", "Upon my word !\u2014 The young man has made no bad choice of an agent ; you are for pushing matters at once .\u2014 But harkee , Sir , who is this spark you are so anxious about ? And how long have you known him ?", "He is .", "Upon my word !", "Ah , Jack ! that 's the worst part of the story .", "Well , Jack , when that point is determin 'd , it will be time enough to \u2014", "I warrant you . Either Cupid 's darts were always but poetical engines , or they have been lately depriv 'd of their points . Love holds no place in the modern bills of mortality . However , Jack , you may tell your friend , that I have observ 'd his frequent walks in our street .", "And that from his eyes being constantly fixed on my window\u2014\u2014", "I had a pretty shrewd guess at his business ; but tell him that unless my fa \u2014\u2014 Hush ! our tyrant is return 'd . Do n't leave the house till I see you .", "When , Sir , you hear this whole matter explain 'd , you will acquit I am sure .", "I have a father , and can have no will of my own ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 156, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Because I bid her clean the pots for supper", "She took that old book down out of the thatch ;", "She has been doubled over it ever since .", "We should be deafened by her groans and moans", "Had she to work as some do , Father Hart ;", "Get up at dawn like me and mend and scour ;", "Or ride abroad in the boisterous night like you ,", "The pyx and blessed bread under your arm .", "You 've married her ,", "And fear to vex her and so take her part .", "MAURTEEN", "It is but right that youth should side with youth", "She quarrels with my wife a bit at times ,", "And is too deep just now in the old book", "But do not blame her greatly ; she will grow", "As quiet as a puff-ball in a tree", "When but the moons of marriage dawn and die", "For half a score of times .", "She would not mind the kettle , milk the cow ,", "Or even lay the knives and spread the cloth .", "She 's old enough to know that it is wrong", "To mope and idle .", "She 'd never do a turn if I were silent .", "And maybe , Father , what he said was true ;", "For there is not another night in the year", "So wicked as to-night .", "The good people beg for milk and fire", "Upon May Eve \u2014 woe to the house that gives ,", "For they have power upon it for a year .", "She 's given milk away . I knew she would bring evil on the house .", "I am afraid .", "You are the fool of every pretty face ,", "And I must spare and pinch that my son 's wife", "May have all kinds of ribbons for her head .", "You 've given milk and fire", "Upon the unluckiest night of the year and brought ,", "For all you know , evil upon the house .", "Before you married you were idle and fine", "And went about with ribbons on your head ;", "And now \u2014 no , Father , I will speak my mind", "She is not a fitting wife for any man \u2014", "You know well", "How calling the good people by that name ,", "Or talking of them over much at all ,", "May bring all kinds of evil on the house .", "You have a comely shape .", "I 'll warm your chilly feet .", "I have some honey .", "She is the child of gentle people ; look", "At her white hands and at her pretty dress .", "I 've brought you some new milk , but wait a while", "And I will put it to the fire to warm ,", "For things well fitted for poor folk like us", "Would never please a high-born child like you .", "The young are idle .", "I have begun to be afraid again .", "That would be sacrilege !", "She is blaspheming .", "Do not leave us .", "Come from that image ; body and soul are gone", "You have thrown your arms about a drift of leaves ,", "Or bole of an ash-tree changed into her image ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 157, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I \u2019 ll tell Miss Marsh you \u2019 re here , Miss Pringle .", "She \u2019 s tired out , poor thing . She \u2019 s lying down now . But I \u2019 m sure she \u2019 d like to see you , Miss .", "Dr. Evans thought she \u2019 d better stay at home , Miss , and Mrs. Wickham said she \u2019 d only upset herself if she went .", "Miss Wickham wouldn \u2019 t have a professional nurse . And you know what she was , Miss .... Miss Marsh slept in Miss Wickham \u2019 s room , and the moment she fell asleep Miss Wickham would have her up because her pillow wanted shaking , or she was thirsty , or something .", "Inconsiderate isn \u2019 t the word , Miss . I wouldn \u2019 t be a lady \u2019 s companion , not for anything . What they have to put up with !", "That sounds like Miss Marsh coming downstairsMiss Pringle is here , Miss .", "It didn \u2019 t arrive till after they \u2019 d started , Miss .", "Sorrowing relatives is good , Miss .", "What shall I do with it , Miss ?", "Very good , Miss .", "Mr. Wynne .", "Very good , sir .", "Mr. Hornby would like to see you for a minute , Miss .", "I told him I didn \u2019 t think it would be convenient , Miss , but he says it \u2019 s very important , and he won \u2019 t detain you more than five minutes .", "Very good , Miss .", "Mr. Hornby ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 158, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good day , sir .", "I have not seen you long ; how goes the world ?", "Ay , that 's well known .", "But what particular rarity ? What strange ,", "Which manifold record not matches ? See ,", "Magic of bounty , all these spirits thy power", "Hath conjur 'd to attend ! I know the merchant .", "When we for recompense have prais 'd the vile ,", "It stains the glory in that happy verse", "Which aptly sings the good .", "A thing slipp 'd idly from me .", "Our poesy is as a gum , which oozes", "From whence \u2018 tis nourish 'd . The fire i \u2019 th \u2019 flint", "Shows not till it be struck : our gentle flame", "Provokes itself , and like the current flies", "Each bound it chafes . What have you there ?", "Upon the heels of my presentment , sir . Let 's see your piece .", "So \u2018 tis ; this comes off well and excellent .", "Admirable . How this grace", "Speaks his own standing ! What a mental power", "This eye shoots forth ! How big imagination", "Moves in this lip ! To th \u2019 dumbness of the gesture", "One might interpret .", "I will say of it", "It tutors nature . Artificial strife", "Lives in these touches , livelier than life .", "The senators of Athens - happy man !", "You see this confluence , this great flood of visitors .", "I have in this rough work shap 'd out a man", "Whom this beneath world doth embrace and hug", "With amplest entertainment . My free drift", "Halts not particularly , but moves itself", "In a wide sea of tax . No levell 'd malice", "Infects one comma in the course I hold ,", "But flies an eagle flight , bold and forth on ,", "Leaving no tract behind .", "I will unbolt to you .", "You see how all conditions , how all minds-", "As well of glib and slipp'ry creatures as", "Of grave and austere quality , tender down", "Their services to Lord Timon . His large fortune ,", "Upon his good and gracious nature hanging ,", "Subdues and properties to his love and tendance", "All sorts of hearts ; yea , from the glass-fac 'd flatterer", "To Apemantus , that few things loves better", "Than to abhor himself ; even he drops down", "The knee before him , and returns in peace", "Most rich in Timon 's nod .", "Sir , I have upon a high and pleasant hill", "Feign 'd Fortune to be thron 'd . The base o \u2019 th \u2019 mount", "Is rank 'd with all deserts , all kind of natures", "That labour on the bosom of this sphere", "To propagate their states . Amongst them all", "Whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fix 'd", "One do I personate of Lord Timon 's frame ,", "Whom Fortune with her ivory hand wafts to her ;", "Whose present grace to present slaves and servants", "Translates his rivals .", "Nay , sir , but hear me on .", "All those which were his fellows but of late-", "Some better than his value - on the moment", "Follow his strides , his lobbies fill with tendance ,", "Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear ,", "Make sacred even his stirrup , and through him", "Drink the free air .", "When Fortune in her shift and change of mood", "Spurns down her late beloved , all his dependants ,", "Which labour 'd after him to the mountain 's top", "Even on their knees and hands , let him slip down ,", "Not one accompanying his declining foot .", "Vouchsafe my labour , and long live your lordship !", "How now , philosopher !", "Art not one ?", "Then I lie not .", "Yes .", "That 's not feign'dhYpppHeN he is so .", "to be thought of him ? Does the rumour hold for true that he 's so full of gold ?", "Then this breaking of his has been but a try for his friends ?", "What have you now to present unto him ?", "I must serve him so too , tell him of an intent that 's coming toward him .", "I am thinking what I shall say I have provided for him . It must be a personating of himself ; a satire against the softness of prosperity , with a discovery of the infinite flatteries that follow youth and opulency .", "Nay , let 's seek him ;", "Then do we sin against our own estate", "When we may profit meet and come too late .", "Hail , worthy Timon !", "Sir ,", "Having often of your open bounty tasted ,", "Hearing you were retir 'd , your friends fall'n off ,", "Whose thankless natures - O abhorred spirits ! -", "Not all the whips of heaven are large enough-", "What ! to you ,", "Whose star-like nobleness gave life and influence", "To their whole being ! I am rapt , and cannot cover", "The monstrous bulk of this ingratitude", "With any size of words .", "Nor I ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 159, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I can n't help it .", "To follow my conscience ? That 's new , Mendip .", "God made them , Dean .", "If I hit a little man in the eye , and he hits me back , have I the right to chastise him ?", "What ! With our missionaries and our trading ?", "They went into a wild country , against the feeling of the tribes , on their own business . What has the nation to do with the mishaps of gamblers ?", "Sometimes ; but with all my soul I deny the fantastic superstition that our rule can benefit a people like this , a nation of one race , as different from ourselves as dark from light \u2014 in colour , religion , every mortal thing . We can only pervert their natural instincts .", "Big ones could let little ones alone .", "I hope to serve her fifty , Sir John , and I say she is .", "They 'll be said by me to-night , Mendip .", "You can tell people that to-morrow , Mendip . Give it a leader in \u2018 The Parthenon \u2019 .", "I 've made no secret of my feelings all along . I 'm against this war , and against the annexation we all know it will lead to .", "I 'm not out for advertisement .", "Must speak the truth sometimes , even at that risk .", "Nations are bad judges of their honour , Dean .", "No . It 's an awkward word .", "Is a man only to hold beliefs when they 're popular ? You 've stood up to be shot at often enough , Sir John .", "You admit the show-up ?", "My country , right or wrong ! Guilty \u2014 still my country !", "I 'll have no truck with tyranny .", "Sir John , we great Powers have got to change our ways in dealing with weaker nations . The very dogs can give us lessons \u2014 watch a big dog with a little one .", "There 's no reason in the world , Mendip , why the rules of chivalry should not apply to nations at least as well as to \u2014 - dogs .", "This cause is not lost .", "Because general sentiment 's against me , I \u2014 a public man \u2014 am to deny my faith ? The point is not whether I 'm right or wrong , Mendip , but whether I 'm to sneak out of my conviction because it 's unpopular .", "I am not ! But I prefer to fight some one my own size .", "What ? When d'you sail ?", "Poor Helen !", "I must speak , Hubert .", "You 're not shirking your duty because of your wife .", "Must risk something , sometimes , Hubert \u2014 even in my profession !", "You know my feeling .", "I tell you , Kit , some one must raise a voice . Two or three reverses \u2014 certain to come \u2014 and the whole country will go wild . And one more little nation will cease to live .", "Is that your faith ?", "I respect it ; I even understand it ; but \u2014 I can n't hold it .", "Dogs will bark . These things soon blow over .", "History wo n't say : \u201c And this they did without a single protest from their public men ! \u201d", "Poets ?", "Love her !", "Would you have asked me \u2014 then , Kit ?", "Kit ! This is n't fair . Do you want me to feel myself a cur ?", "A cur ! He seems about to tear his notes across . Then , changing his mind , turns them over and over , muttering . His voice gradually grows louder , till he is declaiming to the empty room the peroration of his speech .", "We have arrogated to our land the title Champion of Freedom , Foe of Oppression . Is that indeed a bygone glory ? Is it not worth some sacrifice of our pettier dignity , to avoid laying another stone upon its grave ; to avoid placing before the searchlight eyes of History the spectacle of yet one more piece of national cynicism ? We are about to force our will and our dominion on a race that has always been free , that loves its country , and its independence , as much as ever we love ours . I cannot sit silent to-night and see this begin . As we are tender of our own land , so we should be of the lands of others . I love my country . It is because I love my country that I raise my voice . Warlike in spirit these people may be \u2014 but they have no chance against ourselves . And war on such , however agreeable to the blind moment , is odious to the future . The great heart of mankind ever beats in sense and sympathy with the weaker . It is against this great heart of mankind that we are going . In the name of Justice and Civilization we pursue this policy ; but by Justice we shall hereafter be judged , and by Civilization \u2014 condemned . While he is speaking , a little figure has flown along the terrace outside , in the direction of the music , but has stopped at the sound of his voice , and stands in the open window , listening \u2014 a dark-haired , dark-eyed child , in a blue dressing-gown caught up in her hand . The street musicians , having reached the end of a tune , are silent . In the intensity of MORES feeling , a wine-glass , gripped too strongly , breaks and falls in pieces onto a finger-bowl . The child starts forward into the room .", "Olive !", "The wind , sweetheart !", "What blew you down , then ?", "Now my sprite ! Upstairs again , before Nurse catches you . Fly ! Fly !", "You 're right there !", "Hello , Steel !", "\u201c The ball is opened . \u201d He stands brooding over the note , and STEEL looks at him anxiously . He is a dark , sallow , thin-faced young man , with the eyes of one who can attach himself to people , and suffer with them .", "You too , Steel !", "Yes . Keep that to yourself .", "Answer these .", "Nice quiet night !", "No . STEEL writes ; then looking up and seeing that MORE is no longer there , he goes to the window , looks to right and left , returns to the bureau , and is about to sit down again when a thought seems to strike him with consternation . He goes again to the window . Then snatching up his hat , he passes hurriedly out along the terrace . As he vanishes , KATHERINE comes in from the hall . After looking out on to the terrace she goes to the bay window ; stands there listening ; then comes restlessly back into the room . OLIVE , creeping quietly from behind the curtain , clasps her round the waist .", "Open them ! KATHERINE opens one after the other , and lets them fall on the table .", "Well ?", "\u2018 Ware Mob !I must write to the Chief . KATHERINE makes an impulsive movement towards him ; then quietly goes to the bureau , sits down and takes up a pen .", "\u201c July 15th . \u201c DEAR SIR CHARLES , After my speech to-night , embodying my most unalterable convictionsI have no alternative but to place the resignation of my Under-Secretaryship in your hands . My view , my faith in this matter may be wrong \u2014 but I am surely right to keep the flag of my faith flying . I imagine I need not enlarge on the reasons \u2014\u2014 \u201d THE CURTAIN FALLS .", "Good-morning , gentlemen .", "As everybody else does , Banning . Sit down again , please .", "Do me the justice to remember that even then I was against our policy . It cost me three weeks \u2019 hard struggle to make up my mind to that speech . One comes slowly to these things , Banning .", "Such things have happened , Shelder , even in politics .", "I 'm sorry ; but I can n't help my convictions , Banning .", "Muzzling order ?", "Give up my principles to save my Parliamentary skin . Then , indeed , they might call me a degenerate !KATHERINE makes an abrupt and painful movement , then remains as still as before , leaning against the corner of the window-seat .", "Conspiracy of silence ! And have it said that a mob of newspapers have hounded me to it .", "But I do . I can n't betray the dignity and courage of public men . If popular opinion is to control the utterances of her politicians , then good-bye indeed to this country !", "I understand your feeling , Banning . I tender you my resignation . I can n't and wo n't hold on where I 'm not wanted .", "I do n't make cheap promises . You ask too much .", "There are always excellent reasons for having your way with the weak .", "Better lift cattle than lift freedom .", "But that is just what I must do .", "Is it ?", "To try to muzzle me like this \u2014 is going too far .", "I 've held my seat with you in all weathers for nine years . You 've all been bricks to me . My heart 's in my work , Banning ; I 'm not eager to undergo political eclipse at forty .", "I am trying to .", "Mr. Home a great country such as ours \u2014 is trustee for the highest sentiments of mankind . Do these few outrages justify us in stealing the freedom of this little people ?", "Ah , Banning ! now we come to it . In your hearts you 're none of you for that \u2014 neither by force nor fraud . And yet you all know that we 've gone in there to stay , as we 've gone into other lands \u2014 as all we big Powers go into other lands , when they 're little and weak . The Prime Minister 's words the other night were these : \u201c If we are forced to spend this blood and money now , we must never again be forced . \u201d What does that mean but swallowing this country ?", "We are not forced .", "We shall not agree there , Shelder ; and we might argue it all day . But the point is , not whether you or I are right \u2014 the point is : What is a man who holds a faith with all his heart to do ? Please tell me .", "I can see them , as well as you , Banning . But , imagine ! Up in our own country \u2014 the Black Valley \u2014 twelve hundred foreign devils dead and dying \u2014 the crows busy over them \u2014 in our own country , our own valley \u2014 ours \u2014 ours \u2014 violated . Would you care about \u201c the poor fellows \u201d in that Pass ?\u2014 Invading , stealing dogs ! Kill them \u2014 kill them ! You would , and I would , too ! The passion of those words touches and grips as no arguments could ; and they are silent .", "Well ! What 's the difference out there ? I 'm not so inhuman as not to want to see this disaster in the Pass wiped out . But once that 's done , in spite of my affection for you ; my ambitions , and they 're not few ;in spite of my own wife 's feeling , I must be free to raise my voice against this war .", "Thank you , Shelder .", "I \u2014 I \u2014\u2014", "The drum-tap of a regiment marching is heard .", "I give you \u2014\u2014 Then , sharp and clear above all other sounds , the words : \u201c Give the beggars hell , boys ! \u201d \u201c Wipe your feet on their dirty country ! \u201d \u201c Do n't leave \u2018 em a gory acre ! \u201d And a burst of hoarse cheering .", "That 's reality ! By Heaven ! No !", "It sticks in my gizzard , Steel .", "All right ; do n't dislocate my arm . They move down the steps , and away to the left , as a boy comes running down the alley . Sighting MORE , he stops dead , spins round , and crying shrilly : \u201c \u2018 Ere \u2018 e is ! That 's \u2018 im ! \u2018 Ere \u2018 e is ! \u201d he bolts back in the direction whence he came .", "That is the end of the limit , as the foreign ambassador remarked .", "Well , what do you want ?", "Indeed ! That 's new .", "You shall have it in a nutshell !", "Go home , and think ! If foreigners invaded us , would n't you be fighting tooth and nail like those tribesmen , out there ?", "They fight the best way they can .", "My friend there in khaki led that hooting . I 've never said a word against our soldiers . It 's the Government I condemn for putting them to this , and the Press for hounding on the Government , and all of you for being led by the nose to do what none of you would do , left to yourselves . The TALL YOUTH leads a somewhat unspontaneous burst of execration .", "I say not one of you would go for a weaker man . VOICES IN THE CROWD .", "Stop that ! Stop that ! You \u2014 -  !", "Those tribesmen are defending their homes .", "Defending their homes ! Not mobbing unarmed men !", "Ah ! Do me in by all means ! You 'd deal such a blow at cowardly mobs as would n't be forgotten in your time .", "Well ! There is an ugly rush , checked by the fall of the foremost figures , thrown too suddenly against the bottom step . The crowd recoils . There is a momentary lull , and MORE stares steadily down at them .", "Well , Steel ! And followed by STEEL , he descends the steps and moves away . Two policemen pass glancing up at the broken glass . One of them stops and makes a note . THE CURTAIN FALLS .", "Kit ! Catching sight of her figure in the window , he goes quickly to her .", "Let me look at you ! He draws her from the window to the candle-light , and looks long at her .", "What have you done to your hair ?", "It 's wonderful to-night .", "At last !", "How is she ?", "And you ?", "Six weeks !", "Why !", "Kit !", "What 's come to you ?", "Put that away to-night .This is what travellers feel when they come out of the desert to-water .", "It 's nothing .", "No , dear ! It 's all right .", "Poor child !", "Hide ? Because of me ?", "I see . I thought from your letters you were coming to feel \u2014\u2014. Kit ! You look so lovely !", "My dear , do n't cry ! God knows I do n't want to make things worse for you . I 'll go away . She draws away from him a little , and after looking long at her , he sits down at the dressing-table and begins turning over the brushes and articles of toilet , trying to find words .", "Never look forward . After the time I 've had \u2014 I thought \u2014 tonight \u2014 it would be summer \u2014 I thought it would be you \u2014 and everything ! While he is speaking KATHERINE has stolen closer . She suddenly drops on her knees by his side and wraps his hand in her hair . He turns and clasps her .", "Kit !", "My darling !", "God !", "You 're not making terms ? Bargaining ? For God 's sake , Kit !", "You !\u2014 of all people \u2014 you !", "A bargain ! It 's selling my soul ! He struggles out of her arms , gets up , and stands without speaking , staring at her , and wiping the sweat from his forehead . KATHERINE remains some seconds on her knees , gazing up at him , not realizing . Then her head droops ; she too gets up and stands apart , with her wrapper drawn close round her . It is as if a cold and deadly shame had come to them both . Quite suddenly MORE turns , and , without looking back , feebly makes his way out of the room . When he is gone KATHERINE drops on her knees and remains there motionless , huddled in her hair . THE CURTAIN FALLS", "They will .", "Poor Henry !", "Patriotism . Quite ! they 'll do the next smashing themselves . That reminds me \u2014 to-morrow you begin holiday , Steel .", "My dear fellow \u2014 yes . Last night ended your sulphur cure . Truly sorry ever to have let you in for it .", "There 's lots of kick in me .", "To fight to a finish ; knowing you must be beaten \u2014 is anything better worth it ?", "This is my private hell , Steel ; you do n't roast in it any longer . Believe me , it 's a great comfort to hurt no one but yourself .", "My dear boy , you 're a brick \u2014 but we 've got off by a miracle so far , and I can n't have the responsibility of you any longer . Hand me over that correspondence about to-morrow 's meeting . STEEL takes some papers from his pocket , but does not hand them .", "Come !Give them to me , Steel !Now , that ends it , d'you see ? They stand looking at each other ; then STEEL , very much upset , turns and goes out of the room . MORE , who has watched him with a sorry smile , puts the papers into a dispatch-case . As he is closing the bureau , the footman HENRY enters , announcing : \u201c Mr. Mendip , sir . \u201d MENDIP comes in , and the FOOTMAN withdraws . MORE turns to his visitor , but does not hold out his hand .", "What ?", "Thank God !", "Yes !", "So \u2014 even you defend the mob !", "Conglomerate excrescence . Mud of street and market-place gathered in a torrent \u2014 This blind howling \u201c patriotism \u201d \u2014 what each man feels in here ?No !", "This used to be the country of free speech . It used to be the country where a man was expected to hold to his faith .", "Let no man stand to his guns in face of popular attack . Still your advice , is it ?", "Thanks ! I 'll see that Katherine and Olive go .", "There 's the comfort of not running away . And \u2014 I want comfort .", "Down the steps , and through the gate . Good-bye ? KATHERINE has come in followed by NURSE , hatted and cloaked , with a small bag in her hand . KATHERINE takes from the bureau a cheque which she hands to the NURSE . MORE comes in from the terrace .", "You 're wise to go , Nurse .", "In full use .", "Enough , please ! NURSE stands for a moment doubtful ; looks long at KATHERINE ; then goes .", "There has been a victory .", "Yes , Sir John . You wanted me ?", "Hubert !", "Chose !", "I would willingly change places with any one of them .", "Yes !", "Do you imagine I think myself better than the humblest private fighting out there ? Not for a minute .", "Sir John , you believe that country comes before wife and child ?", "So do I .", "I would give all I have \u2014 for that creed .", "Vision of what might be .", "Sir John , imagine what the last two months have been to me ! To see people turn away in the street \u2014 old friends pass me as if I were a wall ! To dread the post ! To go to bed every night with the sound of hooting in my ears ! To know that my name is never referred to without contempt \u2014\u2014", "Does that make up for being spat at as I was last night ? Your battles are fool 's play to it . The stir and rustle of the crowd in the street grows louder . SIR JOHN turns his head towards it .", "Sir John ! Our men are dying out there for , the faith that 's in them ! I believe my faith the higher , the better for mankind \u2014 Am I to slink away ? Since I began this campaign I 've found hundreds who 've thanked me for taking this stand . They look on me now as their leader . Am I to desert them ? When you led your forlorn hope \u2014 did you ask yourself what good you were doing , or , whether you 'd come through alive ? It 's my forlorn hope not to betray those who are following me ; and not to help let die a fire \u2014 a fire that 's sacred \u2014 not only now in this country , but in all countries , for all time .", "For them to shut this room up .", "I see .", "Good ! You prefer that to an hotel ?Will you let me say , Kit , how terribly I feel for you \u2014 Hubert 's \u2014\u2014", "Not ? Not while the house \u2014\u2014", "Kit !", "Do you understand what this means ? After ten years \u2014 and all \u2014 our love !", "This is madness , Kit \u2014 Kit !", "Do n't be so terribly cruel !", "In God 's name , how can I help the difference in our faiths ?", "God knows \u2014 I never meant \u2014\u2014", "For God 's sake , put your pride away , and see ! I 'm fighting for the faith that 's in me . What else can a man do ? What else ? Ah ! Kit ! Do see !", "And Olive ?", "That I shall not do \u2014 you know very well . You are free to go , and to take her .", "And drown in \u2014 that ? KATHERINE turns swiftly to the door . There she stands and again looks at him . Her face is mysterious , from the conflicting currents of her emotions .", "So \u2014 you 're going ?", "Never mind , my dicky bird .", "Go along , my pretty !", "Trot , my soul !MORE follows her to the door , but stops there . Then , as full realization begins to dawn on him , he runs to the bay window , craning his head to catch sight of the front door . There is the sound of a vehicle starting , and the continual hooting of its horn as it makes its way among the crowd . He turns from the window .", "Alone as the last man on earth !", "Ah ! Henry , I thought you 'd gone .", "Good fellow !", "Very well . You are here by the law that governs the action of all mobs \u2014 the law of Force . By that law , you can do what you like to this body of mine .", "I do n't doubt it . But before that , I 've a word to say .", "You \u2014 Mob \u2014 are the most contemptible thing under the sun . When you walk the street \u2014 God goes in .", "My fine friends , I 'm not afraid of you . You 've forced your way into my house , and you 've asked me to speak . Put up with the truth for once !You are the thing that pelts the weak ; kicks women ; howls down free speech . This to-day , and that to-morrow . Brain \u2014 you have none . Spirit \u2014 not the ghost of it ! If you 're not meanness , there 's no such thing . If you 're not cowardice , there is no cowardicePatriotism \u2014 there are two kinds \u2014 that of our soldiers , and this of mine . You have neither !", "My country is not yours . Mine is that great country which shall never take toll from the weakness of others .Ah ! you can break my head and my windows ; but do n't think that you can break my faith . You could never break or shake it , if you were a million to one . A girl with dark eyes and hair all wild , leaps out from the crowd and shakes her fist at him ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 160, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Well , Master Wildrake , speak you of the chase !", "To hear you one doth feel the bounding steed ;", "You bring the hounds and game , and all to view \u2014", "All scudding to the jovial huntsman 's cheer !", "And yet I pity the poor crowned deer ,", "And always fancy \u2018 tis by fortune 's spite ,", "That lordly head of his , he bears so high \u2014", "Like Virtue , stately in calamity ,", "And hunted by the human , worldly hound \u2014", "Is made to fly before the pack , that straight", "Burst into song at prospect of his death .", "You say their cry is harmony ; and yet", "The chorus scarce is music to my ear ,", "When I bethink me what it sounds to his ;", "Nor deem I sweet the note that rings the knell", "Of the once merry forester !", "Not so ! The maid", "In simple honesty I must pronounce", "A miracle of virtue , well as beauty .", "Good Master Neville !", "Sir !", "My sword is sheathed ?", "Wilt let me take thy hand ?", "Be it so \u2014 Your hand again , good Master Trueworth ! I am sorry I did pain you .", "But thou shalt hear me , gentle Lydia .", "Sweet maiden , thou art frightened at thyself !", "Thy own perfections \u2018 tis that talk to thee .", "Thy beauty rich !\u2014 thy richer grace !\u2014 thy mind ,", "More rich again than that , though richest each !", "Except for these , I had no tongue for thee ,", "Eyes for thee !\u2014 ears !\u2014 had never followed thee !\u2014", "Had never loved thee , Lydia ! Hear me !\u2014", "Right ! Love should seek its match ; and that is , love", "Or nothing ! Station \u2014 fortune \u2014 find their match", "In things resembling them . They are not love !", "Comes love", "Comes it of title-deeds which fools may boast ?", "Or coffers vilest hands may hold the keys of ?", "Or that ethereal lamp that lights the eyes", "To shed the sparkling lustre o'er the face ,", "Gives to the velvet skin its blushing glow ,", "And burns as bright beneath the peasant 's roof", "As roof of palaced prince ? Yes , Love should seek", "Its match \u2014 then give my love its match in thine ,", "Its match which in thy gentle breast doth lodge", "So rich \u2014 so earthly , heavenly fair and rich ,", "As monarchs have no thought of on their thrones ,", "Which kingdoms do bear up .", "I would .", "I would .", "Then , in spite", "Of them !", "Why , then I 'd give them up my throne \u2014 content", "With that thou'dst yield me in thy gentle breast .", "Far more ! Far less !", "Yes .", "No part of love .", "At times it is ,", "At times is not . Men love and marry \u2014 love", "And marry not .", "Oh , no ! not part ! How could they love and part ?", "Alone in marriage doth not union lie !", "If there is truth in man , I love thee ! Hear me !", "In wedlock , families claim property .", "Old notions , which we needs must humour often ,", "Bar us to wed where we are forced to love !", "Thou hear'st ?", "My family is proud ;", "Our ancestor , whose arms we bear , did win", "An earldom by his deeds . \u2018 Tis not enough", "I please myself ! I must please others , who", "Desert in wealth and station only see .", "Thou hear'st ?", "I cannot marry thee ,", "And must I lose thee ? Do not turn away !", "Without the altar I can honour thee !", "Can cherish thee , nor swear it to the priest ;", "For more than life I love thee !", "Stay , Lydia !\u2014 No !", "\u2018 Tis vain ! She is in virtue resolute ,", "As she is bland and tender in affection .", "She is a miracle , beholding which", "Wonder doth grow on wonder ! What a maid !", "No mood but doth become her \u2014 yea , adorn her .", "She turns unsightly anger into beauty !", "Sour scorn grows sweetness , touching her sweet lips !", "And indignation , lighting on her brow ,", "Transforms to brightness as the cloud to gold", "That overhangs the sun ! I love her ! Ay !", "And all the throes of serious passion feel", "At thought of losing her !\u2014 so my light love ,", "Which but her person did at first affect ,", "Her soul has metamorphosed \u2014 made a thing", "Of solid thoughts and wishes \u2014 I must have her !", "Enchanting woman !", "The matchless form of woman ! The choice calling", "Of the aspiring artist , whose ambition", "Robs Nature to outdo her \u2014 the perfections", "Of her rare various workmanship combines", "To aggrandise his art at Nature 's cost ,", "And make a paragon !", "Ha ! The Widow Green !", "Thank", "My lucky stars !", "She must be mine", "Whate'er her terms !", "What ! though it be the ring ?\u2014 the marriage ring ?", "If that she sticks at , she deserves to wear it", "Oh , the debate which love and prudence hold !", "They to each other company enough !", "I , company for no one but myself .", "I 'll take my leave , nor trouble them to pay", "The compliments of parting . Lydia ! Lydia !", "Hoa ! Alice ! Hoa ! Open the door ! Quick , Alice ! Quick !", "Alice !", "No , she but faints .\u2014 A chair !\u2014 Quick , Alice , quick !", "Water to bathe her temples .", "Such a turn", "Kind fortune never do me . Shall I kiss", "To life these frozen lips ?\u2014 No !\u2014 of her plight", "\u2018 Twere base to take advantage .", "All is well ,", "The blood returns .", "Thou think'st her so ?\u2014 No wonder then should I . How say you ?\u2014 Wondrous fair ?", "You think her fair ?", "Who taught thee thus ?", "Why , how thou talk'st !", "She 's quite restored ,", "Leave us !\u2014 Why cast'st thou that uneasy look ?", "Why linger'st thou ? I 'm not alone with her .", "My honour 's with her too . I would not wrong her .", "You are better ?", "Know you him who durst", "Attempt this violence in open day ?", "It seemed as he would force thee to his coach ,", "I saw attending .", "I read no letter !", "Tell me , what of him", "I saw offend thee ?", "Oh , speak not o n't !", "I pray you to forget it .", "Sweet Lydia , I beseech you spare me .", "Lydia !", "Thou saidst thou lovedst me ?", "I cannot lose thee !", "No !", "Wouldst have me lose the hand that holds my life ?", "Yet , for awhile , I cannot let thee go .", "Propound for me an oath that I 'll not wrong thee !", "An oath , which , if I break it , will entail", "Forfeit of earth and heaven . I 'll take it \u2014 so", "Thou stay'st one hour with me .", "Lo ! Thou art free to go !", "I swear as thou propound'st to me .", "Lydia ! by all \u2014", "Yet hear me , Lydia !\u2014", "Wouldst ensure the thing Thou wishest ?Stop !Oh , sternly resolute !I mean thee honour !Thou dost meditate \u2014 I know it \u2014 flight . Give me some pause for thought , But to confirm a mind almost made up . If in an hour thou hearest not from me , then Think me a friend far better lost than won ! Wilt thou do this ?", "An hour decides .", "Master Trueworth !", "Good Master Trueworth , thank you . Finding you", "From home , I e'en made bold to follow you ,", "For I esteem you as a man , and fain", "Would benefit by your kind offices .", "But let me tell you first , to your reproof ,", "I am indebted more than e'er I was", "To praise of any other ! I am come , sir ,", "To give you evidence I am not one", "Who owns advice is right , and acts not o n't .", "Will you the bearer be", "Of this to one has cause to thank you , too ,", "Though I the larger debtor ?\u2014 Read it , sir .", "How say you , sir ?", "If she consents \u2014 which affectation \u2018 twere", "To say I doubt \u2014 bid her prepare for church ,", "And you shall act the father , sir , to her", "You did the brother by .", "May I implore you , haste ! A time is set !\u2014", "How light an act of duty makes the heart !", "Where is she ? What !", "All that bespeaks the day , except the fair", "That 's queen of it ? Most kind of you to grace", "My nuptials so ! But that I render you", "My thanks in full , make full my happiness ,", "And tell me where 's my bride ?", "Where ?", "Lady , do not mock me .", "Lady , no widow is the bride I seek ,", "But one the church has never given yet", "The nuptial blessing to !", "It is , addressed to your fair waiting-maid .", "Is Trueworth false ? He must be false . What madness tempted me To trust him with such audience as I knew Must sense , and mind , and soul of man entrance , And leave him but the power to feel its spell ! Of his own lesson he would profit take , And plead at once an honourable love , Supplanting mine , less pure , reformed too late ! And if he did , what merit I , except To lose the maid I would have wrongly won ; And , had I rightly prized her , now had worn ! I get but my deservings !Master Trueworth , Though for thy treachery thou hast excuse , Thou must account for it ; so much I lose ! Sir , you have wronged me to amount beyond Acres , and gold , and life , which makes them rich . And compensation I demand of you , Such as a man expects , and none but one That 's less than man refuses ! Where 's the maid You falsely did abstract ?", "Show me another sun , another earth", "I can inherit , as this Sun and Earth ;", "As thou didst take the maid , the maid herself", "Give back ! herself , her sole equivalent !", "Lydia !", "Thy sister , Trueworth ! Art thou fit brother to this virtuous maid ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 161, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Ah , Jack !", "Yes . I expected a friend , but she can n't come until later .", "I 've been on the go all day . Have something .", "I was just finishing up .No ; sit down .", "What have you been up to to-day ?", "It 's marvelous how those Swedes hold on , is n't it ?", "Yes . Did you see my article ?", "Do you think so ?", "Indeed ?", "I 've a friend I want you to meet . Somebody I 'm engaged in educating .", "You 've seen things with your own eyes , Jack .", "And you know how to tell about them . And you 've such an engaging way about you ... nobody could help but take to you .", "Her name 's Hegan .", "A girl , yes . And she 's coming right along , Jack . You must take a little trouble with her , for if we can only bring her through , she can do a lot for us . She 's got no end of money .", "She 's his daughter .", "His only daughter .", "What 's the matter ?", "Why not ?", "My dear Jack , the girl can n't help her father .", "You could n't be doing any better work than this . If we can make a", "Socialist of Laura Hegan ...", "\u2014 But think what she could do !", "My dear boy , do n't be silly .", "Of course it 's true ... but why declaim to me about it ? You forget you are talking to the champion female muckraker of the country .", "My dear Jack , did you ever observe anything of the tuft-hunter in me ?", "Well , until you do , have a little faith in me ! Meet", "Laura Hegan , and judge for yourself .", "That 's all right , my boy . Give her the class war and the Revolution with a capital R ! Tell her you 're the only original representative of the disinherited proletariat , and that some day , before long , you intend to plant the red flag over her daddy 's palace .Of course , what you 'll actually do is meet her like a gentleman , and tell her of some of your adventures in Russia , and give her some idea of what 's going on outside of her little Fifth avenue set . J ACK . Where did you run on to her ?", "I met her at the settlement .", "Well , you know what settlement people are . She 's been coming there for quite a while , and seems to be interested . She 's given them quite a lot of money .", "I had a little talk with her one afternoon . She 's a quiet , self-contained girl , but she gave me a peculiar impression . She seemed to be unhappy ; there was a kind of troubled note in what she said . I had felt uncomfortable about meeting her ... you can imagine , after my study of \u201c Tammany and the Traction Trust . \u201d", "No , she never has . But I 've several times had the feeling that she was trying to get up the courage to do it . I 've thought , somehow , that she must be suffering about her father .", "Yes ; would n't it !", "I do n't know , but I fancy they must have had it out . She 's not the sort of person to let herself be turned back when her mind 's made up .", "Oh , that 's all right ; it wo n't make any difference .", "I see . We 'll reciprocate .", "Ah , there 's somebody .", "Is that you ,", "Miss Hegan ?", "You found your way , did you ?", "I am so glad to see you . Jack , this is Miss Hegan . Mr. Bullen .", "Let me take your things .", "They 're indispensable to us agitators ... an oasis in a desert .", "It 's certainly the truth about this one . Below me are two painters and a settlement worker , and next door is a blind Anarchist and a Yiddish poet .", "The places are clean and cheap ; and whenever the poor can n't pay their rent , we take their homes .", "Do n't make up your mind too soon about Jack . He 's liable to startle you .", "By the way , Jack \u2018 phoned me this afternoon , and said he 'd invited a friend here . I hope you do n't mind .", "What did he do ?", "It 's a wonder he ever held them .", "And how did it end ?", "How did you come to know him ?", "We all have to go through that stage . I can remember just as well ...Ah , there he is .", "We had no idea we were bringing old friends together .", "Mr. Bullen has just been telling us about your heroism .", "At the polling place .", "Would you ever think , to look at his innocent countenance , that he had helped to hold a building for six hours against Russian artillery ?", "During the St. Petersburg uprising .", "She 's doing well , I think . Better every day .", "Not so much . I can always handle her now .", "Yes . She 's been asleep since afternoon .", "Oh , no . Truly , it would kill the poor girl .", "She 's very quiet . And the neighbors come in and help when I 'm out . They all sympathize .", "Why , nonsense !... the girl was simply thrown into my arms .", "I went this afternoon to see the Tammany leader of our district ...", "The same . I went straight into his saloon . \u201c Lady , \u201d says he , \u201c the goil 's nutty ! You got a bughouse patient on your bands ! This here talk about the white-slave traffic , ma'am ... it 's all the work o \u2019 these magazine muckrakers ! \u201d \u201c Meaning myself , Mr. Leary ? \u201d said I , and he looked kind of puzzled . I do n't think he knew who I was .", "It 's curious to note how much less denunciation of Tammany one hears now than in the old days .", "Who can that be ?", "I hope this is n't any more company .", "I 'll go .", "Wo n't you come in ?", "How do you do , Mr. Hegan ?", "Why , yes ... she only just got here .", "Wo n't you stop a minute ?", "Jack !", "Annie !", "Help ! Help !", "Annie ! Annie !", "Annie , dear ! Annie ! Look at me ! Do n't you know me ? I 'm Julia ! Your own Julia ! No one shall hurt you ... no one !", "Listen to me , dear . Do n't think of things like that . You are in my home ... nothing can hurt you . Do n't let these evil dreams take hold of you .", "Come , dear ... come .", "Yes , dear . I know ...", "They are all friends ; they will help you . Come , dear ... lie down again .", "It will be all right , dear ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 162, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Fancy a house without a chairman 's hammer !See that there 's something . Did your wife go to the meeting last night ?", "\u201c Gave her the evening out \u201d !", "Have this put somewhere to dry .Get near the fire . You 're as cold as ice .", "Is she coming \u2014 the Villiers woman ?", "No ; it 's all right . I have seen her . Let her know we are here the moment she comes in .", "Reaches St. Pancras at two-forty .Train 's late , I expect .", "We are all here except Villiers . She 's coming . Did you have a good meeting ?", "This is where we come in .", "Chilvers for ever !", "Bravo ! Congratulations , old boy !", "Are Miss Blake 's things dry yet ?", "You 'll be alone this evening ?", "Yes , I 'll come with you .", "Is n't Annys here ?", "She could n't have gone home ? Is there a telephone here ?", "Obstinate pig .", "Shall see you again .We must n't keep them waiting . They are giving us a whole page .", "Put on your cloak ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 163, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Your minde is tossing on the Ocean ,", "There where your Argosies with portly saile", "Like Signiors and rich Burgers on the flood ,", "Or as it were the Pageants of the sea ,", "Do ouer-peere the pettie Traffiquers", "That curtsie to them , do them reuerence", "As they flye by them with their wouen wings", "My winde cooling my broth ,", "Would blow me to an Ague , when I thought", "What harme a winde too great might doe at sea .", "I should not see the sandie houre-glasse runne ,", "But I should thinke of shallows , and of flats ,", "And see my wealthy Andrew docks in sand ,", "Vailing her high top lower then her ribs", "To kisse her buriall ; should I goe to Church", "And see the holy edifice of stone ,", "And not bethinke me straight of dangerous rocks ,", "Which touching but my gentle Vessels side", "Would scatter all her spices on the streame ,", "Enrobe the roring waters with my silkes ,", "And in a word , but euen now worth this ,", "And now worth nothing . Shall I haue the thought", "To thinke on this , and shall I lacke the thought", "That such a thing bechaunc 'd would make me sad ?", "But tell me , I know Anthonio", "Is sad to thinke vpon his merchandize", "Good morrow my good Lords", "Wee 'll make our leysures to attend on yours .", "We haue not spoke vs yet of Torch-bearers", "I marry , ile be gone about it strait", "\u2018 Tis good we do so .", "His houre is almost past", "O ten times faster Venus Pidgions flye", "To steale loues bonds new made , then they are wont", "To keepe obliged faith vnforfaited", "Why man I saw Bassanio vnder sayle ;", "With him is Gratiano gone along ;", "And in their ship I am sure Lorenzo is not", "He comes too late , the ship was vndersaile ;", "But there the Duke was giuen to vnderstand", "That in a Gondilo were seene together", "Lorenzo and his amorous Iessica .", "Besides , Anthonio certified the Duke", "They were not with Bassanio in his ship", "Why all the boyes in Venice follow him ,", "Crying his stones , his daughter , and his ducats", "Marry well remembred ,", "I reason 'd with a Frenchman yesterday ,", "Who told me , in the narrow seas that part", "The French and English , there miscaried", "A vessell of our countrey richly fraught :", "I thought vpon Anthonio when he told me ,", "And wisht in silence that it were not his", "A kinder Gentleman treads not the earth ,", "I saw Bassanio and Anthonio part ,", "Bassanio told him he would make some speede", "Of his returne : he answered , doe not so ,", "Slubber not businesse for my sake Bassanio ,", "But stay the very riping of the time ,", "And for the Iewes bond which he hath of me ,", "Let it not enter in your minde of loue :", "Be merry , and imploy your chiefest thoughts", "To courtship , and such faire ostents of loue", "As shall conueniently become you there ;", "And euen there his eye being big with teares ,", "Turning his face , he put his hand behinde him ,", "And with affection wondrous sencible", "He wrung Bassanios hand , and so they parted", "Doe we so .", "Why yet it liues there vncheckt , that Anthonio hath a ship of rich lading wrackt on the narrow Seas ; the Goodwins I thinke they call the place , a very dangerous flat , and fatall , where the carcasses of many a tall ship , lye buried , as they say , if my gossips report be an honest woman of her word", "Come , the full stop", "I would it might proue the end of his losses", "That 's certaine , I for my part knew the Tailor that made the wings she flew withall", "That 's certaine , if the diuell may be her Iudge", "There is more difference betweene thy flesh and hers , then betweene Iet and Iuorie , more betweene your bloods , then there is betweene red wine and rennish : but tell vs , doe you heare whether Anthonio haue had anie losse at sea or no ?", "Why I am sure if he forfaite , thou wilt not take his flesh , what 's that good for ?", "We haue beene vp and downe to seeke him .", "I did my Lord ,", "And I haue reason for it , Signior Anthonio", "Commends him to you", "Not sicke my Lord , vnlesse it be in minde ,", "Nor wel , vnlesse in minde : his Letter there", "Wil shew you his estate .", "Opens the Letter .", "I would you had won the fleece that hee hath lost", "Not one my Lord .", "Besides , it should appeare , that if he had", "The present money to discharge the Iew ,", "He would not take it : neuer did I know", "A creature that did beare the shape of man", "So keene and greedy to confound a man .", "He plyes the Duke at morning and at night ,", "And doth impeach the freedome of the state", "If they deny him iustice . Twenty Merchants ,", "The Duke himselfe , and the Magnificoes", "Of greatest port haue all perswaded with him ,", "But none can driue him from the enuious plea", "Of forfeiture , of iustice , and his bond", "He is ready at the doore , he comes my Lord .", "My Lord , heere stayes without", "A Messenger with Letters from the Doctor ,", "New come from Padua"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 164, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Sir Hugh , persuade me not ; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it : if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs , he shall not abuse Robert Shallow , esquire .", "Ay , cousin Slender , and \u2018 Custalorum .\u2019", "Ay , that I do ; and have done any time these 10 three hundred years .", "It is an old coat .", "The luce is the fresh fish ; the salt fish is an old coat . 20", "You may , by marrying .", "Not a whit .", "The council shall hear it ; it is a riot .", "Ha ! o \u2019 my life , if I were young again , the sword should end it .", "Well , let us see honest Master Page . Is Falstaff there ?", "Master Page , I am glad to see you : much good do it your good heart ! I wished your venison better ; it was ill killed . How doth good Mistress Page ?\u2014 and I thank you always with my heart , la ! with my heart . 75", "Sir , I thank you ; by yea and no , I do .", "That he will not . \u2019 Tis your fault , \u2019 tis your fault ; \u2019 tis a good dog .", "Sir , he \u2019 s a good dog , and a fair dog : can there be more said ? he is good and fair . Is Sir John Falstaff here ?", "He hath wronged me , Master Page .", "If it be confessed , it is not redressed : is not that so , Master Page ? He hath wronged me ; indeed he hath ; at a word , he hath , believe me : Robert Shallow , esquire , 95 saith , he is wronged .", "Knight , you have beaten my men , killed my 100 deer , and broke open my lodge .", "Tut , a pin ! this shall be answered .", "The council shall know this .", "Come , coz ; come , coz ; we stay for you . A word with you , coz ; marry , this , coz : there is , as \u2019 twere , a tender , a kind of tender , made afar off by Sir Hugh here . Do you understand me ? 190", "Nay , but understand me .", "Ay , there \u2019 s the point , sir .", "Cousin Abraham Slender , can you love her ?", "That you must . Will you , upon good dowry , marry her ?", "Nay , conceive me , conceive me , sweet coz : what", "I do is to pleasure you , coz . Can you love the maid ?", "Ay , I think my cousin meant well .", "Here comes fair Mistress Anne . 235", "Re-enter ANNE PAGE .", "Would I were young for your sake , Mistress Anne !", "I will wait on him , fair Mistress Anne .", "I follow , mine host , I follow . Good even and twenty , good Master Page ! Master Page , will you go with us ? we have sport in hand .", "Sir , there is a fray to be fought between Sir", "Hugh the Welsh priest and Caius the French doctor .", "Will you go with us to behold it ? My 185 merry host hath had the measuring of their weapons ; and , I think , hath appointed them contrary places ; for , believe me , I hear the parson is no jester . Hark , I will tell you what our sport shall be .", "Have with you , mine host .", "Tut , sir , I could have told you more . In these times you stand on distance , your passes , stoccadoes , and I know not what : \u2019 tis the heart , Master Page ; \u2019 tis here , \u2019 tis here . I have seen the time , with my long sword I would have made you four tall fellows skip like rats . 205", "Save you , Master Doctor Caius !", "He is the wiser man , master doctor : he is a curer of souls , and you a curer of bodies ; if you should 35 fight , you go against the hair of your professions . Is it not true , Master Page ?", "Bodykins , Master Page , though I now be old , 40 and of the peace , if I see a sword out , my finger itches to make one . Though we are justices , and doctors , and churchmen , Master Page , we have some salt of our youth in us ; we are the sons of women , Master Page .", "It will be found so , Master Page . Master Doctor Caius , I am come to fetch you home . I am sworn of the peace : you have shewed yourself a wise physician , and Sir Hugh hath shewn himself a wise and patient churchman . You must go with me , master doctor . 50", "We will do it . Page , Shal ., and Slen . Adieu , good master doctor .", "How now , master parson ! Good morrow , good Sir Hugh . Keep a gamester from the dice , and a good 35 student from his book , and it is wonderful .", "What , the sword and the word ! do you study 40 them both , master parson ?", "I have lived fourscore years and upward ; I never heard a man of his place , gravity , and learning , so wide of his own respect .", "It appears so , by his weapons . Keep them asunder : here comes Doctor Caius .", "So do you , good master doctor .", "Trust me , a mad host . Follow , gentlemen , follow .", ", Page , & c. Well met , Master Ford .", "I must excuse myself , Master Ford . 45", "We have lingered about a match between Anne Page and my cousin Slender , and this day we shall have 50 our answer .", "Well , fare you well : we shall have the freer wooing at Master Page \u2019 s .", "Break their talk , Mistress Quickly : my kinsman shall speak for himself .", "Be not dismayed .", "She \u2019 s coming ; to her , coz . O boy , thou hadst a father !", "Mistress Anne , my cousin loves you .", "He will maintain you like a gentlewoman . 45", "He will make you a hundred and fifty pounds jointure .", "Marry , I thank you for it ; I thank you for that good comfort . She calls you , coz : I \u2019 ll leave you .", "Indeed , Master Ford , this is not well , indeed .", "By my fidelity , this is not well , Master Ford ; this wrongs you .", "That \u2019 s good too : but what needs either your \u2018 mum \u2019 or her \u2018 budget ?\u2019 the white will decipher her well enough . It hath struck ten o \u2019 clock . 10", "Nere talke to me , Ile make a star-chamber matter of it . The Councell shall know it .", "Tho he be a knight , he shall not thinke to carrie it so away .", "M. Page I will not be wronged . For you", "Syr , I loue you , and for my cousen ,", "He comes to looke vpon your daughter . 10", "Sir Iohn , sir Iohn , you haue hurt my keeper ,", "Kild my dogs , stolne my deere .", "Well this shall be answered .", "Well , the Councell shall know it . 30", "At hand mine host , at hand . M. Ford . god den to you", "God den and twentie good M. Page .", "I tell you sir we haue sport in hand . 95", "Harke you sir , Ile tell you what the sport shall be 100", "Doctor Cayus and sir Hu are to fight ,", "My merrie Host hath had the measuring", "Of their weapons , and hath", "Appointed them contrary places . Harke in your eare :", "I tell you what M. Page , I beleeue", "The Doctor is no Iester , heele laie it on :", "For tho we be Iustices and Doctors ,", "And Church men , yet we are 115", "The sonnes of women M. Page :", "Ha with you mine host .", "How do you M. Doctor ?", "We wil do it my host . Farewel M. Doctor .", "God saue you M. parson .", "Keep them asunder , take away their weapons .", "Let them keepe their limbs hole , and hack our English .", "Afore God a mad host , come let vs goe .", "wel , wel , God be with you , we shall haue the fairer Wooing at Maister { P } ages :", "Mary I thanke you for that : 35", "To her cousin , to her .", "Fie cusse fie , thou art not right ,", "O thou hadst a father .", "He will make you ioynter of three hundred pound a yeare , he shall make you a Gentlewoman .", "God saue you sir Iohn Falstaffe ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 165, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hul-lo ! I 'm in luck ! Just the chap I 'm hunting for .How d'ye do , Lord Farncombe ?", "Ta .Phew , it 's hot !", "She wo n't be long , I dare say .", "Have you ? I 've sent her a trifle of jewellery .", "By Jove , does n't she ! Ah , there 's my brooch !", "Exactly ; but I 'm an old friend , you know .", "Perhaps , by her next birthday \u2014\u2014", "What I want to say to you is , doing anything to-night ?", "Oh , we shall all be at the theatre , to shout Many Happy Returns . Later , I mean .", "Good . Look here . Smythe is giving her a bit of supper in the foyer after the show , a dance on the stage to follow . About five-and-twenty people . \u2018 Ull you come ?", "He does ask you , through me . He 's left all the arrangements to me and Morrie Cooling . Carlton never did anything in his life ; I egged him on to this . I 've been sweating at it since eleven o'clock this morning . Have n't been near the City ; not near it . Well ?", "Splendid . Been trying to get on to you all day . I 've called twice at your club and at St. James 's Place .", "There 'll be the Baron , Sam de Castro , Bertie Fulkerson , Stew Heneage , Jerry Grimwood , Dwarf Kennedy , Colonel and Mrs. Stidulph \u2014 Dolly Ensor that was \u2014 and ourselves , besides Cooling and Vincent Bland and the pick o \u2019 the Company . Catani does the food and drink . I do n't believe I 've forgotten a single thing .Sit down a minute .Are you going to wait to see Lily this afternoon ?", "Because if Jeyes should happen to drop in while you 're here \u2014\u2014", "Nicko Jeyes \u2014 or if you knock up against him to-night at the theatre \u2014 mum about this .", "Um . We do n't want Nicko Jeyes ; we simply do n't want him . And if he heard that you and some of the boys are coming , he might wonder why he is n't included .", "A regular loafer .", "Exactly . Catani 's and a top , back bedroom in Jermyn Street , and hanging about the Pandora ; that 's Nicko Jeyes 's life .", "Known \u2018 em some time . That 's it ; Lily 's so faithful to her old friends .", "Oh , but I 'm a real friend . I 've always been a patron of the musical drama \u2014 it 's my fad ; and I 've kept an eye on Lily from the moment she sprang into prominence \u2014\u201c Mind the paint ! Mind the paint ! \u201d \u2014 looked after her like a father . Uncle Lal she calls me .I 'm a married man , you know ;but the wife has plenty to occupy her with the kids and she leaves the drama to me . She prefers Bexhill .Farncombe , what a charming creature !", "No , no , no ; Lily .Oh , and so 's my missus , for that matter , when she chooses . But Lily Upjohn \u2014\u2014!", "Yes , and as good as she 's beautiful ; you take it from me .Well , if you see Jeyes , you wo n't \u2014\u2014?", "I 've warned the others .By-the-bye , if Lily should mention the supper in the course of conversation , remember , she 's not in the conspiracy .", "To shunt Nicko . We 're letting her think there are to be no outsiders .", "Have n't I told you , once you 're a friend of Lil 's \u2014\u2014!Is this Ma ?Hul-lo , Ma !", "Lord Farncombe \u2014\u2014", "Lord Farncombe 's brought Lily some flowers , Ma .", "Where are they ?", "Where is", "Lil ?", "Never heard of Morgan .", "No , no , Ma !", "Why not ?", "What 's wrong with that ? Everybody 'll recognise who that is .", "Farncombe \u2014\u2014", "Do me a favour .", "It 's only half-past four . Take a turn round the Square . I 've some business to talk over with the old lady .", "I did ; told him I wanted to talk business with you .", "Upon my soul , Ma , you 're a champion !", "Well , you might spread yourself a little over young Farncombe .", "Lord Farncombe !", "No , but damn it all \u2014! I beg your pardon \u2014\u2014", "This chap 's in love with her .", "Yes , but they 're not all Farncombes and they 're not all marrying men . I 'm prepared to bet my boots that if Lil and young Farncombe could be thrown together \u2014\u2014!Here ! Do talk it over .", "The Captain !Ma , the day Lil marries Nicko Jeyes , you and she 'll see the last o \u2019 me .", "I do say it . The disappointment \u2018 ud be more than I could stand . Selfish , designing beggar !", "A fellow who gets on the soft side of Lil before she 's out of her teens \u2014 before she 's made any position to speak of ; and when she has made a position , and he 's practically on his uppers , sticks to her like a limpet !", "It 's cruel ; that 's what it is \u2014 it 's cruel . Here 's Gwennie Harker and Maidie Trevail both married to peers \u2019 sons , and Eva Shafto to a baronet \u2014 all of \u2018 em Pandora girls ; and Lil \u2014 she 's left high and dry , engaged to a nobody ! It 's cruel !", "Ho , ho !", "Oh , to be just , I admit he 's in no hurry . He 's been a whole year looking for something to do in London \u2014 looking for it at Catani 's and at the Pandora bars !", "Exactly ! And when a decent , eligible young chap comes along , and means business , he 's choked off by finding Nicko Jeyes in possession .But , I say !", "Farncombe has n't tumbled to it yet .", "Bertie Fulkerson 's held his tongue about it ; so have the other boys who 're friends of Farncombe 's . They see he 's hard hit .Oh , they 're good boys ; they 're good , loyal boys ! There 's not one of them who would n't throw up his hat if Nicko got the chuck .Ma !", "This little spree to-night at the theatre \u2014", "Lil thinks it 's to be merely among the members of the Company .", "You keep quiet , now . No , it is n't .", "The boys \u2014 and Farncombe .", "Pishhh !", "Oh , I dare say I 'm a fool for my pains , Ma . Nothing 'll come of it .Farncombe 's as shy as a school-girl ; he 'd be on a desert island with a pretty woman for a month without squeezing her hand .", "Hullo !", "Objection !", "And Countess of Godalming when his father dies .", "The family !", "Why , Ma , these tiptop families ought to feel jolly grateful that we 're mixing the breed for them a bit . Look at the two lads who 've married Gwennie Harker and Maidie Trevail \u2014 Kinterton and Glenroy ; and Fawcus \u2014 Sir George Fawcus \u2014 Eva Shafto 's husband ; they have n't a chin or a forehead between \u2018 em , and their chests are as narrow as a ten-inch plank .", "Farncombe himself , he 's inclined to be weedy . I maintain it 's a grand thing for our English nobs that their slips of sons have taken to marrying young women of the stamp of Maidie Trevail and Gwennie Harker \u2014 or Lil ; keen-witted young women full of the joy of life , with strong frames , beautiful hair and fine eyes , and healthy pink gums and big white teeth . Sneer at the Pandora girls ! Great Scot , it 's my belief that the Pandora girls 'll be the salvation of the aristocracy in this country in the long run !", "Hullo , Nicko !", "Yes , and some nice presents over here .", "I may remark that one of those gifts is from me , Jeyes .", "Much obliged .", "Yes , Carlton 's standing a little spread in the foyer , in honour of the occasion .Quite right too ; she 's his best asset , and chance it .", "Late last night .", "Er \u2014 only the principal members of the Company , I understand .", "With Morrie Cooling and Vincent Bland thrown in .", "I was behind when Morrie was going round to the dressing-rooms .", "E \u2014 eh ?", "Oh , yes , they 've dragged me into it .", "No , but \u2014 dash it , I 've done business for Carlton in the City for twenty years or more \u2014\u2014!", "And I 'm an old friend of Lil 's .", "My dear Nicko , I 'm not giving the party . Really , you do jump down a man 's throat \u2014\u2014!", "T-t-the matter ?", "Ring ! A brooch !", "Now , no personalities .", "You are a patent ass . Why do n't you leave betting alone ?", "Come along , Farncombe !", "Give it to me . I want a little exercise .", "Ices , sweets or chocolates , full piano-score !", "Ices , sweets or chocolates , full piano-score !", "Mind the paint , Ma .", "Sssh !Dam fool !", "Er \u2014 good-bye , Nicko .", "Come along ,", "Vincent .", "Coming our way , Farncombe ?", "Hul-lo !Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year , and how are you to-morrow !", "Splendid !Seating \u2018 em , hey ?", "Which d'ye make your principal table ?", "Ah , yes .\u201c Miss Lily Parradell \u2014 \u201d !Why , you 've gone and put the Baron on her right !", "Where 's Farncombe ? Where 's Lord Farncombe ?", "Rats !", "My dear fellow , Miss Parradell is the heroine o \u2019 the party ; the seat next to her is the seat of honour .", "If Germany does n't like it , she must lump it . Lord Farncombe 's the eldest son of an Earl ; you can n't get over that .", "Besides , the Baron 's sweet on Enid just now ; I 'm sure he 'd prefer \u2014thanks , ol \u2019 man . Sorry I was shirty .", "Tantrum ?", "What 's amiss ?", "Oh , lord !", "All right , all right .", "Nicko Jeyes .", "Well , I 'm blessed !", "Lying worm and a cad ! And from Miss Lily Margaret Upjohn !", "Done anything about it ?", "I 'd better run round to her , and try to smooth her down , had n't I ?", "Damn it , you agreed that that sulky brute Jeyes \u2018 ud be a wet blanket ! You blow hot and cold , you do !", "If ever I assist in getting up another party \u2014\u2014!Hul-lo ! Here we are again ! All change for Oxford Circus !", "I 'm just going to have a word with Lil Parradell .", "It 's all right ; she 'll be round in a minute .", "Angelic . She 's wearing a new dress , and that 's taken her mind off it .", "Oh , but I have given her such a talking to !Hul-lo !Speshul edishun , cricket , py-per !Dolly \u2014 Nita \u2014 Gabs \u2014 Daphne ! Douglas \u2014 Albert ! Ah , here you are , Farncombe !Hul-lo , Colonel ! Results , py-per , extry speshul !", "Hul-lo , here 's Enid !", "Hul-lo ! Show your tickets , please ! Room inside for four !How are you , Flo ! How are you , Sybil ! How are you , Olga ! I say , look at \u2018 Vangy !", "Mind the paint !", "Mr. Roper , forward !", "Miss Kato , wanted !", "Ladies \u2019 mantles on the second-floor !", "Yes ; but how long ago ?", "Here 's", "Lil !", "Hul-lo !Jolly party , hey , Farncombe ?", "Four-fifty .", "Yes , and blued the whole lot at one go !", "Ices , sweets or chocolates , full piano-score ! Hul-lo , here ! Ha , ha , ha !", "Ours ,", "Dolly .", "Another waltz .", "By Jove , yes ! When I think o \u2019 the work Mr. Lionel Hesketh Roper manages to dispose of in the course of a day \u2014\u2014!", "Now , then , give your orders , gents !", "Ladies , do n't all speak at once .", "Now , then ; have it out with Lily !", "Choose your partners , gents !Jimmie \u2014\u2014!", "Well , nobody can say the affair has n't been a brilliant success ; that 's one comfort .", "W-w-with pleasure .", "Yes , yes , I wo n't keep you and \u2014from your t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate .Ha , ha , ha , ha !Lil , Uncle Lal you call me , but I 've always felt more like a parent towards you \u2014 acted as such , hey ?", "And any happiness that befalls you \u2014 any happiness that befalls you \u2014I 'll leave it there . God bless yer ; God bless yer !and God bless you , my lad !I 'm proud \u2014 proud to have the honour \u2014 and to have been the means of \u2014 the means of \u2014God bless you both !I \u2014 I \u2014 I \u2014 I 'll drop in by-and-by and \u2014 and \u2014 and inquire after you , my pet .", "Ha , ha , ha , ha !Wurrr-roo ! Stand away from the lift ; no more passengers this journey !", "Hullo , hullo , hullo , hul-lo !Morning , Ma !Any more bids for the handsome gilt candelabra with the crystal drops ? Ha , ha , ha !Morning , Jimmie !Well , Lil ! Well , my pet !", "Oh , I \u2014 thank you , Lil \u2014Not up to much to-day ?", "Dancing too hard , I \u2018 spect .", "Anything else amiss , Ma ?", "T-t-tell \u2014?", "Jimmie \u2014\u2014!", "Is n't going to \u2014? I d-d-do n't follow you .", "Now , look here , Jimmie ! A jest is a capital thing in its way . No man has a keener sense of humour than Lal Roper . But there are occasions when it 's out o \u2019 place , and this is one of \u2018 em , my dear ; and if it 's not putting you to serious inconvenience \u2014\u2014", "Ma \u2014\u2014!", "Wo n't draw him into her \u2014\u2014?", "Jimmie Birch \u2014\u2014!", "Of course , there is this to be said , Ma .It may be wise of dear Lil to decline Farncombe at first . It \u2014 it \u2014 it \u2014 it does n't do for a girl , does it , to appear to throw herself at any man , let alone a young fellow of the position \u2014 the \u2014 the \u2014 the social status \u2014\u2014!", "In the dark !", "Finishing \u2014\u2014?", "Plighted herself \u2014\u2014?", "Do I \u2014 do I know him ?", "Jeyes !", "Ma \u2014 Mrs. Upjohn \u2014 Lily \u2014\u2014", "P'sh !Ma \u2014 Lily \u2014 for years \u2014 longer than it 's agreeable to count \u2014 I 've been a patron of the drama \u2014 particularly musical comedy , of which I 've studied the development with especial interest .", "It 's been a fad with me ; I put it no higher than that .But I 've devoted time to it \u2014\u2014", "Often to the neglect of my ventures in the", "City . Here I am now , for instance .", "And \u2014 I frankly admit it \u2014 I 've had more than one serious dispute with Mrs. Roper on the subject .Yesterday , by a coincidence \u2014letter from the wife \u2014 full o \u2019 complaints \u2014 have n't been to Bexhill , to her and the kids , for weeks . And to do Ellen Roper justice , she 's not the woman to grumble without cause .Dash it all , home ties are home ties !And , taking one consideration with another \u2014 and after this \u2014 this occurrence \u2014 it 's my intention for the future \u2014 my firm intention \u2014\u2014", "And Jeyes !", "Understanding ?", "Great Scot \u2014\u2014!", "Undoubtedly she ought to see them .", "Hear what they 've got to say .", "Lucky I was on the spot ; lucky I was on the spot .", "Choose between \u2018 em !", "I can n't \u2014\u2014", "Oh \u2014\u2014!", "I \u2014 ah \u2014 I think I 'll run downstairs and shake hands with Jeyes and Farncombe while Lily 's tidying herself .", "Risk it ?", "Throttle me !", "Throttle Lal", "Roper \u2014\u2014!"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 166, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oceana ! Oceana !Oh , I wonder if she 'll be as good as she is beautiful ! She must be ! Oceana !No message from my brother yet ?", "Look at this , Remson .", "That 's she . Is n't she lovely ?", "The natives do n't even wear that much , Remson .", "Oh , yes ... they never know what cold weather is .", "Maukuri \u2014 it 's in the South Seas .", "Fifteen years , Remson .", "Not since her father died .", "She did n't seem to feel that way .But we 'll try to make her change her mind . Just think of it ... she 's been forty-six days on the steamer !", "Was n't that the street door just now , Remson ?", "Mother !", "Mother , this has gone just as far as it can go ! I 've felt all along that something like this was preparing .", "Mother , this concerns me as much as it concerns any one of you . And I tell you , you have simply got to let me know about that will .", "Do I understand that it is your intention to threaten to go to law , unless Oceana gives us a part of grandfather 's property ?", "It 's perfectly certain that he hated you and mother and Aunt Letitia and me and Freddy ... every one of us ; and that he had hated us for years and years ; and that he left his money to Oceana to spite us all .", "And I , for one , knowing that he hated me , do n't want his money . And what is more , I refuse to touch his money .", "I am near enough of age to possess my self-respect . And I shall refuse to touch one penny .", "I shall be of age two years from now , and then I shall return to Oceana every penny of grandfather 's money that may have been gotten for me .", "I can n't help it , mother . I am meek and patient ... I try to let you have your way with me in everything . But this is a matter of principle , and I can n't let myself be sat on .", "You know , perfectly well , mother ; that it 's impossible for anybody to preserve any individuality in contact with you ... that as a matter of fact , neither father nor Letitia nor Freddy nor myself have preserved a shred of it . Grandfather said that to you himself , the last time you ever saw him ... I know it , for I 've heard father say it a hundred times .", "Yes , but it 's the first time , mother .", "Oh ! If only I might change places with Oceana ! If I could get away to some South Sea island , and be my own mistress and live my own life .Oceana ! I 'm wild to see you ! I want to see you dancing . Your Sunrise Dance ... and to your own music !Oceana ! Oceana !", "Freddy ! Where 's Oceana ?", "Oh , Freddy !", "Did you go and see ?", "I 'm so sorry !", "So long as she does n't miss to-morrow night ! Did I read you what she said about that , Freddy ?\u201c I 'll pray for fair weather , so that I may get there to see the beautiful dancing . There is nothing in all the world that I love more ... my whole being seems to flow into the dance . I send you the music of my Sunrise Dance , that father composed for me . You can learn it , and I 'll do it for you . I do n't know , of course ; but father used to think that I was wonderful in it .. and he had known all the great dances in Europe . It was the last thing I heard him play , before he went out in the boat , and I saw him perish before my eyes . \u201d Do n't you think that she writes beautifully , Freddy ?", "Listen to this :\u201c About my name ... I forgot to explain . You see , Anna sounds like England ... or New England ... and I am not the least like those places . Father used to see me , as a little tot , diving through the breakers , and floating out in the sea , with the snow-white frigate-birds flashing by overhead ; and he said I was the very spirit of the island and the wild , lonely ocean . So he called me Oceana , and that 's the name I 've always borne . \u201d", "She goes on : \u201c You must n't be surprised at what I am . You may think it 's dreadful ... even wicked . But at least do n't expect anything like you 've ever known before . Fifteen years with only cocoa-palms and naked savages ... the Boston varnish rubs off one . But I 'm going to try to behave . I expect to feel quite at home ... I have pictures of all of you , and a picture of the house ... I even have father 's keys , to let myself in with ! \u201d", "Play it ? I could play it in my sleep .", "The Sunrise", "Dance !", "Listen !", "Oceana !", "Oceana ! But how did you get here ?", "Oh , how fine you are !", "You liked the way I played it ?", "But how big you are !", "Walked all the way ?", "But in the storm !", "I must tell mother . And Letitia !Mother ! Letitia ! Oceana 's here !", "Here 's mother !", "And Letitia !", "Here 's father !", "They warned me to turn my toes out when I walked , and not to eat fish with a knife .", "Mother , CAN'T you be good to her ? You do n't understand her at all .", "Ca n't you say something to them ,", "Freddy ? They treat her so badly .", "No ! No ! They do n't understand ! They do n't really care .", "Take me with you ! Take me away to your island !", "Oceana !", "Oh , here you are ! And your new clothes !", "No , they do n't belong to you !", "What are you going to do ?", "What kind ?", "And did you get something beautiful for tonight ?", "Oceana , when am I to see the dance ?", "But when will that be ?", "Oh !", "Oh , how lovely !", "Tell me a little about the Sunrise Dance .", "Yes .", "And do you dance other things ?", "Oh , Oceana ! I 'm just wild to see you !", "We were brought up that way .", "And are you always happy , Oceana ?", "You never ... you never even start to feel sad ?", "You mean you would not mourn , even if some one you loved were to die ?", "Oceana !", "Why , this is Henry . Letitia 's husband .", "Yes ... two .", "Six years .", "Why ... you know Letitia .", "I guess he 's so-so . Like most of us .", "That 's so ! You never saw one ?", "What ?", "Oh , Freddy !", "Was that she at the \u2018 phone ?", "What in the world will we do ?", "How perfectly beastly !", "How do you mean ?", "Oh !", "Oceana ! You 'd do the Sunrise Dance ?", "Oh , Oceana ! How perfectly lovely ! But ... but I wonder if it would be all right . I mean ... it would n't shock them ?", "Is it what they 'd call proper ?", "Then I 'll ask mother .", "Of course .", "Of course .", "Oceana !", "Oh , would you dare ?", "No , she 's never been in Boston before .", "I was .", "Freddy , what do you say ?", "Mother , what 's the matter ?", "Mother ! The people are waiting ...", "I am going with Oceana .", "Some day ... if not now . She 's perfectly right . Letitia has no business to keep him . She never would have got him if she had n't played a part .", "Wait !", "Wait .", "Oceana , I ran away !", "To you ! I could n't stand it ! I must be with you , Oceana \u2014 no matter how wicked it is , I must be with you !", "Yes , I 'm desperate ... I 'll die if I have to stay at home .", "You wo n't send me back ?", "But , Oceana , Letitia is coming !", "I took a train from Boston . And when I saw her come aboard , imagine how I felt ! I hid ... she did n't see me . And I got off the train first and dodged out of sight . I ran all the way . I suppose she stopped to get a sleigh .", "You knew it ?", "Well , of all the ...", "Oceana !", "Do n't let her take me back home ?", "She might persuade you .", "She 'll threaten to make me go .", "But mother will come ! And she 'll command me to return . I 'm not of age , you know .", "No ... hardly that .", "And , oh , Oceana ... what do you think ? Freddy 's run away , too !", "He 's gone out West !", "He says he 's going to be a cowboy . He 's going to make a man of himself . He left a letter to father .", "Oceana , do you know what was the matter ?", "I think I know . He was in love with you !", "Here she is !", "Of all the adventures !", "Oceana !", "He left you ?", "Oceana !", "Why did you do it ?", "What ?", "Your child !", "No , no , Oceana !", "I do n't know , Oceana .", "Yes .", "Oceana !", "Yes .", "What do you mean ?", "I will !", "Henry ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 167, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Give us what no man here is master of :", "Breath . Leave us pray , my father Cardinal", "Can by the physic of philosophy", "Set all again in order . Leave us pray .", "As with a ship", "Now beat with storms , now safe . The storms are vanished", "And having you my Pilot , I not only", "See shore , but harbour ; I to you will open", "The book of a black sin , deep printed in me .", "Oh father , my disease lies in my soul .", "Yes that , it festers inwards .", "For though I have a beauty to my bed", "That even creation envies at , as wanting", "Stuff to make such another , yet on her pillow", "I lie by her , but an adulterer ,", "And she as an adulteress . She is my queen", "And wife , yet but my strumpet though the church", "Set on the seal of marriage . Good Onaelia ,", "Niece to our Lord High Constable of Spain", "Was precontracted mine .", "I confess it .", "Even Troy , though she has wept her eyes out ,", "Would find tears to wail my kingdom 's ruins .", "She has that contract written , sealed by you ,", "And other churchmen witnesses unto it .", "A kingdom should be given for that paper .", "\u2018 Tis my soul 's aim", "To tie it upon a faster knot .", "Oh I know", "I wrestle with a lioness . To imprison her", "And force her to it , I dare not . Death ! What King", "Did ever say \u2018 I dare not \u2019 ? I must have it ;", "A bastard have I by her , and that cock", "Will have , I fear , sharp spurs , if he crow after", "Him that trod for him . Something must be done", "Both to the hen and the chicken . Haste you therefore", "To sad Onaelia , tell her I 'm resolved", "To give my new hawk bells , and let her fly .", "My Queen , I 'm weary of , and her will marry .", "To this , our text , add you what gloss you please ;", "The secret drifts of kings are depthless seas .", "Leave us .", "\u2018 Tis granted , do .", "But stay , what mean these emblems of distress ?", "My picture so defaced , opposed against", "A holy cross ! Room hung in black , and you", "Dressed like chief mourner at a funeral ?", "But who has played the tyrant with me thus ,", "And with such dangerous spite abused my picture ?", "And wished it had been I .", "I will descend and cease to be a King ,", "To leave my judging part , freely confessing", "Thou canst not give thy wrongs too ill a name .", "And here to make thy apprehension full ,", "And seat thy reason in a sound belief", "I vow tomorrow , ere the rising sun", "Begins his journey , with all ceremonies", "Due to the Church , to seal our nuptials ,", "To prive < 8 > thy son with full consent of state ,", "Spain 's heir apparent , born in wedlock 's vows .", "By this I swear .", "Why then , by this .", "This way for her , the contract which thou hast ,", "By best advice of all our Cardinals ,", "Today shall be enlarged till it be made", "Past all dissolving . Then to our council table", "Shall she be called , that read aloud , she told", "The church commands her quick return for Florence", "With such a dower as Spain received with her ,", "And that they will not hazard heaven 's dire curse", "To yield to a match unlawful , which shall taint", "The issue of the King with bastardy .", "This done , in state majestic come you forth ,", "Our new crowned Queen in sight of all our peers .", "Are you resolved ?", "And will keep it .", "Deliver up the contract then , that I", "May make this day end with thy misery .", "\u2018 Tis in the lion 's paw , and who dares snatch it ? Now to your beads and crucifix again .", "Pray there may come Embassadors from France", "Their followers are good customers .", "\u2018 Twill raise the price , being the King 's mistress .", "Away bold strumpet !", "Call and try , here 's a whore 's curse", "To fall in that belief , which her sins nurse .", "My Balthazar ! Let us make haste to meet thee . How art thou altered ? Do you not know him ?", "Half turned Moor !", "I 'll honour thee , reach him a chair , that table", "And now , Aeneas-like , let thine own trumpet", "Sound forth thy battle with those slavish Moors .", "On to the battle .", "This satisfies my eye , but now my ear", "Must have his music too . Describe the battle .", "So .", "A pitched field , quickly fought . Our hand is thine ,", "And because thou shalt not murmur that thy blood", "Was lavished forth for an ungrateful man ,", "Demand what we can give thee and \u2018 tis thine .", "\u2018 Tis thine , rise soldier 's best accord", "When wounds of wrong are healed up by the sword .", "Onaelia knocks loudly at the door .", "What woman 's voice is that ?", "Bar out that fiend .", "Keep her from following me . A guard .", "Let a quick summons call our Lords together ,", "This disease kills me .", "Forebear us , but see the doors are well guarded .", "Yes , I will , take it , speak any thing , \u2018 tis pardoned .", "What kingdom ?", "Wherein ?", "Ha , ha , ha !", "Any more ?", "Nay , spit thy venom .", "No more .", "The barber that draws out a lion 's tooth", "Curseth his trade ; and so shalt thou .", "Because you have beaten a few base-born moors ,", "Me think'st thou to chastise ? What is past I pardon ,", "Because I made the key to unlock thy railing ;", "But if thou dar'st once more be so untuned", "I 'll sent thee to the galleys . Who are without there ,", "How now ?", "Yes , yes , I am , but \u2018 tis no point of weapon", "Can rescue me . Go presently and summon", "All our chief Grandees , Cardinals , and Lords", "Of Spain to meet in Council instantly .", "We called you forth to execute a business", "Of another strain -  but \u2018 tis no matter now .", "Thou diest when next thou furrowest up our brow .", "I find my sceptre shaken by enchantments", "Charactered in this parchment , which to unloose ,", "I 'll practice only counter-charms of fire ,", "And blow the spells of lightening into smoke :", "Fetch burning tapers .", "Art frantic ?", "If I be ,", "Then here 's my first mad fit .", "Reach the flames :", "Grandees and Lords of Spain be witness all", "What here I cancel . Read , do you know this bond ?", "Marquis Daenia", "We 'll lend that tongue , when this no more can speak .", "I am deaf ,", "Played the full concert of the spheres unto me", "Upon their loudest strings -  so burn that witch", "Who would dry up the tree of all Spain 's glories ,", "But that I purge her sorceries by fire .", "Troy lies in cinders . Let your Oracles", "Now laugh at me if I have been deceived", "By their ridiculous riddles . Why , good father ,", "Now you may freely chide , why was your zeal", "Ready to burst in showers to quench our fury ?", "Th'art mad ex tempore :", "What eye ? Which is that wound ?", "Oil to blood shall turn ,", "I 'll lose a limb before the heart shall mourn .", "The presence door be guarded , let none enter", "On forfeit of your lives , without our knowledge .", "Oh you are false physicians all unto me ,", "You bring me poison , but no antidotes .", "Prithee , no more .", "Thunder aloud .", "Who ! Who dares once but think so in his dream ?", "Be cursed he and his faction . Oh how I labour", "For these preventions ! But so cross is fate", "My ills are ne'r hid from me , but their cures .", "What 's to be done ?", "Ha !", "I shall be massacred in this their spleen ,", "Ere I have time to guard myself . I feel", "The fire already falling . Where 's our guard ?", "Let them be doubled . I am full of thoughts ,", "A thousand wheels toss my incertain fears ,", "There is a storm in my hot boiling brains ,", "Which rises without wind . A horrid one .", "What clamour 's that ?", "Thou desperate fellow , thus press in upon us ! Is murder all the story we shall read ? What King can stand , when thus his subjects bleed ? What has thou done ?", "Played even the wolf ,", "And from a fold committed to my charge ,", "Stolen and devoured one of the flock .", "I would not have thy sin scored on my head", "For all the Indian Treasury . I prithee tell me ,", "Suppose thou had'st our pardon , oh can that cure", "Thy wounded conscience , can there my pardon help thee ?", "Yet having deserved well both of Spain and us ,", "We will not pay thy worth with loss of life ,", "But banish thee for ever .", "No more . We banish thee our court and Kingdom .", "A King that fosters men so dipped in blood ,", "May be called merciful , but never good .", "Be gone upon thy life .", "For thee , Paulina , swell my troubled thoughts", "Like billows beaten by two warring winds .", "Instruct me how .", "Where 's the instrument ?", "He 's banished .", "His spirit is hot", "And rugged , but so honest that his soul", "Will never turn devil to do it .", "Be happy in thy workings , I obey .", "Balthazar ,", "Come hither , listen . Whatsoe'er our Queen", "Has importuned thee to touching Onaelia", "Niece to the Constable , and her young son ,", "My voice shall second it , and sign her promise .", "That .", "So .", "Any way , so \u2018 tis done .", "Pen , ink and paper .", "Thou shalt have my pardon .", "Yes , any thing dear Balthazar .", "Chide him not .", "That song no more . Do this and I will make thee a great man .", "Farewell . Be confident and sudden .", "A Private room ,", "Exeunt , King and Balthazar remain", "I'st done ? Hast drawn thy two-edged sword out yet ?", "No , no I see it .", "How ? Put up -  so -  how ?", "So what of that ?", "Was this all ?", "Conscience ! What 's that ? A conjuring book ne'r opened", "Without the reader 's danger . \u2018 Tis indeed", "A scarecrow set i'th world to frighten weak fools .", "Hast thou seen fields paved o'er with carcasses ,", "Now to be tender-footed , not to tread", "On a boy 's mangled quarters , and a woman 's !", "No more . Here comes a satyr with sharp horns .", "A Frenchman ?", "Cannot he speak the Spanish ?", "What is the tune you strike up , touch the string .", "Onaelia .", "Speak low .", "Thou namest ten thousand Crowns , I 'll treble them", "Rid me of this leprosy . Thy name ?", "Shall I a second wheel add to this mischief", "To set it faster going ? If one break ,", "T'other may keep his motion .", "Balthazar .", "To give thy sword an edge again , this Frenchman", "Shall whet thee on , that if thy pistol fail ,", "Or poniard , this can send the poison home .", "And more to arm your resolution ,", "I 'll tune this Churchman so , that he shall chime", "In sounds harmonious , merit to that man", "Whose hand has but a finger in that act .", "Holy father ,", "You must give pardon to me in unlocking", "A cave stuffed full with serpents , which my State", "Threaten to poison , and it lies in you", "To break their bed with thunder of your voice .", "Suppose a universal", "Hot pestilence beat her mortiferous wings", "O'er all my kingdoms , am I not bound in soul ,", "To empty all our academies of doctors", "And Aesculapian < 46 > spirits to charm this plague ?", "Or had the canon made a breach", "Into our rich Escurial < 47 >, down to beat it", "About our ears , should I stop this breach", "Spare even our richest Ornaments , nay our crown ,", "Could it keep bullets off .", "This linstock < 48 > gives you fire . Shall then that strumpet", "And bastard breathe quick vengeance in my face ,", "Making my Kingdom reel , my subjects stagger", "In their obedience , and yet live ?", "As I am Catholic King , I 'll have their hearts", "Panting in these two hands .", "Rise my good angel ,", "Whose holy tunes beat from me that evil spirit", "Which jogs mine elbow , hence thou dog of hell .", "Bark out no more thou mastiff , get you all gone , And let my soul sleep .There 's gold , peace , see it done .", "Commend us to Medina , say his letters", "Right pleasing are , and that , except himself", "Nothing could be more welcome . Counsel him ,", "To blot the opinion out of factious numbers ,", "Only to have his ordinary train", "Waiting upon him . For , to quit all fears", "Upon his side of us , our very court", "Shall even but dimly shine with some few Dons ,", "Freely to prove our longings great to peace .", "A King 's word is engaged .", "Valasco , call the Captain of our Guard ,", "Bid him attend us instantly .", "Lopez come hither . See ,", "Letters from Duke Medina , both in the name", "Of him and all his faction , offering peace ,", "And our old love , his niece Onaelia", "In marriage with her free and fair consent", "To Cockadillio , a Don of Spain .", "My crown as soon . They feel their sinewy plots", "Belike to shrink i'the joints . And fearing ruin ,", "Have found this cement out to piece up all ,", "Which more endangers all .", "Lions may hunted be into the snare ,", "But if they once break loose , woe be to him", "That first seized on them . A poor prisoner scorns", "To kiss his jailer . And shall a king be choked", "With sweet-meats by false traitors ! No , I will fawn", "On them as they stroke me , till they are fast", "But in this paw . And then ...", "Upon thy life", "Double our guard this day . Let every man", "Bear a charged pistol hid , and , at a watch-word", "Given by a musket , when our self sees time ,", "Rush in , and , if Medina 's faction wrestle", "Against your forces , kill , but if yield , save .", "Be secret !", "Watch Valasco .", "If any wear a Cross , feather or glove ,", "Or such prodigious signs of a knit faction ,", "Table their names up . At our court-gate plant", "Good strength to bar them out , if once they swarm .", "Do this upon thy life .", "Death ! What 's Done ?", "Sebastian ?", "Thou teachest me to curse thee .", "Half my crown I 'd lose were it undone .", "How lost I the French doctor ?", "Get thou from my sight , the Queen would see thee .", "Go with Judas and repent .", "Tell me true , is he dead ?", "No matter . \u2018 Tis but morning of revenge ,", "The sunset shall be red and tragical .", "For half Spain 's weigh in ingots I 'd not lose", "This little man today .", "\u2018 Tis dimness of your sight , no fault i'the letter .", "Medina , you shall find that free from erratas ,", "And for a proof , if I could breathe my heart", "In welcome forth , this hall should ring naught else .", "Welcome Medina , Good Marquis Daenia ,", "Dons of Spain all welcome .", "My dearest love and Queen , be it your place", "To entertain the bride , and do her grace .", "Contracted bride , and bridegroom sit ,", "Sweet flowers not plucked in season lose their scent ,", "So will our pleasures . Father Cardinal ,", "Methinks this morning new begins our reign .", "Where is our noble soldier Balthazar ? So close in conference with that Signor ?", "What think'st thou of this great day Balthazar ?", "Mine I protest are free .", "Wine . A full cup crowned to Medina 's health .", "Onaelia , you are sad . Why frowns your brow ?", "Which mirth to heighten , Your bridegroom and yourself first pledge this health Which we begin to our High Constable . Three cups filled , one to the King , the second to the Bridegroom and the third to Onaelia , with whom the King compliments .", "Here 's to Medina 's heart with all my heart .", "Medina mocks me ,", "Because I wrong her with the largest bowl .", "I 'll change with thee Onaelia .", "Malateste rages .", "Fear you I cannot fetch it off ?", "This is your scorn to her , because I am doing", "This poorest honour to her . Music sound ,", "It goes were it ten fathoms to the ground .", "Cornets play . King drinks , Queen and Malateste storm .", "Interrupt me in my drink ? \u2018 Tis off .", "Poisoned ?", "I feel no poison yet , only mine eyes", "Are putting out their lights . Me thinks I feel", "Death 's icy fingers stroking down my face .", "And now I 'm in a mortal cold sweat .", "Hence , call in my physicians .", "Bloody Medina , stab'st thou Brutus too ?", "I burn ,", "My brains boil in a cauldron , oh one drop", "Of water now to cool me .", "Physicians for my soul , I need none else .", "You 'll not deny me those . Oh holy father ,", "Is there no mercy hovering in a cloud", "For me a miserable King so drenched", "In perjury and murder ?", "Come down , come quickly down .", "Do , do .", "Onaelia ! Oh she 's drowned in tears ! Onaelia ,", "Let me not die unpardoned at thy hands .", "Ha ?", "My child ! \u2018 Tis my Sebastian , or some spirit", "Sent in his shape to fright me .", "Oh my dull soul look up , thou art somewhat lighter .", "Noble Medina , see Sebastian lives .", "Onaelia cease to weep , Sebastian lives .", "Fetch me my crown . My sweetest pretty Friar", "Can my hands do't , I 'll raise thee one step higher .", "Thou'st been in heaven 's house all this while sweet boy ?", "Thou could'st n'er fare better .", "Religious houses are those hives where bees", "Make honey for men 's souls . I tell thee boy ,", "A Friary is a cube , which strongly stands ,", "Fashioned by men , supported by heaven 's hands .", "Orders of holy priesthood are as high", "I'th eyes of Angels , as a King 's dignity .", "Both these unto a Crown give the full weight ,", "And both are thine . You that our contract know ,", "See how I seal it with this marriage .", "My blessing and Spain 's kingdom both be thine .", "Oh no . Those are right sovereign ornaments .", "Had I been clothed so , I had never filled", "Spain 's chronicle with my black calumny .", "My work is almost finished . Where 's my Queen ?", "Onaelia !", "Your hand Paulina too , Onaelia yours .", "This hand , the pledge of my twice broken faith ,", "By you usurped is her inheritance .", "My love is turned , see as my fate is turned ,", "Thus they today laugh , yesterday which mourned .", "I pardon thee my death . Let her be sent", "Back into Florence with a trebled dowry .", "Death comes , oh now I see what late I feared !", "A contract broke , though pieced up ne'r so well ,", "Heaven sees , earth suffers , but it ends in hell ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 168, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now , Fortune , you ought to have told us downstairs that Dr. Kirke is with Mrs. Cleeve .", "Fortune !", "Doctors !", "Sir George Brodrick ? Amos !", "Mr. Cleeve 's constitution , Fortune .", "Oh , Mr. Cleeve exaggerates our little services .", "Nor I .", "Dr Kirke , you were n't in Florence with us ; you 're only a tale-bearer .", "Nonsense !You know , Amos \u2014 my big brother over there \u2014 Amos and I struck up an acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Cleeve at Florence , at the Hotel d'Italie , and occasionally one of us would give Mr Cleeve his dose while Poor Mrs. Cleeve took a little rest or drive \u2014 but positively that 's all .", "I 've nothing more to tell , except that I 'm awfully fond of", "Mrs. Cleeve \u2014", "Yes , I always say that if I were a man searching for a wife , I should be inclined to base my ideal on Mrs. Cleeve .", "You conceive a different ideal , Sir George ?", "Well , Sir George ?", "Oh , I do n't share all Mrs. Cleeve 's views , or sympathise with them , of course . But they succeed only in making me sad and sorry . Mrs. Cleeve 's opinions do n't stop me from loving the gentle , sweet woman ; admiring her for her patient , absorbing devotion to her husband ; wondering at the beautiful stillness with which she seems to glide through life \u2014!", "I 'll sun myself on the balcony .", "Dr. Kirke , I 've heard what doctors \u2019 consultations consist of . After looking at the pictures , you talk about whist .", "Oh , Mrs Cleeve !Am I in the way ?", "I 'll stay for a bit , but this hat does n't take off .", "How well your husband is looking !", "Is n't that splendid !Buon giorno , Signor Cleeve ! Come molto meglio voi state !Ha , ha ! My Italian !", "They 've been two of my bad days , dear .", "Oh , \u201c God 's in his heaven \u201d this morning ! When the sun 's out I feel that my little boy 's bed in Ketherick Cemetery is warm and cosy .", "The weather 's the same all over Europe , according to the papers . Do you think it 's really going to last ? To me these chilly , showery nights are terrible . You know , I still tuck my child up at night-time ; still have my last peep at him before going to my own bed ; and it is awful to listen to these cold rains \u2014 drip , drip , upon that little green coverlet of his !", "Your husband never calls you by that pet-name of yours . Why is it you have n't told me you 're a daughter of Admiral Steyning 's ?", "Oh , I must say what I mean ! I have often pulled myself up short in my gossips with you , conscious of a sort of wall between us .Somehow , I feel now that you have n't in the least made a friend of me . I 'm hurt . St 's stupid of me ; I can n't help it .", "Not \u2014?", "Left \u2014 his wife !", "When you say that Mr. Cleeve has left his wife , I suppose you mean to tell me that you have taken her place ?", "I can hardly believe you .", "I wo n't go quite like that . Please tell me .", "Oh !", "Curse ?", "In church ?", "Of course , I guess your marriage was an unfortunate one .", "It changed you ?", "You spoke of yourself just now as a widow . He 's dead ?", "You were free then \u2014 free to begin again .", "You and Mr. Cleeve \u2014?", "Lecturing ?", "Against what ?", "Marriage ?", "From what cause ?", "And yet , judging from what that girl said yesterday , Mr. Cleeve married quite recently ?", "I have often seen Mr. Cleeve 's name in the papers . His future promised to be brilliant , did n't it ?", "In Parliament \u2014 now ?", "Content !", "But tell me \u2014 you do n't know how I \u2014 how I have liked you !\u2014 tell me , if Mr. Cleeve 's wife divorces him , he will marry you ?", "No !", "But you are devoted to each other !", "What , is that the meaning of \u201c for as long as you are together ? \u201d You would go your different ways if ever you found that one of you was making the other unhappy ?", "Your legal marriage with him might not bring further miseries .", "You know that it would be impossible for me , if I would do so , to deceive my brother as to all this .", "Amos must be wondering \u2014", "When Amos and I have talked this over , perhaps \u2014 perhaps \u2014", "What you 've told me is dreadful .And yet you 're not a wicked woman !In case we do n't meet again .", "Where is he ?", "Fortune is complacently smoking a cigarette in the Campo .", "Mr Cleeve is out , I conclude ?", "I do n't think I 'll wait , then .", "I would come . I 've given poor Amos the slip ; he believes I am buying beads for the Ketherick school-children .", "Of course , it 's perfectly brutal to be underhanded . But we 're leaving for home tomorrow ; I could n't resist it .", "The fact is , Mrs. Cleeve \u2014 oh , what do you wish me to call you ?", "Your story , your present life ; you , yourself \u2014 such a contradiction to what you profess ! Well , it all has a sort of fascination for me .", "You want to physic me , do you , after worrying my poor brain as you 've done ?\u201c The Rectory , Daleham , Ketherick Moor . \u201d Yorkshire , you know . There can be no great harm in your writing to me sometimes . AGNESNo ; under the circumstances I can n't promise that .", "Very well .", "As you please . Picture me , sometimes , in that big , hollow shell of a rectory at Ketherick , strolling about my poor dead little chap 's empty room .", "God bless you .", "Do tell me .", "Torturing you ?", "You and Mr. Cleeve ?", "You are afraid he will succeed ?", "What upsets you , then ?", "But do n't you and Mr. Cleeve \u2014 talk to each other ?", "You have met the man ?", "Who is he ?", "He has right on his side , then ?", "Supposing he does succeed in taking Mr. Cleeve away from you ?", "Yes .", "Oh , I can n't understand you .", "Agnes !", "I remember what you told me of your being prepared to grant each other freedom if \u2014", "What fear ?", "I see .", "Thanks : quite .", "I \u2014 I do n't \u2014 Why ?", "Oh , Mr. Cleeve , we \u2014 I \u2014 I \u2014", "I \u2014 I can n't ; he \u2014 does n't know I 've \u2014 I 've \u2014", "Brute !Oh , I suppose Mr. Cleeve has made me look precisely as I feel .", "Like people deserve to feel who do godly , mean things .", "Oh , I am going .", "The Duke ?", "Will he obey you ?", "Good-bye .You still refuse my address ?", "You !", "Ah !", "Yes ?", "A wooden chest , Mr. Cleeve thinks .", "How should I know doctor ?", "Half past eight .", "Excitement ?", "It is extraordinary to see her like this .", "No , nor is he quite the same man .", "Till eleven \u2014 if you will let my brother know where I am .", "I simply sent word , about an hour ago , that I should n't be back to dinner .", "Look here ! I 'll get you to tell him the truth .", "I called here this afternoon , unknown to Amos , to bid her good-bye . Then I pottered about , rather miserably , spending money . Coming out of Naya 's , the photographer 's , I tumbled over Mr. Cleeve , who had been looking for you , and he begged me to come round here again after I had done my shopping .", "Doctor , have you ever seen Amos look dreadfully stern and knit about the brows \u2014 like a bishop who is put out ?", "Then you will .", "I am going down into the kitchen to see what these people can do in the way of strong soup .", "Hush , please !", "Charming .", "Thank you .", "It is draughty at this table .", "Thank you .", "My brother .", "We do n't stay at one .", "Yes .", "You should gratify it . Our quarters are rather humble ; we are in the Campo San Bartolomeo .", "Why not come and see our rooms ?", "Five \u2014 four \u2014 nought \u2014 two", "Yes ; that would give the people ample time to tidy and clear up after us .", "After our departure . My brother and I leave early tomorrow morning .", "That 's rather a bad man , I think . Now , dear \u2014", "So you have succeeded in coming to close quarters , as you expressed it , with him .", "His second visit here today , I gather .", "His attitude towards you \u2014 his presence here under any circumstances \u2014 it 's all rather queer .", "However , you are easier in your mind ?", "Defeat him ? You will succeed in holding Mr. Cleeve , you mean ?", "Oh , come , I remember all you told me this afternoon .So it has already arrived , then , at a simple struggle to hold Mr. Cleeve ?", "What do you want \u2014 wine ?", "Agnes \u2014", "You are dressed very beautifully .", "Do n't you know it ? Who made you that gown ?", "I should n't have credited the little woman with such excellent ideas .", "When he ordered it ?", "Oh , the whole thing came as a surprise to you ?", "I noticed the box this afternoon when I called .", "An ordinary smart woman .Well , you ought to find no difficulty in managing that . You can make yourself very charming , it appears .", "Do you mind my drinking from your glass ?", "Ugh ! Ugh !I have something to propose . Come home with me tomorrow .", "Ketherick . The very spot for a woman who wants to shut out things . Miles and miles of wild moorland ! For company , purple heath and moss-covered granite , in summer ; in winter , the moor-fowl and the snow glistening on top of the crags . Oh , and for open-air music , our little church owns the sweetest little peal of bells \u2014!Ah , I can n't promise you their silence ! Indeed , I 'm very much afraid that on a still Sunday you can even hear the sound of the organ quite a long distance off . I am the organist when I 'm at home . That 's Ketherick . Will you come ?", "His music ?", "Love-music !", "You 've come to fetch me , Amos ?", "No , dear , not yet . I want you to help me .", "I want you to join me in persuading Mrs. Ebbsmith \u2014 my friend , Mrs. Ebbsmith \u2014 to come to Ketherick with me .", "Please , Amos !", "Oh \u2014! Then , surely , you \u2014!", "I suspected something of the kind .Pull yourself out of the mud ! Get up out of the mud !", "You mad thing !", "Your hour \u2014?", "It is especially my duty , Amos .", "You would rather I left it \u2014 I , the virtuous , unsoiled woman ! Yes , I am a virtuous woman , Amos ; and it strikes you as odd , I suppose , my insisting upon friendship with her . But look here , both of you . I 'll tell you a secret . You never knew it , Amos my dear . I never allowed anybody to suspect it \u2014", "The sort of married life mine was . It did n't last long , but it was dreadful , almost intolerable .", "After the first few weeks \u2014 weeks , not months !\u2014 after the first few weeks of it , my husband treated me as cruelly \u2014\u2014 just as cruelly , I do believe , as your husband treated you .Wait ! Now then ! There was another man \u2014 one I loved \u2014 one I could n't help loving ! I could have found release with him , perhaps happiness of a kind . I resisted , came through it . They 're dead \u2014 the two are dead ! And here I am , a virtuous , reputable woman ; saved by the blessed mercy of Heaven ! There , you are not surprised any longer , Amos !\u201c My friend , Mrs Ebbsmith ! \u201dOh ! Oh , if my little boy had been spared to me , he should have grown up tender to women \u2014 tender to women ! He should , he should \u2014!", "We 'll go , Amos .", "This frightens you . Simple print and paper , so you pretend to regard it ; but it frightens you .I called you a mad thing just now . A week ago I did think you half-mad \u2014 a poor , ill-used creature , a visionary , a moral woman living immorally ; yet , in spite of all , a woman to be loved and pitied . But now I 'm beginning to think you 're only frail \u2014 wanton . Oh , you 're not so mad as not to know you 're wicked !And so this frightens you .", "That !", "Agnes \u2014!END OF THE THIRD ACT", "I 'll come back to you in a little while , Agnes .How are you getting on , Heppy ?", "We leave here at a quarter to eight in the morning ; not a minute later .", "Nothing at all . Besides her hand-bag , she has only the one box .", "Yes , nobbut that . I packed that for her at the Palazzo .", "Heppy , we are not going to call \u2014 my friend \u2014 \u201c Mrs Cleeve . \u201d", "I 'll tell you \u2014 by-and-bye . Remember , she must never , never be reminded of the name .", "The world 's full of unhappiness , Heppy .", "For what ?", "No , I never knew Captain Thorpe to complain of an ache or a pain .", "Yes , Heppy .Who 's this ?", "More as she used to be \u2014 so still , so gentle . She 's reading .", "Reading .", "Well , dear ! Go on !", "Them \u2014", "At the hotel .", "Quite contented with the arrangement they believed they had brought about .", "Where was Mr. Cleeve ?", "Then by this time he has discovered that Mrs. Ebbsmith has left him ?", "Well , well ! The Duke and the cadaverous Baronet ?", "Did they inquire as to her movements ?", "What did they say to that ?", "Brute ! And then ?", "Yes \u2014 well ?", "Oh , Amos \u2014!", "You 're mistaken there , dear ; there was no letter .", "Simply four shakily-written words .", "\u201c My \u2014 hour-is-over . \u201d", "Amos !", "Oh , then Mr. Cleeve now refuses to carry out his part of the shameful arrangement ?", "A man who prizes a woman when he has lost her .", "Men do n't relish , I suppose , being cast off by women .", "Ah \u2014!", "No !", "Oh , what kind of woman can this Mrs. Cleeve be ?", "Character !", "What work for a wife !", "Yes .Oh , Amos !", "I \u2014 I can n't think so . Oh ! but I 'm afraid .", "Mrs. Ebbsmith \u2014? Mrs. Ebbsmith \u2014!", "Agnes \u2014!", "Mrs Cleeve \u2014!Mrs. Cleeve , we \u2014 my brother and I \u2014 hoped to save this woman . She was worth saving . You have utterly destroyed her ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 169, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Hey ! laws a massey ! why , clar out ! drop dat banana ! I 'll murder this yer crowd ,Dem little niggers is a judgment upon dis generation .", "It 's dem black trash , Mas'r George ; dis ere property wants claring ; dem 's getting too numerous round ; when I gets time I 'll kill some on \u2018 em , sure !", "Top , you varmin ! top till I get enough of you in one place !", "Guess they nebber was born \u2014 dem tings ! what , dem ?