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Love Magic by Gregorio Martinez Sierra translated by John
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The prologue read by Todd. Pierrot, Brett by Thomas Peter.
Columbine puros wife read by Sonia.
Pirouette made and Confidant of Columbine.
Read by TJ Burns. Fortune are an old magician read

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by Adrian Stevens. Harley Quinn read by Alan
mapstone. Little girl read by Jasmine,
Selma. Stage directions.
Read by Larry Wilson. Rama TomTom.
Ladies and gentlemen, although Iam a marionette, I am the

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prologue and invested with so high.
A dignity permit me to announce the subject of the comedy, which
is about to be presented and to address you in eulogy of the
percentages who are to appear init, Ladies and gentlemen.
Inevitably it. Treats of love, love love.

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I wish ladies and gentlemen, I were a poet at this moment so
that I might present to you in anosegay of the sweetest smelling
syllables are pain jarek of thatdire Misfortune that delightful
pain, that fatal passion that enchantment that irresistible

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effluence of the stars that Fierce consuming of the soul
that death-dealing Mike. Grob or whatever it is that you
may decide this delicious inquietude to be which through
all the centuries, men and womenhave agreed to call love.

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You would listen to me, if I were such a poet to the
crackling and scintillation of my metaphors, you would admire
and Marvel at the unstable shifting winds, the soft
unfolding flowers, the broad expanse of Heaven, the silver
fountains, the caverns the Eagles, the sun rays, and the
Moonbeams, and all the twinklingstars, which I should make dance

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before you upon the Rope of my imagination to embellish my
discourse. You would twiddle your thumbs
with the light ladies and gentlemen, listening to my
discourse if I were a poet, but I have already told you that.
I have not one. I am only a marionette and the
prologue. I see you smiled smiled then but

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don't disdain me to be these twothings at one and the same time,
one must amount to something marionette.
I see you laughs Joy. Sparkles in all your eyes.
Do you suppose that it is a small thing to have a name.
The very mention of which is enough to make people laugh.

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And do you suppose it is nothingwhen you have it to be able to
live up to it throughout the ages and to uphold such a
reputation with a dignity, whichafter all is purely, ridiculous.
And we have upheld it. Yes, we have ladies and
gentlemen, splendidly like kingsand princes.

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Our little bodies are our witnesses to win, Applause.
They just joined themselves, twist and turn and bend
backward. Throw off their arms and heads
into the air or lose a leg in a high prance.
To get it back again. In a pirouette, see we palpitate
from head to foot every inch of us as if I These were all hearts

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and yet ladies and gentlemen, Beyond a doubt.
We have no Hearts. What should we need of them when
we vibrate and fly from one thing to another so continuously
without them. But Mr. Prologue.
How can marionettes love if theyhave no Hearts.
I did not say that. They could love my dear young
lady, didn't you say mr. Prologue that your comedy was

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about love. That is exactly it it is.
About love, but it is a comedy. Oh, but do not be sad.
Beautiful black eyes, or our comedy will be.
Incomparably. Played all the love in the world
could never discover Lovers Eyesanywhere, which would be like

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those of Columbine. Good good.
Are you gonna tell us about Columbine?
Why not? Know then that she is white but
not pale because in each of her cheeks, every instant a rose is
about to be born. She has painted her lips with
the red of poppies. And one day, when she sat down

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to dream looking out, or a meadow to Violet, sprang up and
jumped into her eyes since then,nobody has been able to tell
whether her glances were fragrance or light and out of
the sweet confusion as out of all beautiful confusions.
Harmony's brings which we call music.

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And so the look of Columbine is a song.
Merely listening to her sing andhearing her laugh.
Men have gone mad. So her mind is like a wonderful
bird cage, filled with Nightingales which like all
captive Nightingales feed upon Hearts Upon her heart.

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That is why Columbine is unfaithful to Poirot, sometimes
to feed her heart for pierrot who is a marionette and a
puppeteer? She is refuses her the heart
meet on which as I have told youthe Nightingales feed.
Good good. Now, tell us about pero what

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shall I tell you about petal? His mind is like a Sunbeam which
is fallen into a globe of Crystal and clear water and all
the colors are there in it. Except one, which is constancy
You see today, he imagines he's a philosopher but out of his
philosophy roses bring so that our comedy which begins with a

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sigh ends with an Embrace or rather with to Embraces because
Harlequin after he has sung his song.
So earnestly and to such utter disdain consoles, himself for
love by loving. And for the kisses, which he
cannot get by those. The girls will give For this is

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the proper way. All love songs.
Should end try and sing them. Gentlemen, you will always find
some ear that is willing to hearand you beautiful ladies, listen
to the song of Love while it is floating in the air and catch it
on the wing for, you will find that it is tame and it thrives
in captivity. As pierrette, if the kisses have

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not turned a honey which he has taken in when they lost their
way and had nowhere else to go. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I can
only add that wisdom is about toappear upon the stage of our
forests, but the Triumph of folly will oblige him soon to
break his wand the curtain. Rises.

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The comedy begins, this is the garden.
I forgot to tell you that the stage represents a garden.
Open your ears. All the fountain begins to play.
Open Your Eyes For the Roses arebursting into bloom.
The prologue retires scene 1. A Rose Garden.

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There's an arbor with rustic benches at the right.
It is spring trees with bushes, droop their bowels Laden,
heavily with flowers perfuming, all the air.
The breeze is singing with the voices of birds in the sky
Smiles, bright with Sunshine, columbines seated within the
arbor whose foliage conceals her.

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Almost completely seems rapt in Melancholy thought, Pedro, walks
up and down at the rear Museum. And gazing contemplative Lee
from the sky, to the ground and from the ground, to the sky
lingering lovingly before the flowering trees, and talking to
the flowers. Pierrot declaiming.

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How nature mother without beginning and without ending
beyond the touch of time? What can I do to Merit all thy
gifts roses of fire? How can I ever hope to know the
mystery which is Flaming at yourhearts Lily's?
How can I penetrate the secrets of your Petals of white snow?
Thanks thanks so Beauty. Thanks but thou Hast wrench that

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Veil before mine eyes and in contemplation of that Treasures,
I must end my life. Oh, woe is me.
Pedro a disappearing lost in thedepths of the garden.
Thanks. Thanks thousand things.
I value my vision and my poets dreams above all the splendors

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and above all the loves of Earthand Heaven.
Whoa! Is it me Pura tinters
accompanied by potion L enter senior politician L quickly for
now, Señor burro is wrapped in his meditations, he Not discover
that you are here. Enter, did you say that your

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mistress has sent for me? Oh, how eagerly senior match
could I but make you understand how wretched the poor child has
been? Does it not pierce the very soul
to look at her? She spends all the day and the
night times sign. She's fading away.
So fast that Divine form of hersis not what it once was the last

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alas. How How oblivious men are two
such things in your Maj Not all men.
My lady is like the driven Snowsof Heaven to her spouse turning
around toward the back with the menacing gesture.
Ah signor Poirot Señor Parra grow gosh, I think Columbine was

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discovered us. Columbine coming out of the
arbor and advancing in tears towards poor Chanel.
Senior magician. How impatiently I have awaited
your arrival? Well, you know, bowing Senor
Columbine, pinch, a spirit. Woe is me do not size a lady.

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I am so unhappy. I congratulate you upon being
unhappy. No.
Upon finding that your beauty has not faded so fast, as I had
been led to suppose. Of course, I had heard from
pirouette, pirouette returning with the chairs.

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What do you know about such things?
You all do, dad, Dan sense. I suppose a woman's beauty is
like an article of religion, your eyes, there's no more to it
than seeing and believing leave us period.
Period before retiring. She looks towards the rear where
it is to be supposed that she sees payroll.

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There he is. Now look at him, bending over
the roses. And I daresay, composing verses
in their praise, I would hand him a bunch of roses.
If you had the honor to be my spouse signor Poirot unhappiest
of men. Don't, you know, that you are
not. The only poet in the world that

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there are others. Others who composes beautiful
verses as you do. And to better purpose the notes
of a Sith earn are heard in the distance.
Didn't I tell you it is good. Harlequin Harlequin, singing
white roses are her forehead, the waving green her hair, the

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Stars her eyes Alabaster, pure her shoulder and the beauties
that In folder the starry Skies who would not be of the Roses,
or the grain that is in her hair.

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Her story wise, or her neck, or Pilar Pastor servant slave when
she is Master her deep heart size.
The words are heard afar off, linked with a haunting Melody,
faretta, listens entranced, emphasizing them with gestures

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of approval. Columbine Rises indignantly, the
first stanza, scarcely concludedand presently addresses.
Pirouette, pirouette lady, didn't I command you to send
that impertinent fellow away? His music is displeasing to my
ear in compliance with your command I shall At the gate in

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his face and the body of your lover remains outside in the
alley. Sore distressed, but his Spirit
woe is me is an immaterial thingand who can deprive senior
Harlequin with the consolation of sending it after you,
wherever you may be on the wingsof his songs, go and tell him

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that he offends me with his music.
I would not be too severe with him if I were you.
What harm can it do just to hearPierre hurt.
Be right as she turns to go. All all are blindly in love with
the impossible. My lady with her husband,

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Harlequin with my lady and with me, nobody, which alas has only
two possible Columbine sinks again into her chair and sighs
wearily. Bushy, no greatly perplexed.
But will you be kind enough to explain to me what the matter
is? What is the meaning of these

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tears? These songs of harlequins is
inexplicable discontent upon thepart of your mate.
Why? All this mystery I hadn't
distracted. I shall go out of my head senior
apology. No love is the most Most
mysterious thing in the world I should be, so sorry to have you

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think so. Love is a natural function, it
is symbol perfectly symbol. The difficulty is that we
complicated with spiritual distinctions, aha.
That is where the trouble beginsnature is, never willing to

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have, man improve Move upon her processes.
The fact is what is precisely the fact The fact is that?
My husband does not love me. What do you say?
What is that? Puro is deceiving you.

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He is not even deceiving me. Oh, if only once he would
deceive me then at least I mightbe thankful that he had had the
grace to consider me to make some effort to preserve my
ideas. But your rifle my rival.
Senior Mage is nature pushing L is dumbfounded.

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Yes, PLO is a poet for most miserable heat.
He adores the Carmine in the Roses but he disdains it upon my
lips. He worships the Azure of the
overarching sky but he cannot see it in the teardrop which
glistens in my eye. He drinks.
Sweet perfumes on the breezes. Has.