\u2014 get away ! Born here \u2014 dem darkies ? What , on Terrebonne ! Do n't b'lieve it , Mas'r George ; dem black tings never was born at all ; dey swarmed one mornin \u2019 on a sassafras tree in the swamp ; I cotched \u2018 em ; dey ai n't no \u2018 count . Do n't b'lieve dey 'll turn out niggers when dey 're growed ; dey 'll come out sunthin else .", "What ? dem tings \u2014 dem ?\u2014 getawayBorn here ! dem darkies ! What , on Terrebonne ? Do n't b'lieve it , Mas'r George ,\u2014 no . One morning dey swarmed on a sassafras tree in de swamp , and I cotched \u2018 em all in a sieve .\u2014 dat 's how dey come on top of dis yearth \u2014 git out , you ,\u2014 ya , ya !", "Dat 's right , missus ! gib it to ole Pete ! he 's allers in for it . Git away dere ! Ya ! if dey aint all lighted , like coons , on dat snake fence , just out of shot . Look dar ! Ya ! ya ! Dem debils . Ya !", "Git down dar !\u2014 I 'm arter you !", "Yes , missus . Why , Minnie , why do n't you run when you hear , you lazy crittur ?Dat 's de laziest nigger on dis yere property .Do n't do nuffin .", "Hi ! Debbel 's in de pail ! Whar 's breakfass ?", "Hole yer tongue , Dido . Whar 's de coffee ?If it do n't stain de cup , your wicked ole life 's in danger , sure ! dat right ! black as nigger ; clar as ice . You may drink dat , Mas'r George .Yah ! here 's Mas'r Sunnyside , and Missey Dora , jist drov up . Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses ; and take dis , Dido .", "Mas'r Scudder ! Mas'r Scudder !", "You blow , Mas'r Scudder , when I tole you ; dere 's a man from Noo Aleens just arriv \u2019 at de house , and he 's stuck up two papers on de gates ; \u201c For sale \u2014 dis yer property , \u201d and a heap of oder tings \u2014 and he seen missus , and arter he shown some papers she burst out crying \u2014 I yelled ; den de corious of little niggers dey set up , den de hull plantation children \u2014 de live stock reared up and created a purpiration of lamentation as did de ole heart good to har .", "Dass it \u2014 I saw 'm !", "No , sar ; but dem vagabonds neber take de \u2018 specable straight road , dey goes by de swamp .", "Dis way \u2014 dis way .", "Dis way , gen'l ' men ; now Solon \u2014 Grace \u2014 dey 's hot and tirsty \u2014 sangaree , brandy , rum .", "You see dat hole in dar , sar .I was raised on dis yar plantation \u2014 neber see no door in it \u2014 always open , sar , for stranger to walk in .", "No , sar ; nigger nebber cut stick on", "Terrebonne ; dat boy 's dead , sure .", "Nebber supply no more , sar \u2014 nebber dance again . Mas'r Ratts , you hard him sing about de place where de good niggers go , de last time .", "Well , he gone dar hisself ; why , I tink so \u2014 \u2018 cause we missed Paul for some days , but nebber tout nothin \u2019 till one night dat Injiun Wahnotee suddenly stood right dar \u2018 mongst us \u2014 was in his war paint , and mighty cold and grave \u2014 he sit down by de fire . \u201c Whar 's Paul ? \u201d I say \u2014 he smoke and smoke , but nebber look out ob de fire ; well knowing dem critters , I wait a long time \u2014 den he say , \u201c Wahnotee , great chief ; \u201d den I say nothing \u2014 smoke anoder time \u2014 last , rising to go , he turn round at door , and say berry low \u2014 O , like a woman 's voice , he say , \u201c Omenee Pangeuk , \u201d \u2014 dat is , Paul is dead \u2014 nebber see him since .", "What , sar ! You p'tend to be sorry for Paul , and prize him like dat . Five hundred dollars !\u2014Tousand dollars , Massa Thibodeaux .", "Eh ! wass dat ?", "He said I want a nigger . Laws , mussey ! What am goin \u2019 to cum ob us !", "Cum yer now \u2014 stand round , cause I 've got to talk to you darkies \u2014 keep dem chil'n quiet \u2014 do n't make no noise , de missus up dar har us .", "Gen'l ' men , my colored frens and ladies , dar 's mighty bad news gone round . Dis yer prop'ty to be sold \u2014 old Terrebonne \u2014 whar we all been raised , is gwine \u2014 dey 's gwine to tak it away \u2014 can n't stop here no how .", "Hold quiet , you trash o \u2019 niggers ! tink anybody wants you to cry ? Who 's you to set up screching ?\u2014 be quiet ! But dis ai n't all . Now , my culled brethren , gird up your lines , and listen \u2014 hold on yer bref \u2014 it 's a comin . We tought dat de niggers would belong to de ole missus , and if she lost Terrebonne , we must live dere allers , and we would hire out , and bring our wages to ole Missus Peyton .", "Hush ! I tell ye , \u2018 t'ain ' t so \u2014 we can n't do it \u2014 we 've got to be sold \u2014", "Will you hush ? she will har you . Yes ! I listen dar jess now \u2014 dar was ole lady cryin \u2019 \u2014 Mas'r George \u2014 ah ! you seen dem big tears in his eyes . O , Mas'r Scudder , he did n't cry zackly ; both ob his eyes and cheek look like de bad Bayou in low season \u2014 so dry dat I cry for him .Den say de missus , \u201c \u2018 Tai n't for de land I keer , but for dem poor niggars \u2014 dey 'll be sold \u2014 dat wot stagger me . \u201d \u201c No , \u201d say Mas'r George , \u201c I 'd rather sell myself fuss ; but dey sha n't suffer , nohow ,\u2014 I see \u2018 em dam fuss . \u201d", "Hole yer tongues . Yes , for you , for me , for dem little ones , dem folks cried . Now , den , if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold , she 'll begin screechin \u2019 like a cat . She did n't mind how kind old judge was to her ; and Solon , too , he 'll holler , and break de ole lady 's heart .", "I do n't tink you will any more , but dis here will ; \u2018 cause de family spile Dido , dey has . She nebber was \u2018 worth much \u2018 a dat nigger .", "What 's de use of your takin \u2019 it kind , and comfortin \u2019 de missus heart , if Minnie dere , and Louise , and Marie , and Julie is to spile it ?", "Dar , do ye hear dat , ye mis'able darkies , dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is . Cum , for de pride of de family , let every darky look his best for the judge 's sake \u2014 dat ole man so good to us , and dat ole woman \u2014 so dem strangers from New Orleans shall say , Dem 's happy darkies , dem 's a fine set of niggars ; every one say when he 's sold , \u201c Lor \u2019 bless dis yer family I 'm gwine out of , and send me as good a home . \u201d", "Hush ! hark ! I tell ye dar 's somebody in dar . Who is it ?", "Come along ; she har what we say , and she 's cryin \u2019 for us . None o \u2019 ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat . Come here quite ; now quite .", "That 's my son \u2014 buy him , Mas'r Ratts ; he 's sure to sarve you well .", "Dat 's me \u2014 yer , I 'm comin \u2019 \u2014 stand around dar .", "What 's dat ? A mistake , sar \u2014 forty-six .", "But do n't mount to nuffin \u2014 kin work cannel . Come , Judge , pick up . Now 's your time , sar .", "What , sar ? me ! for me \u2014 look ye here !", "Mas'r George \u2014 ah , no , sar \u2014 do n't buy me \u2014 keep your money for some udder dat is to be sold . I ai n't no count , sar .", "Whar 's Paul , Wahnotee ? What 's come ob de child ?", "Pangeuk \u2014 dead .", "Um , Paul reste ?", "Poor little Paul \u2014 poor little nigger !", "Top , sar ! Top a bit ! O , laws-a-mussey , see dis ; here 's a pictur \u2019 I found stickin \u2019 in that yar telescope machine , sar ! look sar !", "See Injiun ; look dar, see dat innocent ; look , dar 's de murderer of poor Paul .", "Ya !\u2014 as he ? Closky tue Paul \u2014 kill de child with your tomahawk dar ; \u2018 twas n't you , no \u2014 ole Pete allus say so . Poor Injiun lub our little Paul .", "O , law , sir , dat debil Closky , he tore hisself from de gen'lam , knock me down , take my light , and trows it on de turpentine barrels , and de shed 's all afire !", "Nebber mind , sar , we bring good news \u2014 it wo n't spile for de keeping .", "P'r ' aps it floated away itself .", "Say , Mas'r Scudder , s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies , den dey cum long wid us , and we \u2018 proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar .", "I tell you , sar \u2014 hush !", "Was dat ?\u2014 a cry out dar in de swamp \u2014 dar agin !", "Mas'r Clusky . M'Closky . Save me \u2014 save me ! I can go no farther . I heard voices .", "You'se a dead man , Mas'r Clusky \u2014 you got to b'lieve dat . M'Closky . No \u2014 no . If I must die , give me up to the law ; but save me from the tomahawk . You are a white man ; you 'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin ?", "O , no ; Mas'r Scudder , do n't leave Mas'r Closky like dat \u2014 do n't , sa \u2014 \u2018 tai n't what good Christian should do .", "Whar 's Missus \u2014 whar 's Mas'r George ?", "Whar is she \u2014 whar is Miss Zoe ?", "Do n't ax me . Whar 's de gal ? I say .", "No \u2014 no . \u2018 Tai n't no faint \u2014 she 's a dying , sa ; she got pison from old Dido here , this mornin \u2019 .", "Dat 's what her soul 's gwine to do . It 's going up dar , whar dere 's no line atween folks ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 170, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Vainlove , and abroad so early ! Good-morrow ; I thought a contemplative lover could no more have parted with his bed in a morning than he could have slept i n't .", "Business ! And so must time , my friend , be close pursued , or lost . Business is the rub of life , perverts our aim , casts off the bias , and leaves us wide and short of the intended mark .", "Ay ; what else has meaning ?", "More than they believe \u2014 or understand .", "Ay , ay ! Wisdom 's nothing but a pretending to know and believe more than we really do . You read of but one wise man , and all that he knew was , that he knew nothing . Come , come , leave business to idlers and wisdom to fools ; they have need of \u2018 em . Wit be my faculty , and pleasure my occupation ; and let Father Time shake his glass . Let low and earthly souls grovel till they have worked themselves six foot deep into a grave . Business is not my element \u2014 I roll in a higher orb , and dwell \u2014", "I , marry , sir , I have a hawk 's eye at a woman 's hand . There 's more elegancy in the false spelling of this superscriptionthan in all Cicero . Let me see .\u2014 How now !\u2014 Dear perfidious Vainlove .", "Nay , let 's see the name \u2014 Sylvia !\u2014 how canst thou be ungrateful to that creature ? She 's extremely pretty , and loves thee entirely \u2014 I have heard her breathe such raptures about thee \u2014", "No , faith , Frank , you wrong her ; she has been just to you .", "Never \u2014 her affections . \u2018 Tis true , by heaven : she owned it to my face ; and , blushing like the virgin morn when it disclosed the cheat which that trusty bawd of nature , night , had hid , confessed her soul was true to you ; though I by treachery had stolen the bliss .", "Why , faith , I think it will do well enough , if the husband be out of the way , for the wife to show her fondness and impatience of his absence by choosing a lover as like him as she can ; and what is unlike , she may help out with her own fancy .", "As you say , the abuse is to the lover , not the husband . For \u2018 tis an argument of her great zeal towards him , that she will enjoy him in effigy .", "What ! The old banker with the handsome wife ?", "Let me see \u2014 Laetitia ! Oh , \u2018 tis a delicious morsel . Dear Frank , thou art the truest friend in the world .", "Hum , Hum \u2014 Out of town this evening , and talks of sending for Mr. Spintext to keep me company ; but I 'll take care he shall not be at home . Good ! Spintext ! Oh , the fanatic one-eyed parson !", "Hum , Hum \u2014 That your conversation will be much more agreeable , if you can counterfeit his habit to blind the servants . Very good ! Then I must be disguised ?\u2014 With all my heart !\u2014 It adds a gusto to an amour ; gives it the greater resemblance of theft ; and , among us lewd mortals , the deeper the sin the sweeter . Frank , I 'm amazed at thy good nature \u2014", "I wish I may succeed as the same .", "Prithee , what sort of fellow is Fondlewife ?", "A very even temper , and fit for my purpose . I must get your man", "Setter to provide my disguise .", "You 're going to visit in return of Sylvia 's letter . Poor rogue ! Any hour of the day or night will serve her . But do you know nothing of a new rival there ?", "Yet rails on still , and thinks his love unknown to us . A little time will swell him so , he must be forced to give it birth ; and the discovery must needs be very pleasant from himself , to see what pains he will take , and how he will strain to be delivered of a secret , when he has miscarried of it already .", "With all my heart . It lies convenient for us to pay our afternoon services to our mistresses . I find I am damnably in love , I 'm so uneasy for not having seen Belinda yesterday .", "Why , what a cormorant in love am I ! Who , not contented with the slavery of honourable love in one place , and the pleasure of enjoying some half a score mistresses of my own acquiring , must yet take Vainlove 's business upon my hands , because it lay too heavy upon his ; so am not only forced to lie with other men 's wives for \u2018 em , but must also undertake the harder task of obliging their mistresses . I must take up , or I shall never hold out . Flesh and blood cannot bear it always .", "Sharper , I 'm glad to see thee .", "No , faith , not for that . But there 's a business of consequence fallen out to-day that requires some consideration .", "Why , you must know , \u2018 tis a piece of work toward the finishing of an alderman . It seems I must put the last hand to it , and dub him cuckold , that he may be of equal dignity with the rest of his brethren : so I must beg Belinda 's pardon .", "But she can n't have too much money . There 's twelve thousand pound , Tom . \u2018 Tis true she is excessively foppish and affected ; but in my conscience I believe the baggage loves me : for she never speaks well of me herself , nor suffers anybody else to rail at me . Then , as I told you , there 's twelve thousand pound . Hum ! Why , faith , upon second thoughts , she does not appear to be so very affected neither .\u2014 Give her her due , I think the woman 's a woman , and that 's all . As such , I 'm sure I shall like her ; for the devil take me if I do n't love all the sex .", "Who ? Heartwell ? Ay , but he knows better things . How now , George , where hast thou been snarling odious truths , and entertaining company , like a physician , with discourse of their diseases and infirmities ? What fine lady hast thou been putting out of conceit with herself , and persuading that the face she had been making all the morning was none of her own ? For I know thou art as unmannerly and as unwelcome to a woman as a looking-glass after the smallpox .", "Would thou hadst come a little sooner . Vainlove would have wrought thy conversion , and been a champion for the cause .", "Truth o n't is she fits his temper best , is a kind of floating island ; sometimes seems in reach , then vanishes and keeps him busied in the search .", "Faith I do n't know , he 's of a temper the most easy to himself in the world ; he takes as much always of an amour as he cares for , and quits it when it grows stale or unpleasant .", "He 's of another opinion , and says I do the drudgery in the mine . Well , we have each our share of sport , and each that which he likes best ; \u2018 tis his diversion to set , \u2018 tis mine to cover the partridge .", "Time enough , ay , too soon , I should rather have expected , from a person of your gravity .", "Thou art an old fornicator of a singular good principle indeed , and art for encouraging youth , that they may be as wicked as thou art at thy years .", "That only happens sometimes , where the dog has the sweeter breath , for the more cleanly conveyance . But , George , you must not quarrel with little gallantries of this nature : women are often won by \u2018 em . Who would refuse to kiss a lap-dog , if it were preliminary to the lips of his lady ?", "What is it to read a play in a rainy day ? Though you should be now and then interrupted in a witty scene , and she perhaps preserve her laughter , till the jest were over ; even that may be borne with , considering the reward in prospect .", "O brute , the drudgery of loving !", "Prithee , how dost thou love ?", "Well come off , George , if at any time you should be taken straying .", "How , George ! Does the wind blow there ?", "Who the devil would have thee ? unless \u2018 twere an oysterwoman to propagate young fry for Billingsgate \u2014 thy talent will never recommend thee to anything of better quality .", "What , not to make your family , man and provide for your children ?", "Well , but , George , I have one question to ask you \u2014", "Nay , prithee , George \u2014", "What does he mean ? Oh , \u2018 tis Sir Joseph Wittoll with his friend ; but I see he has turned the corner and goes another way .", "Why , a fool .", "And a very beggarly lining \u2014 yet he may be worth your acquaintance ; a little of thy chymistry , Tom , may extract gold from that dirt .", "Hang him , no , he a dragon ! If he be , \u2018 tis a very peaceful one . I can ensure his anger dormant ; or should he seem to rouse , \u2018 tis but well lashing him , and he will sleep like a top .", "Yet is adored by that bigot , Sir Joseph Wittoll , as the image of valour . He calls him his back , and indeed they are never asunder \u2014 yet , last night , I know not by what mischance , the knight was alone , and had fallen into the hands of some night-walkers , who , I suppose , would have pillaged him . But I chanced to come by and rescued him , though I believe he was heartily frightened ; for as soon as ever he was loose , he ran away without staying to see who had helped him .", "No ; but is a pretender , and wears the habit of a soldier , which nowadays as often cloaks cowardice , as a black gown does atheism . You must know he has been abroad \u2014 went purely to run away from a campaign ; enriched himself with the plunder of a few oaths , and here vents them against the general , who , slighting men of merit , and preferring only those of interest , has made him quit the service .", "Speaks miracles , is the drum to his own praise \u2014 the only implement of a soldier he resembles , like that , being full of blustering noise and emptiness \u2014", "Right ; but then the comparison breaks , for he will take a drubbing with as little noise as a pulpit cushion .", "Why , that , to pass it current too , he has gilded with a title : he is called Capt . Bluffe .", "So , fortune be praised ! To find you both within , ladies , is \u2014", "Not o \u2019 your side , madam , I confess . But my tyrant there and I , are two buckets that can never come together .", "How never like ! marry , Hymen forbid . But this it is to run so extravagantly in debt ; I have laid out such a world of love in your service , that you think you can never be able to pay me all . So shun me for the same reason that you would a dun .", "Until he has created love where there was none , and then gets it for his pains . For importunity in love , like importunity at Court , first creates its own interest and then pursues it for the favour .", "Why , you wo n't hear me with patience .", "Nothing , madam , only \u2014", "Yet all can n't melt that cruel frozen heart .", "But tell me how you would be adored . I am very tractable .", "Humph , I thought so , that you might have all the talk to yourself . You had better let me speak ; for if my thoughts fly to any pitch , I shall make villainous signs .", "Ay , but if I 'm tongue-tied , I must have all my actions free to \u2014 quicken your apprehension \u2014 and I \u2014 gad let me tell you , my most prevailing argument is expressed in dumb show . SCENE IX .", "Oh , very well performed ; but I do n't much admire the words .", "Faith , madam , I dare not speak to her , but I 'll make signs .", "Well , I find my apishness has paid the ransom for my speech , and set it at liberty \u2014 though , I confess , I could be well enough pleased to drive on a love-bargain in that silent manner \u2014 \u2018 twould save a man a world of lying and swearing at the year 's end . Besides , I have had a little experience , that brings to mind \u2014 When wit and reason both have failed to move ; Kind looks and actionsdo prove , Ev'n silence may be eloquent in love .", "Hist , hist , is not that Heartwell going to Silvia ?", "Now Venus forbid !", "A very certain remedy , probatum est . Ha , ha , ha , poor George , thou art i \u2019 th \u2019 right , thou hast sold thyself to laughter ; the ill-natured town will find the jest just where thou hast lost it . Ha , ha , how a \u2019 struggled , like an old lawyer between two fees .", "Or as you did to-day , when half afraid you snatched a kiss from", "Araminta .", "Pauh , women are only angry at such offences to have the pleasure of forgiving them .", "Thou dost not know what thou wouldst be at ; whether thou wouldst have her angry or pleased . Couldst thou be content to marry Araminta ?", "Hum , not immediately , in my conscience not heartily . I 'd do a little more good in my generation first , in order to deserve it .", "But how the devil dost thou expect to get her if she never yield ?", "Marry her without her consent ; thou \u2018 rt a riddle beyond woman \u2014", "A good hearing , Setter .", "And hast thou provided necessaries ?", "Well , in this fanatic father 's habit will I confess Laetitia .", "Be at your master 's lodging in the evening ; I shall use the robes .", "Thou \u2018 rt a lucky rogue ; there 's your benefactor ; you ought to return him thanks now you have received the favour .", "I doubt the knight repents , Tom . He looks like the knight of the sorrowful face .", "Ha , ha , ha , prithee come away ; \u2018 tis scandalous to kick this puppy unless a man were cold and had no other way to get himself aheat . SCENE IX . SIR JOSEPH , BLUFFE .", "\u2018 Tis pretty near the hour .Well , and how , Setter , hae , does my hypocrisy fit me , hae ? Does it sit easy on me ?", "I wonder why all our young fellows should glory in an opinion of atheism , when they may be so much more conveniently lewd under the coverlet of religion .", "Gad 's so , there he is : he must not see me .", "Secure in my disguise I have out-faced suspicion and even dared discovery . This cloak my sanctity , and trusty Scarron 's novels my prayer - book ; methinks I am the very picture of Montufar in the Hypocrites . Oh ! she comes . SCENE VII . BELLMOUR , LAETITIA . So breaks Aurora through the veil of night , Thus fly the clouds , divided by her light , And every eye receives a new-born sight .", "Your lover .", "You are surprised . Did you not expect a lover , madam ? Those eyes shone kindly on my first appearance , though now they are o'ercast .", "Rather the hypocrisy was welcome , but not the hypocrite .", "I have directions in my pocket which agree with everything but your unkindness .", "If we part so I 'm mistaken . Hold , hold , madam ! I confess I have run into an error . I beg your pardon a thousand times . What an eternal blockhead am I ! Can you forgive me the disorder I have put you into ? But it is a mistake which anybody might have made .", "Nay , faith , madam , \u2018 tis a pleasant one , and worth your hearing . Expecting a friend last night , at his lodgings , till \u2018 twas late , my intimacy with him gave me the freedom of his bed . He not coming home all night , a letter was delivered to me by a servant in the morning . Upon the perusal I found the contents so charming that I could think of nothing all day but putting \u2018 em in practice , until just now , the first time I ever looked upon the superscription , I am the most surprised in the world to find it directed to Mr. Vainlove . Gad , madam , I ask you a million of pardons , and will make you any satisfaction .", "You appear concerned , madam .", "And more love , or my face is a false witness and deserves to be pilloried . No , by heaven , I swear \u2014", "Well , I promise . A promise is so cold : give me leave to swear , by those eyes , those killing eyes , by those healing lips . Oh ! press the soft charm close to mine , and seal \u2018 em up for ever .", "Eternity was in that moment . One more , upon any condition !", "Doing ! No tongue can express it \u2014 not thy own , nor anything , but thy lips . I am faint with the excess of bliss . Oh , for love-sake , lead me anywhither , where I may lie down \u2014 quickly , for I 'm afraid I shall have a fit .", "Oh , a convulsion \u2014 I feel the symptoms .", "Oh , no : let me lie down upon the bed ; the fit will be soon over .", "Here 's nobody , nor no noise \u2014 \u2018 twas nothing but your fears .", "\u2018 Tis an alarm to love \u2014 come in again , and let us \u2014", "Pox choke him , would his horns were in his throat . My patch , my patch .", "Damned chance ! If I had gone a-whoring with the", "Practice of Piety in my pocket I had never been discovered .", "Soh !", "Well , now , I know my cue .\u2014 That is , very honourably to excuse her , and very impudently accuse myself .", "Since all artifice is vain . And I think myself obliged to speak the truth in justice to your wife .\u2014 No .", "By my troth , and so \u2018 tis . I have been a little too backward ; that 's the truth o n't .", "A whore-master .", "To lie with your wife .", "Why , faith , I must confess , so I designed you ; but you were a little unlucky in coming so soon , and hindered the making of your own fortune .", "Well , since I see thou art a good , honest fellow , I 'll confess the whole matter to thee .", "In short , then , I was informed of the opportunity of your absence by my spyI knew Spintext was to come by your direction . But I laid a trap for him , and procured his habit , in which I passed upon your servants , and was conducted hither . I pretended a fit of the colic , to excuse my lying down upon your bed ; hoping that when she heard of it , her good nature would bring her to administer remedies for my distemper . You know what might have followed . But , like an uncivil person , you knocked at the door before your wife was come to me .", "That you may , faith , and I hope you wo n't believe a word o n't \u2014 but", "I can n't help telling the truth , for my life .", "No ; for then you must of consequence part with your wife , and there will be some hopes of having her upon the public ; then the encouragement of a separate maintenance \u2014", "How can'st thou be so cruel , Isaac ? Thou hast the heart of a mountain-tiger . By the faith of a sincere sinner , she 's innocent for me . Go to him , madam , fling your snowy arms about his stubborn neck ; bathe his relentless face in your salt trickling tears .So , a few soft words , and a kiss , and the good man melts . See how kind nature works , and boils over in him .", "For my part , I am so charmed with the love of your turtle to you , that I 'll go and solicit matrimony with all my might and main .", "See the great blessing of an easy faith ; opinion cannot err .", "No husband , by his wife , can be deceived ;", "She still is virtuous , if she 's so believed .", "Setter ! Well encountered .", "No , I have brought nothing but ballast back \u2014 made a delicious voyage , Setter ; and might have rode at anchor in the port till this time , but the enemy surprised us \u2014 I would unrig .", "Ha ! Is it not that Heartwell at Sylvia 's door ? Be gone quickly , I 'll follow you \u2014 I would not be known . Pox take \u2018 em , they stand just in my way .", "Humph , sits the wind there ? What a lucky rogue am I ! Oh , what sport will be here , if I can persuade this wench to secrecy !", "Madam .", "Even I . What dost think ?", "True . But to convince thee who I am , thou knowest my old token .", "Well , your business with me , Lucy ?", "Which mistake you must go through with , Lucy . Come , I know the intrigue between Heartwell and your mistress ; and you mistook me for Tribulation Spintext , to marry \u2018 em \u2014 Ha ? are not matters in this posture ? Confess : come , I 'll be faithful ; I will , i'faith . What ! diffide in me , Lucy ?", "Well , is it as I say ?", "Phuh , secret , ay . And to be out of thy debt , I 'll trust thee with another secret . Your mistress must not marry Heartwell , Lucy .", "Nay , do n't be in passion , Lucy :\u2014 I 'll provide a fitter husband for her . Come , here 's earnest of my good intentions for thee too ; let this mollify .Look you , Heartwell is my friend ; and though he be blind , I must not see him fall into the snare , and unwittingly marry a whore .", "Nay , nay : look you , Lucy ; there are whores of as good quality . But to the purpose , if you will give me leave to acquaint you with it . Do you carry on the mistake of me : I 'll marry \u2018 em . Nay , do n't pause ; if you do , I 'll spoil all . I have some private reasons for what I do , which I 'll tell you within . In the meantime , I promise \u2014 and rely upon me \u2014 to help your mistress to a husband : nay , and thee too , Lucy . Here 's my hand , I will ; with a fresh assurance .", "That 's as much as to say , the pox take me . Well , lead on .", "Sharper ! Fortify thy spleen : such a jest ! Speak when thou art ready .", "Pshaw , no ; I have a better opinion of thy wit . Gad , I defy thee .", "Nay , then , I thank thee for not putting me out of countenance . But , to tell you something you do n't know . I got an opportunity after I had married \u2018 em , of discovering the cheat to Sylvia . She took it at first , as another woman would the like disappointment ; but my promise to make her amends quickly with another husband somewhat pacified her .", "I have no such intentions at present . Prithee , wilt thou think a little for me ? I am sure the ingenious Mr. Setter will assist .", "I 'll leave him with you , and go shift my habit .", "Say you so ? Is that a maxim among ye ?", "I hope there 's no French sauce .", "That were a miserable wretch indeed , who could not afford one warm dish for the wife of his bosom . But you timorous virgins form a dreadful chimaera of a husband , as of a creature contrary to that soft , humble , pliant , easy thing , a lover ; so guess at plagues in matrimony , in opposition to the pleasures of courtship . Alas ! courtship to marriage , is but as the music in the play-house , until the curtain 's drawn ; but that once up , then opens the scene of pleasure .", "You have an opportunity now , madam , to revenge yourself upon", "Heartwell , for affronting your squirrel .", "But give yourselves the trouble to walk to that corner-house , and", "I 'll tell you by the way what may divert and surprise you .", "SCENE XII .", "Now George , what , rhyming ! I thought the chimes of verse were past , when once the doleful marriage-knell was rung .", "That they are fit for no company but their wives .", "Ha , ha , ha !", "That 's home .", "Hold , hold . What the devil \u2014 thou wilt not draw upon a woman ?", "This is a little scurrilous though .", "I thank thee , George , for thy good intention ; but there is a fatality in marriage , for I find I 'm resolute .", "Wanton , as a young widow \u2014", "Well ; \u2018 midst of these dreadful denunciations , and notwithstanding the warning and example before me , I commit myself to lasting durance .", "Frank , will you keep us in countenance ?", "O \u2019 my conscience she dares not consent , for fear he should recant .Well , we shall have your company to church in the morning . May be it may get you an appetite to see us fall to before you . Setter , did not you tell me ?\u2014", "Now set we forward on a journey for life . Come take your fellow - travellers . Old George , I 'm sorry to see thee still plod on alone ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 171, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Polydore , our sport", "Has been to-day much better for the danger :", "When on the brink the foaming boar I met ,", "And in his side thought to have lodg 'd my spear ,", "The desperate savage rush 'd within my force ,", "And bore me headlong with him down the rock .", "Ay , then , my brother , my friend , Polydore ,", "Like Perseus mounted on his winged steed ,", "Came on , and down the dang'rous precipice leap 'd", "To save Castilio .\u2014 \u2018 Twas a godlike act !", "So , Polydore , methinks , we might in war", "Rush on together ; thou shouldst be my guard ,", "And I be thine . What is't could hurt us then ?", "Now half the youth of Europe are in arms ,", "How fulsome must it be to stay behind ,", "And die of rank diseases here at home !", "Our father", "Has ta'en himself a surfeit of the world ,", "And cries , it is not safe that we should taste it .", "I own , I have duty very pow'rful in me :", "And though I 'd hazard all to raise my name ,", "Yet he 's so tender , and so good a father ,", "I could not do a thing to cross his will .", "Have I a thought my Polydore should not know ? What can this mean ?", "As calmly as the wounded patient bears", "The artist 's hand , that ministers his cure .", "Suppose I should ?", "You 'd say , I must not .", "Is love a fault ?", "Then I must inform you", "I lov 'd her first , and cannot quit the claim ;", "But will preserve the birthright of my passion .", "I will .", "Why not ?", "No ;", "Not with my Polydore :\u2014 though I must own", "My nature obstinate , and void of suff'rance ;", "I could not bear a rival in my friendship ,", "I am so much in love , and fond of thee .", "Not for crowns .", "Pr'ythee , where 's my fault ?", "Yes .", "No ;\u2014 sure we 're such friends ,", "So much one man , that our affections too", "Must be united , and the same as we are .", "Love her still ;", "Win , and enjoy her .", "No matter", "Whose chance it prove ; but let 's not quarrel for't .", "Wed her !", "No \u2014 were she all desire could wish , as fair", "As would the vainest of her sex be thought ,", "With wealth beyond what woman 's pride could waste ,", "She should not cheat me of my freedom .\u2014 Marry !", "When I am old and weary of the world ,", "I may grow desperate ,", "And take a wife to mortify withal .", "Mere vanity , and silly dotage , all :\u2014", "No , let me live at large , and when I die \u2014\u2014", "My friend ,", "If he survive me ; if not , my king ,", "Who may bestow't again on some brave man ,", "Whose honesty and services deserve one .", "By yon heaven , I love", "My Polydore beyond all worldly joys ;", "And would not shock his quiet , to be blest", "With greater happiness than man e'er tasted .", "No matter whose .", "I was ; and should have met her here again .", "The opportunity shall now be thine ?", "But have a care , by friendship I conjure thee ,", "That no false play be offer 'd to thy brother .", "Urge all thy powers to make thy passion prosper ;", "But wrong not mine .", "If't prove thy fortune , Polydore , to conquer", ";", "Trust me , and let me know thy love 's success ,", "That I may ever after stifle mine .", "Madam , my brother begs he may have leave", "To tell you something that concerns you nearly .", "I leave you , as becomes me , and withdraw .", "Madam !", "He best can tell you . Business of importance", "Calls me away : I must attend my father .", "But for a moment .", "I could for ever hear thee ; but this time", "Matters of such odd circumstances press me ,", "That I must go .", "The actions of your life were always wondrous .", "Your lordship 's wrongs have been", "So great , that you with justice may complain ;", "But suffer us , whose younger minds ne'er felt", "Fortune 's deceits , to court her , as she 's fair :", "Were she a common mistress , kind to all ,", "Her worth would cease , and half the world grow idle .", "Methinks , I would be busy .", "I 'd serve my prince .", "I would , my lord .", "I 'd serve him with my fortune here at home ,", "And serve him with my person in his wars :", "Watch for him , fight for him , bleed for him .", "Monimia , my angel ! \u2018 twas not kind", "To leave me here alone .", "Re-enter Polydore , with Page , at the door .", "When thou art from me , every place is desert ,", "And I , methinks , am savage and forlorn :", "Thy presence only \u2018 tis can make me blest ,", "Heal my unquiet mind , and tune my soul .", "What means my love ? Oh , how have I deserv 'd", "This language from the sovereign of my joys ?", "Stop , stop , these tears , Monimia , for they fall", "Like baneful dew from a distemper 'd sky ;", "I feel \u2018 em chill me to my very heart .", "Who told you so ? what hell-bred villain durst", "Profane the sacred business of my love ?", "\u2018 Tis I have been to blame , and only I ;", "False to my brother , and unjust to thee .", "For , oh ! he loves thee too , and this day own 'd it ,", "Tax 'd me with mine , and claim 'd a right above me .", "I , knowing him precipitate and rash ,", "Seem 'd to comply with his unruly will ;", "Lest he in rage might have our loves betray 'd ,", "And I for ever had Monimia lost .", "Is this Monimia ? Surely , no ! till now", "I ever thought her dove-like , soft , and kind .", "Who trusts his heart with woman 's surely lost :", "You were made fair on purpose to undo us ,", "While greedily we snatch th \u2019 alluring bait ,", "And ne'er distrust the poison that it hides .", "It never wants pretences or excuse .", "Who can hear this and bear an equal mind ?", "Since you will drive me from you , I must go :", "But , O Monimia ! when thou hast banish 'd me ,", "No creeping slave , though tractable and dull", "As artful woman for her ends would choose ,", "Shall ever dote as I have done .", "Where am I ? Surely , Paradise is round me !", "Sweets planted by the hand of heaven grow here ,", "And every sense is full of thy perfection .", "Sure , framing thee , heaven took unusual care ; }", "As its own beauty it design 'd thee fair , }", "And form 'd thee by the best lov 'd angel there . }", "Angels preserve my dearest father 's life !", "Oh ! may he live till time itself decay ,", "Till good men wish him dead , or I offend him !", "Would you but rest , it might restore you quite .", "Young Chamont and the chaplain ! sure \u2018 tis they !", "No matter what 's contriv 'd , or who consulted ,", "Since my Monimia 's mine ; though this sad look", "Seems no good boding omen to our bliss ;", "Else , pr'ythee , tell me why that look cast down ,", "Why that sad sigh , as if thy heart was breaking ?", "O , thou art tender all !", "Gentle and kind as sympathising nature !", "Re-enter Polydore , unobserved .", "But wherefore do I dally with my bliss ?", "The night 's far spent , and day draws on apace ;", "To bed , my love , and wake till I come thither .", "No more , my blessing .", "What shall be the sign ?", "When shall I come ? for to my joys I 'll steal ,", "As if I ne'er had paid my freedom for them .", "Oh ! doubt it not , Monimia ; our joys", "Shall be as silent as the ecstatic bliss", "Of souls , that by intelligence converse .", "Away , my love ! first take this kiss . Now , haste :", "I long for that to come , yet grudge each minute past .", "My brother wand'ring too so late this way !", "My Polydore , how dost thou ? How does our father ? is he well recover 'd ?", "Doubtless , well :", "A cruel beauty , with her conquest pleas 'd ,", "Is always joyful , and her mind in health .", "She 's not woman else :", "Though I 'm grown weary of this tedious hoping ;", "We 've in a barren desart stray 'd too long .", "No ; she has still avoided me ;", "I wish I 'd never meddled with the matter ,", "And would enjoin thee , Polydore \u2014\u2014", "To leave this peevish beauty to herself .", "But I have wond'rous reasons on my side ,", "That would persuade thee , were they known .", "To-morrow I may tell you .", "It is a matter of such consequence ,", "As I must well consult ere I reveal .", "But pr'ythee cease to think I would abuse thee ,", "Till more be known .", "It seems you 've watch 'd me , then ?", "Pr'ythee avoid a thing thou may'st repent .", "Nay , if ye 're angry , Polydore , good night .", "Go , you 're an idle prattler :", "I 'll stay at home to-morrow ; if your lord", "Thinks fit , he may command my hounds . Go , leave me :", "I must to bed .", "No , my kind boy . Good night : commend me to my brother .", "You must be whipp 'd , youngster , if you get such songs as those are . What means this boy 's impertinence to-night ?", "Psalms , child , psalms .", "Well , leave me ; I 'm weary .", "Why , wert thou instructed to attend me ?", "What dost thou know ?\u2014\u2014 \u2018 Sdeath ! what can all this mean ?", "What 's that to me , boy ?", "That 's a wonder ! pr'ythee , tell it me .", "I will , my child .", "Talk 'd she of me when in her bed , Cordelio ?", "Hark ! what 's that noise ?", "Take this ; be gone , and leave me .", "You knave , you little flatterer , get you gone .", "\u2018 Tis I .", "Suppose the lord Castalio .", "Ha ! have a care ! what can this mean ?", "Whoe'er thou art , I charge thee , to Monimia fly :", "Tell her I 'm here , and wait upon my doom .", "She must ! tell her , she shall ; go , I 'm in haste ,", "And bring her tidings from the state of love .", "Or this will make me so .", "Obey me , or , by all the wrongs I suffer ,", "I 'll scale the window and come in by force ,", "Let the sad consequence be what it will !", "This creature 's trifling folly makes me mad !", "I 'll not believe't .", "Curses blast thee !", "And farewell all that 's just in woman !", "This is contriv 'd , a study 'd trick , to abuse", "My easy nature , and torment my mind !", "\u2018 Tis impudence to think my soul will bear it !", "Let but to-morrow , but to-morrow , come ,", "And try if all thy arts appease my wrong ;", "Till when , be this detested place my bed ;", "Who 's there ?", "Oh , leave me to my folly .", "Thou canst not serve me .", "Because my thoughts", "Are full of woman ; thou , poor wretch , art past them .", "Then I 'm thy friend , Ernesto !", "Wish 'd morning 's come ! And now upon the plains ,", "And distant mountains , where they feed their flocks ,", "The happy shepherds leave their homely huts ,", "And with their pipes proclaim the new-born day .", "There 's no condition sure so curs 'd as mine \u2014\u2014", "Monimia ! O Monimia !", "Oh \u2014\u2014", "\u2018 Tis here \u2014 \u2018 tis in my head \u2014 \u2018 tis in my heart \u2014", "\u2018 Tis every where : it rages like a madness ,", "And I most wonder how my reason holds .", "No more , Monimia , of your sex 's arts :", "They 're useless all \u2014 I 'm not that pliant tool ;", "I know my charter better \u2014\u2014 I am man ,", "Obstinate man , and will not be enslav 'd !", "Nay , you shall not , madam ;", "By yon bright heaven , you shall not : all the day", "I 'll play the tyrant , and at night forsake thee ;", "Nay , if I 've any too , thou shalt be made", "Subservient to my looser pleasures ;", "For thou hast wrong 'd Castalio .", "Away !\u2014\u2014 Last night ! last night !\u2014\u2014", "No more !\u2014 Forget it !", "I do .", "See where the deer trot after one another ;", "No discontent they know ; but in delightful", "Wildness and freedom , pleasant springs , fresh herbage ,", "Calm arbours , lusty health , and innocence ,", "Enjoy their portion :\u2014 if they see a man ,", "How will they turn together all , and gaze", "Upon the monster !", "Once in a season , too , they taste of love :", "Only the beast of reason is its slave ;", "And in that folly drudges all the year .", "Who 's there", "So wretched but to name Castalio ?", "My father ! \u2018 Tis joy to see you , though where sorrow 's nourish 'd .", "Sure my lord but mocks me :", "Go see Monimia ?", "Who has complain 'd ?", "What terms ? Her brother ! Heaven ! Where learn 'd he that ? What , does she send her hero with defiance ? He durst not sure affront you ?", "Speak , what said he ?", "Shame on the ill-manner 'd brute ! Your age secur 'd him ; he durst not else have said .", "Justice ! to give her justice would undo her .", "Think you this solitude I now have chosen ,", "Wish 'd to have grown one piece", "With this cold day , and all without a cause ?", "The slave is here .", "Then you are Chamont ?", "I 've heard of such a man ,", "That has been very busy with my honour .", "I own I 'm much indebted to you , sir ,", "And here return the villain back again", "You sent me by my father .", "Sir , in my younger years with care you taught me", "That brave revenge was due to injur 'd honour :", "Oppose not then the justice of my sword ,", "Lest you should make me jealous of your love .", "I am a villain , if I will not seek thee ,", "Till I may be reveng 'd for all the wrongs", "Done me by that ungrateful fair thou plead'st for .", "It shall not .", "Ha ! set me free .", "Sir , if you 'd have me think you did not take", "This opportunity to show your vanity ,", "Let 's meet some other time , when by ourselves", "We fairly may dispute our wrongs together .", "Damn her !", "Did I ?", "I 'm sorry for't .", "No .", "That she 's my wife , may heaven and you forgive me .", "No .", "Why will you urge a thing my nature starts at ?", "Lightnings first shall blast me !", "I tell you , were she prostrate at my feet ,", "Full of her sex 's best dissembled sorrows", "And all that wondrous beauty of her own ,", "My heart might break , but it should never soften .", "Ha ! will she ? Does she name Castalio ?", "And with such tenderness ? Conduct me quickly", "To the poor lovely mourner .", "I cannot hear Monimia 's soul 's in sadness ,", "And be a man : my heart will not forget her .", "Oh ! I will throw my impatient arms about her ;", "In her soft bosom sigh my soul to peace ;", "Till through the panting breast she finds the way", "To mould my heart , and make it what she will .", "Monimia ! Oh !", "Who talks of dying , with a voice so sweet", "That life 's in love with it ?", "Here , my love .", "Have I been in a dream then all this while ?", "And art thou but the shadow of Monimia :", "Why dost thou fly me thus ?", "Is't then so hard , Monimia , to forgive", "A fault , when humble love , like mine , implores thee ?", "For I must love thee , though it prove my ruin .", "I 'll kneel to thee , and weep a flood before thee .", "Yet pr'ythee , tyrant , break not quite my heart ;", "But when my task of penitence is done ,", "Heal it again , and comfort me with love .", "Thou hast not wrong 'd me .", "No .", "My better angel , then do thou inform me", "What danger threatens me , and where it lies ;", "Why wert thou", "When I stood waiting underneath the window ,", "Deaf to my cries , and senseless of my pains ?", "If , lab'ring in the pangs of death ,", "Thou wouldst do any thing to give me ease ,", "Unfold this riddle ere my thoughts grow wild ,", "And let in fears of ugly form upon me .", "Ne'er meet again ?", "Where 's the power", "On earth , that dares not look like thee , and say so ?", "Thou art my heart 's inheritance : I serv 'd", "A long and faithful slavery for thee ;", "And who shall rob me of the dear-bought blessing ?", "Why turn'st thou from me ? I 'm alone already .", "Methinks I stand upon a naked beach ,", "Sighing to winds , and to the seas complaining ,", "Whilst afar off the vessel sails away ,", "Where all the treasure of my soul 's embark 'd ;", "Wilt thou not turn ?\u2014 Oh ! could those eyes but speak ,", "I should know all , for love is pregnant in \u2018 em ;", "They swell , they press their beams upon me still :", "Wilt thou not speak ? If we must part for ever ,", "Give me but one kind word to think upon ,", "And please myself withal , whilst my heart 's breaking .", "What means all this ? Why all this stir to plague", "A single wretch ? If but your word can shake", "This world to atoms , why so much ado", "With me ? think me but dead , and lay me so .", "Who 's there ?", "My brother Polydore ?", "Canst thou inform me \u2014\u2014", "Of my Monimia ?", "In haste ! Methinks my Polydore appears in sadness .", "Do I ?", "Alas , I 've wondrous reason ! I 'm strangely alter 'd , brother , since I saw thee .", "I 'll tell thee , Polydore ; I would repose", "Within thy friendly bosom all my follies ;", "For thou wilt pardon \u2018 em , because they 're mine .", "Why dost thou ask me that ? Does this appear", "Like a false friendship , when , with open arms", "And streaming eyes , I run upon thy breast ?", "Oh ! \u2018 tis in thee alone I must have comfort !", "Dost thou not love me then ?", "I hope I have .", "O Polydore , I know not how to tell thee ;", "Shame rises in my face , and interrupts", "The story of my tongue .", "Oh , much too oft . Our destiny contriv 'd", "To plague us both with one unhappy love !", "Thou , like a friend , a constant , gen'rous friend ,", "In its first pangs didst trust me with thy passion ,", "Whilst I still smooth 'd my pain with smiles before thee ,", "And made a contract I ne'er meant to keep .", "Still new ways I studied to abuse thee ,", "And kept thee as a stranger to my passion ,", "Till yesterday I wedded with Monimia .", "No ; to conceal't from thee was much a fault .", "How my heart throbs !", "What will my fate do with me ? I 've lost all happiness , and know not why ! What means this , brother ?", "I 'll be thy slave , and thou shalt use me", "Just as thou wilt , do but forgive me .", "Oh ! think a little what thy heart is doing :", "How , from our infancy , we hand in hand", "Have trod the path of life in love together .", "One bed has held us , and the same desires ,", "The same aversions , still employ 'd our thoughts .", "Whene'er had I a friend that was not Polydore 's ,", "Or Polydore a foe that was not mine ?", "E'en in the womb we embrac 'd ; and wilt thou now ,", "For the first fault , abandon and forsake me ?", "Leave me , amidst afflictions , to myself ,", "Plung 'd in the gulf of grief , and none to help me ?", "What arts ?", "What ?", "Alas ! I can forgive e'en this to thee ;", "But let me tell thee , Polydore , I 'm griev 'd", "To find thee guilty of such low revenge ,", "To wrong that virtue which thou couldst not ruin .", "Should the bravest man", "That e'er wore conq'ring sword , but dare to whisper", "What thou proclaim'st , he were the worst of liars .", "My friend may be mistaken .", "A base-born villain !", "Thou art my brother still .", "Nay , then \u2014\u2014", "Ah !\u2014 ah !\u2014 that stings home ! Coward !", "This to thy heart , then , though my mother bore thee !", "What have I done ? my sword is in thy breast .", "Ye gods ! we 're taught that all your works are justice :", "Ye 're painted merciful , and friends to innocence :", "If so , then why these plagues upon my head ?", "By thee ?", "Now , where 's Monimia ? Oh !", "Ay , brother 's blood ! Art thou prepar 'd for everlasting pains ?", "Not kill her ?", "Tell me that story ,", "And thou wilt make a wretch of me , indeed .", "O , I 'm the unhappy wretch , whose cursed fate", "Has weigh 'd you down into destruction with him :", "Why then thus kind to me !", "Stand off ; thou hot-brain 'd , boisterous , noisy , ruffian ! And leave me to my sorrows .", "Vanish , I charge thee ! or \u2014", "Thou , unkind Chamont ,", "Unjustly hast pursu 'd me with thy hate ,", "And sought the life of him that never wrong 'd thee :", "Now , if thou wilt embrace a noble vengeance ,", "Come join with me , and curse \u2014\u2014", "Patience ! preach it to the winds ,", "To roaring seas , or raging fires ! for , curs 'd", "As I am now , \u2018 tis this must give me patience :", "Thus I find , rest , and shall complain no more .", "For I perceive they fall with weight upon him \u2014\u2014", "And , for Monimia 's sake , whom thou wilt find", "I never wrong 'd , be kind to poor Serina \u2014\u2014", "Now all I beg is , lay me in one grave", "Thus with my love : farewell ! I now am nothing ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 172, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good afternoon , sir .", "Yes , sir ; Western Union time . Corrected every hour .", "Five minutes , sir ? Easy ! Easy !", "Your collar also , sir .", "Well , sir , I try to do my work well .", "Yes , sir Thank you , sir .In a hurry , sir ?", "Oh ! The auction up-stairs ?", "Do n't worry , sir . There 's lots of time .... From the country , sir ?", "I thought so . I 'm from the country myself .", "Oh , that would be difficult to say . You see , I 've moved around so much that I 'm neither a Southerner nor a Northerner . I 'm just an American .I lived in a little town near Savannah for a year .", "Yes , indeed . I used to see you \u2014 quite frequently \u2014 though you never came into my shop . Then I went to Philadelphia .", "Let me think . It was April , twelve years ago .", "I saw you there , too , sir .", "I 'm hurrying , sir .", "And from Newark to Indianapolis .", "And then Muscatine \u2014 for a few months \u2014 and Chicago \u2014 and Louisville .", "Have you , sir ? It 's a little world , is n't it ?", "I could n't do anything else , sir . It 's my trade .", "Curious , is n't it ? But it may be the last .", "If I may ask , sir , where are you going ?", "Sooner or later , sir . It 's going to be a long journey , is n't it ?", "There 's a long journey we all take \u2014 sooner or later . Eh ?", "Am I , sir ?Fine weather we 're having .", "Though a little more rain would be good for the crops .", "You know , sir , the young man who keeps the shoe store at the corner was saying as I trimmed his hair this morning \u2014", "Yes , sir ! Yes , sir ! And \u2014 and the young lady who runs the news stand up-stairs \u2014 right next to the elevator , sir \u2014 she was saying that she had never \u2014", "Yes , sir .", "Do n't worry , sir . I always keep my promises . Why , I remember , sir , back in Savannah , when my poor daughter was alive , I promised \u2014", "No , sir . I did n't think you did .", "Oh , no , sir ! It has n't begun .", "Do n't do that again , sir ! You do n't know how near you came to cutting yourself !", "No , sir , if you will allow me to contradict you , I did not .", "Yes , sir . That is correct .", "Easy , sir , easy ! The razor is sharp !When I promised to shave you in five minutes , I did n't say anything about lathering . That takes several minutes by itself .", "Now you 've done it !", "Smarts , does n't it ?", "Do n't talk to a gentleman like that ! You cur !I did it on purpose .", "You really must n't accuse me of being clumsy , sir . I 'm not clumsy . If I cut you , it was quite intentional \u2014 like this !", "No , sir , I 'm quite sane .Oh , do n't do that , sir ! Do n't do that ! My razor is frightfully sharp !", "Do n't try it while the razor is at your throat , sir . It is sure to be fatal .", "Oh , no , no , no ! When I am through shaving you \u2014 not before . Now take it easy , sir . Lie back quietly ! Quietly ! That 's it .", "What am I \u2014Take that filthy thing out of your mouth !What am I going to do with you , sir ? Why , really , I have n't the slightest idea . Er \u2014 can n't you suggest something ?", "You need n't raise your voice , sir . My hearing is excellent .", "Oh , I believe you . Do n't let that trouble you . In fact , I know all about the meeting . There 's going to be an auction , and unless you bid , it will be all up with you .", "I 'm afraid I wo n't , sir .", "If I may use your own words , sir , I do n't give a damn about your meeting .", "Oh , shut up !", "Beg pardon , sir ?", "I do n't hear well on this side . Try the other .", "I 'm afraid it wo n't do , sir . You see , the young lady who runs the news stand up-stairs says \u2014 you wo n't interrupt me this time will you ?\u2014 she says it 's important to keep customers in sight . There 's nothing so bad for trade as an empty shop .", "Well , sir , it will console you to know that my time is worth very little .", "I sha n't object , sir .", "So you are beginning to feel some regrets ? I 'm glad to see it . I always thought you 'd regret sooner or later .By the way , sir , have n't you recognized me yet ?", "Oh , I see . You thought I was just a lunatic . Well ,", "I 'm not . Look at me . Look at me closely .", "No ? Well , just say to yourself , \u201c Twelve years ago this man 's hair was not so gray . Twelve years ago this man 's face did n't show so many lines of care . Twelve years ago this man lived \u2014 well , in a little town near Savannah , and \u2014 \u201d", "Say it .", "Yes , Kilburn !", "For twelve years !", "I was never more than a week behind you .", "Yes , God . I used to think of Him a great deal ,", "John . I used to ask Him why He never brought you into my shop .", "But He brought you here at last , John ! He brought you here at last !For twelve mortal years I 've been hoping for this day ! Once , in Muscatine , you came in , but there was another man in the chair , and you would n't wait . Once , in Louisville , you crossed my threshold , looked at your watch , and walked out again . But sooner or later , John , I knew you 'd walk into my shop , and sit down in my chair ! That day has come !You and I , John , the two of us , have a long account to settle , have n't we ? I 've been one of your creditors , too ! And this is the reckoning , John ! You 're going to pay me \u2014 pay me in full \u2014 and you 're going to pay me now !", "That 's a hard question , John . I 'd be justified in cutting your throat , would n't I ?", "Ugly word , is n't it ?", "Oh , of course !", "I would n't run away .", "I 've been thinking about it for twelve years , John .", "You 'd run if I let you up .", "No , John , you get no chance . You gave Jennie none .She was just eighteen when you came to our town . She was only a child , John , only a child . Her mother was dead . I was all she had \u2014 and she was all I had . And I was trying to bring her up right \u2014 to make her the same kind of a woman her mother had been , if you know what that means .", "Do n't tell me what you did and what you did n't ! She loved you \u2014 and \u2014 and I trusted you . You were going to get married . You took her away with you \u2014 and you did n't marry her ! Marriage ? Why , you never thought of it ! You could n't get her any other way \u2014 you wanted her \u2014 and you got her ! You did n't care about me , and you did n't care about her . She was a toy . She amused you , and when you were through with her , you flung her into the gutter ! It makes me sick to think of it !She came home six months later . How she got back all the way from where you 'd taken her , I do n't know \u2014 and I do n't like to guess . And then-then \u2014", "You 'll have to ask her about that .", "In two minutes you 'll be able to ask her .", "She 's dead , John \u2014 dead .", "Thirty seconds for your prayers , John !", "So your nerve gave way , John ? Your nerve gave way ?", "You ought to be in hell , but I guess you 're still on", "God 's good earth .", "No . I did n't .", "John , when you 're just about to cross the river , when your eyes are beginning to glaze and your heart 's about to stop beating , you wo n't be nearer death than you were a minute ago !", "It would n't bring back Jennie , would it ?", "After I had been looking forward to it for twelve years ? No .", "You 'll remember why !John , tell me : are fellows who are so brave with women always so cowardly when they deal with men ? Or ,, or , perhaps , was it on account of that meeting ?", "Yes , the meeting .", "I did n't kill you , no ! I left you your life , but I made it worthless ! I broke you ! I broke you !", "Yes ?", "What do you mean ?", "Is that all ? Well , the clockis half an hour slow ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 173, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u201c Despairing . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , dinner ! Dinner , to a broken heart ! \u201d", "\u201c But I tell you it is ! I ought to know when my own heart is broken , I should hope . What makes you think it is n't ? \u201d", "\u201c But this is a real case . You ought to feel my forehead . It 's as hot ! \u201d", "\u201c No ; I should feel worse . The idea of household gods makes me sick . Sylvan deities are what I want ; the great god Pan among the cat-tails and arrow-heads in the \u2018 ma'sh \u2019 at Ponkwasset ; the dryads of the birch woods \u2014 there are no oaks ; the nymphs that haunt the heights and hollows of the dear old mountain ; the \u201d -", "\u201c That 's because you keep fussing about so . Why do n't you be quiet , if you want to hear ? \u201d She lifts her voice to its highest pitch , with a pause for distinctness between the words : \u201c I 'm heart - broken for \u2014 Ponkwasset . The dryads \u2014 of the \u2014 birch woods . The nymphs \u2014 and the great \u2014 god \u2014 Pan \u2014 in the reeds \u2014 by the river . And all \u2014 that \u2014 sort of \u2014 thing ! \u201d", "\u201c I 'm not ? What 's the reason I 'm not ? Then , what am I heart-broken for ? \u201d", "\u201c Who ? \u201d", "\u201c Oh , how cruel you are , to mock me so ! Come in here , and sympathize a little ! Do , Nettie . \u201d", "\u201c When they want to be disagreeable ! \u201d", "\u201c I 'm that now . I can n't be more so \u2014 there 's that comfort . What makes you think he 'll call ? \u201d", "\u201c No , Nettie ; I behaved rudely to HIM . Yes ! Besides , if he behaved rudely , he was no gentleman . It 's a contradiction in terms , do n't you see ? But I 'll tell you what I 'm going to do if he comes . I 'm going to show a proper spirit for once in my life . I 'm going to refuse to see him . You 've got to see him . \u201d", "\u201c Why nonsense ? Oh , why ? Expound ! \u201d", "\u201c I 'm NOT ! You know it perfectly well . I 'm hideous . \u201d", "\u201c DEPENDENT property , I should call it : just enough to be useless on ! But that 's insulting to HIM . How can you say it 's because I have a little money ? \u201d", "\u201c You 're NOT old . You 're as young as anybody , Nettie Spaulding . And you know I 'm not young ; I 'm twenty-seven , if I 'm a day . I 'm just dropping into the grave . But I can n't argue with you , miles off so , any longer . \u201d Miss Reed appears at the open door , dragging languidly after her the shawl which she had evidently drawn round her on the sofa ; her fair hair is a little disordered , and she presses it into shape with one hand as she comes forward ; a lovely flush vies with a heavenly pallor in her cheeks ; she looks a little pensive in the arching eyebrows , and a little humorous about the dimpled mouth . \u201c Now I can prove that you are entirely wrong . Where- - were you ?\u2014 This room is rather an improvement over the one we had last winter . There is more of a view \u201d \u2014 she goes to the window \u2014 \u201c of the houses across the Place ; and I always think the swell front gives a pretty shape to a room . I 'm sorry they 've stopped building them . Your piano goes very nicely into that little alcove . Yes , we 're quite palatial . And , on the whole , I 'm glad there 's no fireplace . It 's a pleasure at times ; but for the most part it 's a vanity and a vexation , getting dust and ashes over everything . Yes ; after all , give me the good old-fashioned , clean , convenient register ! Ugh ! My feet are like ice . \u201d She pulls an easy-chair up to the register in the corner of the room , and pushes open its valves with the toe of her slipper . As she settles herself luxuriously in the chair , and poises her feet daintily over the register : \u201c Ah , this is something like ! Henrietta Spaulding , ma'am ! Did I ever tell you that you were the best friend I have in the world ? \u201d MISS SPAULDING , who continues her work of arranging the room : \u201c Often . \u201d", "\u201c Did you ever believe it ? \u201d", "\u201c Why ? \u201d MISS SPAULDING , thoughtfully regarding a vase which she holds in her hand , after several times shifting it from a bracket to the corner of her piano and back : \u201c I wish I could tell where you do look best ! \u201d MISS REED , leaning forward wistfully , with her hands clasped and resting on her knees : \u201c I wish you would tell me WHY you do n't believe you 're the best friend I have in the world . \u201d MISS SPAULDING , finally placing the vase on the bracket : \u201c Because you 've said so too often . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , that 's no reason ! I can prove to you that you are . Who else but you would have taken in a homeless and friendless creature like me , and let her stay bothering round in demoralizing idleness , while you were seriously teaching the young idea how to drub the piano ? \u201d", "\u201c And you 're not afraid that you wrong yourself ? \u201d", "\u201c Well , be it so \u2014 as they say in novels . I will not contradict you ; I will not say you are my BEST friend ; I will merely say that you are my ONLY friend . Come here , Henrietta . Draw up your chair , and put your little hand in mine . \u201d MISS SPAULDING , with severe distrust : \u201c What do you want , Ethel Reed ? \u201d", "\u201c I want \u2014 I want \u2014 to talk it over with you . \u201d MISS SPAULDING , recoiling : \u201c I knew it ! Well , now , we 've talked it over enough ; we 've talked it over till there 's nothing left of it . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , there 's everything left ! It remains in all its original enormity . Perhaps we shall get some new light upon it . \u201d She extends a pleading hand towards Miss Spaulding . \u201c Come , Henrietta , my only friend , shake !\u2014 as the \u2018 good Indians \u2019 say . Let your Ethel pour her hackneyed sorrows into your bosom . Such an uncomfortable image , it always seems , does n't it , pouring sorrows into bosoms ! Come ! \u201d MISS SPAULDING , decidedly : \u201c No , I wo n't ! And you need n't try wheedling any longer . I wo n't sympathize with you on that basis at all . \u201d", "\u201c What shall I try , then , if you wo n't let me try wheedling ? \u201d MISS SPAULDING , going to the piano and opening it : \u201c Try courage ; try self-respect . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , dear ! when I have n't a morsel of either . Are you going to practise , you cruel maid ? \u201d", "\u201c Well , well , perhaps it 's all for the best . If music be the food of \u2014 umph-ump !\u2014 you know what !\u2014 play on . \u201d They both laugh , and Miss Spaulding pushes back a little from the piano , and wheels toward her friend , letting one hand rest slightly on the keys .", "\u201c Correct ! \u201d", "\u201c Ah , there you wrong me , Henrietta ! I have been , and I shall be \u2014 lots of times . \u201d", "\u201c I will free my mind with neatness and despatch . I simply wish to go over the whole affair , from Alfred to Omaha ; and you 've got to let me talk as much slang and nonsense as I want . And then I 'll skip all the details I can . Will you ? \u201d MISS SPAULDING , with impatient patience : \u201c Oh , I suppose so ! \u201d", "\u201c That 's very sweet of you , though you do n't look it . Now , where was I ? Oh , yes , do you think it was forth-putting at all , to ask him if he would give me the lessons ? \u201d", "\u201c I asked him from \u2014 from \u2014 Let me see ; I asked him because - - from \u2014 Yes , I say it boldly ; I asked him from an enthusiasm for art , and a sincere wish to learn the use of oil , as he called it . Yes ! \u201d", "\u201c Sure ? Well , we will say that I am , for the sake of argument . And , having secured this basis , the question is whether I was n't bound to offer him pay at the end , and whether he was n't wrong to take my doing so in dudgeon . \u201d", "\u201c No , no . I 've told you everything \u2014 everything ! \u201d", ": \u201c Nothing . \u201d", "MISS SPAULDING , sternly : \u201c Yes , you do , Ethel . \u201d", "\u201c I do n't , really . What makes you \u2019 think I do ? \u201d", "\u201c Did it ? I did n't mean it to . \u201d Her friend breaks down with a laugh , while Miss Reed preserves a demure countenance .", "\u201c Nothing at all \u2014 less than nothing ! I never thought it was worth mentioning . \u201d", "\u201c I 'm telling you the truth and something more . You can n't ask better than that , can you ? \u201d MISS SPAULDING , turning to her music again : \u201c Certainly not . \u201d", "in a pathetic wail : \u201c O Henrietta ! do you abandon me thus ? Well , I will tell you , heartless girl ! I 've only kept it back till now because it was so extremely mortifying to my pride as an artist \u2014 as a student of oil . Will you hear me ? \u201d MISS SPAULDING , beginning to play : \u201c No . \u201d MISS REED , with burlesque wildness : \u201c You shall ! \u201d Miss Spaulding involuntarily desists . \u201c There was a moment \u2014 a fatal moment \u2014 when he said he thought he ought to tell me that if I found oil amusing I could go on ; but that he did n't believe I should ever learn to use it , and he could n't let me take lessons from him with the expectation that I should . There ! \u201d MISS SPAULDING , with awful reproach : \u201c And you call that less than nothing ? I 've almost a mind never to speak to you again , Ethel . How COULD you deceive me so ? \u201d", "\u201c Was it really deceiving ? I should n't call it so . And I needed your sympathy so much , and I knew I should n't get it unless you thought I was altogether in the right . \u201d", "\u201c Why \u2014 do n't you see , Nettie ?\u2014 I did keep on taking the lessons of him . I did find oil amusing \u2014 or the oilist \u2014 and I kept on . Of course I had to , off there in a farmhouse full of lady boarders , and he the only gentleman short of Crawford 's . Strike , but hear me , Henrietta Spaulding ! What was I to do about the half-dozen lessons I had taken before he told me I should never learn to use oil ? Was I to offer to pay him for these , and not for the rest ; or was I to treat the whole series as gratuitous ? I used to lie awake thinking about it . I 've got little tact , but I could n't find any way out of the trouble . It was a box \u2014 yes , a box of the deepest dye ! And the whole affair having got to be \u2014 something else , do n't you know ?\u2014 made it all the worse . And if he 'd only \u2014 only \u2014 But he did n't . Not a syllable , not a breath ! And there I was . I HAD to offer him the money . And it 's almost killed me \u2014 the way he took my offering it , and now the way you take it ! And it 's all of a piece . \u201d Miss Reed suddenly snatches her handkerchief from her pocket , and buries her face in it .\u2014 \u201c Oh , dear \u2014 oh , dear ! Oh !\u2014 hu , hu , hu ! \u201d MISS SPAULDING , relenting : \u201c It was awkward . \u201d", "\u201c Awkward ! You seem to think that because I carry things off lightly I have no feeling . \u201d", "\u201c It 's not that I care for him \u201d -", "\u201c For I do n't in the least . He is horrid every way : blunt , and rude , and horrid . I never cared for him . But I care for myself ! He has put me in the position of having done an unkind thing \u2014 an unladylike thing \u2014 when I was only doing what I had to do . Why need he have taken it the way he did ? Why could n't he have said politely that he could n't accept the money because he had n't earned it ? Even THAT would have been mortifying enough . But he must go and be so violent , and rush off , and \u2014 Oh , I never could have treated anybody so ! \u201d", "\u201c What ? \u201d", "\u201c He 's let me wither for twenty-four hours already ! But it 's nothing to me , now , how long he lets me wither . I 'm perfectly satisfied to have the affair remain as it is . I am in the right , and if he comes I shall refuse to see him . \u201d", "\u201c Yes , I shall . I shall receive him very coldly . I wo n't listen to any excuse from him . \u201d", "\u201c No , I shall not . If he wishes me to listen he must begin by humbling himself in the dust \u2014 yes , the dust , Nettie ! I wo n't take anything short of it . I insist that he shall realize that I have suffered . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , HE suffered ! \u201d", "\u201c He never said so . \u201d", "\u201c He dared to be very insolent to me . \u201d", "\u201c I wo n't let you say that , Nettie Spaulding . I DIDN'T like him . I respected and admired him ; but I did n't LIKE him . He will come near me ; but if he does he has to begin by \u2014 by \u2014 Let me see , what shall I make him begin by doing ? \u201d She casts up her eyes for inspiration while she leans forward over the register . \u201c Yes , I will ! He has got to begin by taking that money ! \u201d", "\u201c Would n't I ? You wait and SEE , Miss Spaulding ! He shall take the money , and he shall sign a receipt for it . I 'll draw up the receipt now , so as to have it ready , and I shall ask him to sign it the very moment he enters this door \u2014 the very instant ! \u201d She takes a portfolio from the table near her , without rising , and writes : \u201c \u2018 Received from Miss Ethel Reed one hundred and twenty-five dollars , in full , for twenty-five lessons in oil-painting . \u2019 There \u2014 when Mr. Oliver Ransom has signed this little document he may begin to talk ; not before ! \u201d She leans back in her chair with an air of pitiless determination .", "\u201c I do n't say but what , after he 's taken the money and signed the receipt , I 'll listen to anything else he 's got to say , very willingly . \u201d Miss Spaulding makes no answer , but begins to play with a scientific absorption , feeling her way fitfully through the new piece , while Miss Reed , seated by the register , trifles with the book she has taken from the table . II . The interior of the room of Miss Spaulding and Miss Reed remains in view , while the scene discloses , on the other side of the partition wall in the same house , the bachelor apartment of Mr. Samuel Grinnidge . Mr. Grinnidge in his dressing-gown and slippers , with his pipe in his mouth , has the effect of having just come in ; his friend Mr. Oliver Ransom stands at the window , staring out into the November weather .", "\u201c Nothing , nothing ; I \u2014 I \u2014 thought it was getting too warm . Go on , dear ; do n't let me interrupt you . \u201d After a moment of heroic self-denial she softly presses the register open with her foot . RANSOM , coming back to the register : \u201c It all began in that way . I had the good fortune one day to rescue her from a \u2014 cow . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , for shame ! \u201d MISS SPAULDING , desisting from her piano : \u201c What IS the matter ? \u201d MISS REED , clapping the register to : \u201c This ridiculous book ! But do n't \u2014 do n't mind me , Nettie . \u201d Breathlessly : \u201c Go \u2014 go \u2014 on ! \u201d Miss Spaulding resumes , and again Miss Reed softly presses the register open . RANSOM , after a pause : \u201c The cow was grazing , and had no more thought of hooking Miss \u2014 \u201d", "\u201c Oh , I did n't suppose he WOULD !\u2014 Go on , Nettie , go on ! The hero \u2014 SUCH a goose ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh ! \u201d She shuts the register , but instantly opens it again . \u201c Louder , Nettie . \u201d MISS SPAULDING , in astonishment : \u201c What ? \u201d", "\u201c Did I speak ? I did n't know it . I \u201d - MISS SPAULDING , desisting from practice : \u201c What is that strange , hollow , rumbling , mumbling kind of noise ? \u201d MISS REED , softly closing the register with her foot : \u201c I do n't hear any strange , hollow , rumbling , mumbling kind of noise . Do you hear it NOW ? \u201d", "\u201c Oh , very likely . \u201d As Miss Spaulding turns again to her practice Miss Reed re-opens the register and listens again . A little interval of silence ensues , while Ransom lights a cigarette .", "\u201c Oh , DID you , indeed ! \u201d To Miss Spaulding , who bends an astonished glance upon her from the piano : \u201c The man in this book is the most CONCEITED creature , Nettie . Play chords \u2014 something very subdued \u2014 ah ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh !\u2014 Go on , Nettie ; do n't let my outbursts interrupt you . \u201d", "\u201c You wretch !\u2014 Oh , scales , Nettie ! Play scales ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh , you silly , silly thing !\u2014 Really this book makes me sick , Nettie . \u201d", "\u201c No , sir ! You HADN'T ! \u201d MISS SPAULDING gradually ceases to play , and fixes her attention wholly upon Miss Reed , who bends forward over the register with an intensely excited face .", "\u201c No , no ; not any more . But \u2014 but \u2014 Oh , dear ! what shall I do ? \u201d She still struggles in the embrace of her friend . GRINNIDGE , remaining quietly at the register , while Ransom walks away to the window : \u201c Well , what did you do ? \u201d", "\u201c There , there ! They 're commencing again ! DO open it , Nettie . I WILL have it open ! \u201d She wrenches herself free , and dashes the register open .", "\u201c That 's Ol \u2014 Mr . Ransom . And , oh , I can n't make out what he 's saying ! He must have gone away to the other side of the room \u2014 and it 's at the most important point ! \u201d MISS SPAULDING , in an awful undertone : \u201c Was that the hollow rumbling I heard ? And have you been listening at the register to what they 've been saying ? O ETHEL ! \u201d", "\u201c I have n't been listening , exactly . \u201d", "\u201c Eavesdropping is listening through a key-hole , or around a corner . This is very different . Besides , it 's Oliver , and he 's been talking about ME . Hark ! \u201d She clutches her friend 's hand , where they have crouched upon the floor together , and pulls her forward to the register . \u201c Oh , dear , how hot it is ! I wish they would cut off the heat down below . \u201d GRINNIDGE , smoking peacefully through the silence which his friend has absent-mindedly let follow upon his last words : \u201c Well , you seem disposed to take your time about it . \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 Sh ! Listen . \u201d", ": \u201c How he DOES go to the heart of the matter ! \u201d She presses", "Miss Spaulding 's hand in an ecstasy of approval .", "\u201c Oh , how generous ! how noble ! \u201d", "\u201c How can he say it right out so bluntly ? But if it 's true \u201d -", "\u201c Oh , how little they know us , Nettie ! \u201d", "\u201c There ! NOW do you call it eavesdropping ? If listeners never hear any good of themselves , what do you say to that ? It proves that I have n't been listening . \u201d", "\u201c You HAD , you poor thing ! \u201d", "\u201c \u2018 Sh ! \u201d", "\u201c My very words ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh , the horrid thing ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh , was it , indeed ! Well ! \u201d", "\u201c Do n't you think he 's VERY humorous ? Give his good resolutions a rest ! That 's the way he ALWAYS talks . \u201d", "\u201c How droll they are with each other ! Do n't you LIKE to hear them talk ? Oh , I could listen all day . \u201d GRINNIDGE , calling after Ransom : \u201c You have n't told me your duck 's name . \u201d", "\u201c Is THAT what they call us ? Duck ! Do you think it 's very respectful , Nettie ? I do n't believe I like it . Or , yes , why not ? It 's no harm \u2014 if I AM his duck ! \u201d RANSOM , coming back : \u201c Well , I do n't propose to go shouting it round . Her name is Miss Reed \u2014 Ethel Reed . \u201d", "\u201c How CAN he ? \u201d", "\u201c Indigenous ! I should hope so ! \u201d", "\u201c Now he 'll have to go down to the parlor and send up his name , and that just gives me time to do the necessary prinking . You stay here and receive him , Nettie . \u201d", "\u201c For shame , Nettie ! I 'm NOT in love with him . \u201d", "\u201c Receive him in the parlor ! Why , Nettie , dear , you 're crazy ! I 'm going to ACCEPT him : and how can I accept him \u2014 with all the consequences \u2014 in a public parlor ? No , indeed ! If you wo n't meet him here for a moment , just to oblige me , you can go into the other room . Or , no \u2014 you 'd be listening to every word through the key-hole , you 're so demoralized ! \u201d", "\u201c Oh ! Ask him to come up here , please .\u2014 Nettie ! Nettie ! \u201d She calls to her friend in the next room . \u201c He 's coming right up , and if you do n't run you 're trapped . \u201d MISS SPAULDING , re-appearing , cloaked and bonneted : \u201c I do n't blame YOU , Ethel , comparatively speaking . You can say that everything is fair in love . He will like it , and laugh at it in you , because he 'll like everything you 've done . Besides , you 've no principles , and I HAVE . \u201d", "\u201c Oh , I 've lots of principles , Nettie , but I 've no practice ! \u201d", "\u201c I wo n't give you away ; if you really feel so badly \u201d -"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 174, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Did I disturb you , James ?", "Do you like your new work ?", "James !", "Too bad you left college ! You had only one more year .", "I understand why you came back . You simply must live where things grow , must n't you , James ? So must I . Have you seen our orchids ?", "James : why do n't you try to please Uncle", "Peter Grimm ?", "Do n't be quite so blunt . Try to be like one of the family .", "Why not ? I 'm no relation at all ; and yet \u2014", "Thank you , James .", "Thank you , Uncle Peter , thank you very much . And now you must have your cup of coffee .", "No , Uncle Peter , I have everything I need , thank you .", "You 're always speaking of weddings , Uncle Peter . I do n't know what 's come over you of late .", "Done for you ? I do you the great favour to let you do everything for me .", "That 's not much \u2014 youth .", "Ah , Uncle Peter , have I made you take a liking to all the rest of the ladies ?", "You promised not to \u2014", "I 'll leave the room , Uncle .", "I should say not ! My home ? An offer ? Our gardens ? I should say not !", "\u201c In the spring of 1709 there settled on Quassick Creek , New York State , Johann Grimm , aged twenty-two , husbandman and vine-dresser , also Johanna , his wife . \u201d", "\u201c To him Queen Anne furnished one square , one rule , one compass , two whipping saws and several small pieces . To him was born \u2014 \u201d", "Oh , yes \u2014 \u201c and two augurs . To him was born a son \u2014 \u201d", "Uncle Peter , I think you 're unfair to James . We used to have him to dinner very often before he went away . Now that he 's back , you treat him like a stranger .", "Ready for coffee ?", "What is it ?", "What is it , Uncle ?... Tell me ... tell me ....", "No ....", "Oh ...Why , Uncle Peter !... Uncle Peter !... whatever put this notion into your head ?", "I 've always known James .... We went to school together .... James has shown no interest he ought not to have shown , Uncle Peter ,\u2014 if that 's what you mean . He has always been very respectful in a perfectly friendly way .", "Would n't you like a cup , Doctor ?", "Were you speaking of \u2014 of ghosts , Doctor ?", "\u201c Are the Dead Alive ? \u201d", "Settle your worldly affairs ? What do you mean ,", "Uncle Peter ?", "Please do n't interrupt , Uncle . I love to hear him tell of \u2014", "Doctor !", "Uncle , please .", "That 's wonderful , Doctor !", "You really do believe , Doctor , that the dead can come back , do n't you ?", "Do you believe that you could come back here into this room and", "I could see you ?", "Could you talk to me ?", "And could I hear you ?", "\u201c The bird so free in the heavens \u201d \u2014", "\u201c Is but the slave of the nest ;", "For all must toil as God wills it ,\u2014", "Must laugh and toil and rest . \u201d", "\u201c The rose must blow in the garden \u201d \u2014", "\u201c The bee must gather its store ;", "The cat must watch the mouse-hole ;", "The dog must guard the door . \u201d", "\u201c The cat must watch the mouse-hole ;", "The dog must guard the door .", "La la , La la , \u201d & c .", "At the close of the song , PETER puts down his pipe and beckons to", "CATHERINE .", "There 's nothing I would n't do to make you happy , Uncle , but \u2014", "Uncle ...", "I could n't in ten days ....", "If you have set your heart on it , I will ,", "Uncle Peter ... I will ... I promise .", "Uncle Peter ... Uncle ! What is it ? What 's the matter ?Doctor ! There he is \u2014 just going out .Come back . Come back , Doctor .I felt it . I felt something strange a minute ago . I felt it .", "Uncle", "Peter ! Answer me ! ... It 's Katie !", "The DOCTOR enters hurriedly .", "Yes . ... I meant to speak to you \u2014 again .", "Yes ....", "Yes .... Just as he wished . Everything is just as he ....Frederik , I do n't want to go away . I do n't want to go to Europe . If only I could stay quietly here in \u2014\u2014 in my dear home .", "I do n't want to leave this house .... I do n't want any home but this .Do n't take me away Frederik . I know you 've never really liked it at Grimm 's Manor . Are you sure you 'll want to come back to live here ?", "I \u2014 I 've always wanted to please ...Uncle Peter .... I felt that I owed everything to him .... If he had lived ... if I could see his happiness at our marriage \u2014 it would make me happy ;but he 's gone ... and ... I 'm afraid we 're making a mistake . I do n't feel towards you as I ought , Frederik . I 've told you again and again ; but I want to tell you once more : I 'm willing to marry you ... but I do n't love you \u2014 I never shall .", "I know ... I know .... It seems so disloyal to speak like this after I promised him ; but \u2014", "Yes .", "Yes .", "That 's it . That 's what makes me try to live up to it .But you know how I feel .... You understand ....", "He 's to stay here , of course .", "Why do you dislike him ?", "Yes , you do . I can n't understand it . I remember how angry you were when you came back from college and found him living here . You never mention his mother 's name , yet you played together as children . When Uncle tried to find Annamarie and bring her back , you were the only one opposed to it .", "What question ?", "Nothing .... I was only thinking .... I was hoping that those we love ... and lose ... can n't see us here . I 'm beginning to believe there 's not much happiness in this world .", "Uncle Peter ! Uncle Peter ! Why did you do it ? Why did you ask it ? Oh , dear ! Oh , dear ! If you could see me now .There , there ... I must n't cry ... others have troubles , too , have n't they ?", "I had hoped , Marta , that Annamarie would have heard of Uncle 's loss and come back to us at this time ....", "She knows that our door is open .... The rain beats against the windows . A sharp double knock is heard at the door . CATHERINE starts as though suddenly brought to herself , hastily goes into the next room , taking the DOCTOR 'S book with her . MARTA has hurried towards the front door , when the REV . MR. BATHOLOMMEY and COLONEL LAWTON appear in the hall as though they had entered quickly , to escape the storm . MARTA , greeting them , passes of to tell FREDERIK of their presence . The REV . MR. BATHOLOMMEY wears a long , black cloth , rain-proof coat . COLONEL LAWTON wears a rubber poncho . COLONEL LAWTON is a tall man with a thin brown beard and moustache , about forty-eight . He is dressed in a Prince Albert coat , unpressed trousers , and a neglig\u00e9e shirt . He wears spectacles and has a way of throwing back his head and peering at people before answering them . The REV . MR. BATHOLOMMEY sets his umbrella in the hall and the COLONEL hangs his broad-brimmed hat on the handle \u2014 as though to let it drip .", "Did someone call me ? Without pausing , she sets the lamp on the table down right \u2014 opposite the group of characters . She turns up the wick and PETER GRIMM is seen standing in the room \u2014 half in shadow . He is as he was in life . The clothes he wears appear to be those he wore about his house in the first act . He carries his hat in his hand . He has the same kind smile , the same deferential manner , but his face is more spiritual and years younger . The lamp , which CATHERINE has placed on the table , brightens the room .", "I 'm so accustomed to hear Uncle Peter 's voice in this room , that sometimes I forget he 's not here ... I can n't get over it ! I was almost sure I heard him speak ... but , of course , as soon as I came in \u2014 I remembered .... But some one must have called me .", "Is n't it curious ... to hear your name and turn and ...no one there ?", "Perhaps it was the book I was reading that made me think I heard .... The Doctor lent it to me .", "If he does know , if he can see , he 'll be comforted by the thought that I 'm going to do everything he wanted .", "Crying does n't help matters .", "Oh ,", "I 'm so alone .", "That I should sit here singing \u2014 at a time like this !", "How is he , Doctor ?", "Yes , I \u2014 I am happier \u2014 for some reason .... For the last few minutes I \u2014 I 've had such a strange feeling .", "What do you mean , Doctor ?", "Everything 's arranged : I shall be married as Uncle Peter wished . I sha'n ' t change my mind .", "Good-night .", "James ...", "I 'm very glad to see you again , James .Why did you go away ?", "And without saying a word .", "Oh ...", "Where are you going ? What do you intend to do ?", "It will seem very strange when I come back home .... Uncle gone ... and you , James .", "James , Uncle died smiling at me \u2014 thinking of me ... and just before he went , he gave me his mother 's wedding ring and asked me to marry Frederik . I shall never forget how happy he was when I promised . That was all he wanted . His last smile was for me ... and there he sat \u2014 still smiling after he was gone ... the smile of a man leaving the world perfectly satisfied \u2014 at peace . It 's like a hand on my heart \u2014 hurting it \u2014 when I question anything he wanted . I could n't meet him in the hereafter if I did n't do everything he wished ; I could n't say my prayers at night ; I could n't speak his name in them .... He trusted me ; depended upon me ; did everything for me ; so I must do this for him .... I wanted you to know this , James , because ...", "I have .", "You mus n't say that , James .", "James !", "No !... Do n't touch me , James \u2014 you must n't ! Do n't !... Do n't ! PETER pushes her into JAMES \u2019 arms , without touching her . She exclaims \u201c Oh , James ! \u201d and fairly runs towards JAMES as though violently propelled . In reality , she thinks that she is yielding to an impulse . As she reaches him , she exclaims \u201c No , \u201d and turns back , but JAMES , with outstretched arms , catches her .", "Do n't make me say that , James .", "No matter if I do , that wo n't alter matters .", "No , no , do n't say any more .... I wo n't hear it .Good-bye , Jim .", "Please do n't .... Please do n't ....", "No .", "No ! No ! No !Please !... Not now ....", "Do n't \u2014 please .", "I sha'n ' t forget .", "Why , William ! What are you doing here ?", "No , dear \u2014 come upstairs ; there 's a good boy . You must n't play down there . Come to bed .", "A sensitive ?", "William , ... are you sure he ...", "Do you think he could have seen Uncle Peter ?", "It 's his mother \u2014 Annamarie .", "We have n't .", "I never saw it before . It 's very strange .... We 've all been waiting for news of her . Even her mother does n't know where she is , or \u2014 could Marta have received this since I \u2014", "If not , who had the picture ?... And why were n't we all told ?... Who tore it up ? Did you , William ?Who has been at the desk ? No one save Frederik ... Frederik ... and surely he \u2014", "I wonder if there was any message with it .", "Annamarie wrote to my uncle ...", "Who was he ?", "So you do remember the time when you lived with Annamarie ; ... you always told me that you did n't ...I must know more of this \u2014Think , William , who came to the house ?", "Why does he always look towards that door ? You 're not afraid now , William ?", "What , William ? What of to-morrow ?", "Why are you afraid of him ? Was Frederik the man that came to see Annamarie ?", "Was he ? Was it Frederik Grimm ? Tell me , William .", "I 've thought of a great many things to-day ... little things ... little things I 'd never noticed before .... I 'm putting them together just as he put that picture together .... I must know the truth .", "Frederik , you 've heard from Annamarie ....You 've had a letter from her . You tried to destroy it . Why did you tell Marta that you 'd had no message \u2014 no news ? You went to see her , too . Why did you tell me that you 'd never seen her since she went away ? Why did you lie to me ? Why do you hate that child ?", "I 'm going to find out . I 'm going to find out where she is , before I marry you . That child may be right or wrong ; but I 'm going to know what his mother was to you . I want the truth .", "Yes , it is true . I believe Uncle Peter Grimm was in this room to-night .", "I do n't care what anyone else may think \u2014 people have the right to think for themselves ; but I believe he has been here \u2014 he is here . Uncle Peter , if you can hear me now , give me back my promise \u2014 or \u2014 or I 'll take it back !", "I wonder , James , if he can see us now .", "Yes ... yes ....now reveals the old windmill . From outside the door the voices of JAMES and CATHERINE are heard as they both say :] Good-night .", "Good-night !Oh , I 'm so happy ! I 'm so happy !", "Dear Uncle Peter ....", "MARTA enters \u2014 pausing to hear if all is quiet in WILLIAM 'S room .", "CATHERINE , lifting her face , sees MARTA and rapturously hugs her , to", "MARTA 'S amazement \u2014 then goes up the stairs ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 175, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Whether first nature , or long want of peace ,", "Has wrought my mind to this , I cannot tell ;", "But horrors now are not displeasing to me :", "Enter Isabella .", "Who 's there ? My love !", "The dead alone in such a night can rest ,", "And I indulge my meditation here .", "Woman , away . I choose to be alone .", "In tears ? thou fool ! then hear me , and be plung 'd", "In hell 's abyss , if ever it escape thee .", "To strike thee with astonishment at once \u2014", "I hate Alonzo . First recover that ,", "And then thou shalt hear further .", "Hear then . \u2018 Tis twice three years since that great man", "Made me the captive of his arm in fight .", "He slew my father , and threw chains o'er me ,", "While I with pious rage pursu 'd revenge .", "I then was young ; he plac 'd me near his person ,", "And thought me not dishonour 'd by his service .", "One day", "For something , or for nothing , in his pride", "He struck me .", "He smote me on the cheek \u2014 I did not stab him ,", "For that were poor revenge \u2014 E'er since , his folly", "Has strove to bury it beneath a heap", "Of kindnesses , and thinks it is forgot .", "Insolent thought ! and like a second blow !", "Affronts are innocent , where men are worthless ;", "And such alone can wisely drop revenge .", "Yes , woman , with the temper that befits it .", "Has the dark adder venom ? So have I", "When trod upon . Proud Spaniard , thou shalt feel me !", "For from that day , that day of my dishonour ,", "From that day have I curs 'd the rising sun ,", "Which never fail 'd to tell me of my shame .", "From that day have I bless 'd the coming night ,", "Which promis 'd to conceal it ; but in vain ;", "The blow return 'd for ever in my dream .", "Yet on I toil 'd , and groan 'd for an occasion", "Of ample vengeance ; none has yet arriv 'd .", "Howe'er , at present , I conceive warm hopes", "Of what may wound him sore in his ambition ,", "Life of his life , and dearer than his soul .", "By nightly march he purpos 'd to surprise", "The Moorish camp ; but I have taken care", "They shall be ready to receive his favour .", "Failing in this , a cast of utmost moment ,", "Would darken all the conquests he has won .", "To whom ?", "Be propitious ,", "Oh ! Mahomet , on this important hour ,", "And give at length my famish 'd soul revenge !", "What is revenge , but courage to call in", "Our honour 's debts , and wisdom to convert", "Others \u2019 self-love into our own protection ?", "But see , the morning dawn breaks in upon us ;", "I 'll seek don Carlos , and inquire my fate .", "Manuel , my lord , returning from the port ,", "On business both of moment and of haste ,", "Humbly begs leave to speak in private with you .", "My lord Alonzo , I obey 'd your orders .", "She will , my lord , and soon .", "Thanks to Zanga ,", "We hear , my lord , that in that action too ,", "Your interposing arm preserv 'd his life .", "Hadst thou a thousand lives , thy death would please me .", "Unhappy fate ! my country overcome !", "My six years \u2019 hope of vengeance quite expir 'd !\u2014", "Would nature were \u2014 I will not fall alone :", "But others \u2019 groans shall tell the world my death .", "If this be true , I cannot blame your pain", "For wretched Carlos ; \u2018 tis but humane in you .", "But when arriv 'd your dismal news ?", "What , not a vessel sav 'd ?", "Is Alvarez", "Determin 'd to deny his daughter to him .", "That treasure was on shore ; must that too join", "The common wreck ?", "How does don Carlos bear it ?", "But is he then in absolute despair ?", "Ha ! was not that receiv 'd with ecstasy", "By don Alonzo ?", "Not if his friend consented : and since now", "He can n't himself espouse her \u2014", "Ha , it dawns !\u2014", "It rises to me , like a new-found world", "To mariners long time distress 'd at sea ,", "Sore from a storm , and all their viands spent ;", "Or like the sun just rising out of chaos ,", "Some dregs of ancient night not quite purg 'd off .", "But shall I finish it ?\u2014 Hoa , Isabella !", "Enter Isabella .", "I thought of dying ; better things come forward ;", "Vengeance is still alive ! from her dark covert ,", "With all her snakes erect upon her crest ,", "She stalks in view , and fires me with her charms .", "When , Isabella , arriv 'd don Carlos here ?", "That was the very night", "Before the battle \u2014 Mem'ry , set down that ;", "It has the essence of a crocodile ,", "Though yet but in the shell \u2014 I 'll give it birth \u2014", "What time did he return ?", "So \u2014", "Say , did he see that night his Leonora ?", "No matter \u2014 tell me , woman ,", "Is not Alonzo rather brave than cautious ,", "Honest than subtle , above fraud himself ,", "Slow , therefore , to suspect it in another ?", "Why , that was well \u2014 go , fetch my tablets hither . Re-enter Isabella , with the tablets ; Zanga writes , then reads as to himself . Thus it stands \u2014 The father 's fix 'd \u2014 Don Carlos cannot wed \u2014 Alonzo may \u2014 but that will hurt his friend \u2014 Nor can he ask his leave \u2014 or , if he did , He might not gain it \u2014 It is hard to give Our own consent to ills , though we must bear them . Were it not then a master-piece worth all The wisdom I can boast , first to persuade Alonzo to request it of his friend , His friend to grant \u2014 then from that very grant , The strongest proof of friendship man can give, to work out a cause Of jealousy , to rack Alonzo 's peace ? I have turn 'd o'er the catalogue of human woes , Which sting the heart of man , and find none equal . It is the hydra of calamities , The sev'nfold death ; the jealous are the damn 'd . Oh , jealousy , each other passion 's calm To thee , thou conflagration of the soul ! Thou king of torments , thou grand counterpoise For all the transports beauty can inspire !", "Most opportunely .\u2014", "Withdraw .", "Enter Don Alonzo .", "My lord , I give you joy .", "Is not the lovely Leonora yours ?", "He 's your friend ;", "And since he can n't espouse the fair himself ,", "Will take some comfort from Alonzo 's fortune .", "You will not wed her then ?", "I understand you : but you 'll wed hereafter ,", "When your friend 's gone , and his first pain assuag 'd .", "My lord , I love", "Your very errors ; they are born from virtue .", "Your friendship", "does lead you blindfold to your ruin .", "Consider , wherefore did Alvarez break", "Don Carlos \u2019 match , and wherefore urge Alonzo 's ?", "\u2018 Twas the same cause , the love of wealth . To-morrow", "May see Alonzo in don Carlos \u2019 fortune ;", "A higher bidder is a better friend ,", "And there are princes sigh for Leonora .", "When your friend 's gone , you 'll wed ; why , then the cause", "Which gives you Leonora now , will cease .", "Carlos has lost her ; should you lose her too ,", "Why , then you heap new torments on your friend ,", "By that respect which labour 'd to relieve him \u2014", "\u2018 Tis well , he is disturb 'd ; it makes him pause .", "I know , it would .", "Methinks , you are severe upon your friend . Who was it gave him liberty and life ?", "My lord , you know the sad alternative .", "Is Leonora worth one pang or not ?", "It hurts not me , my lord , but as I love you :", "Warmly as you I wish don Carlos well ;", "But I am likewise don Alonzo 's friend :", "There all the diff'rence lies between us two .", "In me , my lord , you hear another self ;", "And , give me leave to add , a better too ,", "Clear 'd from those errors , which , though caus 'd by virtue ,", "Are such as may hereafter give you pain \u2014", "Don Lopez of Castile would not demur thus .", "Half of my work is done . I must secure Don Carlos , ere Alonzo speak with him .Proud , hated Spain , oft drench 'd in Moorish blood ! Dost thou not feel a deadly foe within thee ? Shake not the tow'rs where'er I pass along , Conscious of ruin , and their great destroyer ? Shake to the centre , if Alonzo 's dear . Look down , oh , holy prophet ! see me torture This Christian dog , this infidel , who dares To smite thy votaries , and spurn thy law ; And yet hopes pleasure from two radiant eyes , Which look as they were lighted up for thee ! Shall he enjoy thy paradise below ? Blast the bold thought , and curse him with her charms ! But see , the melancholy lover comes .", "My noble lord ,", "I mourn your fate : but are no hopes surviving ?", "You wanted not to have your heart made tender ,", "By your own pains , to feel a friend 's distress .", "I dare be sworn you do . Yet he has other thoughts .", "Indeed he has ; and fears to ask a favour", "A stranger from a stranger might request ;", "What costs you nothing , yet is all to him :", "Nay , what indeed will to your glory add ,", "For nothing more than wishing your friend well .", "He loves to death ; but so reveres his friend ,", "He can n't persuade his heart to wed the maid", "Without your leave , and that he fears to ask .", "In perfect tenderness I urg 'd him to it .", "Knowing the deadly sickness of his heart ,", "Your overflowing goodness to your friend ,", "Your wisdom , and despair yourself to wed her ,", "I wrung a promise from him he would try :", "And now I come , a mutual friend to both ,", "Without his privacy , to let you know it ,", "And to prepare you kindly to receive him .", "Alas , my lord , you know his heart is steel :", "\u201c \u2018 Tis fixed , \u2018 tis past , \u2018 tis absolute despair . \u201d", "A storm of plagues upon him ! he refuses .", "To-day , or never .", "To-morrow may some wealthier lover bring ,", "And then Alonzo is thrown out like you :", "Then whom shall he condemn for his misfortune ?", "Carlos is an Alvarez to his love .", "To peace .", "His happiness is yours \u2014\u2014", "I dare not disbelieve you .", "You have convinc 'd me \u2018 tis a dreadful task .", "I find Alonzo 's quitting her this morning", "For Carlos \u2019 sake , in tenderness to you ,", "Betray 'd me to believe it less severe", "Than I perceive it is .", "No , my good lord ; but since you can n't comply ,", "\u2018 Tis my misfortune that I mention 'd it ;", "For had I not , Alonzo would indeed", "Have died , as now , but not by your decree .", "My lord , I 'm bound in duty to obey you \u2014\u2014", "If I not bring him , may Alonzo prosper !", "Is this don Carlos ? this the boasted friend ? How can you turn your back upon his sadness ? Look on him , and then leave him if you can .", "My lord , my lord , this is your time to speak .", "Then lose her .", "Thus far success has crown 'd my boldest hope .", "My next care is to hasten these new nuptials ,", "And then my master-works begin to play .", "O joy , thou welcome stranger ! twice three years", "I have not felt thy vital beam ; but now", "It warms my veins , and plays around my heart :", "A fiery instinct lifts me from the ground ,", "And I could mount !\u2014 the spirits numberless", "Of my dear countrymen , which yesterday", "Left their poor bleeding bodies on the field ,", "Are all assembled here , and o'erhYpppHeNinform me .\u2014", "O , bridegroom ! great indeed thy present bliss ;", "Yet even by me unenvy 'd ! for be sure", "It is thy last , thy last smile , that which now", "Sits on thy cheek ; enjoy it while thou may'st ;", "Anguish , and groans , and death , bespeak to-morrow .", "Enter Isabella .", "My Isabella !", "My fair ally ! my lovely minister !", "\u2018 Twas well , Alvarez , by my arts impell 'd", ",", "Finish 'd the nuptials soon as he resolv 'd them ;", "This conduct ripen 'd all for me and ruin .", "Scarce had the priest the holy rites perform 'd ,", "When I , by sacred inspiration , forg 'd", "That letter which I trusted to thy hand ;", "That letter , which in glowing terms conveys ,", "From happy Carlos to fair Leonora ,", "The most profound acknowledgement of heart ,", "For wondrous transports which he never knew .", "This is a good subservient artifice ,", "To aid the nobler workings of my brain .", "With a lucky hand ;", "For soon Alonzo found it ; I observ 'd him", "From out my secret stand . He took it up ;", "But scarce was it unfolded to his sight ,", "When he , as if an arrow pierc 'd his eye ,", "Started , and trembling dropp 'd it on the ground .", "Pale and aghast awhile my victim stood ,", "Disguis 'd a sigh or two , and puff 'd them from him ;", "Then rubb 'd his brow and took it up again .", "At first he look 'd as if he meant to read it ;", "But check 'd by rising fears he crush 'd it thus ,", "And thrust it , like an adder , in his bosom .", "At first I thought so ;", "But farther thought informs me otherwise ,", "And turns this disappointment to account .", "This , Isabella , is don Carlos \u2019 picture ;", "Take it , and so dispose of it , that found ,", "It may raise up a witness of her love ;", "Under her pillow , in her cabinet ,", "Or elsewhere , as shall best promote our end .", "Is that Alonzo prostrate on the ground ?\u2014", "Now he starts up like flame from sleeping embers ,", "And wild distraction glares from either eye .", "If thus a slight surmise can work his soul ,", "How will the fulness of the tempest tear him ?", "He doubts .", "Hold there , and we succeed . He has descry 'd me .", "And", "will unfold", "His aching heart , and rest it on my counsel .", "I 'll seem to go , to make my stay more sure .", "My lord .", "My lord 's obey 'd .", "If I do love , my lord ?", "Speak , sir , O , speak ,", "And take me from the rack .", "Save me , my lord !", "Then heaven has lost its image here on earth .", "Did you not read it then ?", "Thus perish all that gives Alonzo pain !", "Think of it no more . \u2018 Twas your mistake , and groundless are your fears .", "Is this Alonzo 's language to his Zanga ?", "Draw forth your sword , and find the secret here .", "For whose sake is it , think you , I conceal it ?", "Wherefore this rage ? Because I seek your peace ?", "I have no interest in suppressing it ,", "But what good-natur 'd tenderness for you", "Obliges me to have . Not mine the heart", "That will be rent in two . Not mine the fame", "That will be damn 'd , though all the world should know it .", "What has the rashness of my passion utter 'd ?", "I know not what ; but rage is our destruction ,", "And all its words are wind \u2014 Yet sure , I think ,", "I nothing own 'd \u2014 but grant I did confess ,", "What is a letter ? letters may be forg 'd .", "For heav'n ' s sweet sake , my lord , lift up your heart .", "Some foe to your repose \u2014", "Indeed !", "\u2014 Our innocence is not our shield .", "They take offence , who have not been offended ;", "They seek our ruin too , who speak us fair ,", "And death is often ambush 'd in their smiles .", "\u2018 Tis certain", "A letter may be forg 'd , and in a point", "Of such a dreadful consequence as this ,", "One would rely on nought that might be false \u2014", "Think , have you any other cause to doubt her ?", "Away , you can find none . Resume your spirit ;", "All 's well again .", "It is ;", "For who could credit that , which , credited ,", "Makes hell superfluous by superior pains ,", "Without such proofs as cannot be withstood ?", "Has she not ever been to virtue train 'd ?", "Is not her fame as spotless as the sun ,", "Her sex 's envy , and the boast of Spain ?", "No more , my lord , for you condemn yourself .", "What is absurdity , but to believe", "Against appearance !\u2014 You can n't yet , I find ,", "Subdue your passion to your better sense ;\u2014", "And , truth to tell , it does not much displease me .", "\u2018 Tis fit our indiscretions should be check 'd", "With some degree of pain .", "Come , you must bear to hear your faults from me .", "Had you not sent don Carlos to the court", "The night before the battle , that foul slave ,", "Who forg 'd the senseless scroll which gives you pain ,", "Had wanted footing for his villany .", "Not send him !\u2014 Ha !