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But he will not come off them from the cepheus which are
wafted from my mouth. Oh, woe is me.
Woe is me? Yeah, poet, you're right.
Poetry in marriage is entirely out of place.
It is an intruder and interloperlike anything else which we do

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not expect. But these songs have harlequins.
They are another complication, senior Mage, my Misfortune,
thanks to the little pain switch, my husband takes to
deceive. Me has become known to all men
and harlech in his had the audacity to presume to console
me for it. He wishes me to follow the old a

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Dodge, which says that love is cured by love.
He what is it that he wishes youto do?
Have no fear. I shall not follow his advice.
You're right for this notion that love can be covered by love
is sheer nonsense. Believe me, there is no cure for

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anything on Earth outside of sides.
You could trust me for her senior.
I'm a wise old man. That is the reason I have sent
for you. You have done.
Well, my daughter. He meditates.
You say that your husband has deserted you?

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He has abandoned his tired of you.
He writes versus or these are bad signs, very bad.
However, fortunately ostendo remedy 11, which is well, nigh
infallible. He draws a crystal file from the

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recesses of his robe. Take this file and it has been
brewed a filter compounded by magic Art, out of the essence of
your tears. But what shall I do with this
filter whenever pierrot is pensive and observed wrapped in

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his poetic ecstasy that for b 1 Rob from this file and Posey.
A deer, I do not understand. Listen, for example, you say the
Puro is enraptured with the Azure of the Skies spill, but

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one drop let for, but 12 here, and the sky will be covered with
thick clouds in his side. I understand.
So By little by Allah, he will become disenchanted with all

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natural beauty. Do you turn again to yours?
Which also is natural. Believe me senior Mage.
I believe you ah, to well I do. How can I ever thank you Do not
think me too much or your gratitude will overcome my

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wisdom and laid prostrate in thedust signora.
Di boughs and retires. I am saved, pirouette,
pirouette, pirouette, inter's, come and rejoice with me.
Disappointed. Do you mean that is to say, has

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the sage found a remedy? Then endeavoring to conceal, a
note, which she is carrying in her hand.
What is that? What paper are you trying to
conceal? She seizes it a letter from
Harlequin, is this the way that you obey my commands?

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I gave you a message to senior Harlequin, and he was cast down
Into the uttermost Depths when he heard that his song had given
you pain. And so, To prove that he
intended. No offense.
He has written out the verses onthis piece of paper, which he
begged me to put into your hands.

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But if you do not wish it, no, no.
Let me see, surely. I ought to read what they are.
It is my duty to make an exampleof him.
A horrible example. She runs her eye over the paper
words and phrases of fire fire. Sure, she'll put out your fire.

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My Lord, my lady spirit of God. Hate me.
Now. Peru enters.
He carries a bunch of purple roses in his hand as he
advances. He gazes lovingly from flower to
flower and begins meditatively to recite the verses which he
has composed in their praise. Purple petals Rich Hue, God has

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shed his blood for you. Columbine, let's the first drop
fall from the vial. Hey, Columbine running up to
him. What is the matter Thorn pierced
my hand? My love.
Leave the roses for they are full of thorns.

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She takes the flowers from Pirates hands and dashes them
vitally upon the ground. They leave a purple trail behind
them as they pass through the air and then follow their stims
bear. Pure art watches them fall and
sighs heavily Columbine flings herself into his arms.

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What are you thinking of what ison your mind?
Don't you know that my love is aflower that can never be
stripped bare. So you into P, Rose Garden in
the Autumn. There are no more flowers in it
only a few pallid roses and someHardy chrysanthemums at the

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back, blows the red of the setting sun above little white
clouds are driven fitfully across the sky.
While at intervals gusts of windshake, the trees and Scattered.
The dry leaves upon the ground or Russell them about in
Restless golden whirls. Columbine and pushing L are
seated in the garden. Columbine is even more

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Melancholy than in the first scene, but it is clearly
possible. Do you say that my remedy
produced no effect? And most marvelous effect,
frankly, then I do not understand The remedy was worse
than the disease pierrot has ceased to be a poet, but he has

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become a philosopher, a philosopher.
Yes, so much the more miserable.He your filter was to
efficacious for days. Now, there has been no sky
without clouds for pierrot. No rose without a thorn.
No pleasure. Without loathing and disgust

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even the Perfume of the flowers gives him pain, so that I too
have almost begun to pity him, but have you manifested your
pity with tenderness and affection?
There's affectionately as I was able, but alas, when my husband
disillusioned with the perfidious and Imperfections of

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nature turned to hate and despise them, he took it into
his head that my beauty also, The natural thing and it has
been impossible to disabuse him of it.
You can imagine the consequence,my lips seemed to him like
roses. My eye is like the sea or the
sky, my hair like the sunbeams and not only that but pierrot

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has discovered in various parts of my person, all the blood
scars stains blemishes Tempest Sandstone clouds that afflict
the universe, or offend the sensibilities.
Dy. I am worse off than I was before
senior mage. A pause in Seuss.

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Have you know, new remedy to prescribe for this new evil.
It will be difficult senior Columbine.
It seems that the spirit of yourhusband is obdurate to love.
If you could only learn to forget to resign yourself, is

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that all your boasted science can do know?
Then that I do not wish to resign myself?
I wish to love I am looking for a cure not for consolation do
not be angry with me lady. The problem is stubborn and
involved but I shall study it inmy laboratory and I swear to you

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that I will never emerge from itso long as I shall live unless I
have found an infallible murder soon.
He goes out science and wisdom here, period, inter's, wisdom.
I should like to know what wisdom has got to do with love

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what is that? Old imposter know about it?
Anyway, at his age, age is a guarantee of knowledge, not to
me, it may be in some things, but in Affairs of the heart
practice makes more perfect thanlearning, In love experience is

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the key which opens Hearts if itis not used it rusts and I did
not need to ask you how long it must be since senior apology.
Nell has used his key where you always destroy my illusion
Spirit. Yes.
Because when reality is with 1,000 Illusions, senior

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Harlequin. Do not talk to me about Holly.
In senior Harlequin is a reality.
Believe me, my lady, There Is NoIllusion about him.
I know and I can answer for it. Besides, you must be convinced
by this time, that all the drugsof all.

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The sorcerer's are of no avail to win back the heart of signor
Poirot alas. So, I am woe is me so that you
will never find a remedy. Through the aid of science.
I fear it. Leave it to me, then.
And let me put my plan into execution.

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What plan, what is it that you wish to do?
You will soon see without any other science than experience,
which I have picked up on my waythrough the world?
I shall save you. The first thing to do is to
receive Harlequin Pierre it. The would be only to undeceive

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him. What angry word from your lips
would have a thousand times moreeffect than 1,000 sermons from
mine which to tell the truth whowere not made for sermons.
But in any case he's here, Harley Quinn, inter's and throws
himself a columbines feet, Queenof My Soul, son of my spirit.

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Magnetic pole of my desire. What is this rise Pier at?
Is this the way that you obey mycommands, pardon lady, but it is
too much for you to expect me tostand forever between the fire
and the wall. You don't know to what dangers.
I've been exposed, contending continually against the ardors

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of senior Harlequin, my lady in turn.
I beseech you to Pardon parrot. It was not her negligence, but
my A audacity which caused this wrong if Romney be?
How does the heart overwhelmed in darkness sin?

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Because it desires the light desire is one thing performance

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bind in the mind of lovers.
Desire is performance. The desires of love our mandates
peremptory as the laws of life You blaspheme senior Harlequin.
Certainly to love like this is acrime, what matter?

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So long as his love, do not shrink and draw away from me.
Move closer lady at least listento my tale of Woe grant me this
Solace. Hmm.
Will you promise to go away thenimmediately if I do if you asked

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me to and will you I promise never to come back.
If you are not convinced by my argument, you made talk, thanks.
He kisses her hand. I said, talk my lady that was

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the irrepressible Cry of my soul.
You have a cell that has been most rudely brought up.
Here at to Columbine, good lead him on, Pardon lady for my soul.
And for me, we have both hungered through so many ages

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for a sight of this Glory. That now, when we find ourselves
in your presence, my soul, and Iface to face, it is Small Wonder
that. We forget our ill fortune and
become boys again, and through to the The winds or sense of
proper re Street, which my dignity cannot, excuse, senior

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harlequin. But your love and your sympathy
or to excuse it, do you presume to talk to me of odd?
What? They're not to be many odds
between you and me Columbine or sand?
Never a naught naught. Between you and me, you?

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Yes. Columbine me.
Me and you for I am Rashid for your sake.
It is not for my sake. It may not be through your
fault. I like that better but it is the
same to me. My misery is the same because I
love you Columbine. I love you.

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I love you so much that when I love you all I can I Myself
unhappy that I am because I cannot love you more.
I love you. I love you.
I love you. It's time that he says, I love
you. He kisses her hands
passionately. Columbine defending herself, a

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little. But did not displeased at heart.
Not so allowed. Senior, Harlequin not so loud.
There may be an echo in the garden. they wander off at the
rear pursuing the debate and disappear, I should never have
believed it possible that the grief of my mistress would have

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been so difficult to console me pierrot, inter's, he carries a
book in his hand, he reads and meditates to think that even in
the dewdrops, the radiant, tearsof morning there is a world of
monsters a contending Universe of A pain to know that the

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smiling virgin of the fields is,but the mask of foul Decay, The
Immortal Beauty, which we love the veil and dull similitude of
death. He Paces back and forth absorbed
in his meditations, pierette approaching him sympathetically,
senior Perot, who speaks to me. Ah, is it, you?

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Why are you smiling? Why are you so happy?
Senior Life is Beautiful. Do you know what you pair within
the skeleton? Avoid nothing.
A pause follows. Where's your lady?
She was here a moment since so wretched.

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Over your philosophy. She was in tears.
But now she is consoling herself.
That is to say she has company. Senior Harlequin Harlequin, a
most extraordinary, young man, proud handsome, Amorous.

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What is that? And an excellent poet.
My lady could not possibly have chosen better company.
What do you say? Why do you tell me these things
because they are true? What makes you look at me like
this? I was counting sadly.
The wrinkles which philosophy isdug into your brow.

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Tell Columbine that I wish to see her.
Do you think it would be wise tointerrupt them now?
Is she so intent upon that visitlook and see where they are?
Pierrot retires a through the shrubbery.
Do you see anything that Harlequin is a fool?
Oh no. He is not why all the while one

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is with him. He has such winning ways
Columbine laughs. Ha ha.
My lady laughs. That poor lady.
It is so long since I have heardher laugh.
Look, I wondered what they were doing.
There was a happy stroke of senior harlequins, but what is

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the matter? Piero's starts to run and rushes
headlong off the stage like one possessed.
Where are you going? See him run a jealous man.
Is always ridiculous. There he is.
Now he just furious my lady pleads for mercy and Senior

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Harlequin he effaces himself he Fades modestly out of sight huh?
I'm sorry for that man. The sound of rude voices as
heard in the garden shortly afterward.
Harley Ian emerges from the trees he comes forward with a
dejected disappointed are and hurries rapidly across the stage

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pierrette. Detaining him.
What is the matter? Senior Harlequin was not.
My lady willing to be consoled. Your lady is a mortal of
conjugal Fidelity. Who told you to go wandering
another people's Gardens, exploring Hearts, which have
Masters better stick to the highways and the byways senior

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Rover. And two fields which are virgin.
Do you know any that is a reflection upon me.
What do you mean Señor Harlequin?
I mean, any disposed to receive me why senior Harlequin I what
do you want me to say? I am a young and inexperienced

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girl, but I am sure that there must be someone perhaps not.
So very far away. You know what the song says?
Says, when you least expect it and I never expected it, don't
look at me like that. A pause in Sue's pierrette size

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become eloquent in the Silence of her lips and pronounce a
significant discourse, Harlequinwith sudden, resolution, could
you love me pierette? Do you think I win my victories
through other people's arms? Don't Be Cruel.