\u2014 That strikes me .", "I thought he came on message to the king .", "Is there another cause could justify", "His shunning danger , and the promis 'd fight ?", "But I perhaps may think too rigidly ;", "So long an absence , and impatient love \u2014", "You wrong him ;", "He knew not of your love .", "That stings home .", "Were then their loves far gone ?", "Indeed , my lord ; then you must pardon me ,", "If I presume to mitigate the crime .", "Consider , strong allurements soften guilt ;", "Long was his absence , ardent was his love ,", "At midnight his return , the next day destin 'd", "For his espousals \u2014 \u2018 twas a strong temptation .", "\u2018 Twas but gaining of one night .", "That crime could ne'er return again .", "My lord , I hope the best .", "What says my lord ? Did Leonora then", "Never before disclose her passion for you ?", "Throughout the whole three years ?", "Hold , sir , I 'll break your fall \u2014 wave ev'ry fear ,", "And be a man again \u2014 Had he enjoy 'd her ,", "Be most assur 'd , he had resign 'd her to you", "With less reluctance .", "But was it not with utmost agony ?", "Was't his request ? Are you right sure of that ? I fear the letter was not all a tale .", "I should distrust my sight on this occasion .", "You now are too much ruffled to think clearly .", "Since bliss and horror , life and death , hang on it ,", "Go to your chamber , there maturely weigh", "Each circumstance ; consider , above all ,", "That it is jealousy 's peculiar nature", "To swell small things to great ; nay , out of nought", "To conjure much , and then to lose its reason", "Amid the hideous phantoms it has form 'd .", "Thus far it works auspiciously . My patient", "Thrives , underneath my hand , in misery .", "He 's gone to think ; that is , to be distracted .", "There ,", "There , Isabella , I out-did myself .", "For , tearing it , I not secure it only", "In its first force , but superadd a new .", "For who can now the character examine", "To cause a doubt , much less detect the fraud ?", "And after tearing it , as loth to show", "The foul contents , if I should swear it now", "A forgery , my lord would disbelieve me ,", "Nay , more , would disbelieve the more I swore .", "But is the picture happily dispos 'd of ?", "That 's well \u2014 Ah ! what is well ? O pang to think !", "O dire necessity ! is this my province ?", "Whither , my soul ! ah ! whither art thou sunk ?", "Does this become a soldier ? this become", "Whom armies follow 'd , and a people lov 'd ?", "My martial glory withers at the thought .", "But great my end ; and since there are no other ,", "These means are just , they shine with borrow 'd light ,", "Illustrious from the purpose they pursue .", "And greater sure my merit , who , to gain", "A point sublime , can such a task sustain ;", "To wade through ways obscene , my honour bend ,", "And shock my nature , to attain my end .", "Late time shall wonder ; that my joys will raise :", "For wonder is involuntary praise .", "O , forbear ! You totter on the very brink of ruin .", "That will discover all ,", "And kill my hopes . What can I think or do ?", "Force the secret from her !", "What 's perjury to such a crime as this ?", "Will she confess it then ? O , groundless hope !", "But rest assur 'd , she 'll make this accusation ,", "Or false or true , your ruin with the king ;", "Such is her father 's pow'r .", "But for what better will you change this load ? Grant you should know it , would not that be worse ?", "Ah ! were I sure of that , my lord \u2014", "You should not hazard life to gain the secret .", "That is , to death . My lord , I am not yet", "Quite so far gone in guilt to suffer it ;", "Though gone too far , heav'n knows \u2014 \u2018 Tis I am guilty ;", "I have took pains , as you , I know , observ 'd ,", "To hinder you from diving in the secret ,", "And turn 'd aside your thoughts from the detection .", "I confound myself ;", "And frankly own , though to my shame I own it ,", "Nought but your life in danger could have torn", "The secret out , and made me own my crime .", "Not yet , dread sir :", "First , I must be assur 'd , that if you find", "The fair one guilty , scorn , as you assur 'd me ,", "Shall conquer love and rage , and heal your soul .", "Alas ! I fear it much ,", "And scarce can hope so far ; but I of this", "Exact your solemn oath , that you 'll abstain", "From all self-violence , and save my lord .", "You 'll bear it like a man ?", "Such have you been to me , these tears confess it ;", "And pour 'd forth miracles of kindness on me :", "And what amends is now within my pow'r ,", "But to confess , expose myself to justice ,", "And as a blessing claim my punishment ?", "Know then , don Carlos \u2014", "You cannot bear it .", "Don Carlos did return at dead of night \u2014", "That night , by chance", "did I", "Command the watch that guards the palace gate .", "He told me he had letters for the king ,", "Despatch 'd from you .", "My lord ,", "I pray , forbear \u2014 Transported at his sight ,", "After so long a bondage , and your friend ,", "No farther I inquir 'd , but let him pass ,", "False to my trust , at least imprudent in it .", "Our watch reliev 'd , I went into the garden ,", "As is my custom , when the night 's serene ,", "And took a moon-light walk : when soon I heard", "A rustling in an arbour that was near me .", "I saw two lovers in each other 's arms ,", "Embracing and embrac 'd . Anon the man", "Arose ; and , falling back some paces from her ,", "Gaz 'd ardently awhile , then rush 'd at once ,", "And , throwing all himself into her bosom ,", "There softly sigh 'd , \u201c Oh , night of ecstasy !", "When shall we meet again ? \u201d \u2014 Don Carlos then", "Led Leonora forth .", "Groan on , and with the sound refresh my soul !", "\u2018 Tis through his heart ; his knees smite one another :", "\u2018 Tis through his brain ; his eye-balls roll in anguish .", "You said you 'd bear it like a man .", "Pray , be calm .", "Is this the wise Alonzo ?", "Alas ! he weeps .", "My lord !", "And I would pledge thee .", "My lord !", "Hear me , my lord ; your anger will abate .", "I knew it not :\u2014 I saw them in the garden ;", "But saw no more than you might well expect", "To see in lovers destin 'd for each other .", "By heav'n , I thought their meeting innocent .", "Who could suspect fair Leonora 's virtue ,", "\u2018 Till after-proofs conspir 'd to blacken it ?", "Sad proofs , which came too late , which broke not out ,", "\u2018 Till holy rites had made the wanton yours ;", "And then , I own , I labour 'd to conceal it ,", "In duty and compassion to your peace .", "I fear , his heart has fail 'd him . She must die .", "Can I not rouse the snake that 's in his bosom ,", "To sting out human nature , and effect it ?", "I think , my lord , you talk 'd of death .", "I give you joy , then Leonora 's dead .", "Alas , my lord ,", "\u2018 Tis not your reason , but her beauty , finds", "Those arguments , and throws you on your sword .", "You cannot close an eye that is so bright ,", "You cannot strike a breast that is so soft ,", "That has ten thousand ecstasies in store \u2014", "For Carlos ?\u2014 No , my lord , I mean for you .", "I know not what to answer to my lord .", "Men are but men ; we did not make ourselves .", "Farewell then , my best lord , since you must die .", "Oh , that I were to share your monument ,", "And in eternal darkness close these eyes", "Against those scenes which I am doom 'd to suffer !", "And is it then unknown ?", "Oh , grief of heart , to think that you should ask it !", "Sure you distrust that ardent love I bear you ,", "Else could you doubt when you are laid in dust \u2014", "But it will cut my poor heart through and through ,", "To see those revel on your sacred tomb ,", "Who brought you thither by their lawless loves .", "For there they 'll revel , and exult to find", "Him sleep so fast , who else might mar their joys .", "I 'll work him to the murder of his friend .", "I dare not disobey .", "Ah , sir ! think , think again . Are all men buried", "In Carlos \u2019 grave ? you know not womankind :", "When once the throbbing of the heart has broke", "The modest zone , with which it first was ty 'd ,", "Each man she meets will be a Carlos to her .", "You cannot die ; nor can you murder her .", "What then remains ? In nature no third way ,", "But to forget , and so to love again .", "If you forgive , the world will call you good ;", "If you forget , the world will call you wise ;", "If you receive her to your grace again ,", "The world will call you \u2014 very , very kind .", "That 's truly great . What think you \u2018 twas set up", "The Greek and Roman name in such a lustre ,", "But doing right in stern despite to nature ;", "Shutting their ears to all her little cries ,", "When great , august , and godlike justice call 'd ?", "At Aulis , one pour 'd out a daughter 's life ,", "And gain 'd more glory than by all his wars ;", "Another , slew a sister in just rage ;", "A third , the theme of all succeeding times ,", "Gave to the cruel axe a darling son :", "Nay more , for justice some devote themselves ,", "As he at Carthage , an immortal name !", "Yet there is one step left above them all ,", "Above their history , above their fable :", "A wife , bride , mistress , unenjoy 'd \u2014 do that ,", "And tread upon the Greek and Roman glory .", "I obey 'd your order .", "Six ruffians overtook him on the road ;", "He fought as he was wont , and four he slew .", "Then sunk beneath an hundred wounds to death .", "His last breath blest Alonzo , and desir 'd", "His bones might rest near yours .", "I told her , from your childhood you was wont ,", "On any great surprise , but chiefly then", "When cause of sorrow bore it company ,", "To have your passion shake the seat of reason ;", "A momentary ill , which soon blew o'er :", "Then did I tell her of don Carlos \u2019 death", ",", "And laid the blame on that . At first she doubted ;", "But such the honest artifice I us 'd ,", "And such her ardent wish it should be true ,", "That she , at length , was fully satisfied .", "But what design you , sir , and how ?", "Why , get thee gone ! horror and night go with thee .", "Sisters of Acheron , go hand in hand ,", "Go dance around the bow'r , and close them ;", "And tell them , that I sent you to salute them", "Profane the ground ; and for th \u2019 ambrosial rose ,", "And breath of jess'mine , let hemlock blacken ,", "And deadly nightshade poison , all the air .", "For the sweet nightingale , may ravens croak ,", "Toads pant , and adders rustle through the leaves ;", "May serpents winding up the trees let fall", "Their hissing necks upon them from above ,", "And mingle kisses \u2014 such as I would give them .", "Death to my tow'ring hope ! Oh ! fall from high !", "My close , long-labour 'd scheme at once is blasted ,", "That dagger , found , will cause her to inquire ;", "Inquiry will discover all ; my hopes", "Of vengeance perish ; I myself am lost \u2014", "Curse on the coward 's heart ; wither his hand ,", "Which held the steel in vain !\u2014 what can be done ?", "Where can I fix ?\u2014 that 's something still \u2014 \u2018 twill breed", "Fell rage and bitterness betwixt their souls ,", "Which may , perchance , grow up to greater evil :", "If not , \u2018 tis all I can \u2014 It shall be so \u2014", "Yours , madam , yours .", "Carry you goodness then to such extremes ,", "So blinded to the faults of him you love ,", "That you perceive not he is jealous ?", "Some villain ; who , hell knows ; but he is jealous ;", "And \u2018 tis most fit a heart so pure as yours", "Do itself justice , and assert its honour ,", "And make him conscious of his stab to virtue .", "This succeeds", "Just to my wish . Now she , with violence ,", "Upbraids him ; he , not doubting she is guilty ,", "Rages no less ; and if on either side", "The waves run high , there still lives hope of ruin .", "Re-enter Alonzo .", "My lord \u2014", "My lord , her guilt \u2014", "How stands the great account \u2018 twixt me and vengeance ?", "Though much is paid , yet still it owes me much ,", "And I will not abate a single groan \u2014", "Ha ! that were well \u2014 but that were fatal too \u2014", "Why , be it so \u2014 Revenge so truly great ,", "Would come too cheap , if bought with less than life .", "Re-enter Isabella .", "Welters in blood , and gasps for her last breath . What then ? we all must die .", "Begone . Now , now , my soul , consummate all .", "Re-enter Alonzo .", "Do not tremble so ; but speak .", "You will drown me with your tears .", "As yet , you have no cause .", "Your anguish is to come :", "You much have been abus 'd .", "To know , were little comfort .", "Indeed !", "Born for your use , I live but to oblige you . Know , then , \u2018 twas \u2014 I .", "For ever .", "Thy wife is guiltless \u2014 that 's one transport to me ;", "And I , I let thee know it \u2014 that 's another .", "I urg 'd don Carlos to resign his mistress ,", "I forg 'd the letter , I dispos 'd the picture ;", "I hated , I despis 'd , and I destroy !", "Why , this is well \u2014 why , this is blow for blow !", "Where are you ? crown me , shadow me with laurels ,", "Ye spirits which delight in just revenge !", "Let Europe and her pallid sons go weep ;", "Let Afric and her hundred thrones rejoice :", "Oh , my dear countrymen , look down and see", "How I bestride your prostrate conqueror !", "I tread on haughty Spain , and all her kings .", "But this is mercy , this is my indulgence ;", "\u2018 Tis peace , \u2018 tis refuge from my indignation .", "I must awake him into horrors . Hoa !", "Alonzo , hoa ! the Moor is at the gate !", "Awake , invincible , omnipotent !", "Thou who dost all subdue !", "Fall'n Christian , thou mistak'st my character .", "Look on me . Who am I ? I know , thou say'st", "The Moor , a slave , an abject , beaten slave :", "But look again . Has six years \u2019 cruel bondage", "Extinguish 'd majesty so far , that nought", "Shines here to give an awe of one above thee ?", "When the great Moorish king , Abdallah , fell ,", "Fell by thy hand accurs 'd , I fought fast by him ,", "His son , though , through his fondness , in disguise ,", "Less to expose me to th \u2019 ambitious foe .\u2014", "Ha ! does it wake thee ?\u2014 O'er my father 's corse", "I stood astride till I had clove thy crest ;", "And then was made the captive of a squadron ,", "And sunk into thy servant \u2014 But , oh ! what ,", "What were my wages ? Hear not heaven , nor earth !", "My wages were a blow ! by heaven , a blow !", "And from a mortal hand !", "All strife is vain .", "Must I despise thee too , as well as hate thee ?", "Complain of grief , complain thou art a man .\u2014", "Priam from fortune 's lofty summit fell ;", "Great Alexander \u2018 midst his conquests mourn 'd ;", "Heroes and demi-gods have known their sorrows ;", "C\u00e6sars have wept ; and I have had \u2014 my blow :", "But , \u2018 tis reveng 'd , and now my work is done .", "Yet , ere I fall , be it one part of vengeance", "To force thee to confess that I am just .\u2014", "Thou seest a prince , whose father thou hast slain ,", "Whose native country thou hast laid in blood ,", "Whose sacred person", "thou hast profan 'd ,", "Whose reign extinguish 'd \u2014 what was left to me ,", "So highly born ? No kingdom , but revenge ;", "No treasure , but thy tortures and thy groans .", "If men should ask who brought thee to thy end ,", "Tell them , the Moor , and they will not despise thee .", "If cold white mortals censure this great deed ,", "Warn them , they judge not of superior beings ,", "Souls made of fire , and children of the sun ,", "With whom revenge is virtue . Fare thee well \u2014", "Now , fully satisfied , I should take leave :", "But one thing grieves me , since thy death is near ,", "I leave thee my example how to die .", "As he is going to stab himself , Alonzo rushes upon him to prevent him .", "In the mean time , enter Don Alvarez , attended . They disarm and seize", "Zanga , Alonzo puts the dagger in his bosom .", "As I have been a vulture to thy heart ,", "So will I be a raven to thine ear ,", "As true as ever snuff 'd the scent of blood ,", "As ever flapp 'd its heavy wing against", "The window of the sick , and croak 'd despair .", "Thy wife is dead .", "This too is well . The fix 'd and noble mind", "Turns all occurrence to its own advantage ;", "And I 'll make vengeance of calamity .", "Were I not thus reduc 'd , thou wouldst not know ,", "That , thus reduc 'd , I dare defy thee still .", "Torture thou may'st , but thou shall ne'er despise me .", "The blood will follow where the knife is driven ,", "The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear ,", "And sighs and cries by nature grow on pain .", "But these are foreign to the soul : not mine", "The groans that issue , or the tears that fall ;", "They disobey me ; on the rack I scorn thee ,", "As when my falchion clove thy helm in battle .", "While I live , old man , I 'll speak .", "And , well I know , thou dar'st not kill me yet ;", "For that would rob thy blood-hounds of their prey .", "Good ruffians , give me leave ; my blood is yours , The wheel 's prepar 'd , and you shall have it all . Let me but look one moment on the dead , And pay yourselves with gazing on my pangs ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 176, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Alain , who arrived just now ?", "Is Mademoiselle Marguerite 's carriage ready for me ?", "Very well . Tell the ladies I shall be back in an hour , at most .", "I shall make my toilette less perfect than usual , and take an elaborate revenge another time .", "Home , for a short time .", "I know \u2014 at the ball \u2014", "Why , what 's the matter ?", "Quite true . The fair Marguerite has become alive to my merits \u2014 she knows me at last .", "Of course .", "Sir !", "Ah !", "Oh , I 'm not afraid . However , I 'll go and dress , as it is her wish , and take the chance of the ball coming off .", "Most certainly .", "Decidedly \u2014", "She must fetch it herself .", "Speak , sir .", "Upon my soul this is a little too strong .", "My dear madame , I beg to remind you that this is my wedding day . Pray reserve your tears till after the ceremony .My friends , if you will adjourn to the reception room , the carriages will be ready immediately .", "Certainly Doctor ; the evening 's before us . Pray vary the entertainment according to your own taste .", "Doctor , that 's a remarkably nice young man you recommended for steward .", "So I have already been informed .", "Madame , you wound my vanity .", "Madame , you just now reflected on my person , now you do worse ; you attack my heart . Do you think I am the man to step between two devoted young creatures for my own selfish ends ? No ! The moment I found the dear girl was penniless , I destroyed the contract , and in the most generous manner , gave her back her word .", "A very nice young person that .", "Mademoiselle , I 've got myself up utterly regardless of expense , and if somebody ai n't married , I shall withdraw my consent .", "Be it so ? Be it what , Madame ?", "You may , for an indefinite period ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 177, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Baby Jesus , who dost lie", "Far above that stormy sky ,", "In Thy mother 's pure caress ,", "Stoop and save the motherless .", "Happy birds ! whom Jesus leaves", "Underneath His sheltering eaves ;", "There they go to play and sleep ,", "May not I go in to weep ?", "All without is mean and small ,", "All within is vast and tall ;", "All without is harsh and shrill ,", "All within is hushed and still .", "Jesus , let me enter in ,", "Wrap me safe from noise and sin .", "Let me list the angels \u2019 songs ,", "See the picture of Thy wrongs ;", "Let me kiss Thy wounded feet ,", "Drink Thine incense , faint and sweet ,", "While the clear bells call Thee down", "From Thine everlasting throne .", "At thy door-step low I bend ,", "Who have neither kin nor friend ;", "Let me here a shelter find ,", "Shield the shorn lamb from the wind .", "Jesu , Lord , my heart will break :", "Save me for Thy great love 's sake !", "Go ! you despise me like the rest .", "Hush now , I 've heard all , nurse ,", "A thousand times .", "I am most friendless .", "The Landgravine and Agnes \u2014 you may see them", "Begrudge the food I eat , and call me friend", "Of knaves and serving-maids ; the burly knights", "Freeze me with cold blue eyes : no saucy page", "But points and whispers , \u2018 There goes our pet nun ;", "Would but her saintship leave her gold behind ,", "We 'd give herself her furlough . \u2019 Save me ! save me !", "All here are ghastly dreams ; dead masks of stone ,", "And you and I , and Guta , only live :", "Your eyes alone have souls . I shall go mad !", "Oh that they would but leave me all alone", "To teach poor girls , and work within my chamber ,", "With mine own thoughts , and all the gentle angels", "Which glance about my dreams at morning-tide !", "Then I should be as happy as the birds", "Which sing at my bower window . Once I longed", "To be beloved ,\u2014 now would they but forget me !", "Most vile I must be , or they could not hate me !", "But , Lewis , nurse ?", "If I love him ?", "What is this love ? Why , is he not my brother", "And I his sister ? Till these weary wars ,", "The one of us without the other never", "Did weep or laugh : what is't should change us now ?", "You shake your head and smile .", "Alas ! here comes a knight across the court ;", "Oh , hide me , nurse ! What 's here ? this door is fast .", "How did my mother die , nurse ?", "But how ? Why turn away ?", "Too long I 've guessed at some dread mystery", "I may not hear : and in my restless dreams ,", "Night after night , sweeps by a frantic rout", "Of grinning fiends , fierce horses , bodiless hands ,", "Which clutch at one to whom my spirit yearns", "As to a mother . There 's some fearful tie", "Between me and that spirit-world , which God", "Brands with his terrors on my troubled mind .", "Speak ! tell me , nurse ! is she in heaven or hell ?", "But was she holy ?\u2014 Died she in the Lord ?", "Isen", "O God ! my child ! And if I told thee all ,", "How couldst thou mend it ?", "Mend it ? O my Saviour !", "I 'd die a saint !", "Win heaven for her by prayers , and build great minsters ,", "Chantries , and hospitals for her ; wipe out", "By mighty deeds our race 's guilt and shame \u2014", "But thus , poor witless orphan !", "Ah ! Count Walter ! you are too tall to kneel to little girls .", "To me ?", "Oh , peace , peace , peace ! I 'll go with him .", "Noble mother !", "How could I flaunt this bauble in His face", "Who hung there , naked , bleeding , all for me \u2014", "I felt it shamelessness to go so gay .", "And when will that be ?", "No , she speaks truth ! I should have been a nun .", "These are the wages of my cowardice ,\u2014", "Too weak to face the world , too weak to leave it !", "\u2018 Twere but a moment 's work ,\u2014", "To slip into the convent there below ,", "And be at peace for ever . And you , my nurse ?", "Ah ! my brother ! No , I dare not \u2014", "I dare not turn for ever from this hope ,", "Though it be dwindled to a thread of mist .", "Oh that we two could flee and leave this Babel !", "Oh if he were but some poor chapel-priest ,", "In lonely mountain valleys far away ;", "And I his serving-maid , to work his vestments ,", "And dress his scrap of food , and see him stand", "Before the altar like a rainbowed saint ;", "To take the blessed wafer from his hand ,", "Confess my heart to him , and all night long", "Pray for him while he slept , or through the lattice", "Watch while he read , and see the holy thoughts", "Swell in his big deep eyes !\u2014 Alas ! that dream", "Is wilder than the one that 's fading even now !", "Who 's here ?", "With me ? What 's this new terror ?", "Tell him I wait him .", "Isen", "Ah ! my old heart sinks \u2014", "God send us rescue ! Here the champion comes .", "Tell him \u2014 tell him \u2014 God !", "Have I grown mad , or a child , within the moment ?", "The earth has lost her gray sad hue , and blazes", "With her old life-light ; hark ! yon wind 's a song \u2014", "Those clouds are angels \u2019 robes .\u2014 That fiery west", "Is paved with smiling faces .\u2014 I am a woman ,", "And all things bid me love ! my dignity", "Is thus to cast my virgin pride away ;", "And find my strength in weakness .\u2014 Busy brain !", "Thou keep'st pace with my heart ; old lore , old fancies ,", "Buried for years , leap from their tombs , and proffer", "Their magic service to my new-born spirit .", "I 'll go \u2014 I am not mistress of myself \u2014", "Send for him \u2014 bring him to me \u2014 he is mine !", "I come ,Here , Guta , take those monks a fee \u2014 Tell them I thank them \u2014 bid them pray for me . I am half mazed with trembling joy within , And noisy wassail round . \u2018 Tis well , for else The spectre of my duties and my dangers Would whelm my heart with terror . Ah ! poor self ! Thou took'st this for the term and bourne of troubles \u2014 And now \u2018 tis here , thou findest it the gate Of new sin-cursed infinities of labour , Where thou must do , or die !Lead on . I 'll follow .", "No streak yet in the blank and eyeless east \u2014 More weary hours to ache , and smart , and shiver On these bare boards , within a step of bliss . Why peevish ? \u2018 Tis mine own will keeps me here \u2014 And yet I hate myself for that same will : Fightings within and out ! How easy \u2018 twere , now , Just to be like the rest , and let life run \u2014 To use up to the rind what joys God sends us , Not thus forestall His rod : What ! and so lose The strength which comes by suffering ? Well , if grief Be gain , mine 's double \u2014 fleeing thus the snare Of yon luxurious and unnerving down , And widowed from mine Eden . And why widowed ? Because they tell me , love is of the flesh , And that 's our house-bred foe , the adder in our bosoms , Which warmed to life , will sting us . They must know \u2014 I do confess mine ignorance , O Lord ! Mine earnest will these painful limbs may prove . . . . . . And yet I swore to love him .\u2014 So I do No more than I have sworn . Am I to blame If God makes wedlock that , which if it be not , It were a shame for modest lips to speak it , And silly doves are better mates than we ? And yet our love is Jesus \u2019 due ,\u2014 and all things Which share with Him divided empery Are snares and idols \u2014 \u2018 To love , to cherish , and to obey ! \u2019 . . . . . O deadly riddle ! Rent and twofold life ! O cruel troth ! To keep thee or to break thee Alike seems sin ! O thou beloved tempter ,Who first didst teach me love , why on thyself From God divert thy lesson ? Wilt provoke Him ? What if mine heavenly Spouse in jealous ire Should smite mine earthly spouse ? Have I two husbands ? The words are horror \u2014 yet they are orthodox !How many many brows of happy lovers The fragrant lips of night even now are kissing ! Some wandering hand in hand through arched lanes ; Some listening for loved voices at the lattice ; Some steeped in dainty dreams of untried bliss ; Some nestling soft and deep in well-known arms , Whose touch makes sleep rich life . The very birds Within their nests are wooing ! So much love ! All seek their mates , or finding , rest in peace ; The earth seems one vast bride-bed . Doth God tempt us ? Is't all a veil to blind our eyes from him ? A fire-fly at the candle . \u2018 Tis love leads him ; Love 's light , and light is love : O Eden ! Eden ! Eve was a virgin there , they say ; God knows . Must all this be as it had never been ? Is it all a fleeting type of higher love ? Why , if the lesson 's pure , is not the teacher Pure also ? Is it my shame to feel no shame ? Am I more clean , the more I scent uncleanness ? Shall base emotions picture Christ 's embrace ? Rest , rest , torn heart ! Yet where ? in earth or heaven ? Still , from out the bright abysses , gleams our Lady 's silver footstool , Still the light-world sleeps beyond her , though the night-clouds fleet below . Oh that I were walking , far above , upon that dappled pavement , Heaven 's floor , which is the ceiling of the dungeon where we lie . Ah , what blessed Saints might meet me , on that platform , sliding silent , Past us in its airy travels , angel-wafted , mystical ! They perhaps might tell me all things , opening up the secret fountains Which now struggle , dark and turbid , through their dreary prison clay . Love ! art thou an earth-born streamlet , that thou seek'st the lowest hollows ? Sure some vapours float up from thee , mingling with the highest blue . Spirit-love in spirit-bodies , melted into one existence \u2014 Joining praises through the ages \u2014 Is it all a minstrel 's dream ? Alas ! he wakes .", "Forgive ! \u2018 twas I \u2014 my maidens \u2014", "Not so , not so \u2014 They wept", "When I did bid them , as I bid thee now", "To think of nought but love .", "Beloved , thou hast heard how godly souls ,", "In every age , have tamed the rebel flesh", "By such sharp lessons . I must tread their paths ,", "If I would climb the mountains where they rest .", "Grief is the gate of bliss \u2014 why wedlock \u2014 knighthood \u2014", "A mother 's joy \u2014 a hard-earned field of glory \u2014", "By tribulation come \u2014 so doth God 's kingdom .", "What ! Am I not as gay a lady-love", "As ever clipt in arms a noble knight ?", "Am I not blithe as bird the live-long day ?", "It pleases me to bear what you call pain ,", "Therefore to me \u2018 tis pleasure : joy and grief", "Are the will 's creatures ; martyrs kiss the stake \u2014", "The moorland colt enjoys the thorny furze \u2014", "The dullest boor will seek a fight , and count", "His pleasure by his wounds ; you must forget , love ,", "Eve 's curse lays suffering , as their natural lot ,", "On womankind , till custom makes it light .", "I know the use of pain : bar not the leech", "Because his cure is bitter \u2014 \u2018 Tis such medicine", "Which breeds that paltry strength , that weak devotion ,", "For which you say you love me .\u2014 Ay , which brings", "Even when most sharp , a stern and awful joy", "As its attendant angel \u2014 I 'll say no more \u2014", "Not even to thee \u2014 command , and I 'll obey thee .", "You would have loved me still ?", "I think , mine own ,", "I am forgiven at last ?", "That 's a sweet song , and yet it does not chime", "With my heart 's inner voice . Where had you it , Guta ?", "Where then , Fool ?", "Far too well sung for such a saucy song . So go .", "Guta , there is sense in that knave 's ribaldry :", "We must not thus baptize our idleness ,", "And call it resignation : Which is love ?", "To do God 's will , or merely suffer it ?", "I do not love that contemplative life :", "No ! I must headlong into seas of toil ,", "Leap forth from self , and spend my soul on others .", "Oh ! contemplation palls upon the spirit ,", "Like the chill silence of an autumn sun :", "While action , like the roaring south-west wind ,", "Sweeps laden with elixirs , with rich draughts", "Quickening the wombed earth .", "Hast thou felt this ?", "Oh , happy Guta !", "Mine eyes are dim \u2014 and what if I mistook", "For God 's own self , the phantoms of my brain ?", "And who am I , that my own will 's intent", "Should put me face to face with the living God ?", "I , thus thrust down from the still lakes of thought", "Upon a boiling crater-field of labour .", "No ! He must come to me , not I to Him ;", "If I see God , beloved , I must see Him", "In mine own self :\u2014", "Why start , my sister ?", "God is revealed in the crucified :", "The crucified must be revealed in me :\u2014", "I must put on His righteousness ; show forth", "His sorrow 's glory ; hunger , weep with Him ;", "Writhe with His stripes , and let this aching flesh", "Sink through His fiery baptism into death ,", "That I may rise with Him , and in His likeness", "May ceaseless heal the sick , and soothe the sad ,", "And give away like Him this flesh and blood", "To feed His lambs \u2014 ay \u2014 we must die with Him", "To sense \u2014 and love \u2014", "I know it \u2014 so speak not of them .", "Oh ! that 's the flow , the chasm in all my longings ,", "Which I have spanned with cobweb arguments ,", "Yet yawns before me still , where'er I turn ,", "To bar me from perfection ; had I given", "My virgin all to Christ ! I was not worthy !", "I could not stand alone !", "He comes ! my sun ! and every thrilling vein", "Proclaims my weakness .", "Oh , let us hear him !", "We too need warning ; shame , if we let pass ,", "Unentertained , God 's angels on their way .", "Send for him , brother .", "Now go , my ladies , both \u2014", "Prepare fit lodgings ,\u2014 let your courtesies", "Retain in our poor courts the man of God .", "Now hear me , best beloved :\u2014 I have marked this man :", "And that which hath scared others , draws me towards him :", "He has the graces which I want ; his sternness", "I envy for its strength ; his fiery boldness", "I call the earnestness which dares not trifle", "With life 's huge stake ; his coldness but the calm", "Of one who long hath found , and keeps unwavering ,", "Clear purpose still ; he hath the gift which speaks", "The deepest things most simply ; in his eye", "I dare be happy \u2014 weak I dare not be .", "With such a guide ,\u2014 to save this little heart \u2014", "The burden of self-rule \u2014 Oh \u2014 half my work", "Were eased , and I could live for thee and thine ,", "And take no thought of self . Oh , be not jealous ,", "Mine own , mine idol ! For thy sake I ask it \u2014", "I would but be a mate and help more meet", "For all thy knightly virtues .", "I ? beloved ! This load more ? Strengthen , Lord , the feeble knees !", "Oh , kneel not \u2014", "But grant my prayer \u2014 If we shall find this man ,", "As well I know him , worthy , let him be", "Director of my conscience and my actions", "With all but thee \u2014 Within love 's inner shrine", "We shall be still alone \u2014 But joy ! here comes", "Our embassy , successful .", "Hail to your holiness .", "Bless us doubly , master ,", "With holy doctrine , and with holy prayers .", "You shall be where you will \u2014", "Do what you will ; unquestioned , unobserved ,", "Enjoy , refrain ; silence and solitude ,", "The better part which such like spirits choose ,", "We will provide ; only be you our master ,", "And we your servants , for a few short days :", "Oh , blessed days !", "Then your prayers", "Shall drive home your rebukes ; for both we need you \u2014", "Our snares are many , and our sins are more .", "So say not nay \u2014 I 'll speak with you apart .", "Lewis", "Well , Walter mine , how like you the good legate ?", "I would be taught \u2014", "I would know more \u2014", "I would be holy , master \u2014", "I would know how to rule \u2014", "I will .", "I saw him just before us : let us onward ;", "We must not seem to loiter .", "In all I can ,", "And be a wife .", "So do I \u2014", "This servitude shall free me \u2014 from myself .", "Therefore I 'll swear .", "I know not wholly :", "But this I know , that I shall swear to-night", "To yield my will unto a wiser will ;", "To see God 's truth through eyes which , like the eagle 's ,", "From higher Alps undazzled eye the sun .", "Compelled to discipline from which my sloth", "Would shrink , unbidden ,\u2014 to deep devious paths", "Which my dull sight would miss , I now can plunge ,", "And dare life 's eddies fearless .", "I do repent , even now . Therefore I 'll swear .", "And bind myself to that , which once being light ,", "Will not be less right , when I shrink from it .", "No ; if the end be gained \u2014 if I be raised", "To freer , nobler use , I 'll dare , I 'll welcome", "Him and his means , though they were racks and flames .", "Come , ladies , let us in , and to the chapel .", "How ? What wrong is mine , fair dame ?", "Oh ! chide not , nurse \u2014", "My heart is full \u2014 and yet I went not far \u2014", "Even here , close by , where my own bower looks down", "Upon that unknown sea of wavy roofs ,", "I turned into an alley \u2018 neath the wall \u2014", "And stepped from earth to hell .\u2014 The light of heaven ,", "The common air , was narrow , gross , and dun ;", "The tiles did drop from the eaves ; the unhinged doors", "Tottered o'er inky pools , where reeked and curdled", "The offal of a life ; the gaunt-haunched swine", "Growled at their christened playmates o'er the scraps .", "Shrill mothers cursed ; wan children wailed ; sharp coughs", "Rang through the crazy chambers ; hungry eyes", "Glared dumb reproach , and old perplexity ,", "Too stale for words ; o'er still and webless looms", "The listless craftsmen through their elf-locks scowled ;", "These were my people ! all I had , I gave \u2014", "They snatched it thankless", ";", "Or in the new delight of rare possession ,", "Forgot the giver ; one did sit apart ,", "And shivered on a stone ; beneath her rags", "Nestled two impish , fleshless , leering boys ,", "Grown old before their youth ; they cried for bread \u2014", "She chid them down , and hid her face and wept ;", "I had given all \u2014 I took my cloak , my shoes", ",", "And clothed her bare gaunt arms and purpled feet ,", "Then slunk ashamed away to wealth and honour .", "What ! Conrad ? unannounced ! This is too bold !", "Peace ! I have lent myself \u2014 and I must take", "The usury of that loan : your pleasure , master ?", "O God ! What have I done ?", "I have cast off the clue of this world 's maze ,", "And , like an idiot , let my boat adrift", "Above the waterfall !\u2014 I had no message \u2014", "How 's this ?", "No moment ! \u2018 Tis enough to have driven him forth \u2014", "And that 's enough to damn me : I 'll not chide you \u2014", "I can see nothing but my loss ; I 'll to him \u2014", "I 'll go in sackcloth , bathe his feet with tears \u2014", "And know nor sleep nor food till I am forgiven \u2014", "And you must with me , ladies . Come and find him .", "Ah , my honoured master ! That name speaks pardon , sure .", "I have been washing these poor people 's feet .", "So I meant it \u2014", "And use it as a penance for my pride ;", "And yet , alas , through my own vulgar likings", "Or stubborn self-conceit , \u2018 tis none to me .", "I marvel how the Saints thus tamed their spirits :", "Sure to be humbled by such toil , but proves ,", "Not cures , our lofty mind .", "Could I see", "My Saviour in His poor !", "Why ! thine eyes flash fire !", "As when rich chanting ceases suddenly \u2014", "And the rapt sense collapses !\u2014 Oh that Lewis", "Could feed my soul thus ! But to work \u2014 to work \u2014", "What wilt thou , little maid ? Ah , I forgot thee \u2014", "Thy mother lies in childbed \u2014 Say , in time", "I 'll bring the baby to the font myself .", "It knits them unto me , and me to them ,", "That bond of sponsorship \u2014 How now , good dame \u2014", "Whence then so sad ?", "I will come to them .", "What ? where I am afraid", "To go myself , send others ? That 's strange doctrine .", "I 'll be with you anon .", "Ay , bread \u2014 Where is it , knights and servants ? Why butler , seneschal , this food forthcomes not !", "My good dame \u2014", "That which you bear , I bear : for food , God knows ,", "I have not tasted food this live-long day \u2014", "Nor will till you are served . I sent for wheat", "From Koln and from the Rhine-land , days ago :", "O God ! why comes it not ?", "Oh ! give him all he asks .", "Nay , Count ; the corn is his , and his the right", "To fix conditions for his own .", "You will not sell it", "Save at a price which , by the bill you tender ,", "Is far beyond our means . Heaven knows , I grudge not \u2014", "I have sold my plate , have pawned my robes and jewels .", "Mortgaged broad lands and castles to buy food \u2014", "And now I have no more .\u2014 Abate , or trust", "Our honour for the difference .", "Most miserable , cold , short-sighted man ,", "Who for thy selfish gains dost welcome make", "God 's wrath , and battenest on thy fellows \u2019 woes ,", "What ? wilt thou turn from heaven 's gate , open to thee ,", "Through which thy charity may passport be ,", "And win thy long greed 's pardon ? Oh , for once", "Dare to be great ; show mercy to thyself !", "See how that boiling sea of human heads", "Waits open-mouthed to bless thee : speak the word ,", "And their triumphant quire of jubilation", "Shall pierce God 's cloudy floor with praise and prayers ,", "And drown the accuser 's count in angels \u2019 ears .", "Where is the wretch 's wheat ?", "Now then \u2014 there 's many a one lies faint at home \u2014", "I 'll go to them myself .", "Tut , tut , I wear my working dress to-day ,", "And those who work , robe lightly \u2014", "Then I had best", "Roll to their door in lacqueyed equipage ,", "And dole my halfpence from my satin purse \u2014", "I am their sister \u2014 I must look like one .", "I am their queen \u2014 I 'll prove myself the greatest", "By being the minister of all . So come \u2014", "Now to my pastime ,", "And in happy toil", "Forget this whirl of doubt \u2014 We are weak , we are weak ,", "Only when still : put thou thine hand to the plough ,", "The spirit drives thee on .", "Too fast ? We live too slow \u2014 our gummy blood", "Without fresh purging airs from heaven , would choke", "Slower and slower , till it stopped and froze .", "God ! fight we not within a cursed world ,", "Whose very air teems thick with leagued fiends \u2014", "Each word we speak has infinite effects \u2014", "Each soul we pass must go to heaven or hell \u2014", "And this our one chance through eternity", "To drop and die , like dead leaves in the brake ,", "Or like the meteor stone , though whelmed itself ,", "Kindle the dry moors into fruitful blaze \u2014", "And yet we live too fast !", "Be earnest , earnest , earnest ; mad , if thou wilt :", "Do what thou dost as if the stake were heaven ,", "And that thy last deed ere the judgment-day .", "When all 's done , nothing 's done . There 's rest above \u2014", "Below let work be death , if work be love !", "Lewis !", "My Lords ;", "Doubtless , you speak as your duty bids you :", "I know you love my husband : do you think", "My love is less than yours ? \u2018 Twas for his honour", "I dare not lose a single silly sheep", "Of all the flock which God had trusted to him .", "True , I had hoped by this \u2014 No matter what \u2014", "Since to your sense it bears a different hue .", "I keep no logic . For my gifts , thank God ,", "They cannot be recalled ; for those poor souls ,", "My pensioners \u2014 even for my husband 's knightly name ,", "Oh ! ask not back that slender loan of comfort", "My folly has procured them : if , my Lords ,", "My public censure , or disgraceful penance", "May expiate , and yet confirm my waste ,", "I offer this poor body to the buffets", "Of sternest justice : when I dared not spare", "My husband 's lands , I dare not spare myself .", "Nay ,\u2014 I must pray your knighthoods \u2014 You must honour", "Our dais and bower as private guests to-day .", "Thanks for your gentle warning ; may my weakness", "To such a sin be never tempted more !", "Oh that we two were Maying", "Down the stream of the soft spring breeze ;", "Like children with violets playing", "In the shade of the whispering trees !", "Oh that we two sat dreaming", "On the sward of some sheep-trimmed down", "Watching the white mist steaming", "Over river and mead and town !", "Oh that we two lay sleeping", "In our nest in the churchyard sod ,", "With our limbs at rest on the quiet earth 's breast ,", "And our souls at home with God !", "Five years agone ?", "Lewis , I am too happy ! floating higher", "Than e'er my will had dared to soar , though able ;", "But circumstance , which is the will of God ,", "Beguiled my cowardice to that , which , darling ,", "I found most natural , when I feared it most .", "Love would have had no strangeness in mine eyes ,", "Save from the prejudice which others taught me \u2014", "They should know best . Yet now this wedlock seems", "A second infancy 's baptismal robe ,", "A heaven , my spirit 's antenatal home ,", "Lost in blind pining girlhood \u2014 found now , found !", "What have I said ? Do I blaspheme ? Alas !", "I neither made these thoughts , nor can unmake them .", "O God ! were that true !", "There , there , no more \u2014", "I love thee , and I love thee , and I love thee \u2014", "More than rich thoughts can dream , or mad lips speak ;", "But how , or why , whether with soul or body ,", "I will not know . Thou art mine .\u2014 Why question further ?", "Ay if I fall by loving , I will love ,", "And be degraded !\u2014 how ? by my own troth-plight ?", "No , but my thinking that I fall .\u2014 \u2018 Tis written", "That whatsoe'er is not of faith is sin .\u2014", "O Jesu Lord ! Hast Thou not made me thus ?", "Mercy ! My brain will burst : I cannot leave him !", "O God ! More wars ? More partings ?", "What I have done already .", "Have I not followed thee , through drought and frost ,", "Through flooded swamps , rough glens , and wasted lands ,", "Even while I panted most with thy dear loan", "Of double life ?", "A year ? A year ! A cold , blank , widowed year !", "Strange , that mere words should chill my heart with fear \u2014", "This is no hall of doom ,", "No impious Soldan 's feast of old ,", "Where o'er the madness of the foaming gold ,", "A fleshless hand its woe on tainted walls enrolled .", "Yet by thy wild words raised ,", "In Love 's most careless revel ,", "Looms through the future 's fog a shade of evil ,", "And all my heart is glazed .\u2014", "Alas ! What would I do ?", "I would lie down and weep , and weep ,", "Till the salt current of my tears should sweep", "My soul , like floating weed , adown a fitful sleep ,", "A lingering half-night through .", "Then when the mocking bells did wake", "My hollow eyes to twilight gray ,", "I would address my spiritless limbs to pray ,", "And nerve myself with stripes to meet the weary day ,", "And labour for thy sake .", "Until by vigils , fasts , and tears ,", "The flesh was grown so spare and light ,", "That I could slip its mesh , and flit by night", "O'er sleeping sea and land to thee \u2014 or Christ \u2014 till morning light .", "Peace ! Why these fears ?", "Life is too short for mean anxieties :", "Soul ! thou must work , though blindfold .", "Come , beloved ,", "I must turn robber .\u2014 I have begged of late", "So soft , I fear to ask .\u2014 Give me thy purse .", "Oh , those few coins ? I spent them all next day", "On a new chapel on the Eisenthal ;", "There were no choristers but nightingales \u2014", "No teachers there save bees : how long is this ?", "Have you turned niggard ?", "Ah ! now I guess . You have some trinket for me \u2014", "You promised late to buy no more such baubles \u2014", "And now you are ashamed .\u2014 Nay , I must see \u2014", "Ah , God ! what 's here ? A new crusader 's cross ?", "Whose ? Nay , nay \u2014 turn not from me ; I guess all \u2014", "You need not tell me ; it is very well \u2014", "According to the meed of my deserts :", "Yes \u2014 very well .", "Fear not \u2014 I shall weep soon . How long is it since you vowed ?", "Brave heart ! And all that time your tenderness", "Kept silence , knowing my weak foolish soul .", "O love ! O life ! Late found , and soon , soon lost !", "A bleak sunrise ,\u2014 a treacherous morning gleam ,\u2014", "And now , ere mid-day , all my sky is black", "With whirling drifts once more ! The march is fixed", "For this day month , is't not ?", "Oh break not , heart !", "Ah ! here my master comes .", "No weeping before him .", "But none to you :", "Hard-hearted ! Am I not enough your slave ?", "Can I obey you more when he is gone", "Than now I do ? Wherein , pray , has he hindered", "This holiness of mine , for which you make me", "Old ere my womanhood ?", "Stay , Sir , and tell me", "Is this the outcome of your \u2018 father 's care \u2019 ?", "Was it not enough to poison all my joys", "With foulest scruples ?\u2014 show me nameless sins ,", "Where I , unconscious babe , blessed God for all things ,", "But you must thus intrigue away my knight", "And plunge me down this gulf of widowhood !", "And I not twenty yet \u2014 a girl \u2014 an orphan \u2014", "That cannot stand alone ! Was I too happy ?", "O God ! what lawful bliss do I not buy", "And balance with the smart of some sharp penance ?", "Hast thou no pity ? None ? Thou drivest me", "To fiendish doubts : Thou , Jesus \u2019 messenger ?", "This to any one", "Who dares to part me from my love .", "Thou traitor ! So thou would'st part us ?", "\u2018 Tis bitter !", "Oh , spare mine ears !", "Have mercy !", "I will devote him ;\u2014 a crusader 's wife ! I 'll glory in it . Thou speakest words from God \u2014 And God shall have him ! Go now \u2014 good my master ; My poor brain swims .Yes \u2014 a crusader 's wife ! And a crusader 's widow !SCENE X A street in the town of Schmalcald . Bodies of Crusading troops defiling past . Lewis and Elizabeth with their suite in the foreground .", "Yes \u2014 we shall part no more , where next we meet . Enough to have stood here once on such an errand !", "One kiss \u2014 and then another \u2014 and another \u2014", "Till \u2018 tis too late to go \u2014 and so return \u2014", "O God ! forgive that craven thought ! There , take him", "Since Thou dost need him . I have kept him ever", "Thine , when most mine ; and shall I now deny Thee ?", "Oh ! go \u2014 yes , go \u2014 Thou'lt not forget to pray ,", "With me , at our old hour ? Alas ! he 's gone", "And lost \u2014 thank God he hears me not \u2014 for ever .", "Why look'st thou so , poor girl ? I say , for ever .", "The day I found the bitter blessed cross ,", "Something did strike my heart like keen cold steel ,", "Which quarries daily there with dead dull pains \u2014", "Whereby I know that we shall meet no more .", "Come ! Home , maids , home ! Prepare me widow 's weeds \u2014", "For he is dead to me , and I must soon", "Die too to him , and many things ; and mark me \u2014", "Breathe not his name , lest this love-pampered heart", "Should sicken to vain yearnings \u2014 Lost ! lost ! lost !", "Well said \u2014 we 'll stay ; so this bright enterprise", "Shall blanch our private clouds , and steep our soul", "Drunk with the spirit of great Christendom .", "CRUSADER CHORUS .", "The tomb of God before us ,", "Our fatherland behind ,", "Our ships shall leap o'er billows steep ,", "Before a charmed wind .", "Above our van great angels", "Shall fight along the sky ;", "While martyrs pure and crowned saints", "To God for rescue cry .", "The red-cross knights and yeomen", "Throughout the holy town ,", "In faith and might , on left and right ,", "Shall tread the paynim down .", "Till on the Mount Moriah", "The Pope of Rome shall stand ;", "The Kaiser and the King of France", "Shall guard him on each hand .", "There shall he rule all nations ,", "With crozier and with sword ;", "And pour on all the heathen", "The wrath of Christ the Lord .", "Christ is a rock in the bare salt land ,", "To shelter our knights from the sun and sand :", "Christ the Lord is a summer sun ,", "To ripen the grain while they are gone .", "Then you who fight in the bare salt land ,", "And you who work at home ,", "Fight and work for Christ the Lord ,", "Until His kingdom come .", "Our stormy sun is sinking ;", "Our sands are running low ;", "In one fair fight , before the night ,", "Our hard-worn hearts shall glow .", "We cannot pine in cloister ;", "We cannot fast and pray ;", "The sword which built our load of guilt", "Must wipe that guilt away .", "We know the doom before us ;", "The dangers of the road ;", "Have mercy , mercy , Jesu blest ,", "When we lie low in blood .", "When we lie gashed and gory ,", "The holy walls within ,", "Sweet Jesu , think upon our end ,", "And wipe away our sin .", "The Christ-child sits on high :", "He looks through the merry blue sky ;", "He holds in His hand a bright lily-band ,", "For the boys who for Him die .", "On holy Mary 's arm ,", "Wrapt safe from terror and harm ,", "Lulled by the breeze in the paradise trees ,", "Their souls sleep soft and warm .", "Knight David , young and true ,", "The giant Soldan slew ,", "And our arms so light , for the Christ-child 's right ,", "Like noble deeds can do .", "The rich East blooms fragrant before us ;", "All Fairyland beckons us forth ;", "We must follow the crane in her flight o'er the main ,", "From the frosts and the moors of the North .", "Our sires in the youth of the nations", "Swept westward through plunder and blood ,", "But a holier quest calls us back to the East ,", "We fight for the kingdom of God .", "Then shrink not , and sigh not , fair ladies ,", "The red cross which flames on each arm and each shield ,", "Through philtre and spell , and the black charms of hell ,", "Shall shelter our true love in camp and in field .", "Jerusalem , Jerusalem !", "The burying place of God !", "Why gay and bold , in steel and gold ,", "O'er the paths where Christ hath trod ?", "ACT III", "\u2018 Tis written too", "In that same book , nurse , that the days shall come", "When the bridegroom shall be taken away \u2014 and then \u2014", "Then shall they mourn and fast : I needed weaning", "From sense and earthly joys ; by this way only", "May I win God to leave in mine own hands", "My luxury 's cure : oh ! I may bring him back ,", "By working out to its full depth the chastening", "The need of which his loss proves : I but barter", "Less grief for greater \u2014 pain for widowhood .", "Why watch me thus ?", "You cannot know \u2014 and yet you know too much \u2014", "I tell you , nurse , pain 's comfort , when the flesh", "Aches with the aching soul in harmony ,", "And even in woe , we are one : the heart must speak", "Its passion 's strangeness in strange symbols out ,", "Or boil , till it bursts inly .", "That 's a gentle dream ;", "But nature shows nought like it : every winter ,", "When the great sun has turned his face away ,", "The earth goes down into the vale of grief ,", "And fasts , and weeps , and shrouds herself in sables ,", "Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay \u2014", "Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses \u2014", "As I may yet !\u2014", "Oh , forgive me !", "But hope at times throngs in so rich and full ,", "It mads the brain like wine : come with me , nurse ,", "Sit by me , lull me calm with gentle tales", "Of noble ladies wandering in the wild wood ,", "Fed on chance earth-nuts , and wild strawberries ,", "Or milk of silly sheep , and woodland doe .", "Or how fair Magdalen \u2018 mid desert sands", "Wore out in prayer her lonely blissful years ,", "Watched by bright angels , till her modest tresses", "Wove to her pearled feet their golden shroud .", "Come , open all your lore .", "My mother-in-law !", "What means this preface ? Ah ! your looks are big", "With sudden woes \u2014 speak out .", "What ? is he captive ? Why then \u2014 what of that ?", "There are friends will rescue him \u2014 there 's gold for ransom \u2014", "We 'll sell our castles \u2014 live in bowers of rushes \u2014", "O God ! that I were with him in the dungeon !", "No ! he would have fought to the death !", "There 's treachery ! What paynim dog dare face", "His lance , who naked braved yon lion 's rage ,", "And eyed the cowering monster to his den ?", "Speak ! Has he fled ? or worse ?", "He is in purgatory now ! Alas !", "Angels ! be pitiful ! deal gently with him !", "His sins were gentle ! That 's one cause left for living \u2014", "To pray , and pray for him : why all these months", "I prayed ,\u2014 and here 's my answer : Dead of a fever !", "Why thus ? so soon ! Only six years for love !", "While any formal , heartless matrimony ,", "Patched up by Court intrigues , and threats of cloisters ,", "Drags on for six times six , and peasant slaves", "Grow old on the same straw , and hand in hand", "Slip from life 's oozy bank , to float at ease .", "That 's some petitioner .", "Go to \u2014 I will not hear them : why should I work ,", "When he is dead ? Alas ! was that my sin ?", "Was he , not Christ , my lodestar ? Why not warn me ?", "Too late ! What 's this foul dream ? Dead at Otranto \u2014", "Parched by Italian suns \u2014 no woman by him \u2014", "He was too chaste ! Nought but rude men to nurse !\u2014", "If I had been there , I should have watched by him \u2014", "Guessed every fancy \u2014 God ! I might have saved him !", "I might have saved him !", "Servant", "Ay , saucy madam !\u2014", "The Landgrave Henry , lord and master ,", "Freer than the last , and yet no waster ,", "Who will not stint a poor knave 's beer ,", "Or spin out Lent through half the year .", "Why \u2014 I see double !", "Who spoke there of the Landgrave ? What 's this drunkard ? Give him his answer \u2014 \u2018 Tis no time for mumming \u2014", "Why \u2014 that 's hasty \u2014 I must take my children", "Ah ! I forgot \u2014 they would not let me see them .", "I must pack up my jewels \u2014", "He has indeed .", "Why , man !\u2014 I am thy children 's godmother \u2014", "I nursed thy wife myself in the black sickness \u2014", "Art thou a bird , that when the old tree falls ,", "Flits off , and sings in the sapling ?", "Keep thine hands off \u2014", "I 'll not be shamed \u2014 Lead on . Farewell , my Ladies .", "Follow not ! There 's want to spare on earth already ;", "And mine own woe is weight enough for me .", "Go back , and say , Elizabeth has yet", "Eternal homes , built deep in poor men 's hearts ;", "And , in the alleys underneath the wall ,", "Has bought with sinful mammon heavenly treasure ,", "More sure than adamant , purer than white whales \u2019 bone ,", "Which now she claims . Lead on : a people 's love shall right me .", "You are afraid to shelter me \u2014 afraid .", "And so you thrust me forth , to starve and freeze .", "Soon said . Why palter o'er these mean excuses ,", "Which tempt me to despise you ?", "Silence ! I 'll go . Better in God 's hand than man 's .", "He shall kill us , if we die . This bitter blast", "Warping the leafless willows , yon white snow-storms ,", "Whose wings , like vengeful angels , cope the vault ,", "They are God 's ,\u2014 We 'll trust to them .", "How long their altar ?", "To God I gave \u2014 and God shall pay me back .", "Fool ! to have put my trust in living man ,", "And fancied that I bought God 's love , by buying", "The greedy thanks of these His earthly tools !", "Well \u2014 here 's one lesson learnt ! I thank thee , Lord !", "Henceforth I 'll straight to Thee , and to Thy poor .", "What ? Isentrudis not returned ? Alas !", "Where are those children ?", "They will not have the heart to keep them from me \u2014", "Oh ! have the traitors harmed them ?", "Ay , ay \u2014", "But she 's a mother \u2014 and mothers will dare all things \u2014", "Oh ! Love can make us fiends , as well as angels .", "My babies ! Weeping ? Oh , have mercy , Lord !", "On me heap all thy wrath \u2014 I understand it :", "What can blind senseless terror do for them ?", "Silence , girl !", "I 'd plead my deeds , if mine own character ,", "My strength of will had fathered them : but no \u2014", "They are His , who worked them in me , in despite", "Of mine own selfish and luxurious will \u2014", "Shall I bribe Him with His own ? For pain , I tell thee", "I need more pain than mine own will inflicts ,", "Pain which shall break that will .\u2014 Yet spare them , Lord !", "Go to \u2014 I am a fool to wish them life \u2014", "And greater fool to miscall life , this headache \u2014", "This nightmare of our gross and crude digestion \u2014", "This fog which steams up from our freezing clay \u2014", "While waking heaven 's beyond . No ! slay them , traitors !", "Cut through the channels of those innocent breaths", "Whose music charmed my lone nights , ere they learn", "To love the world , and hate the wretch who bore them !", "What 's a wind to me ?", "I can see up the street here , if they come \u2014", "They do not come !\u2014 Oh ! my poor weanling lambs \u2014", "Struck dead by carrion ravens !", "What then , I have borne worse . But yesterday", "I thought I had a husband \u2014 and now \u2014 now !", "Guta ! He called a holy man before he died ?", "O happy bishop !", "Where are those children ? If I had but seen him !", "I could have borne all then . One word \u2014 one kiss !", "Hark ! What 's that rushing ? White doves \u2014 one \u2014 two \u2014 three \u2014", "Fleeing before the gale . My children 's spirits !", "Stay , babies \u2014 stay for me ! What ! Not a moment ?", "And I so nearly ready to be gone ?", "Oh ! this grief is light", "And floats a-top \u2014 well , well ; it hides a while", "That gulf too black for speech \u2014 My husband 's dead !", "I dare not think o n't .", "A small bird dead in the snow ! Alas ! poor minstrel !", "A week ago , before this very window ,", "He warbled , may be , to the slanting sunlight ;", "And housewives blest him for a merry singer :", "And now he freezes at their doors , like me .", "Poor foolish brother ! didst thou look for payment ?", "Art sure ?", "Does this look like it , girl ? No \u2014 I 'll trust yet \u2014", "Some have gone mad for less ; but why should I ?", "Who live in time , and not eternity .", "\u2018 Twill end , girl , end ; no cloud across the sun", "But passes at the last , and gives us back", "The face of God once more .", "O Lord , my Lord ! I thank thee !", "Loving and merciful , and tender-hearted ,", "And even in fiercest wrath remembering mercy .", "Lo ! here 's my ancient foe . What want you , Sir ?", "But know you , Sir , that all my husband 's vassals", "Are bidden bar their doors to me ?", "I thank you , Sir ; and for my children 's sake I do accept your bounty .Down , proud heart \u2014 Bend lower \u2014 lower ever : thus God deals with thee . Go , Guta , send the children after me .1st Peas . Here 's Father January taken a lease of March month , and put in Jack Frost for bailiff . What be I to do for spring-feed if the weather holds ,\u2014 and my ryelands as bare as the back of my hand ? 2d Peas . That 's your luck . Freeze on , say I , and may Mary Mother send us snow a yard deep . I have ten ton of hay yet to sell \u2014 ten ton , man \u2014 there 's my luck : every man for himself , and \u2014 Why here comes that handsome canting girl , used to be about the Princess .", "How ? Oh , my fortune rises to full flood :", "I met a friend just now , who told me truths", "Wholesome and stern , of my deceitful heart \u2014", "Would God I had known them earlier !\u2014 and enforced", "Her lesson so , as I shall ne'er forget it", "In body or in mind .", "You know the stepping-stones across the ford .", "There as I passed , a certain aged crone ,", "Whom I had fed , and nursed , year after year ,", "Met me mid-stream \u2014 thrust past me stoutly on \u2014", "And rolled me headlong in the freezing mire .", "There as I lay and weltered ,\u2014 \u2018 Take that , Madam ,", "For all your selfish hypocritic pride", "Which thought it such a vast humility", "To wash us poor folk 's feet , and use our bodies", "For staves to build withal your Jacob'shYpppHeNladder .", "What ! you would mount to heaven upon our backs ?", "The ass has thrown his rider . \u2019 She crept on \u2014", "I washed my garments in the brook hard by \u2014", "And came here , all the wiser .", "Nay , who could dream", "She would have guessed my heart so well ? Dull boors", "See deeper than we think , and hide within", "Those leathern hulls unfathomable truths ,", "Which we amid thought 's glittering mazes lose .", "They grind among the iron facts of life ,", "And have no time for self-deception .", "Let be \u2014 we must not think o n't .", "The scoff was true \u2014 I thank her \u2014 I thank God \u2014", "This too I needed . I had built myself", "A Babel-tower , whose top should reach to heaven ,", "Of poor men 's praise and prayers , and subtle pride", "At mine own alms . \u2018 Tis crumbled into dust !", "Oh ! I have leant upon an arm of flesh \u2014", "And here 's its strength ! I 'll walk by faith \u2014 by faith", "And rest my weary heart on Christ alone \u2014", "On him , the all-sufficient !", "Shame on me ! dreaming thus about myself ,", "While you stand shivering here .", "Art cold , young knight ?", "Knights must not cry \u2014 Go slide , and warm thyself .", "Where shall we lodge to-night ?", "Hark ! look ! His father 's voice !\u2014 his very eye \u2014", "Opening so slow and sad , then sinking down", "In luscious rest again !", "Oh yes \u2014 I 'll think \u2014 we 'll to our tavern friends ;", "If they be brutes , \u2018 twas my sin left them so .", "Ay \u2014 stay a while in peace . The storms are still .", "Beneath her eider robe the patient earth", "Watches in silence for the sun : we 'll sit", "And gaze up with her at the changeless heaven ,", "Until this tyranny be overpast .", "Come .", "Lost ! Lost ! Lost !", "Yes \u2014 to go with him .", "I have kept my oath too long to break it now .", "I will to Marpurg , and there waste away", "In meditation and in pious deeds ,", "Till God shall set me free .", "Never , girl , never ! Save me from that at least , O God !", "And I , alas ! am none !", "O Guta ! dost thou mock my widowed love ?", "I was a wife \u2014 \u2018 tis true : I was not worthy \u2014", "But there was meaning in that first wild fancy ;", "\u2018 Twas but the innocent springing of the sap \u2014", "The witless yearning of an homeless heart \u2014", "Do I not know that God has pardoned me ?", "But now \u2014 to rouse and turn of mine own will ,", "In cool and full foreknowledge , this worn soul", "Again to that , which , when God thrust it on me ,", "Bred but one shame of ever-gnawing doubt ,", "Were \u2014 No , my burning cheeks ! We 'll say no more .", "Ah ! loved and lost ! Though God 's chaste grace should fail me ,", "My weak idolatry of thee would give", "Strength that should keep me true : with mine own hands", "I 'd mar this tear-worn face , till petulant man", "Should loathe its scarred and shapeless ugliness .", "Oh ! she who was not worthy of a husband", "Does not deserve his children . What are they , darlings ,", "But snares to keep me from my heavenly spouse", "By picturing the spouse I must forget ?", "Well \u2014 \u2018 tis blank horror . Yet if grief 's good for me ,", "Let me down into grief 's blackest pit ,", "And follow out God 's cure by mine own deed .", "What will they think !", "What pleases them . That argument 's a staff", "Which breaks whene'er you lean o n't . Trust me , girl ,", "That fear of man sucks out love 's soaring ether ,", "Baffles faith 's heavenward eyes , and drops us down ,", "To float , like plumeless birds , on any stream .", "Have I not proved it ?", "There was a time with me , when every eye", "Did scorch like flame : if one looked cold on me ,", "I straight accused myself of mortal sins :", "Each fopling was my master : I have lied", "From very fear of mine own serving-maids .\u2014", "That 's past , thank God 's good grace !", "In self-defence .", "I am too weak to live by half my conscience ;", "I have no wit to weigh and choose the mean ;", "Life is too short for logic ; what I do", "I must do simply ; God alone must judge \u2014", "For God alone shall guide , and God 's elect \u2014", "I shrink from earth 's chill frosts too much to crawl \u2014", "I have snapped opinion 's chains , and now I 'll soar", "Up to the blazing sunlight , and be free .", "Let me settle your cushion , uncle .", "Uncle , I give but what to me is worthless . He loves these baubles \u2014 let him keep them , then : I have my dower .", "Uncle , I soar now at a higher pitch \u2014", "To be henceforth the bride of Christ alone .", "Uncle , I am determined .", "Ah , there you speak again like my own uncle .", "I 'll go \u2014 to rest", "and die . I only wait", "To see the bones of my beloved laid", "In some fit resting-place . A messenger", "Proclaims them near . O God !", "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills As sheep that have no shepherd ! O my people ! Who crowd with greedy eyes round this my jewel , Poor ivory , token of his outward beauty \u2014 Oh ! had ye known his spirit !\u2014 Let his wisdom Inform your light hearts with that Saviour 's likeness For whom he died ! So had you kept him with you ; And from the coming evils gentle Heaven Had not withdrawn the righteous : \u2018 tis too late ! 1st Lady . There , now , she smiles ; do you think she ever loved him ?", "I thank thee , gracious Lord , who hast fulfilled", "Thine handmaid 's mighty longings with the sight", "Of my beloved 's bones , and dost vouchsafe", "This consolation to the desolate .", "I grudge not , Lord , the victim which we gave Thee ,", "Both he and I , of his most precious life ,", "To aid Thine holy city : though Thou knowest", "His sweetest presence was to this world 's joy", "As sunlight to the taper \u2014 Oh ! hadst Thou spared \u2014", "Had Thy great mercy let us , hand in hand ,", "Have toiled through houseless shame , on beggar 's dole ,", "I had been blest : Thou hast him , Lord , Thou hast him \u2014", "Do with us what Thou wilt ! If at the price", "Of this one silly hair , in spite of Thee ,", "I could reclothe these wan bones with his manhood ,", "And clasp to my shrunk heart my hero 's self \u2014", "I would not give it !", "I will weep no more \u2014", "Lead on , most holy ; on the sepulchre", "Which stands beside the choir , lay down your burden .", "Now , gentle hosts , within the close hard by ,", "Will we our court , as queen of sorrows , hold \u2014", "The green graves underneath us , and above", "The all-seeing vault , which is the eye of God ,", "Judge of the widow and the fatherless .", "There will I plead my children 's wrongs , and there ,", "If , as I think , there boil within your veins", "The deep sure currents of your race 's manhood ,", "Ye 'll nail the orphans \u2019 badge upon your shields ,", "And own their cause for God 's . We name our champions \u2014", "Rudolf , the Cupbearer , Leutolf of Erlstetten ,", "Hartwig of Erba , and our loved Count Walter ,", "Our knights and vassals , sojourners among you .", "Follow us .", "ACT IV", "Oh ! spare me !", "Is there no middle path ? No way to keep", "My love for them , and God , at once unstained ?", "God 's world , man ! Why , God made it \u2014", "The faith asserts it God 's .", "And yet God gave them to me \u2014", "The Scripture bids me love them .", "Give up his children ! Why , I 'd not give up A lock of hair , a glove his hand had hallowed : And they are his gift ; his pledge ; his flesh and blood Tossed off for my ambition ! Ah ! my husband ! His ghost 's sad eyes upbraid me ! Spare me , spare me ! I 'd love thee still , if I dared ; but I fear God . And shall I never more see loving eyes Look into mine , until my dying day ? That 's this world 's bondage : Christ would have me free , And \u2018 twere a pious deed to cut myself The last , last strand , and fly : but whither ? whither ? What if I cast away the bird i \u2019 the hand And found none in the bush ? \u2018 Tis possible \u2014 What right have I to arrogate Christ 's bride-bed ? Crushed , widowed , sold to traitors ? I , o'er whom His billows and His storms are sweeping ? God 's not angry : No , not so much as we with buzzing fly ; Or in the moment of His wrath 's awakening We should be \u2014 nothing . No \u2014 there 's worse than that \u2014 What if He but sat still , and let be be ? And these deep sorrows , which my vain conceit Calls chastenings \u2014 meant for me \u2014 my ailments \u2019 cure \u2014 Were lessons for some angels far away , And I the corpus vile for the experiment ? The grinding of the sharp and pitiless wheels Of some high Providence , which had its mainspring Ages ago , and ages hence its end ? That were too horrible !\u2014 To have torn up all the roses from my garden , And planted thorns instead ; to have forged my griefs , And hugged the griefs I dared not forge ; made earth A hell , for hope of heaven ; and after all , These homeless moors of life toiled through , to wake , And find blank nothing ! Is that angel-world A gaudy window , which we paint ourselves To hide the dead void night beyond ? The present ? Why here 's the present \u2014 like this arched gloom , It hems our blind souls in , and roofs them over With adamantine vault , whose only voice Is our own wild prayers \u2019 echo : and our future ?\u2014 It rambles out in endless aisles of mist , The farther still the darker \u2014 O my Saviour ! My God ! where art Thou ? That 's but a tale about Thee , That crucifix above \u2014 it does but show Thee As Thou wast once , but not as Thou art now \u2014 Thy grief , but not Thy glory : where 's that gone ? I see it not without me , and within me Hell reigns , not Thou !\u2018 Kings \u2019 daughters were among thine honourable women \u2019 \u2014", "Kings \u2019 daughters ! I am one !", "I will forget them ! They stand between my soul and its allegiance . Thou art my God : what matter if Thou love me ? I am Thy bond-slave , purchased with Thy life-blood ; I will remember nothing , save that debt . Do with me what Thou wilt . Alas , my babies ! He loves them \u2014 they 'll not need me .", "God 's will is spoken !", "The flesh is weak ; the spirit 's fixed , and dares ,\u2014", "Stay ! confess , sir ,", "Did not yourself set on your brothers here", "To sing me to your purpose ?", "I know it , I know it ; And I 'll obey them : come , the victim 's ready .All worldly goods and wealth , which once I loved , I do now count but dross : and my beloved , The children of my womb , I now regard As if they were another 's . God is witness My pride is to despise myself ; my joy All insults , sneers , and slanders of mankind ; No creature now I love , but God alone . Oh , to be clear , clear , clear , of all but Him ! Lo , here I strip me of all earthly helps \u2014Naked and barefoot through the world to follow My naked Lord \u2014 And for my filthy pelf \u2014", "Why so , sir ?", "Be it so \u2014 I have no part nor lot i n't \u2014", "There \u2014 I have spoken .", "Is self-contempt learnt thus ? I 'll home .", "No ! no ! no ! no ! I will not die in the dark :", "I 'll breathe the free fresh air until the last ,", "Were it but a month \u2014 I have such things to do \u2014", "Great schemes \u2014 brave schemes \u2014 and such a little time !", "Though now I am harnessed light as any foot-page .", "Come , come , my ladies .", "I am she .", "Ah ! faithful friend ! Rise , gentles , rise , for shame ;", "Nay , blush not , gallant sir . You have seen , ere now ,", "Kings \u2019 daughters do worse things than spinning wool ,", "Yet never reddened . Speak your errand out .", "Oh ! I divine ;", "And grieve that you so far have journeyed , sir ,", "Upon a bootless quest .", "Wealth ? I have proved it , and have tossed it from me :", "I will not stoop again to load with clay .", "War ? I have proved that too : should I turn loose", "On these poor sheep the wolf whose fangs have gored me ,", "God 's bolt would smite me dead .", "Alas ! small comfort would they find in me !", "I am a stricken and most luckless deer ,", "Whose bleeding track but draws the hounds of wrath", "Where'er I pause a moment . He has children", "Bred at his side , to nurse him in his age \u2014", "While I am but an alien and a changeling ,", "Whom , ere my plastic sense could impress take", "Either of his feature or his voice , he lost .", "Command ! Ay , that 's the phrase of the world : well \u2014 tell him , But tell him gently too \u2014 that child and father Are names , whose earthly sense I have forsworn , And know no more : I have a heavenly spouse , Whose service doth all other claims annul .", "What ? Thou too , friend ? Dost thou not know me better ?", "Wouldst have me leave undone what I begin ?", "My father took the cross , sir : so did I :", "As he would die at his post , so will I die :", "He is a warrior : ask him , should I leave", "This my safe fort , and well-proved vantage-ground ,", "To roam on this world 's flat and fenceless steppes ?", "It is not needed .", "Be but the mouthpiece to my father , sir ;", "And tell him \u2014 for I would not anger him \u2014", "Tell him , I am content \u2014 say , happy \u2014 tell him", "I prove my kin by prayers for him , and masses", "For her who bore me . We shall meet on high .", "And say , his daughter is a mighty tree ,", "From whose wide roots a thousand sapling suckers ,", "Drink half their life ; she dare not snap the threads ,", "And let her offshoots wither . So farewell .", "Within the convent there , as mine own guests ,", "You shall be fitly lodged . Come here no more .", "May God go with you both .", "No ! I will win for him a nobler name ,", "Than captive crescents , piles of turbaned heads ,", "Or towns retaken from the Tartar , give .", "In me he shall be greatest ; my report", "Shall through the ages win the quires of heaven", "To love and honour him ; and hinds , who bless", "The poor man 's patron saint , shall not forget", "How she was fathered with a worthy sire .", "My shrunk limbs , stiff from many a blow , Are crazed with pain . A long dim formless fog-bank , creeping low , Dulls all my brain . I remember two young lovers , In a golden gleam . Across the brooding darkness shrieking hovers That fair , foul dream . My little children call to me , \u2018 Mother ! so soon forgot ? \u2019 From out dark nooks their yearning faces startle me , Go , babes ! I know you not ! Pray ! pray ! or thou'lt go mad . . . . . . The past 's our own : No fiend can take that from us ! Ah , poor boy ! Had I , like thee , been bred from my black birth-hour In filth and shame , counting the soulless months Only by some fresh ulcer ! I 'll be patient \u2014 Here 's something yet more wretched than myself . Sleep thou on still , poor charge \u2014 though I 'll not grudge One moment of my sickening toil about thee , Best counsellor \u2014 dumb preacher , who dost warn me How much I have enjoyed , how much have left , Which thou hast never known . How am I wretched ? The happiness thou hast from me , is mine , And makes me happy . Ay , there lies the secret \u2014 Could we but crush that ever-craving lust For bliss , which kills all bliss , and lose our life , Our barren unit life , to find again A thousand lives in those for whom we die . So were we men and women , and should hold Our rightful rank in God 's great universe , Wherein , in heaven and earth , by will or nature , Nought lives for self \u2014 All , all \u2014 from crown to footstool \u2014 The Lamb , before the world 's foundations slain \u2014 The angels , ministers to God 's elect \u2014 The sun , who only shines to light a world \u2014 The clouds , whose glory is to die in showers \u2014 The fleeting streams , who in their ocean-graves Flee the decay of stagnant self-content \u2014 The oak , ennobled by the shipwright 's axe \u2014 The soil , which yields its marrow to the flower \u2014 The flower , which feeds a thousand velvet worms , Born only to be prey for every bird \u2014 All spend themselves for others : and shall man , Earth 's rosy blossom \u2014 image of his God \u2014 Whose twofold being is the mystic knot Which couples earth and heaven \u2014 doubly bound As being both worm and angel , to that service By which both worms and angels hold their life \u2014 Shall he , whose every breath is debt on debt , Refuse , without some hope of further wage Which he calls Heaven , to be what God has made him ? No ! let him show himself the creature 's lord By freewill gift of that self-sacrifice Which they perforce by nature 's law must suffer . This too I had to learn, To lie crushed down in darkness and the pit \u2014 To lose all heart and hope \u2014 and yet to work . What lesson could I draw from all my own woes \u2014 Ingratitude , oppression , widowhood \u2014 While I could hug myself in vain conceits Of self-contented sainthood \u2014 inward raptures \u2014 Celestial palms \u2014 and let ambition 's gorge Taint heaven , as well as earth ? Is selfishness For time , a sin \u2014 spun out to eternity Celestial prudence ? Shame ! Oh , thrust me forth , Forth , Lord , from self , until I toil and die No more for Heaven and bliss , but duty , Lord , Duty to Thee , although my meed should be The hell which I deserve !1st Woman . What ! snoring still ? \u2018 Tis nearly time to wake her To do her penance . 2d Woman . Wait a while , for love : Indeed , I am almost ashamed to punish A bag of skin and bones . 1st Woman . \u2018 Tis for her good : She has had her share of pleasure in this life With her gay husband ; she must have her pain . We bear it as a thing of course ; we know What mortifications are , although I say it That should not . 2d Woman . Why , since my old tyrant died , Fasting I 've sought the Lord , like any Anna , And never tasted fish , nor flesh , nor fowl , And little stronger than water . 1st Woman . Plague on this watching ! What work , to make a saint of a fine lady ! See now , if she had been some labourer 's daughter , She might have saved herself , for aught he cared ; But now \u2014 2d Woman . Hush ! here the master comes : I hear him .\u2014", "Have mercy , mercy , Lord !", "Oh ! she was but a worldling !", "And think , good Lord , if that this world is hell ,", "What wonder if poor souls whose lot is fixed here ,", "Meshed down by custom , wealth , rank , pleasure , ignorance ,", "Do hellish things in it ? Have mercy , Lord ;", "Even for my sake , and all my woes , have mercy !", "I am heard ! She is saved ! Where am I ? What ! have I overslept myself ? Oh , do not beat me ! I will tell you all \u2014 I have had awful dreams of the other world . 1st Woman . Ay ! ay ! a fine excuse for lazy women , Who cry nightmare with lying on their backs .", "I will be heard ! I am a prophetess ! God hears me , why not ye ?", "Methought from out the red and heaving earth My mother rose , whose broad and queenly limbs A fiery arrow did impale , and round Pursuing tongues oozed up of nether fire , And fastened on her : like a winter-blast Among the steeples , then she shrieked aloud , \u2018 Pray for me , daughter ; save me from this torment , For thou canst save ! \u2019 And then she told a tale ; It was not true \u2014 my mother was not such \u2014 O God ! The pander to a brother 's sin ! 1st Woman . There now ? The truth is out ! I told you , sister , About that mother \u2014", "She stretched her arms , and sank . Was it a sin", "To love that sinful mother ? There I lay \u2014", "And in the spirit far away I prayed ;", "What words I spoke , I know not , nor how long ;", "Until a small still voice sighed , \u2018 Child , thou art heard : \u2019", "Then on the pitchy dark a small bright cloud", "Shone out , and swelled , and neared , and grew to form ,", "Till from it blazed my pardoned mother 's face", "With nameless glory ! Nearer still she pressed ,", "And bent her lips to mine \u2014 a mighty spasm", "Ran crackling through my limbs , and thousand bells", "Rang in my dizzy ears \u2014 And so I woke .", "\u2018 Twas more ! \u2018 twas more ! I 've tests :", "From youth I have lived in two alternate worlds ,", "And night is live like day . This was no goblin !", "\u2018 Twas a true vision , and my mother 's soul", "Is freed by my poor prayers from penal files ,", "And waits for me in bliss .", "No ! no ! I will not go !", "Then I will bear them ,", "Even as I bore the last , with thankful thoughts", "Upon those stripes my Lord endured for me .", "Oh , spare them , sir ! poor blindfold sons of men !", "No saint but daily errs ,\u2014 and must they burn ,", "Ah , God ! for an opinion ?", "Oh , let me give ! That only pleasure have I left on earth !", "Well ! I am freezing fast \u2014 I have grown of late", "Too weak to nurse my sick ; and now this outlet ,", "This one last thawing spring of fellow-feeling ,", "Is choked with ice \u2014 Come , Lord , and set me free .", "Think me not hasty ! measure not mine age ,", "O Lord , by these my four-and-twenty winters .", "I have lived three lives \u2014 three lives .", "For fourteen years I was an idiot girl :", "Then I was born again ; and for five years ,", "I lived ! I lived ! and then I died once more ;\u2014", "One day when many knights came marching by ,", "And stole away \u2014 we 'll talk no more of that .", "And so these four years since , I have been dead ,", "And all my life is hid with Christ in God .", "Nunc igitur dimittas , Domine , servam tuam .", "Hark ! how they cry for bread ! Poor souls ! be patient ! I have spent all \u2014 I 'll sell myself for a slave \u2014 feed them with the price . Come , Guta ! Nurse ! We must be up and doing ! Alas ! they are gone , and begging ! Go ! go ! They 'll beat me , if I give you aught : I 'll pray for you , and so you 'll go to Heaven . I am a saint \u2014 God grants me all I ask . But I must love no creature . Why , Christ loved \u2014 Mary he loved , and Martha , and their brother \u2014 Three friends ! and I have none ! When Lazarus lay dead , He groaned in spirit , And wept \u2014 like any widow \u2014 Jesus wept ! I 'll weep , weep , weep ! pray for that \u2018 gift of tears . \u2019 They took my friends away , but not my eyes , Oh , husband , babes , friends , nurse ! To die alone ! Crack , frozen brain ! Melt , icicle within !", "What ? weeping ?", "Daughters of Jerusalem , weep not for me \u2014", "Weep for yourselves .", "Through the stifling room Floats strange perfume ; Through the crumbling thatch The angels watch , Over the rotting roof-tree . They warble , and flutter , and hover , and glide , Wafting old sounds to my dreary bedside , Snatches of songs which I used to know When I slept by my nurse , and the swallows Called me at day-dawn from under the eaves . Hark to them ! Hark to them now \u2014 Fluting like woodlarks , tender and low \u2014 Cool rustling leaves \u2014 tinkling waters \u2014 Sheepbells over the lea \u2014 In their silver plumes Eden-gales whisper \u2014 In their hands Eden-lilies \u2014 not for me \u2014 not for me \u2014 No crown for the poor fond bride ! The song told me so , Long , long ago , How the maid chose the white lily ; But the bride she chose The red red rose , And by its thorn died she . Well \u2014 in my Father 's house are many mansions \u2014 I have trodden the waste howling ocean-foam , Till I stand upon Canaan 's shore , Where Crusaders from Zion 's towers call me home , To the saints who are gone before .", "Did you not hear", "A little bird between me and the wall ,", "That sang and sang ?", "I heard him , and his merry carol revelled", "Through all my brain , and woke my parched throat", "To join his song : then angel melodies", "Burst through the dull dark , and the mad air quivered", "Unutterable music . Nay , you heard him .", "Slow hours ! Was that the cock-crow ?", "Then I must up \u2014", "To matins , and to work \u2014 No , my work 's over .", "And what is it , what ?", "One drop of oil on the salt seething ocean !", "Thank God , that one was born at this same hour ,", "Who did our work for us : we 'll talk of Him :", "We shall go mad with thinking of ourselves \u2014", "We 'll talk of Him , and of that new-made star ,", "Which , as he stooped into the Virgin 's side ,", "From off His finger , like a signet-gem ,", "He dropped in the empyrean for a sign .", "But the first tear He shed at this His birth-hour ,", "When He crept weeping forth to see our woe ,", "Fled up to Heaven in mist , and hid for ever", "Our sins , our works , and that same new-made star .", "Oh ! thank God", "Our eyes are dim ! What should we do , if he ,", "The sneering fiend , who laughs at all our toil ,", "Should meet us face to face ?", "There ! There ! Fly , Satan , fly ! \u2018 Tis gone !", "O master , master ,", "You will not let the mob , when I lie dead ,", "Make me a show \u2014 paw over all my limbs \u2014", "Pull out my hair \u2014 pluck off my finger-nails \u2014", "Wear scraps of me for charms and amulets ,", "As if I were a mummy , or a drug ?", "As they have done to others \u2014 I have seen it \u2014", "Nor set me up in ugly naked pictures", "In every church , that cold world-hardened wits", "May gossip o'er my secret tortures ? Promise \u2014", "Swear to me ! I demand it !", "O my God !", "I had stripped myself of all , but modesty !", "Dost Thou claim yet that victim ? Be it so .", "Now take me home ! I have no more to give Thee !", "So weak \u2014 and yet no pain \u2014 why , now naught ails me !", "How dim the lights burn ! Here \u2014", "Where are you , children ?", "Alas ! I had forgotten .", "Now I must sleep \u2014 for ere the sun shall rise ,", "I must begone upon a long , long journey", "To him I love .", "I said , to him I love .", "Let me sleep , sleep .", "You will not need to wake me \u2014 so \u2014 good-night .", "ACT V"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 178, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The Margery D. was a trim little ship ,", "The men they could man , and the skipper could skip ;", "She sailed from her haven one fine summer day ,", "And she foundered at sea in the following way ,\u2014", "To-wit :", "Peace ! Peace , Mother Carey , hear your chickens screech !", "Come , boys !", "The captain was thirsty , and so was each man ,", "They ladled the grog out by cup and by can ,", "The night it was stormy , they knew not the place ,", "And they sang as they sank the following grace ,\u2014", "To-wit :", "There , there now .The magistrates are not as quick to hear a sailor sing as thou art to take his orders . Bring us a pint apiece .", "Aye . Now , lads , bargain out your time ; ye 'll not see a petticoat for many a day .", "Mother Carey 's lost one of her chicks . Here lads ! here 's to the mousey Puritan lassies ! They wo n't dance , they can n't sing \u2014 Ah ! well ! here 's to them till we come again !", "He must be Privy Councilor to the Lord Himself !", "God'shYpppHeNmyhYpppHeNlife , there 's more poison in their tongues than in a nest of rattlesnakes ? What 's all this pother , lads ?", "Ha ! ha ! ha ! You rogues had better ship elsewhere ; if the wind sits in that quarter , you 'll find foul weather here .", "Cheapside on a holiday ! Re-enter MOTHER CAREY , dressed for walking .", "What 's the matter , Mother ?", "Would you have us die of thirst , Ursula ?", "Stingo , Ursula , stingo !", "What say you , lads , shall we see this trial ?", "Then let us get our ballast in , hoist sail and tack away .", "Re-enter URSULA with ale .", "Who is it , Ursula , they try ?", "But , what 's her name ?", "Hester Prynne ? The gentle Mistress Prynne I brought from", "Amsterdam three years ago ?", "My lads , do n't wait for me .", "But , didst thou know her , Ursula , as I", "Have known her , wisely good and true , thou wouldst", "Have wondered more .", "Thou , Ursula ?", "Where were her friends ?", "The Reverend Master Dimsdell", "And thou her only comforters ?", "How doth she bear her trouble , Ursula ?", "She yet is that ! But have you never learned her lover 's name ?", "\u2018 Tis strange that she", "Should fall ; and then endeavor to conceal", "Her lover ! Noble , wise and beautiful ,", "No other than a man of mark could win her !", "None , of which I know .", "I wonder if", "A rough sea-dog like me might speak a word", "For her ?", "I 'll go at once ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 179, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Lo . I have as hard a task to perform in this house .", "Lo . And mine is to perswade a passionate woman , or to leave the Land . Make the boat stay , I fear I shall begin my unfortunate journey this night , though the darkness of the night and the roughness of the waters might easily disswade an unwilling man .", "Lo . Savil , you shall gain the opinion of a better servant , in seeking to execute , not alter my will , howsoever my intents succeed .", "Lo . Mistres Younglove .", "Lo . Loves she her ill taken up resolution so dearly ? Didst thou move her from me ?", "Lo . What critical minute was that ?", "Lo . I prethee deliver my service , and say , I desire to see the dear cause of my banishment ; and then for France .", "Lo . Yes , have you lost your memory ?", "Lo . Why she knows not you .", "Lo . Enough , I know her Brother . I shall intreat you only to salute my Mistres , and take leave , we'l part at the Stairs .", "Lo . First , let me beg your notice for this Gentleman my Brother .", "Lo . Would I were so . Mistris , for me to praise over again that worth , which all the world , and you your self can see .", "Lo . Mistris .", "Lo . Mistris , another in my place , that were not tyed to believe all your actions just , would apprehend himself wrong 'd : But I whose vertues are constancy and obedience .", "Lo . I have heard and seen your affability to be such , that the servants you give wages to may speak .", "Lo . Mistris , your will leads my speeches from the purpose . But as a man \u2014", "Lo . Mistris I came to see you .", "Lo . To take leave of you .", "Lo . Yes .", "Lo . Yes , I had a third had you been apt to hear it .", "Lo . \u2018 Twas to intreat you to hear reason .", "Lo . Lastly , it is to kindle in that barren heart love and forgiveness .", "Lo . Yes Lady .", "Lo . You wrong me .", "Lo . You wrong me much .", "Lo . You wrong me much .", "Lo . You know your least word is of force to make me seek out dangers , move me not with toyes : but in this banishment , I must take leave to say , you are unjust : was one kiss forc't from you in publick by me so unpardonable ? Why all the hours of day and night have seen us kiss .", "Lo . What are you Sir ?", "Lo . First , I thank you for schooling this young fellow ,", "Whom his own follies , which he 's prone enough", "Daily to fall into , if you but frown ,", "Shall level him a way to his repentance :", "Next , I should rail at you , but you are a Woman ,", "And anger 's lost upon you .", "Lo . Then have your asking , and be griev 'd he 's dead ;", "How you will answer for his worth , I know not ,", "But this I am sure , either he , or you , or both", "Were stark mad , else he might have liv 'd", "To have given a stronger testimony to th \u2019 world", "Of what he might have been . He was a man", "I knew but in his evening , ten Suns after ,", "Forc 'd by a Tyrant storm our beaten Bark", "Bulg 'd under us ; in which sad parting blow ,", "He call 'd upon his Saint , but not for life ,", "On you unhappy Woman , and whilest all", "Sought to preserve their Souls , he desperately", "Imbrac 'd a Wave , crying to all that saw it ,", "If any live , go to my Fate that forc 'd me", "To this untimely end , and make her happy :", "His name was Loveless : And I scap't the storm ,", "And now you have my business .", "Lo . Yes faith , wee'l have a cast at your best parts now . And then the Devil take the worst .", "Lo . I am too foolish : Ladie speak dear Ladie .", "Lo . I knew it , and min 'd with you , and so blew you up . Now you may see the Gentlewoman : stand close .", "Lo . Get on your doublet , here comes my Brother .", "Lo . Good morrow . Here 's a poor brother of yours .", "Lo . Come thou shalt kiss him for our sport sake .", "Lo . That at my peril . Lusty Mr. Morecraft ,", "Here is a Lady would salute you .", "Lo . Welford get you to the Church : by this light ,", "You shall not lie with her again , till y'are married .", "Lo . Th'art in a good beginning : come who leads ? Sir Roger , you shall have the Van : lead the way : Would every dogged wench had such a day .The | Scornful | Ladie . | A Comedie . | As it was Actedby the children of Her Majesties | Revels in the Blacke | Fryers . Written by | Fra . Beaumont and Jo . Fletcher , Gent . | London | Printed for Myles Partrich , and are to be sold | at his Shop at the George neere St Dunstans | Church in Fleet-streete . 1616 .The | Scorneful | Ladie . | A Comedie . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings | Majesties servants , at the | Blacke Fryers . | Written by | Fra . Beaumont , and Jo . Fletcher , | Gentlemen . | London , | Printed for M. P . and are to be sold by | Thomas Jones , at the blacke Raven , in | the Strand . 1625 .The | Scornefull | Ladie . | A Comedie . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings Majesties Servants , | at the Blacke-Fryers . | Written | By Fran : Beaumont , and Jo : Fletcher , | Gentlemen . | The third Edition . | London . | Printed by B. A . and T. F . for T. Jones , and are to be sold at his | Shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street . | 1630 .The | Scornfull | Ladie . | A Comedy . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings Majesties Servants , | at the Blacke-Fryers . | Written by Francis Beaymont , and John Fletcher , Gentlemen . | The fourth Edition . | London , | Printed by A. M. 1635 .The | Scornfull | Lady . | A Comedy . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings Majesties Servants ,The | Scornfull | Lady . | A Comedy . | As it was Actedby | the late Kings Majesties Servants , | at the Black-Fryers . | Written by Francis Beaumont , and John Fletcher . Gentlemen . | The sixt Edition , Corrected and | amended . | London : | Printed for Humphrey Moseley , and are to be sold at his Shop | at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard . 1651 .The | Scornful | Lady : | A | Comedy . | As it is now Acted at the | Theater Royal , | by | His Majesties Servants . | Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gent . | The Seventh Edition . | London : | Printed by A. Maxwell and R. Roberts , for D. N . and T. C . and are | to be sold by Simon Neale , at the Three Pidgeons in | Bedford-street in Covent-Garden , 1677 . p. 231 , l. 5 . A omits list of Persons Represented in the Play . B \u2014 E print the list on the back of the title-page , under the heading \u2018 The Actors are these . \u2019 In F and G the same list is printed on a separate page following the title-page . G ] The Names of the Actors . l. 8 . B and C ] the eldest . D \u2014 G ] the elder . p. 232 , l. 1 . A ] a Userer . l. 4 . A ] Savill make the boate stay . B prints \u2018 Savil . Make the boat stay , \u2019 as if the rest of the speech were spoken by Savil . C \u2014 G for \u2018 Savil \u2019 print \u2018 Yo . Lo ., \u2019 thus giving the words to Young Loveless . l. 9 . E and G ] at home marry . l. 10 . A \u2014 E and G ] your countrey . F ] your own country . A and B ] then to travell for diseases , and returne following the Court in a nightcap , and die without issue . l. 15 . Here and throughout the scene for \u2018 Younglove \u2019 D \u2014 G ] Abigall . l. 16 . A \u2014 C ] Mistres . D ] Mistrisse . E \u2014 G ] Mistris . l. 22 . A and B ] for me . l. 33 . E \u2014 G omit ] Exit . p. 233 , l. 2 . G ] acted Loves . l. 3 . A , B and E \u2014 G ] murtherers . l. 6 . A and B ] that shall be . l. 12 . A \u2014 G ] woman . l. 25 . A \u2014 G omit ] and . l. 31 . F ] out there . l. 35 . D \u2014 G for Younglove ] Abigall . p. 234 , l. 5 . F ] time of place . l. 16 . E \u2014 G omit ] Yes . l. 19 . E \u2014 G ] that can . l. 27 . F ] deadfull . l. 37 . G ] and put . l. 39 . A and B ] with you for laughter . p. 235 , l. 10 . A and B ] and so you satisfied . l. 17 . B ] doeth . l. 28 . A ] Hipochrists . E and F ] Hipocrasse . G ] Hippocrass . l. 34 . A and B ] his yeere . l. 31 . G ] said she . p. 236 , l. 9 . B ] doeth . D and E ] with you . l. 17 . G omits one ] that . l. 19 . G ] I'le live . p. 237 , l. 1 . A and B ] with three guards . l. 4 . D ] wesse . E \u2014 G ] wisse . l. 10 . D \u2014 G ] Abigall . l. 14 . E \u2014 G ] happily . l. 21 . A \u2014 E ] may call . l. 25 . A \u2014 G ] as on others . A \u2014 G omit ] that . l. 27 . A \u2014 G ] A my credit . l. 30 . A and B ] beginnings . l. 31 . G ] maid . l. 32 . E and G ] bed . l. 33 . D \u2014 G ] doe you not . l. 35 . D \u2014 G ] Abigall . p. 238 , l. 2 . A and B ] rid hard . l. 25 . A ] other woemen the housholds of . B \u2014 G ] of the households . G ] of as good . l. 28 . F and G ] tho not so coy . D \u2014 G ] Abigall . l. 36 . A \u2014 G ] God . p. 239 , l. 7 . G ] Call 'd . l. 17 . A ] your names . l. 32 . A ] the weomen . l. 33 . A and B ] an needlesse . E \u2014 G omit ] a. F ] her comes . G and sometimes F ] here comes . p. 240 , l. 4 . E \u2014 G omit ] of . F and G ] I do inculcate Divine Homilies . l. 13 . G ] man neglect . l. 16 . A and B ] I pray ye . A \u2014 G ] and whilst . l. 19 . B ] your Lay . l. 20 . C \u2014 F ] ingenuous . l. 23 . A ] I shall beate . l. 25 . A \u2014 E ] forget one , who . F and G ] forget then who . l. 34 . A and B ] how Hoppes goe . p. 241 , l. 6 . A \u2014 G ] to keep . l. 14 . F and G ] like a Gentlemen . l. 15 . F omits ] me . l. 23 . D \u2014 G ] Yet , that . l. 25 . A \u2014 E omit ] of . F and G ] Ile here no more , this is . l. 30 . A \u2014 E and G ] comes . l. 39 . A ] Gent . p. 242 , l. 6 . A \u2014 G omit ] etc . l. 7 . B \u2014 G ] help all . l. 22 . A and B ] warre , that cries . l. 27 . G ] has knockt . l. 32 . D \u2014 G omit ] even . A \u2014 G ] a conscience . l. 34 . A \u2014 E omit ] he . p. 243 , l. 6 . E \u2014 G ] pound . l. 11 . A and B ] We will have nobody talke wisely neither . F ] Will you not . l. 17 . A \u2014 C ] ath Coram . l. 25 . F and G omit ] that . l. 27 . F and G ] sir , to expound it . l. 28 . 2nd Folio misprints ] iuterpretation . l. 37 . A and B omit ] Sir . l. 40 . F omits ] keep . p. 244 , l. 1 . F and G add after part ] Savil . l. 6 . D \u2014 G add ] Finis Actus Primus . F and G add ] Omnes . O brave Loveless !Exeunt omnes . l. 12 . F and G omit ] Lady . l. 13 . F and G ] that complaint . l. 28 . F and G ] it loveth . l. 34 . A ] premised . p. 245 , l. 11 . D \u2014 G ] reprov 'd him . l. 22 . F and G ] hath made . l. 23 . A and B misprint ] Maria . l. 25 . F and G ] with a. l. 27 . A and B ] He 's fast . l. 39 . F and G omit ] Sir . p. 246 , l. 4 . A , B and G ] Gentlewoman . l. 23 . G omits ] indeed . l. 26 . F and G ] smile hath . l. 28 . A \u2014 E and G ] cropping off . l. 34 . E and G ] meditations . l. 36 . F and G ] and experience the . E \u2014 G ] collection . l. 39 . F and G ] thus to . p. 248 , ll . 3 and 4 . G ] and fornication . l. 24 . A and G ] set . p. 249 , l. 10 . A \u2014 C , E \u2014 G ] appeares . l. 11 . A ] drown . l. 12 . G ] Sir Aeneas . l. 34 . A and B ] Gentlewoman . p. 250 , l. 15 . A \u2014 G ] a Gods name . p. 251 , l. 11 . A and B add ] Drinke to my friend Captaine . l. 14 . A , B , F and G add at end ] Sir . l. 15 . A \u2014 G ] cursie . F ] a tittle . l. 16 . G ] would strive , Sir . F ] I will strive , Sir . l. 22 . Second Folio misprints ] Youn . l. 24 . A ] to feede more fishes . l. 30 . F and G ] pray you let . l. 34 . A ] a ful rouse . ll . 36 and 37 . D and F ] I bear . l. 39 . A \u2014 G ] a your knees . p. 252 , l. 12 . A ] finde . l. 32 . F and G for Capt .read Sav . and add \u2018 Let 's in and drink and give \u2019 etc . p. 253 , l. 5 . F and G ] be you your . l. 27 . D \u2014 F ] love chamber . G ] dares . l. 34 . A \u2014 C ] will stoop . l. 35 . A ] feede ill. l. 36 . A \u2014 G ] which for I was his wife and gave way to . l. 39 . F ] in patience of . p. 254 , l. 1 . D and E ] gossip too . l. 3 . E and F ] from whence . l. 9 . F misprints ] crown 'd at . l. 21 . E \u2014 G ] have the money . l. 23 . F and G ] provided my wise . l. 26 . F ] Here 's here . ll . 30 and 31 . F and G ] for thine . l. 32 . F omits ] well . p. 255 , l. 1 . A ] the faith . l. 11 . D \u2014 G ] mony fit for . l. 13 . A \u2014 D , F and G ] afore . l. 14 . G omits ] all . ll . 18 and 19 . D \u2014 G ] turne up . l. 20 . G ] Ship . l. 22 . G ] poor man . l. 26 . D , F and G ] against the . l. 28 . A \u2014 G ] thy staffe of office there , thy pen and Ink-horne . Noble boy . l. 29 . A ] sed . ll . 30 and 31 . A \u2014 G ] thy seat . l. 34 . F and G ] men immortal . l. 37 . A ] that shall . l. 40 . A ] What meane they Captaine . p. 256 , l. 8 . F and G ] pounds . l. 9 . F and G ] by this hand . l. 13 . F and G ] There is six Angels in earnest . l. 17 . A ] all in . l. 25 . F and G omit ] so be it . l. 35 . A and B ] at charge . l. 40 . A \u2014 G add ] Finis Actus Secundi . p. 257 , l. 2 . A omits ] and drops her glove . l. 3 . A \u2014 C ] tels . l. 8 . A , B and D \u2014 G ] Lenvoy . l. 16 . F and G ] No , Sir . p. 258 , l. 10 . D , E and G ] come here to speak with . l. 18 . F and G ] I say I. l. 26 . A misprints ] ralkt . F and G ] with the . l. 29 . F and G ] Troth guess . l. 33 . F ] Gentlewomen . l. 36 . A and B ] But one , I am . C ] or Woman . p. 259 , l. 1 . A ] shall not you . l. 16 . A \u2014 C and E \u2014 G ] no such . l. 19 . A \u2014 C and E \u2014 G ] tender Sir , whose gentle bloud . l. 29 . A omits ] be . l. 31 . A and G ] as he . l. 34 . A omits ] They draw . l. 36 . F and G omit ] Jesus . p. 260 , l. 4 . A and B omit ] Why . l. 11 . F ] but none so . l. 26 . A ] wilde . B , C and E \u2014 G ] vild . l. 31 . F and G ] sword . l. 33 . B and G ] a hazard . p. 261 , l. 1 . A and B ] which is prone inough . C \u2014 G ] are prone . l. 5 . A ] anger lost . l. 10 . F and G ] least share in . l. 25 . D , F and G ] are you . l. 33 . A and B ] self from such temptations . G ] self from temptations . l. 34 . A \u2014 D , F and G ] Pray leape . G ] the matter . C ] whether would . l. 38 . A \u2014 C , E and G ] should . p. 262 , l. 6 . F and G omit ] a. l. 11 . A \u2014 C ] see . l. 12 . E ] Of any . l. 20 . F and G ] his ruin . l. 27 . C omits ] him . E \u2014 G ] with these . l. 37 . E \u2014 G ] leave them to others . l. 40 . C ] works a mine . p. 263 , l. 13 . A ] certaine . l. 18 . E \u2014 G ] spoken . l. 19 . F ] ask you . l. 20 . E \u2014 G ] forward . l. 32 . G ] hard-hearted . l. 35 . F and G ] me to do . p. 264 , l. 4 . E \u2014 G ] could redeem . l. 10 . D , F and G ] This . l. 24 . A ] you have so . l. 27 . E and G ] By this light . p. 265 , l. 10 . F ] by your troth . l. 11 . A ] could . l. 15 . C ] cold meats . l. 23 . F and G ] we would . l. 27 . F and G ] that thou art here . l. 29 . F and G ] use thee . l. 33 . A and B ] offending . l. 34 . F and G ] Thou art nothing ... for love 's sake . p. 266 , l. 3 . G omits ] I hope . l. 13 . F and G ] thy face . l. 14 . A \u2014 G omit ] for . ll . 21 and 22 . F and G ] companion . l. 25 . A ] amable . l. 38 . G adds at end ] I hope . p. 267 , l. 4 . A , B and D \u2014 F ] Don Diego , Ile . l. 11 . A , C and E ] saies . l. 15 . E \u2014 G ] you may . l. 20 . E ] wine here . F and G add before All ] Mr. Morecraft . l. 21 . A \u2014 G ] Sir . Savill ? l. 31 . G ] and yet they . l. 33 . F omits ] pray . l. 36 . A \u2014 C and E \u2014 G ] God a gold . 2nd Folio misprints ] expouud . p. 268 , l. 3 . A ] not you . l. 7 . A and B ] is much is much . l. 18 . G ] in tenements of . l. 22 . F and G ] I shall not dare to . l. 23 . A ] By blithe . l. 33 . A and B ] of satten . l. 37 . A \u2014 G ] necessary . D \u2014 G ] and consuming . p. 269 , l. 10 . 2nd Folio misprints ] nor . l. 16 . A \u2014 G ] a \u2019 my knowledge . l. 20 . F and G ] the . F ] Morall . l. 27 . B and D \u2014 G ] worst on 's . l. 31 . A ] your complement . l. 34 . F and G ] paid back again . p. 270 , l. 4 . F and G ] we have liv 'd . ll . 4 and 5 . F and G ] be the hour that . l. 14 . A misprints ] Yo . Lo . l. 15 . F and G ] A thirsty . l. 17 . F omits ] Sir . l. 20 . A ] raile . l. 24 . D \u2014 G ] to'th . p. 271 , l. 1 . A ] hee 's your . l. 4 . A \u2014 G ] fall . l. 19 . A \u2014 G ] who you left me too . l. 20 . F omits ] for . l. 23 . F and G ] be leaping in . l. 24 . E \u2014 G ] nights . l. 25 . F omits ] my . l. 27 . E ] thirtie . l. 34 . B ] you fellow . l. 37 . A \u2014 G ] Cresses sir to coole . l. 39 . A \u2014 C ] fornications . p. 272 , l. 3 . E \u2014 G ] get no . l. 4 . A \u2014 G add ] Finis Actus tertii . l. 6 . A \u2014 G ] solus . l. 8 . A ] thee to ? to what scurvy Fortune . l. 9 . E ] of Noblemen . l. 15 . B and E \u2014 G ] profit . 2nd Folio misprints ] Eccle . l. 16 . F ] eats out youth . l. 22 . 2nd Folio misprints ] abolishth , is . l. 25 . D and E ] in his . l. 33 . A ] neglectingly . l. 34 . A ] broke . p. 273 , l. 9 . F and G ] abused like me . A \u2014 F ] Dalida . l. 11 . F and G ] you may dilate . l. 27 . F and G ] could not expound . l. 28 . A ] and then at prayers oncel. 29 . A ] mine owne royallissue . l. 34 . D and E ] for you . l. 35 B ] and thus . l. 36 . A , F and G ] contrition , as a Father saith . l. 39 . A \u2014 G ] Comfets . l. 40 . A , F and G ] then a long chapter with a pedigree . p. 274 , l. 3 . A ] lovely . l. 4 . F and G ] when due time . l. 8 . F and G ] but have . l. 14 . A \u2014 E ] cunny . l. 17 . A omits ] in . F and G ] the hanging . l. 19 . A , F and G ] more with the great Booke of Martyrs . l. 23 . F and G add after beloved ] Abigail . l. 31 . E \u2014 G ] chop up . p. 275 , l. 3 . A and B ] wise Sir . l. 7 . A , B , F and G ] make . l. 14 . F and G ] thank Heaven . l. 19 . E \u2014 G omit ] Lord . l. 22 . A and B ] some sow . l. 23 . F and G ] brought forth . l. 26 . F and G ] will not . l. 29 . E ] a cleere . E \u2014 G ] would take . l. 39 . A ] and yet would . p. 276 , l. 3 . A \u2014 F ] errant . l. 5 . A \u2014 F ] pray be . l. 9 . A ] the godsknowes . C ] God the knowes . F and G ] Heaven knows . l. 15 . 2nd Folio misprints ] Lo . l. 18 . A omits ] so . l. 19 . A \u2014 C omit ] for . l. 38 . E \u2014 G ] that has . p. 277 , l. 1 . A and B ] turne in to . l. 4 . A omits ] pray . l. 13 . G ] have you . l. 14 . G ] light , as spirited . l. 21 . G ] sheeps . l. 22 . G ] with two . l. 23 . F and G add at end ] I can . l. 33 . F and G ] your use of . l. 37 . A , B , D , F and G ] now then . p. 278 , l. 7 . A \u2014 G ] Rosasolis . l. 16 . G ] in presuming thus . l. 19 . E \u2014 G ] to any end . l. 23 . D , E and G ] heap affliction . B \u2014 D , F and G ] on me . l. 28 . F and G add ] ha . l. 33 . F and G for a read ] ha \u2019 . l. 37 . E \u2014 G omit ] Sir . p. 279 , l. 1 . G ] no so . l. 2 . A ] know . l. 6 . F omits ] that . ll . 6 \u2014 8 . D and E omit ] at you ... not laugh and runs on the remainder of Lady 's speech as part of Mar .' s . F and G omit ] Sir ... not laugh . l. 7 . A \u2014 C omit one ] \u2018 ha . \u2019 l. 15 . A and B ] for it then . l. 20 . E \u2014 G ] And you may . l. 28 . G ] crack . l. 36 . A \u2014 C ] fit ath . l. 38 . B ] will you cure . p. 280 , l. 5 . A and C ] Let him alone , \u2018 is crackt . l. 6 . D \u2014 G ] he 's a beastly . A and B ] to loose . l. 7 . A \u2014 G ] is a. ll . 9 and 10 . G ] fohshe stinks . ll . 19 and 20 . F and G ] ye have ... hate ye . l. 23 . A and B ] in intercession . D \u2014 G ] make intercession . l. 25 . A ] not all . l. 26 . F and G ] and will . l. 32 . A and B ] safer dote . l. 33 . F ] disease . p. 281 , l. 8 . A \u2014 C ] I hope \u2018 is not . l. 16 . A ] There is . l. 28 . A ] Carrire . D \u2014 G ] carriage . l. 29 . A \u2014 C , F and G ] now I. l. 30 . A \u2014 G ] a horse back . l. 31 . A \u2014 C and E \u2014 G ] to looke to . p. 282 , l. 3 . A \u2014 C ] \u2018 is fleet . l. 10 . 2nd Folio misprints ] sweed . l. 11 . F ] not your . A \u2014 E ] Reasens . F and G ] your rotten Reasons . l. 13 . F and G ] civil and feed . l. 16 . A \u2014 G ] pounds . l. 18 . A , F and G ] defend . p. 283 , l. 2 . F and G ] Ordinaries do eat . l. 3 . F and G ] to a play . l. 6 . E ] Bootmaker . F and G ] to a bear-baiting . l. 13 . A , C \u2014 G ] aire . l. 15 . A ] as little . l. 18 . E ] if they may . ll . 22 and 23 . F and G ] ask me . l. 23 . A and B ] a modesty . l. 24 . A \u2014 F ] Wardrope . l. 28 . E \u2014 G ] to dogs . l. 36 E ] cheate . A \u2014 G ] add ] Finis Actus Quarti . p. 284 , l. 27 . F and G ] the Gentleman . l. 31 . A and B ] house Sir . p. 285 , l. 5 . B ] for your . l. 10 . A \u2014 D ] be lest . E \u2014 G ] be left . l. 15 . E ] never-worme . l. 25 . F and G ] the elder hath . l. 31 . 2nd Folio misprints ] Gentlewomau . p. 286 , l. 7 . G ] goodly . l. 8 . A and D ] beliefe . l. 10 . E \u2014 G ] you cas 'd . l. 29 . A \u2014 G ] in thy . l. 30 . G omits ] I. l. 31 . F ] years . p. 287 , l. 1 . F and G ] vilely . l. 3 . A and D \u2014 G ] shall want uryne to finde the cause by : and she . B and C ] shall want uryne finde the cause be . l. 14 . A and B ] I stoppe . p. 288 , l. 7 . E omits ] did . F and G ] he does . l. 25 . A and B omit ] be . l. 34 . F and G ] till death . p. 289 , l. 1 . 2nd Folio misprints ] berroth 'd . E and G add at beginning ] Ah . l. 5 . A and B ] mind is . l. 6 . G ] womens . l. 22 . F ] not any . l. 26 . F and G omit ] Godlike . l. 27 . A and B ] passions . l. 28 . F and G ] is her law . l. 39 . D \u2014 G ] and colour . p. 290 , l. 7 . 2nd Folio misprints ] yon . l. 7 . F and G ] you , though unknown . l. 18 . F and G ] Heaven to comfort . l. 34 . A and B ] Milde still as . l. 37 . B ] ends . l. 40 . F and G ] never find . p. 291 , l. 7 . A and B ] I will . l. 12 . G ] spoken . l. 25 . A \u2014 F ] judicially . l. 27 . G ] off her . A \u2014 C ] sound . G ] her Love . F ] lovers . l. 33 . A , B and E \u2014 G ] a bed . l. 37 . D ] at a third . F and G add after Balls ] admirably . p. 292 , l. 2 . A , F and G ] forgot . ll . 4 and 5 . F and G omit ] I 'll not ... you joy . l. 9 . G ] there was . l. 10 . A , B , F and G ] meant . G omits ] you . l. 19 . G ] rather then . l. 20 . A , B and D \u2014 F ] forsooke . l. 34 . A , E and G ] I had rather . p. 293 , l. 4 . D \u2014 G add after so ] a most ungodly thing . ll . 5 and 6 . D \u2014 G omit ] Since a ... ungodly thing . l. 30 . D and F omit ] and Young . l. 32 . A and B ] all uncivill , all such beasts as these . C ] are uncivill , all such beasts . D and E ] wee are uncivill , as such beasts as these . F and G ] all uncivil . Would , etc . p. 294 , l. 7 . G ] are you . l. 11 . A \u2014 C ] learning new sir . E \u2014 G omit ] Sir . l. 14 . A ] rouge . l. 16 . A ] capassions . l. 17 . 2nd Folio misprints ] Goaler . l. 25 . F and G ] indeed I do . p. 295 , l. 8 . 2nd Folio misprints ] A I. l. 27 . F and G ] Heaven quite . 1 . 31 . F and G ] thou help . l. 34 . F and G omit ] the Cleve . l. 36 . F ] all this . p. 296 , l. 30 . F , some copies ] hankt it . l. 34 . G ] O Heaven . p. 297 , l. 1 . F and G ] with this . l. 12 . F and G ] who I. l. 17 . B , F and G ] hold out . l. 22 . A ] witnes to . ll . 26 and 27 . F and G ] this Welford from . p. 298 , l. 5 . 2nd Folio misprints ] turn . l. 8 . A , B , D , F and G ] tyr 'd . l. 12 . A ] sore Ladies . D \u2014 G omit ] four . l. 19 . F and G ] I think I. l. 23 . A ] I see by her . l. 38 . A and E ] make . p. 299 , l. 2 . E \u2014 G ] he is . l. 10 . A and B ] A will . C ] I will . l. 13 . F and G ] make you well . l. 15 . G ] unconverted . l. 20 . F and G ] tell you . l. 26 . B ] yon . l. 34 . F and G ] Who 's . p. 300 , l. 8 . F and G ] must wear . l. 9 . G omits ] Of . l. 19 . A and B ] pound . l. 22 . E and F omit ] a. l. 29 . G ] you wall graze . l. 30 . F and G ] once again . l. 33 . F and G ] your Worship . l. 38 . G ] Why now . p. 301 , l. 3 . F and G ] As fast as . l. 11 . C ] helps . l. 17 . A and B omit ] the . l. 24 . F and G ] and lead . l. 25 . A \u2014 G add ] Finis .has been found in England by the writer of this note . Its existence has been ignored by every previous editor of Beaumont and Fletcher , and , apparently , by English bibliographers , the folio of 1679 being presumed to be \u2018 Ed . 7 . \u2019 The knowledge that a copy existed in America led to a fruitless search for it in English libraries , until accident , a few months ago , brought one to light in time to enable a collation of its text to be included in the above notes . It will be seen that many of the readings are of considerable interest . A. R. W . ]"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 180, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["You know , Dodo , it 's all pretty good rot in these days .", "What is a cad ?", "Well , Old Hornblower I 'll give you .", "Well , you 've got him . Now , Charlie \u2014 Chearlie \u2014 I say \u2014 the importance of not being Charlie \u2014\u2014", "My dear father , they 've been here seven years .", "Charlie Hornblower is n't really half a bad sport .", "Now , his wife \u2014 Chloe \u2014 -", "It 's a ripping name .", "Dodo , you 're narrow . Buck up , old darling , it wo n't do . Chloe has seen life , I 'm pretty sure ; THAT 'S attractive , anyway . No , mother 's not in the room ; do n't turn your uneasy eyes .", "The limit . Now , Rolf \u2014\u2014", "Rolf Hornblower 's a topper ; he really is a nice boy .", "Yes , darling . You know what a nice boy is , do n't you ?", "Well , I 'll tell you . In the first place , he 's not amorous .", "Just a jolly good companion .", "Well , to anyone \u2014 me .", "Anywhere . You do n't suppose I confine myself to the home paddocks , do you ? I 'm naturally rangey , Father .", "In the second place , he does n't like discipline .", "In the third place , he bars his father .", "Fish not ! Fourthly , he 's got ideas .", "For instance , he thinks \u2014 as I do \u2014\u2014", "Careful ! He thinks old people run the show too much . He says they ought n't to , because they 're so damtouchy . Are you damtouchy , darling ?", "He says there 'll be no world fit to live in till we get rid of the old . We must make them climb a tall tree , and shake them off it .", "Otherwise , with the way they stand on each other 's rights , they 'll spoil the garden for the young .", "Oh ! Rolf does n't talk to him , his mouth 's too large . Have you ever seen it , Dodo ?", "It 's considerable , is n't it ? Now yours is \u2014 reticent , darling .", "Poor ducky ! How long have we been here , Dodo ?", "It has its drawbacks . D'you think Hornblower had a father ? I believe he was spontaneous . But , Dodo , why all this \u2014 this attitude to the Hornblowers ?", "That 's only because we are , as mother would say , and they 're not \u2014 yet . But why not let them be ?", "Why ?", "But if you gave them the ell , they would n't want the inch . Why should it all be such a skin game ?", "Keep to the point , Dodo .", "Darling , do n't prose . They 're not half as bad as you think .", "Cut our throat spirit , you mean . What 's your definition of a gentleman , Dodo ?", "Oh ! Try !", "But suppose his standards are low ?", "Ah ! self-seeking ? But are n't we all , Dodo ? I am .", "Oh ! yes \u2014 too young to know .", "Except , of course , mother .", "Mother reminds me of England according to herself \u2014 always right whatever she does .", "That 's what I was saying . Now , no one could call you perfect , Dodo . Besides , you 've got gout .", "Shall I tell you my definition of a gentleman ? A man who gives the Hornblower his due .And I think mother ought to call on them . Rolf says old Hornblower resents it fearfully that she 's never made a sign to Chloe the three years she 's been here .", "I know you 're ever so much better than she is .", "You do keep your prejudices out of your phiz . But mother literally looks down her nose . And she never forgives an \u201c h . \u201d They 'd get the \u201c hell \u201d from her if they took the \u201c hinch . \u201d", "Do n't slime out of it , Dodo . I say , mother ought to call on the Hornblowers .Well ?", "I 'll go , darling .", "Look , Dodo , I 've brought the lot ! Is n't it a treat , dear Papa ? And here 's the stuff . Hallo !", "That 's not a bit sporting of you ,", "Mr. Hornblower .", "There is n't another side to turning out the Jackmans after you 'd promised .", "I had been standing up for you ; now I wo n't .", "I wo n't say anything about the other thing because I think it 's beneath , dignity to notice it . But to turn poor people out of their cottages is a shame .", "Free speech , Mr. Hornblower ; do n't be violent .", "Mr. Hornblower !", "Well , what 's the good of it ? Life 's too short for rows , and too jolly !", "Poor God !", "I can n't help it .", "I brought her in , mother", "Mother !", "Now , mother", "Why did you insult her ?", "Why ? Even if she is Old Combustion 's daughter-in-law ?", "She 's all right . Lots of women powder and touch up their lips nowadays . I think she 's rather a good sort ; she was awfully upset .", "Oh ! do n't be so mysterious , mother . If you know something , do spit it out !", "It 's no good , Dodo . It made me ashamed . It 's just as \u2014 as caddish to insult people who have n't said a word , in your own house , as it is to be \u2014 old Hornblower .", "It 's something Dawker 's told her ; I saw them . I do n't like", "Dawker , father , he 's so common .", "They 'll make you do things you do n't approve of , Dodo , if you do n't look out . Mother 's fearfully bitter when she gets her knife in . If old Hornblower 's disgusting , it 's no reason we should be .", "No , no , darling ! I only want to warn you solemnly that mother 'll tell you you 're fighting fair , no matter what she and Dawker do .", "No . Because \u2014Well \u2014 I was just beginning to enjoy , myself ; and now \u2014 everything 's going to be bitter and beastly , with mother in that mood . That horrible old man ! Oh , Dodo ! Do n't let them make you horrid ! You 're such a darling . How 's your gout , ducky ?", "There , you see ! That shows ! It 's going to be half-interesting for you , but not for \u2014 us .", "No . But \u2014 now it 's all spoiled .", "I do n't mean any tosh about love 's young dream ; but I do like being friends . I want to enjoy things , Dodo , and you can n't do that when everybody 's on the hate . You 're going to wallow in it , and so shall I \u2014 oh ! I know I shall !\u2014 we shall all wallow , and think of nothing but \u201c one for his nob . \u201d", "Of course . I love it .", "Dodo !", "I do , Dodo , I do !", "Oh \u2014 oh-oh !Who goes there ?", "Pass , enemy ! And all 's ill !", "You know it is .", "Unto the third and fourth generations . What sin has my father committed ?", "Well , you should n't be , then ; I mean , he should n't be .", "It 's not because they 're new , it 's because \u2014 if your father behaved like a gentleman , he 'd be treated like one .", "I am just .", "I think it 's all very petty .", "How would you like to have your home spoiled ?", "All right ! You come and try and take ours .", "Like the Jackmans \u2019 ?", "Enemy ?", "Before the battle \u2014 let 's shake hands .", "Come to see us turned out ?", "Sorry . She need n't have come , I suppose ?", "Do n't you feel beastly all down the backs of your legs . Dodo ?", "Do you , mother ?", "A wagon of old Hornblower 's pots passed while we were in the yard . It 's an omen .", "Look at the old brute ! Dodo , hold my hand .", "Oh ! Look ! There 's Miss Mullins , at the back ; just come in . Is n't she a spidery old chip ?", "What a fish !", "I will .Have a sniff ; you look awfully white .", "No , do ! You must .", "D'you mind letting me see that a minute ?Beastly hot , is n't it ? You 'd better keep that .", "Why do you stay ? You did n't want to come , did you ?", "All right ! Here 's your water .", "What 's the time , Dodo ?", "Oh , hell !", "Sorry , Dodo . I was only thinking . Look ! Here he is ! Phew !\u2014 is n't he \u2014\u2014?", "Why can n't I see the bids , Dodo ?", "Who was that , Dodo ?", "Enemy , Dodo .", "Us , Dodo ?", "Oh ! we 've got it !", "Oh ! Dodo !", "Stick it , Dodo ; stick it !", "Oh , Dodo !", "Ours !", "Oh , Dodo ! How splendidly you stuck it !", "Dodo , may I spit in his eye or something ?", "Well ?", "Oh , Dodo ! He 's obscene .", "Dodo ! It 's awful !", "Look ! Chloe 's sitting down . She nearly fainted just now . It 's something to do with Dawker , Dodo , and that man with him . Look at mother ! Ask them !", "Nonsense , mother !", "Bosh ! I read the papers every day .", "It 's ridiculous , Dodo ; you 'd think I was mother at my age .", "No , but you had it , dear .", "Poor thing \u2014 whatever it is !", "What went before , mother ?", "Mother means that , father .", "Pitch , Dodo , pitch !", "He means humbug ; mother .", "Will it stop ?", "I 'm sorry , mother . Only it is a skin game , is n't it ?", "Mother , you 're wonderful !", "Coming , Dodo .", "Come in here . There 's no one .", "We did n't begin it .", "I hope I should be sorry .", "And we can n't help thinking he 's a pig . Sorry !", "He may be fitter , but he 's not going to survive .", "Is that all you came to say ?", "I do n't feel like joining .", "One can n't fight and not grow bitter .", "Wait ; you 'll feel it soon enough .", "Well ?", "I think you 'd better shut up .", "No .", "Yes .", "I do n't expect so .", "Lots of horrible things in the world .", "Do n't be moral .", "Better be real first .", "There is n't any . We 're all out , for our own . And why not ?", "Cynical ? Your father 's motto \u2014 \u201c Every man for himself . \u201d", "That 's the winner \u2014 hands down . Goodbye !", "\u2014", "\u201c If auld acquaintance be forgot", "And days of auld lang syne \u201d \u2014\u2014", "Let the three gentlemen in , and me out .", "We saw Chloe in the car . How did she take it , mother ?", "I shall go and see her .", "I shall . She must be in an awful state .", "I think I can , Dodo .", "I 'm going , all the same .", "Suppose I 'd taken a knock like that , Dodo , I 'd be glad of friendliness from someone .", "You do n't know what you can do till you try , mother .", "Oh ! Mother , we are grateful . Dodo , show your gratitude .", "Yes , Dodo , yes ! Mother , hold him while INo ! I can n't \u2014 I can n't help thinking of her .", "There is n't much , Dodo . I was in an awful funk for fear I should meet any of the others , and of course I did meet Rolf , but I told him some lie , and he took me to her room-boudoir , they call it \u2014 is n't boudoir a \u201c dug-out \u201d word ?", "She was sitting like this .And she said in a sort of fierce way : \u201c What do you want ? \u201d And I said : \u201c I 'm awfully sorry , but I thought you might like it . \u201d", "She looked at me hard , and said : \u201c I suppose you know all about it . \u201d And I Said : \u201c Only vaguely , \u201d because of course I do n't . And she said : \u201c Well , it was decent of you to come . \u201d Dodo , she looks like a lost soul . What has she done ?", "Oh !Is it very awful in that world , Dodo ?", "One thing I 'm sure of : she 's awfully fond of Chearlie .", "And she 's frightened , horribly . I think she 's desperate .", "No ; only \u2014\u2014 Oh ! it was beastly ; and of course I dried up .", "I just said : \u201c Father and I feel awfully sorry ; if there 's anything we can do \u2014\u2014 \u201d", "I had to say something . I 'm glad I went , anyway . I feel more human .", "I 'm not enjoying home tonight , Dodo .", "Mother 's fearfully \u2019 bucked , and Dawker 's simply oozing triumph . I do n't trust him . Dodo ; he 's too \u2014 not pugilistic \u2014 the other one with a pug-naceous .", "I 'm sure he would n't care tuppence if Chloe committed suicide .", "I wonder if mother would .", "You !Come in ! It 's only us !Dodo !", "Sit down ; you 're all shaky .", "It 's all right .", "Dodo ! It 's awful", "Of course you do .", "Oh ! Are you ?", "Look here ! He simply must n't find out .", "Dodo , what can we say to put him clean off the scent ?", "Yes ; and it is n't \u2014 that 's splendid ! You 'd be able to put such conviction into it . Do n't you think so , Dodo ?", "Oh ! It 's locked \u2014 I forgot .It 's all right , Fellows ; I was only saying something rather important .", "What a bore ! Can you see him , Dodo ?", "Yes , she came this morning .", "No .", "Shall I , Dodo ?", "No ; we do n't .", "Dodo !We are , you know .", "She loves you , you know .", "We do n't know .", "Dodo , we ought to look for her ; I 'm awfully afraid .", "Rolf ! All of you ! Stop ! Look !In the gravel pit . She 's just breathing ; that 's all .", "Dodo , she 's moved ; she 's spoken . It may not be so bad .", "It 's not you , Dodo ; it 's not you , beloved", "Dodo ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 181, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now say , lgenerall : how fares our campe ?", "But what portends thy cheerefull countenance", "And posting to our presence this in hast ?", "Speak , man : hath fortune giuen vs victorie ?", "Out Portugals will pay vs tribute then ?", "Then blest be Heauen , and Guider of the heauens ,", "From whose faire influence such iustice flowes !", "Thanks to my loving brother of Castille .", "But , generall , vnfolde in breefe discourse", "Your forme of battell and your warres successe ,", "That , adding all the pleasure of thy newes", "Vnto the height of former happines ,", "With deeper wage and gentile dignitie", "We may reward thy blisfull chiualrie .", "Thanks , good l", "general , for these good newes !", "And , for some argument of more to come ,", "Take this and weare it for thy soueraignes sake .", "Giue him his chaine .", "But tell me now : hast thou confirmed a peace ?", "These words , these deeds become thy person wel .", "But now , knight-marhsall , frolike with thy king ,", "For tis thy sonne that winnes this battels prize .", "Nor thou nor he shall dye without reward . What meanes this warning of this trumpets sound ?", "A gladsome sight ! I long to see them heere .", "They enter and passe by .", "Was that the warlike prince of Portingale", "That by our nephew was in triumph led ?", "But what was he that on the other side", "Held him by th \u2019 arme as partner of the prize ?", "Goe , let them march once more about these walles ,", "That staying them we may conferre and talke", "With our braue prisoner and his double guard .", "Hieoronimo , it greatly pleaseth vs", "That in our victorie thou haue a share", "By vertue of thy worthy sonnes exploit .", "Enter againe .", "Bring hether the young prince of Portingale !", "The rest martch on , but , ere they be dismist ,", "We will bestow on euery soldier", "Two duckets , and on euery leader ten ,", "That they may know our largesse welcomes them .", "I , Balthazar , if he obserue this truce ,", "Our peace will grow the stronger for these warres .", "Meane-while liue thou , though not in libertie ,", "Yet free from bearing any seruile yoake ;", "For in our hearing thy deserts were great .", "And in our sight thy-selfe art gratious .", "But tell me ,\u2014 for their holding makes me doubt :", "To Which of these twaine art thou prisoner ?", "Let goe his arm , vpon my priviledge ! Let him goe . Say , worthy prince : to whether didst thou yeeld ?", "Content thee , marshall ; thou shalt haue no wrong ,", "And for thy sake thy sonne shall want to right .", "Will both abide the censure of my doome ?", "Then by iudgement thus your strife shall end :", "You both deserue and both shall haue reward .", "Nephew , thou tookst his weapon", "and his horse :", "His weapons and his horse are thy reward .", "Horatio , thou didst force him first to yeeld :", "His ransome therefore is thy valours fee ;", "Appoint the sum as you shall both agree .", "But , nephew , thou shalt haue the prince in guard ,", "For thine estate best fitteth such a guest ;", "Horatios house were small for all his traine .", "Yet , in regard they substance passeth his ,", "And that iust guerdon may befall desert ,", "To him we yeeld the armour of the prince .", "How likes don Balthazar of this deuice ?", "Horatio , leaue him not that loues thee so .", "Now let vs hence , to see our souldiers paide ,", "And feast our prisoner as our friendly guest .", "See , lord embassador , how Spaine intreats", "Their prisoner Balthazar , thy viceroyes sonne :", "We pleasure more in kindenes than in warres .", "Put off your greetings till our feast be done ; Now come and sit with vs , and taste our cheere . Sit to the banquet . Sit downe , young prince , you are our second guest ; Brother , sit downe ; and nephew , take your placel Signior Horatio , waite thou vpon our cup , For well thou hast deserued to be honored . Now , lordings , fall too : Spaine is Portugall , And Portugall is Spaine ; we both are freends ; Tribute is paid , and we enioy our right . But where is olde Hieronimo , our marhsall ? He promised vs , in honor of our guest , To grace our banquet with some pompous iest . Enter HIERONIMO with a DRUM , three KNIGHTS , each with scutchin ; then he fethces three KINGS ; they take their crownes and them captiue . Hieronimo , this makes contents mine eie , Although I sound well not the misterie .", "My lord of Portingale , by this you see", "That which may comfort both your king and you ,", "And make your late discomfort seeme the lesse .", "But say , Hieronimo : what was the next ?", "This is another speciall argument", "That Portingale may daine to beare our yoake ,", "When it by little England hath beene yoakt .", "But now , Hieronimo , what were the last ?", "Hieronimo , I drinke to thee for this deuice ,", "Which hath pleasde both the embassador and me :", "Pledge me , Hieronimo , if thou loue the king !", "Takes the cup of HORATIO .", "My lord , I feare we sit but ouer-long ,", "Vnlesse our dainties were more delicate ,\u2014", "But welcome are to you the best we haue .", "Now let vs in , that you may be dispatcht ;", "I think our councell is already set .", "Brother of Castille , to the princes loue", "What saies your daughter Bel-imperia ?", "Then , lord embassadour of Portingale ,", "Aduise thy king to make this marriage vp", "For strengthening of our late-confirmed league ;", "I know no better meanes to make vs freends .", "Her dowry shall be large and liberall ;", "Besides that she is daughter and halfe heire", "Vnto our brother heere , Don Ciprian ,", "And shall enioy the moitie of his land ,", "Ile grace her marriage with an vnckles gift ,", "And this is it : in case the match goe forward ,", "The tribute which you pay shalbe releast ;", "And , if by Balthazar she haue a sonne ,", "He shall enioy the kingdome after vs .", "Doe so , my lord ; and , if he giue consent ,", "I hope his presence heere will honour vs", "In celebration of the nuptiall day ,\u2014", "And let himselfe determine of the time .", "Commend me to the king ; and so , farewell ! But wheres Prince Balthazar , to take his leaue ?", "Amongst the rest of what you haue in charge ,", "The princes raunsome must not be forgot :", "Thats none of mine , but his that tooke him prisoner ,\u2014", "And well his forwardnes deserues reward :", "It was Horatio , our knight-marshalls sonne .", "Then once againe farewell , my lord !", "Now , brother , you must make some little paines", "To winne faire Bel-imperia from her will ;", "Young virgins must be ruled by their freends .", "The prince is amiable , and loues her well ;", "If she neglect him and forgoe his loue ,", "She both will wrong her owne estate and ours .", "Therefore , whiles I doe entertaine the prince", "With greatest pleasure that our court affoords ,", "Endeauor you to winne your daughters thought .", "If she giue back , all this will come to naught ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 182, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Now say , lord general : how fares our camp ?", "But what portends thy cheerful countenance", "And posting to our presence thus in haste ?", "Speak , man : hath fortune given us victory ?", "Our Portugals will pay us tribute then ?", "Then blest be Heav'n , and Guider of the heav'ns ,", "From whose fair influence such justice flows !", "Thanks to my loving brother of Castille .", "But , general , unfold in brief discourse", "Your form of battle and your war 's success ,", "That , adding all the pleasure of thy news", "Unto the height of former happiness ,", "With deeper wage and gentle dignity", "We may reward thy blissful chivalry .", "Thanks , good lord general , for these good news !", "And , for some argument of more to come ,", "Take this and wear it for thy sovereign 's sake .", "Give him his chain .", "But tell me now : hast thou confirm 'd a peace ?", "These words , these deeds become thy person well .", "But now , knight-marshall , frolic with thy king ,", "For \u2018 tis thy son that wins this battle 's prize .", "Nor thou nor he shall die without reward . What means this warning of this trumpet 's sound ?", "A gladsome sight ! I long to see them here .", "They enter and pass by .", "Was that the warlike prince of Portingal", "That by our nephew was in triumph led ?", "But what was he that on the other side", "Held him by th \u2019 arm as partner of the prize ?", "Go , let them march once more about these walls ,", "That staying them we may confer and talk", "With our brave prisoner and his double guard .", "Hieoronimo , it greatly pleaseth us", "That in our victory thou have a share", "By virtue of thy worthy son 's exploit .", "Enter again .", "Bring hither the young prince of Portingal !", "The rest march on , but , ere they be dismiss 'd ,", "We will bestow on every soldier", "Two ducats , and on every leader ten ,", "That they may know our largesse welcomes them .", "Welcome , Don Balthazar ! Welcome nephew !", "And thou , Horatio , thou art welcome too !", "Young prince , although thy father 's hard misdeeds", "In keeping back the tribute that he owes", "Deserve but evil measure at our hands ,", "Yet shalt thou know that Spain is honourable .", "Aye , Balthazar , if he observe this truce ,", "Our peace will grow the stronger for these wars .", "Meanwhile live thou , though not in liberty ,", "Yet free from bearing any servile yoke ;", "For in our hearing thy deserts were great .", "And in our sight thyself art gracious .", "But tell me ,\u2014 for their holding makes me doubt :", "To which of these twain art thou prisoner ?", "Let go his arm , upon my privilege ! Let him go . Say , worthy prince : to whether didst thou yield ?", "Content thee , marshall ; thou shalt have no wrong ,", "And for thy sake thy son shall want to right .", "Will both abide the censure of my doom ?", "Then by judgment thus your strife shall end :", "You both deserve and both shall have reward .", "Nephew , thou took'st his weapons and his horse :", "His weapons and his horse are thy reward .", "Horatio , thou did'st force him first to yield :", "His ransom therefore is thy valour 's fee ;", "Appoint the sum as you shall both agree .", "But , nephew , thou shalt have the prince in guard ,", "For thine estate best fitteth such a guest ;", "Horatio 's house were small for all his train .", "Yet , in regard thy substance passeth his ,", "And that just guerdon may befall desert ,", "To him we yield the armour of the prince .", "How likes Don Balthazar of this device ?", "Horatio , leave him not that loves thee so .", "Now let us hence , to see our soldiers paid ,", "And feast our prisoner as our friendly guest .", "See , lord ambassador , how Spain entreats", "Their prisoner Balthazar , thy viceroy 's son :", "We pleasure more in kindness than in wars .", "Put off your greetings till our feast be done ; Now come and sit with us , and taste our cheer . Sit to the banquet . Sit down , young prince , you are our second guest ; Brother , sit down ; and nephew , take your place . Signior Horatio , wait thou upon our cup , For well thou hast deserved to be honour 'd . Now , lordings , fall too : Spain is Portugal , And Portugal is Spain ; we both are friends ; Tribute is paid , and we enjoy our right . But where is old Hieronimo , our marshall ? He promis 'd us , in honour of our guest , To grace our banquet with some pompous jest . Enter HIERONIMO with a DRUM , three KNIGHTS , each with scutcheon ; then he fetches three KINGS ; they take their crowns and them captive . Hieronimo , this makes content mine eye , Although I sound not well the mystery .", "My lord of Portingal , by this you see", "That which may comfort both your king and you ,", "And make your late discomfort seem the less .", "But say , Hieronimo : what was the next ?", "This is another special argument", "That Portingal may deign to bear our yoke ,", "When it by little England hath been yok 'd .", "But now , Hieronimo , what were the last ?", "Hieronimo , I drink to thee for this device ,", "Which hath pleas 'd both the ambassador and me :", "Pledge me , Hieronimo , if thou love the king !", "Takes the cup of HORATIO .", "My lord , I fear we sit but over-long ,", "Unless our dainties were more delicate ,\u2014", "But welcome are you to the best we have .", "Now let us in , that you may be dispatch 'd ;", "I think our council is already set .", "Brother of Castille , to the prince 's love", "What says your daughter Bel-imperia ?", "Then , lord ambassador of Portingal ,", "Advise thy king to make this marriage up", "For strengthening of our late-confirmed league ;", "I know no better means to make us friends .", "Her dowry shall be large and liberal ;", "Besides that she is daughter and half heir", "Unto our brother here , Don Ciprian ,", "And shall enjoy the moiety of his land ,", "I 'll grace her marriage with an uncle 's gift ,", "And this is it : in case the match go forward ,", "The tribute which you pay shall be releas 'd ;", "And , if by Balthazar she have a son ,", "He shall enjoy the kingdom after us .", "Do so , my lord ; and , if he give consent ,", "I hope his presence here will honour us", "In celebration of the nuptial day ,\u2014", "And let himself determine of the time .", "Commend me to the king ; and so , farewell ! But where 's Prince Balthazar , to take his leave ?", "Amongst the rest of what you have in charge ,", "The prince 's ransom must not be forgot :", "That 's none of mine , but his that took him prisoner ,\u2014", "And well his forwardness deserves reward :", "It was Horatio , our knight-marshall 's son .", "Then once again farewell , my lord !", "Now , brother , you must make some little pains", "To win fair Bel-imperia from her will ;", "Young virgins must be ruled by their friends .", "The prince is amiable , and loves her well ;", "If she neglect him and forgo his love ,", "She both will wrong her own estate and ours .", "Therefore , whiles I do entertain the prince", "With greatest pleasure that our court affords ,", "Endeavor you to win your daughter 's thought .", "If she give back , all this will come to naught .", "Now show , ambassador , what our viceroy saith :", "Hath he receiv 'd the articles we sent ?", "Who is he that interrupts our business ?", "Brother , how like you this our viceroy 's love ?", "And well remember 'd , thank his Majesty ! Here , see it given to Horatio .", "Who is that ? Hieronimo ?", "What means this outrage ? Will none of you restrain his fury ?", "What accident hath happ 'd to Hieronimo ? I have not seen him to demean him so .", "Believe me , nephew , we are sorry for \u2018 t ;", "This is the love that fathers bear their sons .", "But , gentle brother , go give to him this gold ,", "The prince 's ransom ; let him have his due ;", "For what he hath , Horatio shall not want .", "Haply Hieronimo hath need thereof .", "We shall increase his melancholy so .", "\u2018 Tis best that we see further in it first ;", "Till when , ourself will hold exempt the place .", "And , brother , now bring in the ambassador ,", "That he may be a witness of the match", "\u2018 Twixt Balthazar and Bel-imperia ,", "And that we may prefix a certain time", "Wherein the marriage shall be solemniz 'd ,", "That we may have thy lord the viceroy here .", "Go , brother , \u2018 tis the Duke of Castile 's cause ;", "Salute the viceroy in our name .", "And now to meet these Portuguese ;", "For , as we now are , so sometimes were these ,", "Kings and commanders of the western Indies .", "Welcome , brave viceroy , to the court of Spain !", "And welcome , all his honourable train !", "\u2018 Tis not unknown to us for why you come ,", "Or have so kingly cross 'd the seas .", "Sufficeth it , in this we note the troth", "And more than common love you lend to us .", "So is it that mine honourable niece ,", "For it beseems us now that it be known ,", "Already is betroth 'd to Balthazar ;", "And , by appointment and our condescent ,", "Tomorrow are they to be married .", "To this intent we entertain thyself ,", "Thy followers , their pleasure , and our peace .", "Speak , men of Portingal , shall it be so ?", "If aye , say so ; if not , say so flatly .", "See , brother , see , how nature strives in him !", "Come , worthy viceroy , and accompany", "Thy friend , to strive with thine extremities :", "A place more private fits this princely mood .", "Now , viceroy , shall we see the tragedy", "Of Suleiman , the Turkish emperor ,", "Perform 'd by pleasure by your son the prince ,", "My nephew Don Lorenzo , and my niece .", "Aye ; and Hieronimo our marshall ,", "At whose request they deign to do't themselves .", "These be our pastimes in the court of Spain .", "Here , brother , you shall be the book-keeper :", "This is the argument of that they show .", "He giveth him a book .", "See , viceroy , that is Balthazar your son ,", "That represents the Emperor Suleiman :", "How well he acts his amorous passion !", "Here comes Lorenzo : look upon the plot", "And tell me , brother , what part plays he .", "Well said , old marshall ! this was bravely done !", "But now what follows for Hieronimo ?", "O hearken , viceroy ; hold Hieronimo ! Brother , my nephew and thy son are slain !", "Speak , traitor ! damned , bloody murd'rer , speak !\u2014", "For , now I have thee , I will make thee speak !", "Why hast thou done this undeserving deed ?", "Why speak'st thou not ?", "Fetch forth the tortures ! Traitor as thou art , I 'll make thee tell !", "O monstrous resolution of a wretch !", "See , Viceroy , he hath bitten forth his tongue", "Rather than reveal what we require 'd .", "And if in this he satisfy us not ,", "We will devise th \u2019 extremest kind of death", "That ever was invented for a wretch .", "Then he makes signs for a knife to mend his pen .", "What age hath ever heard such monstrous deeds ?", "My brother and the whole succeeding hope", "That Spain expected after my decease .", "Go bear his body hence , that we may mourn", "The loss of our beloved brother 's death ,", "That he may be entomb 'd . Whate'er befall ,", "I am the next , the nearest , last of all ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 183, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["} What is it ?", "} Why , come in , Izod , darling \u2014 what 's wrong ?", "}Lie down , you beast ,Come along , Izod , dear !", "}No luck , dearie ?", "} The brutes .", "} I durs n't tap the ale without Squire 's orders \u2014 the new barrel is n't to be touched till the Harvest Feast . Down with it \u2014 it 's meat and drink .", "} Do n't spend your money on tobacco , darling . Have a meal .", "} Good gracious ! How ?", "} Carried a sick woman on a litter ?", "} A common woman or a lady ?", "}What does she do at an inn in Market-Sinfield ?", "} Well ?", "} Did he go to her ?", "} I 've only got a little money . I 'll fetch it , dear ,A pretty lady in Market-Sinfield \u2014 very dark , very ill , and among strangers ,How unlucky all dark women seem to be !", "}Oh , yes , dear .", "} Leave me a little .", "}That 'll never be \u2014 I 've tried .", "}Yes , Mr. Hythe .", "} For shame , Gilbert Hythe ; I 'm his sister .", "}Very well . And your dinner is waiting for you , Mr. Hythe ,and has been this half-hour .", "}Thank you , Mr. Hythe .", "} Tell me , dear , dear , dear , where did you find that key ring ?", "} Well ?", "} What does that mean ?", "} What of it ?", "} What of it ?", "}What of it ?", "}Tell me what you think \u2014 tell me what you mean !", "} Climb to a window , when there 's a door there ?", "} I do .But the dog , Izod ,\u2014 nobody that the dog does n't love , dares try to pass the gateway \u2014 the dog !", "} Ah !", "}I 'll call Gilbert Hythe , if you touch me , darling ,Listen , Izod ; I 've been here , on this bit o \u2019 land , resting under this old roof , and working in this old yard , since I was a mite \u2014 so high . I 've been here in times of merrymaking and times of mourning , and I 've seen the grass grow over all the Veritys but one \u2014 the Squire who gives me the same living that goes to the best table , and as soft a pillow as lies on the best bed . No , I 'll keep the keys , Izod dear ; you go and swallow Gilbert Hythe 's dinner .", "}A bunch of his keys ; they are safer in my pocket than in Izod 's \u2014 poor Izod is so impulsive .Squire ! Squire ! Here 's Gilbert Hythe with two men . Do n't let \u2018 em bring their boots indoors .", "}Hush !", "}What 's wrong , dear ?", "} Go in , Izod ! Here 's the Squire ! go in !I 'm close at hand if you want me , Squire . Here 's Gilbert !", "}Yes !", "}Yes , Squire .", "} The old cask has run out , and the new one is n't to be tapped till to-morrow .", "}Who 's calling me \u201c what'shYpppHeNyourhYpppHeN name \u201d ?Why , parson !", "}Yes , Squire , that he does .", "}For the lady at the White Lion , parson ?", "}The basket is packed , parson . Chicken and jelly , sponge cakes , grapes \u2014Well , I never \u2014!", "} Never a clergyman , sir !", "}Gilbert !", "} Will you taste the milk , gentlemen ?", "}Who are you ?", "}Who told you to call \u201c Christie \u201d ?", "} I beg your pardon , Squire , but I have been good enough to wait on you since you were that high . What 's wrong with me now ?", "}I do n't want a helpmate . I want all you , Squire . We were children together , you and me , mistress and maid . Do n't halve your heart now , Squire . I can n't bear it .", "}I can n't help what I 'm saying . I wo n't bear it .", "}You 're the girl that they say is in love with a soldier , are n't you ?", "} A soldier ! That 's why the Squire has gushed over you , is n't it ?", "}\u201c No , miss ! \u201dNow listen to one word from me . You get wed to your common soldier as soon as you can hook him , do you hear ?", "} Because as long as you 're in this house , there 's mischief and bad blood in it , upon my soul there is ! Come along and see your bedroom .", "}And that 's the woman they make a saint of in Market-Sinfield . And she dares to turn her back on me \u2014 for Felicity .", "}Felicity ! Not the name for this house !Ah ! I shall have to jingle you yet .", "} Gilbert Hythe and Gunnion , with a box of clothes for the girl ,", "} Excuse me , Squire , but before Gunnion goes I should like you to make note of the alethat 's been drawn from the new cask . The ale was in my keeping and it 's due to me for you to know of the loss .", "} More shame for an old man to lead a poor boy astray !", "} Turn up your collar , Gilbert , it 's bitter cold ,", "}My hands are as white as hers , but I suppose she is to be the lady 's maid .", "} I know I 'm your servant ; whether or not I 'm your friend , Squire , is another matter ; but I 'm not her friend , and I own it .", "} That 's it , I 'm jealous ; I hope there 'll never be a worse name for it .", "}He 's been sleeping off the effects of that wicked old man 's temptation , poor dear ,", "}Good-night .", "}My poor brother has something to say to you , Squire .", "}Poor boy .Will you want me again to-night , Squire ?", "} And I suppose Izod can be off about his business ?", "}Izod , I 'll see you out past the dog , dear \u2014 then go and lie by the ricks near the Five Trees , and watch who passes under the archway to-night .", "} Wait till a man walks from the Market-Sinfield road , and you wo n't wait long ,Good-night , Squire , dear .", "}Christiana .", "} Parson Dormer has walked over from", "Market-Sinfield and must see you to-night .", "}She has opened the window \u2014 the saint ! Poor Izod wo n't have to wait long ,Shall I sit up , Squire ?", "} What a lot of animals ! Ugh ! How awful common people look when they 're clean ,", "}Hallo !", "}Ill , she says . Hush !She 's in there . What do you want , dear ?", "} Hush ! she 's in her room . What 's the matter ?", "} You 're quite right , Gunnion ; act up to your ribbons .", "}Go away , Izod , and keep quiet till you 're wanted .", "} I have n't any .", "} What for ?", "}How much ?", "}For a pocket-handkerchief !", "}Somebody 's coming \u2014 go away .Now then , you !", "} Here 's a pretty thing , and a very pretty thing ; and who is the owner of this pretty thing ? You sha n't have it till you guess what it is .", "} No .", "} Yes .", "} Who is it from ?", "} Guess .", "} It was left here this morning by a common soldier .", "}\u201c Miss Felicity Gunnion \u2014 immejit . \u201d Immejit . He can n't even spell properly \u2014 that 's a good match for a girl .", "} How is he ? What does he call you \u2014 Lovey or Popsey ? He smokes bad tobacco ; I should n't care for him to kiss me .", "}Hallo ! what 's wrong with the ear-rings ?", "} I 'm glad of it ; it serves you right . You should n't sneak into other women 's shoes .", "}Gilbert , the children are crying out for you to tell them your fairy stories , and sing your songs to them .", "} You 're going to turn your back on Market - Sinfield , Squire . What 's to become of me !", "}Ah , I see ; it 's the baby face and baby tongue of old Gunnion 's daughter that pleases you now ! And why ? Because the child can talk to you of the barracks at Pagley , and the jests they make , and the stories they tell about young Thorndyke 's lady-love !", "} Insolent I may be , but I 'm not worse !", "} That your precious love-secret is known to my brother and me . That we can spell the name of the man who is the most welcome guest here , in broad daylight when doors are open , and in the dead of night when doors are locked !", "}Do n't you touch me , because I 'm your servant no longer ! do n't touch me , because you 're not fit to lay your hand upon a decent woman !", "} This : I 've got gipsy blood in me , and that means \u201c all or none . \u201d Will you promise to turn old Gunnion 's child away , never to have her near you again ?", "} Tell the parson that there 's a lady in Market-Sinfield who needs as much praying for as she can get from him on Sundays \u2014 tell him what Izod saw last night and what I heard \u2014 give him a new text to preach to the poor folks who call you their saint .", "}Your servant , Lieutenant . You have n't forgotten the Harvest Feast , sir .Come to the parson \u2014 now ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 184, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oh ! What Condition is't can equal mine ?", "Much less exceed it ; to be oblig 'd to", "Break my Vow , to part from my Palante ;", "Forc 'd to the Arms of a mishapen Monster ,", "Whom Nature made to vex the whole Creation .", "Nor is his crooked Body more deform 'd", "Than is his Soul , Ambition is his God ;", "He seeks no Heav'n but Interest ; nor knows he", "How to value ought but Gold .", "Oh ! my dearest Brother , had'st thou but liv 'd", "I had been truly happy , but now am", "Doubly miserable , in losing thee and my Palante .", "Thy Courage gives fresh Life and Liberty ,", "To poor Lucasia 's tired restless Soul ,", "Such Pow'r have chearful Friends t'ease our Sorrows .", "Oh ! my Lavinia , may thy Counsel prove", "Prophetic , I 'm going now , in this Disguise , to meet my", "Dear Palante ; may no malignant Star", "Interpose to cross our mutual Wishes .", "May thy Designs successful prove ,", "To fix thee ever in Francisco 's Arms .", "\u2018 Tis my Palante 's Voice .", "I must admire him that loves Palante ;", "Friendship 's a noble Name , \u2018 tis Love refin 'd ;", "\u2018 Tis something more than Love , \u2018 tis what I wou 'd", "Shew to my Palante .", "I know not , but I long to quit this Place ,", "My Thoughts seem to divine of Treachery ,", "But whence I know not ; no Creature 's conscious", "To our meeting here but Laura ; I have always", "Found her honest , and yet I would she did not know it .", "My Sadness does proceed from Fear for thee ,", "Take your Friend 's Counsel , let us fly this Place .", "Hark ! What Noise is that ? ha me , we 're lost .", "Oh ! we are undone , wicked , wicked Laura .", "Yet do but hear me , Father .", "For you my Mother wou 'd have done as much :", "If Need had so required ;", "Think not that my Mind e'er stray 'd from Virtue ;", "Oh ! listen to the Voice of my Prayer , and Crown", "It with rich Mercy .", "Oh , stay blood-thirsty Men , stay and hear me", "But a Word , and that shall be my final Resolution .", "If thou , my cruel Father wilt not hear ,", "But dost proceed to spill the Blood of him", "In whom my Life subsists , remember , Sir ,", "I am your Daughter , once you did love me ;", "Oh ! tell me then , what Fault can be so great", "To make a Father murderer of his Child ?", "For so you are in taking his dear Life ;", "Do not think that I will stay behind him .", "No , whilst there 's Asps , and Knives , and burning Coals ;", "No Roman Dame 's Example shall outgo", "My Love .", "I too alike am guilty ;", "O let me share the Punishment with them ,", "Thou shalt not go alone , take me with thee ;", "Here are my willing Hands , quick bind \u2018 em fast ,", "What to die ? Oh , never !", "I 'll clasp him like the last Remains of Life .", "Where 's my Palante , gone to death ? Oh Heav'n !", "Then shall I be mad , indeed ? what are you ,", "Officers of Justice ! I 'm ready , Sir .", "Attend me ! alas , I need no Attendance .", "All Service comes too late to miserable me ;", "My Fortune 's desperate grown .", "Oh ! \u2018 tis most prodigious ;", "Cou 'd I lose Pity in a Father 's Breast ,", "And find it in a Stranger 's ? I shall not", "Live to thank you , Sir , but my best Prayers go", "With you .", "Surely this poor Man is nobly bred , howe'er", "His Habit speaks him .", "Who shall dare to make that Supplication ?", "My Father and the Count of Pirro rules ;", "Yet I wou 'd venture if I knew which Way .", "A thousand Blessings on you for your Care ,", "Yes , I will go , grant it ye Powers above ;", "If you had e'er regard to injur 'd Love :", "Teach me such Words as may his Pity move ;", "Let it pierce deep into his stony Heart ,", "In all my Sufferings make him feel a Part .", "Oh make him feel the Pangs of sharp Despair ,", "That he may know what wretched Lovers bear :", "My Sighs and Tears shall with Intreaties join ,", "That he would save Palante 's Life , or sentence mine :", "But if relentless to my Prayers he be ,", "And he must fall , then welcome Destiny .", "Fate does our Lives so close together twine ,", "Who cuts the Thread of his unravels mine .", "SCENE the Governor 's House .", "Pardon me , Sir , for pressing thus rudely", "On your Privacy , I know \u2018 tis boldness .", "But I hope the Hour 's propitious to me ,", "Finding you alone , and free from Business ,", "I promise myself I shall be heard with Patience .", "Thus low I beg for poor Palante 's Life .", "Oh , Sir .", "If ever Pity touch 'd your gen'rous Breast ,", "If ever Virgin 's Tears had Power to move ,", "Or if you ever lov 'd and felt the Pangs", "That other Lovers do , pity , great Sir ,", "Pity and pardon two unhappy Lovers .", "If Palante dies , I cannot live , for we", "Have but one Heart , and can have but one Fate .", "Never till \u2014\u2014", "The gracious Word of Pardon raises me ,", "There 's Pity in your Eye , oh ! shew it , Sir !", "And say that he shall live , \u2018 tis but a Word ,", "But oh , as welcome as the Breath of Life ,", "Why will you part two Hearts that Heav'n has join 'd ?", "He is my Husband , Sir , and I his wedded Wife .", "You cannot think the Thing I would not do .", "Speak , Sir , and lay it but in my Power ,", "And even beyond my Power I will attempt .", "If I were ever thankful unto Heav'n", "For all that I call mine , my Health and Being ,", "Cou 'd I then be unthankful unto you ,", "For a Gift I value more than those ?", "Without which all other Blessings will be tasteless .", "As far as I am capable I will ,", "Tho \u2019 I can ne'er make ample Satisfaction ,", "All my Services to you are Duty ,", "But to those Pow'rs above that can requite", "That from their Wasteless Treasure daily heap", "Rewards more out of Grace than merit on", "Us Mortals ;", "To those I 'll pray that they wou 'd give you , Sir ,", "More Blessings than I have Skill to ask .", "Oh ! name it , Sir , that \u2014\u2014", "Swift as the Arrow from the Archer 's Hand", "My trembling Feet may fly to save him ,", "Oh ! you have rais 'd me from the Gulph of Grief", "To that blest comfortable Region , Hope ,", "My Senses all dance in the Cirque of Joy .", "My ravish 'd Heart leaps up to hear your Words ,", "And seems as \u2018 twou 'd come forth to thank you .", "Say , how , how shall I save him ?", "Oh ! unexpected Turn of rigid Fate ,", "Cruel , Sir , far more cruel than my Father .", "Why did you raise me to a Height of Joy ?", "To sink me in a Moment down again ,", "In what a sad Dilemma stands my Choice ,", "Either to wed the Man my Soul most loaths ,", "Or see him die for whom alone I live .", "To break my sacred Vows to Heav'n and him ,", "To save a Life which he would scorn to take", "On Terms like those , name any Thing but that ,", "You are more just than to enforce my Will ,", "Why should I marry one I cannot love ,", "And sure I am I cannot love Count Pirro ,", "Love him ! no , I shou 'd detest and loath him .", "The Cause that made him mine , wou 'd hourly add", "Fresh Matter for my Hate .", "Oh ! I am miserable .", "I shou 'd be such if I shou 'd save him thus .", "Since you have swore not to save him upon", "Other Terms , I 'll shew a duteous Cruelty", "And rather follow him in Death than so", "To buy his Life , no , I despise the Price .", "Why do I breathe my Woes , or beg for Mercy here ;", "Or hope to find plain Honesty in Courts ?", "No , their Ears are always stopp 'd against Justice ,", "Avarice and Pride supplies the Place of Pity .", "So may just Heav'n when you for Mercy sue ,", "As you have pitied me so pardon you .", "SCENE Count Gravello 's House .", "Faithful Irus how shall I reward thee ?", "Ha ! see where stands Palante and his Friend !", "Oh ! lead me Irus , quickly , lead me back ,", "Else I shall grow a Statue at this Sight :", "Not all the frightful Noise of Chains we 've past ,", "And meagre Looks of Wretches in Despair ,", "Are half so terrible as this .", "Oh ! Palante !", "O ! I had dy 'd e'er seen this fatal Hour ;", "But this good Man pursu 'd with Care my Steps ,", "And stop 'd my Hand , which else had giv'n the Blow ,", "When first I heard the sad and dreadful News ,", "That thou , Palante , wer't condemn 'd to die .", "Fly Irus , fly , and bring us instant Word .", "Oh ! my aking Brain is near Distraction ;", "For much I fear there is no Help for me .", "What Comfort 's in this late Discovery found ?", "Will the Greatness of thy Race protect thee ?", "Virtue and ev'ry Good was thine before ;", "Yet the cruel Pow'rs are deaf to all my Prayers :", "Nor will thy Merit plead with angry Heav'n ,", "To ward the Stroke , and save thy precious Life .", "Oh Greatness ! thou vain and vap'rish Shew ,", "That , like a Mist , dazzles the Eyes of Men ,", "And as the Fogs destroy the Body 's Health ,", "That poisons deep , and gangrenes in the Soul ;", "But seldom 's found t \u2019 assist the virtuous Man .", "Thou wert \u2014\u2014", "As dear to these desiring Eyes before ,", "And honour 'd full as much in this poor Heart .", "Oh ! I cou 'd curse the Separating Cause ,", "And wish Lucasia never had been born .", "Long Life ; no , rather wish me sudden Death ,", "To rid me of my Cares , and that Way give me Ease .", "Ha ! I 'm seiz 'd with an unusual Terror , Fear", "And Horror swim in Shades of Night around ,", "How sad and dreadful are these Prison Walls !", "Thy Voice seems hollow too , and Face looks pale .", "Oh ! my Palante , my Heart \u2014\u2014", "Throbs , as if the Strings of Life were breaking .", "Oh ! Heav'n help me .", "Stand off , and touch me not : No , I will stay with thee .", "Do not push me from thee , my dear Palante ;", "For I shall die apace , and go before .", "Oh ! all ye Maids that now are crown 'd above ;", "Did any feel , like me , the Wrecks of Love ?", "By Tempests torn from my dear Husband 's Side ,", "And made a Widow , when I 'm scarce a Bride .", "SCENE the Governor 's House .", "I have no Father , nor ever had that I remember , but born and destin 'd for an out-cast Wretch , and curst to ruin a most noble Husband : Oh he was the Pride of the Sicilian Youths , and Glory of the World ; but he is dead , or doom 'd to die , and that 's alike distracting .", "Proceed , dear Irus .", "Oh , Irus , Eugenio , Palante , where am I ?", "Sure such Hours as these give us a Taste of Immortality .", "Cousin , I wish you Joy , as large a Share as I possess , and Fate itself can give no more ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 185, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Well , but you 're the quiet one , surely !Glory be to God , I 'd not know a soul was alive in the room , barrin \u2019 myself . What is it you 're at , Mary , that there 's not a word out of you ?", "It 's the dead spit and image of your sister Eileen you are , with your nose always in a book ; and you 're like your mother , too , God rest her soul .It 's Nora and Tom has the high spirits in them like their father ; and Billy , too ,\u2014 if he is a lazy , shiftless divil \u2014 has the fightin \u2019 Carmody blood like me . You 're a Cullen like your mother 's people . They always was dreamin \u2019 their lives out .There 's no good in too many books , I 'll tell you . It 's out rompin \u2019 and playin \u2019 with your brother and sister you ought to be at your age , not carin \u2019 a fig for books .Is that auld fool of a doctor stayin \u2019 the night ? If he had his wits about him he 'd know in a jiffy \u2018 tis only a cold has taken Eileen , and give her the medicine . Run out in the hall , Mary , and see if you hear him . He may have sneaked away by the front door .", "Close the door , ye little divil ! There 's a freezin \u2019 draught comin \u2019 in .It 's mad I am to be thinkin \u2019 he 'd go without gettin \u2019 his money \u2014 the like of a doctor !Rogues and thieves they are , the lot of them , robbin \u2019 the poor like us ! I 've no use for their drugs at all . They only keep you sick to pay more visits . I 'd not have sent for this bucko if Eileen did n't scare me by faintin \u2019 .", "If she is , it 's her own fault entirely \u2014 weakenin \u2019 her health by readin \u2019 here in the house . This 'll be a lesson for her , and for you , too .Put down that book on the table and leave it be . I 'll have no more readin \u2019 in this house , or I 'll take the strap to you !", "No back talk ! Pictures or not , it 's all the same mopin \u2019 and lazin \u2019 in it .It 's the bad luck I 've been havin \u2019 altogether this last year since your mother died . Who 's to do the work and look after Nora and Tom and yourself , if Eileen is bad took and has to stay in her bed ? I 'll have to get Mrs. Brennan come look after the house . That means money , too , and where 's it to come from ? All that I 've saved from slavin \u2019 and sweatin \u2019 in the sun with a gang of lazy Dagoes 'll be up the spout in no time .What a fool a man is to be raisin \u2019 a raft of children and him not a millionaire !Mary , dear , it 's a black curse God put on me when he took your mother just when I needed her most .What are you sniffin \u2019 at ?", "It 's late you are with your tears , and her cold in her grave for a year . Stop it , I 'm tellin \u2019 you !", "Ah , here you are , the lot of you . Shut that door after you ! What 's the use in me spendin \u2019 money for coal if all you do is to let the cold night in the room itself ?", "You did , darlin \u2019 , and fair , too .Sure it 's you can beat the divil himself !", "Did you get the plug for me I told you ?", "It 's a great wonder you did n't forget it \u2014 and me without a chew .", "Shut your big mouth ! What is the matter with you at all ?", "Shut up your noise ! Go up to bed , the two of you , and no more talk , and you go with them , Mary .", "Hush your noise , you soft , weak thing , you ! It 's nothin \u2019 but blubberin \u2019 you do be doin \u2019 all the time .I 'll have a moment 's peace , I will ! Off to bed with you before I get the strap ! It 's crazy mad you all get the moment Eileen 's away from you . Go on , now !And be quiet or I 'll be up to you !", "No . The doctor 's with her yet .Yes , go in to her , Nora . It 'll drive himself out of the house maybe , bad cess to him , and him stayin \u2019 half the night .The rheumatics are in my leg again .If Eileen 's in bed long those brats 'll have the house down .", "It 's a cold only she has .Your poor mother died of the same .Ara , well , it 's God 's will , I suppose , but where the money 'll come from , I dunno .They 'll not be raisin \u2019 your wages soon , I 'll be bound .", "Five dollars a week \u2014 for a strappin \u2019 lad the like of you ! It 's shamed you should be to own up to it . A divil of a lot of good it was for me to go against Eileen 's wish and let you leave off your schoolin \u2019 this year like you wanted , thinkin \u2019 the money you 'd earn at work would help with the house .", "Nor any other place , I 'm thinkin \u2019 , you 're that thick ,Whisht ! It 's the doctor comin \u2019 down from Eileen . What 'll he say , I wonder ?Aw , Doctor , and how 's Eileen now ? Have you got her cured of the weakness ?", "You take them , Billy , and run round to the drug store .", "How much will they come to , Doctor ?", "A dollar ! Sure it 's expensive medicines you 're givin \u2019 her for a bit of a cold .Bring back the change \u2014 if there is any . And none of your tricks , for I 'll stop at the drug store myself to-morrow and ask the man how much it was .", "Take a chair , Doctor , and tell me what 's wrong with Eileen .", "Aw , Doctor , did n't I know you 'd be sayin \u2019 that , anyway !", "Too-ber-c'losis ?", "Consumption ? Eileen ?What lie is it you 're tellin \u2019 me ?", "Do n't be angry , now , at what I said . Sure I 'm out of my wits entirely . Eileen to have the consumption ! Ah , Doctor , sure you must be mistaken !", "It 's a bad cold only , maybe .", "God blast it !", "Is it sendin \u2019 Eileen away to a hospital you 'd be ?Then you 'll not ! You 'll get that notion out of your head damn quick . It 's all nonsense you 're stuffin \u2019 me with , and lies , makin \u2019 things out to be the worst in the world . I 'll not believe a word of Eileen having the consumption at all . It 's doctors \u2019 notions to be always lookin \u2019 for a sickness that 'd kill you . She 'll not move a step out of here , and I say so , and I 'm her father !", "I do .", "Report all you like , and be damned to you !", "Ara , Doctor , you do n't see the way of it at all . If Eileen goes to the hospital , who 's to be takin \u2019 care of the others , and mindin \u2019 the house when I 'm off to work ?", "Hire ? D'you think I 'm a millionaire itself ?", "But where 's the money comin \u2019 from ?", "Seven dollars ! And I 'll have to pay a woman to come in \u2014 and the four of the children eatin \u2019 their heads off ! Glory be to God , I 'll not have a penny saved for me old age \u2014 and then it 's the poor-house !", "Ah , doctor , it 's the truth I 'm tellin \u2019 you !", "Ah , Doctor , thank you .", "I 'll do my best for Eileen , if it 's needful \u2014 and you 'll not be tellin \u2019 them people about it at all , Doctor ?", "And they 'll pay the half , surely ?", "God bless you , Doctor !It 's the whole of it they ought to be payin \u2019 , I 'm thinkin \u2019 , and them with bags of money . \u2018 Tis them builds the hospitals and why should they be wantin \u2019 the poor like me to support them ?", "You 'll be comin \u2019 again tomorrow ?Leave it to the likes of you to be drainin \u2019 a man dry .", "Who 'll it be ? Ah , it 's Fred Nicholls , maybe .Eileen 's young man , Doctor , that she 's engaged to marry , as you might say .", "I had a mind to phone to your house , but I was n't wishful to disturb you , knowin \u2019 you 'd be comin \u2019 to call to-night .", "Ah , who knows ? Here 's the doctor . You 've not met him ?", "It 's Doctor Gaynor . This is Fred Nicholls , Doctor .Sit down , Fred , that 's a good lad , and be talkin \u2019 to the Doctor a moment while I go upstairs and see how is Eileen . She 's all alone up there .", "I will so .", "Has he gone away ?", "Oho , he did , did he ? Maybe I 'll surprise him . I 'm thinkin \u2019 it 's lyin \u2019 he is about Eileen 's sickness , and her lookin \u2019 as fresh as a daisy with the high colour in her cheeks when I saw her now .", "Did he now , the auld monkey ! Small thanks to him to be tellin \u2019 our secrets to the town .", "Ara , do n't be talkin \u2019 ! That 's no secret at all with the whole town watchin \u2019 Eileen and you spoonin \u2019 together from the time you was kids .", "To hell with the town and all in it ! I 've troubles enough of my own . So he told you he 'd send Eileen away to the hospital ? I 've half a mind not to let him \u2014 and let him try to make me !But Eileen herself says she 's wantin \u2019 to go , now .It 's all that divil 's notion he put in her head that the children 'd be catchin \u2019 her sickness that makes her willin \u2019 to go .", "He 's a divil . But what can he do \u2014 him and his Sasiety ? I 'm her father .", "Ah , divil take him ! Let him send her where he wants , then . I 'll not be sayin \u2019 a word .", "Whisht ! She might hear you . But you 're right . Let her do what she 's wishful to , and get well soon .", "You 're not goin \u2019 ? Sure , Eileen is puttin \u2019 on her clothes to come down and have a look at you . She 'll be here in a jiffy . Sit down now , and wait for her .", "You 'll be stayin \u2019 a while now , Fred ? I 'll take a walk down the road . I 'm needin \u2019 a drink to clear my wits .", "Sure who would n't get drunk with all the sorrows of the world piled on him ?", "I 'll be havin \u2019 a nip now we 're alone , and that cacklin \u2019 hen gone . I 'm feelin \u2019 sick in the pit of the stomach .", "Ah , I 'm not mindin \u2019 a man at all . Sure I 'll bet it 's himself would be likin \u2019 a taste of the same .", "A sick one , and him readin \u2019 a book like a dead man without a civil word out of him ! It 's queer they 'd be allowin \u2019 the sick ones to read books , when I 'll bet it 's the same lazy readin \u2019 in the house brought the half of them down with the consumption itself .I 'm thinking this whole shebang is a big , thievin \u2019 fake \u2014 and I 've always thought so .", "I 'll put it back when I 'm ready , not before , and no lip from you !", "Drunk , am I ? Is it the like of a young jackass like you that 's still wet behind the ears to be tellin \u2019 me I 'm drunk ?", "It 's a grand hotel this is , I 'm thinkin \u2019 , for the rich to be takin \u2019 their ease , and not a hospital for the poor , but the poor has to pay for it .", "Do n't be shshin \u2019 at me ? I 'm tellin \u2019 you the truth . I 'd make Eileen come back out of this to-night if that divil of a doctor did n't have me by the throat .", "Is it anxious to get out of her sight you are , and you engaged to marry and pretendin \u2019 to love her ?Sure , it 's no heart at all you have \u2014 and her your sweetheart for years \u2014 and her sick with the consumption \u2014 and you wild to run away from her and leave her alone .", "Go to hell , for all I 'm preventin \u2019 . You 've got no guts of a man in you .Is it true you 're one of the consumptives , young fellow ?", "My name 's Carmody . What 's yours , then ?", "Irish as Paddy 's pig !I 'm glad to be knowin \u2019 you 're one of us . You can keep an eye on Eileen . That 's my daughter that came with us . She 's got consumption like yourself .", "Thanks to you \u2014 though it 's a grand life she 'll be havin \u2019 here from the fine look of the place .It 's me it 's hard on , God help me , with four small children and me widowed , and havin \u2019 to hire a woman to come in and look after them and the house now that Eileen 's sick ; and payin \u2019 for her curin \u2019 in this place , and me with only a bit of money in the bank for my old age . That 's hard , now , on a man , and who 'll say it is n't ?", "I 'll make you acquainted . Eileen !This is Mr. Murray , Eileen . I want you to meet . He 's Irish and he 'll put you on to the ropes of the place . He 's got the consumption , too , God pity him .", "Oho , here you are again .I thought Fred was slidin \u2019 down hill to the train with his head bare to the frost , and him so desperate hurried to get away from here . Look at the knees on him clappin \u2019 together with the cold , and with the great fear that 's in him he 'll be catchin \u2019 a sickness in this place !", "I 'll be goin \u2019 . Keep your eye on her . I 'll be out soon to see her and you and me 'll have another talk .", "Has n't she brought up brats of her own , and does n't she know the way of it ? Do n't be worryin \u2019 now , like a fool .", "You 'd better not . Leave her alone . She 'll not wish you mixin \u2019 in with her work and tellin \u2019 her how to do it .", "A cold kiss ! And never a small tear out of her ! Is your heart a stone ?And your own father going back to a lone house with a stranger in it !", "I 'm off , then ! Come on , Fred . It 's no welcome we have with her here in this place \u2014 and a great curse on this day I brought her to it !", "We 'll try to put life in her spirits , God help her .Wo n't we , Maggie ?", "We 'll not say a word of it .", "Would you have me raisin \u2019 a shindy when Eileen 's leavin \u2019 here in a day or more ? What 'd be the use ?", "Catch them ! It 's a good thing she 's clearin \u2019 out of this , and her worse off after them curin \u2019 her eight months than she was when she came . She 'll maybe get well in the new place .", "Whisht ! Do n't be blamin \u2019 a sick girl .", "About what ?", "Yes \u2014 I disremembered she did n't know . I 'll have to tell her , surely .", "You 'll not , now ! Keep your mouth out of this and your rough tongue ! I tell you I 'll tell her .", "Eileen .", "Ah , Eileen , sure it 's a sight for sore eyes to see you again !How are you now ? Sure it 's the picture of health you 're lookin \u2019 .", "Is the pain bad , Eileen ?", "Do n't be talking of the trip . Sure we 're glad to take it to get a sight of you . It 's three months since I 've had a look at you , and I was anxious . Why have n't you written a line to us ? You could do that without trouble , surely . Do n't you ever think of us at all any more ?You 're not asking a bit of news from home . I 'm thinkin \u2019 the people out here have taken all the thought of us out of your head . We 're all well , thank God . I 've another good job on the streets from Murphy and one that 'll last a long time , praise be ! I 'm needin \u2019 it surely , with all the expenses \u2014 but no matter . Billy had a raise from his old skinflint of a boss a month back . He 's gettin \u2019 seven a week now and proud as a turkey . He was comin \u2019 out with us to-day , but he 'd a date with his girl . Sure , he 's got a girl now , the young bucko ! What d'you think of him ? It 's old Malloy 's girl he 's after \u2014 the pop-eyed one with glasses , you remember \u2014 as ugly as a blind sheep , only he do n't think so . He said to give you his love .And Tom and Nora was comin \u2019 out too , but Father Fitz had some doin 's or other up to the school , and he told them to be there , so they would n't come with us , but they sent their love to you , too . They 're growin \u2019 so big you 'd not know them . Tom 's no good at the school . He 's like Billy was . I 've had to take the strap to him often . He 's always playin \u2019 hooky and roamin \u2019 the streets . And Nora .There 's the divil for you ! Up to everything she is and no holdin \u2019 her high spirits . As pretty as a picture , and the smartest girl in her school , Father Fitz says . Am I lyin \u2019 , Maggie ?", "Ah , do n't be talkin \u2019 ! She 'll know more than the lot of us before she 's grown even .Are you sick , Eileen , that you 're keepin \u2019 your eyes shut without a word out of you ?", "And who else is there , let me think ? Oh , Mary \u2014 she 's the same as ever , you can see for yourself .", "She 's grown , you mean ? I suppose . You 'd notice , not seeing her so long ?", "Half-past four , a bit after .", "Eileen .", "Ca n't you open your eyes on me ? It 's like talkin \u2019 to myself I am .", "It 's this , Eileen \u2014 me and Maggie \u2014 Mrs. Brennan , that is \u2014 we \u2014\u2014", "Not goin \u2019 to . It 's done .", "Two weeks back we were , by Father Fitz .", "Is that a proper way to be treatin \u2019 your father , Eileen , after what I 've told you ? Have you no heart in you at all ? Is it nothin \u2019 to you you 've a good , kind woman now for mother ?", "Will you shut your gab ?", "Shut your gab , I 'm saying !", "Wait a bit , Maggie . I 'm comin \u2019 .Is your last word a cruel one to me this day , Eileen ?", "There 's something wrong in the whole of this \u2014 that I can n't make out .And I 'll get drunk this night \u2014 dead , rotten drunk !I 'll get drunk this night , I 'm sayin \u2019 ! I 'll get drunk if my soul roasts for it \u2014 and no one in the whole world is strong enough to stop me !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 186, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Thus far in safety . All is hush . Our subtle air of France quickens not the temperament of the enemy . These phlegmatic English snore out the night , in as gross heaviness as when their senses stagnate in their own native fogs , where stupor lies like lead upon them ,\u2014 which the muddy rogues call sleep . We have nearly passed the entrenchments ;\u2014 the day breaks .\u2014 La Gloire !", "Where did you direct our mariners to meet us , with the boat ?", "Vague booby ! at what point ?", "East of the town :\u2014 I have mark 'd it .", "And , till they give the signal , here , if there be aught of safety to be picked from danger , is the least dangerous spot to tarry for them . We are here full early .", "Think , La Gloire , on the distress of our countrymen \u2014 the inhabitants perishing with hunger .", "Pr'ythee , no more objections .", "Well , well , I know thy zeal .", "Peace ! Remember your duty to me ; to your country .", "Yet , out , alas ! I mock myself to name it .", "Did not these rugged battlements of Calais ;", "This tomb , yet safeguard of its citizens ,", "Which shuts the sword out , and locks hunger in ;", "Did not these walls \u2014 like Vulcan 's swarthy arms ,", "Clasping sweet beauty 's queen \u2014 encircle now ,", "Within their cold and ponderous embrace ,", "The fair , yet , ah ! I fear , the fickle Julia ,", "My sluggish zeal would lack the spur to rouse it .", "This enterprise may yet regain her .", "Once she was kind ; until her father 's policy ,", "Nourish 'd in courts , stepp 'd in , and check 'd her love .", "Yet \u2018 twas not love ; for true love knows no check :", "There is no skill in Cupid 's archery ,", "When duty heals a love-wound .", "No more ! mark me , La Gloire ! As your officer , I may command you onward : but , in respect to your early attachment , your faithful service , ere you followed me to the army , if your mind misgive you in this undertaking , you have my leave to retreat .", "I say , you are free to return .", "No , La Gloire ,\u2014 I \u2014\u2014", "\u2018 Sdeath , villain ! how dare your slanderous tongue to \u2014 but \u2018 tis plain \u2014 \u2018 tis for thy own wretched sake thou art thus anxious \u2014 drivelling coward !", "Well , well , La Gloire , I may have been hasty : I \u2014\u2014", "\u2018 Sdeath , blockhead ! we shall be discovered .", "Peace ! I command you , La Gloire ! I command you , as your officer .", "Then move not :\u2014 here , sir , on this spot .", "Speak not , for your life !", "Obey !", "Ha ! the signal ! the morning breaks :\u2014 they arrive in the very nick . Now then , La Gloire , for the enterprize . Why does not the blockhead stir ?\u2014 Well , well , my good fellow ! I have been harsh : but \u2014 not yet ?\u2014 Pshaw ! this military enforcement has acted like a spell upon him .\u2014 How to dissolve it ?\u2014\u2014 Again !\u2014\u2014 Come , come , La Gloire ! I \u2014 dull dolt !\u2014 I have it :\u2014\u2014 March !", "Yet , hear me , Julia \u2014\u2014", "Is then the path of duty so precise ,", "That \u2018 twill not for a little deviate ?", "Sweet , let it wind , and bend to recollection .", "Think on our oaths ; yes , lady , they are mutual :\u2014", "You said you loved ; I treasured the confession ,", "As misers hoard their gold : nay , \u2018 twas my all .\u2014", "Think not I chatter in the idle school", "Of whining coxcombs , where despair and death", "Are words of course ; I swell not fancied ills", "With windy eloquence : no , trust me , Julia ,", "I speak in honest , simple suffering :", "And disappointment , in my life 's best hope ,", "So feeds upon my life , and wears me inward ,", "That I am nearly spirit-broken .", "Yes , court policy ;", "Time-serving zeal : tame , passive , blind , obedience", "To the stern will of power ; which doth differ", "As wide from true , impulsive loyalty ,", "As puppet work from nature . O , I would", "The time were come !\u2014 our enemy , the English ,", "Bid fairest first to show a bright example ;", "When , \u2018 twixt the ruler and the ruled , affection", "Shall be reciprocal : when majesty", "Shall gather strength from mildness ; and the subject", "Shall look with duteous love upon his sovereign ,", "As the child eyes its father . Now , by Heaven !", "Old John de Vienne is turn 'd a temporiser ;", "Making his daughter the poor topmost round", "Of his vile ladder to preferment . \u2018 Sdeath !", "And you to suffer this ! O , fie , fie , Julia !", "\u2018 Twould show more noble in you to lay bare", "Your mind 's inconstancy , than thus to keep", "The semblance of a passion ; meanly veiling", "Your broken faith with the excuse of duty .", "Out o n't ! \u2018 tis shallow \u2014 you ne'er loved .", "Stay , stay , and listen to me . Gone ! and thus too !", "And have I lost thee \u2014 and for ever , Julia ?", "Now do I look on life as the worn mariner ,", "Stretching his eyes o'er seas immeasurable ,", "And all is drear and comfortless . Henceforward ,", "My years will be one void ; day roll on day ,", "In sameness infinite , without a hope", "To chequer the sad prospect . O ! if death", "Came yoked with honour to me , I could , now ,", "Embrace it with as warm and willing rapture ,", "As mothers clasp their infants .", "Enter LA GLOIRE .", "Now , La Gloire ! what is the news ?", "What is't ?", "I guessed as much .", "What are they ?", "Who ?", "Who , La Gloire ?", "Eustache !", "Why , I am courted to't .\u2014 The time , example ,", "Do woo me to my very wish .\u2014 Come hither .", "Two , it should seem , are wanting , to complete", "The little band of those brave men , who die", "To save their fellows .", "Mark me , La Gloire : and see , that you obey me ,", "Ev'n to the very letter of my orders .", "They are the last , perhaps , my honest fellow ,", "I e'er shall give thee . Seek thy father out ,", "And tell him this from me : his gallant bearing", "Doth school his betters ; I have studied o'er", "His noble lesson , and have learnt my duty .", "Say , he will find me in the market-place ,", "Disguised in humble seeming ; and I fain", "Would pass for one allied to him : and thence \u2014", "Dost mark me well ?\u2014 I will along with him ,", "Ev'n hand in hand , to death .", "Pr'ythee , no more , La Gloire ? I am resolved ;\u2014", "My purpose fix 'd . It would be bitter to thee ,", "To see me die in anger with thee : therefore ,", "Do thou my bidding ; close thy service up ,", "In duty to my will . Go , find thy father ;", "I will prepare within the while .\u2014 Obey me ,\u2014", "Or the last look from thy expiring master ,", "Darting reproach , shall burst thy heart in twain .", "Mark , and be punctual !", "I pr'ythee , peace , Eustache ! I fain would \u2018 scape", "Observance from the rabble . Hurry o'er", "This irksome march ; and straightway to the camp .", "Shame ! I shall burst !\u2014 the dregs !\u2014\u2014", "A man :\u2014 let that content you , sir !\u2014 \u2018 Tis blood", "You crave ,\u2014 and with an appetite so keen ,", "\u2018 Tis strange to find you nice about its quality .", "But for this slave ,", "Who thus has dared belie me , did not circumstance", "Rein in my wish \u2014", "\u2014 now , by my soul ! I 'd crush the reptile", "Beneath my feet ; now , while his poisonous tongue", "Is darting forth its venom 'd slander on me .", "Truly , sir ,", "\u2018 Tis waste of royal breath to make this stir ,", "For one , whom some few minutes hence your sentence", "Must sink to nothing . Henceforth I am dumb", "To all interrogation .", "Heaven !\u2014 my Julia !", "Art thou then true ?\u2014 O give me utterance !", "Now , fortune , do thy worst !\u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 187, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["For God 's sake , a pot of small ale .", "I am Christophero Sly ; call not me \u2018 honour \u2019 nor \u2018 lordship . \u2019 I ne'er drank sack in my life ; and if you give me any conserves , give me conserves of beef . Ne'er ask me what raiment I 'll wear , for I have no more doublets than backs , no more stockings than legs , nor no more shoes than feet - nay , sometime more feet than shoes , or such shoes as my toes look through the overleather .", "What , would you make me mad ? Am not I Christopher Sly , old Sly 's son of Burton Heath ; by birth a pedlar , by education a cardmaker , by transmutation a bear-herd , and now by present profession a tinker ? Ask Marian Hacket , the fat ale-wife of Wincot , if she know me not ; if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale , score me up for the lying'st knave in", "Am I a lord and have I such a lady ?", "Or do I dream ? Or have I dream 'd till now ?", "I do not sleep : I see , I hear , I speak ;", "I smell sweet savours , and I feel soft things .", "Upon my life , I am a lord indeed ,", "And not a tinker , nor Christopher Sly .", "Well , bring our lady hither to our sight ;", "And once again , a pot o \u2019 th \u2019 smallest ale .", "These fifteen years ! by my fay , a goodly nap . But did I never speak of all that time ?", "Ay , the woman 's maid of the house .", "Now , Lord be thanked for my good amends !", "I thank thee ; thou shalt not lose by it .", "Marry , I fare well ; for here is cheer enough . Where is my wife ?", "Are you my wife , and will not call me husband ? My men should call me \u2018 lord \u2019 ; I am your goodman .", "I know it well . What must I call her ?", "Al'ce madam , or Joan madam ?", "Madam wife , they say that I have dream 'd", "And slept above some fifteen year or more .", "\u2018 Tis much . Servants , leave me and her alone .", "Ay , it stands so that I may hardly tarry so long . But I would be loath to fall into my dreams again . I will therefore tarry in despite of the flesh and the blood .", "Marry , I will ; let them play it . Is not a comonty a", "Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick ?", "What , household stuff ?", "Well , we 'll see't . Come , madam wife , sit by my side and let the world slip ; - we shall ne'er be younger .A flourish of trumpets announces the play", "Yes , by Saint Anne do I . A good matter , surely ; comes there any more of it ?", "\u2018 Tis a very excellent piece of work , madam lady", "Would \u2018 twere done !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 188, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Here , master ; what cheer ?", "Heigh , my hearts ! cheerly , cheerly , my hearts ! yare , yare ! Take in the topsail . Tend to th \u2019 master 's whistle . Blow till thou burst thy wind , if room enough .", "I pray now , keep below .", "Do you not hear him ? You mar our labour ; keep your cabins ; you do assist the storm .", "When the sea is . Hence ! What cares these roarers for the name of king ? To cabin ! silence ! Trouble us not .", "None that I more love than myself . You are counsellor ; if you can command these elements to silence , and work the peace of the present , we will not hand a rope more . Use your authority ; if you cannot , give thanks you have liv 'd so long , and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour , if it so hap. - Cheerly , good hearts ! - Out of our way , I say .", "Down with the topmast . Yare , lower , lower ! Bring her to try wi \u2019 th \u2019 maincourse .A plague upon this howling ! They are louder than the weather or our office .Yet again ! What do you here ? Shall we give o'er , and drown ? Have you a mind to sink ?", "Work you , then .", "Lay her a-hold , a-hold ; set her two courses ; off to sea again ; lay her off .", "What , must our mouths be cold ?", "The best news is that we have safely found", "Our King and company ; the next , our ship-", "Which but three glasses since we gave out split-", "Is tight and yare , and bravely rigg 'd , as when", "We first put out to sea .", "If I did think , sir , I were well awake ,", "I 'd strive to tell you . We were dead of sleep ,", "And-how , we know not-all clapp 'd under hatches ;", "Where , but even now , with strange and several noises", "Of roaring , shrieking , howling , jingling chains ,", "And moe diversity of sounds , all horrible ,", "We were awak 'd ; straightway at liberty ;", "Where we , in all her trim , freshly beheld", "Our royal , good , and gallant ship ; our master", "Cap'ring to eye her . On a trice , so please you ,", "Even in a dream , were we divided from them ,", "And were brought moping hither ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 189, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Why the dickens didn \u2019 t you tell me last night , Angela ?", "Upon my soul , I don \u2019 t know what you mean . It \u2019 s incomprehensible to me that you should have slept like a top . I couldn \u2019 t have closed my eyes the whole night .", "I should have thought I had enough to do without being pestered with a foolish woman \u2019 s matrimonial difficulties .", "Really , Angela , I must beg you not to make this a subject of flippancy .", "Do ? What do you expect me to do ? You tell me that Kate came home at twelve o \u2019 clock last night without a stitch of clothing ....", "In a ball dress , with an opera cloak on \u2014 without her luggage , without even a dressing-case \u2014 and informs you that she \u2019 s left her husband .... It \u2019 s absurd .", "And when \u2019 s she going home ?", "She \u2019 s not going to stay here ?", "And George ?", "You don \u2019 t suppose her husband \u2019 s going to put up with this nonsense ? Has he made no sign ?", "Why a toothbrush ?", "Well , that shows he doesn \u2019 t look upon the matter as serious . Of course , it was a whim on Kate \u2019 s part . Luckily he \u2019 s coming here this morning ....", "Yes , he promised to fetch me in his car . We \u2019 re going to drive down to the City together . I \u2019 ll bring him in , and meanwhile you can talk to Kate . I dare say she \u2019 s thought better of it already . It only wants a little tact , and we can settle the whole thing . George is clever enough to have given some plausible explanation to the servants .", "Why not ?", "Angela , for goodness \u2019 sake don \u2019 t try to be bright and amusing .", "You don \u2019 t mean to say you think Kate will refuse to go back to her husband ?", "But what reasons does she give ? Why did she say she left him ?", "Well , she must go back to her husband .", "Because a woman \u2019 s place is by her husband \u2019 s side , Angela . You know just as well as I do that I can \u2019 t afford to quarrel with George Winter . I \u2019 m chairman of half a dozen of his companies . The position would be intolerable . I should be expected to take Kate \u2019 s side if she were right or wrong .", "No , not exactly .", "We \u2019 re mixed up together in any number of business undertakings , and naturally we have a sort of running account . If we settled up I dare say I should have to find something like fifteen thousand pounds .", "Yes , I did , but the fact is , we \u2019 ve been very badly hit lately . Practically all our interests are in Central America , and we couldn \u2019 t foresee that there \u2019 d be a revolution there .", "Oh , I knew you \u2019 d blame me . And I suppose you \u2019 ll blame me because a confounded earthquake smashed up one of our railways .", "That \u2019 s just it . It would be devilish awkward . And George is in a confounded tight place too .", "You must talk to her seriously , Angela . You must tell her that her behaviour is outrageous .", "Be so good as to sit down , Catherine .", "I want to talk to you . Your mother and I have sent for you ....Now what does all this mean ? It \u2019 s ridiculous nonsense . You \u2019 re surely old enough to have learnt a little self-control .", "Am I to understand that what your mother tells me is true ?", "You \u2019 ve never complained before of George \u2019 s behaviour .", "Why have you never said a word to your mother about it ? I can \u2019 t imagine why you shouldn \u2019 t get on with George . I don \u2019 t suppose you \u2019 ve ever expressed a whim that he hasn \u2019 t gratified . Your allowance is princely . Your pearls are the envy of every woman in London .", "Then what have you got to complain of ?", "Well , Angela ?", "I suppose he \u2019 s been flirting with two or three pretty women .", "That \u2019 s the kind of thing a tactful woman must close her eyes to . You \u2019 re a woman of the world , Kate . You know what men are . You must extend a certain degree of licence to a man of George Winter \u2019 s temperament .", "But you can \u2019 t divorce him . You \u2019 ve accused him of nothing but infidelity . You can \u2019 t be so ignorant of the law ....", "Well , of course there are always two sides to every question .", "Eh , very well . Perhaps you can do something with her . Tell her what it means if she persists . I suppose I shall find the Times in the library .", "My dear , I was hoping that after a talk with your mother you \u2019 d have ....", "Macdonald is George \u2019 s expert . He \u2019 s the soundest man in the profession .", "Well , Catherine , I hope you \u2019 ve thought better of things .", "What the deuce can he want ?", "No , let him come up . Perhaps it \u2019 s something important , and he \u2019 ll want to see me too .", "He \u2019 s the secretary of two or three of our companies . He manages the office and that sort of thing .", "I don \u2019 t know about that . I flatter myself I \u2019 m worth my salt .", "Nothing has happened , Mr. Bennett ?", "Of course not .", "Nothing serious , I hope , George ?", "I really can \u2019 t stand my room any longer . And I can walk quite well now .", "O \u2019 Farrell \u2019 s an idiot .", "That little joke of", "Angela \u2019 s didn \u2019 t quite come off .", "Or Eve !", "I remember that little woman quite well . Not much to look at . I wondered at the time what Perigal saw in her .", "No , dear . Are you going out ?", "Oh !", "Ah , Mr. Bennett , forgive me if I don \u2019 t get up .", "Is anything the matter ?", "I ?", "Ah yes , of course . George didn \u2019 t mention it . I suppose he wants me to sign cheques . I can do it just as well here as at the office . I expect Mr. Winter is in . Would you mind ringing ?", "By Jove , I \u2019 d forgotten all about them . I say , George , you made a mistake in letting them come .", "By the way , was it you who sent for Bennett ?", "Quite , thank you .", "I don \u2019 t feel it at the moment .", "Ah , that \u2019 s good news . Now we can get to work at once .", "Yes , hand it over , Bennett . This is really a thrilling moment . I believe", "I \u2019 m going to make my fortune at last .", "Impressive document , isn \u2019 t it ?", "Upon my soul , I don \u2019 t know why Macdonald can \u2019 t put it into plain English ?", "I must honestly confess that I don \u2019 t quite grasp what he means .", "Ah !", "You \u2019 re \u2014 you \u2019 re joking !", "Then ....", "Is this true , Mr. Bennett ?", "My God ! What \u2019 s to be done now ?", "I ?", "We must just pocket our loss .", "The slump must come to an end soon .", "Then what the deuce is to be done ?", "It doesn \u2019 t mean that we smash up , George ?", "George , don \u2019 t play the fool now . I \u2019 ve put all my eggs in this basket . I thought I was going to be rich at last . I wanted to get out of the whole thing . I wanted to live quietly and comfortably .", "But isn \u2019 t that dishonest ?", "George !", "The public will find out there \u2019 s no gold there when you pay no dividends .", "But you say yourself it \u2019 s dishonest .", "What is that ?", "What d \u2019 you mean ?", "What are you talking about , George ?", "Well ?", "But I \u2019 ve never signed anything .", "Then my signature \u2019 s been forged .", "But I never looked at them . I didn \u2019 t know ....", "I shall go to the police .", "Mr. Bennett , you \u2019 ll testify that I never realized for a moment what I was doing . You told me they were purely formal documents . I saw George sign them . I added my signature without hesitation .", "That \u2019 s just what I want you to do .", "Oh , my God !", "You \u2019 ve tricked me . You \u2019 re a common swindler . In a month we may all be in prison .", "Well , I see my duty before me . I didn \u2019 t know , but now there can be no excuse for me . I must go to Scotland Yard at once . I shall make a clean breast of the whole thing .", "Every one will know that I \u2019 m incapable of such an act .", "I must do my duty .", "But nothing can be done . The mine \u2019 s worthless . How are we to raise eighty thousand pounds ?", "There \u2019 s no more chance of replacing them in six weeks than there is the day after to-morrow .", "Good God ! I \u2019 d forgotten Kate .", "You wouldn \u2019 t have got into such a mess with Kate if you hadn \u2019 t made such a damned fool of yourself . Why couldn \u2019 t you leave these women alone ?", "To go and tell my daughter that I \u2019 m a thief and a swindler , and throw myself on her mercy !", "I \u2019 ll see you damned first !", "What does he mean ?", "Good God ! Is that true , Mr. Bennett ?", "I never knew .", "My God !", "I \u2019 ll see you damned first .", "I tell you I won \u2019 t . And you can go to Hell !", "If I speak to her it \u2019 ll only be to tell her that you \u2019 re a rotten scoundrel , and it \u2019 s worth her while to put up with anything to be rid of you .", "For you and that dirty convict there .", "You miserable fellow , d \u2019 you think I shall try to escape my penalty ?", "I tell you I won \u2019 t . You \u2019 ve made a catspaw of me . And you thought you \u2019 d only got to say the word and I \u2019 d come to heel .", "I don \u2019 t want any mercy . You think you \u2019 ve got me tight . Don \u2019 t you know that I \u2019 ve got a way of escape whenever I choose to take it .", "That \u2019 s my business .", "I \u2019 m obliged to you for the permission .", "You have , a confounded mess .", "Get out of my way , you damned bounder .", "I wish you a pleasant time at Portland , gentlemen .", "What are you going to do ?", "You \u2019 re not going to see those fellows ?", "Oh , you needn \u2019 t think she \u2019 ll back you up in your confounded lies .", "Have you got something up your sleeve ?", "You \u2019 re counting on that ?", "I won \u2019 t say a word to move her .", "Perigal ?", "It \u2019 s very kind of you to say so .", "I think the whole thing \u2019 s damned impertinent .", "If he \u2019 s not there , you \u2019 d better try somewhere else .", "Oh , confound those trains .", "Good Lord , I \u2019 ve not slept for a week . They go on all night .", "If they did I suppose he wouldn \u2019 t come to this hotel .", "And his room \u2019 s practically on the line .", "Yes , it is . You just walk down a flight of steps into the garden , and there you are within twenty feet of the line .", "Don \u2019 t you know where he is , Colonel ?", "I wish to goodness you wouldn \u2019 t look so depressed , Mr. Swalecliffe .", "My Lord , I wish he \u2019 d come .", "It would be monstrous if people didn \u2019 t vote for him because of an article in a London newspaper .", "Ring up the Committee Rooms , Boyce , and ask if anything \u2019 s been heard of him .", "When do the London papers get here , Mr. Ford ?", "Why the devil don \u2019 t they bring them in ?", "I wonder what the other side are going to do when they hear this .", "It seems to me the whole thing has been about as disgracefully mismanaged as it could be .", "I \u2019 m not an election agent . It \u2019 s not my business .", "The whole article ?", "It \u2019 s infamous .", "I don \u2019 t know what the devil you mean by that . You seem to forget that you \u2019 re speaking of my son-in-law .", "He \u2019 d got everything fixed up by then .", "Well , you weren \u2019 t obliged to apply for shares , were you ?", "I can tell you there \u2019 s no harm in keeping a civil tongue in your head .", "It seems to me that you \u2019 ve bungled everything you could .", "Thank God , now we shall know the worst .", "The whole thing \u2019 s a pack of lies . It \u2019 s scandalous that such methods should be used to influence an election .", "D \u2019 you think it \u2019 ll interfere with the issue ?", "Can \u2019 t something be done to find Winter ?", "Hang it all , we can \u2019 t go on waiting , and waiting , and waiting . Isn \u2019 t there one of you who can do something ?", "Thank God .", "At last .", "We thought you were never coming .", "I didn \u2019 t see that .", "Couldn \u2019 t be better .", "Here \u2019 s Bennett .", "Good Lord .", "D \u2019 you mean our shares are falling , Mr. Bennett ?", "Is it all up with us , George ?", "They \u2019 ve found out the truth . It \u2019 s there in black and white that the wretched mine \u2019 s worthless .", "Ever since I knew I \u2019 ve scarcely closed my eyes at night . I wish I \u2019 d shot myself when you first told me .", "And the worst of it is ....At first I was overcome with the horror of it . But little by little I \u2019 ve got used to it , used to your being a thief and a swindler .", "And Bennett was a convict . It all seems quite natural now . And I can talk and laugh with you . And I eat by your side every day .", "There are always those missing bonds . They \u2019 re in my thoughts day and night .", "But will you be able to go to allotment ?", "George , I believe Ford is uneasy . I don \u2019 t trust him . Supposing he found out about the bonds ?", "You \u2019 ll never buy him .", "Take care of Ford , George .", "Sometimes I \u2019 m afraid , you \u2019 re so confident . It \u2019 s impossible a thing like this can end well .", "I wonder how many ruined lives will be sacrificed to give you all you want . You walk over dead bodies and broken hearts .", "What d \u2019 you mean ?", "But supposing ...?", "No , I was too anxious to stay any longer .", "Who can tell ? The seat has always been lost or held by a handful of votes .", "Winter , Morrison , Winter , Morrison . One vote on one side , one vote on the other . It seemed interminable .", "Who can tell the effect of all these rumours and suspicions and attacks ? They may just have made the difference . Oh , it \u2019 s maddening .", "Even George is anxious . I know his face so well . He \u2019 s trying to appear as if he were certain .", "Oh , my dear , will you ever forgive me ?", "The only hope we \u2019 ve got is to go on . If he gets in , if we can pull things together , we may get out of the muddle . He \u2019 s positive of it . The only thing that held me up was the thought of all of you . If I \u2019 d gone to the police there and then \u2014 or made away with myself , it would have meant the ruin of all of you .", "You think I was right , Kate , don \u2019 t you ? It wasn \u2019 t just cowardice on my part ?", "But if it was all in vain ? If he \u2019 s not able to float the company and the truth comes out , then I shall have sacrificed you for nothing .", "I believe if he wins the election he \u2019 ll be strong enough to force the issue on them .", "We \u2019 re going to buy the shares in when the tide turns in Central America . Things are looking brighter already . He \u2019 s promised me that no one shall lose a farthing . When that \u2019 s done I go . Oh , how thankful I shall be !", "I had to tell some one , and I couldn \u2019 t tell your mother .", "Thank God . The suspense was awful .", "Is he in ? Is he in ?", "If it \u2019 s all right , then we \u2019 re safe . I \u2019 m sure it \u2019 s the beginning of the turn .", "I expect they \u2019 re reading out the figures .", "Well , he \u2019 s in at all events .", "Thank God !", "It \u2019 s been an exciting day for all of us .", "Good-night .", "I say , what the devil \u2019 s all this row ? It \u2019 s bad enough to have the trains banging under one \u2019 s window all night long . Upon my soul .", "How the deuce should I know ?", "What on earth \u2019 s the matter with you , Kate ?", "Perhaps he \u2019 s gone for a walk ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 190, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I believe I hear the Rogue . Who 's there ?", "Little better , Friend , I believe . Who fir 'd that Gun ?", "You lie , I believe .", "Come , come , Sirrah , confess ; you have shot one of the King 's", "Deer , have not you ?", "I am not bound to believe this , Friend . Pray who are you ? What 's your Name ?", "Name ! yes Name . Why you have a Name , have not you ? Where do you come from ? What is your Business here ?", "May be so ; but they are Questions no honest Man would be afraid to answer , I think : So if you can give no better Account of your self , I shall make bold to take you along with me , if you please .", "The King 's Authority , if I must give you an Account , Sir . I am John Cockle , the Miller of Mansfield , one of his Majesty 's Keepers in this Forest of Sherwood ; and I will let no suspected Fellow pass this Way that cannot give a better Account of himself than you have done , I promise you .", "It 's more than you deserve , I believe ; but let 's hear what you can say for yourself .", "This does not sound well ; if you have been a hunting , pray where is your Horse ?", "If I thought I might believe this now .", "What ! do you live at Court , and not lie ! that 's a likely Story indeed .", "Ay , now I am convinc 'd you are a Courtier ; here is a little", "Bribe for to Day , and a large Promise for To-morrow , both in a Breath :", "Here , take it again , and take this along with it \u2014\u2014 John Cockle is no", "Courtier , he can do what he ought \u2014\u2014 without a Bribe .", "Thee ! and Thou ! Prythee do n't thee and thou me ; I believe I am as good a Man as yourself at least .", "Nay , I am not angry , Friend , only I do n't love to be too familiar with any-body , before I know whether they deserve it or not .", "You may do what you please . You are twelve Miles from Nottingham , and all the Way through this thick Wood ; but if you are resolv 'd upon going thither to Night , I will put you in the Road , and direct you the best I can ; or if you will accept of such poor Entertainment as a Miller can give , you shall be welcome to stay all Night , and in the Morning I will go with you myself .", "I would not go with you to Night if you was the King .", "I have brought thee a Stranger , Madge ; thou must give him a", "Supper , and a Lodging if thou can'st .", "Dick ! Where is he ? Why Dick ! How is't my Lad ?", "Faith , Sir , you must excuse me ; I was over-joy 'd to see my Boy . He has been at London , and I have not seen him these four Yerrs .", "What has brought thee Home so unexpected ?", "Of that by-and-by then . We have got the King down in the Forest a hunting this Season , and this honest Gentleman , who came down with his Majesty from London , has been with \u2018 em to Day it seems , and has lost his Way . Come , Madge , see what thou can'st get for Supper . Kill a Couple of the best Fowls ; and go you , Kate , and draw a Pitcher of Ale . We are famous , Sir , at Mansfield , for good Ale , and for honest Fellows that know how to drink it .", "Why , that 's a Story which Dick , perhaps , wo n't like to have told .", "So , now do you go help your Mother . Sir , my hearty Service to you .", "Come , Sir .", "Well , Dick , and how do'st thou like London ? Come , tell us what thou hast seen .", "The Land of Promise ! What dost thou mean ?", "Thou wilt never leave joking .", "What , would the great Man thou wast recommended to , do nothing at all for thee at last ?", "Zoons ! do the Courtiers think their Dependants can eat Promises !", "Poor Dick ! And is plain Honesty then a Recommendation to no", "Place at Court ?", "No , no , Dick ; instead of depending upon Lords Promises , depend upon the Labour of thine own Hands ; expect nothing but what thou can'st earn , and then thou wilt not be disappointed . But come , I want a Description of London ; thou hast told us nothing thou hast seen yet .", "And is this the best Description thou can'st give of it ?", "Well , if this is London , give me my Country Cottage ; which , tho \u2019 it is not a great House , nor a fine House , is my own House , and I can shew a Receipt for the Building o n't .", "Come , Sir , our Supper , I believe , is ready for us , by this time ; and to such as I have , you 're as welcome as a Prince .", "Come , Sir , you must mend a bad Supper with a Glass of good Ale :", "Here 's King Harry 's Health .", "Prithee , Margery , do n't trouble the Gentleman with", "Compliments .", "Then a Fig for all Ceremony and Compliments too : Give us thy", "Hand ; and let us drink and be merry .", "Ah ! my singing Days are over , but my Man Joe has got an excellent one ; and if you have a Mind to hear it , I 'll call him in .", "Joe !", "Come , Joe , drink Boy ; I have promised this Gentleman that you shall sing him your last new Song .", "There 's a Song for you .", "What Wind blew you hither pray ? You have a good Share of Impudence , or you would be asham 'd to set your Foot within my House , methinks .", "Ah , Dick ! I expect but little Redress from such an Application . Things of this Nature are so common amongst the Great , that I am afraid it will only be made a Jest of .", "I wish it may prove so .", "and } What ! is this the King ? Dick . }", "After I have seen so much of your Majesty 's Goodness , I cannot despair of Pardon , even for the rough Usage your Majesty receiv 'd from me .What have I done that I should lose my Life ?", "Your Majesty 's Bounty I receive with Thankfulness ; I have been guilty of no Meanness to obtain it , and hope I shall not be obliged to keep it upon base Conditions ; for tho \u2019 I am willing to be a faithful Subject , I am resolv 'd to be a free and an honest Man ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 191, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Haue you had quiet Guard ?", "Well , goodnight . If you do meet Horatio and", "Marcellus , the Riuals", "of my Watch , bid them make hast .", "Last night of all ,", "When yond same Starre that 's Westward from the Pole", "Had made his course t'illume that part of Heauen", "Where now it burnes , Marcellus and my selfe ,", "The Bell then beating one .", "In the same figure , like the King that 's dead .", "Lookes it not like the King ? Marke it Horatio .", "It would be spoke too .", "See , it stalkes away .", "How now Horatio ? You tremble and look pale :", "Is not this something more then Fantasie ?", "What thinke you o n't ?", "\u2018 Tis heere .", "It was about to speake , when the Cocke crew ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 192, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Noble patricians , patrons of my right ,", "Defend the justice of my cause with arms ;", "And , countrymen , my loving followers ,", "Plead my successive title with your swords :", "I am his first born son that was the last", "That wore the imperial diadem of Rome :", "Then let my father 's honours live in me ,", "Nor wrong mine age with this indignity .", "How fair the tribune speaks to calm my thoughts !", "Friends , that have been thus forward in my right ,", "I thank you all and here dismiss you all ;", "And to the love and favour of my country", "Commit myself , my person , and the cause .", "Rome , be as just and gracious unto me", "As I am confident and kind to thee .\u2014", "Open the gates , tribunes , and let me in .", "Proud and ambitious tribune , canst thou tell ?", "Romans , do me right ;\u2014", "Patricians , draw your swords , and sheathe them not", "Till Saturninus be Rome 's Emperor .\u2014", "Andronicus , would thou were shipp 'd to hell", "Rather than rob me of the people 's hearts !", "Titus Andronicus , for thy favours done", "To us in our election this day", "I give thee thanks in part of thy deserts ,", "And will with deeds requite thy gentleness ;", "And for an onset , Titus , to advance", "Thy name and honourable family ,", "Lavinia will I make my empress ,", "Rome 's royal mistress , mistress of my heart ,", "And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse :", "Tell me , Andronicus , doth this motion please thee ?", "Thanks , noble Titus , father of my life !", "How proud I am of thee and of thy gifts", "Rome shall record ; and when I do forget", "The least of these unspeakable deserts ,", "Romans , forget your fealty to me .", "A goodly lady , trust me ; of the hue", "That I would choose , were I to choose anew .\u2014", "Clear up , fair queen , that cloudy countenance :", "Though chance of war hath wrought this change of cheer ,", "Thou com'st not to be made a scorn in Rome :", "Princely shall be thy usage every way .", "Rest on my word , and let not discontent", "Daunt all your hopes : madam , he comforts you", "Can make you greater than the Queen of Goths .\u2014", "Lavinia , you are not displeas 'd with this ?", "Thanks , sweet Lavinia .\u2014 Romans , let us go :", "Ransomless here we set our prisoners free :", "Proclaim our honours , lords , with trump and drum .", "Surpris 'd ! by whom ?", "No , Titus , no ; the emperor needs her not ,", "Nor her , nor thee , nor any of thy stock :", "I 'll trust by leisure him that mocks me once ;", "Thee never , nor thy traitorous haughty sons ,", "Confederates all thus to dishonour me .", "Was there none else in Rome to make a stale", "But Saturnine ? Full well , Andronicus ,", "Agree these deeds with that proud brag of thine", "That said'st I begg 'd the empire at thy hands .", "But go thy ways ; go , give that changing piece", "To him that flourish 'd for her with his sword ;", "A valiant son-in-law thou shalt enjoy ;", "One fit to bandy with thy lawless sons ,", "To ruffle in the commonwealth of Rome .", "And therefore , lovely Tamora , Queen of Goths ,\u2014", "That , like the stately Phoebe \u2018 mongst her nymphs ,", "Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome ,\u2014", "If thou be pleas 'd with this my sudden choice ,", "Behold , I choose thee , Tamora , for my bride", "And will create thee empress of Rome .", "Speak , Queen of Goths , dost thou applaud my choice ?", "And here I swear by all the Roman gods ,\u2014", "Sith priest and holy water are so near ,", "And tapers burn so bright , and everything", "In readiness for Hymenaeus stand ,\u2014", "I will not re-salute the streets of Rome ,", "Or climb my palace , till from forth this place", "I lead espous 'd my bride along with me .", "Ascend , fair queen , Pantheon .\u2014 Lords , accompany", "Your noble emperor and his lovely bride ,", "Sent by the heavens for Prince Saturnine ,", "Whose wisdom hath her fortune conquered :", "There shall we consummate our spousal rites .", "So , Bassianus , you have play 'd your prize :", "God give you joy , sir , of your gallant bride !", "Traitor , if Rome have law or we have power ,", "Thou and thy faction shall repent this rape .", "\u2018 Tis good , sir . You are very short with us ;", "But if we live we 'll be as sharp with you .", "What , madam ! be dishonoured openly ,", "And basely put it up without revenge ?", "Rise , Titus , rise ; my empress hath prevail 'd .", "Away , and talk not ; trouble us no more .", "Marcus , for thy sake , and thy brother 's here ,", "And at my lovely Tamora 's entreats ,", "I do remit these young men 's heinous faults :", "Stand up .\u2014", "Lavinia , though you left me like a churl ,", "I found a friend ; and sure as death I swore", "I would not part a bachelor from the priest .", "Come , if the emperor 's court can feast two brides ,", "You are my guest , Lavinia , and your friends .", "This day shall be a love-day , Tamora .", "Be it so , Titus , and gramercy too .", "And you have rung it lustily , my lord ;", "Somewhat too early for new-married ladies .", "Come on then , horse and chariots let us have ,", "And to our sport .\u2014", "Madam , now shall ye see", "Our Roman hunting .", "Along with me : I 'll see what hole is here ,", "And what he is that now is leap 'd into it .\u2014", "Say , who art thou that lately didst descend", "Into this gaping hollow of the earth ?", "My brother dead ! I know thou dost but jest :", "He and his lady both are at the lodge", "Upon the north side of this pleasant chase ;", "\u2018 Tis not an hour since I left them there .", "Here , Tamora ; though griev 'd with killing grief .", "Now to the bottom dost thou search my wound ;", "Poor Bassianus here lies murdered .", "\u2018 An if we miss to meet him handsomely ,\u2014", "Sweet huntsman , Bassianus \u2018 tis we mean ,\u2014", "Do thou so much as dig the grave for him :", "Thou know'st our meaning . Look for thy reward", "Among the nettles at the elder-tree", "Which overshades the mouth of that same pit", "Where we decreed to bury Bassianus .", "Do this , and purchase us thy lasting friends . \u2019", "O Tamora ! was ever heard the like ?\u2014", "This is the pit and this the elder-tree :\u2014", "Look , sirs , if you can find the huntsman out", "That should have murder 'd Bassianus here .", "Two of thy whelps , fell curs of bloody kind ,", "Have here bereft my brother of his life .\u2014", "Sirs , drag them from the pit unto the prison :", "There let them bide until we have devis 'd", "Some never-heard-of torturing pain for them .", "If it be prov 'd ! You see it is apparent .\u2014", "Who found this letter ? Tamora , was it you ?", "Thou shalt not bail them : see thou follow me .\u2014", "Some bring the murder 'd body , some the murderers :", "Let them not speak a word ,\u2014 the guilt is plain ;", "For , by my soul , were there worse end than death ,", "That end upon them should be executed .", "Why , lords , what wrongs are these ! was ever seen", "An emperor in Rome thus overborne ,", "Troubled , confronted thus ; and , for the extent", "Of legal justice , us 'd in such contempt ?", "My lords , you know , as know the mightful gods ,", "However these disturbers of our peace", "Buzz in the people 's ears , there naught hath pass 'd", "But even with law , against the wilful sons", "Of old Andronicus . And what an if", "His sorrows have so overwhelm 'd his wits ,", "Shall we be thus afflicted in his freaks ,", "His fits , his frenzy , and his bitterness ?", "And now he writes to heaven for his redress :", "See , here 's to Jove , and this to Mercury ;", "This to Apollo ; this to the God of War ;\u2014", "Sweet scrolls to fly about the streets of Rome !", "What 's this but libelling against the senate ,", "And blazoning our injustice everywhere ?", "A goodly humour , is it not , my lords ?", "As who would say , in Rome no justice were .", "But if I live , his feigned ecstasies", "Shall be no shelter to these outrages :", "But he and his shall know that justice lives", "In Saturninus \u2019 health ; whom , if she sleep ,", "He 'll so awake as he in fury shall", "Cut off the proud'st conspirator that lives .", "Go take him away , and hang him presently .", "Despiteful and intolerable wrongs !", "Shall I endure this monstrous villainy ?", "I know from whence this same device proceeds :", "May this be borne ,\u2014 as if his traitorous sons ,", "That died by law for murder of our brother ,", "Have by my means been butchered wrongfully ?