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My lady is much more, beautiful than I illusion.
The beauty of woman is all of one great store, one blast and
perfect body in which every woman is.
But an individual part Your ladyis beautiful.
You are as beautiful as she Booth different parts of the

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same great Beauty. But I wonder just, what part of
this great beauty that you tell me of am I from what I feel.
You must be very near the heart.They embrace the row and
Columbine re-enter, an advanced into the garden.

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The They also are locked in an Embrace and gazed steadfastly
into each other's Eyes. Full Of Happiness.
Swear to me that you are tellingme the truth PLO.
I swear it, the fear of losing, you has revealed to me the truth
that your love was the soul of my life.

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Your words are the most beautiful of poems and your
Embraces, the most enduring of philosophies.
Poor Chanel, entry precipitouslywith a file in his hand.
Senior here is the filter for love magic.
The true, the infallible Madisonwhole laughs gaily a at carries

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her impertinence so far as to member keep the magician with
many a comic Rivers, pushing L stares at them and amazement,
the file, which he carries in his hands explodes with a loud
report. And the elixir of Love is
scattered upon the ground. It was about time to explode it.

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What is this? I see what you see, Senior,
imagine simply this that's science is Superfluous when it
comes to Affairs of the heart. They're all wisdom is vain, and
all filters are colored water for love is cured by love and
disdain by jealousy. So it has been since the

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beginning of the world and so itwill be until the world has
ceased to be spells and conjurations Asians are very
little use the love. That has fallen asleep through
excess of Good. Fortune is not to be awakened
again without the Menace of another love, which is more
passionate and which burns like youths fire.

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So that is all there is to it. My master was asleep because my
lady loved him too much and he is waked at the fear that she
might cease to love him. So don't you see?
Um, what do I see? But But put in at Harlequin
wasn't this gentleman. Also in love Head Over Heels.

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You can surely see it? Oh, Chanel protesting.
But not with you. He thought not himself.
But he soon found his mistake through my assistants and the
force of circumstances. Um, Although I am a young man,

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senior punch now and the poet, Itoo have my philosophy.
And in the first chapter there is this a maximum, he who
refuses to console himself for the kisses, which he cannot get
by those. The girl will give Is mad

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entirely? The sorcerer is scandalized
takes to his heels, covering hisears with his hands, then
throwing his arms into the air brandishing them wildly.
Soft sweet, music sounds, and the two pairs of lovers begin a
slow and stately dance. Curtain.

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End of Love Magic by Gregorio Martinez Sierra translated by
John Garrett, Underhill. He said, and she said, by Alice,
gersten Berg, this is a LibriVoxrecording all LibriVox

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recordings are in the public domain for more information or
to volunteer, please visit librivox.org.
Characters. Diana chesbro a society girl
read by Jennifer Pratt. Enid Haldeman read by the story,

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Girl. Felix Haldeman, her husband read
by Todd mrs. Cyrus Packard, their friend read
by TJ Burns stage directions, read by Kelly Taylor. he said,

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and she said, Sing living room at the hall demands.
Before, dinner discovered, Enid setting the room to write enter
and hat and coat. And jingling a bunch of house
keys, Felix Haldeman. He kisses.

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Enid affectionately as if it were his daily habit and then
tosses down the evening paper. Hello dear Felix, I've asked
Diana and mrs. P, Packard over for dinner.
You'd better. Hurry and wash up a bit.
What am I to be the only man? Again, can't help it.

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Darling, mr. Packard's and Washington, and
all of Diana's, suitors are in the trenches There must be some
old Gray beard left somewhere toinvite for Diana.
Oh, there are a few leftovers floating around, but Diana
doesn't like them. If she can't get the best male
company. She prefers female, Diana's, a

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peach. She should have married one of
the boys before they all went over or Aubrey.
Lawrence was madly in love with her.
Hurry up, there's soot on your cheek, she Taps it
affectionately. All right, if I have to dine
with three women, I'd better look my best Enid admiringly.

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Yes, my dear Cock of the Walk. There's the evening papers, we
gained three miles again Exit down left.
Enid is about to glance at the paper but is interrupted by the
Breezy entrance of mrs. Packard my dear your maid told

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me to come right in I hope mrs. Packard I'm so glad you could
come on such short notice hey jumped at the invitation.
It's a lonesome with Jana way how lucky you are to have your
husband at home. Thanks to his business, the
government prefers him here. Take off your Things.

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I'm a little early, but I took advantage of the chance to ride
this way. Mrs. Morgan's car.
Do you like mrs. Morgan?
Why? Yes, don't you?
I don't think you ought to like her.
Then why not? She has a long bad tongue talks
about people mrs. Packard raises her eyebrows,

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does she, you ought to hear her?But then, Then you Arts knots to
hear about me now there, my dearI have come for a jolly little
dinner party and I'm not going to gossip still if she said
anything against me, I ought to protect myself.

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That's just it. That's what I thought.
And when she said, oh no, why should I tell you?
Why shouldn't you tell me? Yes, why After all, I'm one of
your best friends and you ought to know.
Certainly I ought to know but you may never forgive me.
Not forgive you for protecting me.

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That's true. You must protect yourself.
It is my duty to tell you what is it?
You have me quite scared. If she tells me a thing like
that, of course you will tell everyone else.
By this time, no doubt. It's all over town.
How Dreadful? What have I done?

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It isn't what you've done. It's about Diana Jesper.
Oh, she's coming tonight. Is she your invitation?
Why? Yes, are you sure?
Of course, I'm sure well, she raises her shoulders and
eyebrows. But in what way, can gossip

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couple my name with Diana's? She is one of my best friends.
Oh, is she? I am quite sure.
She is. Maybe she is still.
They wonder why Diana didn't marry one of the boys before
they went off to war. Why should she have?

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Yes. Why should you have really?
Still. Anyone is attractive as Diana.
She had plenty of chances. Didn't she?
How are you? Yes, that's what they say.
Oh, nice men to and one or two real catches.
Don't you think it's strange diam?
Didn't marry one of them? Yes, I do think it's strange

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there. Of course you do.
I said it, but why do you think she didn't?
I don't know, what does she say?I think she exactly.
It's just what everyone is saying and everyone feels so
sorry for you, sorry for me. My dear, you get all the

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sympathy. What for is it possible?
You have been so blind? Blind Eye, you're with each
other. A great deal, aren't you?
Yes, and your husband. That's what you mean.
Oh, Poor dear, that's what they say.

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I just, what do they say that? She and oh no.
My dear, of course, I don't believe it but but just an exact
words. What do they say?
Hasn't he ever? Admired her in your presence?
Yes. What does he say that?
She's a peach and popular and all the men like her, and many

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of them want to marry her? And there you are.
That's just it. They said so and mrs.
Morgan told me that Diana refused the other men because
well she said because she's Diana entering changes subject
quickly. Oh Diana.
You dear sweet thing. Good evening Diana.

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Enters back Center gay. Happy pretty unconsciously
friendly. Hello, mrs.
Packard. Hello.
Enid. Old top kisses.
Enid. I'm early because I came
straight up from town after dressing at the club.
Canteen work. All day.

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How's everybody? I've been nursing at the
hospital. All afternoon, isn't it a trump
doing the home nursing and releasing someone else to get
the glory over there? I'd have gone over there myself.
Mrs. Packard pouncing lie. Why didn't you?
Against the law. I have relatives in the
trenches. Oh, I love the romance of being

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there. Enid, get the letter from your
brother, won't you and read it to mrs.
Packard, he gives such an unusually interesting
descriptions. Yes, it's most interesting.
Excuse me, a moment. It's in my desk upstairs.
Exit, Enid back Center, mrs. Packard with a backward glance

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to see if Enid is out of hearing.
My dear Miss Chester Borough, pardon me for seeming to
presume, but I'm only trying to save you, are you aware of what
people are saying about you saying about me?
Of course, they wouldn't say it to you.
What wouldn't they say? It is so much easier to To

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flatter than to say disagreeablethings.
People are saying disagreeable things about me.
You haven't heard no. But I should certainly like to
know. Of course you would any young
girl like you? But my dear do you really think
you should come to this house? Come to this house.

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Why Enid? And I went to school together.
She is one of my oldest and bestfriends.
Best did you say you do? Noted after what she said.
She said something to make you doubt her friendship to me.
Surely you are mistaken my dear girl.
I have eyes and ears. I can see and hear what did Enid

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say. She said she wished you had
married. One of the boys before they went
off to war. Oh that you admit it and still
you come here. That is what people say.
What do I admit? I don't follow your reasoning.
I don't see her. Of course, you don't see.
Love is always blind. Love, we haven't said a word

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about love, of course not. It's a delicate word to use and
in this matter. It is, well, the world does not
think it becoming Diana indignantly mrs.
Packard, I do not understand your innuendos.
Tell me the plain. Facts.
What are people saying? And what has Love?

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Got to Do With It, mr. Haldeman no Felix.
And you, he the couple of your names together.
Face say that Felix and I it is a lie.
It doesn't make any difference if it is a Lie.
The point is what people say, the people who say such things

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have rotten little Minds that have enough brains to entertain
themselves. My Dear Miss chesbro and you're
just the same repeating such slander.
You insinuate that I am one of the I do you have insulted me,
not more than you have insulted me Miss just burrow you will

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suffer for this. I tell you something and all
friendliness of spirit to protect you from the Slanders of
the world, and then you reward Me by you, listen to idle
tongues and then you come and Rob.
Copy of my happiness by putting poison into my mind.
I was telling you the truth, butpeople do not.
Thank you for telling them the truth.

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I am the one, who knows what thetruth is.
I know that Eden and I are friends and that Enid and Felix
and I are friends, and that is all physics our doors in it, he
would never care for any other woman.
Oh, wouldn't he? Does the world know more than
mrs. Halderman herself.

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It does not just a few minutes ago In This Very Room.
She told me herself that she wished you had married because
she knows that Felix is in love with you.
She pretends to be your friend but in her heart she hates you.
It's not true. It is not pleasant to argue with
you. Miss Jesper.
Oh I shall find my hostess and make my excuses and not stay to

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dinner. Exit up Center.
Diana goes as if to follow Though her if I have been to
utterly rude, I humbly apologize.
But I cannot allow you to circulate such outrageous.
Hello Diana. When did you get here?
Felix enters from down left. What to help.