\u2014", "Go , drag the villain hither by the hair ;", "Nor age nor honour shall shape privilege .\u2014", "For this proud mock I 'll be thy slaughter-man ;", "Sly frantic wretch , that holp'st to make me great ,", "In hope thyself should govern Rome and me .", "What news with thee , Aemilius ?", "Is warlike Lucius general of the Goths ?", "These tidings nip me ; and I hang the head", "As flowers with frost , or grass beat down with storms :", "Ay , now begins our sorrows to approach :", "\u2018 Tis he the common people love so much ;", "Myself hath often overheard them say ,\u2014", "When I have walked like a private man ,\u2014", "That Lucius \u2019 banishment was wrongfully ,", "And they have wish 'd that Lucius were their emperor .", "Ay , but the citizens favour Lucius ,", "And will revolt from me to succour him .", "But he will not entreat his son for us .", "Aemilius , do this message honourably :", "And if he stand on hostage for his safety ,", "Bid him demand what pledge will please him best .", "Then go successantly , and plead to him .", "What , hath the firmament more suns than one ?", "Marcus , we will .", "Why art thou thus attir 'd , Andronicus ?", "It was , Andronicus .", "Because the girl should not survive her shame ,", "And by her presence still renew his sorrows .", "What hast thou done , unnatural and unkind ?", "What , was she ravish 'd ? tell who did the deed .", "Go , fetch them hither to us presently .", "Die , frantic wretch , for this accursed deed !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 193, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["If you please , ma \u2019 am , the butcher \u2019 s called .", "Very good , ma \u2019 am .", "Very good , ma \u2019 am . If you please , ma \u2019 am , the gardener hasn \u2019 t sent in a very big basket of pease . Cook says it won \u2019 t look much for three .", "Very good , ma \u2019 am . As she is going , COLONEL WHARTON enters from the garden with a basket of cherries . He is a thin old man , much older than his wife , with white hair ; but though very frail he still carries himself erectly . His face is bronzed by long exposure to tropical suns , but even so it is the face of a sick man . He wears a light tweed suit which hangs about him loosely , as though he had shrunk since it was made for him . He has a round tweed hat of the same material .", "Yes , sir . I \u2019 ll bring it .", "If you please , ma \u2019 am , Mrs. Poole has called .", "She wouldn \u2019 t come in , ma \u2019 am . She said she was passing and she just stopped to enquire how you were .", "Very well , sir .", "Mrs. Poole .", "Mrs. Littlewood .", "Dr. Macfarlane .", "Mrs. Littlewood .", "Mr. and Mrs. Poole .", "Dr. Macfarlane .", "The woman \u2019 s come , ma \u2019 am .", "Please , sir , Mrs. Wharton says , will you go upstairs now ?", "Oh , well , they always like best end . You can \u2019 t go far wrong if you have that .", "Well , they \u2019 ll do nicely ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 194, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["What place are we now , Martin Doul ?", "It is n't going to the fair , the time they do be driving their cattle and they with a litter of pigs maybe squealing in their carts , they 'd give us a thing at all .It 's well you know that , but you must be talking .", "Who would n't have a cracked voice sitting out all the year in the rain falling ? It 's a bad life for the voice , Martin Doul , though I 've heard tell there is n't anything like the wet south wind does be blowing upon us for keeping a white beautiful skin \u2014 the like of my skin \u2014 on your neck and on your brows , and there is n't anything at all like a fine skin for putting splendour on a woman .", "Let you not be making the like of that talk when you 've heard Timmy the smith , and Mat Simon , and Patch Ruadh , and a power besides saying fine things of my face , and you know rightly it was \u201c the beautiful dark woman \u201d they did call me in Ballinatone .", "Ay , jealous , Martin Doul ; and if she was n't itself , the young and silly do be always making game of them that 's dark , and they 'd think it a fine thing if they had us deceived , the way we would n't know we were so fine-looking at all .", "If you were n't a big fool you would n't heed them this hour , Martin Doul , for they 're a bad lot those that have their sight , and they do have great joy , the time they do be seeing a grand thing , to let on they do n't see it at all , and to be telling fool 's lies , the like of what Molly Byrne was telling to yourself .", "I 'm not the like of the girls do be running round on the roads , swinging their legs , and they with their necks out looking on the men .... Ah , there 's a power of villainy walking the world , Martin Doul , among them that do be gadding around with their gaping eyes , and their sweet words , and they with no sense in them at all .", "You 'd be as bad as the rest of them if you had your sight , and I did well , surely , not to marry a seeing man it 's scores would have had me and welcome \u2014 for the seeing is a queer lot , and you 'd never know the thing they 'd do .", "Let you put the pith away out of their sight , or they 'll be picking it out with the spying eyes they have , and saying it 's rich we are , and not sparing us a thing at all .", "Well you 've queer hum-bugging talk .... What way would I see a power hanged , and I a dark woman since the seventh year of my age ?", "I 've heard people have walked round from the west and they speaking of that .", "Maybe we could send us a young lad to bring us the water . I could wash a naggin bottle in the morning , and I 'm thinking Patch Ruadh would go for it , if we gave him a good drink , and the bit of money we have hid in the thatch .", "Then tell us your wonder , Timmy .... What person 'll bring it at all ?", "You 'd know , I 'm thinking , by the little silvery voice of it , a fasting holy man was after carrying it a great way at his side .", "I 'm thinking it 's a poor thing when the Lord God gives you sight and puts the like of that man in your way .", "I would n't rear a crumpled whelp the like of you . It 's many a woman is married with finer than yourself should be praising God if she 's no child , and is n't loading the earth with things would make the heavens lonesome above , and they scaring the larks , and the crows , and the angels passing in the sky .", "Let the two of you not torment me at all .", "It 's them that 's fat and flabby do be wrinkled young , and that whitish yellowy hair she has does be soon turning the like of a handful of thin grass you 'd see rotting , where the wet lies , at the north of a sty .Ah , it 's a better thing to have a simple , seemly face , the like of my face , for two-score years , or fifty itself , than to be setting fools mad a short while , and then to be turning a thing would drive off the little children from your feet .", "There 's a sweet tone in your voice I 've not heard for a space . You 're taking me for Molly Byrne , I 'm thinking .", "You 'll be grand then , and it 's no lie .", "If I am I 'm bearing in mind I 'm married to a little dark stump of a fellow looks the fool of the world , and I 'll be bearing in mind from this day the great hullabuloo he 's after making from hearing a poor woman breathing quiet in her place .", "I 'm minding that surely , for if I 'm not the way the liars were saying below I seen a thing in them pools put joy and blessing in my heart .", "I would not , Martin .For when I seen myself in them pools , I seen my hair would be gray or white , maybe , in a short while , and I seen with it that I 'd a face would be a great wonder when it 'll have soft white hair falling around it , the way when I 'm an old woman there wo n't be the like of me surely in the seven counties of the east .", "I can n't help your looks , Martin Doul . It was n't myself made you with your rat 's eyes , and your big ears , and your griseldy chin .", "Your slouching feet , is it ? Or your hooky neck , or your two knees is black with knocking one on the other ?", "There 's the sound of one of them twittering yellow birds do be coming in the spring-time from beyond the sea , and there 'll be a fine warmth now in the sun , and a sweetness in the air , the way it 'll be a grand thing to be sitting here quiet and easy smelling the things growing up , and budding from the earth .", "It 's not the churches , for the wind 's blowing from the sea .", "The Lord protect us from the saints of God !", "He 's coming this road , surely .", "What place would we run ?", "Would we have a right to be crawling in below under the sticks ?", "Could we hide in the bit of a briar is growing at the west butt of the church ?", "It 's the words of the young girls making a great stir in the trees .Here 's the briar on my left , Martin ; I 'll go in first , I 'm the big one , and I 'm easy to see .", "Let you not be whispering sin , Martin Doul , or maybe it 's the finger of God they 'd see pointing to ourselves .", "If it is you 'd have a right to speak a big , terrible word would make the water not cure us at all .", "They 're coming . I hear their feet on the stones ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 195, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I think this coming summer the King of Sicilia means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly owes him .", "Beseech you-", "You pay a great deal too dear for what 's given freely .", "Sicilia cannot show himself overkind to Bohemia . They were train 'd together in their childhoods ; and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection which cannot choose but branch now . Since their more mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their society , their encounters , though not personal , have been royally attorneyed with interchange of gifts , letters , loving embassies ; that they have seem 'd to be together , though absent ; shook hands , as over a vast ; and embrac 'd as it were from the ends of opposed winds . The heavens continue their loves !", "I very well agree with you in the hopes of him . It is a gallant child ; one that indeed physics the subject , makes old hearts fresh ; they that went on crutches ere he was born desire yet their life to see him a man .", "Yes ; if there were no other excuse why they should desire to live .", "Ay , my good lord .", "You had much ado to make his anchor hold ;", "When you cast out , it still came home .", "He would not stay at your petitions ; made", "His business more material .", "At the good Queen 's entreaty .", "Business , my lord ? I think most understand", "Bohemia stays here longer .", "Stays here longer .", "To satisfy your Highness , and the entreaties", "Of our most gracious mistress .", "Be it forbid , my lord !", "My gracious lord ,", "I may be negligent , foolish , and fearful :", "In every one of these no man is free", "But that his negligence , his folly , fear ,", "Among the infinite doings of the world ,", "Sometime puts forth . In your affairs , my lord ,", "If ever I were wilfull-negligent ,", "It was my folly ; if industriously", "I play 'd the fool , it was my negligence ,", "Not weighing well the end ; if ever fearful", "To do a thing where I the issue doubted ,", "Whereof the execution did cry out", "Against the non-performance , \u2018 twas a fear", "Which oft infects the wisest . These , my lord ,", "Are such allow 'd infirmities that honesty", "Is never free of . But , beseech your Grace ,", "Be plainer with me ; let me know my trespass", "By its own visage ; if I then deny it ,", "\u2018 Tis none of mine .", "I would not be a stander-by to hear", "My sovereign mistress clouded so , without", "My present vengeance taken . Shrew my heart !", "You never spoke what did become you less", "Than this ; which to reiterate were sin", "As deep as that , though true .", "Good my lord , be cur 'd", "Of this diseas 'd opinion , and betimes ;", "For \u2018 tis most dangerous .", "No , no , my lord .", "Who does infect her ?", "Sir , my lord ,", "I could do this ; and that with no rash potion ,", "But with a ling'ring dram that should not work", "Maliciously like poison . But I cannot", "Believe this crack to be in my dread mistress ,", "So sovereignly being honourable .", "I have lov 'd thee-", "I must believe you , sir .", "I do ; and will fetch off Bohemia for't ;", "Provided that , when he 's remov 'd , your Highness", "Will take again your queen as yours at first ,", "Even for your son 's sake ; and thereby for sealing", "The injury of tongues in courts and kingdoms", "Known and allied to yours .", "My lord ,", "Go then ; and with a countenance as clear", "As friendship wears at feasts , keep with Bohemia", "And with your queen . I am his cupbearer ;", "If from me he have wholesome beverage ,", "Account me not your servant .", "I 'll do't , my lord .", "O miserable lady ! But , for me ,", "What case stand I in ? I must be the poisoner", "Of good Polixenes ; and my ground to do't", "Is the obedience to a master ; one", "Who , in rebellion with himself , will have", "All that are his so too . To do this deed ,", "Hail , most royal sir !", "None rare , my lord .", "I dare not know , my lord .", "There is a sickness", "Which puts some of us in distemper ; but", "I cannot name the disease ; and it is caught", "Of you that yet are well .", "I may not answer .", "Sir , I will tell you ;", "Since I am charg 'd in honour , and by him", "That I think honourable . Therefore mark my counsel ,", "Which must be ev'n as swiftly followed as", "I mean to utter it , or both yourself and me", "Cry lost , and so goodnight .", "I am appointed him to murder you .", "By the King .", "He thinks , nay , with all confidence he swears ,", "As he had seen \u2018 t or been an instrument", "To vice you to't , that you have touch 'd his queen", "Forbiddenly .", "Swear his thought over", "By each particular star in heaven and", "By all their influences , you may as well", "Forbid the sea for to obey the moon", "As or by oath remove or counsel shake", "The fabric of his folly , whose foundation", "Is pil 'd upon his faith and will continue", "The standing of his body .", "I know not ; but I am sure \u2018 tis safer to", "Avoid what 's grown than question how \u2018 tis born .", "If therefore you dare trust my honesty ,", "That lies enclosed in this trunk which you", "Shall bear along impawn 'd , away to-night .", "Your followers I will whisper to the business ;", "And will , by twos and threes , at several posterns ,", "Clear them o \u2019 th \u2019 city . For myself , I 'll put", "My fortunes to your service , which are here", "By this discovery lost . Be not uncertain ,", "For , by the honour of my parents , I", "Have utt'red truth ; which if you seek to prove ,", "I dare not stand by ; nor shall you be safer", "Than one condemn 'd by the King 's own mouth , thereon", "His execution sworn .", "It is in mine authority to command", "The keys of all the posterns . Please your Highness", "To take the urgent hour . Come , sir , away . Exeunt", "It is fifteen years since I saw my country ; though I have for the most part been aired abroad , I desire to lay my bones there . Besides , the penitent King , my master , hath sent for me ; to whose feeling sorrows I might be some allay , or I o'erween to think so , which is another spur to my departure .", "Sir , it is three days since I saw the Prince . What his happier affairs may be are to me unknown ; but I have missingly noted he is of late much retired from court , and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared .", "I have heard , sir , of such a man , who hath a daughter of most rare note . The report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage .", "I willingly obey your command .", "I should leave grazing , were I of your flock ,", "And only live by gazing .", "He tells her something", "That makes her blood look out . Good sooth , she is", "The queen of curds and cream .", "This shows a sound affection .", "Why , how now , father !", "Speak ere thou diest .", "Gracious , my lord ,", "You know your father 's temper . At this time", "He will allow no speech - which I do guess", "You do not purpose to him - and as hardly", "Will he endure your sight as yet , I fear ;", "Then , till the fury of his Highness settle ,", "Come not before him .", "Even he , my lord .", "Be advis 'd .", "This is desperate , sir .", "O my lord ,", "I would your spirit were easier for advice .", "Or stronger for your need .", "He 's irremovable ,", "Resolv 'd for flight . Now were I happy if", "His going I could frame to serve my turn ,", "Save him from danger , do him love and honour ,", "Purchase the sight again of dear Sicilia", "And that unhappy king , my master , whom", "I so much thirst to see .", "Sir , I think", "You have heard of my poor services i \u2019 th \u2019 love", "That I have borne your father ?", "Well , my lord ,", "If you may please to think I love the King ,", "And through him what 's nearest to him , which is", "Your gracious self , embrace but my direction .", "If your more ponderous and settled project", "May suffer alteration , on mine honour ,", "I 'll point you where you shall have such receiving", "As shall become your Highness ; where you may", "Enjoy your mistress , from the whom , I see ,", "There 's no disjunction to be made but by ,", "As heavens forfend ! your ruin - marry her ;", "And with my best endeavours in your absence", "Your discontenting father strive to qualify ,", "And bring him up to liking .", "Have you thought on", "A place whereto you 'll go ?", "Then list to me .", "This follows , if you will not change your purpose", "But undergo this flight : make for Sicilia ,", "And there present yourself and your fair princess-", "For so , I see , she must be - fore Leontes .", "She shall be habited as it becomes", "The partner of your bed . Methinks I see", "Leontes opening his free arms and weeping", "His welcomes forth ; asks thee there \u2018 Son , forgiveness ! \u2019", "As \u2018 twere i \u2019 th \u2019 father 's person ; kisses the hands", "Of your fresh princess ; o'er and o'er divides him", "\u2018 Twixt his unkindness and his kindness - th \u2019 one", "He chides to hell , and bids the other grow", "Faster than thought or time .", "Sent by the King your father", "To greet him and to give him comforts . Sir ,", "The manner of your bearing towards him , with", "What you as from your father shall deliver ,", "Things known betwixt us three , I 'll write you down ;", "The which shall point you forth at every sitting", "What you must say , that he shall not perceive", "But that you have your father 's bosom there", "And speak his very heart .", "A course more promising", "Than a wild dedication of yourselves", "To unpath 'd waters , undream 'd shores , most certain", "To miseries enough ; no hope to help you ,", "But as you shake off one to take another ;", "Nothing so certain as your anchors , who", "Do their best office if they can but stay you", "Where you 'll be loath to be . Besides , you know", "Prosperity 's the very bond of love ,", "Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together", "Affliction alters .", "Yea , say you so ?", "There shall not at your father 's house these seven years", "Be born another such .", "I cannot say \u2018 tis pity", "She lacks instructions , for she seems a mistress", "To most that teach .", "My lord ,", "Fear none of this . I think you know my fortunes", "Do all lie there . It shall be so my care", "To have you royally appointed as if", "The scene you play were mine . For instance , sir ,", "That you may know you shall not want - one word .", "Re-enter AUTOLYCUS", "Nay , but my letters , by this means being there", "So soon as you arrive , shall clear that doubt .", "Shall satisfy your father .", "Who have we here ? We 'll make an instrument of this ; omit Nothing may give us aid .", "How now , good fellow ! Why shak'st thou so ? Fear not , man ; here 's no harm intended to thee .", "Why , be so still ; here 's nobody will steal that from thee . Yet for the outside of thy poverty we must make an exchange ; therefore discase thee instantly - thou must think there 's a necessity in'thYpppHeN and change garments with this gentleman . Though the pennyworth on his side be the worst , yet hold thee , there 's some boot .", "Nay , prithee dispatch . The gentleman is half flay 'd already .", "Unbuckle , unbuckle .", "FLORIZEL and AUTOLYCUS exchange garments", "Fortunate mistress - let my prophecy", "Come home to ye ! -  you must retire yourself", "Into some covert ; take your sweetheart 's hat", "And pluck it o'er your brows , muffle your face ,", "Dismantle you , and , as you can , disliken", "The truth of your own seeming , that you may-", "For I do fear eyes over - to shipboard", "Get undescried .", "No remedy . Have you done there ?", "Nay , you shall have no hat .", "Come , lady , come . Farewell , my friend .", "What I do next shall be to tell the King", "Of this escape , and whither they are bound ;", "Wherein my hope is I shall so prevail", "To force him after ; in whose company", "I shall re-view Sicilia , for whose sight", "I have a woman 's longing .", "The swifter speed the better .", "My lord , your sorrow was too sore laid on ,", "Which sixteen winters cannot blow away ,", "So many summers dry . Scarce any joy", "Did ever so long live ; no sorrow", "But kill 'd itself much sooner .", "She hangs about his neck . If she pertain to life , let her speak too ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 196, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["\u2018 Tis much I owe to Fortune , my dear Lucretia , for being so kind to make us Neighbours , where with Ease we may continually exchange our Souls and Thoughts without the attendance of a Coach , and those other little Formalities that make a Business of a Visit ; it looks so like a Journey , I hate it .", "And lament the numberless Impertinences wherewith they continually plague all young Women of Quality .", "Custom is unkind to our Sex , not to allow us free Choice ; but we above all Creatures must be forced to endure the formal Recommendations of a Parent , and the more insupportable Addresses of an odious Fop ; whilst the Obedient Daughter stands \u2014 thus \u2014 with her Hands pinn 'd before her , a set Look , few Words , and a Mein that cries \u2014 Come marry me : out upo n't .", "Thou mayst lay thy Maidenhead upo n't , and be sure of the", "Misfortune to win .", "Faith , my dear Lodwick or no body in my heart , and I hope thou art as well resolv 'd for my Cousin Leander .", "Spare the Relation , for I have observ 'd of late your Mother to have order 'd her Eyes with some softness , her Mouth endeavouring to sweeten it self into Smiles and Dimples , as if she meant to recal Fifteen again , and gave it all to Leander , for at him she throws her Darts .", "Long since .", "He 'll take care to give himself a better Title .", "Prithee let him make ours now , for of all Fops your Country Fop is the most tolerable Animal ; those of the Town are the most unmanagable Beasts in Nature .", "Keeping begins to be as ridiculous as Matrimony , and is a greater Imposition upon the Liberty of Man ; the Insolence and Expence of their Mistresses has almost tir 'd out all but the Old and Doting part of Mankind : The rest begin to know their value , and set a price upon a good Shape , a tolerable Face and Mein :\u2014 and some there are who have made excellent Bargains for themselves that way , and will flatter ye and jilt ye an Antiquated Lady as artfully as the most experienc 'd Miss of \u2018 em all .", "Is discreet and virtuous enough , a little too affected , as being the most learned of her Sex .", "Indeed the Men would have us think so , and boast their Learning and Languages ; but if they can find any of our Sex fuller of Words , and to so little purpose as some of their Gownmen , I 'll be content to change my Petticoats for Pantaloons , and go to a Grammar-school .", "They call us easy and fond , and charge us with all weakness ; but look into their Actions of Love , State or War , their roughest business , and you shall find \u2018 em sway 'd by some who have the luck to find their Foibles ; witness my Father , a Man reasonable enough , till drawn away by doting Love and Religion : what a Monster my young Mother makes of him ! flatter 'd him first into Matrimony , and now into what sort of Fool or Beast she pleases to make him .", "Oh , she finds it the only way to secure her from his Suspicion , which if she do not e'er long give him cause for , I am mistaken in her Humour .\u2014 Enter L. Knowell and Leander . But see your Mother and my Cousin Leander , who seems , poor man , under some great Consternation , for he looks as gravely as a Lay-Elder conducting his Spouse from a Sermon .", "Who , my Cousin Leander a Scholar , Madam ?", "I vow , Madam , he spells worse than a Country Farrier when he prescribes a Drench .", "Worse than a Politician or a States-man .", "Laugh ! why , are you turn 'd Buffoon , Tumbler , or Presbyterian", "Preacher ?", "You 'll find her well employ 'd with my Cousin Leander .", "And his Mistress Psyche , Sir ?", "Well , Sir , what must she do from Twelve till Eight again ?", "A Husband , and that not Lodwick ! Heaven forbid .", "You 're wonderful ingaging , Sir , and I were an Ingrate not to facilitate a return for the Honour you are pleas 'd to do me .", "I know not , but I 'm sure I never saw a more affected Fop .", "I know his fiery Temper too well to trust him with the secret .", "What business ?", "And may I trust your honesty ?", "Away , here 's my Mother .", "On fair Conditions .", "Well , I have no mind to let this dear mad Devil Lodwick in to night .", "I have a strange apprehension of being surpriz 'd to night .", "You 'll grow very expert in the Arts of Love , Fanny .", "What Noise is that ?", "Speak low , who shou 'd it be but the kind Fool her self , who can deny you nothing but what you dare not take ?", "How ! surely you 're not in earnest ?\u2014 Do you love me ?", "And are you , Sir , in earnest ? can it be ?", "Hold , Ravisher , and know this saucy Passion", "Has render 'd back your Interest . Now I hate ye ,", "And my Obedience to my Father 's Will", "Shall marry me to Fainlove , and I 'll despise ye .", "Pray Heaven I get undiscover 'd to my Chamber , where I 'll make Vows against this perjured Man ; hah , sure he follows still ; no Wood-Nymph ever fled before a Satyr , with half that trembling haste I flew from Lodwick .\u2014 Oh , he has lost his Virtue , and undone me .", "Hah , my Father ! I 'm discover 'd and pursu 'd ,\u2014 grant me to find the Bed .", "Hah , where am I , and who is't that speaks \u2014", "A Man 's Voice !", "Who can they be that talk thus ? sure I have mistook my Chamber .", "A Man , and in my virtuous Lady Mother 's Chamber ! how fortunate was I to light on this discovery !", "Oh cunning Devil !\u2014", "Heavens ! what says she ?\u2014", "Lodwick ! and in my Mother 's Chamber ! may I believe my Eyes !", "Oh Traytor ! wou 'd thou hadst been that Ravisher I took thee for , rather than such a Villain \u2014 false ! and with my Mother too !", "Yes , Sir , to justify her Innocence .", "\u2014 And I 'll know before I sleep , the mystery of all this , and who \u2018 twas this faithless Man sent in his room to deceive me in the Garden .", "How , Mr. Fainlove , it cannot be .", "That Fainlove ! whom I am so soon to marry ! and but this day courted me in another Dialect !", "How came you by this Letter ?", "What means this nicety ? forbear I say .\u2014", "Thou art mistaken , leave me ,\u2014 whatever he says here to satisfy my Jealousy , I am confirm 'd that he was false : yet this assurance to free me from this intended Marriage , makes me resolve to pardon him , however guilty .\u2014 Enter Wittmore . How now ! what means this Insolence ? How dare you , having so lately made your guilty approaches , venture again into my presence ?", "And there may lie enough , Sir , when they 're angry . By what", "Authority do you make this saucy Visit ?", "Thou darst not marry me , there will be danger i n't .", "And canst thou think they were address 'd to thee ?", "Leave me , thou hated Object of my Soul .", "Then thou art a Fool , and drawest thy Ruin on ; why , I will hate thee ,\u2014 hate thee most extremely .", "Why , I will never let thee touch me , nor kiss my Hand , nor come into my sight .", "Why , I will cuckold thee , look to't , I will most damnably .", "Lodwick ! What Devil brought that Name to his knowledge ?\u2014 Canst thou know him , and yet dare hope to marry me ?", "Thou basely injurest him , he cannot do a Deed he ought to blush for : Lodwick do this ! Oh , do not credit it ,\u2014 prithee be just and kind for thy own Honour 's sake ; be quickly so , the hasty minutes fly , and will anon make up the fatal Hour that will undo me .", "Nay , then be gone , my poor submissive Prayers , and all that dull Obedience Custom has made us Slaves to .\u2014 Do sacrifice me , lead me to the Altar , and see if all the holy mystick Words can conjure from me the consenting Syllable : No , I will not add one word to make the Charm complete , but stand as silent in the inchanting Circle , as if the Priests were raising Devils there .", "Lodwick ! what good Angel conducted thee hither ?", "Wittmore ! that Friend I 've often heard thee name ? Now some kind mischief on him , he has so frighted me , I scarce can bring my Sense to so much order , to thank him that he loves me not .", "Dear Madam , for my sake do not anger him now .", "He 's but stept into Cheapside , to fit the Ring , Sir , and will be here immediately .", "Father , dear Father , must I in one day receive a Blessing with so great a Curse ? Oh ,\u2014 he 's just going , Madam .\u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 197, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Perkins the Divine .\u2014 \u201c He had a capacious head , with angles winding and roomy enough to lodge all controversial intricacies . \u201d", "Reflector ,\u2014 I was born under the shadow of St. Dunstan 's steeple , just where the conflux of the eastern and western inhabitants of this twofold city meet and justle in friendly opposition at Temple-bar . The same day which gave me to the world , saw London happy in the celebration of her great annual feast . This I cannot help looking upon as a lively omen of the future great good-will which I was destined to bear toward the city , resembling in kind that solicitude which every Chief Magistrate is supposed to feel for whatever concerns her interests and well-being . Indeed I consider myself in some sort a speculative Lord Mayor of London : for though circumstances unhappily preclude me from the hope of ever arriving at the dignity of a gold chain and Spital Sermon , yet thus much will I say of myself in truth , that Whittington with his catnever went beyond me in affection which I bear to the citizens . I was born , as you have heard , in a crowd . This has begot in me an entire affection for that way of life , amounting to an almost insurmountable aversion from solitude and rural scenes . This aversion was never interrupted or suspended , except for a few years in the younger part of my life , during a period in which I had set my affections upon a charming young woman . Every man , while the passion is upon him , is for a time at least addicted to groves and meadows and purling streams . During this short period of my existence , I contracted just familiarity enough with rural objects to understand tolerably well ever after the poets , when they declaim in such passionate terms in favor of a country-life . For my own part , now the fit is past , I have no hesitation in declaring , that a mob of happy faces crowding up at the pit-door of Drury Lane Theatre , just at the hour of six , gives me ten thousand sincerer pleasures , than I could ever receive from all the flocks of silly sheep that ever whitened the plains of Arcadia or Epsom Downs . This passion for crowds is nowhere feasted so full as in London . The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy who can be dull in Fleet Street . I am naturally inclined to hypochondria , but in London it vanishes , like all other ills . Often , when I have felt a weariness or distaste at home , have I rushed out into her crowded Strand , and fed my humor , till tears have wetted my cheek for unutterable sympathies with the multitudinous moving picture , which she never fails to present at all hours , like the scenes of a shifting pantomime . The very deformities of London , which give distaste to others , from habit do not displease me . The endless succession of shops where Fancy miscalled Folly is supplied with perpetual gauds and toys , excite in me no puritanical aversion . I gladly behold every appetite supplied with its proper food . The obliging customer , and the obliged tradesman \u2014 things which live by bowing , and things which exist but for homage \u2014 do not affect me with disgust ; from habit I perceive nothing but urbanity , where other men , more refined , discover meanness : I love the very smoke of London , because it has been the medium most familiar to my vision . I see grand principles of honor at work in the dirty ring which encompasses two combatants with fists , and principles of no less eternal justice in the detection of a pickpocket . The salutary astonishment with which an execution is surveyed , convinces me more forcibly than a hundred volumes of abstract polity , that the universal instinct of man in all ages has leaned to order and good government . Thus an art of extracting morality from the commonest incidents of a town life is attained by the same well-natured alchemy with which the Foresters of Arden , in a beautiful country , \u201c Found tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , Sermons in stones , and good in everything . \u201d Where has spleen her food but in London ! Humor , Interest , Curiosity , suck at her measureless breasts without a possibility of being satiated . Nursed amid her noise , her crowds , her beloved smoke , what have I been doing all my life , if I have not lent out my heart with usury to such scenes ! I am , Sir , your faithful servant , A LONDONER .", "Reflector ,\u2014 I was amused the other day with having the following notice thrust into my hand by a man who gives out bills at the corner of Fleet Market . Whether he saw any prognostics about me , that made him judge such notice seasonable , I cannot say ; I might perhaps carry in a countenancetraces of a fever which had not long left me . Those fellows have a good instinctive way of guessing at the sort of people that are likeliest to pay attention to their papers . \u201c BURIAL SOCIETY . \u201c A favorable opportunity now offers to any person , of either sex , who would wish to be buried in a genteel manner , by paying one shilling entrance , and twopence per week for the benefit of the stock . Members to be free in six months . The money to be paid at Mr. Middleton 's , at the sign of the First and the Last , Stonecutter 's Street , Fleet Market . The deceased to be furnished as follows :\u2014 A strong elm coffin , covered with superfine black , and furnished with two rows , all round , close drove , best japanned nails , and adorned with ornamental drops , a handsome plate of inscription , Angel above , and Flower beneath , and four pair of handsome handles , with wrought gripes ; the coffin to be well pitched , lined , and ruffled with fine crape ; a handsome crape shroud , cap , and pillow . For use , a handsome velvet pall , three gentlemen 's cloaks , three crape hat-bands , three hoods and scarfs , and six pair of gloves ; two porters equipped to attend the funeral , a man to attend the same with band and gloves ; also , the burial-fees paid , if not exceeding one guinea . \u201d \u201c Man , \u201d says Sir Thomas Browne , \u201c is a noble animal , splendid in ashes , and pompous in the grave . \u201d Whoever drew up this little advertisement certainly understood this appetite in the species , and has made abundant provision for it . It really almost induces a t\u00e6dium vit\u00e6 upon one to read it . Methinks I could be willing to die , in death to be so attended . The two rows all round close-drove best black japanned nails ,\u2014 how feelingly do they invite , and almost irresistibly persuade us to come and be fastened down ! what aching head can resist the temptation to repose , which the crape shroud , the cap , and the pillow present ; what sting is there in death , which the handles with wrought gripes are not calculated to pluck away ? what victory in the grave which the drops and the velvet pall do not render at least extremely disputable ? but , above all , the pretty emblematic plate , with the Angel above and the Flower beneath , takes me mightily . The notice goes on to inform us , that though the society has been established but a very few years , upwards of eleven hundred persons have put down their names . It is really an affecting consideration to think of so many poor people , of the industrious and hard-working classclubbing their two-pences to save the reproach of a parish funeral . Many a poor fellow , I dare swear , has that Angel and Flower kept from the Angel and Punchbowl , while , to provide himself a bier , he has curtailed himself of beer . Many a savory morsel has the living body been deprived of , that the lifeless one might be served up in a richer state to the worms . And sure , if the body could understand the actions of the soul , and entertain generous notions of things , it would thank its provident partner , that she had been more solicitous to defend it from dishonors at its dissolution , than careful to pamper it with good things in the time of its union . If C\u00e6sar were chiefly anxious at his death how he might die most decently , every Burial Society may be considered as a club of C\u00e6sars . Nothing tends to keep up , in the imaginations of the poorer sort of people , a generous horror of the work-house more than the manner in which pauper funerals are conducted in this metropolis . The coffin nothing but a few naked planks coarsely put together ,\u2014 the want of a pall, the colored coats of the men that are hired , at cheap rates , to carry the body ,\u2014 altogether give the notion of the deceased having been some person of an ill life and conversation , some one who may not claim the entire rites of Christian burial ,\u2014 one by whom some parts of the sacred ceremony would be desecrated if they should be bestowed upon him . I meet these meagre processions sometimes in the street . They are sure to make me out of humor and melancholy all the day after . They have a harsh and ominous aspect . If there is anything in the prospectus issued from Mr. Middleton 's , Stonecutter 's Street , which pleases me less than the rest , it is to find that the six pair of gloves are to be returned , that they are only lent , or , as the bill expresses it , for use on the occasion . The hood , scarfs , and hat-bands , may properly enough be given up after the solemnity ; the cloaks no gentlemen would think of keeping ; but a pair of gloves , once fitted on , ought not in courtesy to be redemanded . The wearer should certainly have the fee-simple of them . The cost would be but trifling , and they would be a proper memorial of the day . This part of the Proposal wants reconsidering . It is not conceived in the same liberal way of thinking as the rest . I am also a little doubtful whether the limit , within which the burial-fee is made payable , should not be extended to thirty shillings . Some provision too ought undoubtedly to be made in favor of those well-intentioned persons and well-wishers to the fund , who , having all along paid their subscriptions regularly , are so unfortunate as to die before the six months , which would entitle them to their freedom , are quite completed . One can hardly imagine a more distressing case than that of a poor fellow lingering on in a consumption till the period of his freedom is almost in sight , and then finding himself going with a velocity which makes it doubtful whether he shall be entitled to his funeral honors : his quota to which he nevertheless squeezes out , to the diminution of the comforts which sickness demands . I think , in such cases , some of the contribution money ought to revert . With some such modifications , which might easily be introduced , I see nothing in these Proposals of Mr. Middleton which is not strictly fair and genteel ; and heartily recommend them to all persons of moderate incomes , in either sex , who are willing that this perishable part of them should quit the scene of its mortal activities with as handsome circumstances as possible . Before I quit the subject , I must guard my readers against a scandal , which they may be apt to take at the place whence these Proposals purport to be issued . From the sign of the First and the Last , they may conclude that Mr. Middleton is some publican , who , in assembling a club of this description at his house , may have a sinister end of his own , altogether foreign to the solemn purpose for which the club is pretended to be instituted . I must set them right by informing them that the issuer of these Proposals is no publican , though he hangs out a sign , but an honest superintendent of funerals , who , by the device of a Cradle and a Coffin , connecting both ends of human existence together , has most ingeniously contrived to insinuate , that the framers of these first and last receptacles of mankind divide this our life betwixt them , and that all that passes from the midwife to the undertaker may , in strict propriety , go for nothing : an awful and instructive lesson to human vanity . Looking over some papers lately that fell into my hands by chance , and appear to have been written about the beginning of the last century , I stumbled , among the rest , upon the following short Essay , which the writer calls , \u201c The Character of an Undertaker . \u201d It is written with some stiffness and peculiarities of style , but some parts of it , I think , not unaptly characterize the profession to which Mr. Middleton has the honor to belong . The writer doubtless had in his mind the entertaining character of Sable , in Steele 's excellent comedy of The Funeral . CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER . \u201c He is master of the ceremonies at burials and mourning assemblies , grand marshal at funeral processions , the only true yeoman of the body , over which he exercises a dictatorial authority from the moment that the breath has taken leave to that of its final commitment to the earth . His ministry begins where the physician 's , the lawyer 's , and the divine 's end . Or if some part of the functions of the latter run parallel with his , it is only in ordine ad spiritualia . His temporalities remain unquestioned . He is arbitrator of all questions of honor which may concern the defunct ; and upon slight inspection will pronounce how long he may remain in this upper world with credit to himself , and when it will be prudent for his reputation that he should retire . His determination in these points is peremptory and without appeal . Yet , with a modesty peculiar to his profession , he meddles not out of his own sphere . With the good or bad actions of the deceased in his lifetime he has nothing to do . He leaves the friends of the dead man to form their own conjectures as to the place to which the departed spirit is gone . His care is only about the exuvi\u00e6 . He concerns not himself even about the body , as it is a structure of parts internal , and a wonderful microcosm . He leaves such curious speculations to the anatomy professor . Or , if anything , he is averse to such wanton inquiries , as delighting rather that the parts which he has care of should be returned to their kindred dust in as handsome and unmutilated condition as possible ; that the grave should have its full and unimpaired tribute ,\u2014 a complete and just carcass . Nor is he only careful to provide for the body 's entireness , but for its accommodation and ornament . He orders the fashion of its clothes , and designs the symmetry of its dwelling . Its vanity has an innocent survival in him . He is bedmaker to the dead . The pillows which he lays never rumple . The day of interment is the theatre in which he displays the mysteries of his art . It is hard to describe what he is , or rather to tell what he is not , on that day : for , being neither kinsman , servant , nor friend , he is all in turns ; a transcendant , running through all those relations . His office is to supply the place of self-agency in the family , who are presumed incapable of it through grief . He is eyes , and ears , and hands , to the whole household . A draught of wine cannot go round to the mourners , but he must minister it . A chair may hardly be restored to its place by a less solemn hand than his . He takes upon himself all functions , and is a sort of ephemeral major-domo ! He distributes his attentions among the company assembled according to the degree of affliction , which he calculates from the degree of kin to the deceased ; and marshals them accordingly in the procession . He himself is of a sad and tristful countenance ; yet such asis not without some show of patience and resignation at bottom ; prefiguring , as it were , to the friends of the deceased , what their grief shall be when the hand of Time shall have softened and taken down the bitterness of their first anguish ; so handsomely can he fore-shape and anticipate the work of Time . Lastly , with his wand , as with another divining rod , he calculates the depth of earth at which the bones of the dead man may rest , which he ordinarily contrives may be at such a distance from the surface of this earth , as may frustrate the profane attempts of such as would violate his repose , yet sufficiently on this side the centre to give his friends hopes of an easy and practicable resurrection . And here we leave him , casting in dust to dust , which is the last friendly office that he undertakes to do . \u201d Begging your pardon for detaining you so long among \u201c graves , and worms , and epitaphs , \u201d I am , Sir , Your humble servant , MORITURUS .", "REFLECTOR ,\u2014 There is no science in their pretensions to which mankind are more apt to commit grievous mistakes , than in the supposed very obvious one of physiognomy . I quarrel not with the principles of this science , as they are laid down by learned professors ; much less am I disposed , with some people , to deny its existence altogether as any inlet of knowledge that can be depended upon . I believe that there is , or may be , an art to \u201c read the mind 's construction in the face . \u201d But , then , in every species of reading , so much depends upon the eyes of the reader ; if they are blear , or apt to dazzle , or inattentive , or strained with too much attention , the optic power will infallibly bring home false reports of what it reads . How often do we say , upon a cursory glance at a stranger , \u201c What a fine open countenance he has ! \u201d who , upon second inspection , proves to have the exact features of a knave ? Nay , in much more intimate acquaintances , how a delusion of this kind shall continue for months , years , and then break up all at once . Ask the married man , who has been so but for a short space of time , if those blue eyes where , during so many years of anxious courtship , truth , sweetness , serenity , seemed to be written in characters which could not be misunderstood \u2014 ask him if the characters which they now convey be exactly the same ?\u2014 if for truth he does not read a dull virtuewhich changes not , only because it wants the judgment to make a preference ?\u2014 if for sweetness he does not read a stupid habit of looking pleased at everything ?\u2014 if for serenity he does not read animal tranquillity , the dead pool of the heart , which no breeze of passion can stir into health ? Alas ! what is this book of the countenance good for , which when we have read so long , and thought that we understood its contents , there comes a countless list of heart-breaking errata at the end ! But these are the pitiable mistakes to which love alone is subject . I have inadvertently wandered from my purpose , which was to expose quite an opposite blunder , into which we are no less apt to fall , through hate . How ugly a person looks upon whose reputation some awkward aspersion hangs , and how suddenly his countenance clears up with his character ! I remember being persuaded of a man whom I had conceived an ill opinion of , that he had a very bad set of teeth ; which , since I have had better opportunities of being acquainted with his face and facts , I find to have been the very reverse of the truth . That crooked old woman , I once said , speaking of an ancient gentlewoman , whose actions did not square altogether with my notions of the rule of right . The unanimous surprise of the company before whom I uttered these words soon convinced me that I had confounded mental with bodily obliquity , and that there was nothing tortuous about the old lady but her deeds . This humor of mankind to deny personal comeliness to those with whose moral attributes they are dissatisfied , is very strongly shown in those advertisements which stare us in the face from the walls of every street , and , with the tempting bait which they hang forth , stimulate at once cupidity and an abstract love of justice in the breast of every passing peruser : I mean , the advertisements offering rewards for the apprehension of absconded culprits , strayed apprentices , bankrupts who have conveyed away their effects , debtors that have run away from their bail . I observe , that in exact proportion to the indignity with which the prosecutor , who is commonly the framer of the advertisement , conceives he has been treated , the personal pretensions of the fugitive are denied , and his defects exaggerated . A fellow whose misdeeds have been directed against the public in general , and in whose delinquency no individual shall feel himself particularly interested , generally meets with fair usage . A coiner or a smuggler shall get off tolerably well . His beauty , if he has any , is not much underrated , his deformities are not much magnified . A runaway apprentice , who excites perhaps the next least degree of spleen in his prosecutor , generally escapes with a pair of bandy legs ; if he has taken anything with him in his flight , a hitch in his gait is generally superadded . A bankrupt , who has been guilty of withdrawing his effects , if his case be not very atrocious , commonly meets with mild usage . But a debtor , who has left his bail in jeopardy , is sure to be described in characters of unmingled deformity . Here the personal feelings of the bail , which may be allowed to be somewhat poignant , are admitted to interfere ; and , as wrath and revenge commonly strike in the dark , the colors are laid on with a grossness which I am convinced must often defeat its own purpose . The fish that casts an inky cloud about him that his enemies may not find him , cannot more obscure himself by that device than the blackening representations of these angry advertisers must inevitably serve to cloak and screen the persons of those who have injured them from detection . I have before me at this moment one of these bills , which runs thus :\u2014 \u201c FIFTY POUNDS REWARD . \u201c Run away from his bail , John Tomkins , formerly resident in Princes Street , Soho , but lately of Clerkenwell . Whoever shall apprehend , or cause to be apprehended and lodged in one of his Majesty 's jails , the said John Tomkins , shall receive the above reward . He is a thick-set , sturdy man , about five foot six inches high , halts in his left leg , with a stoop in his gait , with coarse red hair , nose short and cocked up , with little gray eyes ,with a pot-belly ; speaks with a thick and disagreeable voice ; goes shabbily drest ; had on when he went away a greasy shag great-coat with rusty yellow buttons . \u201d Now , although it is not out of the compass of possibility that John Tomkins aforesaid may comprehend in his agreeable person all the above-mentioned aggregate of charms , yet , from my observation of the manner in which these advertisements are usually drawn up , though I have not the pleasure of knowing the gentleman , yet would I lay a wager , that an advertisement to the following effect would have a much better chance of apprehending and laying by the heels this John Tomkins than the above description , although penned by one who , from the good services which he appears to have done for him , has not improbably been blessed with some years of previous intercourse with the said John . Taking , then , the above advertisement to be true , or nearly so , down to the words \u201c left leg \u201d inclusive ,I would proceed thus :\u2014 \u2014 \u201c Leans a little forward in his walk ; his hair thick and inclining to auburn ; his nose of the middle size , a little turned up at the end ; lively hazel eyes; inclines to be corpulent ; his voice thick , but pleasing , especially when he sings ; had on a decent shag great-coat with yellow buttons . \u201d Now I would stake a considerable wagerthat some such mitigated description would lead the beagles of the law into a much surer track for finding this ungracious varlet , than to set them upon a false scent after fictitious ugliness and fictitious shabbiness ; though , to do those gentlemen justice , I have no doubt their experience has taught them in all such cases to abate a great deal of the deformity which they are instructed to expect , and has discovered to them that the Devil 's agents upon this earth , like their master , are far less ugly in reality than they are painted . I am afraid , Mr. Reflector , that I shall be thought to have gone wide of my subject , which was to detect the practical errors of physiognomy , properly so called ; whereas I have introduced physical defects , such as lameness , the effects of accidents upon a man 's person , his wearing apparel , & c ., as circumstances on which the eye of dislike , looking askance , may report erroneous conclusions to the understanding . But if we are liable , through a kind or an unkind passion , to mistake so grossly concerning things so exterior and palpable , how much more are we likely to err respecting those nicer and less perceptible hints of character in a face whose detection constitutes the triumph of the physiognomist ! To revert to those bestowers of unmerited deformity , the framers of advertisements for the apprehension of delinquents , a sincere desire of promoting the end of public justice induces me to address a word to them on the best means of attaining those ends . I will endeavor to lay down a few practical , or rather negative , rules for their use , for my ambition extends no further than to arm them with cautions against the self-defeating of their own purposes :\u2014", "REFLECTOR ,\u2014 My husband and I are fond of company , and being in easy circumstances , we are seldom without a party to dinner two or three days in a week . The utmost cordiality has hitherto prevailed at our meetings ; but there is a young gentleman , a near relation of my husband 's , that has lately come among us , whose preposterous behavior bids fair , if not timely checked , to disturb our tranquillity . He is too great a favorite with my husband in other respects , for me to remonstrate with him in any other than this distant way . A letter printed in your publication may catch his eye ; for he is a great reader , and makes a point of seeing all the new things that come out . Indeed , he is by no means deficient in understanding . My husband says that he has a good deal of wit ; but for my part I cannot say I am any judge of that , having seldom observed him open his mouth except for purposes very foreign to conversation . In short , sir , this young gentleman 's failing is , an immoderate indulgence of his palate . The first time he dined with us , he thought it necessary to extenuate the length of time he kept the dinner on the table , by declaring that he had taken a very long walk in the morning , and came in fasting ; but as that excuse could not serve above once or twice at most , he has latterly dropped the mask altogether , and chosen to appear in his own proper colors , without reserve or apology . You cannot imagine how unpleasant his conduct has become . His way of staring at the dishes as they are brought in , has absolutely something immodest in it : it is like the stare of an impudent man of fashion at a fine woman , when she first comes into a room . I am positively in pain for the dishes , and cannot help thinking they have consciousness , and will be put out of countenance , he treats them so like what they are not . Then again he makes no scruple of keeping a joint of meat on the table , after the cheese and fruit are brought in , till he has what he calls done with it . Now how awkward this looks , where there are ladies , you may judge , Mr. Reflector ,\u2014 how it disturbs the order and comfort of a meal . And yet I always make a point of helping him first , contrary to all good manners ,\u2014 before any of my female friends are helped , that he may avoid this very error . I wish he would eat before he comes out . What makes his proceedings more particularly offensive at our house is , that my husband , though out of common politeness he is obliged to set dishes of animal food before his visitors , yet himself and his whole familyfeed entirely on vegetables . We have a theory , that animal food is neither wholesome nor natural to man ; and even vegetables we refuse to eat until they have undergone the operation of fire , in consideration of those numberless little living creatures which the glass helps us to detect in every fibre of the plant or root before it be dressed . On the same theory we boil our water , which is our only drink , before we suffer it to come to table . Our children are perfect little Pythagoreans : it would do you good to see them in their nursery , stuffing their dried fruits , figs , raisins , and milk , which is the only approach to animal food which is allowed . They have no notion how the substance of a creature that ever had life can become food for another creature . A beefsteak is an absurdity to them ; a mutton-chop , a solecism in terms ; a cutlet , a word absolutely without any meaning ; a butcher is nonsense , except so far as it is taken for a man who delights in blood , or a hero . In this happy state of innocence we have kept their minds , not allowing them to go into the kitchen , or to hear of any preparations for the dressing of animal food , or even to know that such things are practised . But as a state of ignorance is incompatible with a certain age , and as my eldest girl , who is ten years old next Midsummer , must shortly be introduced into the world and sit at table with us , where she will see some things which will shock all her received notions , I have been endeavoring by little and little to break her mind , and prepare it for the disagreeable impressions which must be forced upon it . The first hint I gave her upon the subject , I could see her recoil from it with the same horror with which we listen to a tale of Anthropophagism ; but she has gradually grown more reconciled to it , in some measure , from my telling her that it was the custom of the world ,\u2014 to which , however senseless , we must submit , so far as we could do it with innocence , not to give offence ; and she has shown so much strength of mind on other occasions , which I have no doubt is owing to the calmness and serenity superinduced by her diet , that I am in good hopes when the proper season for her d\u00e9but arrives , she may be brought to endure the sight of a roasted chicken , or a dish of sweet-breads for the first time without fainting . Such being the nature of our little household , you may guess what inroads into the economy of it ,\u2014 what resolutions and turnings of things upside down , the example of such a feeder as Mr. \u2014\u2014 is calculated to produce . I wonder , at a time like the present , when the scarcity of every kind of food is so painfully acknowledged , that shame has no effect upon him . Can he have read Mr. Malthus 's Thoughts on the Ratio of Food to Population ? Can he think it reasonable that one man should consume the sustenance of many ? The young gentleman has an agreeable air and person , such as are not unlikely to recommend him on the score of matrimony . But his fortune is not over-large ; and what prudent young woman would think of embarking hers with a man who would bring three or four mouthsinto a family ? She might as reasonably choose a widower in the same circumstances , with three or four children . I cannot think who he takes after . His father and mother , by all accounts , were very moderate eaters ; only I have heard that the latter swallowed her victuals very fast , and the former had a tedious custom of sitting long at his meals . Perhaps he takes after both . I wish you would turn this in your thoughts , Mr. Reflector , and give us your ideas on the subject of excessive eating , and , particularly , of animal food . HOSPITA . EDAX ON APPETITE . TO THE EDITOR OF \u201c THE REFLECTOR . \u201d", "REFLECTOR ,\u2014 I am going to lay before you a case of the most iniquitous persecution that ever poor devil suffered . You must know , then , that I have been visited with a calamity ever since my birth . How shall I mention it without offending delicacy ? Yet out it must . My sufferings , then , have all arisen from a most inordinate appetite \u2014\u2014 Not for wealth , not for vast possessions ,\u2014 then might I have hoped to find a cure in some of those precepts of philosophers or poets ,\u2014 those verba et voces which Horace speaks of :\u2014 \u201c quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis , et magnam morbi deponere partem ; \u201d not for glory , not for fame , not for applause ,\u2014 for against this disease , too , he tells us there are certain piacula , or , as Pope has chosen to render it , \u201c Rhymes , which fresh and fresh applied , Will cure the arrant'st puppy of his pride ; \u201d nor yet for pleasure , properly so called : the strict and virtuous lessons which I received in early life from the best of parents ,\u2014 a pious clergyman of the Church of England , now no more ,\u2014 I trust have rendered me sufficiently secure on that side :\u2014\u2014 No , Sir , for none of these things ; but an appetite , in its coarsest and least metaphorical sense ,\u2014 an appetite for food . The exorbitances of my arrowroot and pappish days I cannot go back far enough to remember ; only I have been told that my mother 's constitution not admitting of my being nursed at home , the woman who had the care of me for that purpose used to make most extravagant demands for my pretended excesses in that kind ; which my parents , rather than believe anything unpleasant of me , chose to impute to the known covetousness and mercenary disposition of that sort of people . This blindness continued on their part after I was sent for home , up to the period when it was thought proper , on account of my advanced age , that I should mix with other boys more unreservedly than I had hitherto done . I was accordingly sent to boarding-school . Here the melancholy truth became too apparent to be disguised . The prying republic of which a great school consists soon found me out : there was no shifting the blame any longer upon other people 's shoulders ,\u2014 no good-natured maid to take upon herself the enormities of which I stood accused in the article of bread and butter , besides the crying sin of stolen ends of puddings , and cold pies strangely missing . The truth was but too manifest in my looks ,\u2014 in the evident signs of inanition which I exhibited after the fullest meals , in spite of the double allowance which my master was privately instructed by my kind parents to give me . The sense of the ridiculous , which is but too much alive in grown persons , is tenfold more active and alert in boys . Once detected , I was the constant butt of their arrows ,\u2014 the mark against which every puny leveller directed his little shaft of scorn . The very Graduses and Thesauruses were raked for phrases to pelt me with by the tiny pedants . Ventri natus \u2014 Ventri deditus ,\u2014 Vesana gula ,\u2014 Escarum gurges ,\u2014 Dapibus indulgens ,\u2014 Non dans fr\u00e6na gul\u00e6 , - Sectans laut\u00e6 fercula mens\u00e6 , resounded wheresoever I passed . I led a weary life , suffering the penalties of guilt for that which was no crime , but only following the blameless dictates of nature . The remembrance of those childish reproaches haunts me yet oftentimes in my dreams . My school-days come again , and the horror I used to feel , when in some silent corner , retired from the notice of my unfeeling playfellows , I have sat to mumble the solitary slice of gingerbread allotted me by the bounty of considerate friends , and have ached at heart because I could not spare a portion of it , as I saw other boys do , to some favorite boy ; for if I know my own heart , I was never selfish ,\u2014 never possessed a luxury which I did not hasten to communicate to others ; but my food , alas ! was none ; it was an indispensable necessary ; I could as soon have spared the blood in my veins , as have parted that with my companions . Well , no one stage of suffering lasts forever : we should grow reconciled to it at length , I suppose , if it did . The miseries of my school-days had their end ; I was once more restored to the paternal dwelling . The affectionate solicitude of my parents was directed to the good-natured purpose of concealing , even from myself , the infirmity which haunted me . I was continually told that I was growing , and the appetite I displayed was humanely represented as being nothing more than a symptom and an effect of that . I used even to be complimented upon it . But this temporary fiction could not endure above a year or two . I ceased to grow , but , alas ! I did not cease my demands for alimentary sustenance . Those times are long since past , and with them have ceased to exist the fond concealment \u2014 the indulgent blindness \u2014 the delicate overlooking \u2014 the compassionate fiction . I and my infirmity are left exposed and bare to the broad , unwinking eye of the world , which nothing can elude . My meals are scanned , my mouthfuls weighed in a balance ; that which appetite demands is set down to the account of gluttony \u2014 a sin which my whole soul abhors \u2014 nay , which Nature herself has put it out of my power to commit . I am constitutionally disenabled from that vice ; for how can he be guilty of excess who never can get enough ? Let them cease , then , to watch my plate ; and leave off their ungracious comparisons of it to the seven baskets of fragments , and the supernaturally replenished cup of old Baucis : and be thankful that their more phlegmatic stomachs , not their virtue , have saved them from the like reproaches . I do not see that any of them desist from eating till the holy rage of hunger , as some one calls it , is supplied . Alas ! I am doomed to stop short of that continence . What am I to do ? I am by disposition inclined to conviviality and the social meal . I am no gourmand : I require no dainties : I should despise the board of Heliogabalus , except for its long sitting . Those vivacious , long-continued meals of the latter Romans , indeed , I justly envy ; but the kind of fare which the Curii and Dentati put up with , I could be content with . Dentatus I have been called , among other unsavory jests . Doublemeal is another name which my acquaintance have palmed upon me , for an innocent piece of policy which I put in practice for some time without being found out ; which was \u2014 going the round of my friends , beginning with the most primitive feeders among them , who take their dinner about one o'clock , and so successively dropping in upon the next and the next , till by the time I got among my more fashionable intimates , whose hour was six or seven , I have nearly made up the body of a just and complete meal, without taking more than one dinnerat one person 's house . Since I have been found out , I endeavor to make up by a damper , as I call it , at home , before I go out . But , alas ! with me , increase of appetite truly grows by what it feeds on . What is peculiarly offensive to me at those dinner-parties is , the senseless custom of cheese , and the dessert afterwards . I have a rational antipathy to the former ; and for fruit , and those other vain vegetable substitutes for meat, I hold them in perfect contempt . Hay for horses . I remember a pretty apologue , which Mandeville tells , very much to this purpose , in his Fable of the Bees :\u2014 He brings in a Lion arguing with a Merchant , who had ventured to expostulate with this king of beasts upon his violent methods of feeding . The Lion thus retorts :\u2014 \u201c Savage I am , but no creature can be called cruel but what either by malice or insensibility extinguishes his natural pity . The Lion was born without compassion : we follow the instinct of our nature ; the gods have appointed us to live upon the waste and spoil of other animals , and as long as we can meet with dead ones , we never hunt after the living ; \u2018 tis only man , mischievous man , that can make death a sport . Nature taught your stomach to crave nothing but vegetables .\u2014\u2014 Your violent fondness to change , and greater eagerness after novelties , have prompted you to the destruction of animals without justice or necessity . The Lion has a ferment within him , that consumes the toughest skin and hardest bones , as well as the flesh of all animals without exception . Your squeamish stomach , in which the digestive heat is weak and inconsiderable , wo n't so much as admit of the most tender parts of them , unless above half the concoction has been performed by artificial fire beforehand ; and yet what animal have you spared , to satisfy the caprices of a languid appetite ? Languid , I say ; for what is man 's hunger if compared with the Lion 's ? Yours , when it is at the worst , makes you faint ; mine makes me mad : oft have I tried with roots and herbs to allay the violence of it , but in vain : nothing but large quantities of flesh can any ways appease it . \u201d \u2014 Allowing for the Lion not having a prophetic instinct to take in every lusus natur\u00e6 that , was possible of the human appetite , he was , generally speaking , in the right ; and the Merchant was so impressed with his argument that , we are told , he replied not , but fainted away . O , Mr. Reflector , that I were not obliged to add , that the creature who thus argues was but a type of me ! Miserable man ! I am that Lion ! \u201c Oft have I tried with roots and herbs to allay that violence , but in vain ; nothing but \u2014\u2014. \u201d Those tales which are renewed as often as the editors of papers want to fill up a space in their unfeeling columns , of great eaters ,\u2014 people that devour whole geese and legs of mutton for wagers ,\u2014 are sometimes attempted to be drawn to a parallel with my case . This wilful confounding of motives and circumstances , which make all the difference of moral or immoral in actions , just suits the sort of talent which some of my acquaintance pride themselves upon . Wagers !\u2014 I thank Heaven , I was never mercenary , nor could consent to prostitute a giftof nature , to the enlarging of my worldly substance ; prudent as the necessities , which that fatal gift have involved me in , might have made such a prostitution to appear in the eyes of an indelicate world . Rather let me say , that to the satisfaction of that talent which was given me , I have been content to sacrifice no common expectations ; for such I had from an old lady , a near relation of our family , in whose good graces I had the fortune to stand , till one fatal evening \u2014\u2014. You have seen , Mr. Reflector , if you have ever passed your time much in country towns , the kind of suppers which elderly ladies in those places have lying in petto in an adjoining parlor , next to that where they are entertaining their periodically invited coevals with cards and muffins . The cloth is usually spread some half-hour before the final rubber is decided , whence they adjourn to sup upon what may emphatically be called nothing ;\u2014 a sliver of ham , purposely contrived to be transparent to show the china-dish through it , neighboring a slip of invisible brawn , which abuts upon something they call a tartlet , as that is bravely supported by an atom of marmalade , flanked in its turn by a grain of potted beef , with a power of such dishlings , minims of hospitality , spread in defiance of human nature , or rather with an utter ignorance of what it demands . Being engaged at one of these card-parties , I was obliged to go a little before supper-time, and the old lady , with a sort of fear shining through the smile of courteous hospitality that beamed in her countenance , begged me to step into the next room and take something before I went out in the cold ,\u2014 a proposal which lay not in my nature to deny . Indignant at the airy prospect I saw before me , I set to , and in a trice dispatched the whole meal intended for eleven persons ,\u2014 fish , flesh , fowl , pastry ,\u2014 to the sprigs of garnishing parsley , and the last fearful custard that quaked upon the board . I need not describe the consternation , when in due time the dowagers adjourned from their cards . Where was the supper ?\u2014 and the servants \u2019 answer , Mr. \u2014\u2014 had eat it all .\u2014 That freak , however , jested me out of a good three hundred pounds a year , which I afterwards was informed for a certainty the old lady meant to leave me . I mention it not in illustration of the unhappy faculty which I am possessed of ; for any unlucky wag of a school-boy , with a tolerable appetite , could have done as much without feeling any hurt after it ,\u2014 only that you may judge whether I am a man likely to set my talent to sale , or to require the pitiful stimulus of a wager . I have read in Pliny , or in some author of that stamp , of a reptile in Africa , whose venom is of that hot , destructive quality , that wheresoever it fastens its tooth , the whole substance of the animal that has been bitten in a few seconds is reduced to dust , crumbles away , and absolutely disappears : it is called , from this quality , the Annihilator . Why am I forced to seek , in all the most prodigious and portentous facts of Natural History , for creatures typical of myself ? I am that snake , that Annihilator : \u201c wherever I fasten , in a few seconds \u2014\u2014. \u201d O happy sick men , that are groaning under the want of that very thing , the excess of which is my torment ! O fortunate , too fortunate , if you knew your happiness , invalids ! What would I not give to exchange this fierce concoctive and digestive heat ,\u2014 this rabid fury which vexes me , which tears and torments me ,\u2014 for your quiet , mortified , hermit-like , subdued , and sanctified stomachs , your cool , chastened inclinations and coy desires for food ! To what unhappy figuration of the parts intestine I owe this unnatural craving , I must leave to the anatomists and the physicians to determine : they , like the rest of the world , have doubtless their eye upon me ; and as I have been cut up alive by the sarcasms of my friends , so I shudder when I contemplate the probability that this animal frame , when its restless appetites shall have ceased their importunity , may be cut up alsoto determine in what system of solids or fluids this original sin of my constitution lay lurking . What work will they make with their acids and alkalines , their serums and coagulums , effervescences , viscous matter , bile , chyle , and acrimonious juices , to explain that cause which Nature , who willed the effect to punish me for my sins , may no less have determined to keep in the dark from them , to punish them for their presumption ! You may ask , Mr. Reflector , to what purpose is my appeal to you ; what can you do for me ? Alas ! I know too well that my case is out of the reach of advice ,\u2014 out of the reach of consolation . But it is some relief to the wounded heart to impart its tale of misery ; and some of my acquaintance , who may read my case in your pages under a borrowed name , may be induced to give it a more humane consideration than I could ever yet obtain from them under my own . Make them , if possible , to reflect , that an original peculiarity of constitution is no crime ; that not that which goes into the mouth desecrates a man , but that which comes out of it ,\u2014 such as sarcasm , bitter jests , mocks and taunts , and ill-natured observations ; and let them consider , if there be such thingsas Pious Treachery , Innocent Adultery , & c ., whether there may not be also such a thing as Innocent Gluttony . I shall only subscribe myself , Your afflicted servant , EDAX .", "H \u2014\u2014 Mr. Elliston .", "BELVIL Mr. Bartley .", "LANDLORD PRY Mr. Wewitzer .", "MELESINDA Miss Mellon .", "MAID TO MELESINDA Mrs. Harlowe .", "Gentlemen , Ladies , Waiters , Servants , & c .", "Scene \u2014 BATH .", "PROLOGUE , SPOKEN BY MR. ELLISTON .", "If we have sinn 'd in paring down a name ,", "All civil , well-bred authors do the same .", "Survey the columns of our daily writers \u2014", "You 'll find that some Initials are great fighters .", "How fierce the shock , how fatal is the jar ,", "When Ensign W. meets Lieutenant R .", "With two stout seconds , just of their own gizzard ,", "Cross Captain X. and rough old General Izzard !", "Letter to Letter spreads the dire alarms ,", "Till half the Alphabet is up in arms .", "Nor with less lustre have Initials shone ,", "To grace the gentler annals of Crim . Con .", "Where the dispensers of the public lash", "Soft penance give ; a letter and a dash \u2014", "Where Vice reduced in size shrinks to a failing ,", "And loses half her grossness by curtailing .", "Faux pas are told in such a modest way ,\u2014", "\u201c The affair of Colonel B \u2014\u2014 with Mrs. A \u2014\u2014 \u201d", "You must forgive them \u2014 for what is there , say ,", "Which such a pliant Vowel must not grant", "To such a very pressing Consonant ?", "Or who poetic justice dares dispute ,", "When , mildly melting at a lover 's suit ,", "The wife 's a Liquid , her good man a Mute ?", "Even in the homelier scenes of honest life ,", "The coarse-spun intercourse of man and wife ,", "Initials I am told have taken place", "Of Deary , Spouse , and that old-fashion 'd race ;", "And Cabbage , ask 'd by brother Snip to tea ,", "Replies , \u201c I 'll come \u2014 but it do n't rest with me \u2014", "I always leaves them things to Mrs. C . \u201d", "O should this mincing fashion ever spread", "From names of living heroes to the dead ,", "How would Ambition sigh , and hang the head ,", "As each loved syllable should melt away \u2014", "Her Alexander turn 'd into great A \u2014\u2014", "A single C. her C\u00e6sar to express \u2014", "Her Scipio shrunk into a Roman S \u2014\u2014", "And , nick 'd and dock 'd to these new modes of speech ,", "Great Hannibal himself a Mr. H \u2014\u2014.", "H. Landlord , has the man brought home my boots ?", "H. You have paid him ?", "H. Why , Mr. H. to be sure .", "H. Rot his impertinence ! Bid him put in Nebuchadnezzar , and not trouble me with his scruples .", "H. Give the man half-a-crown , and bid him return my best respects to his master . Presents , it seems , will find me out , with any name or no name . Enter 2d Waiter . 2d Waiter . Sir , the man that makes up the Directory is at the door .", "H. Give him a shilling ; that is what these fellows come for . 2d Waiter . He has sent up to know by what name your Honor will please to be inserted .", "H. Zounds , fellow , I give him a shilling for leaving out my name , not for putting it in . This is one of the plaguy comforts of going anonymous .Enter 3d Waiter .3d Waiter . Two letters for Mr. H .", "H. From ladiesThis from Melesinda , to remind me of the morning-call I promised ; the pretty creature positively languishes to be made Mrs. H. I believe I must indulge herThis from her cousin , to bespeak me to some party , I suppose,\u2014 Oh , \u201c this evening \u201d \u2014 \u201c Tea and cards \u201d \u2014Dear H ., thou art certainly a pretty fellow . I wonder what makes thee such a favorite among the ladies : I wish it may not be owing to the concealment of thy unfortunate \u2014\u2014 pshaw ! Enter 4th Waiter . 4th Waiter . Sir , one Mr. Printagain is inquiring for you .", "H. Oh , I remember , the poet ; he is publishing by subscription . Give him a guinea , and tell him he may put me down . 4th Waiter . What name shall I tell him , Sir ?", "H. Zounds , he is a poet ; let him fancy a name .Enter 5th Waiter . 5th Waiter . Sir , Bartlemy the lame beggar , that you sent a private donation to last Monday , has by some accident discovered his benefactor , and is at the door waiting to return thanks .", "H. Oh , poor fellow , who could put it into his head ? Now I shall be teased by all his tribe , when once this is known . Well , tell him I am glad I could be of any service to him , and send him away . 5th Waiter . I would have done so , Sir ; but the object of his call now , he says , is only to know who he is obliged to .", "H. Why , me . 5th Waiter . Yes , Sir .", "H. Me , me , me ; who else , to be sure ? 5th Waiter . Yes , Sir ; but he is anxious to know the name of his benefactor .", "H. Here is a pampered rogue of a beggar , that cannot be obliged to a gentleman in the way of his profession , but he must know the name , birth , parentage , and education of his benefactor ! I warrant you , next he will require a certificate of one 's good behavior , and a magistrate 's license in one 's pocket , lawfully empowering so and so to \u2014 give an alms . Anything more ? 5th Waiter . Yes , Sir ; here has been Mr. Patriot , with the county petition to sign ; and Mr. Failtime , that owes so much money , has sent to remind you of your promise to bail him .", "H. Neither of which I can do , while I have no name . Here is more of the plaguy comforts of going anonymous , that one can neither serve one 's friend nor one 's country . Damn it , a man had better be without a nose , than without a name . I will not live long in this mutilated , dismembered state ; I will to Melesinda this instant , and try to forget these vexations . Melesinda ! there is music in the name ; but then , hang it ! there is none in mine to answer to it .1st Gent . Who the devil is this extraordinary personage ? 2d Gent . Who ? Why , \u2018 tis Mr. H . 1st Gent . Has he no more name ? 2d Gent . None that has yet transpired . No more ! why , that single letter has been enough to inflame the imaginations of all the ladies in Bath . He has been here but a fortnight , and is already received into all the first families . 1st Gent . Wonderful ! yet , nobody know who he is , or where he comes from ! 2d Gent . He is vastly rich , gives away money as if he had infinity ; dresses well , as you see ; and for address , the mothers are all dying for fear the daughters should get him ; and for the daughters , he may command them as absolutely as \u2014\u2014. Melesinda , the rich heiress , \u2018 tis thought , will carry him . 1st Gent . And is it possible that a mere anonymous \u2014 2d Gent . Phoo ! that is the charm .\u2014 Who is he ? and what is he ? and what is his name ?\u2014\u2014 The man with the great nose on his face never excited more of the gaping passion of wonderment in the dames of Strasburg , than this new-comer , with the single letter to his name , has lighted up among the wives and maids of Bath ; his simply having lodgings here , draws more visitors to the house than an election . Come with me to the Parade , and I will show you more of him .", "H .Ho \u2014\u2014! the devil . Hush .", "H. It is , it is your old friend Jack , that shall be nameless .", "H .Do n't name it .", "H. My curst unfortunate name . I have reasons to conceal it for a time .", "H. No , I assure you .", "H. I do n't use to travel with such cumbersome luggage .", "H. To relieve you at once from all disgraceful conjecture , you must know , \u2018 tis nothing but the sound of my name . Belvil Ridiculous ! \u2018 tis true yours is none of the most romantic ; but what can that signify in a man ?", "H. You must understand that I am in some credit with the ladies .", "H. And truly I think not without some pretensions . My fortune \u2014", "H. My figure \u2014", "H. My parts \u2014", "H. My conversation \u2014", "H. But then my name \u2014 damn my name !", "H. Not so . Oh , Belvil , you are blessed with one which sighing virgins may repeat without a blush , and for it change the paternal . But what virgin of any delicacywould endure to be called Mrs .\u2014\u2014?", "H. Potts is tolerable , Deady is sufferable , Gubbins is bearable , and Clutterbuck is endurable , but Ho \u2014\u2014", "H. Ay , and of my father that begot me , and my father 's father , and all their forefathers that have borne it since the Conquest .", "H. I have tried them . I tell you there is neither maiden of sixteen nor widow of sixty but would turn up their noses at it . I have been refused by nineteen virgins , twenty-nine relicts , and two old maids .", "H. Parsons have stuck at publishing the banns , because they averred it was a heathenish name ; parents have lingered their consent , because they suspected it was a fictitious name ; and rivals have declined my challenges , because they pretended it was an ungentlemanly name .", "H. To engage the affections of some generous girl , who will be content to take me as Mr. H .", "H. Yes , that is the name I go by here ; you know one likes to be as near the truth as possible .", "H. To accompany me to the altar without a name \u2014 in short , to suspend her curiositytill the moment the priest shall pronounce the irrevocable charm , which makes two names one .", "H. Exactly such a girl it has been my fortune to meet with ; hark'e\u2014Yet , hang it ! \u2018 tis cruel to betray her confidence .", "H. As you say , the family-name must be perpetuated .", "H. True ; but come , I will show you the house where dwells this credulous melting fair .", "H. My dear Melesinda .", "H. My dear Melesinda , press me no more for the disclosure of that , which in the face of day so soon must be revealed . Call it whim , humor , caprice , in me . Suppose , I have sworn an oath , never , till the ceremony of our marriage is over , to disclose my true name .", "H. Ungenerous Melesinda ! I implore you to give me this one proof of your confidence . The holy vow once past , your H. shall not have a secret to withhold .", "H. Call me ? call me anything , call me Love , Love ! ay Love : Love will do very well .", "H. How many ? ud , that is coming to the question with a vengeance ! One , two , three , four ,\u2014 what does it signify how many syllables ?", "H. My Melesinda 's mind , I had hoped , was superior to this childish curiosity .", "H. What are you about , you dog ?", "H. What else could move you to open that box ?", "H. So little rusty happened to fit !\u2014 and would not a rope fit that rogue 's neck ? I see the papers have not been moved : all is safe , but it was as well to frighten him a littleCome , Landlord , as I think you honest , and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity \u2014", "H. For this time I will pass it over . Your name is Pry , I think ?", "H. An apt name : you have a prying temper \u2014 I mean some little curiosity \u2014 a sort of inquisitiveness about you .", "H. You will certainly be hanged some day for peeping into some bureau or other just to see what is in it .", "H. A very harmless piece of curiosity , truly ; and now , Mr. Pry , first have the goodness to leave that box with me , and then do me the favor to carry your curiosity so far , as to inquire if my servants are within .", "H. Another tolerable specimen of the comforts of going anonymous ! Enter Two Footmen . 1st Footman . You speak first . 2d Footman . You had better speak . 1st Footman . You promised to begin .", "H. They have something to say to me . The rascals want their wages raised , I suppose ; there is always a favor to be asked when they come smiling . Well , poor rogues , service is but a hard bargain at the best . I think I must not be close with them . Well , David \u2014 well , Jonathan . 1st Footman . We have served your honor faithfully \u2014 2d Footman . Hope your honor wo n't take offence \u2014", "H. The old story , I suppose \u2014 wages ? 1st Footman . That 's not it , your honor . 2d Footman . You speak . 1st Footman . But if your honor would just be pleased to \u2014 2d Footman . Only be pleased to \u2014", "H. Be quick with what you have to say , for I am in haste . 1st Footman . Just to \u2014 2d Footman . Let us know who it is \u2014 1st Footman . Who it is we have the honor to serve .", "H. Why me , me , me ; you serve me . 2d Footman . Yes , Sir ; but we do not know who you are .", "H. Childish curiosity ! do not you serve a rich master , a gay master , an indulgent master ? 1st Footman . Ah , Sir ! the figure you make is to us , your poor servants , the principal mortification . 2d Footman . When we get over a pot at the publichouse , or in a gentleman 's kitchen , or elsewhere , as poor servants must have their pleasures \u2014 when the question goes round , who is your master ? and who do you serve ? and one says , I serve Lord So-and-so , and another , I am Squire Such-a-one 's footman \u2014 1st Footman . We have nothing to say for it , but that we serve Mr. H . 2d Footman . Or Squire H .", "H. Really you are a couple of pretty modest , reasonable personages ! but I hope you will take it as no offence , gentlemen , if , upon a dispassionate review of all that you have said , I think fit not to tell you any more of my name , than I have chosen for especial purposes to communicate to the rest of the world . 1st Footman . Why , then , Sir , you may suit yourself . 2d Footman . We tell you plainly , we cannot stay . 1st Footman . We do n't choose to serve Mr. H . 2d Footman . Nor any Mr. or Squire in the alphabet \u2014 1st Footman . That lives in Chris-cross Row .", "H. Go , for a couple of ungrateful , inquisitive , senseless rascals ! Go ; hang , starve , or drown !\u2014 Rogues , to speak thus irreverently of the alphabet \u2014 I shall live to see you glad to serve old Q \u2014 to curl the wig of great S \u2014 adjust the dot of little i \u2014 stand behind the chair of X , Y , Z \u2014 wear the livery of Etc\u00e6tera \u2014 and ride behind the sulky of And-by-itself-and ! ACT II .", "H. Ladies , this is so obliging \u2014 4th Lady . O , Mr. H ., those ranunculas you said were dying , pretty things , they have got up \u2014 5th Lady . I have worked that sprig you commended \u2014 I want you to come \u2014", "H. Ladies \u2014 6th Lady . I have sent for that piece of music from London .", "H. The Mozart\u2014 Melesinda ! Several Ladies at once . Nay , positively , Melesinda , you sha n't engross him all to yourself .1st Gent . We sha n't be able to edge in a word , now this coxcomb is come . 2d Gent . Damn him , I will affront him . 1st Gent . Sir , with your leave , I have a word to say to one of these ladies . 2d Gent . If we could be heard \u2014", "H. You see , gentlemen , how the matter stands .I am not my own master : positively I exist and breathe but to be agreeable to these \u2014 Did you speak ? 1st Gent . And affects absence of mind \u2014 Puppy !", "H. Who spoke of absence of mind ; did you , Madam ? How do you do , Lady Wearwell \u2014 how do ? I did not see your ladyship before \u2014 what was I about to say \u2014 O \u2014 absence of mind . I am the most unhappy dog in that way , sometimes spurt out the strangest things \u2014 the most mal-\u00e0-propos \u2014 without meaning to give the least offence , upon my honor \u2014 sheer absence of mind \u2014 things I would have given the world not to have said . 1st Gent . Do you hear the coxcomb ? 1st Lady . Great wits , they say \u2014 2d Lady . Your fine geniuses are most given \u2014 3d Lady . Men of bright parts are commonly too vivacious \u2014", "H. But you shall hear . I was to dine the other day at a great Nabob 's that must be nameless , who , between ourselves , is strongly suspected of \u2014 being very rich , that 's all . John , my valet , who knows my foible , cautioned me , while he was dressing me , as he usually does where he thinks there 's a danger of my committing a lapsus , to take care in my conversation how I made any allusion direct or indirect to presents \u2014 you understand me ? I set out double charged with my fellow 's consideration and my own ; and , to do myself justice , behaved with tolerable circumspection for the first half-hour or so ,\u2014 till at last a gentleman in company , who was indulging a free vein of raillery at the expense of the ladies , stumbled upon that expression of the poet , which calls them \u201c fair defects . \u201d 1st Lady . It is Pope , I believe , who says it .", "H. No , Madam ; Milton . Where was I ? Oh , \u201c fair defects . \u201d This gave occasion to a critic in company , to deliver his opinion on the phrase \u2014 that led to an enumeration of all the various words which might have been used instead of \u201c defect , \u201d as want , absence , poverty , deficiency , lack . This moment I , who had not been attending to the progress of the argumentstarting suddenly up out of one of my reveries , by some unfortunate connection of ideas , which the last fatal word had excited , the devil put it into my head to turn round to the Nabob , who was sitting next me , and in a very marked mannerto put the question to him , Pray , sir , what may be the exact value of a lack of rupees ? You may guess the confusion which followed . 1st Lady . What a distressing circumstance ! 2d Lady . To a delicate mind \u2014\u2014 3d Lady . How embarrassing \u2014\u2014 4th Lady . I declare , I quite pity you . 1st Gent . Puppy !", "H. A Baronet at the table , seeing my dilemma , jogged my elbow ; and a good-natured Duchess , who does everything with a grace peculiar to herself , trod on my toes at that instant : this brought me to myself , and \u2014 covered with blushes , and pitied by all the ladies \u2014 I withdrew . 1st Lady . How charmingly he tells a story . 2nd Lady . But how distressing !", "H. Lord Squandercounsel , who is my particular friend , was pleased to rally me in his inimitable way upon it next day . I shall never forget a sensible thing he said on the occasion \u2014 speaking of absence of mind , my foible \u2014 says he , my dear Hogs \u2014", "H. My dear Hogsflesh \u2014 my name \u2014\u2014 O my cursed unfortunate tongue ! H. I mean \u2014 where was I ? 1st Lady . Filthy \u2014 abominable ! 2nd Lady . Unutterable ! 3rd Lady . Hogs \u2014 foh ! 4th Lady . Disgusting ! 5th Lady . Vile ! 6th Lady . Shocking ! 1st Lady . Odious ! 2nd Lady . Hogs \u2014 pah ! 3rd Lady . A smelling-bottle \u2014 look to Miss Melesinda . Poor thing ! it is no wonder . You had better keep off from her , Mr. Hogsflesh , and not be pressing about her in her circumstances . 1st Gent . Good time of day to you , Mr. Hogsflesh . 2nd Gent . The compliments of the season to you , Mr. Hogsflesh .", "H. This is too much \u2014 flesh and blood cannot endure it . 1st Gent . What flesh ?\u2014 hog'shYpppHeNflesh ? 2nd Gent . How he sets up his bristles !", "H. Bristles ! 1st Gent . He looks as fierce as a hog in armor .", "H. A hog !\u2014 Madam !\u20141st Lady . Extremely obliged to you for your attentions ; but do n't want a partner . 2d Lady . Greatly flattered by your preference : but believe I shall remain single . 3d Lady . Shall always acknowledge your politeness ; but have no thoughts of altering my condition . 4th Lady . Always be happy to respect you as a friend ; but you must not look for anything further . 5th Lady . No doubt of your ability to make any woman happy ; but have no thoughts of changing my name . 6th Lady . Must tell you , Sir , that if , by your insinuations , you think to prevail with me , you have got the wrong sow by the ear . Does he think any lady would go to pig with him ?", "H. I shall go mad !\u2014 to be refused by old Mother Damnable \u2014 she that 's so old , nobody knows whether she was ever manned or no , but passes for a maid by courtesy ; her juvenile exploits being beyond the farthest stretch of tradition !\u2014 Old Mother Damnable !", "H .Was ever anything so mortifying ? to be refused by old Mother Damnable !\u2014 with such parts and address ,\u2014 and the little squeamish devils , to dislike me for a name , a sound .\u2014 Oh my cursed name ! that it was something I could be revenged on ! if it were alive , that I might tread upon it , or crush it , or pummel it , or kick it , or spit it out \u2014 for it sticks in my throat , and will choke me . My plaguy ancestors ! if they had left me but a Van , or a Mac , or an Irish O \u2019 , it had been something to qualify it .\u2014 Mynheer Van Hogsflesh ,\u2014 or Sawney Mac Hogsflesh ,\u2014 or Sir Phelim O'Hogsflesh ,\u2014 but downright blunt \u2014\u2014\u2014. If it had been any other name in the world , I could have borne it . If it had been the name of a beast , as Bull , Fox , Kid , Lamb , Wolf , Lion ; or of a bird , as Sparrow , Hawk , Buzzard , Daw , Finch , Nightingale ; or of a fish , as Sprat , Herring , Salmon ; or the name of a thing , as Ginger , Hay , Wood ; or of a color , as Black , Gray , White , Green ; or of a sound , as Bray ; or the name of a month , as March , May ; or of a place , as Barnet , Baldock , Hitchen ; or the name of a coin , as Farthing , Penny , Twopenny ; or of a profession , as Butcher , Baker , Carpenter , Piper , Fisher , Fletcher , Fowler , Glover ; or a Jew 's name , as Solomons , Isaacs , Jacobs ; or a personal name , as Foot , Leg , Crookshanks , Heaviside , Sidebottom , Longbottom , Ramsbottom , Winterbottom ; or a long name , as Blanchenhagen , or Blanchenhausen ; or a short name , as Crib , Crisp , Crips , Tag , Trot , Tub , Phips , Padge , Papps , or Prig , or Wig , or Pip , or Trip ; Trip had been something , but Ho \u2014 -  .Farewell the most distant thoughts of marriage ; the finger-circling ring , the purity figuring glove , the envy-pining bridemaids , the wishing parson , and the simpering clerk . Farewell the ambiguous blush-raising joke , the titter-provoking pun , the morning-stirring drum .\u2014 No son of mine shall exist , to bear my ill-fated name . No nurse come chuckling , to tell me it is a boy . No midwife , leering at me from under the lids of professional gravity . I dreamed of caudle .\u2014Lullaby , Lullaby ,\u2014 hush-a-by-baby \u2014 how like its papa it is !\u2014And then , when grown up , \u201c Is this your son , Sir ? \u201d \u201c Yes , Sir , a poor copy of me , a sad young dog ,\u2014 just what his father was at his age ,\u2014 I have four more at home . \u201d Oh ! oh ! oh !", "H. Landlord , I must pack up tonight ; you will see all my things got ready .", "H. He has heard it all .", "H. Pigs !", "H. Scorch my crackling ! a queer phrase ; but I suppose he do n't mean to affront me .", "H. As you say , Landlord , thinking of a thing does but augment it .", "H. Hogment it ! damn it , I said augment it .", "H. Lard !", "H. Smoke me !", "H. That 's another of your phrases , I presume .", "H. Oh , I wish I were anonymous .", "H. Melesinda , you behold before you a wretch who would have betrayed your confidence \u2014 but it was love that prompted him ; who would have trick 'd you , by an unworthy concealment , into a participation of that disgrace which a superficial world has agreed to attach to a name \u2014 but with it you would have shared a fortune not contemptible , and a heart \u2014 but \u2018 tis over now . That name he is content to bear alone \u2014 to go where the persecuted syllables shall be no more heard , or excite no meaning \u2014 some spot where his native tongue has never penetrated , nor any of his countrymen have landed , to plant their unfeeling satire , their brutal wit , and national ill manners \u2014 where no Englishmen \u2014Some yet undiscovered Otaheite , where witless , unapprehensive savages shall innocently pronounce the ill-fated sounds , and think them not inharmonious .", "H. Who knows but among the female natives might be found \u2014\u2014", "H. One who would be more kind than \u2014 some Oberea \u2014 Queen Oberea .", "H. Or what if I were to seek for proofs of reciprocal esteem among unprejudiced African maids , in Monomotopa ?", "H. Monomotopa", "H. No power of man can relieve me; but it must lie at the root , gnawing at the root \u2014 here it will lie .", "H. Gnawing at the root \u2014 there it will lie .", "H. Gnawing at the root \u2014\u2014 ha ! pish ! nonsense ! give it me \u2014 what !promotions , bankrupts \u2014 a great many bankrupts this week \u2014 there it will lie .\u201c The King has been graciously pleased \u201d \u2014 gnawing at the root \u2014 \u201c graciously pleased to grant unto John Hogsflesh , \u201d \u2014 the devil \u2014 \u201c Hogsflesh , Esq ., of Sty Hall , in the county of Hants , his royal license and authority \u201d \u2014 O Lord ! O Lord !\u2014 \u201c that he and his issue \u201d \u2014 me and my issue \u2014 \u201c may take and use the surname and arms of Bacon \u201d \u2014 Bacon , the surname and arms of Bacon \u2014 \u201c in pursuance of an injunction contained in the last will and testament of Nicholas Bacon , Esq ., his late uncle , as well as out of grateful respect to his memory : \u201d \u2014 grateful respect ! poor old soul \u2014\u2014 - here 's more \u2014 \u201c and that such arms may be first duly exemplified \u201c \u2014 they shall , I will take care of that \u2014 \u201c according to the laws of arms , and recorded in the Herald 's Office . \u201d", "H. Generous Melesinda ! my dear friend \u2014 \u201c he and his issue , \u201d me and my issue !\u2014 O Lord !\u2014", "H. Bacon , Bacon , Bacon \u2014 how odd it sounds ! I could never be tired of hearing it . There was Lord Chancellor Bacon . Methinks I have some of the Verulam blood in me already .\u2014 Methinks I could look through Nature \u2014 there was Friar Bacon , a conjurer ,\u2014 I feel as if I could conjure too \u2014\u2014", "H. \u201c Surname and arms \u201d \u2014", "H. There 's no such person \u2014 nor there never was \u2014 nor \u2018 tis not fit there should be \u2014 \u201c surname and arms \u201d \u2014", "H. \u201c His Majesty has been graciously pleased \u201d \u2014 1st Lady . I am sure we all join in hearty congratulation \u20142nd Lady . And wish you joy with all our hearts \u2014", "H. Ladies , for your congratulations I thank you ; for the favors you have lavished on me , and in particular for this lady 'sgood opinion , I rest your debtor . As to any future favors \u2014\u2014 Madam , shall always acknowledge your politeness ; but at present , you see , I am engaged with a partner . Always be happy to respect you as a friend , but you must not look for anything further . Must beg of you to be less particular in your addresses to me . Ladies all , with this piece of advice , of Bath and you Your ever grateful servant takes his leave . Lay your plans surer when you plot to grieve ; See , while you kindly mean to mortify Another , the wild arrow do not fly , And gall yourself . For once you 've been mistaken ; Your shafts have miss 'd their aim \u2014 Hogsflesh has saved his Bacon . POEMS . DEDICATIONTO S. T. COLERIDGE , ESQ . My Dear Coleridge , You will smile to see the slender labors of your friend designated by the title of Works ; but such was the wish of the gentlemen who have kindly undertaken the trouble of collecting them , and from their judgment could be no appeal . It would be a kind of disloyalty to offer to any one but yourself a volume containing the early pieces , which were first published among your poems , and were fairly derivatives from you and them . My friend Lloyd and myself came into our first battleunder cover of the greater Ajax . How this association , which shall always be a dear and proud recollection to me , came to be broken ,\u2014 who snapped the threefold cord ,\u2014 whether yourselfgrew ashamed of your former companions ,\u2014 or whethersome ungracious bookseller was author of the separation ,\u2014 I cannot tell ;\u2014 but wanting the support of your friendly elm ,my vine has , since that time , put forth few or no fruits ; the saphas become , in a manner , dried up and extinct ; and you will find your old associate , in his second volume , dwindled into prose and criticism . Am I right in assuming this as the cause ? or is it that , as years come upon us ,Life itself loses much of its Poetry for us ? we transcribe but what we read in the great volume of Nature ; and , as the characters grow dim , we turn off , and look another way . You yourself write no Christabels , nor Ancient Mariners , now . Some of the Sonnets , which shall be carelessly turned over by the general reader , may happily awaken in you remembrances , which I should be sorry should be ever totally extinct \u2014 the memory \u201c Of summer days and of delightful years \u2014 \u201d even so far back as to those old suppers at our old ... Inn ,\u2014 when life was fresh , and topics exhaustless ,\u2014 and you first kindled in me , if not the power , yet the love of poetry , and beauty , and kindliness .\u2014 \u201c What words have I heard Spoke at the Mermaid ! \u201d The world has given you many a shrewd nip and gird since that time , but either my eyes are grown dimmer , or my old friend is the same who stood before me three-and-twenty years ago \u2014 his hair a little confessing the hand of Time , but still shrouding the same capacious brain ,\u2014 his heart not altered , scarcely where it \u201c alteration finds . \u201d One piece , Coleridge , I have ventured to publish in its original form , though I have heard you complain of a certain over-imitation of the antique in the style . If I could see any way of getting rid of the objection , without rewriting it entirely , I would make some sacrifices . But when I wrote John Woodvil , I never proposed to myself any distinct deviation from common English . I had been newly initiated in the writings of our elder dramatists : Beaumont and Fletcher , and Massinger , were then a first love ; and from what I was so freshly conversant in , what wonder if my language imperceptibly took a tinge ? The very time which I had chosen for my story , that which immediately followed the Restoration , seemed to require , in an English play , that the English should be of rather an older cast than that of the precise year in which it happened to be written . I wish it had not some faults , which I can less vindicate than the language . I remain , My dear Coleridge , Yours , With unabated esteem , C. LAMB . POEMS HESTER . When maidens such as Hester die , Their place ye may not well supply , Though ye among a thousand try , With vain endeavor . A month or more hath she been dead , Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed , And her together . A springy motion in her gait , A rising step , did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate , That flush 'd her spirit . I know not by what name beside I shall it call :\u2014 if \u2018 twas not pride , It was a joy to that allied , She did inherit . Her parents held the Quaker rule , Which doth the human feeling cool , But she was train 'd in Nature 's school , Nature had blest her . A waking eye , a prying mind , A heart that stirs , is hard to bind , A hawk 's keen sight ye cannot blind , Ye could not Hester . My sprightly neighbor ! gone before To that unknown and silent shore , Shall we not meet , as heretofore , Some summer morning , When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day , A bliss that would not go away , A sweet fore-warning ? TO CHARLES LLOYD . AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR . Alone , obscure , without a friend , A cheerless , solitary thing , Why seeks , my Lloyd , the stranger out ? What offering can the stranger bring Of social scenes , home-bred delights , That him in aught compensate may For Stowey 's pleasant winter nights , For loves and friendships far away ? In brief oblivion to forego Friends , such as thine , so justly dear , And be awhile with me content To stay , a kindly loiterer , here : For this a gleam of random joy Hath flush 'd my unaccustom 'd cheek ; And , with an o'ercharged bursting heart , I feel the thanks I cannot speak . Oh ! sweet are all the Muses \u2019 lays , And sweet the charm of matin bird ; \u2018 Twas long since these estrang\u00e8d ears The sweeter voice of friend had heard . The voice hath spoke : the pleasant sounds In memory 's ear in after-time Shall live , to sometimes rouse a tear , And sometimes prompt an honest rhyme . For , when the transient charm is fled , And when the little week is o'er , To cheerless , friendless , solitude When I return , as heretofore ; Long , long , within my aching heart The grateful sense shall cherish 'd be ; I 'll think less meanly of myself , That Lloyd will sometimes think on me . THE THREE FRIENDS . Three young maids in friendship met ; Mary , Martha , Margaret . Margaret was tall and fair , Martha shorter by a hair ; If the first excell 'd in feature , Th \u2019 other 's grace and ease were greater ; Mary , though to rival loth , In their best gifts equall 'd both . They a due proportion kept ; Martha mourn 'd if Margaret wept ; Margaret joy 'd when any good She of Martha understood ; And in sympathy for either Mary was outdone by neither . Thus far , for a happy space , All three ran an equal race , A most constant friendship proving , Equally beloved and loving ; All their wishes , joys , the same ; Sisters only not in name . Fortune upon each one smiled , As upon a fav'rite child ; Well to do and well to see Were the parents of all three ; Till on Martha 's father crosses Brought a flood of worldly losses , And his fortunes rich and great Changed at once to low estate : Under which o'erwhelming blow Martha 's mother was laid low ; She a hapless orphan left , Of maternal care bereft , Trouble following trouble fast , Lay in a sick-bed at last . In the depth of her affliction Martha now receiv 'd conviction , That a true and faithful friend Can the surest comfort lend . Night and day , with friendship tried , Ever constant by her side Was her gentle Mary found , With a love that knew no bound ; And the solace she imparted Saved her dying broken-hearted . In this scene of earthly things Not one good unmix\u00e8d springs . That which had to Martha proved A sweet consolation , moved Different feelings of regret In the mind of Margaret . She , whose love was not less dear , Nor affection less sincere To her friend , was , by occasion Of more distant habitation , Fewer visits forced to pay her ; When no other cause did stay her ; And her Mary living nearer , Margaret began to fear her , Lest her visits day by day Martha 's heart should steal away . That whole heart she ill could spare her , Where till now she 'd been a sharer . From this cause with grief she pined , Till at length her health declined . All her cheerful spirits flew , Fast as Martha 's gather 'd new ; And her sickness wax\u00e8d sore , Just when Martha felt no more . Mary , who had quick suspicion Of her alter 'd friend 's condition , Seeing Martha 's convalescence Less demanded now her presence , With a goodness , built on reason , Changed her measures with the season ; Turn 'd her steps from Martha 's door , Went where she was wanted more ; All her care and thoughts were set Now to tend on Margaret . Mary living \u2018 twixt the two , From her home could oft'ner go , Either of her friends to see , Than they could together be . Truth explain 'd is to suspicion Evermore the best physician . Soon her visits had the effect ; All that Margaret did suspect , From her fancy vanish 'd clean ; She was soon what she had been , And the color she did lack To her faded cheek came back . Wounds which love had made her feel , Love alone had power to heal . Martha , who the frequent visit Now had lost , and sore did miss it , With impatience wax\u00e8d cross , Counted Margaret 's gain her loss : All that Mary did confer On her friend , thought due to her . In her girlish bosom rise Little foolish jealousies , Which into such rancor wrought , She one day for Margaret sought ; Finding her by chance alone , She began , with reasons shown , To insinuate a fear Whether Mary was sincere ; Wish 'd that Margaret would take heed Whence her actions did proceed . For herself , she 'd long been minded Not with outsides to be blinded ; All that pity and compassion , She believed was affectation ; In her heart she doubted whether Mary cared a pin for either . She could keep whole weeks at distance , And not know of their existence , While all things remain 'd the same ; But , when some misfortune came , Then she made a great parade Of her sympathy and aid ,\u2014 Not that she did really grieve , It was only make-believe , And she cared for nothing , so She might her fine feelings show , And get credit , on her part , For a soft and tender heart . With such speeches , smoothly made , She found methods to persuade MargaretTo believe her reasons just ; Quite destroy 'd that comfort glad , Which in Mary late she had ; Made her , in experience \u2019 spite , Think her friend a hypocrite , And resolve , with cruel scoff , To renounce and cast her off . See how good turns are rewarded ! She of both is now discarded , Who to both had been so late Their support in low estate , All their comfort , and their stay \u2014 Now of both is cast away . But the league her presence cherish 'd , Losing its best prop , soon perish 'd ; She , that was a link to either , To keep them and it together , Being gone , the twoThat were left , soon fell asunder ;\u2014 Some civilities were kept , But the heart of friendship slept ; Love with hollow forms was fed , But the life of love lay dead :\u2014 A cold intercourse they held , After Mary was expell 'd . Two long years did intervene Since they 'd either of them seen , Or , by letter , any word Of their old companion heard ,\u2014 When , upon a day once walking , Of indifferent matters talking , They a female figure met ; Martha said to Margaret , \u201c That young maid in face does carry A resemblance strong of Mary . \u201d Margaret , at nearer sight , Own 'd her observation right ; But they did not far proceed Ere they knew \u2018 twas she indeed . She \u2014 but , ah I how changed they view her From that person which they knew her ! Her fine face disease had scarr 'd , And its matchless beauty marr 'd :\u2014 But enough was left to trace Mary 's sweetness \u2014 Mary 's grace . When her eye did first behold them , How they blush 'd !\u2014 but , when she told them , How on a sick-bed she lay Months , while they had kept away , And had no inquiries made If she were alive or dead ;\u2014 How , for want of a true friend , She was brought near to her end , And was like so to have died , With no friend at her bedside ;\u2014 How the constant irritation , Caused by fruitless expectation Of their coming , had extended The illness , when she might have mended ,\u2014 Then , O then , how did reflection Come on them with recollection ! All that she had done for them , How it did their fault condemn ! But sweet Mary , still the same , Kindly eased them of their shame ; Spoke to them with accents bland , Took them friendly by the hand ; Bound them both with promise fast . Not to speak of troubles past ; Made them on the spot declare A new league of friendship there ; Which , without a word of strife , Lasted thenceforth long as life . Martha now and Margaret Strove who most should pay the debt Which they owed her , nor did vary Ever after from their Mary . TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED . Smiling river , smiling river , On thy bosom sunbeams play ; Though they 're fleeting , and retreating , Thou hast more deceit than they . In thy channel , in thy channel , Choked with ooze and grav'lly stones , Deep immersed , and unhearsed , Lies young Edward 's corse : his bones Ever whitening , ever whitening , As thy waves against them dash ; What thy torrent , in the current , Swallow 'd , now it helps to wash . As if senseless , as if senseless Things had feeling in this case ; What so blindly , and unkindly , It destroy 'd , it now does grace . THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES . I have had playmates , I have had companions , In my days of childhood , in my joyful school-days , All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . I have been laughing , I have been carousing , Drinking late , sitting late , with my bosom cronies , All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . I loved a love once , fairest among women ; Closed are her doors on me , I must not see her \u2014 All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . I have a friend , a kinder friend has no man ; Like an ingrate , I left my friend abruptly ; Left him , to muse on the old familiar faces . Ghostlike I paced round the haunts of my childhood . Earth seem 'd a desert I was bound to traverse , Seeking to find the old familiar faces . Friend of my bosom , thou more than a brother , Why wert not thou born in my father 's dwelling ? So might we talk of the old familiar faces ,\u2014 How some they have died , and some they have left me , And some are taken from me ; all are departed ; All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . HELEN . High-born Helen , round your dwelling These twenty years I 've paced in vain : Haughty beauty , thy lover 's duty Hath been to glory in his pain . High-born Helen , proudly telling Stories of thy cold disdain ; I starve , I die , now you comply , And I no longer can complain . These twenty years I 've lived on tears , Dwelling forever on a frown ; On sighs I 've fed , your scorn my bread ; I perish now you kind are grown . Can I , who loved my beloved But for the scorn \u201c was in her eye , \u201d Can I be moved for my beloved , When she \u201c returns me sigh for sigh ? \u201d In stately pride , by my bedside , High-born Helen 's portrait 's hung ; Deaf to my praise , my mournful lays Are nightly to the portrait sung . To that I weep , nor ever sleep , Complaining all night long to her \u2014 Helen , grown old , no longer cold , Said , \u201c You to all men I prefer . \u201d A VISION OF REPENTANCE . I saw a famous fountain , in my dream , Where shady pathways to a valley led ; A weeping willow lay upon that stream , And all around the fountain brink were spread Wide-branching trees , with dark green leaf rich clad , Forming a doubtful twilight \u2014 desolate and sad . The place was such , that whoso enter 'd in , Disrob\u00e8d was of every earthly thought , And straight became as one that knew not sin , Or to the world 's first innocence was brought ; Enseem 'd it now , he stood on holy ground , In sweet and tender melancholy wrapt around . A most strange calm stole o'er my sooth\u00e8d sprite ; Long time I stood , and longer had I staid , When lo ! I saw , saw by the sweet moonlight , Which came in silence o'er that silent shade , Where , near the fountain , SOMETHING like DESPAIR Made , of that weeping-willow , garlands for her hair . And eke with painful fingers she inwove Many an uncouth stem of savage thorn \u2014 \u201c The willow garland , that was for her love , And these her bleeding temples would adorn . \u201d With sighs her heart nigh burst , salt tears fast fell , As mournfully she bended o'er that sacred well . To whom when I addrest myself to speak , She lifted up her eyes , and nothing said ; The delicate red came mantling o'er her cheek , And gath'ring up her loose attire , she fled To the dark covert of that woody shade , And in her goings seem 'd a timid gentle maid . Revolving in my mind what this should mean , And why that lovely lady plain\u00e8d so ; Perplex 'd in thought at that mysterious scene , And doubting if \u2018 twere best to stay or go , I cast mine eyes in wistful gaze around , When from the shades came slow a small and plaintive sound . \u201c Psyche am I , who love to dwell In these brown shades , this woody dell , Where never busy mortal came , Till now , to pry upon my shame . \u201c At thy feet what dost thou see The waters of repentance be , Which , night and day , I must augment With tears , like a true penitent , \u201c If haply so my day of grace Be not yet past ; and this lone place , O'ershadowy , dark , excludeth hence All thoughts but grief and penitence . \u201d \u201c Why dost thou weep , thou gentle maid ! And wherefore in this barren shade Thy hidden thoughts with sorrow feed ? Can thing so fair repentance need ? \u201d \u201c O ! I have done a deed of shame , And tainted is my virgin fame , And stain 'd the beauteous maiden white In which my bridal robes were dight . \u201d \u201c And who the promised spouse ? declare : And what those bridal garments were . \u201d \u201c Severe and saintly righteousness Composed the clear white bridal dress ; JESUS , the Son of Heaven 's high King , Bought with his blood the marriage ring . \u201c A wretched sinful creature , I Deem 'd lightly of that sacred tie , Gave to a treacherous WORLD my heart , And play 'd the foolish wanton 's part . Soon to these murky shades I came , To hide from the sun 's light my shame . And still I haunt this woody dell , And bathe me in that healing well , Whose waters clear have influence From sin 's foul stains the soul to cleanse ; And , night and day , I them augment , With tears , like a true penitent , Until , due expiation made , And fit atonement fully paid , The Lord and Bridegroom me present , Where in sweet strains of high consent , God 's throne before , the Seraphim Shall chant the ecstatic marriage hymn . \u201d \u201c Now Christ restore thee soon \u201d \u2014 I said , And thenceforth all my dream was fled . DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD . CHILD O Lady , lay your costly robes aside . No longer may you glory in your pride . MOTHER Wherefore to-day art singing in mine ear Sad songs were made so long ago , my dear ? This day I am to be a bride , you know , Why sing sad songs , were made so long ago ? CHILD O mother , lay your costly robes aside , For you may never be another 's bride . That line I learn 'd not in the old sad song . MOTHER I pray thee , pretty one , now hold thy tongue , Play with the bridemaids ; and be glad , my boy , For thou shalt be a second father 's joy . CHILD . One father fondled me upon his knee . One father is enough , alone , for me . QUEEN ORIANA 'S DREAM . On a bank with roses shaded , Whose sweet scent the violets aided , Violets whose breath alone Yields but feeble smell or none ,While o'erhead six slaves did hold Canopy of cloth o \u2019 gold , And two more did music keep , Which might Juno lull to sleep , Oriana , who was queen To the mighty Tamerlane , That was lord of all the land Between Thrace and Samarchand , While the noontide fervor beam 'd , Mused himself to sleep , and dream 'd . Thus far , in magnific strain , A young poet soothed his vein , But he had nor prose nor numbers , To express a princess \u2019 slumbers .\u2014 Youthful Richard had strange fancies , Was deep versed in old romances , And could talk whole hours upon The Great Cham and Prester John ,\u2014 Tell the field in which the Sophi From the Tartar won a trophy \u2014 What he read with such delight of , Thought he could as eas'ly write of \u2014 But his over-young invention Kept not pace with brave intention . Twenty suns did rise and set , And he could no further get ; But , unable to proceed , Made a virtue out of need , And , his labors wiselier deem 'd of , Did omit what the queen dream 'd of . A BALLAD . NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR , IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE 'S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE . To the Tune of the \u201c Old and Young Courtier . \u201d In a costly palace Youth goes clad in gold ; In a wretched workhouse Age 's limbs are cold : There they sit , the old men by a shivering fire , Still close and closer cowering , warmth is their desire . In a costly palace , when the brave gallants dine , They have store of good venison , with old canary wine , With singing and music to heighten the cheer ; Coarse bits , with grudging , are the pauper 's best fare . In a costly palace Youth is still carest By a train of attendants which laugh at my young Lord 's jest ; In a wretched workhouse the contrary prevails : Does Age begin to prattle ?\u2014 no man heark'neth to his tales . In a costly palace if the child with a pin Do but chance to prick a finger , straight the doctor is called in ; In a wretched workhouse men are left to perish For want of proper cordials , which their old age might cherish . In a costly palace Youth enjoys his lust ; In a wretched workhouse Age , in corners thrust , Thinks upon the former days , when he was well to do , Had children to stand by him , both friends and kinsmen too . In a costly palace Youth his temples hides With a new-devised peruke that reaches to his sides ; In a wretched workhouse Age 's crown is bare , With a few thin locks just to fence out the cold air . In peace , as in war , \u2018 tis our young gallants \u2019 pride , To walk , each one i \u2019 the streets , with a rapier by his side , That none to do them injury may have pretence ; Wretched Age , in poverty , must brook offence . HYPOCHONDRIACUS . By myself walking , To myself talking , When as I ruminate On my untoward fate , Scarcely seem I Alone sufficiently , Black thoughts continually Crowding my privacy ; They come unbidden , Like foes at a wedding , Thrusting their faces In better guests \u2019 places , Peevish and malecontent , Clownish , impertinent , Dashing the merriment : So in like fashions Dim cogitations Follow and haunt me , Striving to daunt me , In my heart festering , In my ears whispering , \u201c Thy friends are treacherous , Thy foes are dangerous , Thy dreams ominous . \u201d Fierce Anthropophagi , Spectra , Diaboli , What scared St. Anthony , Hobgoblins , Lemures , Dreams of Antipodes , Night-riding Incubi , Troubling the fantasy , All dire illusions Causing confusions ; Figments heretical , Scruples fantastical , Doubts diabolical ; Abaddon vexeth me , Mahu perplexeth me , Lucifer teareth me \u2014\u2014 Jesu ! Maria ! liberate nos ab his diris tentationibus Inimici . A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO . May the Babylonish curse Straight confound my stammering verse , If I can a passage see In this word-perplexity , Or a fit expression find , Or a language to my mind ,To take leave of thee , GREAT PLANT ! Or in any terms relate Half my love , or half my hate : For I hate , yet love , thee so , That , whichever thing I show , The plain truth will seem to be A constrain 'd hyperbole , And the passion to proceed More from a mistress than a weed . Sooty retainer to the vine , Bacchus \u2019 black servant , negro fine ; Sorcerer , that mak'st us dote upon Thy begrimed complexion , And , for thy pernicious sake , More and greater oaths to break Than reclaim\u00e8d lovers take \u2018 Gainst women : thou thy siege dost lay Much too in the female way , While thou suck'st the lab'ring breath Faster than kisses or than death . Thou in such a cloud dost bind us , That our worst foes cannot find us , And ill-fortune , that would thwart us . Shoots at rovers , shooting at us ; While each man , through thy height'ning steam , Does like a smoking Etna seem , And all about us does expressA Sicilian fruitfulness . Thou through such a mist dost show us , That our best friends do not know us , And , for those allow\u00e8d features , Due to reasonable creatures , Liken'st us to fell Chimeras , Monsters that , who see us , fear us ; Worse than Cerberus or Geryon , Or , who first loved a cloud , Ixion . Bacchus we know , and we allow His tipsy rites . But what art thou , That but by reflex canst show What his deity can do , As the false Egyptian spell Aped the true Hebrew miracle Some few vapors thou may'st raise , The weak brain may serve to amaze , But to the reins and nobler heart Canst nor life nor heat impart . Brother of Bacchus , later born , The old world was sure forlorn Wanting thee , that aidest more The god 's victories than before All his panthers , and the brawls Of his piping Bacchanals . These , as stale , we disallow , Or judge of thee meant ; only thou His true Indian conquest art ; And , for ivy round his dart , The reform\u00e8d god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves . Scent to match thy rich perfume Chemic art did ne'er presume Through her quaint alembic strain , None so sov'reign to the brain . Nature , that did in thee excel , Framed again no second smell . Roses , violets , but toys For the smaller sort of boys , Or for greener damsels meant ; Thou art the only manly scent . Stinking'st of the stinking kind , Filth of the mouth and fog of the mind , Africa , that brags her foison , Breeds no such prodigious poison , Henbane , nightshade , both together , Hemlock , aconite \u2014\u2014 Nay , rather , Plant divine , of rarest virtue ; Blisters on the tongue would hurt you . \u2018 Twas but in a sort I blamed thee : None e'er prosper 'd who defamed thee ; Irony all , and feign 'd abuse , Such as perplex 'd lovers use , At a need , when , in despair To paint forth their fairest fair , Or in part but to express That exceeding comeliness Which their fancies doth so strike , They borrow language of dislike ; And , instead of Dearest Miss , Jewel , Honey , Sweetheart , Bliss , And those forms of old admiring , Call her Cockatrice and Siren , Basilisk , and all that 's evil , Witch , Hyena , Mermaid , Devil , Ethiop , Wench , and Blackamoor , Monkey , Ape , and twenty more ; Friendly Trait'ress , loving Foe ,\u2014 Not that she is truly so , But no other way they know A contentment to express , Borders so upon excess , That they do not rightly wot Whether it be pain or not . Or , as men , constrain 'd to part With what 's nearest to their heart , While their sorrow 's at the height , Lose discrimination quite , And their hasty wrath let fall , To appease their frantic gall , On the darling thing whatever , Whence they feel it death to sever , Though it be , as they , perforce , Guiltless of the sad divorce . For I mustleave thee . For thy sake , TOBACCO , I Would do anything but die , And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise . But , as she , who once hath been A king 's consort , is a queen Ever after , nor will bate Any tittle of her state , Though a widow , or divorced , So I , from thy converse forced , The old name and style retain , A right Katherine of Spain ; And a seat , too ,' mongst the joys Of the blest Tobacco Boys ; Where , though I , by sour physician , Am debarr 'd the full fruition Of thy favors , I may catch Some collateral sweets , and snatch Sidelong odors , that give life Like glances from a neighbor 's wife ; And still live in the by-places And the suburbs of thy graces ; And in thy borders take delight , An unconquer 'd Canaanite . TO T. L. H . A CHILD . Model of thy parent dear , Serious infant worth a fear : In thy unfaltering visage well Picturing forth the son of TELL , When on his forehead , firm and good , Motionless mark , the apple stood ; Guileless traitor , rebel mild , Convict unconscious , culprit child ! Gates that close with iron roar Have been to thee thy nursery door ; Chains that chink in cheerless cells Have been thy rattles and thy bells ; Walls contrived for giant sin Have hemm 'd thy faultless weakness in ; Near thy sinless bed black Guilt Her discordant house hath built , And fill 'd it with her monstrous brood \u2014 Sights , by thee not understood \u2014 Sights of fear , and of distress , That pass a harmless infant 's guess But the clouds , that overcast Thy young morning , may not last ; Soon shall arrive the rescuing hour That yields thee up to Nature 's power : Nature , that so late doth greet thee , Shall in o'erflowing measure meet thee . She shall recompense with cost For every lesson thou hast lost . Then wandering up thy sire 's loved hill ,Thou shalt take thy airy fill Of health and pastime . Birds shall sing For thy delight each May morning . \u2018 Mid new-yean 'd lambkins thou shalt play , Hardly less a lamb than they . Then thy prison 's lengthen 'd bound Shall be the horizon skirting round : And , while thou fillest thy lap with flowers , To make amends for wintry hours , The breeze , the sunshine , and the place , Shall from thy tender brow efface Each vestige of untimely care , That sour restraint had graven there ; And on thy every look impress A more excelling childishness . So shall be thy days beguiled , THORNTON HUNT , my favorite child .BALLAD . FROM THE GERMAN . The clouds are blackening , the storms threatening , And ever the forest maketh a moan : Billows are breaking , the damsel 's heart acting , Thus by herself she singeth alone , Weeping right plenteously . \u201c The world is empty , the heart is dead surely , In this world plainly all seemeth amiss : To thy breast , holy one , take now thy little one , I have had earnest of all earth 's bliss , Living right lovingly . \u201d DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM . David and his three captains bold Kept ambush once within a hold . It was in Adullam 's cave , Nigh which no water they could have , Nor spring , nor running brook was near To quench the thirst that parch 'd them there . Then David , king of Isra\u00ebl , Straight bethought him of a well , Which stood beside the city gate , At Bethlem ; where , before his state Of kingly dignity , he had Oft drunk his fill , a shepherd lad ; But now his fierce Philistine foe Encamp 'd before it he does know . Yet ne'er the less , with heat opprest , Those three bold captains he addrest ; And wish 'd that one to him would bring Some water from his native spring . His valiant captains instantly To execute his will did fly . The mighty Three the ranks broke through Of armed foes , and water drew For David , their beloved king , At his own sweet native spring . Back through their arm 'd foes they haste , With the hard-earn 'd treasure graced . But when the good king David found What they had done , he on the ground The water pour 'd ... \u201c Because , \u201d said he , \u201c That it was at the jeopardy Of your three lives this thing ye did , That I should drink it , God forbid . \u201d SALOME . Once on a charger there was laid , And brought before a royal maid , As price of attitude and grace , A guiltless head , a holy face . It was on Herod 's natal day , Who o'er Judea 's land held sway . He married his own brother 's wife , Wicked Herodias . She the life Of John the Baptist long had sought , Because he openly had taught That she a life unlawful led , Having her husband 's brother wed . This was he , that saintly John , Who in the wilderness alone Abiding , did for clothing wear A garment made of camel 's hair ; Honey and locusts were his food , And he was most severely good . He preach\u00e8d penitence and tears , And waking first the sinner 's fears , Prepared a path , made smooth a way , For his diviner Master 's day . Herod kept in princely state His birthday . On his throne he sate , After the feast , beholding her Who danced with grace peculiar ; Fair Salome , who did excel All in that land for dancing well . The feastful monarch 's heart was fired , And whatsoe'er thing she desired , Though half his kingdom it should be , He in his pleasure swore that he Would give the graceful Salome . The damsel was Herodias \u2019 daughter : She to the queen hastes , and besought her To teach her what great gift to name . Instructed by Herodias , came The damsel back : to Herod said , \u201c Give me John the Baptist 's head ; And in a charger let it be Hither straightway brought to me . \u201d Herod her suit would fain deny , But for his oath 's sake must comply . When painters would by art express Beauty in unloveliness , Thee , Herodias \u2019 daughter , thee , They fittest subject take to be . They give thy form and features grace ; But ever in thy beauteous face They show a steadfast cruel gaze , An eye unpitying ; and amaze In all beholders deep they mark , That thou betrayest not one spark Of feeling for the ruthless deed , That did thy praiseful dance succeed . For on the head they make you look , As if a sullen joy you took , A cruel triumph , wicked pride , That for your sport a saint had died . LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LIONARDO DA VINCI . The lady Blanch , regardless of all her lover 's fears , To the Urs'line convent hastens , and long the Abbess hears , \u201c O Blanch , my child , repent ye of the courtly life ye lead . \u201d Blanch look 'd on a rose-bud and little seem 'd to heed . She look 'd on the rose-bud , she look 'd round , and thought On all her heart had whisper 'd , and all the Nun had taught . \u201c I am worshipp 'd by lovers , and brightly shines my fame , All Christendom resoundeth the noble Blanch 's name . Nor shall I quickly wither like the rose-bud from the tree , My queen-like graces shining when my beauty 's gone from me . But when the sculptured marble is rais 'd o'er my head , And the matchless Blanch lies lifeless among the noble dead , This saintly lady Abbess hath made me justly fear , It nothing will avail me that I were worshipp 'd here . \u201d LINES ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN . Who art thou , fair one , who usurp'st the place Of Blanch , the lady of the matchless grace ? Come , fair and pretty , tell to me , Who , in thy lifetime , thou might'st be . Thou pretty art and fair , But with the lady Blanch thou never must compare . No need for Blanch her history to tell ; Whoever saw her face , they there did read it well . But when I look on thee , I only know There lived a pretty maid some hundred years ago . LINES ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LIONARDO DA VINCI , CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS . While young John runs to greet The greater Infant 's feet , The Mother standing by , with trembling passion Of devout admiration , Beholds the engaging mystic play , and pretty adoration ; Nor knows as yet the full event Of those so low beginnings , From whence we date our winnings , But wonders at the intent Of those new rites , and what that strange child-worship meant . But at her side An angel doth abide , With such a perfect joy As no dim doubts alloy , An intuition , A glory , an amenity , Passing the dark condition Of blind humanity , As if he surely knew All the blest wonder should ensue , Or he had lately left the upper sphere , And had read all the sovran schemes and divine riddles there . ON THE SAME . Maternal lady with the virgin grace , Heaven-born thy Jesus seemeth sure , And thou a virgin pure . Lady most perfect , when thy sinless face Men look upon , they wish to be A Catholic , Madonna fair , to worship thee . SONNETS . I . TO MISS KELLY . You are not , Kelly , of the common strain , That stoop their pride and female honor down To please that many-headed beast the town , And vend their lavish smiles and tricks for gain ; By fortune thrown amid the actors \u2019 train , You keep your native dignity of thought ; The plaudits that attend you come unsought , As tributes due unto your natural vein . Your tears have passion in them , and a grace Of genuine freshness , which our hearts avow ; Your smiles are winds whose ways we cannot trace , That vanish and return we know not how \u2014 And please the better from a pensive face , A thoughtful eye , and a reflecting brow . II . ON THE SIGHT OF SWANS IN KENSINGTON GARDEN . Queen-bird that sittest on thy shining-nest , And thy young cygnets without sorrow hatchest , And thou , thou other royal bird , that watchest Lest the white mother wandering feet molest : Shrined are your offspring in a crystal cradle , Brighter than Helen 's ere she yet had burst Her shelly prison . They shall be born at first Strong , active , graceful , perfect , swan-like able To tread the land or waters with security . Unlike poor human births , conceived in sin , In grief brought forth , both outwardly and in Confessing weakness , error , and impurity . Did heavenly creatures own succession 's line , The births of heaven like to yours would shine . III . Was it some sweet device of Fa\u00ebry That mock 'd my steps with many a lonely glade , And fancied wanderings with a fair-hair 'd maid ? Have these things been ? or what rare witchery , Impregning with delights the charm\u00e8d air , Enlighted up the semblance of a smile In those fine eyes ? methought they spake the while Soft soothing things , which might enforce despair To drop the murdering knife , and let go by His foul resolve . And does the lonely glade Still court the footsteps of the fair-hair 'd maid ? Still in her locks the gales of summer sigh ? While I forlorn do wander reckless where , And \u2018 mid my wanderings meet no Anna there . IV . Methinks how dainty sweet it were , reclined Beneath the vast out-stretching branches high Of some old wood , in careless sort to lie , Nor of the busier scenes we left behind Aught envying . And , O Anna ! mild-eyed maid ! Beloved ! I were well content to play With thy free tresses all a summer 's day , Losing the time beneath the greenwood shade . Or we might sit and tell some tender tale Of faithful vows repaid by cruel scorn , A tale of true love , or of friend forgot ; And I would teach thee , lady , how to rail In gentle sort , on those who practise not Or love or pity , though of woman born . V . When last I roved these winding wood-walks green , Green winding walks , and shady pathways sweet , Oft-times would Anna seek the silent scene , Shrouding her beauties in the lone retreat . No more I hear her footsteps in the shade : Her image only in these pleasant ways Meets me self-wandering , where in happier days I held free converse with the fair-hair 'd maid . I pass 'd the little cottage which she loved , The cottage which did once my all contain ; It spake of days which ne'er must come again , Spake to my heart , and much my heart was moved . \u201c Now fair befall thee , gentle maid ! \u201d said I , And from the cottage turn 'd me with a sigh . VI . THE FAMILY NAME . What reason first imposed thee , gentle name , Name that my father bore , and his sire 's sire , Without reproach ? we trace our stream no higher ; And I , a childless man , may end the same . Perchance some shepherd on Lincolnian plains , In manners guileless as his own sweet flocks , Received thee first amid the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow swains . Perchance from Salem 's holier fields return 'd , With glory gotten on the heads abhorr 'd Of faithless Saracens , some martial lord Took HIS meek title , in whose zeal he burn 'd , Whate'er the fount whence thy beginnings came , No deed of mine shall shame thee , gentle name . VII . If from my lips some angry accents fell , Peevish complaint , or harsh reproof unkind , \u2018 Twas but the error of a sickly mind And troubled thoughts , clouding the purer well , And waters clear , of Reason ; and for me Let this my verse the poor atonement be \u2014 My verse , which thou to praise wert ever inclined Too highly , and with a partial eye to see No blemish . Thou to me didst ever show Kindest affection ; and would oft-times lend An ear to the desponding lovesick lay , Weeping my sorrows with me , who repay But ill the mighty debt of love I owe , Mary , to thee , my sister and my friend . VIII . A timid grace sits trembling in her eye , As loath to meet the rudeness of men 's sight , Yet shedding a delicious lunar light , That steeps in kind oblivious ecstasy The care-crazed mind , like some still melody : Speaking most plain the thoughts which do possess Her gentle sprite : peace , and meek quietness , And innocent loves , and maiden purity : A look whereof might heal the cruel smart Of chang\u00e8d friends , or fortune 's wrongs unkind ; Might to sweet deeds of mercy move the heart Of him who hates his brethren of mankind . Turn 'd are those lights from me , who fondly yet Past joys , vain loves , and buried hopes regret . IX . TO JOHN LAMB , ESQ ., OF THE SOUTH-SEA-HOUSE . John , you were figuring in the gay career Of blooming manhood with a young man 's joy , When I was yet a little peevish boy \u2014 Though time has made the difference disappear Betwixt our ages , which then seem 'd so great \u2014 And still by rightful custom you retain Much of the old authoritative strain , And keep the elder brother up in state . O ! you do well in this . \u2018 Tis man 's worst deed To let the \u201c things that have been \u201d run to waste , And in the unmeaning present sink the past : In whose dim glass even now I faintly read Old buried forms , and faces long ago , Which you , and I , and one more , only know . X . O ! I could laugh to hear the midnight wind , That , rushing on its way with careless sweep , Scatters the ocean waves . And I could weep Like to a child . For now to my raised mind On wings of winds comes wild-eyed Fantasy , And her rude visions give severe delight . O wing\u00e8d bark ! how swift along the night Pass 'd thy proud keel ! nor shall I let go by Lightly of that drear hour the memory , When wet and chilly on thy deck I stood , Unbonneted , and gazed upon the flood , Even till it seem 'd a pleasant thing to die ,\u2014 To be resolv 'd into th \u2019 elemental wave , Or take my portion with the winds that rave . XI . We were two pretty babes , the youngest she , The youngest , and the loveliest far , I ween , And INNOCENCE her name . The time has been , We two did love each other 's company : Time was , we two had wept to have been apart . But when by show of seeming good beguiled , I left the garb and manners of a child , And my first love for man 's society , Defiling with the world my virgin heart \u2014 My loved companion dropp 'd a tear , and fled , And hid in deepest shades her awful head . Beloved , who shall tell me where thou art \u2014 In what delicious Eden to be found \u2014 That I may seek thee the wide world around ? BLANK VERSE CHILDHOOD . In my poor mind it is most sweet to muse Upon the days gone by ; to act in thought Past seasons o'er , and be again a child ; To sit in fancy on the turf-clad slope , Down which the child would roll ; to pluck gay flowers , Make posies in the sun , which the child 's handWould throw away , and straight take up again , Then fling them to the winds , and o'er the lawn Bound with so playful and so light a foot , That the press 'd daisy scarce declined her head . THE GRANDAME . On the green hill-top , Hard by the house of prayer , a modest roof , And not distinguish 'd from its neighbor-barn , Save by a slender-tapering length of spire , The Grandame sleeps . A plain stone barely tells The name and date to the chance passenger . For lowly born was she , and long had eat , Well-earn 'd , the bread of service :\u2014 hers was else A mountain spirit , one that entertain 'd Scorn of base action , deed dishonorable , Or aught unseemly . I remember well Her reverend image ; I remember , too , With what a zeal she served her master 's house ; And how the prattling tongue of garrulous age Delighted to recount the oft-told tale Or anecdote domestic . Wise she was , And wondrous skill 'd in genealogies , And could in apt and voluble terms discourse Of births , of titles , and alliances ; Of marriages , and intermarriages ; Relationship remote , or near of kin ; Of friends offended , family disgraced \u2014 Maiden high-born , but wayward , disobeying Parental strict injunction , and regardless Of unmix 'd blood , and ancestry remote , Stooping to wed with one of low degree . But these are not thy praises ; and I wrong Thy honor 'd memory , recording chiefly Things light or trivial . Better \u2018 twere to tell , How with a nobler zeal , and warmer love , She served her heavenly Master . I have seen That reverend form bent down with age and pain , And rankling malady . Yet not for this Ceased she to praise her Maker , or withdrew Her trust in Him , her faith , an humble hope \u2014 So meekly had she learn 'd to bear her cross \u2014 For she had studied patience in the school Of Christ ; much comfort she had thence derived , And was a follower of the NAZARENE . THE SABBATH BELLS . The cheerful Sabbath bells , wherever heard , Strike pleasant on the sense , most like the voice Of one , who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion : chiefly when Their piercing tones fall sudden on the ear Of the contemplant , solitary man , Whom thoughts abstruse or high have chanced to lure Forth from the walks of men , revolving oft , And oft again , hard matter , which eludes And baffles his pursuit \u2014 thought-sick and tired Of controversy , where no end appears , No clue to his research , the lonely man Half wishes for society again . Him , thus engaged , the Sabbath bells salute Sudden ! his heart awakes , his ears drink in The cheering music ; his relenting soul Yearns after all the joys of social life , And softens with the love of human kind . FANCY EMPLOYED ON DIVINE SUBJECTS . The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever , A lone enthusiast maid . She loves to walk In the bright visions of empyreal light , By the green pastures , and the fragrant meads , Where the perpetual flowers of Eden blow ; By crystal streams , and by the living waters , Along whose margin grows the wondrous tree Whose leaves shall heal the nations ; underneath Whose holy shade a refuge shall be found From pain and want , and all the ills that wait On mortal life , from sin and death forever . COMPOSED AT MIDNIGHT . From broken visions of perturb\u00e8d rest I wake , and start , and fear to sleep again . How total a privation of all sounds , Sights , and familiar objects , man , bird , beast , Herb , tree , or flower , and prodigal light of heaven . \u2018 Twere some relief to catch the drowsy cry Of the mechanic watchman , or the noise Of revel reeling home from midnight cups . Those are the meanings of the dying man , Who lies in the upper chamber ; restless moans , And interrupted only by a cough Consumptive , torturing the wasted lungs . So in the bitterness of death he lies , And waits in anguish for the morning 's light . What can that do for him , or what restore ? Short taste , faint sense , affecting notices . And little images of pleasures past , Of health , and active life \u2014 health not yet slain , Nor the other grace of life , a good name , sold For sin 's black wages . On his tedious bed He writhes , and turns him from the accusing light , And finds no comfort in the sun , but says \u201c When night comes I shall get a little rest . \u201d Some few groans more , death comes , and there an end . \u2018 Tis darkness and conjecture all beyond ; Weak Nature fears , though Charity must hope , And Fancy , most licentious on such themes Where decent reverence well had kept her mute , Hath o'erstock ' d hell with devils , and brought down By her enormous fablings and mad lies , Discredit on the gospel 's serious truths And salutary fears . The man of parts , Poet , or prose declaimer , on his couch Lolling , like one indifferent , fabricates A heaven of gold , where he , and such as he , Their heads encompassed with crowns , their heels With fine wings garlanded , shall tread the stars Beneath their feet , heaven 's pavement , far removed From damn\u00e8d spirits , and the torturing cries Of men , his breth'ren , fashion 'd of the earth , As he was , nourish 'd with the self-same bread , Belike his kindred or companions once \u2014 Through everlasting ages now divorced , In chains and savage torments to repent Short years of folly on earth . Their groans unheard In heav'n , the saint nor pity feels , nor care , For those thus sentenced \u2014 pity might disturb The delicate sense and most divine repose Of spirits angelical . Blessed be God , The measure of his judgments is not fix 'd By man 's erroneous standard . He discerns No such inordinate difference and vast Betwixt the sinner and the saint , to doom Such disproportion 'd fates . Compared with him , No man on earth is holy call 'd : they best Stand in his sight approved , who at his feet Their little crowns of virtue cast , and yield To him of his own works the praise , his due . A TRAGEDY . CHARACTERS . SIR WALTER WOODVIL . JOHN , } SIMON , } his sons . LOVELL , } GRAY , } Pretended friends of John .", "SELBY , A Wiltshire Gentleman .", "KATHERINE , Wife to Selby .", "LUCY , Sister to Selby .", "MRS. FRAMPTON , A Widow .", "SERVANTS .", "SCENE \u2014 At Mr. Selby 's House , or in the grounds adjacent .", "SCENE \u2014 A Library .", "MR. SELBY . KATHERINE ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 198, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Miss , miss , your father has taken his hat , and is slept out , and Mr. Davenport is on the stairs ; and I came to tell you \u2014", "O , miss , your father has suddenly returned . I see him with Mr. Saunders , coming down the street . Mr. Saunders , ma'am !", "Aye , miss , you must go , as Mr. Davenport says . Here is your cloak , miss , and your hat , and your gloves . Your father , ma'am \u2014", "Away \u2014 away . What a lucky thought of mine to say her father was coming ! he would never have got her off , else . Lord , Lord , I do love to help lovers .", "This is the house I saw a bill up at , ma'am ; and a droll creature the landlord is .", "I am mistaken if my young lady does not find an agreeable companion in these apartments . Almost a namesake . Only the difference of Flyn , and Flint . I have some errands to do , or I would stop and have some fun with this droll butcher . Cutlet returns .", "You may thank me for your new lodger , Mr . Cutlet .\u2014 But bless me , you do not look well ?", "Late hours , perhaps . Raking last night .", "The deuce it did ! and what , if I may be so bold , might be the subject of your Night Thoughts ?", "What , in the midst of summer ?", "What a canting rogue it is ! I should like to trump up some fine story to plague him .", "He has got this by rote , out of some book .", "I have it .\u2014 For that matter , you need not send your humanity a travelling , Mr. Cutlet . For instance , last night \u2014", "Only two streets off \u2014", "The butcher 's shop at the corner .", "He has found his ears at last .That he has had his house burnt down .", "I saw four small children taken in at the green grocer 's .", "Some say he is , but not to the full amount .", "Now is this pretender to humanity gone to avail himself of a neighbour 's supposed ruin to inveigle his customers from him . Fine feelings !\u2014 pshaw !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 199, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I am tir 'd , Sir , and ne'er shall foot it home .", "Nor can you tax me , Sir , I hope , for want of duty to deserve these favours from you .", "Make me understand , Sir , what \u2018 tis you point at .", "And who gave you Commission to deliver your Verdict , Minion ?", "Sir , I know them by publick fame , though yet I never saw them ; and that oppos 'd antipathy between their various dispositions , renders them the general discourse and argument ; one part inclining to the Scholar Charles , the other side preferring Eustace , as a man compleat in Courtship .", "To be plain Sir ,as they are simply themselves , to neither : let a Courtier be never so exact , let him be bless 'd with all parts that yield him to a Virgin gracious ; if he depend on others , and stand not on his own bottoms , though he have the means to bring his Mistris to a Masque , or by conveyance from some great ones lips , to taste such favour from the King : or grant he purchase precedency in the Court , to be sworn a servant Extraordinary to the Queen ; nay , though he live in expectation of some huge preferment in reversion ; if he want a present fortune , at the best those are but glorious dreams , and only yield him a happiness in posse , not in esse ; nor can they fetch him Silks from the Mercer , nor discharge a Tailors Bill , nor in full plentymaintain a Family .", "Trothas of the Courtier , all his Songs and Sonnets , his Anagrams , Acrosticks , Epigrams , his deep and Philosophical Discourse of Nature 's hidden Secrets , makes not up a perfect Husband ; he can hardly borrow the Stars of the Celestial Crown to make me a Tire for my Head , nor Charles 's Wain for a Coach , nor Ganymede for a Page , nor a rich Gown from Juno 's Wardrobe , nor would I lie inunder Heaven 's spangled Canopy , or Banquet my Guests and Gossips with imagin 'd Nectar ; pure Orleans would do better : No , no , Father , though I could be well pleas 'd to have my Husband a Courtier , and a Scholar , young , and valiant ; these are but gawdy nothings , if there be not something to make a substance .", "A full Estate , and that said , I 've said all ; and get me such a one with these Additions , farwel Virginity , and welcome Wedlock .", "I am not so punctual in all Ceremonies , I will \u2018 bate two or three of these good parts , before I'le dwell too long upon the choice .", "A Husband 's welcome , and as an humble Wife I'le entertain him ; no Sovereignty I aim at , \u2018 tis the man 's , Sir ; for she that seeks it , kills her husbands honour : The Gentleman I have seen , and well observ 'd him , yet find not that grac 'd excellence you promise ; a pretty Gentleman , and he may please too , and some few flashes I have heard come from him , but not to admiration as to others : He 's young , and may be good , yet he must make it , and I may help , and help to thank him also . It is your pleasure I should make him mine , and \u2018 t has been still my duty to observe you .", "So I look honestly , I fear no eyes , Sir .", "A mad old Gentleman .", "I would not have a light head , nor one laden with too much learning , as , they say , this Charles is , that makes his Book his Mistris ; Sure there 's something hid in this old man 's anger , that declares him not a meer sot .", "I find no fault , better things well done , than want time to do them . Uncle , why are you sad ?", "Can he speak , Sir ?", "And does he speak well there ?", "He is a man .", "Then conversation me thinks \u2014", "I like thy nobleness .", "And methinks bravely . This the meer Scholar ?", "I wonder ; is he your Brother , Sir ?", "Speak not so softly , Sir , \u2018 tis very likely .", "No certain , Sir , I have heard nothing from you but things excellent .", "They have rich linings , Sir . I would your Brother \u2014", "But touch \u2018 em inwardly , they smell of Copper .", "And one hand seal the Match , I 'm yours for ever .", "Nay certainly , \u2018 tis done , Sir .", "Only conditional , that if he had the Land , he had my love too ; this Gentleman 's the Heir , and he 'll maintain it . Pray be not angry , Sir , at what I say ; or if you be , \u2018 tis at your own adventure . You have the out - side of a pretty Gentleman , but by my troth your inside is but barren ; \u2018 tis not a face I only am in love with , nor will I say your face is excellent , a reasonable hunting face to court the wind with ; nor they 're not words , unless they be well plac 'd too , nor your sweet Dam-mes , nor your hired Verses , nor telling me of Clothes , nor Coach and Horses , no nor your visits each day in new Suits , nor your black Patches you wear variously , some cut like Stars , some in Half-moons , some Lozenges ,", "Nor your long travels , nor your little knowledge , can make me doat upon you . Faith go study , and glean some goodness , that you may shew manly ; your Brother at my suit I 'm sure will teach you ; or only study how to get a Wife , Sir . Y'are cast far behind , \u2018 tis good you should be melancholy , it shews like a Gamester that had lost his mony ; and \u2018 tis the fashion to wear your arm in a skarf , Sir , forhave had a shrewd cut o'er the fingers .", "Yes , believe me , Father , you shall ne'er choose for me ; y'are old and dim , Sir , and th \u2019 shadow of the earth Eclips 'd your judgment . Y'have had your time without control , dear Father , and you must give me leave to take mine now , Sir .", "Must I be gone too ?", "Then this man will ; what Fortune he shall run , Father , be't good or bad , I must partake it with him .", "I 'll wear course Flannel first .", "I 'm worse than e'er I was ; for now I fear , that that I love , that that I only dote on ; he follows me through every room I pass , and with a strong set eye he gazes on me , as if his spark of innocence were blown into a flame of lust . Virtue defend me . His Uncle too is absent , and \u2018 tis night ; and what these opportunities may teach him \u2014 What fear and endless care \u2018 tis to be honest ! to be a Maid what misery , what mischief ! Would I were rid of it , so it were fairly .", "Dare you venture that ?", "He follows still , yet with a sober face ; would I might know the worst , and then I were satisfied .", "I am going to bed , Sir .", "You may have me to bed , Sir , without a scruple , and yet I am chary too who comes about me . Two Innocents should not fear one another .", "I fear he will perswade me to mistake him .", "Pray ye to your bed .", "True , Sir , when \u2018 tis lawful : but yet you know \u2014", "I shall be a Heretick if this continue . What would you do a bed ? you make me blush , Sir .", "I am becoming Traitor .", "I 've too much woman in me .", "I must be gone .", "Then we may walk .", "To bed , and pray then , we may have a fair end of our fair loves ; would I were worthy of you , or of such parents that might give you thanks : But I am poor in all but in your love . Once more , good night .", "Let it be ever night when I lose you .", "This is no fit time of night .", "Hold off your hands , unmannerly , rude Sir ; nor I , nor what I have depend on you .", "I cannot love ye , let that satisfie you ; such vanities as you , are to be laugh 'd at .", "But do not kill \u2018 em , Sir .", "To borrow me a while , Sir ; but one that never fought yet , has so curri 'd , so bastinado 'd them with manly carriage , they stand like things Gorgon had turn 'd to stone : they watch 'd your being absent , and then thought they might do wonders here , and they have done so ; for by my troth I wonder at their coldness , the nipping North or Frost never came near them ; St George upon a sign would grow more sensible . If the name of Honour were for ever to be lost , these were the most sufficient men to do it in all the world ; and yet they are but young , what will they rise to ? They 're as full of fire as \u2019 a frozen Glow-worms rattle , and shine as goodly : Nobility and patience are match 'd rarely in these three Gentlemen , they have right use o n't ; they 'll stand still for an hour and be beaten . These are the Anagrams of three great Worthies .", "Pray , Sir , be careful of us .", "Sir , let not passion so far transport you , as to think in reason , this violent course repairs , but ruins it ; that honour you would build up , you destroy ; what you would seem to nourish , if respect of my preferment or my pattern may challenge your paternal love and care , why do you , now good fortune has provided a better Husband for me than your hopes could ever fancy , strive to rob me of him ? In what is my Lord Charles defective , Sir ? unless deep Learning be a blemish in him , or well proportion 'd limbs be mulcts in nature , or , what you only aim 'd at , large Revenues , are , on the sudden , grown distasteful to you . Of what can you accuse him ?", "As I have a Soul , Sir .", "And who gave you Commission to deliver", "Your verdict , Minion ? Syl . I deserve a fee ,", "And not a frown , deare Madam ; I but speak", "Her thoughts , my Lord , and what her modesty", "Refuses to give voyce to ; shew no mercy", "To a Maidenhead of fourteene , but off with't :", "Let her lose no time Sir ; fathers that deny", "Their Daughters lawfull pleasure , when ripe for them ,", "In some kinds edge their appetites to tast of", "The fruit that is forbidden . Lew . Tis well urg 'd ,", "And I approve it ; no more blushing Girle ,", "Thy woman hath spoke truth , and so prevented", "What I meant to move to thee : There dwells neere us", "A Gentleman of blood , Mounsieur Brisac ,", "Of a faire state , sixe thousand Crowns per annum ,", "The happy Father of two hopefull Sons ,", "Of different breeding ; Th \u2019 elder , a meere Scholar ,", "The younger , a quaint Courtier . Ang . Sir , I know them", "By publique fame , though yet I never saw them ;", "And that oppos 'd antipathy between", "Their various dispositions , renders them", "The general discourse and argument ;", "One part inclining to the Scholar Charles ,", "The other side preferring Eustace , as", "A man compleat in Courtship . Lew . And which", "ay", "Doth your affection sway you ? Ang . to be plaine , Sir ,", "as they are", "Simply themselves , to neither ; Let a Courtier", "Be never so exact , Let him be blest with", "All parts that yeeld him to a Virgin gracious ,", "If he depend on others , and stand not", "On his owne bottomes , though he have the meanes", "To bring his Mistresse to a Masque , or by", "Conveyance from some great ones lips , to taste", "Such favour from the Kings : or grant he purchase ,", "Precedency in the Country , to be sworne", "A servant Extraordinary to the Queen ;", "Nay , though he live in expectation of", "Some huge preferment in reversion ; If", "He Want a present fortune , at the best", "Those are but glorious dreames , and onely yeeld him", "A happiness in posse , not in esse ;", "Nor can they fetch him silkes from th \u2019 Mercer ; nor", "Discharge a Taylors bill ; nor in full plenty", "Maintaine a family . Lew . Aptly consider 'd ,", "And to my wish ; but what 's thy censure of", "The Schollar ? Ang . Troth", "As of the Courtier ; all his Songs , and Sonnets ,", "His Anagrams , Acrosticks , Epigrammes ,", "His deep and Philosophical discourse", "Of natures hidden secrets , makes not up", "A perfect husband ; He can hardly borrow", "The Starres of the Celestial crown to make me", "A tire for my head ; nor Charles Waine for a Coach ,", "Nor Ganymede for a Page , nor a rich Gowne", "From Juno 's Wardrob , nor would I lye in", "Under heavens spangled Canopy , or banquet", "My guests and Gossips with imagin 'd Nectar ;", "Pure Orleans would doe better ; no , no , father ,", "Though I could be well pleas 'd to have my husband", "A Courtier , and a Schollar , young , and valiant ,", "These are but gawdy nothings , if there be not", "Something to make a substance . Lew . And what is that ?", "A full estate , and that said , I 've said all ,", "And get me such a one with these additions ,", "Farewell Virginity , and welcome wedlock .", "So I looke honestly , I feare no eyes , Sir . Exeunt .", "A mad old Gentleman . Bri . Yes faith sweet daughter ,", "He has been thus his whole age to my knowledge ,", "He has made Charles his heir , I know that certainly ;", "Then why should he grudge Eustace any thing ?", "I would not have a light head , nor one laden", "With too much learning , as they say , this Charles is ,", "That makes his book his Mistress : Sure , there 's something", "Hid in this old mans anger , that declares him", "Not a mere Sot . Bri . Come shall we go and seal brother ?", "All things are readie , and the", "riest is here .", "When Charles has set his hand unto the Writings ,", "As he shall instantly , then to the Wedding ,", "And so to dinner . Lew . Come , let 's seal the book first", "For my daughters Jointure . Bri . Let 's be private i n't Sir . Exeunt .", "Can he speak , Sir ? Mir . Faith yes , but not to women :", "His language is to heaven , and heavenlie wonder ,", "To Nature , and her dark and secret causes .", "And does he speak well there ? Mir . O , admirably ;", "But hee 's to bashful too behold a woman ,", "There 's none that sees him , nor he troubles none .", "He is a man . Mir . Faith Yes , and a cleare sweet spirit .", "Then conversation me thinkes \u2014 Mir . So think I", "But it is his rugged fate , and so I leave you .", "I like thy noblenesse . Eust . See my mad Uncle", "Is courting my faire Mistresse . Lew . Let him alone ,", "There 's nothing that allayes an angrie mind", "So soone as a sweet beautie ; hee'l come to us .", "Speake not so softly Sir , tis very likely .", "But touch \u2018 em inwardlie , they smell of Copper .", "And one hand scale the match , Ime yours for ever .", "Nor you", "long travailes , not your little knowledge ,", "Can make me doate upon you . Faith goe studie ,", "And gleane some goodness , that you may shew manlie ;", "Your Brother at my suit Ime sure will teach you ;", "Or onely studie how to get a wife Sir ,", "Y'are cast far behind , tis good you should be melancholie ,", "It shewes like a Gamester that had lost his money ,", "And t'is the fashon to weare your arme in a skarfe Sir ,", "For you have had a shrewd cut ore the fingers .", "Must I be gone too ? Lew . I will never know thee .", "Then this man will ; what fortune he shall run , father ,", "Bee't good or bad , I must partake it with him .", "Enter Egremont .", "When shall the Masque begins ? Eust . Tis done alreadie ,", "All , all , is broken off , I am undone friend ,", "My brother 's wise againe , and has spoil 'd all ,", "Will not release the land , has wone the Wench too .", "Dare you venter that ? Syl . Let him consent , and have at ye ;", "I feare him not , he knowes not what a woman is ,", "Nor how to find the mysterie men aime at .", "Are you afraid of your own shadow , Madam ?", "He followes still , yet with a sober face ;", "Would I might know the worst , and then I were satisfied .", "I am going to bed Sir . Cha . And I am come to light ye ;", "I am a maide , and \u2018 tis a maidens office .", "You may have me to bed Sir , without a scruple ,", "And yet I am charie too who comes about me .", "Two Innocents should not feare one another .", "I feare he will perswade me to mistake him .", "Pray ye to your bed . Cha . Why not to yours , dear Mistress ,", "One heart and one bed . Ang . True Sir , when \u2018 tis lawful ;", "But yet you know \u2014 Cha . I would not know , forget it ;", "Those are but sickly loves that hang on Ceremonie ,", "Nurst up with doubts and feares , ours high and healthful ,", "Full of beleefe , and fit to teach the Priest ;", "Love shall seale first , then hands confirme the bargaine .", "I shall be an Heretique if this continue . What would you doe a bed ? you make me blush , Sir .", "I must be gone . Cha . Do not , I will not hurt ye ;", "This is to let you know , my worthiest Lady ,", "Y'have clear 'd my mind , and I can speak of love too ;", "Feare not my manners , though I never knew", "Before these few houres what a beautie was ,", "And such a one that fires all hearts that feele it ;", "Yet I have read of vertuous temperance ,", "And studied it among my other secrets ,", "And sooner would I force a separation", "Betwixt this Spirit and the case of flesh ,", "Than but conceive one rudeness against chastitie .", "An", "Then we may walk . Cha . And talk of any thing ,", "Any thing fit for your eares , and my language ;", "Though I was bred up dull I was ever civil ;", "Tis true , I have found it hard to looke on you ,", "And not desire ; Twil prove a wise mans task ;", "Yet those desires I have so mingled still", "And tempered with the quality of honour ,", "That if you should yeeld , I should hate you for't .", "I am no Courtier of a light condition ,", "Apt to take fire at every beautious face .", "That onely serves his will and wantonness ,", "And lets the serious part run by", "As thin neglected sand . Whitness of name ,", "You must be mine ; why should I robbe my selfe", "Of that that lawfully must make me happy ?", "Why should I seeke to cuckold my delights ,", "And widow all those sweets I aime at in you ?", "We'l loose our selves in Venus groves of mirtle", "Where every little bird shall be a Cupid ,", "And sing of love and youth , each winde that blowes", "And curles the velvet leaves shall breed delights ,", "The wanton springs shall call us to their bankes ,", "And on the perfum 'd flowers wee'l feast our senses ,", "Yet wee'l walk by untainted of their pleasures ,", "And as they were pure Temples wee'l talk in them .", "To bed , and pray then , we may have a faire end", "Of our faire loves ; would I", "ere worthy of you ,", "Or of such parents that might give you thankes ;", "But I am poore in all but in your love .", "Once more , good night . Cha . A good night t'ye , and may", "The dew of sleepe fall gently on you , sweet one ,", "And lock up those faire lights in pleasing slumbers ;", "No dreames but chast and cleare attempt your fancie ,", "And break betimes sweet morne , I 've lost my light else .", "Let it be ever night when I lose you .", "this is no time of night . Cha . Let \u2018 em in Mistresse .", "Hold off your hands , unmannerly , rude Sir ;", "Nor I , nor what I have depend on you .", "I cannot love ye , let that satisfie you ;", "Such vanities as you are to be laught at .", "But doe not kill \u2018 em Sir . Cha . You speak too late , Deare ,", "It is my first fight , and I must doe bravely ,", "I must not looke with partial eyes on any ;", "I cannot spare a button of these Gentlemen ;", "Did life lye in their heel Achilles like ,", "Ide shoot my anger at those parts and kill \u2018 um .", "Who waits within ? Ser . Sir . Cha . View all these , view \u2018 em well", "Goe round a bout \u2018 em and still view their faces ,", "Round about yet ; See how death waits upon \u2018 em ,", "For thou shall never view \u2018 em more . Eust . Pray hold , Sir ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 200, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The lamp must be replenished , but even then It will not burn so long as I must watch : My slumbers \u2014 if I slumber \u2014 are not sleep , But a continuance , of enduring thought , Which then I can resist not : in my heart There is a vigil , and these eyes but close To look within ; and yet I live , and bear The aspect and the form of breathing men . But Grief should be the Instructor of the wise ; Sorrow is Knowledge : they who know the most 10 Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth , The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life . Philosophy and science , and the springsOf Wonder , and the wisdom of the World , I have essayed , and in my mind there is A power to make these subject to itself \u2014 But they avail not : I have done men good , And I have met with good even among men \u2014 But this availed not : I have had my foes , And none have baffled , many fallen before me \u2014 20 But this availed not :\u2014 Good \u2014 or evil \u2014 life \u2014 Powers , passions \u2014 all I see in other beings , Have been to me as rain unto the sands , Since that all-nameless hour . I have no dread , And feel the curse to have no natural fear , Nor fluttering throb , that beats with hopes or wishes , Or lurking love of something on the earth . Now to my task .\u2014 Mysterious Agency ! Ye Spirits of the unbounded Universe !Whom I have sought in darkness and in light \u2014 30 Ye , who do compass earth about , and dwell In subtler essence \u2014 ye , to whom the tops Of mountains inaccessible are haunts ,And Earth 's and Ocean 's caves familiar things \u2014 I call upon ye by the written charmWhich gives me power upon you \u2014 Rise ! Appear !\u2014 by this sign , Which makes you tremble \u2014 by the claims of him Who is undying ,\u2014 Rise ! Appear !\u2014\u2014 Appear ! 40The thought which is within me and around me , I do compel ye to my will .\u2014 Appear !First Spirit . Mortal ! to thy bidding bowed , 50 From my mansion in the cloud , Which the breath of Twilight builds , And the Summer 's sunset gilds With the azure and vermilion , Which is mixed for my pavilion ;Though thy quest may be forbidden , On a star-beam I have ridden , To thine adjuration bowed : Mortal \u2014 be thy wish avowed ! Voice of the Second Spirit . Mont Blanc is the Monarch of mountains ; 60 They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks , in a robe of clouds , With a Diadem of snow . Around his waist are forests braced , The Avalanche in his hand ; But ere it fall , that thundering ball Must pause for my command . The Glacier 's cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass , 70 Or with its ice delay .I am the Spirit of the place , Could make the mountain bow And quiver to his caverned base \u2014 And what with me would'st Thou ? Voice of the Third Spirit . In the blue depth of the waters , Where the wave hath no strife , Where the Wind is a stranger , And the Sea-snake hath life , Where the Mermaid is decking 80 Her green hair with shells , Like the storm on the surface Came the sound of thy spells ; O'er my calm Hall of Coral The deep Echo rolled \u2014 To the Spirit of Ocean Thy wishes unfold ! FOURTH SPIRIT . Where the slumbering Earthquake Lies pillowed on fire , And the lakes of bitumen 90 Rise boilingly higher ; Where the roots of the Andes Strike deep in the earth , As their summits to heaven Shoot soaringly forth ; I have quitted my birthplace , Thy bidding to bide \u2014 Thy spell hath subdued me , Thy will be my guide ! FIFTH SPIRIT . I am the Rider of the wind , 100 The Stirrer of the storm ; The hurricane I left behind Is yet with lightning warm ; To speed to thee , o'er shore and sea I swept upon the blast : The fleet I met sailed well \u2014 and yet \u2018 Twill sink ere night be past . SIXTH SPIRIT . My dwelling is the shadow of the Night , Why doth thy magic torture me with light ? SEVENTH SPIRIT . The Star which rules thy destiny no 110 Was ruled , ere earth began , by me : It was a World as fresh and fair As e'er revolved round Sun in air ; Its course was free and regular , Space bosomed not a lovelier star . The Hour arrived \u2014 and it became A wandering mass of shapeless flame , A pathless Comet , and a curse , The menace of the Universe ; Still rolling on with innate force , 120 Without a sphere , without a course , A bright deformity on high , The monster of the upper sky ! And Thou ! beneath its influence born \u2014 Thou worm ! whom I obey and scorn \u2014 Forced by a PowerFor this brief moment to descend , Where these weak Spirits round thee bend And parley with a thing like thee \u2014 130 What would'st thou , Child of Clay ! with me ?The SEVEN SPIRITS . Earth \u2014 ocean \u2014 air \u2014 night \u2014 mountains \u2014 winds \u2014 thy Star , Are at thy beck and bidding , Child of Clay ! Before thee at thy quest their Spirits are \u2014 What would'st thou with us , Son of mortals \u2014 say ?", "Forgetfulness \u2014\u2014", "Of that which is within me ; read it there \u2014", "Ye know it \u2014 and I cannot utter it .", "Oblivion \u2014 self-oblivion !", "Can ye not wring from out the hidden realms", "Ye offer so profusely \u2014 what I ask ?", "Will Death bestow it on me ?", "Ye mock me \u2014 but the Power which brought ye here", "Hath made you mine . Slaves , scoff not at my will !", "The Mind \u2014 the Spirit \u2014 the Promethean spark ,", "The lightning of my being , is as bright ,", "Pervading , and far darting as your own ,", "And shall not yield to yours , though cooped in clay !", "Answer , or I will teach you what I am .", "Why say ye so ? 160", "I then have called ye from your realms in vain ;", "Ye cannot , or ye will not , aid me .", "Accurs\u00e9d ! what have I to do with days ? They are too long already .\u2014 Hence \u2014 begone ! 170", "No , none : yet stay \u2014 one moment , ere we part ,", "I would behold ye face to face . I hear", "Your voices , sweet and melancholy sounds ,", "As Music on the waters ;", "and I see", "The steady aspect of a clear large Star ;", "But nothing more . Approach me as ye are ,", "Or one \u2014 or all \u2014 in your accustomed forms . 180", "I have no choice ; there is no form on earth Hideous or beautiful to me . Let him , Who is most powerful of ye , take such aspect As unto him may seem most fitting \u2014 Come ! Seventh SpiritBehold !", "Oh God ! if it be thus , and thou", "Art not a madness and a mockery ,", "I yet might be most happy . I will clasp thee , 190", "And we again will be \u2014\u2014", "When the Moon is on the wave ,", "And the glow-worm in the grass ,", "And the meteor on the grave ,", "And the wisp on the morass ;", "When the falling stars are shooting ,", "And the answered owls are hooting ,", "And the silent leaves are still", "In the shadow of the hill ,", "Shall my soul be upon thine , 200", "With a power and with a sign .", "Though thy slumber may be deep ,", "Yet thy Spirit shall not sleep ;", "There are shades which will not vanish ,", "There are thoughts thou canst not banish ;", "By a Power to thee unknown ,", "Thou canst never be alone ;", "Thou art wrapt as with a shroud ,", "Thou art gathered in a cloud ;", "And for ever shalt thou dwell 210", "In the spirit of this spell .", "Though thou seest me not pass by ,", "Thou shalt feel me with thine eye", "As a thing that , though unseen ,", "Must be near thee , and hath been ;", "And when in that secret dread", "Thou hast turned around thy head ,", "Thou shalt marvel I am not", "As thy shadow on the spot ,", "And the power which thou dost feel 220", "Shall be what thou must conceal .", "And a magic voice and verse", "Hath baptized thee with a curse ;", "And a Spirit of the air", "Hath begirt thee with a snare ;", "In the wind there is a voice", "Shall forbid thee to rejoice ;", "And to thee shall Night deny", "All the quiet of her sky ;", "And the day shall have a sun , 230", "Which shall make thee wish it done .", "From thy false tears I did distil", "An essence which hath strength to kill ;", "From thy own heart I then did wring", "The black blood in its blackest spring ;", "From thy own smile I snatched the snake ,", "For there it coiled as in a brake ;", "From thy own lip I drew the charm", "Which gave all these their chiefest harm ;", "In proving every poison known , 240", "I found the strongest was thine own .", "By the cold breast and serpent smile ,", "By thy unfathomed gulfs of guile ,", "By that most seeming virtuous eye ,", "By thy shut soul 's hypocrisy ;", "By the perfection of thine art", "Which passed for human thine own heart ;", "By thy delight in others \u2019 pain ,", "And by thy brotherhood of Cain ,", "I call upon thee ! and compel", "250", "Thyself to be thy proper Hell !", "And on thy head I pour the vial", "Which doth devote thee to this trial ;", "Nor to slumber , nor to die ,", "Shall be in thy destiny ;", "Though thy death shall still seem near", "To thy wish , but as a fear ;", "Lo ! the spell now works around thee ,", "And the clankless chain hath bound thee ;", "O'er thy heart and brain together 260", "Hath the word been passed \u2014 now wither !", "The spirits I have raised abandon me ,", "The spells which I have studied baffle me ,", "The remedy I recked of tortured me", "I lean no more on superhuman aid ;", "It hath no power upon the past , and for", "The future , till the past be gulfed in darkness ,", "It is not of my search .\u2014 My Mother Earth !", "And thou fresh-breaking Day , and you , ye Mountains ,", "Why are ye beautiful ? I cannot love ye .", "And thou , the bright Eye of the Universe , 10", "That openest over all , and unto all", "Art a delight \u2014 thou shin'st not on my heart .", "And you , ye crags , upon whose extreme edge", "I stand , and on the torrent 's brink beneath", "Behold the tall pines dwindled as to shrubs", "In dizziness of distance ; when a leap ,", "A stir , a motion , even a breath , would bring", "My breast upon its rocky bosom 's bed", "To rest for ever \u2014 wherefore do I pause ?", "I feel the impulse \u2014 yet I do not plunge ; 20", "I see the peril \u2014 yet do not recede ;", "And my brain reels \u2014 and yet my foot is firm :", "There is a power upon me which withholds ,", "And makes it my fatality to live ,\u2014", "If it be life to wear within myself", "This barrenness of Spirit , and to be", "My own Soul 's sepulchre , for I have ceased", "To justify my deeds unto myself \u2014", "The last infirmity of evil . Aye ,", "Thou winged and cloud-cleaving minister , 30", "How glorious in its action and itself !", "But we , who name ourselves its sovereigns , we ,", "Half dust , half deity , alike unfit 40", "To sink or soar , with our mixed essence make", "A conflict of its elements , and breathe", "The breath of degradation and of pride ,", "Contending with low wants and lofty will ,", "Till our Mortality predominates ,", "And men are \u2014 what they name not to themselves ,", "And trust not to each other . Hark ! the note ,", "My soul would drink those echoes . Oh , that I were", "The viewless spirit of a lovely sound ,", "A living voice , a breathing harmony ,", "A bodiless enjoyment", "\u2014 born and dying", "With the blest tone which made me !", "To be thus \u2014 Grey-haired with anguish , like these blasted pines , Wrecks of a single winter , barkless , branchless ,A blighted trunk upon a curs\u00e9d root , Which but supplies a feeling to Decay \u2014 And to be thus , eternally but thus , 70 Having been otherwise ! Now furrowed o'er With wrinkles , ploughed by moments , not by years And hours , all tortured into ages \u2014 hours Which I outlive !\u2014 Ye toppling crags of ice ! Ye Avalanches , whom a breath draws down In mountainous o'erwhelming , come and crush me ! I hear ye momently above , beneath , Crash with a frequent conflict ;but ye pass , And only fall on things that still would live ; On the young flourishing forest , or the hut 80 And hamlet of the harmless villager .", "The mists boil up around the glaciers ; clouds", "Rise curling fast beneath me , white and sulphury ,", "Like foam from the roused ocean of deep Hell ,", "Whose every wave breaks on a living shore ,", "Heaped with the damned like pebbles .\u2014 I am giddy .", "Mountains have fallen ,", "Leaving a gap in the clouds , and with the shock", "Rocking their Alpine brethren ; filling up", "The ripe green valleys with Destruction 's splinters ;", "Damming the rivers with a sudden dash ,", "Which crushed the waters into mist , and made", "Their fountains find another channel \u2014 thus ,", "Thus , in its old age , did Mount Rosenberg \u2014", "Why stood I not beneath it ?", "Such would have been for me a fitting tomb ; My bones had then been quiet in their depth ; They had not then been strewn upon the rocks For the wind 's pastime \u2014 as thus \u2014 thus they shall be \u2014 In this one plunge .\u2014 Farewell , ye opening Heavens ! Look not upon me thus reproachfully \u2014 You were not meant for me \u2014 Earth ! take these atoms !", "I am most sick at heart \u2014 nay , grasp me not \u2014", "I am all feebleness \u2014 the mountains whirl", "Spinning around me \u2014\u2014 I grow blind \u2014\u2014 What art thou ?", "It imports not : I do know", "My route full well , and need no further guidance .", "No matter .", "Away , away ! there 's blood upon the brim ! Will it then never \u2014 never sink in the earth ?", "I say \u2018 tis blood \u2014 my blood ! the pure warm stream", "Which ran in the veins of my fathers , and in ours", "When we were in our youth , and had one heart ,", "And loved each other as we should not love ,", "And this was shed : but still it rises up ,", "Colouring the clouds , that shut me out from Heaven ,", "Where thou art not \u2014 and I shall never be . 30", "Patience \u2014 and patience ! Hence \u2014 that word was made", "For brutes of burthen , not for birds of prey !", "Preach it to mortals of a dust like thine ,\u2014", "I am not of thine order .", "Do I not bear it ?\u2014 Look on me \u2014 I live .", "I tell thee , man ! I have lived many years ,", "Many long years , but they are nothing now", "To those which I must number : ages \u2014 ages \u2014", "Space and eternity \u2014 and consciousness ,", "With the fierce thirst of death \u2014 and still unslaked !", "Think'st thou existence doth depend on time ?", "It doth ; but actions are our epochs : mine", "Have made my days and nights imperishable ,", "Endless , and all alike , as sands on the shore ,", "Innumerable atoms ; and one desert ,", "Barren and cold , on which the wild waves break ,", "But nothing rests , save carcasses and wrecks ,", "Rocks , and the salt-surf weeds of bitterness .", "I would I were \u2014 for then the things I see 60", "Would be but a distempered dream .", "Myself , and thee \u2014 a peasant of the Alps \u2014", "Thy humble virtues , hospitable home ,", "And spirit patient , pious , proud , and free ;", "Thy self-respect , grafted on innocent thoughts ;", "Thy days of health , and nights of sleep ; thy toils ,", "By danger dignified , yet guiltless ; hopes", "Of cheerful old age and a quiet grave ,", "With cross and garland over its green turf , 70", "And thy grandchildren 's love for epitaph !", "This do I see \u2014 and then I look within \u2014", "It matters not \u2014 my Soul was scorched already !", "No , friend ! I would not wrong thee , nor exchange", "My lot with living being : I can bear \u2014", "However wretchedly , \u2018 tis still to bear \u2014", "In life what others could not brook to dream ,", "But perish in their slumber .", "Oh ! no , no , no !", "My injuries came down on those who loved me \u2014", "On those whom I best loved : I never quelled", "An enemy , save in my just defence \u2014", "But my embrace was fatal .", "I need them not ,", "But can endure thy pity . I depart \u2014 90", "\u2018 Tis time \u2014 farewell !\u2014 Here 's gold , and thanks for thee \u2014", "No words \u2014 it is thy due .\u2014 Follow me not \u2014", "I know my path \u2014 the mountain peril 's past :", "And once again I charge thee , follow not !", "To look upon thy beauty \u2014 nothing further .", "The face of the earth hath maddened me , and I", "Take refuge in her mysteries , and pierce 40", "To the abodes of those who govern her \u2014", "But they can nothing aid me . I have sought", "From them what they could not bestow , and now", "I search no further .", "A boon ;\u2014", "But why should I repeat it ? \u2018 twere in vain .", "Well , though it torture me , \u2018 tis but the same ;", "My pang shall find a voice . From my youth upwards 50", "My Spirit walked not with the souls of men ,", "Nor looked upon the earth with human eyes ;", "The thirst of their ambition was not mine ,", "The aim of their existence was not mine ;", "My joys \u2014 my griefs \u2014 my passions \u2014 and my powers ,", "Made me a stranger ; though I wore the form ,", "I had no sympathy with breathing flesh ,", "Nor midst the Creatures of Clay that girded me", "Was there but One who \u2014 but of her anon .", "I said with men , and with the thoughts of men , 60", "I held but slight communion ; but instead ,", "My joy was in the wilderness ,\u2014 to breathe", "The difficult air of the iced mountain 's top ,", "Where the birds dare not build \u2014 nor insect 's wing", "Flit o'er the herbless granite ; or to plunge", "Into the torrent , and to roll along", "On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave", "Of river-stream , or Ocean , in their flow .", "In these my early strength exulted ; or", "To follow through the night the moving moon ,", "70", "The stars and their development ; or catch", "The dazzling lightnings till my eyes grew dim ;", "Or to look , list'ning , on the scattered leaves ,", "While Autumn winds were at their evening song .", "These were my pastimes , and to be alone ;", "For if the beings , of whom I was one ,\u2014", "Hating to be so ,\u2014 crossed me in my path ,", "I felt myself degraded back to them ,", "And was all clay again . And then I dived ,", "In my lone wanderings , to the caves of Death , 80", "Searching its cause in its effect ; and drew", "From withered bones , and skulls , and heaped up dust", "Conclusions most forbidden .", "Then I passed \u2014", "The nights of years in sciences untaught ,", "Save in the old-time ; and with time and toil ,", "And terrible ordeal , and such penance", "As in itself hath power upon the air ,", "And spirits that do compass air and earth ,", "Space , and the peopled Infinite , I made", "Mine eyes familiar with Eternity , 90", "Such as , before me , did the Magi , and", "He who from out their fountain-dwellings raised", "Eros and Anteros ,", "at Gadara ,", "As I do thee ;\u2014 and with my knowledge grew", "The thirst of knowledge , and the power and joy", "Of this most bright intelligence , until \u2014\u2014", "Oh ! I but thus prolonged my words ,", "Boasting these idle attributes , because", "As I approach the core of my heart 's grief \u2014", "But \u2014 to my task . I have not named to thee 100", "Father or mother , mistress , friend , or being ,", "With whom I wore the chain of human ties ;", "If I had such , they seemed not such to me \u2014", "Yet there was One \u2014\u2014", "She was like me in lineaments \u2014 her eyes \u2014", "Her hair \u2014 her features \u2014 all , to the very tone", "Even of her voice , they said were like to mine ;", "But softened all , and tempered into beauty :", "She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings ,", "The quest of hidden knowledge , and a mind 110", "To comprehend the Universe : nor these", "Alone , but with them gentler powers than mine ,", "Pity , and smiles , and tears \u2014 which I had not ;", "And tenderness \u2014 but that I had for her ;", "Humility \u2014 and that I never had .", "Her faults were mine \u2014 her virtues were her own \u2014", "I loved her , and destroyed her !", "Not with my hand , but heart , which broke her heart ;", "It gazed on mine , and withered . I have shed", "Blood , but not hers \u2014 and yet her blood was shed ; 120", "I saw \u2014 and could not stanch it .", "Daughter of Air ! I tell thee , since that hour \u2014", "But words are breath \u2014 look on me in my sleep ,", "Or watch my watchings \u2014 Come and sit by me !", "My solitude is solitude no more , 130", "But peopled with the Furies ;\u2014 I have gnashed", "My teeth in darkness till returning morn ,", "Then cursed myself till sunset ;\u2014 I have prayed", "For madness as a blessing \u2014 \u2018 tis denied me .", "I have affronted Death \u2014 but in the war", "Of elements the waters shrunk from me ,", "And fatal things passed harmless ; the cold hand", "Of an all-pitiless Demon held me back ,", "Back by a single hair , which would not break .", "In Fantasy , Imagination , all 140", "The affluence of my soul \u2014 which one day was", "A Croesus in creation \u2014 I plunged deep ,", "But , like an ebbing wave , it dashed me back", "Into the gulf of my unfathomed thought .", "I plunged amidst Mankind \u2014 Forgetfulness", "I sought in all , save where \u2018 tis to be found \u2014", "And that I have to learn \u2014 my Sciences ,", "My long pursued and superhuman art ,", "Is mortal here : I dwell in my despair \u2014", "And live \u2014 and live for ever .", "To do this thy power", "Must wake the dead , or lay me low with them .", "Do so \u2014 in any shape \u2014 in any hour \u2014", "With any torture \u2014 so it be the last .", "I will not swear \u2014 Obey ! and whom ? the Spirits", "Whose presence I command , and be the slave", "Of those who served me \u2014 Never !", "I have said it .", "Retire !", "We are the fools of Time and Terror : Days Steal on us , and steal from us ; yet we live , Loathing our life , and dreading still to die . In all the days of this detested yoke \u2014 This vital weight upon the struggling heart , Which sinks with sorrow , or beats quick with pain , Or joy that ends in agony or faintness \u2014 170 In all the days of past and future \u2014 for In life there is no present \u2014 we can number How few \u2014 how less than few \u2014 wherein the soul Forbears to pant for death , and yet draws back As from a stream in winter , though the chillBe but a moment 's . I have one resource Still in my science \u2014 I can call the dead , And ask them what it is we dread to be : The sternest answer can but be the Grave , And that is nothing : if they answer not \u2014 180 The buried Prophet answered to the Hag Of Endor ; and the Spartan Monarch drew From the Byzantine maid 's unsleeping spirit An answer and his destiny \u2014 he slew That which he loved , unknowing what he slew , And died unpardoned \u2014 though he called in aid The Phyxian Jove , and in Phigalia roused The Arcadian Evocators to compel The indignant shadow to depose her wrath , Or fix her term of vengeance \u2014 she replied 190 In words of dubious import , but fulfilled .If I had never lived , that which I love Had still been living ; had I never loved , That which I love would still be beautiful , Happy and giving happiness . What is she ? What is she now ?\u2014 a sufferer for my sins \u2014 A thing I dare not think upon \u2014 or nothing . Within few hours I shall not call in vain \u2014 Yet in this hour I dread the thing I dare : Until this hour I never shrunk to gaze 200 On spirit , good or evil \u2014 now I tremble , And feel a strange cold thaw upon my heart . But I can act even what I most abhor , And champion human fears .\u2014 The night approaches .", "I know it ;", "And yet ye see I kneel not .", "\u2018 Tis taught already ;\u2014 many a night on the earth ,", "On the bare ground , have I bowed down my face ,", "And strewed my head with ashes ; I have known", "The fulness of humiliation \u2014 for 40", "I sunk before my vain despair , and knelt", "To my own desolation .", "Bid him bow down to that which is above him ,", "The overruling Infinite \u2014 the Maker", "Who made him not for worship \u2014 let him kneel ,", "And we will kneel together .", "Ye know what I have known ; and without power", "I could not be amongst ye : but there are", "Powers deeper still beyond \u2014 I come in quest", "Of such , to answer unto what I seek .", "Thou canst not reply to me . Call up the dead \u2014 my question is for them .", "One without a tomb \u2014 call up", "Astarte .", "NEMESIS .", "Shadow ! or Spirit !", "Whatever thou art ,", "Which still doth inherit", "The whole or a part", "Of the form of thy birth ,", "Of the mould of thy clay ,", "Which returned to the earth , 90", "Re-appear to the day !", "Bear what thou borest ,", "The heart and the form ,", "And the aspect thou worest", "Redeem from the worm .", "Appear !\u2014 Appear !\u2014 Appear !", "Who sent thee there requires thee here !", "Can this be death ? there 's bloom upon her cheek ;", "But now I see it is no living hue ,", "But a strange hectic \u2014 like the unnatural red 100", "Which Autumn plants upon the perished leaf .", "It is the same ! Oh , God ! that I should dread", "To look upon the same \u2014 Astarte !\u2014 No ,", "I cannot speak to her \u2014 but bid her speak \u2014", "Forgive me or condemn me .", "NEMESIS .", "By the Power which hath broken", "The grave which enthralled thee ,", "Speak to him who hath spoken .", "Or those who have called thee !", "She is silent ,", "And in that silence I am more than answered . 110", "Hear me , hear me \u2014", "Astarte ! my belov\u00e9d ! speak to me :", "I have so much endured \u2014 so much endure \u2014", "Look on me ! the grave hath not changed thee more", "Than I am changed for thee . Thou lovedst me 120", "Too much , as I loved thee : we were not made", "To torture thus each other \u2014 though it were", "The deadliest sin to love as we have loved .", "Say that thou loath'st me not \u2014 that I do bear", "This punishment for both \u2014 that thou wilt be", "One of the bless\u00e9d \u2014 and that I shall die ;", "For hitherto all hateful things conspire", "To bind me in existence \u2014 in a life", "Which makes me shrink from Immortality \u2014", "A future like the past . I cannot rest . 130", "I know not what I ask , nor what I seek :", "I feel but what thou art , and what I am ;", "And I would hear yet once before I perish", "The voice which was my music \u2014 Speak to me !", "For I have called on thee in the still night ,", "Startled the slumbering birds from the hushed boughs ,", "And woke the mountain wolves , and made the caves", "Acquainted with thy vainly echoed name ,", "Which answered me \u2014 many things answered me \u2014", "Spirits and men \u2014 but thou wert silent all . 140", "Yet speak to me ! I have outwatched the stars ,", "And gazed o'er heaven in vain in search of thee .", "Speak to me ! I have wandered o'er the earth ,", "And never found thy likeness \u2014 Speak to me !", "Look on the fiends around \u2014 they feel for me :", "I fear them not , and feel for thee alone .", "Speak to me ! though it be in wrath ;\u2014 but say \u2014", "I reck not what \u2014 but let me hear thee once \u2014", "This once \u2014 once more !", "Phantom of Astarte . Manfred !", "Say on , say on \u2014", "I live but in the sound \u2014 it is thy voice ! 150", "Yet one word more \u2014 am I forgiven ?", "Say , shall we meet again ?", "One word for mercy ! Say thou lovest me .", "None .", "We meet then ! Where ? On the earth ?\u2014", "Even as thou wilt : and for the grace accorded", "I now depart a debtor . Fare ye well !", "ACT III .", "What is the hour ?", "Say ,", "Are all things so disposed of in the tower", "As I directed ?", "It is well :", "Thou mayst retire .", "There is a calm upon me \u2014 Inexplicable stillness ! which till now Did not belong to what I knew of life . If that I did not know Philosophy To be of all our vanities the motliest , 10 The merest word that ever fooled the ear From out the schoolman 's jargon , I should deem The golden secret , the sought \u201c Kalon , \u201d found ,And seated in my soul . It will not last , But it is well to have known it , though but once : It hath enlarged my thoughts with a new sense , And I within my tablets would note down That there is such a feeling . Who is there ? Re-enter HERMAN .", "Thanks , holy father ! welcome to these walls ;", "Thy presence honours them , and blesseth those", "Who dwell within them .", "Herman , retire .\u2014 What would my reverend guest ?", "Proceed ,\u2014 I listen .", "And what are they who do avouch these things ?", "Take it .", "I hear thee . This is my reply \u2014 whate'er", "I may have been , or am , doth rest between", "Heaven and myself \u2014 I shall not choose a mortal", "To be my mediator \u2014 Have I sinned", "Against your ordinances ? prove and punish !", "Old man ! there is no power in holy men ,", "Nor charm in prayer , nor purifying form", "Of penitence , nor outward look , nor fast ,", "Nor agony \u2014 nor , greater than all these ,", "The innate tortures of that deep Despair , 70", "Which is Remorse without the fear of Hell ,", "But all in all sufficient to itself", "Would make a hell of Heaven \u2014 can exorcise", "From out the unbounded spirit the quick sense", "Of its own sins \u2014 wrongs \u2014 sufferance \u2014 and revenge", "Upon itself ; there is no future pang", "Can deal that justice on the self \u2014 condemned", "He deals on his own soul .", "When Rome 's sixth Emperor", "was near his last ,", "The victim of a self-inflicted wound ,", "To shun the torments of a public death", "90", "From senates once his slaves , a certain soldier ,", "With show of loyal pity , would have stanched", "The gushing throat with his officious robe ;", "The dying Roman thrust him back , and said \u2014", "Some empire still in his expiring glance \u2014", "\u201c It is too late \u2014 is this fidelity ? \u201d", "I answer with the Roman \u2014", "\u201c It is too late ! \u201d", "Aye \u2014 father ! I have had those early visions ,", "And noble aspirations in my youth ,", "To make my own the mind of other men ,", "The enlightener of nations ; and to rise", "I knew not whither \u2014 it might be to fall ;", "But fall , even as the mountain-cataract ,", "Which having leapt from its more dazzling height , 110", "Even in the foaming strength of its abyss ,", "Lies low but mighty still .\u2014 But this is past ,", "My thoughts mistook themselves .", "I could not tame my nature down ; for he", "Must serve who fain would sway ; and soothe , and sue ,", "And watch all time , and pry into all place ,", "And be a living Lie , who would become", "A mighty thing amongst the mean \u2014 and such 120", "The mass are ; I disdained to mingle with", "A herd , though to be leader \u2014 and of wolves ,", "The lion is alone , and so am I .", "Because my nature was averse from life ;", "And yet not cruel ; for I would not make ,", "But find a desolation . Like the Wind ,", "The red-hot breath of the most lone Simoom ,", "Which dwells but in the desert , and sweeps o'er", "The barren sands which bear no shrubs to blast , 130", "And revels o'er their wild and arid waves ,", "And seeketh not , so that it is not sought ,", "But being met is deadly ,\u2014 such hath been", "The course of my existence ; but there came", "Things in my path which are no more .", "Look on me ! there is an order", "Of mortals on the earth , who do become", "Old in their youth , and die ere middle age ,", "140", "Without the violence of warlike death ;", "Some perishing of pleasure \u2014 some of study \u2014", "Some worn with toil , some of mere weariness ,\u2014", "Some of disease \u2014 and some insanity \u2014", "And some of withered , or of broken hearts ;", "For this last is a malady which slays", "More than are numbered in the lists of Fate ,", "Taking all shapes , and bearing many names .", "Look upon me ! for even of all these things", "Have I partaken ; and of all these things , 150", "One were enough ; then wonder not that I", "Am what I am , but that I ever was ,", "Or having been , that I am still on earth .", "Old man ! I do respect", "Thine order , and revere thine years ; I deem", "Thy purpose pious , but it is in vain :", "Think me not churlish ; I would spare thyself ,", "Far more than me , in shunning at this time", "All further colloquy \u2014 and so \u2014 farewell .", "Doth he so ?", "I will look on him .", "Of early nature , and the vigorous race", "Of undiseased mankind , the giant sons", "Of the embrace of Angels , with a sex", "More beautiful than they , which did draw down", "The erring Spirits who can ne'er return .\u2014", "Most glorious Orb ! that wert a worship , ere", "The mystery of thy making was revealed ! 10", "Thou earliest minister of the Almighty ,", "Which gladdened , on their mountain tops , the hearts", "Of the Chaldean shepherds , till they poured", "Themselves in orisons ! Thou material God !", "And representative of the Unknown \u2014", "Who chose thee for his shadow ! Thou chief Star !", "Centre of many stars ! which mak'st our earth", "Endurable and temperest the hues", "And hearts of all who walk within thy rays !", "Sire of the seasons ! Monarch of the climes , 20", "And those who dwell in them ! for near or far ,", "Our inborn spirits have a tint of thee", "Even as our outward aspects ;\u2014 thou dost rise ,", "And shine , and set in glory . Fare thee well !", "I ne'er shall see thee more . As my first glance", "Of love and wonder was for thee , then take", "My latest look : thou wilt not beam on one", "To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been", "Of a more fatal nature . He is gone \u2014", "I follow .", "Thou know'st me not ;", "My days are numbered , and my deeds recorded :", "Retire , or \u2018 twill be dangerous \u2014 Away !", "Not I !", "I simply tell thee peril is at hand ,", "And would preserve thee .", "Look there ! What dost thou see ?", "Look there , I say ,", "And steadfastly ;\u2014 now tell me what thou seest ? 60", "Thou hast no cause \u2014 he shall not harm thee \u2014 but", "His sight may shock thine old limbs into palsy .", "I say to thee \u2014 Retire !", "Why \u2014 aye \u2014 what doth he here ? I did not send for him ,\u2014 he is unbidden .", "Pronounce \u2014 what is thy mission ?", "I am prepared for all things , but deny", "The Power which summons me . Who sent thee here ?", "I have commanded", "Things of an essence greater far than thine ,", "And striven with thy masters . Get thee hence !", "I knew , and know my hour is come , but not", "To render up my soul to such as thee :", "Away ! I 'll die as I have lived \u2014 alone . 90", "I do defy ye ,\u2014 though I feel my soul", "Is ebbing from me , yet I do defy ye ; 100", "Nor will I hence , while I have earthly breath", "To breathe my scorn upon ye \u2014 earthly strength", "To wrestle , though with spirits ; what ye take", "Shall be ta'en limb by limb .", "Thou false fiend , thou liest !", "My life is in its last hour ,\u2014 that I know , 110", "Nor would redeem a moment of that hour ;", "I do not combat against Death , but thee", "And thy surrounding angels ; my past power", "Was purchased by no compact with thy crew ,", "But by superior science \u2014 penance , daring ,", "And length of watching , strength of mind , and skill", "In knowledge of our Fathers \u2014 when the earth", "Saw men and spirits walking side by side ,", "And gave ye no supremacy : I stand", "Upon my strength \u2014 I do defy \u2014 deny \u2014 120", "Spurn back , and scorn ye !\u2014", "What are they to such as thee ?", "Must crimes be punished but by other crimes ,", "And greater criminals ?\u2014 Back to thy hell !", "Thou hast no power upon me , that I feel ;", "Thou never shalt possess me , that I know :", "What I have done is done ; I bear within", "A torture which could nothing gain from thine :", "The Mind which is immortal makes itself", "Requital for its good or evil thoughts ,\u2014 130", "Is its own origin of ill and end \u2014", "And its own place and time :", "its innate sense ,", "When stripped of this mortality , derives", "No colour from the fleeting things without ,", "But is absorbed in sufferance or in joy ,", "Born from the knowledge of its own desert .", "Thou didst not tempt me , and thou couldst not tempt me ;", "I have not been thy dupe , nor am thy prey \u2014", "But was my own destroyer , and will be", "My own hereafter .\u2014 Back , ye baffled fiends ! 140", "The hand of Death is on me \u2014 but not yours !", "\u2018 Tis over \u2014 my dull eyes can fix thee not ;", "But all things swim around me , and the earth", "Heaves as it were beneath me . Fare thee well \u2014", "Give me thy hand .", "Old man ! \u2018 tis not so difficult to die .", "Charity , most reverend father ,", "Becomes thy lips so much more than this menace ,", "That I would call thee back to it : but say ,", "What would'st thou with me ?", "I understand thee ,\u2014 well !", "Stop \u2014 There is a gift for thee within this casket . The DEMON ASHTAROTH appears , singing as follows :\u2014 The raven sits On the Raven-stone ,And his black wing flits O'er the milk \u2014 white bone ; 20 To and fro , as the night \u2014 winds blow , The carcass of the assassin swings ; And there alone , on the Raven-stone , The raven flaps his dusky wings . The fetters creak \u2014 and his ebon beak Croaks to the close of the hollow sound ; And this is the tune , by the light of the Moon , To which the Witches dance their round \u2014 Merrily \u2014 merrily \u2014 cheerily \u2014 cheerily \u2014 Merrily \u2014 merrily \u2014 speeds the ball : 30 The dead in their shrouds , and the Demons in clouds , Flock to the Witches \u2019 Carnival .", "Convey this man to the Shreckhorn \u2014 to its peak \u2014", "To its extremest peak \u2014 watch with him there", "From now till sunrise ; let him gaze , and know", "He ne'er again will be so near to Heaven .", "But harm him not ; and , when the morrow breaks ,", "Set him down safe in his cell \u2014 away with him ! 40", "No , this will serve for the present . Take him up .", "Why would this fool break in on me , and force 50 My art to pranks fantastical ?\u2014 no matter , It was not of my seeking . My heart sickens , And weighs a fixed foreboding on my soul . But it is calm \u2014 calm as a sullen sea After the hurricane ; the winds are still , But the cold waves swell high and heavily , And there is danger in them . Such a rest Is no repose . My life hath been a combat , And every thought a wound , till I am scarred In the immortal part of me .\u2014 What now ? ] 60\u201c Raven-stone, a translation of the German word for the gibbet , which in Germany and Switzerland is permanent , and made of stone . \u201dA prodigal son \u2014 and a pregnant nun , nun , And a widow re-wedded within the year \u2014 And a calf at grass \u2014 and a priest at mass . Are things which every day appear .\u2014{ 122 }{ 124 }/ not loss of life , but \\ To shun < > public death \u2014\\ the torments of a /"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 201, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Where can my men be ? Up and down I have to walk , lest sleep should overcome me . Five days and nights already in ambush . But when I get thee , Weislingen , I shall make up for it ! You priests may send round your obliging Weislingen to decry me \u2014 I am awake . You escaped me , bishop ! So your dear Weislingen may pay the piper . George ! George !Tell Hans to get ready . My scouts may be back any moment . And give me some more wine !", "My horse , quick ! Tell Hans to arm !", "Why ? Pray , be cheerful . You are in my power , and I shall not abuse it . You know my knight 's duty is sacred to me . And now I must go to see my wife .", "Let us drink , until the meal is ready . Come , you are at home .", "It is a long time since we last shared a bottle .", "A gay heart !", "Heaven forbid ! Though merrier days we may not find . If you had only followed me to Brabant , instead of taking to that miserable life at court ! Are you not as free and nobly born as anyone in Germany ? Independent , subject only to the emperor ? And you submit to vassals , who poison the emperor 's ear against me ! They want to get rid of me . And you , Weislingen , are their tool !", "No more of it ! I hate explanations . They only lead to deceiving one or the other , or both .MARIEI come to greet and to invite you in my sister 's name . What is it ? Why are you silent both ? You are host and guest . Be guided by a woman 's voice .", "You remind me of my duty .", "Your page is back . Whatever his news , Adelbert , you are free ! All I ask is your word that you will not aid and abet my enemies .", "May I say \u201c yes \u201d for you , Marie ? You need not blush \u2014 your eyes have answered clearly . Well , then , Weislingen , take her hand , and I say Amen , friend and brother ! I must call my wife . Elizabeth !Join your hand in theirs and say \u201c God bless you ! \u201d They are a pair . Adelbert is going back to Bamberg to detach himself openly from the bishop , and then to his estates to settle his affairs . And now we 'll leave him undisturbed to hear his boy 's report .", "Search the forest ! Let none escape ! GEORGEI 've done some preparatory work . Here they are .", "Welcome , good lad ! Keep them well guarded !And now , what news of Weislingen ?", "Enough ! I shall not forget this infamous treachery . Whoever gets into my power shall feel it .I 'll revel in their agony , deride their fear . And how , Goetz , are you thus changed ? Should other people 's faults and vices make you renounce your chivalry , and abandon yourself to vulgar cruelty ? I 'll drag him back in chains , if I can n't get him any other way . And there 's an end of it , Goetz ; think of your duty !", "So you want to marry a jilted woman ?", "Sickingen , you hear . Take back your offer , and leave me !", "On one condition . You must publicly detach yourself from me . The emperor loves and esteems you , and your intercession may save me in the hour of need .", "That offer I accept .", "To George and Lerse I owe my life ; I was off my horse when they came to the rescue . I have their flag and a few prisoners .", "Good luck , Lerse ! And God bless my George 's first brave deed ! Now back to the castle , and let us gather our scattered men . ACT IV", "Now quickly to the chapel ! I 've thought it all out , and time presses .", "How now , Lerse ? The men had better be distributed over the walls . Let them take any breastplates , helmets , and arms they may want . Are the gates well manned ?", "Sickingen will leave us at once . You will lead him through the lower gate , along the water , and across the ford . Then look around you , and come back .", "May God bless you and send you merry , happy days !", "A pleasant journey ! Lerse will show you the way .", "You must , sister !", "You understand ? Talk to", "Marie ; she is your wife . Take her to safety , and then think of me .", "Have the gate barricaded with beams and stones .", "Look round for lead ! Meanwhile , we must make the crossbows do . LERSEThis lead has rested long enough ; now it may fly for a change .", "They have ceased firing , and offer a truce with all sorts of signs and white rags . They will probably ask me to surrender on knightly parole .", "Come , take the best arms with you , and leave the others here ! Come , Elizabeth ! Through this very gate I led you as a young bride . Who knows when we shall return ?", "What will you give me to forget it ?", "Well , here I am , and await it !", "I am his majesty 's faithful servant . But , before you proceed , where are my men ; what is their fate ?", "\u2018 Tis false ! I am no rebel ! I refuse to listen any further !", "To prison ? Me ? That cannot be the emperor 's order ! To promise me permission to ward myself on parole , and then again to break your treaty .", "If you were not the representative of my respected sovereign , you should swallow that word , or choke upon it !", "Come on ! I should like to become acquainted with the bravest among you .", "Brave friend !", "That was help from heaven . I asked nothing but knightly ward upon my parole .", "No further ! Another step and I should have broken my oath . What is that dust beyond ? And that wild mob moving towards us ? LERSEThe rebel peasants . Back to the castle ! They have dealt horribly with the noblest men !", "On my own soil I shall not try to evade the rabble .", "What ! Me ? To break my oath ? Stumpf , I thought you were a friend ! Even if I were free , and you wanted to carry on as you did at Weinsberg , raving and burning , and murdering , I 'd rather be killed than be your captain !", "Why consider ? I can decide now as well as later . Will you desist from your misdeeds , and act like decent folk who know what they want ? Then I shall help you with your claims , and be your captain for four weeks . Now , come !", "We have done some good and saved many a convent , many a life .", "That is Miltenberg . Quick , George ! Prevent the burning of the castle . I 'll have nothing further to do with the scoundrels .", "Everybody blames me for the mischief , and nobody gives me credit for having prevented so much evil . Would I were thousands of miles away !", "Who burnt Miltenberg ?", "You threaten ? Scoundrel !", "Almighty God ! How lovely is it beneath Thy heaven ! Farewell , my children ! My roots are cut away , my strength totters to the grave . Let me see George once more , and sun myself in his look . You turn away and weep ? He is dead ! Then die , Goetz ! How did he die ? Alas ! they took him among the incendiaries , and he has been executed ?", "God be praised ! Now release my soul ! My poor wife ! I leave you in a wicked world . Lerse , forsake her not ! Blessings upon Marie and her husband . Selbitz is dead , and the good emperor , and my George . Give me some water ! Heavenly air ! Freedom !