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Me mix the cocktails goes to a side table and begins to mix
drinks Felix. A terrible thing has happened,
they talk about us. Who is they?
And who is us? People are talking about you and
me. Felix mixing cocktail.

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Why? What have we done?
Do you like a drop of orange, bitters?
You're not taking it seriously, but what is there?
That's just it. What is there?
If there really were something, she watches him.
Anxiously It's most embarrassingfor me.

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I don't know how to say it to you.
My dear Diana you can say anything to me.
Haven't I proved myself a real friend.
But if what they said is really true.
Don't, you know, whether it's true or not.
I thought I did. But after she said it, I began

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to wonder wonder what? Diana hesitates.
Oh, out with it. You know, I love Enid.
Why you grown up together? I wouldn't hurt her for world's
know you Trump. So do you love her more than

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anyone else? Don't you, of course.
But Diana. Horrified, don't say, but but
why, why did you say? But I did I say, but I don't
know what was I saying. Saying you said of course but I

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don't remember you have me all confused.
You don't think I'm in love withyou.
Do you great Scott? Do they say you are in love with
me. You never have thought, have
you? I'm not so considered to think I
could oven, but well. Now, what but are you in love

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with me. No, thank goodness.
But what that's what they say that I am in love with you and
that I am in love with you and exactly.
Holy smokes, but it's not true. No, but they say it's true.

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And what they say amounts to thesame thing.
What can we do? That's what I'm asking.
You go straight to Enid. But Enid believe is it nonsense?
She said, so. She said so mrs.
Packard said they all say it, how do they know they don't but

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they think they do. So it amounts to the same thing
but in it can't believe it. But there's proof that she does
believe it. It's too absurd.
Mrs. Packard said that Enid saidthat you said you were in love
with me or something like that and that in it hates me.

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That's not true. True.
I know she likes you but mrs. Packard wouldn't dare say
anything she said. In it hates you, perhaps Cena
does perhaps, she is jealous over, nothing at all.
Perhaps she has been imagining things perhaps, she does hate
me. Perhaps she too has been saying
things making it seem as if she stops as Enid enters followed by

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mrs. Packard Center.
Diana. Mrs. Packard says, you insulted
her and that she feels. She cannot stay for dinner.
I apologize to mrs. Packard, but she would not
accept my you do admit that you insulted me only after you
insulted me. You here.

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Mrs. Alderman. It is just, as I said, she
accused me of insulting her whenI was trying only to be kind and
give her a little motherly advice.
Mrs. Packard took it upon herself to repeat some things
that people are saying things that are manifestly untrue,

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whether they are true or not, itis highly unpleasant for me to
have this altercation in my house.
I can tell by your voice, you are willing to believe that
woman mrs. Alderman, I resent being called
that woman. I don't care what you resent,
you've come in and spoiled a beautiful friendship.

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I've had all my life and I don'tcare what I call you, but in my
house, my guests. Don't worry.
I shall not be your guest another moment.
I'm going Starks. No Diana, I can't.
Let you leave and anger but I do, I leave with my heart black

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against you, for listening to what she said.
What did I say? You said that Felix and I were
in love with each other and you insinuated that I never said
such a thing in all my life. Mrs. Packard, why just a few
moments ago In This Very Room you I never said such a thing in
all my life. Can you look me straight in the

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eye? And tell me you never said it.
I never said it. Never never never, didn't you
tell me that? You have eyes and ears and that
you can see and hear and that everybody was saying, but what
everybody else says, isn't what I say, didn't you tell me that

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Felix was in love with me? I didn't know that.
She told me that turns to Enid. I never told you that.
At why my dear You Did In This Very Room.
A few minutes ago, I never said such a thing in all my life and
how can you imagine? I imagine nothing.

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I know what I see and what I hear and you certainly told me
that you ought to know all I hadto hear, so you could protect
yourself. So I told you in a friendly way,
trying to be a help. And there we are.
Diana bitterly. Yes.
Where are we? You have no one to blame but

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yourself. We have no one to blame but you
mrs. Packard.
I didn't know I had to protect myself until you insinuated.
Why? It was you yourself?
Who said he wanted to marry her?I said nothing of the sort.
I said that. He said all women turn

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simultaneously upon Felix. Who up to this time?
As refrain from meddling in the coral.
He is confused by this sudden demand upon him and answers
foolishly. I don't know what you're talking
about. Didn't you say to your wife that
you wanted to marry Miss Jess burrow?
And didn't I never said such a thing in all my life and whoever

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said it got it out of whole cloth he didn't.
I said, of course, he has to deny it to admit.
It would be false. Whether it was true or false, he
would have To deny it. Why would he have to deny it?
Because they ethics of a gentleman, would make him denied
in order to protect you Diana raging.

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So it doesn't matter whether it's true or not.
Nothing. We can say, or do can wipe out
the miserable thoughts in your mind.
Not in my mind. Everybody's mind, I have nothing
to do with it in it. Can't you stand up and defend
US. Ah, you admit you must be
Defended the whole world has to be defended against women like

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you. If you were in my house I'd show
you the door Enid show her the door and proof that you trust
Felix and me that you know thereisn't and never has been
anything between us but the mostinnocent friendship you don't
move You don't trust me. I have always trusted you.

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I never had the slightest suspicion but perhaps I have
been blind. Perhaps the world has been able
to see better from the distance and understand.
How are you going to take the world word against ours?
Are you going to believe a sillygossip and let one minute of
Slender? Outweigh the love and loyalty

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you've had from Diana and me fora lifetime.
Why don't you tell your wife, you love her.
I love my wife but I do not see any reason to make a public
statement of it. I stated that publicly when I
married her, she knows I love her.
Don't you do? I he adores, you don't, you know

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it. But Diana is pretty and Felix.
I leave this house forever. Thanks to you.
Mrs. Packard I have lost two friends.
Who meant more to me, than even,the world's opinion and I shall
never see either of you again. Diana, come back.

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It is too outrageous to allow such contemptible gossip to
break your friendship with Enid.You see, he does not want her to
go. It would never be the same
between intended me. Again, I do not want her to go
because I do not want to have anevil tongue like yours
triumphant. If you had come into our house
installed in our silver, you would Be less a thief than you

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are. Now, new silver can be bought
but tarnish friendship can neverbe bright again.
You caused this by your malicious remarks.
About my regard for mr. His burrow.
I didn't say it. Pardon me.
You did. I didn't say it.
She did turning to Enid. I didn't.
You did? I didn't, what does it matter?

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Now, how it happened? It's done.
Done. Our friendship is over, but I
won't go without leaving my memory.
Here, white and clean. I don't care what the world
believes but I wanted to know, Ihave never had a thought against
her and so I'm willing to tell the truth even though I'd rather
have died than tell this before.Now we will hear something

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Diana. Be careful.
You are under no obligation to so you know what she's going to
say. No, he doesn't know it's my
secret. No one else has known.
There is only one man I love. Or ever have loved.
And he's over there. She's making it up a likely
story. I'm not making it up.

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If you don't believe me, I'll have to tell you his name.
No, no Diana. It is not fair to demand that of
you. They will not believe me, but
I'll do anything for Enid. She'll have to know.
It is Aubrey, Lawrence, Aubrey Lawrence.
He wanted to marry you. It's true.

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He did. But Diana, wouldn't why wouldn't
you? Because I did you married him?
Diana takes wedding ring from chain about her neck.
Yes, I married him the last day before he sailed, but your

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family didn't like him. That's why I didn't tell them.
But you can go now and tell themyourself.
Mrs. Packard, Aubrey Lawrence. Did you really Diana?
He hasn't any money, but he is straight to the core.
I'm awfully glad Diana. So am I Diana?

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Forgive me? There's the door mrs.
Packard and the world outside iswaiting to hear the latest
gossip. I'll go my dear because I've
offended you, and I know you're not ready to forgive me, but I
promise, not to breathe it to a soul, not a soul, exit up Center

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in such a way that one knows sheis excited and eager to tell it
to everyone, she meets. Diana, I'll never forgive you
for not telling me you married Aubree.
Why didn't you tell me that you married Aubree but I didn't you
didn't but you said, oh what I said, it doesn't matter what I

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said, but she'll tell everyone. Of course she will but if it's
not true, it might be true but it's not, is it?
I told you it wasn't but no I don't know whether to believe
you or not nor will other peopleknow whether to believe her or

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not. But when Arbor here, isn't it
Diana? What will he think?
He will wish that it were true. What will you say about you?
He will say that I wish it were true.
And do you. I do have you found out since he

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left that you really love him. Madly, madly madly feelings
teasingly. Shall I cable him that I have
already? You haven't, I have.
I'm going to marry him by proxy.Phoenix offering glass do have a

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cocktail on that. But when we tell people, you
married him by proxy after mrs. Packard as told them you are
married already. What will people say Diana takes
cocktail with a smile. What will people say?

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In any case? Exactly what they choose,
Curtain. End of.
He said and she said by Alice gersten Berg.

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The Hartley's a play in one act by Arthur Eckersley.
This is a LibriVox recording allLibriVox recordings are in the
public domain for more information or to volunteer,
please visit librivox.org. Characters stage directions,

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read by Jen Broda repeatedly, read by son of the Exiles.
Mrs. Hartley bed by K. Taylor 07 has to hardly read by
the story. Girl, George Perrin read by Todd
Susan the made read by ABBA. Seen the Hartley's parlor in a

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street off the kingsroad Brighton, time evening in early
spring, the Hartley's, the scenerepresents an ordinary,
middle-class sitting room, very respectable Furniture, heavy and
uncomfortable with the exceptionof one, easy wicker, chair.
Before the fire. There is one door, right

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fireplace with fire burning left, Left table and center of
room partially laid for high teachairs for three.
Round it, the easy chair above fireplace, another smaller and
not so comfortable below when the curtain Rises mrs.
Hartley, an ineffective looking pale woman in a cap and shawl is

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discovered knitting in an armchair above fireplace left.
Mrs. Hartley half Rises and looks at clock on mantel Shelf.
And then sits again immediately afterwards the door opens and
Hester appears, Hester is a girlof about 29.
She comes in quickly, smoothing her hair and dress which are in

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slight disorder as though outdoor things had just been
removed. Mrs. Hartley glancing up.
Also, there you are. I thought you were never coming.
It's closed upon 6:30. Isn't that clock a bit fast,
it's law. If it's anything your father

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might be home any minute. Where have you been Hester?
Evasively. Only as far as the pier for blow
after dark doubt, your father would be best pleased that he
heard of it. You know how particular he is?
Yes, I know mrs. Hartley, with unconscious irony,

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Any you ought to your old enough?
What time is T the same time, asusual.
That's as if he catches the halfpast from Victoria, he's got.
Cutlets hasn't he and asparagus?I ordered half a bundle.
I'm glad of that asparagus. Evenings are almost always good

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tempered. What, a way to talk seen Hester
Advanced towards the Fire. All of you there his slippers.
I thought I'd put them to warm. Mrs. Hartley surprised.
Well, you don't generally but I dare say, he'll not mine, I hope

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not. I do want him to be placed
tonight kneeling, she places slippers in the fender mrs.
Hartley after staring at her, hewill.
Oh yes. Thanks why Why?
It doesn't seem like it all thisfussing about your father's
Comfort. It isn't natural Hester, still

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kneeling turns to face. Mrs. Hartley, has it ever
occurred to you how old I am my dear bewildered?
I'm 29 and a bit over quite soon.
I shall be 30 and I can rememberthe time only the other day.

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It seems when that used to soundlike old age.
So by my way of Reckoning, I'm almost an old woman.
We all have to grow old. Yes.
But in different ways you were quite a girl.
When you married father, won't you.
I was 17 and you were very much in love with each other.

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He was, he used to tell me he shoot himself if I didn't marry
him faster. Her slowly fancy being 17 and
having somebody to say things like that.
My dear, what are you talking about mother?
I think I think do for once. Think of it, from my point of

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view, what have I been doing allthis time?
Just sitting here with you and father and letting everything go
by me. I've wanted not to mind night
after night. I've cried Myself to sleep
because I was too selfish to be satisfied.
Everybody can't get husband's ifthat's what you mean.

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You've had the same chances other girls.
No, that's not true. Every chance, it's your own word
that I ever had has been deliberately taken away from me.
I know, I'm not pretty or attractive.
I made up my mind to that, but in spite of it, It.

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There were people breaks off or you're not so bad as all that
there have been just to, do you remember that mr.
Thompson. Whom I used to help at the
library. Six years ago, he used to walk
home with me, then he asked if he could call.

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Well, you know what happened? Then, your father never approved
of that Library. Almost a Sharpie called It has
stir bitterly. Yes, it wasn't genteel enough
for his daughter. 90 how that was the end of Thomson and the
other went the same way. Only it didn't get quite so far.

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Your father is a very reserved man.
No, I don't say, I particularly cared for either of them.
Not then they'd have been life and home and perhaps even little
children Children mrs. Hartley shocked.
Hester, at least you needn't be rude.

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Anyhow, that's all in the past and I thought it wasn't the sort
of thing that was ever likely tocome again.
You don't mean to say, it has beginning to see her sister
faces. Her nods.
Yes, apparently. Somebody else well and what

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about your father, her sister points to slippers that's why
you're going to tell him tonight.
I think he wants to tell him himself.
Well I'm that surprised. I don't know what to say, how
did it happen? I hardly know sits in chair

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below fire at all seem to come. So strangely, I think I saw him
first only about a fortnight ago, when I went out to the Post
in the evening, he used to be hanging about by the pillar box,
walls, pillar boxes. I never thought he could be
waiting for me, but he was and oh, I don't know, somehow he

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spoke to me and one thing led toanother I met him once or twice
by accident in the street. He used to smile and perhaps
walk a little way and then one day I arranged to meet him.
Mrs. Hartley shocked. Well, and just for that, you

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think your love? This stranger enough to be happy
with him. I think so.
But it isn't being happy. That matters.
It's living. Mrs. Hartley ignoring epigrams,
what's his name? Peron George Perrin.
And what sort of a young fella is?

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He a gentleman or just a man to watch Parent works at something
in London? I don't know what he's here on
holiday. Well, what does he talk about
me? And you and father, everything
seemed so clear that he should be so interested in us and he's

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coming to see him tonight. He asked particularly what time,
he'd be sure to find father at home.
That's looks like something. Did he ask what your father's
business was? I think he did I forget anyhow,
I couldn't have told him except in the city that's all I know.

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That's all I wanted to know all these years.
Your father was never one to babble.
Keep yourself to yourself, was always his motto.
Oh. Rising startled.
What is it Hester struck with anidea?
I told him anytime after 6:30 suppose he comes before.

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Fathers had his tea. Hmm, that would be awkward.
However, it can't be helped. Now hack listening, there's his
latchkey. Mrs. Hartley Rises with some
difficulty and transfers herselfto the chair below.
Fireplace. So as to leave the more

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comfortable, one free for the master Hester under her breath.
It must go. Right?
It must. I declare you've made me all
aflutter myself, but we must keep calm and tell him gradually
the door opens and Rupert. Hartley comes in briskly a

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capable man, with short beard and quick.
Humorous, eyes. Very Very quietly dressed.
He carries a small bag such as might contain papers Hartley
nodding to them evening, Marvel.Hello Kitty.
Well, here I am again. I'm glad to be back at a tiring

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day. Father says, so bit more work
than usual because I'm giving upthat Cannon Street office.
He sits in Easy chair before fire and begins to remove boots.
Sean. Go back there again too
inconvenient. Why?

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That's the third change this year?
Yes. And I'll tell you what old lady.
I'm thinking about making a bigger change.
Giving up? Altogether, giving oral.
Oh Trucking. It settling down at home.
With you and the kid are to enjoy my old age.

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I've wondered where haven't I? Every penny I have.
Hello who's been putting my slippers too?
Warm Hester standing by table? I did Father.
Yeah, want something out of a that I'll be bound.

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Yes, settle down. Whoa, Walk on the pier in the
mornings. Maybe an older man, before I've
finished to himself, what would be the crowning touch?
I don't see why you shouldn't beRupert.

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Grave again. No, of course not.
Well of all we can talk of that off the tee Nila, ready?
His Susan just coming. Father, enter Susan, a neat made
in cap and apron she carries a tray with t, things, Etc, Hester

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helps to lay table. Mrs. Hartley, a little
nervously. There's let's and asparagus.
Capital, whoa, how should you like to have me at home all day
old lady? I'm sure it would be very
pleasant. Wouldn't it has stir ah brighter

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for the kid, a take you and her on the Steamers.
Sometimes Bournemouth Hastings all over the place that would be
nice. Get to know some of the best
families to I dare say I've always been against having
people come chattering round when I wasn't here but it'll all

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be different now Having changed his slippers, he lifts the small
bag onto his knees and begins. Glancing through its contents,
papers Etc. Indeed.
It will a slight pause. Susan having finished her part
in laying the table goes out. Mrs. Hartley and Hester exchange

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looks mrs. Hartley make signs advising
Hester to speak. Hartley still reading.
Yes. The foals.
The think mine's been an easy job all fooled, but I've done
it. How much do you get?
Some going to bank over the lastyear?

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Mother, the last. What?
The Hartley catching himself up?Oh well, you wouldn't know the
business terms, but it's workingout of no way, 3,000 pounds and
it takes a clever man to make that safely now Nowadays that he

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does. I'm sure Hester nerving herself
father. Yeah, there's a visitor coming
to see you tonight. Hartley puts down paper turns
those will borrow what visit allmrs.
Hartley very nervously. Only a man Rupert.

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Hartley ignores her speaks sharply to Hester Who is it?
Mr. Perron, his name is a friendof mine friend of yours just in
a manner of speaking Hartley impatiently to mrs.
Hartley. To Hester, I don't understand

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looking from one to the other. What is all this mystery?
His voice has a note of anxiety almost fear.
It's someone who wants to speak to.
You about something Buzzy on. What if I may ask, it's about

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father. Surely, you can understand Miss
mrs. Hartley explanatory like that,
young Thompson from the library,Hartley Smiles.
Oh, that's it. Is it his manner shows relief?
He becomes bantering mole, flirtations.

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He asked the child if he might call, so you're in it to my
mother. I flurried no Rupert know.
I've never seen anything. I've told you father.
He's a friend of mine and naturally.
He wants to meet you buzzer. All right, flattered.

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I'm sure once to meet my money, to I daresay, you've no right to
say things like that before, you've seen him already tidy.
Well, I apologize Rupert. But Oliver fell a shrewd.
Idelle the kind of idle young Wester who comes buzzing after

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the girl if he thinks her father's well off somebody no
one's ever heard of where did you meet him in the street
defiant? Where else could I meet anyone
Mom? I thought so.
Yes, because you've kept us. Shut up all these years as

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though you were afraid. Ed to let us be seen and already
you've made up your mind. You're going to take the worst
view of it and put obstacles in the way.
Well I've made up my mind to youshan't treat me anymore as
though I were a child. Hey sister mother.
I mean it we're past all that now.

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Thank goodness. I've put up with it because I
was weak and a coward. But now she's stops abruptly as
the bell is heard. That's baby him.
Hartley watching Hester. Yes.
Now, her sister makes a quick movement towards the door stop.

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He is outside bother. Perhaps.
Well I'll see this young man. I make no promises but I'll see
him Hester. Softened father.
I say I make no promises Mrs. You have thrown some hard words

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that me Margo, but let that be. You had better go and let him in
DD. Should bottle do?
No such thing. What do we keep a servant for?
Let Susan go. She's always such a while.
Well, I suppose this Miss do, whatever he calls himself can

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wait, as well as another. Yes.
Through a slight pause, they allremain, motionless, and
expectation. Then the door is opened and
Susan enters announcing mr. Perron, he is a man of about
thirty very self-possessed and assured in manner, Perrin halts

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on threshold, glances round. Ah, good evening.
He sees Hester good evening. Miss Hartley has stirred.
Dancing father, this is mr. Perron, Hartley without Rising
nods. Good evening, good evening sir

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to mrs. Hartley.
Good evening, ma'am. You've come to see me.
I don't you to ask Miss Hartley when I should find you at home.
Well, you have a slight uncomfortable.
Pause mrs. Hartley fussily, can't mr.
Apparent. Sit down father.

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No, I dare say he could if he tried you'd better ask him.
Mr. Diehr Hester, eagerly places.
A chair for Peron, who takes it with a word of thanks, but does
not look at her another pause mrs.
Hartley making conversation, it's been unusually cold for

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this time of year, hasn't it? Yes, But then of course it
usually is yes Hartley who has been enjoying the general
discomfort teacher turned suddenly upon Perrin well just
what I was going to say Mars. Suppose you're going to mention

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the reason for giving us this unexpected pleasure quite so,
mr. Hartley my object was five
minutes. Association with you in private
ma to mrs. Hartley grimly, yeah, mrs.
Hartley Rising tremulously. I'll just go and put the tea

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back at Bay trooper. I do dryly this gentleman, says
five minutes. Give us ten.
Yes, through moving towards doorparents.
Says, and holds it open for her at door.
She addresses him, nervously. Thank you.

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I'm very pleased to have met youshakes hands with him and goes
out her sister as parents still Waits by door.
Do you want me to go to Father? No, I was not been consulted
sardonically. Parent does not meet her eyes.