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 202, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["So you 're getting married , Dill ?", "None whatever , Dill . But why tea at this hour ? It 's only just past lunch .", "For you , Dill , and for my father . I hope you wo n't take it too seriously when I say you 're the living picture of my father .", "My father does not adore you , Dill . He took you for his brother . DILLReally , sir ! Who do you say that I am , sir ? JACKI say you 're the butler , Dill .", "By no means .", "Nor he either .", "None of us , Jane . Dill said that he was getting married .", "And then Dill was telling me about a brother of his , and I was telling him about a brother of my father 's . I have never told you , Jane , but father really came here looking for a brother . Sort of a business journey on his part . That is \u2014 none of his business whatever . I tell him fathers should begin at home and stay there . But father feels differently . Have you got a husband , Jane ? I know that nothing short of marriage will ever stop him .", "No need to explain , Jane . They do n't exist . Our men were all killed in the Wars of the Wives . Father says it was they who started that horrible Rebellion in this country , and that it 's going on still . Father does n't believe in matrimony . That 's because you 're the first person I 've had the heart to broach the subject to .I do n't think I shall ever marry . It 's a fine opportunity for a young man .", "Ah ! but if father comes into the estate \u2014", "Yes , you see when my grandfather died he left his entire fortune to his second son , at the same time disinheriting us . Said that when father became a minister he handled enough tainted money without hoarding any of his .", "No , just died and damned us .", "So he might . It does n't make much difference now though . By the terms of the will he had to be found , or to find himself , within one year , or the estate reverted to us .His time 's almost up I fear .", "That or strayed I guess .He was always the black sheep of the family .", "Well \u2014 his brother always had an antipathy for Americans . He married an American !", "I did n't know anything was of importance to Kathryn , now that she 's in love with me . GLORIAKathryn in love with you ? Mr. Hargrave , you must be mistaken .", "No \u2014 she proposed to me yesterday .", "No , I wanted to surprise Kathryn by refusing , and then to startle her by proposing myself . This afternoon I have chosen for my surprise . Three o'clock I think would be the appropriate hour .", "Again ! May I ask who it is who has been so bold as to be proposed to ?", "The family ?", "Impossible !", "How so ?", "Improbable .", "So I have . But he 's not a real father .", "Oh , mine 's adopted .", "Yes ; father found me ; on a Friday .", "I think I have . I think she 's in the next room .", "Was she alone , Dill ? DILLNo , sir ; no , sir . I think she 's with your father , sir .JACKFoolish father ! foolish father ! Really I cannot begin to account for such conduct on my parent 's part . The sense of family obligation in the old is appallingly on the wane . But perhaps he 's forgotten his glasses . Father 's been wearing glasses for twenty years and performs the most revolting capers whenever he 's without them . He becomes a boy all over again .Have you got a book on fathers , Jane ? Or perhaps I 'll see him from the window .GLORIAI think a book on daughters is what you really need , Jane .I need not say that Kathryn has never been a daughter to you .", "That 's not true , Gloria . There 's only one Convolvulus , and that 's Kathryn . I named her that yesterday . Besides , who ever heard of a Convolvulus Gloria or a Gloria Convolvulus ? It 's absurd . KATHRYNWell , here are some anyway . A flower for you , Jack . And mother , a flower for you , too . A Convolvulus for each of you .", "You are just in time , Kathryn . I have something of importance to tell you .", "I should n't read it at all . I think Gloria wrote it herself .", "I distinctly rebel against your proposing to my father . I was with father most of the morning and took especial pains that he should meet no one . Where did you find him ?", "Yes , father moves very much like a planet at times , does n't he ? But then I 'm not responsible for his defects .", "Oh , I do n't believe in education , Kathryn . What has education done for this country ? One-hundred-million Philistines ?", "It makes no difference what one says , Kathryn , so long as one says something .", "Please do n't call me Jack ! I 'd so much prefer a number .", "Yes , a number . I know Shakespeare was thinking of me when he said there was nothing in a name .", "But seriously , I do wish I had a number .", "I 'm far too futile for that . But I believe in numbers in place of names .", "It 's not nonsense . Numbers are necessary and convenient . Moreover , I for one am entirely in accord with the socialistic idea of the separation of parent and child .A School for Socialism is the one thing most needed today \u2014 some place a child may be put and not molested by its parents , adopted or otherwise . Each child should have a number , a perfectly reliable number , one that was all his own and inherited from no one .", "No , but then you must remember that father is a back number .", "No woman ever does . Lack of care is their distinction .", "Then you are no longer my Convolvulus ?", "Gloria said she was named after that flower , and I of course denied it . I said that you were my Convolvulus \u2014 my white Convolvulus .", "Well , of all that 's outrageous ! Tea ? At this hour ? It 's three-fifteen , and they 're deep in their dinners in London by now .", "Oh , I 'm not so sure that he 's poor , or lost either \u2014 at least not till tomorrow .", "Looking for him ? I should say not ! When people look for things they find them . When they look for children they are successful . And the same rule applies to brothers . Parents are harder to locate and it is their redeeming feature . But father has found his brother ! He found him this morning in the Park \u2014 found him with his own eyes , or rather his glasses . Father can see anywhere with his glasses , and nowhere with his eyes . If it were not for his glasses he 'd be like other people .", "And to think that of all days father should have chosen this one to forget his glasses .", "I am not his son , and he is not my father . I consider his presence an intrusion , a disgrace . You shall be unfrocked , sir , at the first opportunity . HARGRAVEHow dare you , sir ! How dare you speak so disrespectfully of your father !", "I know , father , there 's great suffering among the rich in this hot weather . Do you think you 'd still care to marry him , Jane ?", "Ah , in that case you 'd hardly care to repeat the experiment .Goodbye , Kathryn . Come soon and find his glasses .", "No more than mine , Jane . It 's from the Alps .This way , father . You do n't drink tea anyway .KATHRYNDo you think , Dill , do you think that a man could ever be a success in life , I mean a real success like you have , who wore glasses ?", "If it were my own father , he could not have acted in a more gentlemanly manner . Your every movement marks you the gentleman . You have a gentleman 's happy faculty for doing the wrong thing at the right time . I have always feared that some day I should meet a gentleman , but never , never suspected you .Dill said his brother was a gentleman , but no one believes Dill , no one but myself .", "Yes , a menial , father , a form of man . It owes its origin to menus . HARGRAVEI have n't told you before , my boy , and an announcement of this kind should really proceed from the young lady in question , but I believe that I am engaged .", "Of course , you are , father . I 'm attending to that .", "Kathryn ? This is the last straw , father .You shall be unfrocked , sir .I 'll write a brief to the Archbishop to that effect .I had long seen the advisability of such action , and had you been my real father would have attended to it long ago .When would you be unfrocked , father ? In the morning ? I 'll respect any preference you see fit to name . Well , some morning ! Most any morning will do . Letters have to travel like other people . They would not be well read otherwise . HARGRAVEYou shall go to jail , sir .Or maybe there are many charitable organizations only too glad to take you off my hands .", "That remark was cowardly , Mr. Kent . You know very well that I am not rich enough to go to jail , and that both influence and position are required today for a jail career .For the past fortnight a jail has been my prime ambition . I have a genius for jails , and I need not tell you , Mr. Kent , that I need rest and affection .", "Please do n't call me Jack , father . It sounds so unartificial . And to think that I who have always perceived the immense superiority of a number , should have been endowed with a monosyllable like that .", "A number ! Is it true , father , or do my ears deceive me ? HARGRAVEI shall endeavor to spare your feelings as far as possible . A young man tasting too soon of the bitter fruits of life is apt to form a very wrong impression of this world of ours , and the inhabitants above it .", "Oh , people are above everything in this world , father , and in the next too , I guess . But have I got a number ?", "Oh , everyone 's as moral and immoral as he knows how to be , father . HARGRAVEJack ! Jack !", "How often must I tell you not to call me that , sir . Even John were better . HARGRAVEIt was no desire of mine to dig up the past , to unearth that which belonged rightly to the dead . Your conduct , however , has made the telling inevitable .", "A telling speech , father . But tell me , have I got a number ? HARGRAVEYou have , sir ! You have ! Allow me to tell you , sir , that you once were , and I have no doubt still are , undutifully registered at Crapsey Hall , Canterbury , under the charge of an abominable brute by that name , as John \u2014 plain John , Disciple No . 1 , in an evil establishment known as a School for Socialism . JACKFather ! I forgive you ! Everything !Turn the other cheek , father . Oh , such luck , such luck ! I 'll return at once . My fortune and future are assured now .And to think that of all numbers , I should have been No . 1 . HARGRAVEYou are surely an odd number , Jack .", "Dear Crapsey ! I wonder how he came to give me that particular number , or if he knew that I thought of no one but myself ?", "Yes , yes , father .", "It 's a man 's malady , father . HARGRAVEJack ! I have a thought !Could it be possible ?", "You slight yourself , father . HARGRAVEHe is not marrying out of love . No ! My brother would never do that . He must be marrying out of his \u2014", "Out of his senses , father . All men do that . HARGRAVEThe will ! the will ! Oh , he must know , he must ! The estate was left to him on condition that he was married , and that 's why he 's marrying now .The will ! Show me the will !", "I knew you had n't lost them . The old rarely lose anything . They have nothing to lose . HARGRAVEThe will ! the will ! JACKYes , father .No , father .", "Yes .You agree to behave in my absence , father ? I am very popular these days , and if Jane or Kathryn should happen in \u2014", "Only her mother .", "Her name 's the same as Kathryn 's , of course . I only ask you to leave the whole family alone hereafter . They did not even know you existed until this afternoon . You were a creation of my fancy and had form , color and expression . And now you have ruined it all . All , father , because you will not wear your glasses .", "Kathryn 's name is Kathryn Gibbs , her aunt 's name is Gloria Gibbs , and her mother 's name is Jane Gibbs . Jane 's a jewel , Gloria 's an idiot , and Kathryn 's mine . Have you learned all that you want now , or must I tell you more ? HARGRAVEJack , this is terrible . I had never expected that . Jane Gibbs !", "The name 's no worse than Jack , father . Too bad Jane 's not a socialist , and could exchange for a number .", "Are not so antiquated as your own , sir ?But come , father , one should always give in to the inevitable , and I have chosen Jane as your most likely spouse .", "Ah , Jane ! So glad to see you ! I 've just been speaking to father about that matter we discussed and he 's quite interested already . Fact is , father 's always interested , though interesting he is not . I 've taken him to task about that blunder , though . Father 's a bull for blunders . In the morning I 've suggested that he be unfrocked . You 'll be there of course ? Great sight .Why do n't you say something , father ! Or should fathers be seen and not heard ? But perhaps you desire an introduction . Jane \u2014 my father . My father \u2014 Jane Gibbs .The family problem is the most important product of this age , and ranks even higher than the servant question . Of course , fathers were fashionable at one time , or I never should have had one . It 's a great fault , though , I admit . JANEMy faults are my fortune , Jack . Some people are even famous for them .", "Ravishing , Jane , ravishing !", "But perhaps I should go .", "Heaven is filled with good intentions , father .Chesterton says that poets are a trouble to their families . But then Chesterton is always wrong . If the families of real poets are anything like mine , the trouble rests with them .", "My interview will prove a very short one .Before long , father , I shall expect you to have arranged everything . HARGRAVEYou said that her sister was an idiot , did you not ?", "I did , father . HARGRAVEIt may prove of importance .", "Father ! I cannot find it ! The will is lost !GLORIAWhat will , Mr. Hargrave ? You seem extremely nervous . Can there be any relation between your will and ours ?", "You have done this for my sake ?", "I 'm tired of all this moving around , Jane . I have n't sat down for five minutes .", "My dear , you could hardly expect them both to belong to the same class . That is never the way . One is always rich , the other poor . One is always good , the other bad . Ask one of them and see ! But if what I tell you is not convincing , consider the words of Shakespeare , England 's great minor poet , who in a fit of melancholy once exclaimed \u2014 \u201c Some are born with parents , others acquire them . But most of us just have the genus thrust upon us . \u201d", "I do n't doubt it . But you forget , Kathryn , that I never had a father , and that hereafter my responsibilities are numbered .", "What an extraordinary posture , Dill ! Are you aware of your menial , Miss Gibbs ?He must think it 's a circus . He 's trying to stand on his head . KATHRYNPerhaps he 's praying .", "Arise , sir , in the presence of your superiors !And why these bags and bundles , pray ? Is your man about to start a millinery establishment , Miss Gibbs ? GLORIAMr. Hargrave ! This gentleman is not my servant . This gentleman is soon to be my husband !", "It 's the same thing . KATHRYNOh ! What would mother say ! I do n't think I can ever allow you to become a butler after all , Jack . JACKDill , are you a polygamist , or what ? Define yourself !I have yet to hear of a menial Mormon .", "You are always right , my dear , but see to it at once . Contracts have ceased to be binding , and what you want is a verbal understanding with your mother . GLORIAMy children , I forgive you ! As for Dill \u2014 that is settled . DILLMy money !", "I warned you about that , Dill . I said a will was a very unsafe thing to have .", "Positively , my dear , I never dreamed of such a thing ! KATHRYNOf course , I never could have allowed you to . You might have upset us all , and I 'm not going to be drowned for love or any other nonsense .", "But , my dear , if I upset the ship , it would be your duty to get drowned . Any old captain will tell you that . They know absolutely nothing . It 's like any other walk of life . A man wears whiskers , or white hair , or something , and you fancy he 's learned . But he 's not , and never will be . Sea-captains dress as they do , and wear peculiar caps , not that they should look like sea-captains , but that young innocent persons like yourself should be deceived into thinking them philosophers , or good men , or bad men , or some kind of men at least . That explains the old and venerable expression of thinking through your cap . But it 's all wrong . They never think at all .", "That is purely a piscatorial problem . My father is doubtless a proper authority . I know he drinks like a fish , and he eats like a race horse .", "Very few , my dear . You do n't know what debts are . Debts are a man 's constant reminder that even when he 's very , very rich , one-half the money in his pocket , and all the money in his bank , belongs positively to somebody else .", "Surely you would not blame me for that which I never had ?", "I have no habits ; even the good ones are bad enough , and the bad ones are so hard to follow out .", "I never vote .", "And I am proud to say that I have never done even a single stroke of work .", "You do n't understand . Business today is done under very bad principles . The proper way , in truth , the only way that a young man of my temperament could be induced to begin work , would be to start right up at the top and go right down to the bottom . It takes so much less time and trouble than the old way of beginning at the bottom and stealing one 's way up to the top . Besides , one is just that much more likely to land somewhere .", "I 'm not old enough for a messenger boy , Kathryn . Messenger boys are never successful until they become at least fifty and have long white hair . Mine is a very firm yellow . I inherited it from my mother .", "There 's no such thing as an innocent flirtation , Gloria . Naturally I shall have a great deal of trouble convincing you of my love for your daughter . I had expected that . When a man arrives at my age of indiscretion , love is no longer to be thought of .", "What name , dear ?", "And I told you that I had a number too .Did I ever tell you , Gloria , that I had a number ? Such a lovely number ! Hereafter I must be known as John , plain John , Disciple No . 1 , in Crapsey 's School for Socialism .", "In Canterbury , England ! And I hold the unique distinction of being the only pupil that Crapsey ever had .", "I would be if I were n't adopted , Gloria .", "Gloria was asking of my mother , Jane . It is one of those impossible questions to answer , and possibly why she asked .", "Oh , I remember my mother . I was adopted almost before I was born and yet \u2014", "Like no one else in the world , Jane . It 's hard to be sure of course , but I think she must have been just the one woman who never could grow fat .", "Oh , Jane \u2014 my mother !", "Father ! Where is your hair ? Have you swallowed it ?", "How degrading drink is ! It 's dangerous too . There are more germs in water than in anything else except whiskey , as scientists will tell you .", "My dear , cousins could hardly afford to marry , and though I do n't believe a word that Gloria said \u2014KATHRYNWell , that 's over .JACKSir ! I have already found my mother .And ever since I can remember I have been told I resembled you . GLORIAYou said that you recognized him at once , dear .JACKAre you my father ?", "Who is my father ?", "Your answers are satisfactory . In the future I do n't wish so distasteful a subject to be broached again .", "I did .HARGRAVEMay I then ask who your mother is , sir ?", "Ah , my mother is an angel .", "You are not sailing in those trunks , Gloria ?", "Would you like a sail across the pond , dear ? I know some capital fish stories , and can show you where they catch the most gigantic fish . Father caught a whale there or something of the sort .", "Well whatever it was we 're quite safe . Whenever they strike a leak or the ship gets too heavy they push all the women off into the little boats .", "You must never own up to thirty , Jane ; I shall feel so very old when you do so .Do n't you think we might get married after all , dear ? It is terrible to have so much money and not know what to do with it .", "I distinctly heard a noise .I am seldom mistaken , Dill , and as you are still the butler", "Belles always are , I believe .", "It sounds painfully reminiscent . You do not ring that way ,", "Father ?", "This is my last broken ideal . And I so young ! What a pity . CRAPSEYAh , I forgot . Jane Gibbs , I believe .", "I 'd rather die than fight for anyone . CRAPSEYYes , for twenty years he has been mine . He has been a dutiful , affectionate son and a help to me in that institution which is destined some day to become known throughout the entire world . But come !There 's little time . I arrived yesterday on the Burgoyne and I sail tonight on the Baltic .", "The Baltic ? CRAPSEYThe Baltic ! But it does not concern you in the least . JACKI assure you , my dear , that all this has reference to me . CRAPSEYYour decision , pray ?", "I will not go .", "I will not go .", "It is easily decided , Jane . I refuse to go . CRAPSEYI did not ask you to go , sir ! Your conduct is an impertinence . JACKI will not live with a lunatic . Surely the law must side with me there . CRAPSEYWho is this offensive young person , may I ask , who insults me in this fashion ? JACKI am John , plain John , Disciple No . 1 , in Crapsey 's School for Socialism . And I hold the dubious distinction of being the only pupil you ever had .HARGRAVEIs he gone ?CRAPSEYI am not gone , sir . And who are you ?", "This is my adopted father , the Rev . Peter Kent , alias Hargrave .", "Fighting always was his forte , Crapsey , especially fighting for the right . If my life was as worthless as yours , father , I 'd be fighting all the time . CRAPSEYShall I run you through and through , sir ?This creature stole you from me years ago . But he is welcome to you \u2014 to all of you . I think it is a den of thieves .", "Thank you , Jane . I knew Gloria could never speak the truth .", "I said you 'd be unfrocked , father . HARGRAVEI am glad of it . For twenty years these clothes weighed upon my soul , ruined my digestion , dyed my hair , and made me the man I am .", "Your reformation is complete , Jane .", "I told you , father , that I was going to complete my education ; and perhaps some day I shall have the distinction of a number ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 203, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["I can n't understand why an old wheel-horse like Elsworth should kick over the traces that way .", "\u201c A Resolution to Investigate the High Cost of Living ! \u201d \u2014 old Senator Elsworth introducing a measure like that ! The old buck !\u2014\u2014 How are you going to handle it ?", "Yes ?", "And you 're chairman . Poor old Elsworth . This way to the lethal chamber , and the bill 's on its way .", "And it will go to the Committee on Finance and come back for action inside of twenty-four hours .", "Cartwrights never did muck-rake \u2014 that is , not the big Interests \u2014 only the small independent businesses that did n't advertise .", "And from now on the concealment will be still more deft . I 've gone into it myself . I have a majority of the stock right now .", "We 're still going on muck-raking . We have a splendid series on Aged Paupers , demanding better treatment and more sanitary conditions . Also we are going to run \u201c Barbarous Venezuela \u201d and show up thoroughly the rotten political management of that benighted country .", "I have the ins and outs of it pretty well . Everything 's arranged . The boys have their cue , though they do n't know just what 's going to be pulled off ; and this time to-morrow afternoon their dispatches will be singing along the wires .", "It is to laugh . Trust the great American people for that . We 'll make those little Western editors sit up . They 've been swearing by Knox , like a little tin god . Roars of laughter for them .", "Trust me . I have my own article for Cartwright 's blocked out . They 're holding the presses for it . I shall wire it along hot-footed to-morrow evening . Say \u2014\u2014?", "Was n't it a risky thing to give him his chance with that speech ?", "Than a Fairbanks cocktail .", "But there are hooks and crooks by which facts are sometimes obtained .", "And to-morrow Ali Baba gets his .", "That 's what your wife calls him \u2014 Knox .", "Oh , by the way , just a little friendly warning , Senator Chalmers . Not so fast and loose up New York way . That certain lady , not to be mentioned \u2014 there 's gossip about it in the New York newspaper offices . Of course , all such stories are killed . But be discreet , be discreet If Gherst gets hold of it , he 'll play it up against the Administration in all his papers .{ Mrs. Starkweather }", "I am sure Mr. Starkweather never lost his head in his life .", "He had n't yet taken up the job of running the United States . { Mrs. Starkweather } I 'm sure I do n't know what he is running , but he is a very busy man \u2014 business , politics , and madness ; madness , politics , and business .", "A sturdy youngster , I should say .", "Be an Indian , Tommy .", "I am sure Mr. Knox can shed new light on this perplexing problem .", "But any government is representative of its people . No people is worthy of a better government than it possesses . Were it worthier , it would possess a better government .", "A blackmailing device most probably . They will attempt to bleed you \u2014", "But Knox has no money . A Starkweather stenographer comes high .", "Knox never did this .", "Then it is not so grave after all . A yellow journal sensation is the best Gherst can make of it . And , documents or not , the very medium by which it is made public discredits it .", "There is no telling what may happen if Knox makes that speech and delivers the proofs .", "I 'll undertake it .", "And if not ?", "You mean \u2014?", "Thoroughly .", "And so be able to accumulate more motorcars .", "This is Knox 's room all right", "Well , get to work . That must be his bedroom .", "Sh-h. Do n't even breathe his name .", "You 'd better go out in the hall and keep a watch for Knox . He may come in any time .", "I suppose you 've done lots of work for", "Stark \u2014", "Hello \u2014 Yes .No , this is not Knox . Some mistake . Wrong number \u2014", "No , I only thought I did .", "What of it ?", "The pay 's all right , is n't it ?", "There is no use beating about the bush with a man like you . I know that . You are direct , and so am I . You know my position well enough to be assured that I am empowered to treat with you .", "What we want is to have you friendly .", "Save that for your speech . We are talking privately . We can make it well worth your while \u2014 { Knox }If you think you can bribe me \u2014 { Hubbard }Not at all . Not the slightest suspicion of it . The point is this . You are a congressman . A congressman 's career depends on his membership in good committees . At the present you are buried in the dead Committee on Coinage , Weights , and Measures . If you say the word you can be appointed to the livest committee \u2014", "Surely . Else why should I be here ? It can be managed .", "You have not given your answer .", "There is an alternative . You are interested in social problems . You are a student of sociology . Those whom I represent are genuinely interested in you . We are prepared , so that you may pursue your researches more deeply \u2014 we are prepared to send you to Europe . There , in that vast sociological laboratory , far from the jangling strife of politics , you will have every opportunity to study . We are prepared to send you for a period of ten years . You will receive ten thousand dollars a year , and , in addition , the day your steamer leaves New York , you will receive a lump sum of one hundred thousand dollars .", "It is purely an educational matter .", "Very well then . What price do you set on yourself ?", "More than that . We want to buy those documents and letters .", "You are beating around the bush in turn . There is no need for an honest man to lie even \u2014", "Even to me . I watched you closely when I mentioned the letters . You gave yourself away . You knew I meant the letters stolen by Gherst from Starkweather 's private files \u2014 the letters you intended using to-morrow .", "Precisely . It is the same thing . What is the price ? Set it .", "One moment . Do n't make up your mind hastily . You do n't know with whom you have to deal . Those letters will not appear in your speech to-morrow . Take that from me . It would be far wiser to sell for a fortune than to get nothing for them and at the same time not use them .", "Hush . Do n't . I cannot be seen here .", "Do n't let anybody in . I do n't want to be seen here \u2014 with you .", "Besides , my presence will not put you in a good light .", "What the deuce ? Everybody gone ?", "In there . I was in there all the time .", "Honest men are such dubs when they do go wrong .", "There was something familiar about the lady 's voice .", "Oh , nothing , nothing \u2014 a murmur of voices \u2014 and the woman 's \u2014 I could swear I have heard her voice before .", "And yet it was but a moment ago that it seemed I heard you say there was no one whom you would not permit the world to know you saw .", "Good-bye .", "There they are \u2014 the complete set . I was fortunate .", "I glanced through them . They were indeed serious . But we have spiked Knox 's guns . Without them , that speech of his this afternoon becomes a farce \u2014 a howling farce . Be sure you take good care of them .", "Yes , I understand . I shall be going now . I have to be at the Club in five minutes .", "Mrs. Chalmers .", "You always treated me this way , but the time for it is past . I wo n't stand for your superior goodness any more . You really impressed me with it for a long time , and you made me walk small . But I know better now . A pretty game you 've been playing \u2014 you , who are like any other woman . Well , you know where you were last night . So do I .", "I said I knew where you were last night . Mr. Knox also knows where you were . But I 'll wager your husband does n't .", "Why should I ?", "If it will ease your suspense , let me tell you that I have not told him . But I do protest to you that you must treat me with more \u2014 more kindness .", "Possibly it would be better to let me retire , Mr. Starkweather .", "Under the circumstances I do n't like to suggest \u2014", "First , I would make sure that she \u2014 er \u2014 Mrs. Chalmers has taken them .", "I 'd rather not . It is too \u2014", "I 'd \u2014 I 'd rather not .", "Last night \u2014 I saw \u2014 I was in Knox 's rooms \u2014", "Last night \u2014", "Hang it all , Chalmers , I wish I were out of this . I do n't want to testify .", "I protest . I am being dragged into this .", "All right . She \u2014 Mrs. Chalmers visited Knox in his rooms last night . { Mrs. Starkweather }", "Look at her . Ask her .", "That is not all . Mrs. Chalmers sent the maid and the boy down to the machine and remained .", "Much longer \u2014 much , much longer . I know how long I was kicking my heels and waiting .", "In Knox 's bedroom . The fool had forgotten all about me . He was too delighted with his \u2014 er \u2014 new visitor .", "The bedroom door was ajar . I opened it .", "I think I have shown the motive .", "I saw them in each other 's arms \u2014 several times . Then I found the stolen documents where Knox had thrown them down . So I pocketed them and closed the door .", "Quite a time , quite a long time .", "They were in each other 's arms \u2014 quite enthusiastically , I may say , in each other 's arms .", "My evidence is supported . In an adjoining room were two men . I happen to know , because I placed them there . They were your father 's men at that . There is such a thing as seeing through a locked door . They saw .", "I doubt not they will know to what to swear .", "She has them . She has as much as acknowledged that they are not elsewhere in the room . She has not been out of the room . There is nothing to do but search her .", "Allow me to point out , my dear Mrs. Chalmers , that you are not merely stealing from your father . You are playing the traitor to your class .", "That 's not it .", "It is only a photograph \u2014 of", "Mrs. Chalmers .", "I 'm all at sea . I had just left the letters with him , when Mrs. Chalmers entered the room . What 's become of them ? She has n't them , that 's certain .", "It seems very clear to me .", "I told you what I saw last night at his rooms . There is no other explanation .", "It is not locked . It moves noiselessly . There 's the explanation .", "Did n't Knox know right away last night that I had taken them ? I took the up-elevator instead of the down when I heard him running along the hall . Trust him to let her know what had happened . She was the only one who could recover them for him . Else why did she come here so immediately this morning ? To steal the package , of course . And she had some one waiting outside . She tossed them out and closed the window \u2014"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 204, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Thus , in the triumphs of soft peace , I reign ;", "And , from my walls , defy the powers of Spain ;", "With pomp and sports my love I celebrate ,", "While they keep distance , and attend my state .\u2014", "Parent to her , whose eyes my soul enthral ,", "You praise him like a friend ; and I confess ,", "His brave deportment merited no less .", "I marked him , when alone", "He entered first , and with a graceful pride", "His fiery Arab dextrously did guide ,", "Who , while his rider every stand surveyed ,", "Sprung loose , and flew into an escapade ;", "Not moving forward , yet , with every bound ,", "Pressing , and seeming still to quit his ground .", "What after passed", "Was far from the Ventanna where I sate ,", "But you were near , and can the truth relate .", "The alarm-bell rings from our Alhambra walls ,", "And from the streets sound drums and ataballes .", "Enter a Messenger .", "How now ? from whence proceed these new alarms ?", "Draw up behind the Vivarambla place ; Double my guards ,\u2014 these factions I will face ; And try if all the fury they can bring , Be proof against the presence of their king . The Factions appear : At the head of the Abencerrages , OZMYN ; at the head of the Zegrys , ZULEMA , HAMET , GOMEL , and SELIN : ABENAMAR and ABDELMELECH , joined with the Abencerrages .", "On your allegiance , I command you stay ;", "Who passes here , through me must make his way ;", "My life 's the Isthmus ; through this narrow line", "You first must cut , before those seas can join .", "What fury , Zegrys , has possessed your minds ?", "What rage the brave Abencerrages blinds ?", "If of your courage you new proofs would show ,", "Without much travel you may find a foe .", "Those foes are neither so remote nor few ,", "That you should need each other to pursue .", "Lean times and foreign wars should minds unite ;", "When poor , men mutter , but they seldom fight .", "O holy Alha ! that I live to see", "Thy Granadines assist their enemy !", "You fight the christians \u2019 battles ; every life", "You lavish thus , in this intestine strife ,", "Does from our weak foundations take one prop ,", "Which helped to hold our sinking country up .", "From equal stems their blood both houses draw ,", "They from Morocco , you from Cordova .", "Disarm them both ; if they resist you , kill .", "Kill him ! this insolent unknown shall fall ,", "And be the victim to atone you all .", "It was a traitor 's voice that spoke those words ;", "So are you all , who do not sheath your swords .", "The word which I have given , I 'll not revoke ;", "If he be brave , he 's ready for the stroke .", "Since , then , no power above your own you know ,", "Mankind should use you like a common foe ;", "You should be hunted like a beast of prey :", "By your own law I take your life away .", "I do not want your counsel to direct", "Or aid to help me punish or protect .", "Away , and execute him instantly !", "Brother , you know not yet his insolence .", "Is this the Almanzor whom at Fez you knew ,", "When first their swords the Xeriff brothers drew ?", "Impute your danger to our ignorance ;", "The bravest men are subject most to chance :", "Granada much does to your kindness owe ;", "But towns , expecting sieges , cannot show", "More honour , than to invite you to a foe .", "Lay down your arms , and let me beg you cease Your enmities .", "A king entreats you .", "Attend him ; he shall have his audience here .", "Tell Ferdinand , my right to it appears", "By long possession of eight hundred years :", "When first my ancestors from Afric sailed ,", "In Rodrique 's death your Gothic title failed .", "\u2018 Tis true from force the noblest title springs ;", "I therefore hold from that , which first made kings .", "I 'll hear no more ; defer what you would say ;", "In private we 'll discourse some other day .", "The force used on me made that contract void .", "Take this for answer , then ,\u2014", "Whate'er your arms have conquered of my land ,", "I will , for peace , resign to Ferdinand .\u2014", "To harder terms my mind I cannot bring ;", "But , as I still have lived , will die a king .", "My mistress gently chides the fault I made :", "But tedious business has my love delayed ,\u2014", "Business which dares the joys of kings invade .", "Approach , my Almahide , my charming fair , Blessing of peace , and recompence of war . This night is yours ; and may your life still be The same in joy , though not solemnity . THE ZAMBRA DANCE . SONG . I . Beneath a myrtle shade , Which love for none , but happy lovers made , I slept ; and straight my love before me brought Phyllis , the object of my waking thought . Undressed she came my flames to meet , While love strewed flowers beneath her feet ; Flowers which , so pressed by her , became more sweet . II . From the bright vision 's head A careless veil of lawn was loosely spread : From her white temples fell her shaded hair Like cloudy sunshine , not too brown nor fair ; Her hands , her lips , did love inspire ; Her every grace my heart did fire : But most her eyes , which languished with desire . III . Ah , charming fair , said I , How long can you my bliss and yours deny ? By nature and by love , this lonely shade Was for revenge of suffering lovers made . Silence and shades with love agree ; Both shelter you and favour me : You cannot blush , because I cannot see . IV . No , let me die , she said , Rather than lose the spotless name of maid !\u2014 Faintly , methought , she spoke ; for all the while She bid me not believe her , with a smile . Then die , said I : She still denied ; And is it thus , thus , thus , she cried , You use a harmless maid ?\u2014 and so she died ! V .I waked , and straight I knew , I loved so well , it made my dream prove true : Fancy , the kinder mistress of the two , Fancy had done what Phyllis would not do ! Ah , cruel nymph , cease your disdain , While , I can dream you scorn in vain ,\u2014 Asleep or waking you must ease my pain . To them OZMYN ; his sword drawn .", "The Christians are dislodged ; what foe is near ?", "I cannot meanly for my life provide ;", "I 'll either perish i n't , or stem this tide .", "To guard the palace , Ozmyn , be your care :", "If they o'ercome , no sword will hurt the fair .", "Advise , or aid , but do not pity me :", "No monarch born can fall to that degree .", "Pity descends from kings to all below ;", "But can , no more than fountains , upward flow .", "Witness , just heaven , my greatest grief has been ,", "I could not make your Almahide a queen .", "In walls we meanly must our hopes inclose ,", "To wait our friends , and weary out our foes :", "While Almahide", "To lawless rebels is exposed a prey ,", "And forced the lustful victor to obey .", "We are betrayed , the enemy is here ;", "We have no farther room to hope or fear .", "That I so long delayed what you desire ,", "Then , Zulema and Hamet , live ; but know ,", "Your lives to Abdelmelech 's suit you owe .", "You , Abdelmelech , haste before \u2018 tis night ,", "And close pursue my brother in his flight .", "Enter ALMANZOR , ALMAHIDE , and ESPERANZA .", "But see , with Almahide", "The brave Almanzor comes , whose conquering sword", "The crown , it once took from me , has restored .", "How can I recompence so great desert !", "You can perform , brave warrior , what you please ;", "Fate listens to your voice , and then decrees .", "Now I no longer fear the Spanish powers ;", "Already we are free , and conquerors .", "It is for you , brave man , and only you ,", "Greatly to speak , and yet more greatly do .", "But , if your benefits too far extend ,", "I must be left ungrateful in the end :", "Yet somewhat I would pay ,", "Before my debts above all reckoning grow ,", "To keep me from the shame of what I owe .", "But you", "Are conscious to yourself of such desert ,", "That of your gift I fear to offer part .", "Give wing to your desires , and let \u2018 em fly ,", "Secure they cannot mount a pitch too high .", "So bless me , Alha , both in peace and war ,", "As I accord , whate'er your wishes are .", "You ask the only thing I cannot grant .", "The blood , which you have shed in her defence ,", "Shall have in time a fitting recompence :", "Or , if you think your services delayed ,", "Name but your price , and you shall soon be paid .", "Then sure you are some godhead ; and our care", "Must be to come with incense and with prayer .", "You with contempt on meaner gifts look down ;", "And , aiming at my queen , disdain my crown .", "That crown , restored , deserves no recompence .", "Since you would rob the fairest jewel thence .", "Dare not henceforth ungrateful me to call ;", "Whate'er I owed you , this has cancelled all .", "My patience more than pays thy service past ;", "But now this insolence shall be thy last .", "Hence from my sight ! and take it as a grace ,", "Thou liv'st , and art but banished from the place .", "Fall on ; take ; kill the traitor .", "I will at leisure now revenge my wrong ;", "And , traitor , thou shalt feel my vengeance long :", "Thou shalt not die just at thy own desire ,", "But see my nuptials , and with rage expire .", "As some fair tulip , by a storm oppressed ,", "What mystery in this strange behaviour lies ?", "Heaven lent their lustre for a nobler end ;", "A thousand torches must their light attend ,", "To lead you to a temple and a crown .", "Why does my fairest Almahide frown ?", "Am I less pleasing then I was before ,", "Or , is the insolent Almanzor more ?", "I find I must revoke what I decreed :", "Almanzor 's death my nuptials must precede .", "Love is a magic which the lover ties ;", "But charms still end when the magician dies .", "Go ; let me hear my hated rival 's dead ;", "What should I do ! when equally I dread", "Almanzor living and Almanzor dead !\u2014", "Yet , by your promise , you are mine alone .", "That little love I have , I hardly buy ;", "You give my rival all , while you deny :", "Yet , Almahide , to let you see your power ,", "Your loved Almanzor shall be free this hour .", "You are obeyed ; but \u2018 tis so great a grace ,", "That I could wish me in my rival 's place .", "With him go all my fears : A guard there wait ,", "And see him safe without the city gate .", "To them ABDELMELECH .", "Now , Abdelmelech , is my brother dead ?", "Haste and reduce it instantly by force .", "We cannot to your suit refuse her grace .", "Let war and vengeance be to-morrow 's care ;", "But let us to the temple now repair .", "A thousand torches make the mosque more bright :", "This must be mine and Almahide 's night .", "Hence , ye importunate affairs of state ,", "You should not tyrannize on love , but wait .", "Had life no love , none would for business live ;", "Yet still from love the largest part we give ;", "And must be forced , in empire 's weary toil ,", "To live long wretched , to be pleased a while .", "EPILOGUE .", "Success , which can no more than beauty last ,", "Makes our sad poet mourn your favours past :", "For , since without desert he got a name ,", "He fears to lose it now with greater shame .", "Fame , like a little mistress of the town ,", "Is gained with ease , but then she 's lost as soon :", "For , as those tawdry misses , soon or late ,", "Jilt such as keep them at the highest rate ;", "And oft the lacquey , or the brawny clown ,", "Gets what is hid in the loose-bodied gown ,\u2014", "So , fame is false to all that keep her long ;", "And turns up to the fop that 's brisk and young .", "Some wiser poet now would leave fame first ;", "But elder wits are , like old lovers , cursed :", "Who , when the vigour of their youth is spent ,", "Still grow more fond , as they grow impotent .", "This , some years hence , our poet 's case may prove ;", "But yet , he hopes , he 's young enough to love .", "When forty comes , if e'er he live to see", "That wretched , fumbling age of poetry ,", "\u2018 Twill be high time to bid his muse adieu :\u2014", "Well may he please himself , but never you .", "Till then , he 'll do as well as he began ,", "And hopes you will not find him less a man .", "Think him not duller for this year 's delay ;", "He was prepared , the women were away ;", "And men , without their parts , can hardly play .", "If they , through sickness , seldom did appear ,", "Pity the virgins of each theatre :", "For , at both houses , \u2018 twas a sickly year !", "And pity us , your servants , to whose cost ,", "In one such sickness , nine whole months are lost .", "Their stay , he fears , has ruined what he writ :", "Long waiting both disables love and wit .", "They thought they gave him leisure to do well ;", "But , when they forced him to attend , he fell !", "Yet , though he much has failed , he begs , to-day ,", "You will excuse his unperforming play :", "Weakness sometimes great passion does express ;", "He had pleased better , had he loved you less .", "ALMANZOR AND ALMAHIDE :", "OR , THE", "CONQUEST OF GRANADA", "BY THE", "SPANIARDS .", "A TRAGEDY .", "THE SECOND PART .", "\u2014 Stimulos dedit \u00e6mula virtus .", "LUCAN .", "PROLOGUE", "TO THE SECOND PART .", "They , who write ill , and they , who ne'er durst write ,", "Turn critics , out of mere revenge and spite :", "A playhouse gives them fame ; and up there starts ,", "From a mean fifth-rate wit , a man of parts .", "Our author fears those critics as his fate ;", "And those he fears , by consequence must hate ,", "For they the traffic of all wit invade ,", "As scriveners draw away the bankers \u2019 trade .", "Howe'er , the poet 's safe enough to day ,", "They cannot censure an unfinished play .", "But , as when vizard-mask appears in pit ,", "Straight every man , who thinks himself a wit ,", "Perks up , and , managing his comb with grace ,", "With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face ;", "That done , bears up to th \u2019 prize , and views each limb ,", "To know her by her rigging and her trim ;", "Then , the whole noise of fops to wagers go ,\u2014", "\u201c Pox on her , \u2018 tmust be she ; \u201d and \u2014 \u201c damme , no ! \u201d \u2014", "Just , so , I prophesy , these wits to-day", "Will blindly guess at our imperfect play ;", "With what new plots our Second Part is filled ,", "Who must be kept alive , and who be killed .", "And as those vizard-masks maintain that fashion ,", "To soothe and tickle sweet imagination ;", "So our dull poet keeps you on with masking ,", "To make you think there 's something worth your asking .", "But , when \u2018 tis shown , that , which does now delight you ,", "Will prove a dowdy , with a face to fright you .", "ALMANZOR AND ALMAHIDE ,", "OR , THE", "CONQUEST OF GRANADA .", "THE SECOND PART .", "ACT I", "Losses on losses ! as if heaven decreed", "Almanzor 's valour should alone succeed .", "Of all mankind , the heaviest fate he bears ,", "Who the last crown of sinking empire wears .", "No kindly planet of his birth took care :", "Heaven 's outcast , and the dross of every star !", "Enter ABDELMELECH .", "What new misfortunes do these cries presage ?", "See what the many-headed beast demands .\u2014", "But kings , who rule with limited command ,", "Have players \u2019 sceptres put into their hand .", "Power has no balance , one side still weighs down ,", "And either hoists the commonwealth or crown ;", "And those , who think to set the scale more right ,", "By various turnings but disturb the weight .", "What counsel can this rising storm prevent ?", "I 'll rather call my death .\u2014", "Go and bring up my guards to my defence :", "I 'll punish this outrageous insolence .", "In tumults people reign , and kings obey .\u2014", "Go and appease them with the vow I make ,", "That they shall have their loved Almanzor back .", "We for another tempest must provide .", "To promise his return as I was loth ,", "So I want power now to perform my oath .", "Ere this , for Afric he is sailed from Spain .", "Abenamar , this evening thither haste ;", "Desire him to forget his usage past :", "Use all your rhetoric , promise , flatter , pray .", "To them ALMAHIDE , attended .", "Oh , thou hast roused a thought within my breast ,", "That will for ever rob me of my rest .", "Ah jealousy , how cruel is thy sting !", "I , in Almanzor , a loved rival bring !", "And now , I think , it is an equal strife ,", "If I my crown should hazard , or my wife .", "Where , marriage , is thy cure , which husbands boast ,", "That in possession their desire is lost ?", "Or why have I alone that wretched taste ,", "Which , gorged and glutted , does with hunger last ?", "Custom and duty cannot set me free ,", "Even sin itself has not a charm for me .", "Of married lovers I am sure the first ,", "And nothing but a king could be so curst .", "You guess aright ; I am oppressed with grief , And \u2018 tis from you that I must seek relief .", "Since , Almahide , you seem so kind a wife ,", "Suppose your country should in danger be ;", "What would you undertake to set it free ?", "That hand , which would so much for glory do ,", "Must yet do more ; for it must kill me too .", "You must kill me , for that dear country 's sake ;", "Or , what 's all one , must call Almanzor back .", "This , Almahide , would make me cease to mourn ,", "Were that Almanzor never to return :", "But now my fearful people mutiny ;", "Their clamours call Almanzor back , not I .", "Their safety , through my ruin , I pursue ;", "He must return , and must be brought by you .", "To your entreaties he will yield alone .", "And on your doom depend my life and throne .", "No longer , therefore , my desires withstand ;", "Or , if desires prevail not , my command .", "Cursed be that fatal hour when I was born !", "Grant that I did the unjust injunction lay ,", "You should have loved me more than to obey .", "I know you did this mutiny design ;", "But I 'll your love-plot quickly countermine .", "Let my crown go ; he never shall return ;", "I , like a phoenix , in my nest will burn .", "\u2018 Tis better ; but you wives have still one way :", "Whene'er your husbands are obliged , you pay .", "If I have been suspicious or unkind ,", "Forgive me ; many cares distract my mind :", "Love , and a crown !", "Two such excuses no one man e'er had ;", "And each of them enough to make me mad :", "But now my reason reassumes its throne ,", "And finds no safety when Almanzor 's gone .", "Send for him then ; I 'll be obliged , and sue ;", "\u2018 Tis a less evil than to part with you .", "I leave you to your thoughts ; but love me still !", "Forgive my passion , and obey my will .", "ALMAHIDE solus .", "My jealous lord will soon to rage return ;", "That fire , his fear rakes up , does inward burn .", "But heaven , which made me great , has chose for me ,", "I must the oblation for my people be .", "I 'll cherish honour , then , and life despise ;", "What is not pure , is not for sacrifice .", "Yet for Almanzor I in secret mourn !", "Can virtue , then , admit of his return ?", "Yes ; for my love I will by virtue square ;", "My heart 's not mine , but all my actions are .", "I 'll like Almanzor act ; and dare to be", "As haughty , and as wretched too , as he .", "What will he think is in my message meant ?", "I scarcely understand my own intent :", "But , silk-worm like , so long within have wrought ,", "That I am lost in my own web of thought .", "ACT II .", "How I disdain this aid ! which I must take ,", "Not for my own , but Almahide 's sake .", "Oh that I had not sent you ! though it cost", "My crown ! though I , and it , and all were lost !", "I can hear no more .", "Thy news does all my faculties surprise ;", "He bears two basilisks in those fierce eyes ;", "And that tame d\u00e6mon , which should guard my throne ,", "Shrinks at a genius greater than his own .", "Marriage , thou curse of love , and snare of life ,", "You ! nothing : You ! But let me walk alone .", "Thank ye ; you never fail to cure my grief ! Trouble me not , my grief concerns not you .", "I 'm out of humour now ; you must not stay .", "No , \u2018 tis not that ; but speak of it no more :", "Go hence ! I am not what I was before .", "Oh heaven , were she but mine , or mine alone !", "O power of guilt ! how conscience can upbraid !", "It forces her not only to reveal ,", "But to repeat what she would most conceal !", "False woman , you contrived it should be so .", "That public gift in private was designed", "The emblem of the love you meant to bind .", "Hence from my sight , ungrateful as thou art !", "And , when I can , I 'll banish thee my heart .", "To them ALMANZOR wearing the Scarf . He sees her weep .", "O goodness counterfeited to the life !", "O the well-acted virtue of a wife !", "Would you with this my just suspicions blind ?", "You 've given me great occasion to be kind !", "The marks , too , of your spotless love appear ;", "Witness the badge of my dishonour there .", "The succour , which thou bring'st me , makes thee bold :", "But know , without thy aid , my crown I 'll hold ;", "Or , if I cannot , I will fire the place ,", "Of a full city make a naked space .", "Hence , then , and from a rival set me free !", "I 'll do , I 'll suffer any thing but thee .", "Had I but hope I could defend this place", "Three days , thou should'st not live to my disgrace", "So small a time ;", "Might I possess my Almahide alone ,", "I would live ages out ere they were gone .", "I should not be of love or life bereft ;", "All should be spent before , and nothing left .", "How can I think you love me , while I see", "That trophy of a rival 's victory ?", "I 'll tear it from his side .", "Take breath ; my guards shall to the fight succeed .", "To our own valour our success we 'll owe .", "Haste , Hamet , with Abenamar to go ;", "You two draw up , with all the speed you may ,", "Our last reserves , and yet redeem the day .", "What can the cause of all this tumult be ? And what the meaning of that naked sword ?", "O heaven , what do I hear !", "Welcome , my only friends ;\u2014 behold in me ,", "O kings , behold the effects of clemency !", "See here the gratitude of pardoned foes !", "That life , I gave them , they for me expose !", "When you , within , the traitor 's voice did hear ,", "What did you then ?", "Go on , go on , my friends , to clear my doubt ;", "I hope I shall have life to hear you out .", "Zul What had been , sir , you may suspect too well ;", "What followed , modesty forbids to tell :", "Seeing what we had thought beyond belief ,", "Our hearts so swelled with anger and with grief ,", "That , by plain force , we strove the door to break .", "He , fearful , and with guilt , or love , grown weak ,", "Just as we entered , \u2018 scaped the other way ;", "Nor did the amazed queen behind him stay .", "O proud , ungrateful , faithless womankind ! How changed , and what a monster am I made ! My love , my honour , ruined and betrayed !", "Go ; when the authors of my shame are found ,", "Let them be taken instantly and bound :", "They shall be punished as our laws require :", "\u2018 Tis just , that flames should be condemned to fire .", "This , with the dawn of morning shall be done .", "A formal process tedious is , and long ;", "Besides , the evidence is full and strong .", "The combat 's yours .\u2014 A guard the lists surround ;", "Then raise a scaffold in the encompassed ground ,", "And , by it , piles of wood ; in whose just fire ,", "Her champions slain , the adultress shall expire .", "Choose , then , two equal judges of the field :", "Next morning shall decide the doubtful strife ,", "Condemn the unchaste , or quit the virtuous wife .", "You , judges of the field , first take your place .\u2014", "The accusers and accused bring face to face .", "Set guards , and let the lists be opened wide ;", "And may just heaven assist the juster side !", "\u2018 Tis pity so much beauty should not live ;", "Before we pay our thanks , or show our joy ,", "Let us our needful charity employ .", "Some skilful surgeon speedily be found ,", "To apply fit remedies to Ozmyn 's wound .", "Some from the place of combat bear the slain .\u2014", "Next Lyndaraxa 's death I should ordain :", "But let her , who this mischief did contrive ,", "For ever banished from Granada live .", "\u2018 Tis true , Almanzor did her honour save ,", "But yet what private business can they have ?", "Such freedom virtue will not sure allow ;", "I cannot clear my heart , but must my brow .", "I grant they are .", "Love filled my heart even to the brim before ;", "And then , with too much jealousy , boiled o'er .", "Yes ; you will spend your life in prayers for me ,", "And yet this hour my hated rival see .", "She might a husband 's jealousy forgive ;", "But she will only for Almanzor live .", "It is resolved ; I will myself provide", "That vengeance , which my useless laws denied ;", "And , by Almanzor 's death , at once remove", "The rival of my empire , and my love .", "My just revenge no longer I 'll forbear :", "I 've seen too much ; I need not stay to hear .", "This , this , is he , for whom thou didst deny", "To share my bed :\u2014 Let them together die .", "Your flattering arts are vain :", "Make haste , and execute what I ordain .", "O mischief , not suspected nor foreseen !", "How hard a fate is mine , still doomed to shame ! I make occasions for my rival 's fame !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 205, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Welcome , my bride , into the habitation of thy husband . The scruples of the parson \u2014\u2014", "No , she 's busy .", "\u2018 Know , cruel woman , I have discovered the secret of your marriage ; you shall have all the plague of a jealous husband , without the pleasure of giving him cause . I have this morning counterfeited billetdoux and letters from bawds ; nay , I have sent pimps ; some of which , I hope , are fallen into your old coxcomb 's hands . If you deny me the pleasure of tipping him a real cuckold , at least , I 'll have the resentment to make him an imaginary one . Know that this is not the hundredth part of the revenge that shall be executed upon thee , by R. P . \u2019", "All gone ! what no more ladies here ? no more ladies !O that I had but a boarding-school , or a middle gallery ! Enter Sarsnet , follow 'd by two porters bearing a chest . Set down the things here : there is no occasion for carrying them up stairs , since they are to be sent into the country to morrow .What have I done ? My marriage , these confounded whimsies , and doctor Lubomirski , have made me quite forget poor lady Hippokekoana . She was in convulsions , and I am afraid dead by this time .", "You have another in your chest much odder . I want to see that .", "Ay , \u2018 tis plain she would lure me from the chest ; there I shall find him .", "All this is nothing to the embroider 'd sattin . Prithee , my dear , give me the key .", "This Underplot is a confounded villain , he would make me jealous of an honest civil gentleman , only for an opportunity to cuckold me himself .Come , my dear , forget all that is past . I know \u2014\u2014 I have proved thee virtuous . But prithee , love , leave me a moment ; I expect some Egyptian rarities .", "This is all we have for the flying dragon so celebrated by antiquity . A cheap purchase ! It cost me but fifteen guineas . But the Jew made it up in the butterfly and the spider . Enter two porters bearing a Mummy . Oh ! here 's my mummy . Set him down . I am in haste . Tell captain Bantam , I 'll talk with him at the coffee-house .Enter two porters bearing an Alligator . A most stupendous animal ! set him down .Poor lady Hippokekoana 's convulsions ! I believe there is fatality in it , that I can never get to her . Who can I trust my house to in my absence ? Were my wife as chaste as Lucretia , who knows what an unlucky minute may bring forth ! In cuckoldom , the art of attack is prodigiously improved beyond the art of defence . So far it is manifest , Underplot has a design upon my honour . For the ease of my mind , I will lock up my wife in this my musaeum , \u2018 till my return . Enter TOWNLEY , and SARSNET . You will find something here , my dear , to divert yourself .", "Let us have no rash dispute , brothers ; but proceed methodically \u2014\u2014 Behold the vanity of mankind !Some Ptolemy perhaps !\u2014\u2014", "His pyramid , alas ! is now but a wainscot case .", "Pardon me , Dr. Possum : The musaeum of the curious is a lasting monument . And I think it no degradation to a dead person of quality , to bear the rank of an anatomy in the learned world .", "An excellent medicine ! he is hot in the first-degree , and exceeding powerful in some diseases of women .", "What an outragious conceit is this ! had you contented yourself with the metamorphosis of Jupiter , our skill in the classicks might have prevented our terror .", "Dr. Nautilus is an infirm tender gentleman ; I wish the sudden concussion of his animal spirits may not kindle him into a fever . I myself , I must confess , have an extreme palpitation .", "Appollo , for ought I know , may be a very fine person ; but this I am very sure of , that the skill he has given all his physicians is not sufficient to cure the madness of his poets .", "You diabolical performers of my niece 's masquerade , will it please you to follow those gentlemen ?", "Dance ! the devil ! bring me hither a spit , a fire-fork , I 'll try whether the monsters are impenetrable or no .", "Sweetly , Horace . Nunquam satis , and so forth . A man can never be too cautious . Madam , sit down by me . Pray how long is it since you and I have been married ?", "And what anxieties has this time produc 'd ? the dangers of divorce ! calumniatory letters ! lewd fellows introduc 'd by my niece ! groundless jealousies on both sides ! even thy virginity put to the touch-stone ! but this last danger I plung 'd thee in myself ; to leave thee in the room with two such robust young fellows .", "This is the first blest minute of repose that I have enjoy 'd in matrimony . Dost thou know the reason , my dear , why I have chosen thee of all womankind ?", "No .", "No .", "No . But for the natural conformity of our constitutions . Because thou art hot and moist in the third degree , and I myself cold and dry in the first .", "Thou hast nothing to do but to submit thy constitution to my regimen .", "What if I am ?", "Patience , patience , I beseech you . Indeed I have no posterity .", "Passion is but the tempestuous cloud that obscures reason ; be calm and I 'll convince you . Friend , how come you to bring the infant hither ?", "I shall find law for you , sirrah . Call my neighbour Possum , he is a justice of peace , as well as a physician .", "Mr. justice Possum , for now I must so call you , not brother Possum ; here is a troublesome fellow with a child , which he would leave in my house .", "It seemeth to me to be a child unlawfully begotten .", "To our family .", "This is all from the purpose . I was married this morning at seven ; let any man in the least acquainted with the powers of nature , judge whether that human creature could be conceiv 'd and brought to maturity in one forenoon .", "Whither are you going so fast , hussy ? I will examine every thing within these walls .\u2018 For Richard Plotwell , esq ; \u2019 This letter unravels the whole affair : As she is an unfortunate relation of mine , I must beg you would act with discretion ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 206, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Of course I 'm hot and strong for conscription . .", "I beg your pardon . If we . . the Army . . say to the country . . Upon our honour conscription is necessary for your safety . . what answer has the country ? What ?There you are . . none !", "Perhaps I will . Perhaps I 'll chuck the Service and go into the House .I 'm not a conceited man . . but I believe that if I speak out upon a subject I understand and only upon that subject the House will listen . . and if others followed my example we should be a far more business-like and go-ahead community . He pauses for breath and MR. BOOTH seizes the opportunity .", "Just one moment . Have you thought of the physical improvement which conscription would bring about in the manhood of the country ? What England wants is Chest !Chest and Discipline . I do n't care how it 's obtained . Why , we suffer from a lack of it in our homes \u2014", "Well , sir , people tell me I 'm a useful man on committees .", "You can n't say I do n't listen to you , sir .", "And would n't you wish me , sir , as eldest son . . . Trenchard not counting . . .", "Ha ! If I were a conceited man , sir , I could trust you to take it out of me .", "If you want a bit of fire , say so , you sucking Lord Chancellor . Because I mean to allow you to be my brother-in-law , you think you can be impertinent . So TREGONING moves to the fire and that changes the conversation .", "Anonymously .", "Why should they mind . . what on earth does Hugh know about war ? He could n't tell a battery horse from a bandsman . I do n't pretend to criticise art . I think the window 'd be very pretty if it was n't so broken up into bits .", "Lack of discipline .", "Well , I 'm not a conceited man , but \u2014", "Shut up . I was going to say when my young cub of a brother-in-law-to-be interrupted me , that = Training =, for which we all have to be thankful to you , Sir , has much to do with it .I say , I 'm scorching ! D'you want another cigar , Denis ?", "I do . And he glances round , but TREGONING sees a box on the table and reaches it . The Vicar gets up .", "No , not those . Where are the Ramon Allones ? What on earth has Honor done with them ?", "My goodness ! . . one can never find anything in this house .", "Here , who 's going to play ?", "No , do n't you bother to look for them .Honor , where are those Ramon Allones ?", "Honor , they are not in the dining-room .", "That 's what you ought to know .", "Oh , Honor , do n't be such a fool . These are what we 've been smoking . I want the Ramon Allones .", "No , you do n't , but you might learn .", "What is it , sir ?", "Where 's Emily ?", "Letting her wear herself to rags over the child . . !", "Why do n't you stop looking for those cigars ?", "I daresay they are in the Library . What a house ! He departs .", "Of course , they were there . Thank you very much ,", "Alice . Now I want a knife .", "I hate \u2018 em .Nothing but silver ones . EDWARD hands him a carefully opened pocket knife . Thank you , Edward . And I must take one of the candles . Something 's gone wrong with the library ventilator and you never can see a thing in that room .", "Writing letters . Things are neglected , Edward , unless one is constantly on the look out . The Pater only cares for his garden . I must speak seriously to Honor . He has returned the knife , still open , and now having lit his cigar at the candle he carries this off .", "Edward , I wish you 'd come and have a look at this ventilator , like a good fellow . Then he turns and goes again , obviously with the weight of an important matter on his shoulders . With the ghost of a smile EDWARD gets up and follows him ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 207, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["All right , Creature , just wait till I light my pipe and we 'll polish this up .", "Both of you clear out ; I can get this done in no time .", "Now listen , little people , this is my job . I always wash up on Thursday evenings \u2014", "Come on , now , the good old system !", "Right . We make a pretty good team at this , do n't we ?", "I love our little Thursday evening suppers . I think they 're more fun than any other night .", "We get better grub on Thursdays , when Ethel goes out , than we ever do when she 's in .", "It was lovely . I 'm afraid it was hard for you , Creature , to have Mother come just now .Especially when your Mother was here .", "No . I had n't told her . You see your Mother is here so much more often . I did n't know your mother would still be here . I was afraid Mother might be a little hurt \u2014", "Ye Gods , Ethel has cracked the Copenhagen platter .That 's one of the set Mother gave us when we were married .", "I 'll bet that coon did n't empty the icebox pan before she went . I never saw a cook yet who could remember to do that \u2014", "What did I tell you !", "It 's perfectly absurd not having any pantry to keep the icebox in . In here , the heat of the stove melts the ice right away .Of course , she never keeps the doors properly closed .It 's a funny thing .", "Why , that a presumably intelligent coon can n't understand the doors of an icebox are meant to be kept tight shut , to save ice . What does she suppose those little clamps are for ?Well , it 's jolly to have both the grandmothers here together , is n't it ?", "Now , Creature , let me do that . You do n't want to spoil those pretty hands .", "Come on , old man , let me .It does n't take long when there are two of us .", "I guess that kettle 's hot by now .Give it a minute longer .You know , I 'm a little worried about Mother .", "He did ! The little rascal !", "Well , well .What cup is that ? I do n't seem to remember it \u2014", "Where 's that nice old Christening mug of mine ? I think Junior would like to use that once in a while , too .", "I hope Mother is n't feeling poorly . I noticed at supper \u2014", "Now , honey , you 're tired . You go and rest , I 'll finish up here .", "One thing I never can make out is , how to prevent coffee grounds from going down the sink .Perhaps if I could invent some kind of a little coffee-ground strainer I 'd make our fortune . That coffee was delicious , Creature .", "It is a beauty .", "I guess I 'd better attend to the garbage .", "Where 's that plate I put here ? There was a lot of perfectly good stuff I saved \u2014", "My Lord , it 's no wonder we never have any money to spend if we chuck half of it away in waste .Waste ! Look at that piece of cheese , and those potatoes . You could take those things , and some of this meat , and make a nice economical hash for lunch \u2014", "Do you know what the one unforgivable sin is ? The sin against the Holy Ghost ? It 's Waste ! It makes me wild to think of working and working like a dog , and half of what I earn just thrown away by an ignorant coon . Look at this , just look at it !There 's enough meat on that bone to make soup . And ye gods , here 's that jar of anchovy paste !I thought you got that for me as a little treat . I wondered where it had gone to . Why , I had n't eaten more than just the top of it .", "Scrape it off . A little mildew wo n't hurt anybody . There 'll be mildew on my bank account if this kind of thing goes on .Look here , about half a dozen slices of bread . What 's the matter with them , I 'd like to know .", "I guess throwing away good , hard-earned money is my affair , is n't it ?", "Just leave my mother out of it . I guess she did n't spoil me the way yours did you . Of course , I was n't an only daughter \u2014", "I suppose you think that if you 'd married Jack Davis or some other of those profiteers you 'd never have had to see the inside of a kitchen \u2014", "If he gets married , I hope it 'll be to some girl who understands something about economy \u2014", "Well , he wo n't get married ! I 'll put him wise to what marriage means , fussing like this all the time \u2014", "Oh , this is too absurd \u2014", "In handcuffs , I suppose \u2014", "If you 're so down on mothers-in-law , it 's queer you 're anxious to be one yourself . The expectant mother-in-law !", "Great Scott , what did you think marriage was like , anyway ? Did you expect to go through life having everything done for you , without a little hard work to make it interesting ?", "Now let me tell you something . Let 's see if you can ratify it from your extensive observation of life . Is there anything in the world so cruel as bringing up a girl in absolute ignorance of housework , believing that all her days she 's going to be waited on hand and foot , and that marriage is one long swoon of endearments \u2014", "Why , I believe you actually think your life is wrecked if you are n't being petted and praised every minute . You pretend to think marriage is so sacred and yet you 're buffaloed by a few greasy dishes . I like my kind of sacredness better than yours , and that 's the sacredness of common sense . Marriage ought not to be performed before an altar , but before a kitchen sink .", "Now listen \u2014", "I did n't find fault . I found some good food being wasted .", "It 's always the way !", "I 'm sorry , I \u2014 I left my pipe in here .", "Now listen , Creature , do n't . You 'll make yourself sick .", "I never heard such rot . They must be mad , both of them .", "Yes . Why , they 're deliberately trying to set us against each other .", "I 'm afraid the law does n't give one much protection against one 's mothers .", "Do n't be silly , darling . That 's crazy stuff . I 'm not overworked , and even if I were I 'd love it , for you \u2014", "Yes , I know , ducky , Gordon understands . Soon we 'll be able to buy that scales you want , and we wo n't have to weigh him on the meat balance .", "It was my fault , dear . I am obstinate and disagreeable \u2014", "Ethel 's all right . We 're lucky to have her .", "I think it 's frightful , the things they said . What are they trying to do , break up a happy home ?", "Well , I should say so . Did you ever hear me complain ?", "Were true ?\u2014", "No , your mother is right . I 've been a brute \u2014", "I suppose you 'll think it an awful anticlimax \u2014", "Suppose we have something to eat ?", "You mean dinner , honey \u2014 among refined people !", "Throw out that junk \u2014 I was idiotic to save it .", "There , now , this is better .", "No , I suppose not . But it 's hard to forgive that sort of talk .", "We 'll be a bit cold and stand-offish until things blow over .", "Yes , Creature . Do you remember why I call you Creature ?", "There was an adjective omitted , you remember .", "Motto for married men : Do n't run short of adjectives !\u2014 You remember what the adjective was ?", "Adorable , It was an abbreviation for Adorable Creature \u2014I love our little Thursday evenings . lauraSssh !Was that the baby ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 208, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Good day , sir .", "I have not seen you long . How goes the world ?", "Ay , that 's well known ;", "But what particular rarity ? what strange ,", "Which manifold record not matches ? See ,", "Magic of bounty ! all these spirits thy power", "Hath conjur 'd to attend ! I know the merchant .", "When we for recompense have prais 'd the vile ,", "It stains the glory in that happy verse", "Which aptly sings the good .", "A thing slipp 'd idly from me .", "Our poesy is as a gum , which oozes", "From whence \u2018 tis nourish 'd : the fire i \u2019 the flint", "Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame", "Provokes itself , and like the current flies", "Each bound it chafes . What have you there ?", "Upon the heels of my presentment , sir . Let 's see your piece .", "So \u2018 tis : this comes off well and excellent .", "Admirable ! How this grace", "Speaks his own standing ! what a mental power", "This eye shoots forth ! how big imagination", "Moves in this lip ! to the dumbness of the gesture", "One might interpret .", "I 'll say of it ,", "It tutors nature : artificial strife", "Lives in these touches , livelier than life .", "The senators of Athens : happy man !", "You see this confluence , this great flood of visitors .", "I have , in this rough work , shap 'd out a man", "Whom this beneath world doth embrace and hug", "With amplest entertainment : my free drift", "Halts not particularly , but moves itself", "In a wide sea of wax : no levell 'd malice", "Infects one comma in the course I hold :", "But flies an eagle flight , bold and forth on ,", "Leaving no tract behind .", "I will unbolt to you .", "You see how all conditions , how all minds \u2014", "As well of glib and slipp'ry creatures as", "Of grave and austere quality \u2014 tender down", "Their services to Lord Timon : his large fortune ,", "Upon his good and gracious nature hanging ,", "Subdues and properties to his love and tendance", "All sorts of hearts ; yea , from the glass-fac 'd flatterer", "To Apemantus , that few things loves better", "Than to abhor himself : even he drops down", "The knee before him , and returns in peace", "Most rich in Timon 's nod .", "Sir , I have upon a high and pleasant hill", "Feign 'd Fortune to be thron 'd : the base o \u2019 the mount", "Is rank 'd with all deserts , all kind of natures", "That labour on the bosom of this sphere", "To propagate their states : amongst them all ,", "Whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fix 'd", "One do I personate of Lord Timon 's frame ,", "Whom Fortune with her ivory hand wafts to her ;", "Whose present grace to present slaves and servants", "Translates his rivals .", "Nay , sir , but hear me on .", "All those which were his fellows but of late ,", "Some better than his value , on the moment", "Follow his strides , his lobbies fill with tendance ,", "Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear ,", "Make sacred even his stirrup , and through him", "Drink the free air .", "When Fortune in her shift and change of mood", "Spurns down her late beloved , all his dependants ,", "Which labour 'd after him to the mountain 's top", "Even on their knees and hands , let him slip down ,", "Not one accompanying his declining foot .", "Vouchsafe my labour , and long live your lordship !", "How now , philosopher !", "Art not one ?", "Then I lie not .", "Yes .", "That 's not feigned ; he is so .", "What 's to be thought of him ? Does the rumour hold for true that he is so full of gold ?", "Then this breaking of his has been but a try for his friends ?", "What have you now to present unto him ?", "I must serve him so too , tell him of an intent that 's coming toward him .", "I am thinking what I shall say I have provided for him . It must be a personating of himself ; a satire against the softness of prosperity , with a discovery of the infinite flatteries that follow youth and opulency .", "Nay , let 's seek him ;", "Then do we sin against our own estate", "When we may profit meet , and come too late .", "Hail , worthy Timon !", "Sir ,", "Having often of your open bounty tasted ,", "Hearing you were retir 'd , your friends fall'n off ,", "Whose thankless natures \u2014 O abhorred spirits !", "Not all the whips of heaven are large enough \u2014", "What ! to you ,", "Whose star-like nobleness gave life and influence", "To their whole being ! I am rapt , and cannot cover", "The monstrous bulk of this ingratitude", "With any size of words .", "Nor I ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 209, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Helpe Gransier helpe , my Aunt Lauinia ,", "Followes me euery where I know not why .", "Good Vncle Marcus see how swift she comes ,", "Alas sweet Aunt , I know not what you meane", "I when my father was in Rome she did", "My Lord I know not I , nor can I gesse ,", "Vnlesse some fit or frenzie do possesse her :", "For I haue heard my Gransier say full oft ,", "Extremitie of griefes would make men mad .", "And I haue read that Hecuba of Troy ,", "Ran mad through sorrow , that made me to feare ,", "Although my Lord , I know my noble Aunt ,", "Loues me as deare as ere my mother did ,", "And would not but in fury fright my youth ,", "Which made me downe to throw my bookes , and flie", "Causles perhaps , but pardon me sweet Aunt ,", "And Madam , if my Vncle Marcus goe ,", "I will most willingly attend your Ladyship", "Grandsier \u2018 tis Ouids Metamorphosis ,", "My mother gaue it me", "I say my Lord , that if I were a man ,", "Their mothers bed-chamber should not be safe ,", "For these bad bond-men to the yoake of Rome", "And Vncle so will I , and if I liue", "I with my dagger in their bosomes Grandsire :", "My Lords , with all the humblenesse I may ,", "I greete your honours from Andronicus ,", "And pray the Romane Gods confound you both", "O Grandsire , Grandsire : euen with all my heart", "Would I were Dead , so you did Liue againe .", "O Lord , I cannot speake to him for weeping ,", "My teares will choake me , if I ope my mouth"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 210, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Charioteer , the deer has led us a long chase . And even now", "His neck in beauty bends", "As backward looks he sends", "At my pursuing car", "That threatens death from far .", "Fear shrinks to half the body small ;", "See how he fears the arrow 's fall !", "The path he takes is strewed", "With blades of grass half-chewed", "From jaws wide with the stress", "Of fevered weariness .", "He leaps so often and so high ,", "He does not seem to run , but fly .", "Then let the reins hang loose .", "Is the hermit father there ? The two hermits . No , he has left his daughter to welcome guests , and has just gone to Somatirtha , to avert an evil fate that threatens her .", "Well , I will see her . She shall feel my devotion , and report it to the sage . The two hermits . Then we will go on our way .", "Charioteer , drive on . A sight of the pious hermitage will purify us .", "She is quite right . Beneath the barken dress Upon the shoulder tied , In maiden loveliness Her young breast seems to hide , As when a flower amid The leaves by autumn tossed \u2014 Pale , withered leaves \u2014 lies hid , And half its grace is lost . Yet in truth the bark dress is not an enemy to her beauty . It serves as an added ornament . For The meanest vesture glows On beauty that enchants : The lotus lovelier shows Amid dull water-plants ; The moon in added splendour Shines for its spot of dark ; Yet more the maiden slender Charms in her dress of bark . ShakuntalaOh , girls , that mango-tree is trying to tell me something with his branches that move in the wind like fingers . I must go and see him .", "But the flattery is true .", "Her arms are tender shoots ; her lips", "Are blossoms red and warm ;", "Bewitching youth begins to flower", "In beauty on her form .", "May I hope that she is the hermit 's daughter by a mother of a different caste ? But it must be so . Surely , she may become a warrior 's bride ; Else , why these longings in an honest mind ? The motions of a blameless heart decide Of right and wrong , when reason leaves us blind . Yet I will learn the whole truth . ShakuntalaOh , oh ! A bee has left the jasmine-vine and is flying into my face .KingAs the bee about her flies , Swiftly her bewitching eyes Turn to watch his flight . She is practising to-day Coquetry and glances \u2019 play Not from love , but fright .Eager bee , you lightly skim O'er the eyelid 's trembling rim Toward the cheek aquiver . Gently buzzing round her cheek , Whispering in her ear , you seek Secrets to deliver . While her hands that way and this Strike at you , you steal a kiss , Love 's all , honeymaker . I know nothing but her name , Not her caste , nor whence she came \u2014 You , my rival , take her .", "A good opportunity to present myself . Have no \u2014No , they would see that I am the king . I prefer to appear as a guest .", "Your courteous words are enough to make me feel at home .", "You , too , are surely wearied by your pious task . Pray be seated a moment . PriyamvadaMy dear , we must be polite to our guest . Shall we sit down ?ShakuntalaOh , why do I have such feelings when I see this man ? They seem wrong in a hermitage . KingIt is delightful to see your friendship . For you are all young and beautiful . PriyamvadaWho is he , dear ? With his mystery , and his dignity , and his courtesy ? He acts like a king and a gentleman .", "I too would like to ask a question about your friend . The two friends . Sir , your request is a favour to us .", "Father Kanva lives a lifelong hermit . Yet you say that your friend is his daughter . How can that be ?", "Ah , yes . The famous Kaushika .", "You waken my curiosity with the word \u201c abandoned . \u201d May I hear the whole story ?", "Yes , the gods feel this jealousy toward the austerities of others . And then \u2014", "The rest is plain . Surely , she is the daughter of the nymph .", "It is as it should be . To beauty such as this No woman could give birth ; The quivering lightning flash Is not a child of earth .KingAh , my wishes become hopes . PriyamvadaSir , it seems as if you had more to say .", "You are right . Your pious life interests me , and I have another question .", "My question is this :", "Does she , till marriage only , keep her vow", "As hermit-maid , that shames the ways of love ?", "Or must her soft eyes ever see , as now ,", "Soft eyes of friendly deer in peaceful grove ?", "It is plain that she is already wearied by watering the trees . See ! Her shoulders droop ; her palms are reddened yet ; Quick breaths are struggling in her bosom fair ; The blossom o'er her ear hangs limply wet ; One hand restrains the loose , dishevelled hair . I therefore remit her debt .", "Make no mistake . This is a present \u2014 from the king .", "I have offended sadly against the hermits . I must go back . The two friends . Your Honour , we are frightened by this alarm of the elephant . Permit us to return to the cottage . AnusuyaShakuntala dear , Mother Gautami will be anxious . We must hurry and find her . ShakuntalaOh , oh ! I can hardly walk .", "You must go very slowly . And I will take pains that the hermitage is not disturbed . The two friends . Your honour , we feel as if we knew you very well . Pray pardon our shortcomings as hostesses . May we ask you to seek better entertainment from us another time ?", "You are too modest . I feel honoured by the mere sight of you .", "I do not understand you . Speak plainly .", "The river-current , of course .", "How so ?", "Wait . Hear me out .", "When you are rested , you must be my companion in another task \u2014 an easy one .", "I will tell you presently .", "Who stands without ?", "Door-keeper . I await your Majesty 's commands .", "Raivataka , summon the general . Door-keeper . Yes , your Majesty .Follow me , sir . There is his Majesty , listening to our conversation . Draw near , sir . GeneralHunting is declared to be a sin , yet it brings nothing but good to the king . See ! He does not heed the cruel sting Of his recoiling , twanging string ; The mid-day sun , the dripping sweat Affect him not , nor make him fret ; His form , though sinewy and spare , Is most symmetrically fair ; No mountain-elephant could be More filled with vital strength than he .", "Bhadrasena , my enthusiasm is broken . Madhavya has been preaching against hunting . GeneralStick to it , friend Madhavya . I will humour the king a moment .Your Majesty , he is a chattering idiot . Your Majesty may judge by his own case whether hunting is an evil . Consider : The hunter 's form grows sinewy , strong , and light ; He learns , from beasts of prey , how wrath and fright Affect the mind ; his skill he loves to measure With moving targets . \u2018 Tis life 's chiefest pleasure . ClownGet out ! Get out with your strenuous life ! The king has come to his senses . But you , you son of a slave-wench , can go chasing from forest to forest , till you fall into the jaws of some old bear that is looking for a deer or a jackal .", "Bhadrasena , I cannot take your advice , because I am in the vicinity of a hermitage . So for to-day The horn\u00e8d buffalo may shake The turbid water of the lake ; Shade-seeking deer may chew the cud , Boars trample swamp-grass in the mud ; The bow I bend in hunting , may Enjoy a listless holiday .", "Send back the archers who have gone ahead . And forbid the soldiers to vex the hermitage , or even to approach it . Remember : There lurks a hidden fire in each Religious hermit-bower ; Cool sun-stones kindle if assailed By any foreign power .", "Lead the way .", "Friend Madhavya , you do not know what vision is . You have not seen the fairest of all objects .", "Yes , every one thinks himself beautiful . But I was speaking of Shakuntala , the ornament of the hermitage . ClownI must n't add fuel to the flame .But you can n't have her because she is a hermit-girl . What is the use of seeing her ?", "Fool !", "And is it selfish longing then ,", "That draws our souls on high", "Through eyes that have forgot to wink ,", "As the new moon climbs the sky ?", "Besides , Dushyanta 's thoughts dwell on no forbidden object .", "My friend , you have not seen her , or you could not talk so .", "Oh , my friend , she needs not many words .", "She is God 's vision , of pure thought", "Composed in His creative mind ;", "His reveries of beauty wrought", "The peerless pearl of womankind .", "So plays my fancy when I see", "How great is God , how lovely she .", "This too is in my thought .", "She seems a flower whose fragrance none has tasted ,", "A gem uncut by workman 's tool ,", "A branch no desecrating hands have wasted ,", "Fresh honey , beautifully cool .", "No man on earth deserves to taste her beauty ,", "Her blameless loveliness and worth ,", "Unless he has fulfilled man 's perfect duty \u2014", "And is there such a one on earth ?", "She is dependent on her father , and he is not here .", "But when she went away with her friends , she almost showed that she loved me . When she had hardly left my side , \u201c I cannot walk , \u201d the maiden cried , And turned her face , and feigned to free The dress not caught upon the tree .", "My friend , think of some pretext under which we may return to the hermitage .", "What of that ?", "Fool ! It is a very different tax which these hermits pay \u2014 one that outweighs heaps of gems . The wealth we take from common men , Wastes while we cherish ; These share with us such holiness As ne'er can perish . Voices behind the scenes . Ah , we have found him . KingThe voices are grave and tranquil . These must be hermits .Door-keeper . Victory , O King . There are two hermit-youths at the gate .", "Bid them enter at once . Door-keeper . Yes , your Majesty .Follow me . First youthA majestic presence , yet it inspires confidence . Nor is this wonderful in a king who is half a saint . For to him The splendid palace serves as hermitage ; His royal government , courageous , sage , Adds daily to his merit ; it is given To him to win applause from choirs of heaven Whose anthems to his glory rise and swell , Proclaiming him a king , and saint as well .", "They command rather . The two youths . The powers of evil disturb our pious life in the absence of the hermit-father . We therefore ask that you will remain a few nights with your charioteer to protect the hermitage .", "I shall be most happy to do so . ClownYou rather seem to like being collared this way .", "Raivataka , tell my charioteer to drive up , and to bring the bow and arrows .", "Pray go before . And I will follow straightway . The two youths . Victory , O King !", "Madhavya , have you no curiosity to see Shakuntala ?", "Do not fear . You will be with me .", "Let him enter . Door-keeperKarabhaka , here is his Majesty . You may draw near . KarabhakaVictory to your Majesty . The queen-mother sends her commands \u2014\u2014", "What are her commands ?", "On the one side is my duty to the hermits , on the other my mother 's command . Neither may be disregarded . What is to be done ? ClownStay half-way between , like Trishanku .", "In truth , I am perplexed .", "Two inconsistent duties sever", "My mind with cruel shock ,", "As when the current of a river", "Is split upon a rock .", "I will send all the soldiers with you , for the pious grove must not be disturbed . ClownAha ! Look at the heir-apparent ! KingThe fellow is a chatterbox . He might betray my longing to the ladies of the palace . Good , then !Friend Madhavya , my reverence for the hermits draws me to the hermitage . Do not think that I am really in love with the hermit-girl . Just think : A king , and a girl of the calm hermit-grove , Bred with the fawns , and a stranger to love ! Then do not imagine a serious quest ; The light words I uttered were spoken in jest .", "She is seriously ill .Is it the heat , or is it as I hope ?It must be so . With salve upon her breast , With loosened lotus-chain , My darling , sore oppressed , Is lovely in her pain . Though love and summer heat May work an equal woe , No maiden seems so sweet When summer lays her low . PriyamvadaAnusuya , since she first saw the good king , she has been greatly troubled . I do not believe her fever has any other cause .", "It is too true . Her lotus-chains that were as white As moonbeams shining in the night , Betray the fever 's awful pain , And fading , show a darker stain . ShakuntalaWell , say whatever you like . Anusuya . Shakuntala dear , you have not told us what is going on in your mind . But I have heard old , romantic stories , and I can n't help thinking that you are in a state like that of a lady in love . Please tell us what hurts you . We have to understand the disease before we can even try to cure it .", "Anusuya expresses my own thoughts .", "Priyamvada is right . See ! Her cheeks grow thin ; her breast and shoulders fail ; Her waist is weary and her face is pale : She fades for love ; oh , pitifully sweet ! As vine-leaves wither in the scorching heat . ShakuntalaI could not tell any one else . But I shall be a burden to you . The two friends . That is why we insist on knowing , dear . Grief must be shared to be endured . King . To friends who share her joy and grief She tells what sorrow laid her here ; She turned to look her love again When first I saw her \u2014 yet I fear !", "It is quite true . The hot tears , flowing down my cheek All night on my supporting arm And on its golden bracelet , seek To stain the gems and do them harm . The bracelet slipping o'er the scars Upon the wasted arm , that show My deeds in hunting and in wars , All night is moving to and fro . PriyamvadaWell , she must write him a love-letter . And I will hide it in a bunch of flowers and see that it gets into the king 's hand as if it were a relic of the sacrifice .", "It is only natural that I should forget to wink when I see my darling . For One clinging eyebrow lifted , As fitting words she seeks , Her face reveals her passion For me in glowing cheeks .", "Pray do not hesitate . It always causes pain in the end , to leave unsaid what one longs to say .", "I am all attention .", "There is no text more urgent .", "We cherish the same desire . I feel it a great honour . ShakuntalaOh , do n't detain the good king . He is separated from the court ladies , and he is anxious to go back to them . King . Bewitching eyes that found my heart , You surely see It could no longer live apart , Nor faithless be . I bear Love 's arrows as I can ; Wound not with doubt a wounded man .", "What more can I say ? Though many queens divide my court , But two support the throne ; Your friend will find a rival in The sea-girt earth alone . The two friends . We are content .PriyamvadaLook , Anusuya ! See how the dear girl 's life is coming back moment by moment \u2014 just like a peahen in summer when the first rainy breezes come .", "I am rebuked .", "Why accuse a fate that brings what you desire ?", "Why should I not have my way ?", "Do not fear your family , beautiful Shakuntala . Father Kanva knows the holy law . He will not regret it . For many a hermit maiden who By simple , voluntary rite Dispensed with priest and witness , yet Found favour in her father 's sight .Ah , I have come into the open air .ShakuntalaO King , I cannot do as you would have me . You hardly know me after this short talk . But oh , do not forget me . King . When evening comes , the shadow of the tree Is cast far forward , yet does not depart ; Even so , belov\u00e8d , wheresoe'er you be , The thought of you can never leave my heart . ShakuntalaOh , oh ! When I hear him speak so , my feet will not move away . I will hide in this amaranth hedge and see how long his love lasts .", "Oh , my belov\u00e8d , my love for you is my whole life , yet you leave me and go away without a thought . Your body , soft as siris-flowers , Engages passion 's utmost powers ; How comes it that your heart is hard As stalks that siris-blossoms guard ?", "What have I to do here , where she is not ?Ah , I cannot go . The perfumed lotus-chain That once was worn by her Fetters and keeps my heart A hopeless prisoner .ShakuntalaWhy , I was so weak and ill that when the lotus-bracelet fell off , I did not even notice it . KingAh ! Once , dear , on your sweet arm it lay , And on my heart shall ever stay ; Though you disdain to give me joy , I find it in a lifeless toy .", "I will restore it on one condition .", "That I may myself place it where it belongs . ShakuntalaWhat can I do ?", "Let us sit on this stone bench .KingAh ! When Shiva 's anger burned the tree Of love in quenchless fire , Did heavenly fate preserve a shoot To deck my heart 's desire ? ShakuntalaHasten , my dear , hasten . KingNow I am content . She speaks as a wife to her husband .Beautiful Shakuntala , the clasp of the bracelet is not very firm . May I fasten it in another way ? ShakuntalaIf you like . KingSee , my beautiful girl ! The lotus-chain is dazzling white As is the slender moon at night . Perhaps it was the moon on high That joined her horns and left the sky , Believing that your lovely arm Would , more than heaven , enhance her charm .", "Oh , my bewitching girl , have no fear of me .Her sweetly trembling lip With virgin invitation Provokes my soul to sip Delighted fascination .", "The lotus over your ear is so near your eye , and so like it , that I was confused .", "What more could I ask ?", "It ought to be enough for me", "To hover round your fragrant face ;", "Is not the lotus-haunting bee", "Content with perfume and with grace ?", "This ! This !A voice behind the scenes . O sheldrake bride , bid your mate farewell . The night is come . ShakuntalaOh , my dear , this is Mother Gautami , come to inquire about me . Please hide among the branches .", "Be quiet . I wish to listen . ChamberlainAh , the king is occupied . I must await his leisure .A song behind the scenes . You who kissed the mango-flower , Honey-loving bee , Gave her all your passion 's power , Ah , so tenderly ! How can you be tempted so By the lily , pet ? Fresher honey 's sweet , I know ; But can you forget ?", "What an entrancing song !", "Go . Soothe her like a gentleman .", "Request my chaplain Somarata in my name to receive these hermits in the manner prescribed by Scripture , and to conduct them himself before me . I will await them in a place fit for their reception .", "Enough ! I must not gaze upon another 's wife . ShakuntalaOh , my heart , why tremble so ? Remember his constant love and be brave . ChaplainHail , your Majesty . The hermits have been received as Scripture enjoins . They have a message from their teacher . May you be pleased to hear it . KingI am all attention . The two pupilsVictory , O King . KingI salute you all . The two pupils . All hail .", "Does your pious life proceed without disturbance ?", "The two pupils .", "How could the pious duties fail", "While you defend the right ?", "Or how could darkness \u2019 power prevail", "O'er sunbeams shining bright ?", "King", "Indeed , my royal title is no empty one .", "Is holy Kanva in health ?", "What are his commands ?", "Speak , mother .", "Gautami .", "Did she with father speak or mother ?", "Did you engage her friends in speech ?", "Your faith was plighted each to other ;", "Let each be faithful now to each .", "You cannot mean that this young woman is my wife . ShakuntalaOh , my heart , you feared it , and now it has come . Sharngarava . O King , A king , and shrink when love is done , Turn coward 's back on truth , and flee !", "What means this dreadful accusation ?", "Sharngarava", "O drunk with power ! We might have known", "That you were steeped in treachery .", "A stinging rebuke ! GautamiForget your shame , my child . I will remove your veil . Then your husband will recognise you .KingAs my heart ponders whether I could ever Have wed this woman that has come to me In tortured loveliness , as I endeavour To bring it back to mind , then like a bee That hovers round a jasmine flower at dawn , While frosty dews of morning still o'erweave it , And hesitates to sip ere they be gone , I cannot taste the sweet , and cannot leave it . PortressWhat a virtuous king he is ! Would any other man hesitate when he saw such a pearl of a woman coming of her own accord ?", "Hermit , I have taken thought . I cannot believe that this woman is my wife . She is plainly with child . How can I take her , confessing myself an adulterer ? ShakuntalaOh , oh , oh ! He even casts doubt on our marriage . The vine of my hope climbed high , but it is broken now .", "An excellent idea ! ShakuntalaOh , oh ! The ring is lost .", "Ready wit , ready wit !", "Let me hear what you have to say .", "I hear you .", "It is just such women , selfish , sweet , false , that entice fools . Gautami . You have no right to say that . She grew up in the pious grove . She does not know how to deceive .", "Old hermit woman , The female 's untaught cunning may be seen In beasts , far more in women selfish-wise ; The cuckoo 's eggs are left to hatch and rear By foster-parents , and away she flies . ShakuntalaWretch ! You judge all this by your own false heart . Would any other man do what you have done ? To hide behind virtue , like a yawning well covered over with grass ! KingBut her anger is free from coquetry , because she has lived in the forest . See ! Her glance is straight ; her eyes are flashing red ; Her speech is harsh , not drawlingly well-bred ; Her whole lip quivers , seems to shake with cold ; Her frown has straightened eyebrows arching bold . No , she saw that I was doubtful , and her anger was feigned . Thus When I refused but now Hard-heartedly , to know Of love or secret vow , Her eyes grew red ; and so , Bending her arching brow , She fiercely snapped Love 's bow .", "Why do you trust this girl , and accuse me of an imaginary crime ? SharngaravaYou have learned your wisdom upside down . It would be monstrous to believe A girl who never lies ; Trust those who study to deceive And think it very wise .", "Aha , my candid friend ! Suppose I were to admit that I am such a man . What would happen if I deceived the girl ?", "It is unthinkable that ruin should fall on Puru 's line .", "Hermit , why deceive this woman ? Remember : Night-blossoms open to the moon , Day-blossoms to the sun ; A man of honour ever strives Another 's wife to shun . Sharngarava . O King , suppose you had forgotten your former actions in the midst of distractions . Should you now desert your wife \u2014 you who fear to fail in virtue ?", "I ask you which is the heavier sin :", "Not knowing whether I be mad", "Or falsehood be in her ,", "Shall I desert a faithful wife", "Or turn adulterer ?", "Chaplain", "Now if this were done \u2014\u2014", "Instruct me , my teacher .", "Why this ?", "It is good advice , my teacher . ChaplainFollow me , my daughter .", "What ?", "What then ?", "Chaplain .", "Before our eyes a heavenly light", "In woman 's form , but shining bright ,", "Seized her and vanished straight .", "My teacher , we have already settled the matter . Why speculate in vain ? Let us seek repose . Chaplain . Victory to your Majesty .", "Vetravati , I am bewildered . Conduct me to my apartment .", "Vetravati , tell the minister Pishuna in my name that a sleepless night prevents me from mounting the throne of judgment . He is to investigate the citizens \u2019 business and send me a memorandum .", "And you , Parvatayana , return to your post of duty .", "It is my only consolation . Lead the way to the bower of spring-creepers .", "My friend , I am quite forlorn . I keep thinking of her pitiful state when I rejected her . Thus : When I denied her , then she tried To join her people . \u201c Stay , \u201d one cried , Her father 's representative . She stopped , she turned , she could but give A tear-dimmed glance to heartless me \u2014 That arrow burns me poisonously .", "Who else would dare to touch a faithful wife ? Her friends told me that Menaka was her mother . My heart persuades me that it was she , or companions of hers , who carried Shakuntala away .", "How so ?", "My friend ,", "And was it phantom , madness , dream ,", "Or fatal retribution stern ?", "My hopes fell down a precipice", "And never , never will return .", "Listen , my friend . When I left the pious grove for the city , my darling wept and said : \u201c But how long will you remember us , dear ? \u201d", "Then I put this engraved ring on her finger , and said to her \u2014\u2014", "While she was worshipping the Ganges at Shachitirtha , it fell .", "Well , I can only reproach this ring . ClownAnd I will reproach this stick of mine . Why are you crooked when I am straight ? KingHow could you fail to linger On her soft , tapering finger , And in the water fall ? And yet Things lifeless know not beauty ; But I \u2014 I scorned my duty , The sweetest task of all .", "My friend ,", "What in the picture is not fair ,", "Is badly done ;", "Yet something of her beauty there ,", "I feel , is won .", "Which one do you think ? ClownI think it is this one , leaning against the creeper which she has just sprinkled . Her face is hot and the flowers are dropping from her hair ; for the ribbon is loosened . Her arms droop like weary branches ; she has loosened her girdle , and she seems a little fatigued . This , I think , is the lady Shakuntala , the others are her friends .", "You are good at guessing . Besides , here are proofs of my love .", "See where discolorations faint", "Of loving handling tell ;", "And here the swelling of the paint", "Shows where my sad tears fell .", "Chaturika , I have not finished the background . Go , get the brushes .", "I will hold it .", "Listen , my friend . The stream of Malini , and on its sands The swan-pairs resting ; holy foot-hill lands Of great Himalaya 's sacred ranges , where The yaks are seen ; and under trees that bear Bark hermit-dresses on their branches high , A doe that on the buck 's horn rubs her eye . ClownTo hear him talk , I should think he was going to fill up the picture with heavy-bearded hermits .", "And another ornament that Shakuntala loved I have forgotten to paint .", "Drive him away .", "True . O welcome guest of the flowering vine , why do you waste your time in buzzing here ? Your faithful , loving queen , Perched on a flower , athirst , Is waiting for you still , Nor tastes the honey first .", "Will he not go , though I warn him ?", "A picture ?", "You have done an ill-natured thing .", "When I was happy in the sight ,", "And when my heart was warm ,", "You brought sad memories back , and made", "My love a painted form .", "My friend , how can I endure a grief that has no respite ?", "I cannot sleep at night", "And meet her dreaming ;", "I cannot see the sketch", "While tears are streaming .", "Well ?", "My friend , the queen has come because she feels touched in her honour . You had better take care of this picture .", "Vetravati , did you not meet Queen Vasumati ?", "The queen knows times and seasons . She will not interrupt business .", "Give me the document .King\u201c Be it known to his Majesty . A seafaring merchant named Dhanavriddhi has been lost in a shipwreck . He is childless , and his property , amounting to several millions , reverts to the crown . Will his Majesty take action ? \u201dIt is dreadful to be childless . Vetravati , he had great riches . There must be several wives . Let inquiry be made . There may be a wife who is with child .", "The child shall receive the inheritance . Go , inform the minister .", "Wait a moment . PortressYes , your Majesty . King . After all , what does it matter whether he have issue or not ? Let King Dushyanta be proclaimed To every sad soul kin That mourns a kinsman loved and lost , Yet did not plunge in sin .", "Alas ! I despised the happiness that offered itself to me .", "Alas ! The ancestors of Dushyanta are in a doubtful case .", "For I am childless , and they do not know ,", "When I am gone , what child of theirs will bring", "The scriptural oblation ; and their tears", "Already mingle with my offering .", "Go , Chaturika . Reprove the queen in my name for not controlling her servants .", "The Brahman 's voice seems really changed by fear . Who waits without ?", "See why poor Madhavya is screaming so .", "Parvatayana , I hope it is nothing very dreadful .", "Then why do you tremble so ? For", "Why should the trembling , born", "Of age , increasing , seize", "Your limbs and bid them shake", "Like fig-leaves in the breeze ?", "From what ?", "Speak plainly , man .", "What has happened there ? Chamberlain . While he was resting on its height , Which palace peacocks in their flight Can hardly reach , he seemed to be Snatched up \u2014 by what , we could not see . KingMy very palace is invaded by evil creatures . To be a king , is to be a disappointed man . The moral stumblings of mine own , The daily slips , are scarcely known ; Who then that rules a kingdom , can Guide every deed of every man ?", "I am all attention .", "So Narada has told me . Matali . Heaven 's king is powerless ; you shall smite His foes in battle soon ; Darkness that overcomes the day , Is scattered by the moon . Take your bow at once , enter my heavenly chariot , and set forth for victory .", "I am grateful for the honour which Indra shows me . But why did you act thus toward Madhavya ?", "Matali , though I have done what Indra commanded , I think myself an unprofitable servant , when I remember his most gracious welcome .", "Ah , no ! For the honour given me at parting went far beyond imagination . Before the gods , he seated me beside him on his throne . And then He smiled , because his son Jayanta 's heart Beat quicker , by the self-same wish oppressed , And placed about my neck the heavenly wreath Still fragrant from the sandal on his breast .", "This merely proves Indra 's majesty . Remember :", "All servants owe success in enterprise", "To honour paid before the great deed 's done ;", "Could dawn defeat the darkness otherwise", "Than resting on the chariot of the sun ?", "Matali , when I passed before , I was intent on fighting the demons , and did not observe this region . Tell me . In which path of the winds are we ? Matali . It is the windpath sanctified By holy Vishnu 's second stride ; Which , freed from dust of passion , ever Upholds the threefold heavenly river ; And , driving them with reins of light , Guides the stars in wheeling flight .", "That is why serenity pervades me , body and soul .It seems that we have descended into the region of the clouds .", "In which direction lies the hermitage of Marichi 's son ? MataliSee ! Where stands the hermit , horridly austere , Whom clinging vines are choking , tough and sore ; Half-buried in an ant-hill that has grown About him , standing post-like and alone ; Sun-staring with dim eyes that know no rest , The dead skin of a serpent on his breast : So long he stood unmoved , insensate there That birds build nests within his mat of hair . KingAll honour to one who mortifies the flesh so terribly . MataliWe have entered the hermitage of the ancient sage , whose wife Aditi tends the coral-trees . King . Here is deeper contentment than in heaven . I seem plunged in a pool of nectar . MataliDescend , O King . KingBut how will you fare ?", "I look with amazement both at their simplicity and at what they might enjoy . Their appetites are fed with air Where grows whatever is most fair ; They bathe religiously in pools Which golden lily-pollen cools ; They pray within a jewelled home , Are chaste where nymphs of heaven roam : They mortify desire and sin With things that others fast to win .", "Very well .I dare not hope for what I pray ; Why thrill \u2014 in vain ? For heavenly bliss once thrown away Turns into pain . A voice behind the scenes . Do n't ! You must n't be so foolhardy . Oh , you are always the same . KingNo naughtiness could feel at home in this spot . Who draws such a rebuke upon himself ?It is a child , but no child in strength . And two hermit-women are trying to control him . He drags a struggling lion cub , The lioness \u2019 milk half-sucked , half-missed , Towzles his mane , and tries to drub Him tame with small , imperious fist .", "Why should my heart go out to this boy as if he were my own son ?No doubt my childless state makes me sentimental .", "My heart goes out to this wilful child .They show their little buds of teeth In peals of causeless laughter ; They hide their trustful heads beneath Your heart . And stumbling after Come sweet , unmeaning sounds that sing To you . The father warms And loves the very dirt they bring Upon their little forms . Hermit-womanWo n't you mind me ?Which one of the hermit-boys is here ?Oh , sir , please come here and free this lion cub . The little rascal is tormenting him , and I can n't make him let go .", "Very well .O little son of a great sage ! Your conduct in this place apart , Is most unfit ; \u2018 Twould grieve your father 's pious heart And trouble it . To animals he is as good As good can be ; You spoil it , like a black snake 's brood In sandal tree . Hermit-woman . But , sir , he is not the son of a hermit .", "So it would seem , both from his looks and his actions . But in this spot , I had no suspicion of anything else .It makes me thrill to touch the boy , The stranger 's son , to me unknown ; What measureless content must fill The man who calls the child his own ! Hermit-womanWonderful ! wonderful !", "Why do you say that , mother ? Hermit-woman . I am astonished to see how much the boy looks like you , sir . You are not related . Besides , he is a perverse little creature and he does not know you . Yet he takes no dislike to you . KingMother , if he is not the son of a hermit , what is his family ? Hermit-woman . The family of Puru . KingHe is of one family with me ! Then could my thought be true ?But this is the custom of Puru 's line : In glittering palaces they dwell While men , and rule the country well ; Then make the grove their home in age , And die in austere hermitage . But how could human beings , of their own mere motion , attain this spot ? Hermit-woman . You are quite right , sir . But the boy 's mother was related to a nymph , and she bore her son in the pious grove of the father of the gods . KingAh , a second ground for hope .What was the name of the good king whose wife she was ? Hermit-woman . Who would speak his name ? He rejected his true wife . KingThis story points at me . Suppose I ask the boy for his mother 's name .No , it is wrong to concern myself with one who may be another 's wife .", "Do not be anxious , mother . It fell while he was struggling with the lion cub .The two women . Oh , do n't , do n't !He has touched it !", "Why did you try to prevent me ?", "And if another touch it ?", "Did you ever see this happen to any one else ?", "My son , you shall go with me to greet your mother .", "My darling , the cruelty I showed you has turned to happiness . Will you not recognise me ? ShakuntalaOh , my heart , believe it . Fate struck hard , but its envy is gone and pity takes its place . It is my husband . King . Black madness flies ; Comes memory ; Before my eyes My love I see . Eclipse flees far ; Light follows soon ; The loving star Draws to the moon .", "Yes . And when a miracle recovered it , my memory returned .", "Then let the vine receive her flower , as earnest of her union with spring .", "My desires bear sweeter fruit because fulfilled through a friend . Matali , was not this matter known to Indra ? MataliWhat is hidden from the gods ? Come . Marichi 's holy son , Kashyapa , wishes to see you .", "My dear wife , bring our son . I could not appear without you before the holy one .", "It is the custom in times of festival . Come .KashyapaAditi , \u2018 Tis King Dushyanta , he who goes before Your son in battle , and who rules the earth , Whose bow makes Indra 's weapon seem no more Than a fine plaything , lacking sterner worth .", "Holy one , your favour shown to us is without parallel . You granted the fulfilment of our wishes before you called us to your presence . For , holy one , The flower comes first , and then the fruit ; The clouds appear before the rain ; Effect comes after cause ; but you First helped , then made your favour plain .", "I am all attention .", "It is most true , holy one .", "Holy one , the hope of my race centres in him .", "I anticipate everything from him , since you have performed the rites for him .", "Yes , holy one .", "Holy one , I will do my best .", "Can there be more than this ? Yet may this prayer be fulfilled .", "May kingship benefit the land ,", "And wisdom grow in scholars \u2019 band ;", "May Shiva see my faith on earth", "And make me free of all rebirth ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 211, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["If music be the food of love , play on ;", "Give me excess of it , that , surfeiting ,", "The appetite may sicken and so die .", "That strain again ! It had a dying fall ;", "O , it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound", "That breathes upon a bank of violets ,", "Stealing and giving odour ! Enough ; no more ;", "\u2018 T is not so sweet now as it was before .", "O spirit of love , how quick and fresh art thou !", "That , notwithstanding thy capacity", "Receiveth as the sea , nought enters there ,", "Of what validity and pitch soe'er ,", "But falls into abatement and low price ,", "Even in a minute ! so full of shapes is fancy", "That it alone is high fantastical .", "What , Curio ?", "Why , so I do , the noblest that I have .", "O , when mine eyes did see Olivia first ,", "Methought she purg 'd the air of pestilence !", "That instant was I turn 'd into a hart ;", "And my desires , like fell and cruel hounds ,", "E'er since pursue me .", "How now ! what news from her ?", "O , she that hath a heart of that fine frame", "To pay this debt of love but to a brother ,", "How will she love when the rich golden shaft", "Hath kill 'd the flock of all affections else", "That live in her ; when liver , brain , and heart ,", "These sovereign thrones , are all supplied , and fill 'd \u2014", "Her sweet perfections \u2014 with one self king !", "Away before me to sweet beds of flow'rs ;", "Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bow'rs .", "Who saw Cesario , ho ?", "Stand you awhile aloof . Cesario ,", "Thou know'st no less but all ; I have unclasp 'd", "To thee the book even of my secret soul .", "Therefore , good youth , address thy gait unto her ;", "Be not denied access , stand at her doors ,", "And tell them , there thy fixed foot shall grow", "Till thou have audience .", "Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds", "Rather than make unprofited return .", "O , then unfold the passion of my love ,", "Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith !", "It shall become thee well to act my woes ;", "She will attend it better in thy youth", "Than in a nuncio 's of more grave aspect .", "Dear lad , believe it ;", "For they shall yet belie thy happy years ,", "That say thou art a man : Diana 's lip", "Is not more smooth and rubious ; thy small pipe", "Is as the maiden 's organ , shrill and sound ,", "And all is semblative a woman 's part .", "I know thy constellation is right apt", "For this affair . Some four or five attend him ;", "All , if you will ; for I myself am best", "When least in company . Prosper well in this ,", "And thou shalt live as freely as thy lord ,", "To call his fortunes thine .", "Give me some music . Now , good morrow , friends .", "Now , good Cesario , but that piece of song ,", "That old and antique song we heard last night ;", "Methought it did relieve my passion much ,", "More than light airs and recollected terms", "Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times .", "Come , but one verse .", "Who was it ?", "Go seek him out , and play the tune the while .", "Come hither , boy . If ever thou shalt love ,", "In the sweet pangs of it remember me ;", "For such as I am all true lovers are ,", "Unstaid and skittish in all motions else ,", "Save in the constant image of the creature", "That is belov 'd . How dost thou like this tune ?", "Thou dost speak masterly :", "My life upon \u2018 t , young though thou art , thine eye", "Hath stay 'd upon some favour that it loves ;", "Hath it not , boy ?", "What kind of woman is \u2018 t ?", "She is not worth thee , then . What years , i \u2019 faith ?", "Too old , by heaven ! let still the woman take", "An elder than herself ; so wears she to him ,", "So sways she level in her husband 's heart :", "For , boy , however we do praise ourselves ,", "Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm ,", "More longing , wavering , sooner lost and worn ,", "Than women 's are .", "Then let thy love be younger than thyself ,", "Or thy affection cannot hold the bent ;", "For women are as roses , whose fair flower ,", "Being once display 'd , doth fall that very hour .", "O , fellow , come , the song we had last night .", "Mark it , Cesario , it is old and plain ;", "The spinsters and the knitters in the sun ,", "And the free maids that weave their thread with bones ,", "Do use to chant it : it is silly sooth ,", "And dallies with the innocence of love ,", "Like the old age .", "Ay ; prithee , sing .", "There \u2018 s for thy pains .", "I \u2018 ll pay thy pleasure , then .", "Give me now leave to leave thee .", "Let all the rest give place .", "Once more , Cesario ,", "Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty .", "Tell her my love , more noble than the world ,", "Prizes not quantity of dirty lands ;", "The parts that fortune hath bestow 'd upon her ,", "Tell her , I hold as giddily as fortune ;", "But \u2018 t is that miracle and queen of gems", "That Nature pranks her in attracts my soul .", "I cannot be so answer 'd .", "There is no woman 's sides", "Can bide the beating of so strong a passion", "As love doth give my heart ; no woman 's heart", "So big to hold so much ; they lack retention .", "Alas , their love may be call 'd appetite \u2014", "No motion of the liver , but the palate \u2014", "That suffer surfeit , cloyment , and revolt ;", "But mine is all as hungry as the sea ,", "And can digest as much . Make no compare", "Between that love a woman can bear me", "And that I owe Olivia .", "What dost thou know ?", "And what 's her history ?", "But died thy sister of her love , my boy ?", "Ay , that 's the theme .", "To her in haste ; give her this jewel ; say ,", "My love can give no place , bide no denay .", "Belong you to the Lady Olivia , friends ?", "I know thee well ; how dost thou , my good fellow ?", "Just the contrary ; the better for thy friends .", "How can that be ?", "Why , this is excellent .", "Thou shalt not be the worse for me ; there 's gold .", "O , you give me ill counsel .", "Well , I will be so much a sinner to be a double-dealer ; there 's another .", "You can fool no more money out of me at this throw ; if you will let your lady know I am here to speak with her , and bring her along with you , it may awake my bounty further .", "That face of his I do remember well ;", "Yet , when I saw it last , it was besmear 'd", "As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war .", "A baubling vessel was he captain of ,", "For shallow draught and bulk unprizable ;", "With which such scathful grapple did he make", "With the most noble bottom of our fleet", "That very envy and the tongue of loss", "Cried fame and honour on him . What \u2018 s the matter ?", "Notable pirate ! thou salt-water thief !", "What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies ,", "Whom thou , in terms so bloody and so dear ,", "Hast made thine enemies ?", "When came he to this town ?", "Here comes the countess ; now heaven walks on earth .", "But for thee , fellow ,\u2014 fellow , thy words are madness ;", "Three months this youth hath tended upon me ;", "But more of that anon . Take him aside .", "Gracious Olivia ,\u2014", "Still so cruel ?", "What , to perverseness ? you uncivil lady ,", "To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars", "My soul the faithfull'st off'rings have breath 'd out", "That e'er devotion tender 'd ! What shall I do ?", "Why should I not , had I the heart to do it ,", "Like to th \u2019 Egyptian thief at point of death ,", "Kill what I love ?