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I think what I have to say Had better be to mr.
Hartley alone, Hester a little surprised.
Very well I to Perrin, I shall only be outside if I'm wanted
turns to Hartley, seems to speak.
Then controls herself and goes out in silence, pair and closes

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the door and comes back Hartley.At his, he's filling pipe Mall,
the most forgotten your name. Paran standing Center Heron sit
down parents. It's right tooth table.
Thanks. Now you know, it doesn't need

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much guessing on my parts. A twig.
What you're after Paran quietly?I believe they're you may be
mistaken, mr. Hartley.
Oh I'm a Mets. Are you haven't come here off to
my girl? I suppose.
Dylan parent twisting chairs to face him.

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No, I've come here. After you off to me.
What do you mean? Precisely what I say?
I have come here for the pleasure of a little chat with
you mr. Hartley no sharply.
This is some kind of joke. Not at all perfectly serious.

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Perhaps, I might have made myself clearer.
If I had addressed you by the name of Ross, Hartley shows
agitation drops pipe Ross, I don't understand you.
Oh yes, I think you do or if Ross does not convey my meaning.
Let's see. Reflectively, there was Watson

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before that wasn't there and Carmichael hurt Lisa.
Brings up Furious. What the hell are you talking
about Paran? Surveying him calmly.
You're very varied and interesting professional career
mr. Hartley of my house parents

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smiling. Yes that's about the only
argument you've got, isn't it? And not a very good one.
Hartley walks away. Then turns you pretend to know a
thought lat About me I'll just find out.
That's better Jean. Yo, it's my business to find out

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things. What are you then?
Quick movement. Ah detective.
Oh dear me. No nothing.
So unpleasant, I'm a writer, mr.Hartley all writer a journalist.
If you like that, a better an investigative journalist It's

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something of a special line and you mean that you've been
investigating me. Exactly.
And as I said, a very interesting story, I used the
word in the technical sense. You make, I've a good mind to
break every bone in your damned body.

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But a better mind not to your movement.
Just now was picturesque. If melodramatic still it'll make
an effective episode in the final installment installment,
what off of your exposure, that's what we're working up at
the present moment. Well stairs, then flings himself

(01:34:58):
into chair. Again, let's hear it mind.
I admit nothing. Let's hear what you think.
You know, Paran easily your admission is to hardly would
really be Superfluous. My information is remarkably
complete. It may be necessary to trouble

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you with a few details about myself, you don't mind go on
thanks. I told you that I'd taken up
investigating journalism, it's rather a new development of the
power of the press. As a matter of fact, The idea
came to me somewhat suddenly threw a man.
You may have heard of named Walford.

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Hartley starting. Whoa, thud is dead.
Yes, placidly, but he wasn't when I met him though.
Very near it. It was about a year ago.
You may remember the circumstances he was run over by
a motor and died shortly afterwards.

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He was in your employment at thetime.
As shall we say? Confidential Clerk.
All of you come here to Blackmail me about Walford.
I did everything I could for theman precisely.
That was an elementary precaution that you would be
hardly likely to neglect. No, my point is that at the time

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we speak of I was a reporter andwas sent by the paper.
I then represented do interview,Walford after the accident.
He was not able to tell me much but his Wife offered to take
down a few facts as soon as he was able to recount them for
which I might call later in the day when I came again, the man

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was unconscious, but I received the paper.
It was lying with a number of others on a table by his bed.
The others being Psalm that had been in his pocket when he was
brought home in the pursuit of my calling, I naturally glanced
through these and finally took them.
Also, can you form any idea of their character?

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Hartley agitated. Damn.
Exactly. You're quite right.
Amongst other things. They gave me one of the most
thoroughly incriminating accountpossible of Carmichael and
Company who had lately, baffled the police with such success.
This of course interested me andwith it.

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In my possession, I was able to work backwards and forward till
I had a fairly clear idea of your activities, you understand?
And I was doing all this in my spare time, it's been a kind of
hobby with me producing notebook.
It's all here. I know for example, about the
begging letter business of 89 and again under different names

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in 1907. Then there was the bucket shop,
much the same Dodge that you've been working.
Just now as Ross in Cannon Street all very ingenious as for
the rest. Hartley.
Broken, stop. That's enough.
There's plenty. More Hartley, Rising 125 years

(01:38:20):
on top. Be pulled down by a damned
reporter. Yes, complacently.
I think I'm entitled to plume myself a little.
You were a clever man. Mr. Hartley, but chance David me
and I made the most of it. Closes and replaces pocketbook

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Hartley not heating him. Um, I think that only today I
had made up my mind to Chocolate, a little unsettled
down with my earnings parent with professional alertness.
Ah, those must be a tidy sum. I should of course, be glad of

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any figured you could. Give me it all adds to the
interest. What are you going to do about
it? Well, add present.
As I say, the thing is, my exclusive property, no one else
knows anything, but I took a rough idea to the editor of the
paper, for which I now work. And it was he who sent me down

(01:39:24):
here to finish my investigationson the spot.
Well, Mana Square, you'll hardly, what you would be in a
position to offer? I've been promised my own terms
for the series subject. Of course, to the stop being
satisfactory, which I think it will be and one has naturally a
certain pride in it as well. It'll help me on a lot W to

(01:39:48):
happen. Now, the intention is to publish
the whole story in weekly installments.
Leaving the authorities to take what action they choose.
Lot means mashup, I'm afraid. So, of course, I sympathize with
you mr. Hartley.
But you can see for yourself, Things are mere matter of

(01:40:08):
business. The expense has been great and
we naturally look for a big return.
Your exposure ought to be what we call a scoop, Hartley stands
irresolute biting nails. I see, in fact, it's the biggest
thing. The lantern has had hardly
starting violently. Whoa, what the paper?

(01:40:33):
I represent the bull's-eye lantern a hey.
Any every Wednesday partly, gives a great shout of relief.
My God, that's done it done. What?
Let me out called lord. What an escape?
What do you mean? Why?

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Man alive I am the lantern nine-tenths of the money for.
It is my money that I've made and saved and put in I could
smash it. Tomorrow, if I liked, you've
been investigating your own of my lad.
Paran bewildered mr. Hartley, this is a serious

(01:41:18):
matter might be a jolly sight too serious for you.
How do I know you're speaking the truth?
No, you're gonna buy can ask your editor for his list of
shareholders. Listen, doc were those are the
two biggest. They're both me Paraná resolute.

(01:41:43):
Shoot, I hardly know what to say.
Of course, you're down there. I bear You, No Malice this
appeals to my sense of humor. That's what it does.
Of course, if the thing really is yours on the good investment

(01:42:03):
to, I knew the day, plenty of The Godly willing enough to pay
their ha'penny to see the otherstold mented.
Parents stiffly. The lantern is doing a great
work. Yes, that's what I say.
Oh, I'm quite satisfied Paran. Hesitates this naturally places

(01:42:28):
me in a somewhat awkward position.
You did that to me my lad two minutes ago when you called me
wrost. Just now, that was one of the
nastiest shocks I've had I assure you with a gesture.
I've felt the Rope around my throat.

(01:42:51):
Fraud is not a capital offense, mr.
Hartley Hartley overbearing. Whoa.
Well can't, I express myself. Don't be so dumb too literal.
I beg your pardon Rises, but in the meantime, we're keeping mrs.
And Miss Hartley from their tea,perhaps I'd better.

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He makes a move towards the door.
Hartley with a change of manner.Hmm.
Stop a bit most hotly as said, thanks for reminding me, you got
admission here. I think by making love to my
daughter. Paran, uncomfortable, hardly

(01:43:36):
quite that mr. Hartley, you'd be the first to
see that I had to obtain one or two details and well, that was
the way you seem to be a pretty cool customer Perrin.
Slyly, we have to earn dividends.
Oh, I'm not blaming you every man, do his job.

(01:44:01):
Thanks then I wish you good evening.
I shall, of course, tell the editor that does matter goes, no
further. I'll leave that to me.
And the investigations. I must try those somewhere else.
Hartley staggered for a moment. Then recovers himself.

(01:44:22):
Must you. I wonder what do you mean?
Hartley watching him. I've been getting the notion
pattern, but I might even take ahand at that paper myself.
I'll want something to do with my time.

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I'm his big money in it of its properly, run undoubtedly, if I
had a real live man to work withwho meant to get on and didn't
mind how I'd make, Worth his while as editor, Hartley
considering him possibly these ideas, come to me.

(01:45:09):
And they want working out with up to find something for the
present shop. He knows too much to be chalked,
but I generally succeed, and as I say, there's a fortune waiting
for the man. I choose to push.
Do you mean me? Well, I was thinking of my

(01:45:30):
son-in-law your son-in-law, I haven't got one at present but
things might turn out. I don't understand you.
Oh yes. I think you do seats himself
above table. Motioning parent to do the same.

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Look help Erin, you've been spooning my girl to you.
It was me. Nothing just a trick of your
trade. I explained all that, mult, her,
she thinks it's serious and I'vealways meant that if a man came

(01:46:12):
along that wasn't a fool or too much of a knave, he should have
her well mr. Hartley, your attitude is
preposterous the things impossible.
You married already sir. Certainly not.
All right. Well then let me tell you, it's

(01:46:32):
not such a bad offer. I make it because I believe that
with you and I together, there'salmost nothing we couldn't do.
Perhaps it's risk. Of course, in a way, you aren't
worthy of her, but a man can be a pretty big Rogue in business

(01:46:55):
and a good husband. I know.
No, that you forget that there is also a certain risk attached
to entering your family, mr. Hartley.
Not at all, but the money is safe.
I'd settle the Lantern on Hesterat her marriage.
She'd have that. Whatever happened to me?

(01:47:19):
I see. So, there it is.
It's been one of my professionalMaxim's, when you see what you
want. Not to waste time.
I've made my offer, take it or leave.
Leave it. Oh mr.
Hartley. I'm sorry, the things
impossible. It's indecent.

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Or if you begin to talk about distance are.
There's no more to be said you refuse them.
I'm sorry, Rises. As I say, I'd better get back to
town at once. I'm sorry, maltitol Rises also

(01:48:03):
moves to bail beside Place and Rings.
Well, let you out. Of course, I fully realize he
stops as the door opens, and Hester comes in quickly.
She stands looking from one to the other.
Yes. Father, it was for Susan, I rang

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vexed to show this gentleman out.
I'll do it father moves towards Perrin lays, her hand on his
arm, in an undertone to him. Anxiously is it all right?
Hartley at fireplace overhearing.
Yes, you do well to ask him, father, if that means you've

(01:48:51):
refused, it doesn't make any difference.
Turning to Perrin speaks steadily.
I'll come if you want me. Anyhow Paran, he cannot meet her
eyes. I beg your pardon, why II can't
explain only I beg your pardon. I must go wait to Hartley.

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Father, you must hear me. I don't want to be on dutiful
but I Do him more than I owe younow because he made me love him.
Perhaps you can separate us but that won't make the least
difference to the only thing that matters I shall go on
loving him and thanking him always hurt League rim to

(01:49:42):
conceal. How much this is.
Moved him, I congratulate your pattern you seem to have made a
pretty complete job of it. What do you mean?
I don't understand. Paran crosses quickly to her and
by God's help. You never.

(01:50:03):
Shall you make me ashamed? But will you trust me once more?
Why, of course, I've never left off you shant regret it.
He leaves her and comes to Hartley mr.
Hardly in an undertone, I'm in your hands, I accept your

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Conditions, Hartley, same tone and the investigations there
gives him book. Hartley Pockets at swiftly.
Good Hester, who has only heard the last word?
Oh father. That means you consent.

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Perhaps with secret irony. He he over Sueded man, Hester
looks proudly at Perrin. I knew he would.
Did you with a movement of genuine affection?

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He puts both his hands on her shoulders and you really care
enough for him to chance it was always a risk, you know, Hester,
simply he made me care enough. He could do anything.
Let's see how he got around? You, yes, sardonic, again.

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He's the wonderfully convincing talker.
Parent takes her sister's hand. I'll do more than talk.
Well well that remains to be proved by the way.
What's your Christian name? Hester shyly.

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It's George father. Is it still highly amused at
himself? Well, George stop enough.
Some softball with us. He turns to mrs.
Hartley who at this moment appears in the doorway mobile
with a gesture of introduction towards Perrin.

(01:52:13):
This is George curtain. And of the Hartley's a play in
one act by Arthur Eckersley. theSicilian or love makes the
painter by Moliere, translated by or evil or This is a LibriVox

(01:52:40):
recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public
domain for more information or to volunteer, please visit
librivox.org. Dramatis personae.
Don pitcher a sicilian gentleman.
Read by Thomas Peter. at the last a French gentleman in love

(01:53:02):
with Isadora, read by Adrian Stevens, Is he door a Greek
girl. Don Pedro slave read by Sonia.
A senator read by Todd. Holly a Turk addressed slave

(01:53:23):
read by Alan mapstone. As Aida a young slave girl, read
by Jen Brodeur. first musician, Fellaini read by a valley Second
musician, purses, read by Todd. Third, musician.

(01:53:47):
Shepherd read by Jim lock. A slave singing read by K
Taylor. Stage directions.
Read by Rob Marland. The Sicilian or love makes the
painter. Scene 1 Harley musicians.

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Harley to the musicians. Hush.
Do not come any farther and staywhere you are until I call you.
Seem to Harley alone. It is as dark as pitch.

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The sky is dressed like a Scaramouche this evening and I
do not see a star that shows thetip of its nose.
What a droll condition is that of a slave never to live for
oneself and always to be entirely engrossed by the

(01:54:57):
passions of one's master. Are to be controlled by nothing,
but his whims, and to see oneself reduced to make all his
cares, one's own concern. Mine makes me here, share his
anxieties and because he is in love, I am forced to lose my

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rest both day and night, but here comes some torchbearers.
It is he No Doubt. Scene 3 address day two
servants, each carrying a torch Harley, you see to Ali and who

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should it be? But me At this hour of the night
except you and me sir, I do not think that anyone takes it into
his head to roam the streets. Now nor do, I think that anyone
can be met who feels in his heart, the grief that I do for

(01:56:06):
her. After all, it is nothing to have
overcome. The indifference of the harsh
treatment of the fair. One whom one loves when I was
always, at least the pleasure ofcomplaining.
And the liberty of sign for but not to be able to find any
opportunity of speaking to whom one adores not to be able to

(01:56:26):
learn from the fair one, whetherthe passion which our eyes have
kindled pieces or displease theesir that is in my opinion, the
most annoying of all anxieties and that is to what I'm going to
do. Spy that task some jealous
fellow who watches with such care of my charming click and
who does not stir a step. Without dragging at Eastside.

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But in love, there are various ways of speaking to each other.
And it seems to me that your eyes and hers have told many
things during nearly two months,it is tone for chindi and
flickered. Be spoken to each other for ice,

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but our to find out. If we have correctly interpreted
this language, On either side. Now do I know after all whether
she's quite understands everything that my glasses Tello
with the Earth's, tell me that. Which sometimes fancy they do we
must find some other mode of speaking with her a few, your

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musicians here. Yes.
Tell him to come near. Alone.
I will make them sing until deadPike.
And see where says music will not oblige the fair.
One to come out to one of the windows.
Seen for a trust day, holly musicians.

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Here they are. What shall they sing?
What's his think best? They must sing the trio that
they sung to me the other day. No, that is not what I want.
Sure. But it is in that beautiful
natural. What's a deuce?

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Do you mean besides a beautiful natural?
Sure. Ma'am.
Fond of the natural you know, that I am a judge.
I love the natural without the natural.
There is no salvation in harmony.
Just listen for a little to thisTrio.

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Know I wish something tender andcompassionate some things that
will lull me as in a sweet dream.
I see that you prefer the flat. But there is a way of satisfying
us. Both, they shall sing.
A certain scene of a little comedy that I have heard them

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attempt to Shepherds in love. Quite full of Langer separately.
Come into a Grove to make their complaints in the flat.
They confide to each other, the cruel.
All T of their Mistresses, then comes a jovial shepherd with an

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admirable natural who laughs at their weaknesses.
Very well. Let us hear what it is.
Here is just the very spot to service a stage and here are two
torches to throw a light upon the play.

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Place yourself against this house so that the slightest
noise and side we may extinguishthe lights. fragment of a comedy
song and accompanied by the musicians whom Harley has
brought Scene. One felon.
Turkish. First musician, who represents

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villain if with the sorrowful tale of my grief.
I Disturbed. A quiet of your Solitude do not
be angry. Oh rocks.
Rocks tough. You are you will be touched when
you know the excess of my hiddenanguish second musician, who
represents Turkish, the gladsome.

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Birds one day begins to break, renew their song in these vast
forest and I renew my languishing size and my sad
regrets dear feeling any idea Tarsus or grief.

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I feel what cares I have ever deaf to.
My size is the ungrateful Clemente.
Cloris has no sweet. Looks for me.
Oh, to human law. Or if you cannot compel them to
love. Oh Cupid, why do you leave them?
The power of charming. Seen to fill in Turkish, a

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shepherd. Third musician, who represents a
Shepherd? Poor lovers.
What a mistake to adore merciless creatures.
Sensible minds are never to bearwith harsh treatment and favors
are the chains which ought to bind our hearts.

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Here are 100, Fair ones to whom I hasten to offer my tender
cares. It is my greatest Delight.
But when they act like tiger, Curses upon my word.
I become a tiger too. Happy alas.
Are they who can he loved us? Sure, only just heard some noise

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inside be off quickly and extinguish the touches.
Scene 5, Don Pedro. A trust.
A Harley. Don Pedro in a nightcap and a
dressing gown with a sword, under his arm coming out of his
house. I have noticed this singing

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going on for some time at my door and no doubt, this is not
done for nothing. I must try to discover in the
dark, all these people can be Ali.
What is it? Do you no longer year any think?
No, Don Pedro is behind them listening.

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What a whole our efforts to speak.
For one moment. With this, pretty click in vain
and shallow this curse. It jealous fellow.
This hard. Should Sicilian forever bar all
access to her? I wish with all my heart that
the devil had Taken him for the trouble.
He gives us the tiresome fellow the hangdog, that he is if we

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only had him here, how delightedshould I be to avenge upon his
back? All the fruitless steps which
his jealousy causes us. We must for all that.
Find some means some trick, somestratagem.
Catch a boat. I'm too far Advanced to be

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baffled now and also I should have to use.
I do not know what this means, but the door is open sir.
And if you like, I will go in softly and find out what the
cause of this is Don Pedro goes back to his door.

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Yes. Do so, but do not make a noise.
I shall not be far away or to open it with a Charming.
Is he door? Don Pedro.
Giving Harley a slap in the facewho goes there.
Holly doing the same to Don. Pedro a friend, hello francisc

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Dominic Simon Martin Pierre. Thomas.
George Charles. Martin me.
Calm look sharp my sword. My back for my how birds my
pistols, my Blunderbuss is my guns.
Quick make haste here. Q and slay.
Give No Quarter. Scene.
Six at Ross day holly. I are not his Ulster Ali.

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Ali Ali head in a corner, sir. Well, are you adding yourself?
Have these people come out? No, no one is stirring.
Holly coming out of his Corner if they do come, they shall have

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a drubbing. What show?
All our table will be for nothing shows.
His tasm jealous fellow always laugh at her attempts.
No, I get angry. And my honor is at stake.
It shall not. Be said that.

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Anyone has a weighted me. My reputation as a rogue,
disdains all these obstacles andI am determined to show the
talents that heaven has given meonly wish by some means by
something, not by some advice tobe informed of my feelings

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towards her, and in return to another else, upon the subject,
after that, we can easily find. Some means, only lat, Let me
manage it. I shall try so many sorts of
things that something or other in short May succeed Come Day

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breaks. I shall go and fetch my men and
wait here until our jealous fellow goes out.
Scene 7, Don, Pedro. Isadora, I do not know what
pleasure you can have in waking me so early it agrees badly.

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I think with your intention of having my portrait painted
today, you can hardly expect me to have a fresh complexion and
sparkling Eyes by making me, getup at break of day.
Some business compels me to go out at this hour, but this
business can be very well transacted.
I believe without my presence and you might without incommode

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in yourself, have allowed me to taste the sweets of the morning
Slumber. Yes.
But I am very glad of having youalways with me.
It is as well, to be on one's guard.
A little against, those vigilance wanes.
And not later than last night. People came and sang, add our
windows. That is true.

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The music was Charming. It was intended for you.
I must believe. So, since you say so, do you
know who gave the serenade? I do not, but whoever it was.
I am obliged to him obliged undoubtedly since he seeks to
amuse me. You think it right then that

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people love you. Decidedly.
There is never anything offensive in that and you wish
well to all who take that trouble is certainly you say
pretty plainly, what you think, what is the good of the
simulating, whatever. We may pretend, we are always
well, pleased to be loved this. Homage to our charms is never

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disagreeable to us, whatever. We may say, believe me the great
ambition of women is to inspire I love all the kids.
They bestow upon themselves are for that only and the proudest
inwardly applauds herself for the conquest, which our eyes
make. But if you take so much pleasure
in being beloved, do you know that?

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I who love you do not take any in it.
I do not know why this should be.
And if I loved anyone, I should have no greater pleasure than
seeing her beloved by. Everyone is there anything which
marks more plainly the If One's Choice and ought, we not to
congratulate ourselves in thinking that what we love is

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found very lovable each. One loves in his own peculiar
fashion and this is not my way. I should be very delighted if
people do not think you're so beautiful and you will oblige Me
by not trying to appear. So in other people's eyes?
What are you jealous of these things?
Yes, jealous of these things, but as jealous as A tiger or if

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you like it better as a devil. My love claims you all for
itself. Its delicacy is offended at a
smile at a glance which may be drawn from you and all the
precautions, which I take our own later bar, every access to
the use admirers and to assure myself of the position of a
heart. The slightest part of it.