\u2014 a savage jealousy", "That sometime savours nobly . But hear me this :", "Since you to non-regardance cast my faith ,", "And that I partly know the instrument", "That screws me from my true place in your favour ,", "Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still ;", "But this your minion , whom I know you love ,", "And whom , by heaven I swear , I tender dearly ,", "Him will I tear out of that cruel eye ,", "Where he sits crowned in his master 's spite .", "Come , boy , with me ; my thoughts are ripe in mischief ;", "I \u2018 ll sacrifice the lamb that I do love ,", "To spite a raven 's heart within a dove .", "Come , away !", "Husband !", "Her husband , sirrah !", "O thou dissembling cub ! what wilt thou be", "When time hath sow 'd a grizzle on thy case ?", "Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow", "That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow ?", "Farewell , and take her ; but direct thy feet", "Where thou and I henceforth may never meet .", "My gentleman Cesario ?", "How now , gentleman ! how is \u2018 t with you ?", "One face , one voice , one habit , and two persons ,", "A natural perspective , that is and is not !", "Be not amaz 'd ; right noble is his blood .", "If this be so , as yet the glass seems true ,", "I shall have share in this most happy wreck .", "Boy , thou hast said to me a thousand times", "Thou never shouldst love woman like to me .", "Give me thy hand ;", "And let me see thee in thy woman 's weeds .", "This savours not much of distraction .", "Madam , I am most apt t \u2019 embrace your offer .", "Your master quits you ; and , for your service done him ,", "So much against the mettle of your sex ,", "So far beneath your soft and tender breeding ,", "And since you call 'd me master for so long ,", "Here is my hand ; you shall from this time be", "Your master 's mistress .", "Is this the madman ?", "Pursue him , and entreat him to a peace .", "He hath not told us of the captain yet ;", "When that is known , and golden time convents ,", "A solemn combination shall be made", "Of our dear souls . Meantime , sweet sister ,", "We will not part from hence . Cesario , come ;", "For so you shall be , while you are a man ;", "But , when in other habits you are seen ,", "Orsino 's mistress and his fancy 's queen ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 212, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["If music be the food of love , play on ,", "Give me excess of it , that , surfeiting ,", "The appetite may sicken and so die .", "That strain again ! It had a dying fall ;", "O , it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound", "That breathes upon a bank of violets ,", "Stealing and giving odour ! Enough , no more ;", "\u2018 Tis not so sweet now as it was before .", "O spirit of love , how quick and fresh art thou !", "That , notwithstanding thy capacity", "Receiveth as the sea , nought enters there ,", "Of what validity and pitch soe'er ,", "But falls into abatement and low price", "Even in a minute . So full of shapes is fancy ,", "That it alone is high fantastical .", "What , Curio ?", "Why , so I do , the noblest that I have .", "O , when mine eyes did see Olivia first ,", "Methought she purg 'd the air of pestilence !", "That instant was I turn 'd into a hart ,", "And my desires , like fell and cruel hounds ,", "E'er since pursue me .", "Enter VALENTINE", "How now ! what news from her ?", "O , she that hath a heart of that fine frame", "To pay this debt of love but to a brother ,", "How will she love when the rich golden shaft", "Hath kill 'd the flock of all affections else", "That live in her ; when liver , brain , and heart ,", "These sovereign thrones , are all supplied and fill 'd ,", "Her sweet perfections , with one self king !", "Away before me to sweet beds of flow'rs :", "Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bow'rs .", "Who saw Cesario , ho ?", "Stand you awhile aloof . Cesario ,", "Thou know'st no less but all ; I have unclasp 'd", "To thee the book even of my secret soul .", "Therefore , good youth , address thy gait unto her ;", "Be not denied access , stand at her doors ,", "And tell them there thy fixed foot shall grow", "Till thou have audience .", "Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds ,", "Rather than make unprofited return .", "O , then unfold the passion of my love ,", "Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith !", "It shall become thee well to act my woes :", "She will attend it better in thy youth", "Than in a nuncio 's of more grave aspect .", "Dear lad , believe it ,", "For they shall yet belie thy happy years", "That say thou art a man : Diana 's lip", "Is not more smooth and rubious ; thy small pipe", "Is as the maiden 's organ , shrill and sound ,", "And all is semblative a woman 's part .", "I know thy constellation is right apt", "For this affair . Some four or five attend him-", "All , if you will , for I myself am best", "When least in company . Prosper well in this ,", "And thou shalt live as freely as thy lord", "To call his fortunes thine .", "Give me some music . Now , good morrow , friends .", "Now , good Cesario , but that piece of song ,", "That old and antique song we heard last night ;", "Methought it did relieve my passion much ,", "More than light airs and recollected terms", "Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times .", "Come , but one verse .", "Who was it ?", "Seek him out , and play the tune the while .", "Thou dost speak masterly .", "My life upo n't , young though thou art , thine eye", "Hath stay 'd upon some favour that it loves ;", "Hath it not , boy ?", "What kind of woman is't ?", "She is not worth thee , then . What years , i \u2019 faith ?", "Too old , by heaven ! Let still the woman take", "An elder than herself ; so wears she to him ,", "So sways she level in her husband 's heart .", "For , boy , however we do praise ourselves ,", "Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm ,", "More longing , wavering , sooner lost and won ,", "Than women 's are .", "Then let thy love be younger than thyself ,", "Or thy affection cannot hold the bent ;", "For women are as roses , whose fair flow'r", "Being once display 'd doth fall that very hour .", "O , fellow , come , the song we had last night .", "Mark it , Cesario ; it is old and plain ;", "The spinsters and the knitters in the sun ,", "And the free maids that weave their thread with bones ,", "Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth ,", "And dallies with the innocence of love ,", "Like the old age .", "Ay ; prithee , sing .", "FESTE 'S SONG", "Come away , come away , death ;", "And in sad cypress let me be laid ;", "Fly away , fly away , breath ,", "I am slain by a fair cruel maid .", "My shroud of white , stuck all with yew ,", "O , prepare it !", "My part of death no one so true", "Did share it .", "Not a flower , not a flower sweet ,", "On my black coffin let there be strown ;", "Not a friend , not a friend greet", "My poor corpse where my bones shall be thrown ;", "A thousand thousand sighs to save ,", "Lay me , O , where", "Sad true lover never find my grave ,", "To weep there !", "There 's for thy pains .", "I 'll pay thy pleasure , then .", "Give me now leave to leave thee .", "Let all the rest give place .", "I cannot be so answer 'd .", "There is no woman 's sides", "Can bide the beating of so strong a passion", "As love doth give my heart ; no woman 's heart", "So big to hold so much ; they lack retention .", "Alas , their love may be call 'd appetite-", "No motion of the liver , but the palate-", "That suffer surfeit , cloyment , and revolt ;", "But mine is all as hungry as the sea ,", "And can digest as much . Make no compare", "Between that love a woman can bear me", "And that I owe Olivia .", "What dost thou know ?", "And what 's her history ?", "But died thy sister of her love , my boy ?", "Ay , that 's the theme .", "To her in haste . Give her this jewel ; say", "My love can give no place , bide no denay . Exeunt", "Belong you to the Lady Olivia , friends ?", "I know thee well . How dost thou , my good fellow ?", "Just the contrary : the better for thy friends .", "How can that be ?", "Why , this is excellent .", "Thou shalt not be the worse for me . There 's gold .", "O , you give me ill counsel .", "Well , I will be so much a sinner to be a double-dealer . There 's another .", "You can fool no more money out of me at this throw ; if you will let your lady know I am here to speak with her , and bring her along with you , it may awake my bounty further .", "That face of his I do remember well ;", "Yet when I saw it last it was besmear 'd", "As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war .", "A baubling vessel was he captain of ,", "For shallow draught and bulk unprizable ,", "With which such scathful grapple did he make", "With the most noble bottom of our fleet", "That very envy and the tongue of los", "Cried fame and honour on him . What 's the matter ?", "Notable pirate , thou salt-water thief !", "What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies", "Whom thou , in terms so bloody and so dear ,", "Hast made thine enemies ?", "When came he to this town ?", "Here comes the Countess ; now heaven walks on earth .", "But for thee , fellow - fellow , thy words are madness .", "Three months this youth hath tended upon me-", "But more of that anon . Take him aside .", "Gracious Olivia-", "Still so cruel ?", "What , to perverseness ? You uncivil lady ,", "To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars", "My soul the faithfull'st off'rings hath breath 'd out", "That e'er devotion tender 'd ! What shall I do ?", "Why should I not , had I the heart to do it ,", "Like to the Egyptian thief at point of death ,", "Kill what I love ? -  a savage jealousy", "That sometime savours nobly . But hear me this :", "Since you to non-regardance cast my faith ,", "And that I partly know the instrument", "That screws me from my true place in your favour ,", "Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still ;", "But this your minion , whom I know you love ,", "And whom , by heaven I swear , I tender dearly ,", "Him will I tear out of that cruel eye", "Where he sits crowned in his master 's spite .", "Come , boy , with me ; my thoughts are ripe in mischief :", "I 'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love", "To spite a raven 's heart within a dove .", "Come , away !", "Husband ?", "Her husband , sirrah ?", "O thou dissembling cub ! What wilt thou be ,", "When time hath sow 'd a grizzle on thy case ?", "Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow", "That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow ?", "Farewell , and take her ; but direct thy feet", "Where thou and I henceforth may never meet .", "My gentleman , Cesario ?", "How now , gentleman ? How is't with you ?", "One face , one voice , one habit , and two persons ! A natural perspective , that is and is not .", "Be not amaz 'd ; right noble is his blood .", "If this be so , as yet the glass seems true ,", "I shall have share in this most happy wreck .", "Boy , thou hast said to me a thousand times", "Thou never shouldst love woman like to me .", "Give me thy hand ;", "And let me see thee in thy woman 's weeds .", "This savours not much of distraction .", "Madam , I am most apt t \u2019 embrace your offer .Your master quits you ; and , for your service done him , So much against the mettle of your sex , So far beneath your soft and tender breeding , And since you call 'd me master for so long , Here is my hand ; you shall from this time be You master 's mistress .", "Is this the madman ?", "Pursue him , and entreat him to a peace ;", "He hath not told us of the captain yet .", "When that is known , and golden time convents ,", "A solemn combination shall be made", "Of our dear souls . Meantime , sweet sister ,", "We will not part from hence . Cesario , come ;", "For so you shall be while you are a man ;", "But when in other habits you are seen ,", "Orsino 's mistress , and his fancy 's queen .", "Exeunt all but the CLOWN", "CLOWN sings", "When that I was and a little tiny boy ,", "With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ,", "A foolish thing was but a toy ,", "For the rain it raineth every day .", "But when I came to man 's estate ,", "With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ,", "\u2018 Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate ,", "For the rain it raineth every day .", "But when I came , alas ! to wive ,", "With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ,", "By swaggering could I never thrive ,", "For the rain it raineth every day .", "But when I came unto my beds ,", "With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ,", "With toss-pots still had drunken heads ,", "For the rain it raineth every day .", "A great while ago the world begun ,", "With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ,", "But that 's all one , our play is done ,", "And we 'll strive to please you every day ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 213, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Cease to persuade , my loving Proteus :", "Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits .", "Were't not affection chains thy tender days", "To the sweet glances of thy honour 'd love ,", "I rather would entreat thy company 5", "To see the wonders of the world abroad ,", "Than , living dully sluggardized at home ,", "Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness .", "But since thou lovest , love still , and thrive therein ,", "Even as I would , when I to love begin . 10", "And on a love-book pray for my success ?", "That 's on some shallow story of deep love :", "How young Leander cross 'd the Hellespont .", "\u2018 Tis true ; for you are over boots in love , 25", "And yet you never swum the Hellespont .", "No , I will not , for it boots thee not .", "To be in love , where scorn is bought with groans ;", "Coy looks with heart-sore sighs ; one fading moment 's mirth 30", "With twenty watchful , weary , tedious nights :", "If haply won , perhaps a hapless gain ;", "If lost , why then a grievous labour won ;", "However , but a folly bought with wit ,", "Or else a wit by folly vanquished . 35", "So , by your circumstance , I fear you 'll prove .", "Love is your master , for he masters you :", "And he that is so yoked by a fool , 40", "Methinks , should not be chronicled for wise .", "And writers say , as the most forward bud 45", "Is eaten by the canker ere it blow ,", "Even so by love the young and tender wit", "Is turn 'd to folly ; blasting in the bud ,", "Losing his verdure even in the prime ,", "And all the fair effects of future hopes . 50", "But wherefore waste I time to counsel thee ,", "That art a votary to fond desire ?", "Once more adieu ! my father at the road", "Expects my coming , there to see me shipp 'd .", "Sweet Proteus , no ; now let us take our leave .", "To Milan let me hear from thee by letters", "Of thy success in love , and what news else", "Betideth here in absence of thy friend ;", "And I likewise will visit thee with mine . 60", "As much to you at home ! and so , farewell .", "Not mine ; my gloves are on .", "Ha ! let me see : ay , give it me , it 's mine :", "Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine !", "Ah , Silvia , Silvia ! 5", "How now , sirrah ?", "Why , sir , who bade you call her ?", "Well , you 'll still be too forward .", "Go to , sir : tell me , do you know Madam Silvia ?", "Why , how know you that I am in love ? 15", "Are all these things perceived in me ?", "Without me ? they cannot .", "But tell me , dost thou know my lady Silvia ?", "Hast thou observed that ? even she , I mean .", "Dost thou know her by my gazing on her , and yet knowest her not ?", "Not so fair , boy , as well-favoured .", "What dost thou know ?", "I mean that her beauty is exquisite , but her favour infinite .", "How painted ? and how out of count ?", "How esteemest thou me ? I account of her beauty . 55", "How long hath she been deformed ?", "I have loved her ever since I saw her ; and still I see her beautiful . 60", "Why ?", "What should I see then ?", "Belike , boy , then , you are in love ; for last morning 70 you could not see to wipe my shoes .", "In conclusion , I stand affected to her . 75", "Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves .", "I have .", "No , boy , but as well as I can do them . Peace ! here she comes .", "Madam and mistress , a thousand good-morrows .", "As you enjoin 'd me , I have writ your letter", "Unto the secret nameless friend of yours ;", "Which I was much unwilling to proceed in , 95", "But for my duty to your ladyship .", "Now trust me , madam , it came hardly off ;", "For , being ignorant to whom it goes ,", "I writ at random , very doubtfully . 100", "No , madam ; so it stead you , I will write ,", "Please you command , a thousand times as much ;", "And yet \u2014", "What means your ladyship ? do you not like it ? 110", "Madam , they are for you .", "Please you , I 'll write your ladyship another .", "If it please me , madam , what then ?", "How now , sir ? what are you reasoning with 130 yourself ?", "To do what ?", "To whom ?", "What figure ?", "Why , she hath not writ to me ? 140", "No , believe me .", "She gave me none , except an angry word .", "That 's the letter I writ to her friend .", "I would it were no worse .", "I have dined .", "Mistress ?", "Ay , boy , it 's for love .", "Of my mistress , then .", "Indeed , madam , I seem so .", "Haply I do .", "So do you .", "Wise . 15", "Your folly .", "I quote it in your jerkin .", "Well , then , I 'll double your folly .", "Give him leave , madam ; he is a kind of chameleon .", "You have said , sir .", "I know it well , sir ; you always end ere you begin .", "\u2018 Tis indeed , madam ; we thank the giver .", "Yourself , sweet lady ; for you gave the fire . Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your ladyship 's looks , and 35 spends what he borrows kindly in your company .", "I know it well , sir ; you have an exchequer of words , and , I think , no other treasure to give your followers , 40 for it appears , by their bare liveries , that they live by your bare words .", "My lord , I will be thankful", "To any happy messenger from thence .", "Ay , my good lord , I know the gentleman", "To be of worth , and worthy estimation ,", "And not without desert so well reputed .", "Ay , my good lord ; a son that well deserves 55", "The honour and regard of such a father .", "I know him as myself ; for from our infancy", "We have conversed and spent our hours together :", "And though myself have been an idle truant , 60", "Omitting the sweet benefit of time", "To clothe mine age with angel-like perfection ,", "Yet hath Sir Proteus , for that 's his name ,", "Made use and fair advantage of his days ;", "His years but young , but his experience old ; 65", "His head unmellow 'd , but his judgment ripe ;", "And , in a word , for far behind his worth", "Comes all the praises that I now bestow ,", "He is complete in feature and in mind", "With all good grace to grace a gentleman . 70", "Should I have wish 'd a thing , it had been he .", "This is the gentleman I told your ladyship", "Had come along with me , but that his mistress", "Did hold his eyes lock 'd in her crystal looks . 85", "Nay , sure , I think she holds them prisoners still .", "Why , lady , Love hath twenty pair of eyes .", "To see such lovers , Thurio , as yourself :", "Upon a homely object Love can wink .", "Welcome , dear Proteus ! Mistress , I beseech you ,", "Confirm his welcome with some special favour .", "Mistress , it is : sweet lady , entertain him 100", "To be my fellow-servant to your ladyship .", "Leave off discourse of disability : 105", "Sweet lady , entertain him for your servant .", "Now , tell me , how do all from whence you came ?", "And how do yours ?", "How does your lady ? and how thrives your love ?", "Ay , Proteus , but that life is alter 'd now :", "I have done penance for contemning Love , 125", "Whose high imperious thoughts have punish 'd me", "With bitter fasts , with penitential groans ,", "With nightly tears , and daily heart-sore sighs ;", "For , in revenge of my contempt of love ,", "Love hath chased sleep from my enthralled eyes , 130", "And made them watchers of mine own heart 's sorrow .", "O gentle Proteus , Love 's a mighty lord ,", "And hath so humbled me ; as I confess", "There is no woe to his correction ,", "Nor to his service no such joy on earth . 135", "Now no discourse , except it be of love ;", "Now can I break my fast , dine , sup and sleep ,", "Upon the very naked name of love .", "Even she ; and is she not a heavenly saint ?", "Call her divine .", "O , flatter me ; for love delights in praises .", "Then speak the truth by her ; if not divine ,", "Yet let her be a principality ,", "Sovereign to all the creatures on the earth .", "Sweet , except not any ; 150", "Except thou wilt except against my love .", "And I will help thee to prefer her too :", "She shall be dignified with this high honour ,\u2014", "To bear my lady 's train , lest the base earth 155", "Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss ,", "And , of so great a favour growing proud ,", "Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower ,", "And make rough winter everlastingly .", "Pardon me , Proteus : all I can is nothing", "To her , whose worth makes other worthies nothing ;", "She is alone .", "Not for the world : why , man , she is mine own ;", "And I as rich in having such a jewel 165", "As twenty seas , if all their sand were pearl ,", "The water nectar , and the rocks pure gold .", "Forgive me , that I do not dream on thee ,", "Because thou see'st me dote upon my love .", "My foolish rival , that her father likes 170", "Only for his possessions are so huge ,", "Is gone with her along ; and I must after ,", "For love , thou know'st , is full of jealousy .", "Ay , and we are betroth 'd : nay , more , our marriage-hour , 175", "With all the cunning manner of our flight ,", "Determined of ; how I must climb her window ;", "The ladder made of cords ; and all the means", "Plotted and \u2018 greed on for my happiness .", "Good Proteus , go with me to my chamber , 180", "In these affairs to aid me with thy counsel .", "Will you make haste ?", "Please it your grace , there is a messenger", "That stays to bear my letters to my friends ,", "And I am going to deliver them .", "The tenour of them doth but signify", "My health and happy being at your court .", "I know it well , my Lord ; and , sure , the match", "Were rich and honourable ; besides , the gentleman", "Is full of virtue , bounty , worth and qualities 65", "Beseeming such a wife as your fair daughter :", "Cannot your Grace win her to fancy him ?", "What would your Grace have me to do in this ? 80", "Win her with gifts , if she respect not words :", "Dumb jewels often in their silent kind 90", "More than quick words do move a woman 's mind .", "A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her .", "Send her another ; never give her o'er ;", "For scorn at first makes afterlove the more . 95", "If she do frown , \u2018 tis not in hate of you ,", "But rather to beget more love in you :", "If she do chide , \u2018 tis not to have you gone ;", "For why , the fools are mad , if left alone .", "Take no repulse , whatever she doth say ; 100", "For \u2018 get you gone , \u2019 she doth not mean \u2018 away ! \u2019", "Flatter and praise , commend , extol their graces ;", "Though ne'er so black , say they have angels \u2019 faces .", "That man that hath a tongue , I say , is no man ,", "If with his tongue he cannot win a woman . 105", "Why , then , I would resort to her by night . 110", "What lets but one may enter at her window ?", "Why , then , a ladder , quaintly made of cords ,", "To cast up , with a pair of anchoring hooks ,", "Would serve to scale another Hero 's tower ,", "So bold Leander would adventure it . 120", "When would you use it ? pray , sir , tell me that .", "By seven o'clock I 'll get you such a ladder .", "It will be light , my lord , that you may bear it", "Under a cloak that is of any length . 130", "Ay , my good lord .", "Why , any cloak will serve the turn , my lord .", "And why not death rather than living torment ? 170", "To die is to be banish 'd from myself ;", "And Silvia is myself : banish 'd from her ,", "Is self from self : a deadly banishment !", "What light is light , if Silvia be not seen ?", "What joy is joy , if Silvia be not by ? 175", "Unless it be to think that she is by ,", "And feed upon the shadow of perfection .", "Except I be by Silvia in the night ,", "There is no music in the nightingale ;", "Unless I look on Silvia in the day , 180", "There is no day for me to look upon :", "She is my essence ; and I leave to be ,", "If I be not by her fair influence", "Foster 'd , illumined , cherish 'd , kept alive .", "I fly not death , to fly his deadly doom : 185", "Tarry I here , I but attend on death :", "But , fly I hence , I fly away from life .", "No .", "Neither .", "Nothing .", "My ears are stopt , and cannot hear good news , 205", "So much of bad already hath possess 'd them .", "Is Silvia dead ?", "No Valentine , indeed , for sacred Silvia . Hath she forsworn me ?", "No Valentine , if Silvia have forsworn me . What is your news ? 215", "O , I have fed upon this woe already ,", "And now excess of it will make me surfeit . 220", "Doth Silvia know that I am banished ?", "No more ; unless the next word that thou speak'st", "Have some malignant power upon my life :", "If so , I pray thee , breathe it in mine ear ,", "As ending anthem of my endless dolour . 240", "I pray thee , Launce , an if thou seest my boy ,", "Bid him make haste , and meet me at the North-gate .", "O my dear Silvia ! Hapless Valentine ! 260", "My friends ,\u2014", "Then know that I have little wealth to lose :", "A man I am cross 'd with adversity ;", "My riches are these poor habiliments ,", "Of which if you should here disfurnish me ,", "You take the sum and substance that I have . 15", "To Verona .", "From Milan .", "Some sixteen months , and longer might have stay 'd ,", "If crooked fortune had not thwarted me .", "I was .", "For that which now torments me to rehearse :", "I kill 'd a man , whose death I much repent ;", "But yet I slew him manfully in fight ,", "Without false vantage or base treachery .", "I was , and held me glad of such a doom .", "My youthful travel therein made me happy ,", "Or else I often had been miserable . 35", "Peace , villain !", "Nothing but my fortune .", "I take your offer , and will live with you , 70", "Provided that you do no outrages", "On silly women or poor passengers .", "How use doth breed a habit in a man !", "This shadowy desert , unfrequented woods ,", "I better brook than flourishing peopled towns :", "Here can I sit alone , unseen of any ,", "And to the nightingale 's complaining notes 5", "Tune my distresses and record my woes .", "O thou that dost inhabit in my breast ,", "Leave not the mansion so long tenantless ,", "Lest , growing ruinous , the building fall ,", "And leave no memory of what it was ! 10", "Repair me with thy presence , Silvia ;", "Thou gentle nymph , cherish thy forlorn swain !", "What halloing and what stir is this to-day ?", "These are my mates , that make their wills their law ,", "Have some unhappy passenger in chase . 15", "They love me well ; yet I have much to do", "To keep them from uncivil outrages .", "Withdraw thee , Valentine : who 's this comes here ?", "How like a dream is this I see and hear ! Love , lend me patience to forbear awhile .", "Ruffian , let go that rude uncivil touch , 60", "Thou friend of an ill fashion !", "Thou common friend , that 's without faith or love ,", "For such is a friend now ; treacherous man !", "Thou hast beguiled my hopes ; nought but mine eye", "Could have persuaded me : now I dare not say 65", "I have one friend alive ; thou wouldst disprove me .", "Who should be trusted now , when one 's right hand", "Is perjured to the bosom ? Proteus ,", "I am sorry I must never trust thee more ,", "But count the world a stranger for thy sake . 70", "The private wound is deepest : O time most accurst ,", "\u2018 Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst !", "Then I am paid ;", "And once again I do receive thee honest .", "Who by repentance is not satisfied", "Is nor of heaven nor earth , for these are pleased . 80", "By penitence the Eternal 's wrath 's appeased :", "And , that my love may appear plain and free ,", "All that was mine in Silvia I give thee .", "Why , boy ! why , wag ! how now ! what 's the matter ? Look up ; speak .", "Come , come , a hand from either :", "Let me be blest to make this happy close ;", "\u2018 Twere pity two such friends should be long foes .", "Forbear , forbear , I say ! it is my lord the duke .", "Your Grace is welcome to a man disgraced ,", "Banished Valentine .", "Thurio , give back , or else embrace thy death ;", "Come not within the measure of my wrath ;", "Do not name Silvia thine ; if once again ,", "Verona shall not hold thee . Here she stands :", "Take but possession of her with a touch : 130", "I dare thee but to breathe upon my love .", "I thank your grace ; the gift hath made me happy .", "I now beseech you , for your daughter 's sake ,", "To grant one boon that I shall ask of you . 150", "These banish 'd men that I have kept withal", "Are men endued with worthy qualities :", "Forgive them what they have committed here ,", "And let them be recall 'd from their exile : 155", "They are reformed , civil , full of good ,", "And fit for great employment , worthy lord .", "And , as we walk along , I dare be bold", "With our discourse to make your Grace to smile .", "What think you of this page , my lord ?", "I warrant you , my lord , more grace than boy .", "Please you , I 'll tell you as we pass along ,", "That you will wonder what hath fortuned .", "Come , Proteus ; \u2018 tis your penance but to hear 170", "The story of your loves discovered :", "That done , our day of marriage shall be yours ;", "One feast , one house , one mutual happiness .", "Notes : V , 4 ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 214, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Cease to persuade , my loving Proteus :", "Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits .", "Were't not affection chains thy tender days", "To the sweet glances of thy honour 'd love ,", "I rather would entreat thy company", "To see the wonders of the world abroad ,", "Than , living dully sluggardiz 'd at home ,", "Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness .", "But since thou lov'st , love still , and thrive therein ,", "Even as I would , when I to love begin .", "And on a love-book pray for my success ?", "That 's on some shallow story of deep love :", "How young Leander cross 'd the Hellespont .", "\u2018 Tis true ; for you are over boots in love ,", "And yet you never swum the Hellespont .", "No , I will not , for it boots thee not .", "To be in love - where scorn is bought with groans ,", "Coy looks with heart-sore sighs , one fading moment 's mirth", "With twenty watchful , weary , tedious nights ;", "If haply won , perhaps a hapless gain ;", "If lost , why then a grievous labour won ;", "However , but a folly bought with wit ,", "Or else a wit by folly vanquished .", "So , by your circumstance , I fear you 'll prove .", "Love is your master , for he masters you ;", "And he that is so yoked by a fool ,", "Methinks , should not be chronicled for wise .", "And writers say , as the most forward bud", "Is eaten by the canker ere it blow ,", "Even so by love the young and tender wit", "Is turn 'd to folly , blasting in the bud ,", "Losing his verdure even in the prime ,", "And all the fair effects of future hopes .", "But wherefore waste I time to counsel the", "That art a votary to fond desire ?", "Once more adieu . My father at the road", "Expects my coming , there to see me shipp 'd .", "Sweet Proteus , no ; now let us take our leave .", "To Milan let me hear from thee by letters", "Of thy success in love , and what news else", "Betideth here in absence of thy friend ;", "And I likewise will visit thee with mine .", "As much to you at home ; and so farewell !", "Not mine : my gloves are on .", "Ha ! let me see ; ay , give it me , it 's mine ;", "Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine !", "Ah , Silvia ! Silvia !", "How now , sirrah ?", "Why , sir , who bade you call her ?", "Well , you 'll still be too forward .", "Go to , sir ; tell me , do you know Madam Silvia ?", "Why , how know you that I am in love ?", "Are all these things perceiv 'd in me ?", "Without me ? They cannot .", "But tell me , dost thou know my lady Silvia ?", "Hast thou observ 'd that ? Even she , I mean .", "Dost thou know her by my gazing on her , and yet know'st her not ?", "Not so fair , boy , as well-favour 'd .", "What dost thou know ?", "I mean that her beauty is exquisite , but her favour infinite .", "How painted ? and how out of count ?", "How esteem'st thou me ? I account of her beauty .", "How long hath she been deform 'd ?", "I have lov 'd her ever since I saw her , and still", "I see her beautiful .", "Why ?", "What should I see then ?", "Belike , boy , then you are in love ; for last morning you could not see to wipe my shoes .", "In conclusion , I stand affected to her .", "Last night she enjoin 'd me to write some lines to one she loves .", "I have .", "No , boy , but as well as I can do them .", "Enter SILVIA", "Peace ! here she comes .", "Madam and mistress , a thousand good morrows .", "As you enjoin 'd me , I have writ your letter", "Unto the secret nameless friend of yours ;", "Which I was much unwilling to proceed in ,", "But for my duty to your ladyship .", "Now trust me , madam , it came hardly off ;", "For , being ignorant to whom it goes ,", "I writ at random , very doubtfully .", "No , madam ; so it stead you , I will write ,", "Please you command , a thousand times as much ;", "And yet-", "What means your ladyship ? Do you not like it ?", "Madam , they are for you .", "Please you , I 'll write your ladyship another .", "If it please me , madam , what then ?", "How now , sir ! What are you reasoning with yourself ?", "To do what ?", "To whom ?", "What figure ?", "Why , she hath not writ to me .", "No , believe me .", "She gave me none except an angry word .", "That 's the letter I writ to her friend .", "I would it were no worse .", "I have din 'd .", "Mistress ?", "Ay , boy , it 's for love .", "Of my mistress , then .", "Indeed , madam , I seem so .", "Haply I do .", "So do you .", "Wise .", "Your folly .", "I quote it in your jerkin .", "Well , then , I 'll double your folly .", "Give him leave , madam ; he is a kind of chameleon .", "You have said , sir .", "I know it well , sir ; you always end ere you begin .", "\u2018 Tis indeed , madam ; we thank the giver .", "Yourself , sweet lady ; for you gave the fire . Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your ladyship 's looks , and spends what he borrows kindly in your company .", "I know it well , sir ; you have an exchequer of words , and , I think , no other treasure to give your followers ; for it appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words .", "My lord , I will be thankful", "To any happy messenger from thence .", "Ay , my good lord , I know the gentleman", "To be of worth and worthy estimation ,", "And not without desert so well reputed .", "Ay , my good lord ; a son that well deserves", "The honour and regard of such a father .", "I knew him as myself ; for from our infancy", "We have convers 'd and spent our hours together ;", "And though myself have been an idle truant ,", "Omitting the sweet benefit of time", "To clothe mine age with angel-like perfection ,", "Yet hath Sir Proteus , for that 's his name ,", "Made use and fair advantage of his days :", "His years but young , but his experience old ;", "His head unmellowed , but his judgment ripe ;", "And , in a word , for far behind his worth", "Comes all the praises that I now bestow ,", "He is complete in feature and in mind ,", "With all good grace to grace a gentleman .", "Should I have wish 'd a thing , it had been he .", "This is the gentleman I told your ladyship", "Had come along with me but that his mistresss", "Did hold his eyes lock 'd in her crystal looks .", "Nay , sure , I think she holds them prisoners still .", "Why , lady , Love hath twenty pair of eyes .", "To see such lovers , Thurio , as yourself ;", "Upon a homely object Love can wink . Exit THURIO", "Welcome , dear Proteus ! Mistress , I beseech you", "Confirm his welcome with some special favour .", "Mistress , it is ; sweet lady , entertain him", "To be my fellow-servant to your ladyship .", "Leave off discourse of disability ;", "Sweet lady , entertain him for your servant .", "Now , tell me , how do all from whence you came ?", "And how do yours ?", "How does your lady , and how thrives your love ?", "Ay , Proteus , but that life is alter 'd now ;", "I have done penance for contemning Love ,", "Whose high imperious thoughts have punish 'd me", "With bitter fasts , with penitential groans ,", "With nightly tears , and daily heart-sore sighs ;", "For , in revenge of my contempt of love ,", "Love hath chas 'd sleep from my enthralled eyes", "And made them watchers of mine own heart 's sorrow .", "O gentle Proteus , Love 's a mighty lord ,", "And hath so humbled me as I confess", "There is no woe to his correction ,", "Nor to his service no such joy on earth .", "Now no discourse , except it be of love ;", "Now can I break my fast , dine , sup , and sleep ,", "Upon the very naked name of love .", "Even she ; and is she not a heavenly saint ?", "Call her divine .", "O , flatter me ; for love delights in praises !", "Then speak the truth by her ; if not divine ,", "Yet let her be a principality ,", "Sovereign to all the creatures on the earth .", "Sweet , except not any ;", "Except thou wilt except against my love .", "And I will help thee to prefer her too :", "She shall be dignified with this high honour-", "To bear my lady 's train , lest the base earth", "Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss", "And , of so great a favour growing proud ,", "Disdain to root the summer-swelling flow'r", "And make rough winter everlastingly .", "Pardon me , Proteus ; all I can is nothing", "To her , whose worth makes other worthies nothing ;", "She is alone .", "Not for the world ! Why , man , she is mine own ;", "And I as rich in having such a jewel", "As twenty seas , if all their sand were pearl ,", "The water nectar , and the rocks pure gold .", "Forgive me that I do not dream on thee ,", "Because thou seest me dote upon my love .", "My foolish rival , that her father likes", "Only for his possessions are so huge ,", "Is gone with her along ; and I must after ,", "For love , thou know'st , is full of jealousy .", "Ay , and we are betroth 'd ; nay more , our marriage-hour , With all the cunning manner of our flight , Determin 'd of - how I must climb her window , The ladder made of cords , and all the means Plotted and \u2018 greed on for my happiness . Good Proteus , go with me to my chamber , In these affairs to aid me with thy counsel .", "Will you make haste ?", "Please it your Grace , there is a messenger", "That stays to bear my letters to my friends ,", "And I am going to deliver them .", "The tenour of them doth but signify", "My health and happy being at your court .", "I know it well , my lord ; and , sure , the match", "Were rich and honourable ; besides , the gentleman", "Is full of virtue , bounty , worth , and qualities", "Beseeming such a wife as your fair daughter .", "Cannot your grace win her to fancy him ?", "What would your Grace have me to do in this ?", "Win her with gifts , if she respect not words :", "Dumb jewels often in their silent kind", "More than quick words do move a woman 's mind .", "A woman sometime scorns what best contents her .", "Send her another ; never give her o'er ,", "For scorn at first makes after-love the more .", "If she do frown , \u2018 tis not in hate of you ,", "But rather to beget more love in you ;", "If she do chide , \u2018 tis not to have you gone ,", "For why , the fools are mad if left alone .", "Take no repulse , whatever she doth say ;", "For \u2018 Get you gone \u2019 she doth not mean \u2018 Away ! \u2019", "Flatter and praise , commend , extol their graces ;", "Though ne'er so black , say they have angels \u2019 faces .", "That man that hath a tongue , I say , is no man ,", "If with his tongue he cannot win a woman .", "Why then I would resort to her by night .", "What lets but one may enter at her window ?", "Why then a ladder , quaintly made of cords ,", "To cast up with a pair of anchoring hooks ,", "Would serve to scale another Hero 's tow'r ,", "So bold Leander would adventure it .", "When would you use it ? Pray , sir , tell me that .", "By seven o'clock I 'll get you such a ladder .", "It will be light , my lord , that you may bear it", "Under a cloak that is of any length .", "Ay , my good lord .", "Why , any cloak will serve the turn , my lord .", "And why not death rather than living torment ?", "To die is to be banish 'd from myself ,", "And Silvia is myself ; banish 'd from her", "Is self from self , a deadly banishment .", "What light is light , if Silvia be not seen ?", "What joy is joy , if Silvia be not by ?", "Unless it be to think that she is by ,", "And feed upon the shadow of perfection .", "Except I be by Silvia in the night ,", "There is no music in the nightingale ;", "Unless I look on Silvia in the day ,", "There is no day for me to look upon .", "She is my essence , and I leave to be", "If I be not by her fair influence", "Foster 'd , illumin 'd , cherish 'd , kept alive .", "I fly not death , to fly his deadly doom :", "Tarry I here , I but attend on death ;", "But fly I hence , I fly away from life .", "No .", "Neither .", "Nothing .", "My ears are stopp 'd and cannot hear good news ,", "So much of bad already hath possess 'd them .", "Is Silvia dead ?", "No Valentine , indeed , for sacred Silvia . Hath she forsworn me ?", "No Valentine , if Silvia have forsworn me . What is your news ?", "O , I have fed upon this woe already ,", "And now excess of it will make me surfeit .", "Doth Silvia know that I am banished ?", "No more ; unless the next word that thou speak'st", "Have some malignant power upon my life :", "If so , I pray thee breathe it in mine ear ,", "As ending anthem of my endless dolour .", "I pray thee , Launce , an if thou seest my boy ,", "Bid him make haste and meet me at the Northgate .", "O my dear Silvia ! Hapless Valentine !", "My friends-", "Then know that I have little wealth to lose ;", "A man I am cross 'd with adversity ;", "My riches are these poor habiliments ,", "Of which if you should here disfurnish me ,", "You take the sum and substance that I have .", "To Verona .", "From Milan .", "Some sixteen months , and longer might have stay 'd ,", "If crooked fortune had not thwarted me .", "I was .", "For that which now torments me to rehearse :", "I kill 'd a man , whose death I much repent ;", "But yet I slew him manfully in fight ,", "Without false vantage or base treachery .", "I was , and held me glad of such a doom .", "My youthful travel therein made me happy ,", "Or else I often had been miserable .", "Peace , villain !", "Nothing but my fortune .", "I take your offer , and will live with you ,", "Provided that you do no outrages", "On silly women or poor passengers .", "How use doth breed a habit in a man !", "This shadowy desert , unfrequented woods ,", "I better brook than flourishing peopled towns .", "Here can I sit alone , unseen of any ,", "And to the nightingale 's complaining notes", "Tune my distresses and record my woes .", "O thou that dost inhabit in my breast ,", "Leave not the mansion so long tenantless ,", "Lest , growing ruinous , the building fall", "And leave no memory of what it was !", "Repair me with thy presence , Silvia :", "Thou gentle nymph , cherish thy forlorn swain .", "What halloing and what stir is this to-day ?", "These are my mates , that make their wills their law ,", "Have some unhappy passenger in chase .", "They love me well ; yet I have much to do", "To keep them from uncivil outrages .", "Withdraw thee , Valentine . Who 's this comes here ?", "How like a dream is this I see and hear ! Love , lend me patience to forbear awhile .", "Ruffian ! let go that rude uncivil touch ;", "Thou friend of an ill fashion !", "Thou common friend , that 's without faith or love-", "For such is a friend now ; treacherous man ,", "Thou hast beguil 'd my hopes ; nought but mine eye", "Could have persuaded me . Now I dare not say", "I have one friend alive : thou wouldst disprove me .", "Who should be trusted , when one 's own right hand", "Is perjured to the bosom ? Proteus ,", "I am sorry I must never trust thee more ,", "But count the world a stranger for thy sake .", "The private wound is deepest . O time most accurst !", "\u2018 Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst !", "Then I am paid ;", "And once again I do receive thee honest .", "Who by repentance is not satisfied", "Is nor of heaven nor earth , for these are pleas 'd ;", "By penitence th \u2019 Eternal 's wrath 's appeas 'd .", "And , that my love may appear plain and free ,", "All that was mine in Silvia I give thee .", "Why , boy ! why , wag ! how now ! What 's the matter ? Look up ; speak .", "Come , come , a hand from either .", "Let me be blest to make this happy close ;", "\u2018 Twere pity two such friends should be long foes .", "Forbear , forbear , I say ; it is my lord the Duke .", "Your Grace is welcome to a man disgrac 'd ,", "Banished Valentine .", "Thurio , give back , or else embrace thy death ;", "Come not within the measure of my wrath ;", "Do not name Silvia thine ; if once again ,", "Verona shall not hold thee . Here she stands", "Take but possession of her with a touch-", "I dare thee but to breathe upon my love .", "I thank your Grace ; the gift hath made me happy .", "I now beseech you , for your daughter 's sake ,", "To grant one boon that I shall ask of you .", "These banish 'd men , that I have kept withal ,", "Are men endu 'd with worthy qualities ;", "Forgive them what they have committed here ,", "And let them be recall 'd from their exile :", "They are reformed , civil , full of good ,", "And fit for great employment , worthy lord .", "And , as we walk along , I dare be bold", "With our discourse to make your Grace to smile .", "What think you of this page , my lord ?", "I warrant you , my lord - more grace than boy .", "Please you , I 'll tell you as we pass along ,", "That you will wonder what hath fortuned .", "Come , Proteus , \u2018 tis your penance but to hear", "The story of your loves discovered .", "That done , our day of marriage shall be yours ;", "One feast , one house , one mutual happiness ! Exeunt"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 215, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Why does my heart beat so ? Did not a shadow pass ? It passed but a moment ago . Who can have trod in the grass ? What rogue is night-wandering ? Have not old writers said That dizzy dreams can spring From the dry bones of the dead ? And many a night it seems That all the valley fills With those fantastic dreams . They overflow the hills , So passionate is a shade , Like wine that fills to the top A grey-green cup of jade , Or maybe an agate cup .The hour before dawn and the moon covered up . The little village of Abbey is covered up ; The little narrow trodden way that runs From the white road to the Abbey of Corcomroe Is covered up ; and all about the hills Are like a circle of Agate or of Jade . Somewhere among great rocks on the scarce grass Birds cry , they cry their loneliness . Even the sunlight can be lonely here , Even hot noon is lonely . I hear a footfall \u2014 A young man with a lantern comes this way . He seems an Aran fisher , for he wears The flannel bawneen and the cow-hide shoe . He stumbles wearily , and stumbling prays .Once more the birds cry in their loneliness , But now they wheel about our heads ; and now They have dropped on the grey stone to the north-east .", "They 've passed the shallow well and the flat stone Fouled by the drinking cattle , the narrow lane Where mourners for five centuries have carried Noble or peasant to his burial . An owl is crying out above their heads .Why should the heart take fright What sets it beating so ? The bitter sweetness of the night Has made it but a lonely thing . Red bird of March , begin to crow , Up with the neck and clap the wing , Red cock , and crow .And now they have climbed through the long grassy field And passed the ragged thorn trees and the gap In the ancient hedge ; and the tomb-nested owl At the foot 's level beats with a vague wing .My head is in a cloud ; I 'd let the whole world go . My rascal heart is proud Remembering and remembering . Red bird of March , begin to crow , Up with the neck and clap the wing Red cock and crow .They are among the stones above the ash Above the briar and thorn and the scarce grass ; Hidden amid the shadow far below them The cat-headed bird is crying out .The dreaming bones cry out Because the night winds blow And heaven 's a cloudy blot ; Calamity can have its fling . Red bird of March begin to crow , Up with the neck and clap the wing Red cock and crow .", "A woman 's beauty is like a white", "Frail bird , like a white sea-bird alone", "At daybreak after stormy night", "Between two furrows upon the ploughed land :", "A sudden storm and it was thrown", "Between dark furrows upon the ploughed land .", "How many centuries spent", "The sedentary soul", "In toils of measurement", "Beyond eagle or mole ,", "Beyond hearing or seeing ,", "Or Archimedes guess ,", "To raise into being", "That loveliness ?", "A strange unserviceable thing ,", "A fragile , exquisite , pale shell ,", "That the vast troubled waters bring", "To the loud sands before day has broken .", "The storm arose and suddenly fell", "Amid the dark before day had broken .", "What death ? what discipline ?", "What bonds no man could unbind", "Being imagined within", "The labyrinth of the mind ?", "What pursuing or fleeing ?", "What wounds , what bloody press ?", "Dragged into being", "This loveliness ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 216, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Ah , there you are ! I 'm very glad to meet you . Let 's take the opportunity to have a little serious conversation , Miss Lucy .", "You know perfectly well that I am displeased with the behavior of my niece .", "My age ! You 're a model of moderation !", "My disordered imagination ! What impudence .It 's the disorder of your actions which make me speak out \u2014 and there is nothing worse than the life you are living .", "What ? Is there anything more scandalous than the expenditures Belinda is constantly making \u2014 a girl without a penny in income .", "Just what she needs to maintain a large house and extravagant tastes .", "And how is she to make her fortune ?", "And meanwhile her reputation evaporates . She 'll learn . She wo n't have a penny of mine . My brother , who wanted her to be a nun will disinherit her . Patience , patience , she wo n't always be young .", "Oh , very well \u2014 and all the profit you will get from that will be to die in a charity ward : both dishonored .", "A successful marriage . She 's going to get married ?", "Just in time ! But I wo n't be a party to it . I wo n't help her make anyone think she 's either respectable or rich . I renounce her as my niece , and I will not aid her to deceive anyone ; goodbye .", "I believe this will be some grand alliance !", "What a shame \u2014 the poor man !", "There 's something strange and distracted about his manner .", "Well \u2014 it 's Mr. Richly . You 've come back to England , eh ?", "I 'm very distressed about the misfortune you 've suffered .", "I do n't think anybody , Mr. Richly , has ever seen me otherwise .", "Locked up \u2014 me \u2014 have me locked up ?", "But if you are not ordinarily more crazy than at present , I think it 's very wrong you should be put away .", "They sold my house ?", "My poor Mr. Richly . My house has n't been sold , and it 's not for sale .", "What do you mean as if I was still in good mental health ! Go away , you 're an old madman , an old madman who should n't be allowed out of Bedlam \u2014 of Bedlam , my friend .", "Just try . I 'll be waiting for you . Back to your padded cell you lunatic ! Hurry and lock him up , he 's becoming dangerous , I 'm warning you .", "Ah , truly , I have just been warned of some nice business , Mr. Richly . They say your son is marrying my niece .", "It 's that bitch of a Lucy and my niece .", "Belinda is my niece \u2014 and if your son has married her , I 'll give her a dowry which will satisfy you ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 217, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["No more ! I 'll hear no more ! Begone and leave me !", "Have you not wronged me ?", "Yes , wronged me ! In the nicest point ,", "The honour of my house , you 've done me wrong .", "You may remember", "when you first came borne", "From travel , with such hopes as made you looked on", "By all men 's eyes , a youth of expectation ;", "Pleased with your growing virtue , I received you ;", "Courted , and sought to raise you to your merits ;", "My house , my table , nay , my fortune too ,", "My very self was yours ; you might have used me", "To your best service ; like an open friend ,", "I treated , trusted you , and thought you mine :", "When , in requital of my best endeavours ,", "You treacherously practised to undo me ;", "Seduced the weakness of my age 's darling ,", "My only child , and stole her from my bosom .", "Oh ! Belvidera !", "You stole her from me ; like a thief you stole her ,", "At dead of night ; that cursed hour you chose", "To rifle me of all my heart held dear .", "May all your joys in her prove false , like mine !", "A sterile fortune , and a barren bed ,", "Attend you both : continual discord make", "Your days and nights bitter and grievous still :", "May the hard hand of a vexatious need", "Oppress and grind you ; till at last you find", "The curse of disobedience all your portion .", "Rather live", "To bait thee for his bread , and din your ears", "With hungry cries ; whilst his unhappy mother", "Sits down and weeps in bitterness of want .", "\u2018 T would , by heaven !", "And she , too , with thee :", "For , living here , you 're but my cursed remembrances ,", "I once was happy !", "You dare not do't .", "No more .", "Home , and be humble ; study to retrench ;", "Discharge the lazy vermin of thy hall ,", "Those pageants of thy folly :", "Reduce the glitt'ring trappings of thy wife", "To humble weeds , fit for thy little state :", "Could words express the story I 've to tell you ,", "Fathers , these tears were useless , these sad tears", "That fall from my old eyes ; but there is cause", "We all should weep , tear off these purple robes ,", "And wrap ourselves , in sackcloth , sitting down", "On the sad earth , and cry aloud to heaven :", "Heav'n knows , if yet there be an hour to come ,", "Ere Venice be no more .", "Nay , we stand", "Upon the very brink of gaping ruin .", "Within this city 's formed a dark conspiracy", "To massacre us all , our wives and children ,", "Kindred and friends ; our palaces and temples", "To lay in ashes : nay , the hour , too , fixed ;", "The swords , for aught I know , drawn ev'n this moment ,", "And the wild waste begun . From unknown hands", "I had this warning : but , if we are men ,", "Let 's not be tamely butchered , but do something", "That may inform the world in after ages ,", "Our virtue was not ruined , though we were .", "Why , cruel Heav'n , have my unhappy days", "Been lengthened to this sad one ? Oh ! dishonour ,", "And deathless infamy have fall'n upon me .", "Was it my fault ? Am I a traitor ? No .", "But then , my only child , my daughter wedded ;", "There my best blood runs foul , and a disease", "Incurable has seized upon my memory .", "What child of sorrow", "Art thou , that com'st , wrapt up in weeds of sadness ,", "And mov'st as if thy steps were towards a grave ?", "What wouldst thou beg for ?", "My daughter !", "Do n't talk thus .", "Damn him !", "Ah ! what means my child ?", "Kill thee !", "Heavens !", "Oh , my heart 's comfort !", "By Heav'n , I will !", "Not one of them but what shall be immortal !", "Canst thou forgive me all my follies past ?", "I 'll henceforth be indeed a father ! never ,", "Never more , thus expose , but cherish thee ,", "Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life :", "Dear as these eyes , that weep in fondness o'er thee :", "Peace to thy heart . Farewell !", "Strengthen her heart with patience , pitying Heav'n !", "News ! what news ?", "Oh ! lead me to some place \u201c that 's fit for mourning ; \u201c Where the free air , light , and the cheerful sun , \u201c May never enter ; hang it round with black , \u201c Set up one taper that may last a day , \u201c As long as I 've to live ; and there all leave me : \u201c Sparing no tears when you this tale relate , \u201c But bid all cruel fathers dread my fate . \u201d"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 218, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["The answer ?", "What hour is it ?", "What day ?", "What year ?", "How many are we in number ?", "The Galil\u00e6an had less to conquer the world ; but what is our mission ?", "Our creed ?", "Our duty ?", "Brothers , the questions have been answered well . There are none but Nihilists present . Let us see each other 's faces .Michael , recite the oath .", "Are we all agreed ?", "\u2018 Tis after the hour , Michael , and she is not yet here .", "If those dogs have caught her ,the red flag of the people will float on a barricade inevery street till we find her ! It was foolish of her to go to the Grand Duke 's ball . I told her so , but she said she wanted to see the Czar and all his cursed brood face to face once .", "Since he came back from abroad a year ago his father has kept him in close prison in his palace .", "A council is to be held to-morrow , at four o'clock , on some secret business the spies cannot find out .", "In the yellow tapestry room called after the Empress Catherine .", "I cannot tell , Michael . I know more about the insides of prisons than of palaces .", "Professor , we have read the proofs of your last article ; it is very good indeed .", "Peace , Michael , peace ! He is the bravest heart among us .", "Welcome , Vera , welcome !We have been sick at heart till we saw you ; but now methinks the star of freedom has come to wake us from the night .", "We can suffer at least .", "Up to this the people have borne everything .", "It is the death warrant of liberty in Russia .", "It must be about this that the council meet to-morrow . It has not yet been signed .", "Ay ! or lose one 's own head .", "But you will be seized , Michael .", "Shall I tell the brethren ?", "Is this true , Michael ?", "Let the doors be locked , then .Alexis Ivanacievitch entered on our roll of the brothers as a Student of the School of Medicine at Moscow . Why did you not tell us of this bloody schemeof martial law ?", "Vera , did you not hear what Michael said of him ? He stayed all night in the Czar 's palace . He has a password and a private key . What else should he be but a spy ?", "Why are you here , traitor ?", "Michael , we dare not lose Vera . It is her whim to let this boy live . We can keep him here to-night . Up to this he has not betrayed us .", "Come , Michael , come . We have no time to cut one another 's throats while we have our own heads to save .", "Brothers , be masked all of you .Michael , open the door . It is our only chance .", "O God ! if he sees it is Vera , we are all lost !", "What day ?", "In what month ?", "What is our duty ?", "Our creed ?", "Let the doors be shut . There are others but Nihilists present .", "What have you to gain , then , by a revolution ?", "Then you have a right to be one of us .We also meet daily for revenge .", "Ay , if he had wanted to spy on us , Vera , he would n't have come himself . PRINCE PAULNo ; I should have sent my best friend .", "Besides , Vera , he is just the man to give us the information we want about some business we have in hand to-night .", "Brothers , is it your will that Prince Paul Maraloffski be admitted , and take the oath of the Nihilist ?", "Prince Paul , the dagger or the oath ? PRINCE PAULI would sooner annihilate than be annihilated .", "Remember :Betray us , and as long as the earth holds poison or steel , as long as men can strike or woman betray , you shall not escape vengeance .The Nihilists never forget their friends , or forgive their enemies .", "Sign .You said you thought we had no creed . You were wrong . Read it !", "We can use him .", "Strangle him . PRINCE PAUL\u201c The rights of humanity ! \u201d In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived , but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself .\u201c Nature is not a temple , but a workshop : we demand the right to labour . \u201d Ah , I shall surrender my own rights in that respect . VERAOh , will he never come ? will he never come ?", "Michael , the regicide ! Brothers , let us do honour to a man who has killed a king .", "Michael , you have saved Russia .", "The dread night of tyranny is not yet past for Russia .", "But how did you escape , Michael ? They said you had been seized .", "What a chance his coming out on the balcony was !", "And where have you been these three days ?", "Nicholas is an honest man .", "Prince Paul has just taken the oath .", "This must be a new atmosphere for you , Prince Paul . We speak the truth to one another here .", "You recognise a good many friends , I dare say ?", "But you are here yourself ?", "Prince , this is most valuable information . Michael , you were right . If it is not to-night it will be too late . Read that .", "Prince , we are in your debt . PRINCE PAULThe normal condition of the Nihilists .", "Brothers , it is full time . Which of us is absent ?", "Michael , read Rule 7 .", "Is there anything against our brother Alexis ?", "Michael , read Article 7 of the Code of Revolution .", "Brothers , what say you ? Is Alexis , the Czar , guilty or not ?", "What shall the penalty be ?", "Let the lots be prepared ; it shall be to-night .", "Brothers , are you ready ? VERANot yet ! Not yet ! I have a word to say .", "Ay ! under a false name .He lied to us at the beginning . He lies to us now at the end .", "We know him too ; he is a traitor .", "Every nation is fit for a Republic .", "Vera pleading for a king ! VERAI plead not for a king , but for a brother .", "You bade us try you once ; we have tried you , and you are found wanting .", "So he would play the citizen-king , would he , while we starve ?Would flatter us with sweet speeches , would cheat us with promises like his father , would lie to us as his whole race have lied .", "We will have none of you ! Begone from us to this boy you love .", "Are you ready . Michael , you have the right to draw first ; you are a Regicide .", "Open your lots . VERAThe lot is mine ! see the bloody sign upon it ! Dmitri , my brother , you shall have your revenge now .", "Vera Sabouroff , you are chosen to be a regicide . God has been good to you . The dagger or the poison ?", "Ay , Prince Paul , that is the best way . Vera , the Czarsleeps to-night in his own room in the north wing of the palace . Here is the key of the private door in the street . The passwords of the guards will be given to you . His own servants will be drugged . You will find him alone .", "We will wait outside in the Place St. Isaac , under the window . As the clock strikes twelve from the tower of St. Nicholas you will give us the sign that the dog is dead .", "You are to throw us out the bloody dagger .", "Else we shall know that you have been seized , and we will burst our way in , drag you from his guards .", "Michael , you will head us ?", "At twelve o'clock , the bloody dagger ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 219, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["No \u2014 ought I to have ? I never even heard of it !", "Oh , I shall insist on having it . And he wrote it ? Really , Phil , now I come to look at him , there 's something rather striking about his face . Did you say Sabrina 's Niece 's Other Aunt \u2014 or what ?", "Oh , but I always attach the greatest importance to names , myself . And do you know him ?", "I do n't mind that when a man is clever \u2014 do you think you could bring him up and introduce him ?", "I have never been disappointed in any genius yet \u2014 perhaps , because I do n't expect too much \u2014 so go , dear boy ; he may be surrounded unless you get hold of him soon . PHILWell , Tablett , old fellow , how are things going with you ? Sabrina flourishing ?", "I 'm so delighted to make your acquaintance . When my brother-in-law told me who you were , I positively very nearly shrieked . I am such an admirer of your \u2014\u2014 your delightful Sabrina !", "Such a hopeful sign \u2014 when one was beginning quite to despair of the public taste !", "Ah , but you can feel independent of criticism now , can n't you ?", "Ah , you mean certain critics are so thin-skinned \u2014 they are : indeed !", "How gratifying that must be . But that is the magic of all truly great work , it is such an anodyne \u2014 it takes people so completely out of themselves \u2014 does n't it ?", "Oh , but I like to hear you . I 'm so tired of hearing people pretending to disparage what they have done , it 's such a pose , and I hate posing . Real genius is never modest .I wish you would come and see me on one of my Tuesdays , MR. TABLETT , I should feel so honoured , and I think you would meet some congenial spirits \u2014 do look in some evening \u2014 I will send you a card if I may \u2014 let me see \u2014 could you come and lunch next Sunday ? I 've got a little man coming who was very nearly eaten up by cannibals . I think he would interest you .", "How witty you are ! That 's quite worthy of \u2014 er \u2014 Sabrina , really ! Then you will come ? So glad . And now I must n't keep you from your other admirers any longer . LATER .", "How could you say that dear Mr. Tablett was dull , Phil ? I found him perfectly charming \u2014 so original and unconventional ! He 's promised to come to me . By the way , what did you say the name of his book was ?", "Phil \u2014 you did !\u2014 Sabrina 's Other \u2014 Something . Why , I 've been praising it to him , entirely on your recommendation .", "How abominable of you ! But surely he 's famous for something ? He talks like it .", "But he has n't even done that yet ! PHIL , I 'll never forgive you for letting me make such an idiot of myself . What am I to do now ? I can n't have him coming to me \u2014 he 's really too impossible !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 220, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["A girl", "GEORGE COXEY . A conductor", "MR. BRAITHEWAITE . A financier", "JARVIS . A butler", "Why , my dear man , sit down .", "Oh ! Excuse me . I forgot . You 're a car conductor . Naturally you 're polite .", "An apt pupil , too . Let me teach you then that the ruder you are to a woman , the more she 'll hate you \u2014 or love you .Sit down .", "But you must grow tired of standing .", "You have already . Sit down .", "You 're splendid . Now !", "Is n't that better than ringing up fares ?", "No ! You must n't do that . That 's vulgar .", "Sit down . You must n't jump up when I do .Well , there !You punned ! You must n't . We all like puns , but it 's good form to call them bad taste .", "Yes . Please tell my father that I 'd like to see him at once .", "Do you know the reason that you are here ?", "No \u2014\u2014", "I suppose not . But I mean , do you know why I brought you here ?", "I wonder if you 'll like it .", "No . Dad 's a dear . That is , he is when he sees you mean business .", "Oh , Daddy ! I 'm so glad you were in .Keep your seat . Draw up a chair , Dad \u2014 I 've done it .", "Do sit down , Dad . He 's so delicious . He wo n't sit down till we do \u2014 and you know how much they have to stand .", "Selected a husband .", "Him !Do sit down . We 're all sitting now , you see .", "Now do n't say a word until you hear the whole story . You read that article by Shaw in the Metropolitan , did n't you ? I did . You remember what he wrote ? \u201c The best eugenic guide is the sex attraction \u2014 the Voice of Nature . \u201d He thinks the trouble is at present that we dare not marry out of our own sphere . But I 'll show you exactly what he says .I always carry the article with me . It 's so stimulating .", "It 's a Shaw article , not a Shaw preface . However , I 'll only read the passage I 've marked . Listen .\u201c I do not believe you will ever have any improvement in the human race until you greatly widen the area of possible sexual selection ; until you make it as wide as the numbers of the community make it . Just consider what occurs at the present time . I walk down Oxford Street , let me say , as a young man . \u201d He might just as well have said , \u201c young woman , \u201d you know .", ", \u201c I see a woman who takes my fancy . \u201d With me it would be a man , of course .", "\u201c I fall in love with her . It would seem very sensible in an intelligent community that I should take off my hat and say to this lady : \u2018 Will you excuse me ; but you attract me strongly , and if you are not already engaged , would you mind taking my name and address and considering whether you would care to marry me ? \u2019Now I have no such chance at present . \u201d", "Yes , but why should n't I have the chance ? That set me thinking . I decided he was right . I am intelligent , am I not ?", "Well , I decided I 'd make the chance . You see , I \u2014 I 've been led to think recently that I ought to be getting married .", "Yes , dear , but I 'd rather not answer .", "And when I looked about me for the possibilities in my own set ,", "I \u2014", "\u2014 well , I was n't attracted .", "Exactly . And I knew you wanted to be a proud grandfather .", "Well , I have ...given the subject a good deal of thought . I 've spent days buying second-hand clothing to give away at the missions and lodging houses in order to have a look .", "Yes . You see I did n't want charity to have to begin at my home . Self-preservation is the first law of Nature .", "Well \u2014 the missions were no good . They were all so starved and pinched-looking there I could n't tell what they 'd be like if they got proper nourishment . And I did n't want to take a chance . So I went to some coal yards .", "Blacker ! I could n't see what they looked like . Of course if I could have asked them to wash their faces .", "I did ask one , but he made some vulgar remark about black dirt and red paint . So I left him .", "I spent all to-day riding up and down town in street cars . It 's very fascinating , Dad . All you can see for a nickel ! I never realized what a public benefactor you were .", "Dad 's the president of your traction company , you know .Oh , that 's all right . I 've lost you your job , but I 'll get you a better one as I promised . Do n't be afraid of Dad \u2014 in the parlor . Sit down .", "Yes . \u201c Joy-riding , \u201d you know . Then I saw him \u2014 and decided . I knew he would n't dare to propose to me \u2014 under existing conditions .", "Certainly not . I 've too much consideration for you , dear .", "I decided to bring him home to get your consent first .I knew you 'd approve when you saw him . But I wanted to be sure I had n't overlooked anything . And if I had , I did n't want to have raised his hopes for nothing .Would you mind standing a moment , now , until Dad looks you over ?", "\u201c Gentleman ! \u201d Oh , yes , I forgot . I need n't have been so clumsy .I apologize .", "So do I. I 've never even introduced you . Father , this is \u2014 this is \u2014\u2014By the way \u2014 I forgot to ask \u2014 what is your name ?", "Coxey . What 's the first name ? I can n't call my husband \u201c Coxey , \u201d you know .", "George ! There 's a fine virile name for you . George Coxey ! How strong that sounds ! One of those names that would go equally well in the blue book or the police blotter .", "Do n't disclaim . I know you 've never been arrested . One can see your goodness in your face .", "I know . But he 's not rich and thank heaven he 's not a fanatic . Is n't he good-looking ? And I 'm sure he 's strong . See those hands of his \u2014 a little rough , of course , but I like that , and so firm and , for his job , wonderfully clean . Do n't hide them , George . They attracted me from the start .", "I got off with him at the car barn when he finished his run and asked him .", "A beseeching look . Just one . I did n't use more than was necessary .You see , George , I have learnt economy from father . He hates me to be extravagant .", "Please do n't call it an \u201c episode , \u201d father .", "In England , lords always marry chorus girls .", "As hard working as chorus girls \u2014 only . Do n't be snobbish , George . Of course a conductor is more unusual , I admit . I can n't help that though \u2014\u2014You should n't have called me \u201c Una , \u201d if you did n't want me to be unique .", "Oh ! Was that why \u2014\u2014? Well , no matter . I 've always thought it meant individuality and I 've done my best to live up to it .That statue ought to be on the other side of the room .", "I 'd like to see the effect now .", "Oh ! If you would !", "I 'll take that .", "Look at him . He 's as fine as the statue , is n't he ? And you know what you think of that . See the strength he has ?", "Thank you so much . You may put it back again . That was all I wanted .I hope I did n't overtax you .", "You see !", "Many of the best people use \u201c ai n't \u201d now , dear .", "What was yours like when you were a railroad signalman ?", "George has our children 's future before him . All the others I know have only their parents \u2019 past behind . You could give him a job suitable for my husband . I 'll make my husband suitable for the job .", "I do n't know myself for that matter . If I do n't like him , it 's easy enough to go to Reno .", "I 'm tremendously eager . It 's so unusual .", "Do n't be silly . Sue an Englishman with German sympathies ! Where 's your neutrality ?", "Then it 's settled , dear . We 're going to marry .", "\u201c Are n't , \u201d dear \u2014 I mean , we are .", "Why not ?", "How annoying !", "Oh , please !", "Sh ! Be quiet , father . Do n't lose your head .", "I have it . Of course . How stupid of me not to think . George .", "George , you must divorce your wife .", "That 's unfortunate .Then I 'll have to run away with you and let her get the divorce .", "What , Dad ? Have you something better to suggest ?", "Father , dear , why will you sometimes talk to me as though I were the Public Service Commission ? There 's going to be no scandal . You can keep it out of the newspapers .", "You do n't ? Why ?", "And you 're the unusual man I 'm to marry .", "How can you love your wife ? Some simple , economizing , prosaic , hausfrau who \u2014\u2014", "What ?", "She \u2014\u2014?", "Your wife \u2014\u2014?", "Then she \u2014 Naomi \u2014 has done everything unusual that I wanted to do , before I did ?", "How is it I never heard this story , if her father 's so well known ?", "Oh ! And I wanted to be unique .", "Oh !", "And I thought I could be unusual .", "That 's it . I 'll write it . I 'll write a play showing it 's useless trying to escape the usual .That will be unusual , wo n't it , Dad ?", "Here it is .", "I suppose I was too daring ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 221, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Oh , let the solid ground Not fail beneath my feet , Before my life has found What some have found so sweet .ALICKWhat 's that you 're saying , David ? DAVIDThe thing I 'm speaking about is Love . JAMESDo you stand there and say you 're in love , David Wylie ?", "Me ; what would I do with the thing ? JAMESI see no necessity for calling it a thing .DAVIDOho , has she got you , James ? JAMESNobody has got me .", "They 'll catch you yet , lad .", "That 's so . JAMESAnd fear of that wink is what has kept the two of us single men . And yet what 's the glory of being single ?", "There 's no particular glory in it , but it 's safe . JAMESYes , it 's lonely , but it 's safe . But who did you mean the poetry for , then ?", "For Maggie , of course .", "Love . There 's no doubt as that 's what Maggie has set her heart on . And not merely love , but one of those grand noble loves ; for though Maggie is undersized she has a passion for romance . JAMESIt 's terrible not to be able to give Maggie what her heart is set on .ALICKThose idiots of men .", "Father , did you tell her who had got the minister of Galashiels ? ALICKI had to tell her . And then I \u2014 I \u2014 bought her a sealskin muff , and I just slipped it into her hands and came away . JAMESOf course , to be fair to the man , he never pretended he wanted her .", "None of them wants her ; that 's what depresses her . I was thinking , father , I would buy her that gold watch and chain in Snibby 's window . She hankers after it . JAMESYou 're too late , David ; I 've got them for her .", "It 's ill done of the minister . Many a pound of steak has that man had in this house .", "It would be very like you . And there 's that other matter : say not a syllable about our having a reason for sitting up late to - night . When she says it 's bed-time , just all pretend we 're not sleepy .", "Fairish .That young John Shand WOULD make a speech .", "The same . It 's true he 's a student at Glasgow University in the winter months , but in summer he 's just the railway porter here ; and I think it 's very presumptuous of a young lad like that to make a speech when he has n't a penny to bless himself with .", "He mimicked me , and said , \u2018 Will our worthy chairman come for to go for to answer my questions ? \u2019 and so on ; and they roared . JAMESThe sacket .", "I did feel bitterly , father , the want of education .MAGGIEDavid .", "Havering idiot .", "Maggie , would you like a silk ?", "You stupid whelp .", "We had n't meant for to tell you till we nabbed them ; but they 've been in this room twice of late . We sat up last night waiting for them , and we 're to sit up again to-night .", "It 's all safe as yet . That makes us think that they were either frightened away these other times , or that they are coming back for to make a clean sweep .", "It was on Tuesday that the polissman called at the quarry with a very queer story . He had seen a man climbing out at this window at ten past two .", "It was so dark he lost sight of him at once .", "We 've found out that the catch of the window has been pushed back by slipping the blade of a knife between the woodwork .", "No , no . We were thinking that very likely he has bunches of keys in the bag .", "As for that , we have some pretty stout weapons ourselves in the umbrella stand . So , if you 'll go to your bed , Maggie \u2014", "And they say she has no charm !", "That 's him .", "We have him . Out with the light .", "You can n't think of anything clever for to go for to say now ,", "John .", "Explain away , my billie .", "It 's siller , then ? JOHNMy first year at college I lived on a barrel of potatoes , and we had just a sofa-bed between two of us ; when the one lay down the other had to get up . Do you think it was hardship ? It was sublime . But this year I can n't afford it . I 'll have to stay on here , collecting the tickets of the illiterate , such as you , when I might be with Romulus and Remus among the stars . JAMESHavers . DAVIDWhist , James . I must say , young lad , I like your spirit . Now tell me , what 's your professors \u2019 opinion of your future .", "You have a name here for high moral character .", "Are you serious-minded ?", "Who do you sit under in Glasgow ?", "Are you a Sabbath-school teacher ?", "One more question . Are you promised ?", "Yes .", "So .JAMESDo you want me too ?", "So are we . How do you take it ? Is there any hot water , Maggie ?", "You 'll take it hot , James ?", "JAMES", "No , I \u2014", "DAVID", "I think you 'll take it hot , James .", "JAMES", "I 'll take it hot .", "The kettle , Maggie .", "Mr. Shand , we have an offer to make you . JOHNNo patronage .", "Leave it to me , father . It 's this \u2014Maggie , do n't you see that you 're not wanted ? MAGGIEI do , David .", "I have a proposition to put before Mr. Shand , and women are out of place in business transactions .ALICKWe 'll have to let her bide , David . DAVIDWoman .Very well then , sit there , but do n't interfere , mind . Mr. Shand , we 're willing , the three of us , to lay out L300 on your education if \u2014", "That 's no reason why we should n't have his friendly opinion . Your objections , Mr. Shand ?", "The position is that without the three hundred you can n't soar .", "It 's a good arrangement for you , Mr. Shand . The chances are you 'll never have to go on with it , for in all probability she 'll marry soon .", "You have to risk that .", "You can take it or leave it .", "That 's how I like to hear you speak . A young Scotsman of your ability let loose upon the world with L300 , what could he not do ? It 's almost appalling to think of ; especially if he went among the English .", "She 's twenty-five .", "Well , Mr. Shand ? JOHNI 'm willing if she 's willing .", "Maggie ?", "Come , come , Mr. Shand , it 's just a form . JOHNMiss Maggie , will you ? MAGGIEIs it an offer ? JOHNYes . MAGGIEBefore I answer I want first to give you a chance of drawing back .", "Maggie . MAGGIEWhen they said that I have been run after they were misleading you . I 'm without charm ; nobody has ever been after me .", "Should we do that , or should we just trust to one another 's honour ? ALICKLet Maggie decide .", "We 'll have it drawn up to-morrow . I was thinking the best way would be for to pay the money in five yearly instalments .", "Well , good-night to you , Mr. Shand .", "I 'll have the document ready for you .I think , Maggie , you might see Mr. Shand to the door .", "He 's a fine frank fellow ; and you saw how cleverly he got the better of me about banking the money .I tell you , father , he has a grand business head .", "Ten forty-two .", "Havers .", "Not at all . You 'll be the making of him .Are you taking the books to your bed , Maggie ?", "Hold her down .JAMESJohn Shand 's the man for you . John Shand 's the man for you . John Shand 's the man for you . DAVIDHave you heard anything ?", "MaggieIt was mad of him to dare .", "Maggie , Maggie , my lamb , best be prepared for the worst . MAGGIEI am prepared .", "They 're terrible still ; what can make them so still ?", "I think he 's coming .", "Fling yourself at the door , father , and bar them out . Maggie , what keeps you so quiet now ? MAGGIEYou 're sure you 're in , John ?", "Certainly , Mr. Shand .", "Him that was speaking for you ?", "Not for to say a relation . She 's my sister . Our name is Wylie .", "No , just friends . COMTESSEAha ! I know you . Next , please ! Sybil , do you weigh yourself , or are you asleep ?", "The pin ?", "It was n't a pin he picked up , my lady ; it was L300 . ALICKAnd his rise was n't so rapid , just at first , David !", "He had his fight . His original intention was to become a minister ; he 's university-educated , you know ; he 's not a working-man member . ALICKHe 's an M. A . But while he was a student he got a place in an iron-cementer 's business . COMTESSEIron-cementer ?", "They scrape boilers .", "No , a gift \u2014 of a sort \u2014 from some well-wishers . But they would n't hear of his paying it off , father !", "But his ambition was n't satisfied . Soon he had public life in his eye . As a heckler he was something fearsome ; they had to seat him on the platform for to keep him quiet . Next they had to let him into the Chair . After that he did all the speaking ; he cleared all roads before him like a fire-engine ; and when this vacancy occurred , you could hardly say it did occur , so quickly did he step into it . My lady , there are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make .", "James , father , have you grip of her ?", "Then hoist her up .", "Very fine imitation . It 's a capital house , Maggie .", "James !You will be yet , my lady .", "Fine would we like to see all the house as well as the sleeping accommodation . But first \u2014", "The second anniversary of your marriage . We came purposely for the day . JAMESIt 's a lace shawl , Maggie , from the three of us , a pure Tobermory ; you would never dare wear it if you knew the cost .", "Havers .", "Well said , Mr. Shand . MAGGIEAnd now , if you 'll come with me , I think John has something he wants to talk over with Lady Sybil .Or would you prefer , John , to say it before us all ? SYBILNo ! JOHNYes , I prefer to say it before you all . MAGGIEThen sit down again .", "She 'll leave it for us to do .", "No , by God !Have you nothing to say to her , man ?", "There 's a devil in you , John Shand . JOHNI dare say there is . But do you think he had a walk over , Mr. David ?", "It 's him that 's deserting you .", "I suppose you understand that you 'll have to resign your seat . JOHNThere are hundreds of seats , but there 's only one John Shand . MAGGIEThat 's how I like to hear him speak . DAVIDThink , man , I 'm old by you , and for long I 've had a pride in you . It will be beginning the world again with more against you than there was eight years ago .", "I dare say it is , but it 's something big .", "HER charm ! JAMESYes , HER charm .", "Put on your things , Maggie , and we 'll leave his house . MAGGIENot me , David .", "You have n't given in !", "Does he deserve to be saved after the way he has treated you ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 222, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["Paul , are you coming in to lunch ?", "You might as well come in . You have been clipping at that old hedge long enough .", "What is that creature you are clipping at now ? I can n't make it out .", "I do n't see any likeness to anyone .", "Yes , I 'm coming ; but Paul wo n't come .", "He seems to have no friend he cares for but that", "Father Jerome .", "I wish he would join something . Joyce wants him to join the Masonic Lodge . It is not a right life for him to keep hanging about the place and doing nothing .", "Well , the donkey belongs to him , and for the matter of that so does the house and the place . It would be rather hard on him not to be able to use things as he likes .", "For goodness \u2019 sake , Paul , do n't make such a fool of yourself .", "Where are you going to ? I wish you would tell me what you are at .", "I can n't make head or tail of what you are at .", "Here are the children ,", "Georgina . Do n't say anything before the nurse .", "Wo n't you come home , Paul ? The children have been asking for you , and we do n't know what to say .", "Oh , Paul , why have you upset the place like this ?", "Oh , Paul , do n't make such a fool of yourself .", "You have nothing against me , have you , Paul ?", "What is it ?"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 223, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["What it is to have an inky present ! Suffer with me , Mary !", "Coming with me to the British Museum ? I want to have a look at the Assyrian reliefs .", "I have .", "I 've always found your mother extremely good at seeming not to notice things , Mary .", "The glad eye , Mary . I got it that first morning .", "No , no ! Johnny got it , and I got him getting it .", "What does one do with a glad eye that belongs to some one else ?", "Mr Bly 's eyes are not glad .", "The girl 's past makes it impossible to say anything to her .", "Come ! Get your hat on , Mary , or we sha n't make the Tube before the next shower .", "As you say , something \u2014 Ah ! Mr Bly ! MR BLY , in precisely the same case as a fortnight ago , with his pail and cloths , is coming in .", "Not at all . MR BLY crosses to the windows .", "Ah !", "Er \u2014 in her work , I believe , coming on well . But the question is , Mr Bly , do \u2014 er \u2014 any of us ever really give satisfaction except to ourselves ?", "By George ! Just hits the mark .", "Perhaps in giving rein he did n't strike you .", "And the moral of that is \u2014?", "We were talking of your daughter \u2014 I \u2014 I \u2014", "But , apropos of your daughter , Mr Bly . I suppose none of us ever change our natures .", "But that 's what they 're paid for , Mr Bly .", "\u201c The man that hath not speculation in his soul . \u201d", "A deuced good one . Shake \u2014 He checks himself , but MR BLY has wiped his hand and extended it . While the shake is in progress MARY returns , and , having seen it to a safe conclusion , speaks .", "Excuse me , Mr Bly , I must away . He goes towards the door , and BLY dips his sponge .", "Mr Bly is like all the greater men I know \u2014 he can n't listen .", "Yes ; it 's a weakness we have \u2014 every three minutes .", "Very ! As they go out MR BLY pauses in his labours to catch , as it were , a philosophical reflection . He resumes the wiping of a pane , while quietly , behind him , FAITH comes in with a tray . She is dressed now in lilac-coloured linen , without a cap , and looks prettier than ever . She puts the tray down on the sideboard with a clap that attracts her father 's attention , and stands contemplating the debris on the table .", "Women 's shoes ! We could have made the Tube but for your shoes .", "Nasty spring weather , Faith .", "\u201c In the spring a young man 's fancy . \u201d I \u2014 I wanted to say something to you in a friendly way . FAITH regards him as he struggles on . Because I feel very friendly towards you .", "So you wo n't take what I say in bad part ?", "After what you 've been through , any man with a sense of chivalry \u2014 FAITH gives a little shrug . Yes , I know \u2014 but we do n't all support the Government .", "Ah I forgot . You saw no newspapers . But you ought to pick up the threads now . What paper does Cook take ? FAITH . \u201c COSY . \u201d", "\u201c Cosy \u201d ? I do n't seem \u2014 What are its politics ?", "What does Cook want with corsets ?", "By George ! Cook an idealist ! Let 's see !\u2014 er \u2014 I was speaking of chivalry . My son , you know \u2014 er \u2014 my son has got it .", "I started by being sorry for you .", "Look here , my child ! FAITH looks up at him .We want to do our best for you . Now , do n't spoil it by \u2014 Well , you know !", "Just what your father said . The more I see of Mr Bly , the more wise I think him .", "What sort of bringing up did he give you ? FAITH smiles wryly and shrugs her shoulders .", "H 'm ! Here comes the sun again !", "Of Course . You can always take what flowers you like \u2014 that is \u2014 if \u2014 er \u2014", "I meant , if it does n't spoil the look of the table . We must all be artists in our professions , must n't we ?", "You might n't think it , but I 'm talking to you seriously .", "Well ! I got wet ; I must go and change . FAITH follows him with her eyes as he goes out , and resumes the clearing of the table . She has paused and is again smelling at the flower when she hears the door , and quickly resumes her work . It is MRS MARCH , who comes in and goes to the writing table , Left Back , without looking at FAITH . She sits there writing a cheque , while FAITH goes on clearing .", "I met Johnny using the most poetic language . What 's happened ?", "Is n't that rather coercive , Joan ?", "No . I was only saying to Mary \u2014", "But I can quite see why Johnny \u2014", "Certainly .", "Where 's the girl ?", "We must devise means \u2014", "MRS MARCH smiles .", "The first thing is to see into them \u2014 and find out exactly \u2014", "They may have heart trouble . It 's no good being hasty , Joan .", "Mary , go and see where Johnny is .", "Yes .", "Of course not . We must reason with him .", "One can n't always resist a kindly impulse , Joan . What does Mr Bly say to it ?", "The man 's a philosopher .", "Nonsense !", "Good Lord ! Direct action !", "My hat ! Johnny 's made a joke . This is serious .", "I wonder if Cook could do anything with him ?", "I Say ! And what did Cook \u2014?", "Tt ! tt ! This is very awkward . COOK enters through the door which MARY has left open .", "Ah , Cook ! You 're back , then ? What 's to be done ?", "Gad ! It wants it !", "We always seem to be eating .", "It 's humiliating to think we can n't exist without .", "He 's been there six hours ; even he can n't live on faith .", "I never in my life knew anything so ridiculous .", "Good ! That 's the first step towards seeing reason . He pours brandy into a liqueur glass from the decanter which stands between them . MRS MARCH puts the brandy to her lips and makes a little face , then swallows it down manfully . MARY gets up with the walnuts and goes . Silence . Gloom .", "Have n't you begun to see that your policy 's hopeless , Joan ? Come ! Tell the girl she can stay . If we make Johnny feel victorious \u2014 we can deal with him . It 's just personal pride \u2014 the curse of this world . Both you and Johnny are as stubborn as mules .", "Well ! This goes further than you think . It involves Johnny 's affection and respect for you . MRS MARCH nervously refills the little brandy glass , and again empties it , with a grimacing shudder .", "That 's better ! You 'll begin to see things presently . MARY re-enters .", "There you are !", "I say !", "Are you going to leave him up there with the girl and that inflammatory literature , all night ? Where 's your common sense , Joan ? MRS MARCH starts up , presses her hand over her brow , and sits down again . She is stumped .", "Good ! I 'll go myself .", "That 's not the way to go to work , Johnny . You must n't ask people to eat their words raw \u2014 like that .", "Great Scott ! You two have n't the faintest idea of how to conduct a parley . We have \u2014 to \u2014 er \u2014 explore every path to \u2014 find a way to peace .", "Joan , really !", "Johnny , I know you have the best intentions , but really the proper people to help the young are the old \u2014 like \u2014 FAITH suddenly turns her eyes on him , and he goes on rather hurriedly \u2014 your mother . I 'm sure that she and I will be ready to stand by Faith .", "No , no ! But I hope \u2014", "Of course , if nobody will modify their attitude \u2014 Johnny , you ought to be ashamed of yourself , andso ought you , Joan .", "Johnny , the terms of the Armistice did n't include this sort of thing . It was to be all open and above-board .", "Nonsense , Johnny ! Do n't carry a good thing too far !", "Good Lord !Let her stay till Johnny 's in his right mind .", "He can have her \u2014 he can have her !", "Let him come and take his daughter away . But MR BLY has entered behind him . He has a fixed expression , and speaks with a too perfect accuracy .", "If you want your daughter , you can take her .", "We have a certain sympathy with you , Mr Bly .", "Very well , Mr Bly ! See her home , carefully . Good-night !", "Now , take her away ! Cook , go and open the front door for Mr", "Bly and his daughter .", "Now then , Mr Bly , take her along !", "I came on this \u2014 er \u2014 friend of yours outside ; he 's been waiting for you some time , he says .", "Johnny !", "I really can n't have this sort of thing in my house . Johnny , go upstairs ; and you two , please go away .", "For God 's sake , Johnny , stop this vulgar brawl !", "God knows we do n't want to \u2014", "I knew it .", "What now , Cook ?", "From the police ? He goes out , followed by COOK . A moment 's suspense .", "I should like you to say that in front of her .", "Soo \u2014?", "Have you actual proof ?", "Inexpressibly painful !", "Johnny !", "Joan ! But MRS MARCH does not vary her smiling immobility ; FAITH draws a little nearer to the YOUNG MAN . MARY turns to the fire .", "I think you 'd better tell her anything you know .", "My goodness ! Now , Faith , consider ! This is the turning-point . I 've told you we 'll stand by you .", "Good God ! He stares in suspense at FAITH , whose face is a curious blend of fascination and live feeling .", "Not at all , not at all !", "Joan !", "Joan , what 's happened to you ?", "Your mother 's not well .", "Mary ! MARY throws open the French windows .", "Is this the Millennium , Cook ?", "Ah ! Neither up \u2014 nor down \u2014 but straight in the face ! Quite a thought , Cook ! Quite a thought !"], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 224, "act_index": 0}, {"query": ["How can he live by snatches from such people ? he bore a worthy mind .", "That 's strange .", "This is something dangerous .", "That 's most certain .", "Why let him marry , and that way rise again .", "Is he so strange to Women ?", "He might be one , he carries as much promise ; they are wondrous merry .", "This Widow seems a Gallant .", "O \u2019 that condition , he had his Mortgage in again .", "Seek means , and see what I'le do , however let the Money be paid in , I never sought a Gentlemans undoing , nor eat the bread of other mens vexations , you told me of another Brother .", "What are these ?", "It is well prepared , be earnest , honest friends , and loud upon him , he is deaf to his own good .", "Do , and do it home , and in what my care may help , or my perswasions when we meet next .", "Y'are most honest , you shall find me no less , and so I leave you , prosper your business my friends .", "I am glad to hear it : but wherefore do they not pursue this fortune to some fair end ?", "The Widow sure , why does she stir so early ?", "Good morrow , Madam .", "Much joy I hope you'l find , we came to gratulate your new knit marriage-band .", "What though he wanted these outward things , that flie away like shadows , was not his mind a full one , and a brave one ? You have wealth enough to give him gloss and outside , and he wit enough to give way to love a Lady .", "Nay , I knew how ever he wheel 'd about like a loose Cabine , he would charge home at length , like a brave Gentleman ; Heavens blessing o \u2019 your heart Lady , we are so bound to honour you , in all your service so devoted to you .", "You are in a miserable estate in the worlds account else , I would not for your wealth it come to doubting .", "Alas , we know his private hours of entrance , how long , and when he stayed , could name the bed too , where he paid down his first-fruits .", "You'l find him noble , this may beget \u2014", "Good morrow .", "I come to tell you , your latest hour is come .", "The sentence of your state .", "Have you no feeling , Sir ?", "What then , Sir ?", "What say you to this ?", "Will you redeem your state , speak to the point , Sir ?", "Then I must take an order ?", "He 's mad sure .", "Yes , if he did it handsomely , but he 's so harsh and strange .", "Cannibals ? if ever I come to view his Regiment , if fair terms may be had .", "As long as you will , Sir , before I buy a bargain of such", "Runts , I'le buy a Colledge for Bears , and live among \u2018 em .", "Well met again , and what good news yet ?", "No fruits of what we sowed ?", "No turning in this tide yet ?", "Is not this his younger Brother ?", "Lance , carrie this before him ."], "true_target": [""], "play_index": 225, "act_index": 0}]
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