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I cannot bear to be robbed of ingood truth.
Shall I tell you you end up on awrong path and the possession of
a heart is but badly secured. If it is to be retained by
force. As for me, I admit candidly that
were I the admirer of a woman who was in someone's power.

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I would study everything to makethat other person jealous and to
compel him to watch night and day over her whom I should like
to win. It is an admirable way to
forward our way. Jesus and people are never very
long in profiting by the Spite and anger which restrained and
serve acute awake in the breastsof a woman, the straight.

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If anyone made love to you he would find you disposed to
receive as addresses. I will say nothing about that
but in short women do not like to be restrained and it is
running a great risk to show them your suspicions and to keep
them imprisoned. You but little acknowledge what

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you owe me. And it seems to me that a slave
to whom I have given her freedomand whom I wish to make my wife.
Where is the obligation if you were changed one slavery into
another more severe still. And if you do not allow me to
enjoy it at least, freedom and tire me as you do with continual

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watching, but all this precedes,but from an access of love, if
that is your way of loving I beseech you to hate me, you are
in a Peta Schumer today, and I forgive you, your words on
account of the annoyance, which you may feel it having risen, so
early, Scene 8, Don, Pedro Isadora Harley dressed.

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As a Turk bowing repeatedly to Don Pedro a truce to these
ceremonies. What do you want?
Holly placing himself between Don Pedro and Isidor at each
word, which he speaks to Don Pedro.
He turns to his adore and makes signs to her, to let her
understand the designs of his master.

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She knew your with the senior isleaf.
I will tell you with the senior is leave that I have.
Come to see you with the senior has leave to ask you with the
senior has leave to have the kindness with the senior has

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leave with this. In your has leave.
Come a little on this side. Don, Pedro, places himself
between Isadore and Harley. I am a virtuoso senior, I have
nothing to give away. I am not asking for anything,

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but as I metal a little with music and dancing, I have taught
some sleeves, who would be glad to find a master, who takes a
delight in these things and knowing that you are a Coleman
of some importance. I have come to ask you to look

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at them and to listen to them and to buy them if they please
you or to recommend them to one of your friends who might be
willing to engage them we might see their performance.
It will amuse us, fetch them hither.

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Sure, lobola. That is a new song the latest
day out. Listen well, Charla Bala.
C9, Don Pedro Isadora, Harley Turkish slaves, a slave singing

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to Isadora. I love her with an impassioned
heart follows his beloved objecteverywhere, but the Eternal
watchfulness of an odious jealousy, prevents him from
speaking to her except by his eyes, can there be alt more

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painful to a heart in love? To Don, Pedro jira, be redundant
or Chala Starbomb Turca. None of a Dinara t-ruler
comparing me, severe RT CE Pas, capillary Farber more Cocina

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meal of our might. Tina fall.
Palak call da ba, ba, la, la la la La, Ti Volare, compound.
First entry of the ballet dance of the slaves, a slave singing

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to his adore. It is a complete torture under
which this lover expires, but ifthe fair one, will only look
upon his martyrdom with a gentleeyes and consent that he may

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sigh for her charms, in the eyesof the whole world.
Then he may soon. Laugh at all the cautions of
jealousy. To Don, Pedro jira be radar or
Chala Starbomb took ra na another Dinara T velour

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comparing me severe. RT c-- Pac are for me, Farber
more Cocina. Me lover, Martina for bowler.
Although era para para, TI rulercomparison.

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Second entry of the ballet, the slaves.
Recommence dancing. Don, Pedro, sings.
Do you know you scams that this song smells of stick for your
backs? Kira be read out, got a meeting
on compare amati. Boston are a city known and era

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and arundhati, bastinado. What Mary Sparks?
To is it all come, let us go in.Again I have changed my mind and
moreover the weather looks rather threatening to Holly who
comes back? You Rogue let me catch you at it

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again. Well yes my master adores her he
has no greater desire than to show her his love and if she Stu
it to take her as his wife. Yes.

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Yes. I will keep our for him.
We shall get her in spite of you.
What do you mean, you scoundrel?We shall get her.
I tell you, in spite of your teeth.
If I take, you may watch as muchas you like she shall be ours.

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I I have sworn it. Leave me alone.
I shall catch you without hurting myself.
It is we who will catch you? She shall be our wife, our Mind
Is Made Up. Alone, I must accomplish it or

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perish in the attempt. Seen tan.
I drafted a Harley to servants. Well, Ali ra says improving.
I have already made some liquid attempt sir but I do not trouble

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yourself about it. I found it by accident also as I
wish and I shall enjoy the happiness of seeing this Fair
one in our own house, I happenedto be at a mans the artist who
told me that he had to go today to paints a portrait of this
charming. Teacher.
And as we are intimate violence of long-standing, he wishes to

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serve my flame and sends me in his place with a few words of
android.com. You know, that I was always fond
painting and that I sometimes endless to push myself, much
against the French custom, whichforbids a nobleman to know how
to do anything. So, shall I ask the liberty of

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seeing this Fair one. My ease But I do not doubt that
my jealous bar will always be there and prevent any
conversation between us. And to tells you the truth, I
have by the aid of a young slavegirl prepared.
A stratagem to gets his fair Creek out of the hands of a

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Tormentor if I can Prevail with her to consent to it.
Leave it to me. I will put you in the way to
converse with. Her Whispers to address day.
It shall not be said that I can't find nothing in this
affair. When are you going there?

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This very minute. I have already prepared
everything. And I am going on my part to
prepare myself. I will lose no time.
Hello, I will not delay the pleasure of seeing her.
Seeing 11, Don Pedro a draft day.

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Two servants for whom. Are you looking in this house?
Sir, I'm looking for Dawn petrol, he stands before you.
He would take the trouble to read this letter, if it pleased
him, I send you instead of myself for the portrait.
In question, this French gentleman, who anxious to oblige

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has been good enough to undertake this task.
Scat. My wish he is unquestionably.
The first man in the world for this sort of work, they thought
that I could do, you know, more agreeable service than to send
him to you, since you intend to have a finished part of the
person, whom you love, but aboveall take care, not to speak.

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To him about any remuneration for.
He would be offended at it and there's these things only for
the sake of Fame and reputation.Sir, Frenchman, you intend doing
me a great favor and I am very much obliged to you or my
ambition is to oblige people of standing and married.

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I will call the person in question.
Scene. 12 is it all? Don Pedro address day to
servants? Don Pedro to Isadora.
This is a gentleman, whom Damon sends us and who will be kind
enough to undertake her portraitto address today, who in

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saluting Isadora Embraces her. Hello, sir.
Frenchman this way of saluting is not the fashion in this
country. It is sufficient and false.
The fashion of France, May suit your ladies but for hours it is
somewhat too familiar. I accept this honor with much
pleasure. The adventure surprises, me

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immensely and to tell the truth,I did not expect to have such an
illustrious painter. There is no one doubtless, would
not think it's an honor to engage in such a work, I have no
crate talent but in this case, this is subject provides more
than enough. In itself, we can do something

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beautiful with such an original to work from, the original is,
but little to speak of. But the skill of the painter
will be able to hide its defects.
The painter cannot perceive any and all that to your wishes is
to be able to represent its charms to the world's eyes into

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the same Perfection as you seem some if your brush flat as much
as your tongue. You will paint a portrait which
will not be at all. Like me, if a guy who made see
original has, prevented us from making a portrait of it, that
could be flattering, whatever you may say, heaven has not let

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us finish this pray. Let us leave, compliments and
think about the portrait a draftday to the servants.
Come bring my thinks. They bring the necessary
painting. Implements is it or to address
day? Where should I sit?
Yeah, this is the right spot andcatches best supersize light we

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want. Is it all after sitting down?
Am I right? Thus yes, old your self up a
little little more that way yourbody turns us your head Christ.
A little to show the beauty of the throat.
She sits a little more open. He uncovers her neck, a little

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more set. His it there a little more.
Just another shit. Don, Pedro to Isadora, what a
fuss to put you, right? Cannot you sit properly.
These things are altogether, newto me, and it is for this
gentleman to place me as he likes.

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I'd rather stay seated so it could not be better.
And you see it at Monopoly, turning our little towards him.
Excessive, you please. The whole depends upon the
attitude, which we give to the people.
We paint very good, a little more.
This way, your eyes turned towards me.

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I Pi, you looks fixed on mine. I am not like those ladies who
having their portraits painted, wish them to be unlike
themselves and are not satisfiedwith the painter unless he makes
More lovely than the day to content them, one or two make,
but one picture for them. All for they all ask for the

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same thing, a complexion entirely of lilies and Roses
are, well, shaped nose a small mouth, and large sparkling eyes
and above all the face. No.
Larger than a hand, even if theyhave won a foot wide.
As for me, I asked you for a portrait that is like me and

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which shall not compel people toto ask whose it is.
It would be difficult to have itasked of yours.
And your features are very unlike, those of others, how
sweet, and Charming they are andhow much risk there is in
paintings them. The no seems to me a little too
large I ever had. I know not where that apparel of

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all those painted, a mistress ofAlexander, so marvelously,
beautiful that were panting, he became so obviously an amount of
a that he knew. Only cost him, his life had not
Alexander out of generosity. See to him the object of his
love to Don Pedro. I might do the same here as a

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police did of old but you would not do the same.
Perhaps his Alexander Don Pedro makes a grimace Is it or to Don
Pedro? This is like all those of his
nationality. These French gentlemen, have
always such a stock of gallantrythat is scattered everywhere.

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When is seldom mistaken in sesotho think and you have too
much good sense. Not to see whence comes The
Words which one says to you. Yes, Alexander present and your
lover. I could not help telling you
that I have never beheld aught. So beautiful As what I see now
and that said, Frenchman, I think you're hard not to talk so

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much. It takes your attention from
your work, not at all. I'm in the habit of talking when
I bent and a little conversationis necessary.
In those cases to wake up the mind and to keep the faces of
those we paint in the requisite gay mood.

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Seeing 13, Holly disguised as a Spanish gentlemen.
Don Pedro addressed a Isadora. What does this man want?
And who lets people walk up without announcing them?
Holly to Don Pedro, a have entered boldly but between

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gentlemen, such freedom is allowed sir, am I known to you?
No, sir. Sir.
I am Don juillet devil loss and the history of Spain must have
made you acquainted with my Merit.
Do you wish anything from me? Yes, advice upon an affair of

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Honor. I know that it would be
difficult to find a gentleman more perfect in these matters
than you but I must beg you as afavor to draw a little aside.
I'd they saw the fair enough. I dressed day to Don.
Pedro, who catches him whispering to Wizard or she has

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blue eyes. Holly drawing, Dom Pedro away
from Madras day and there's a door sir, I have received a slap
in the face. You know what a slap is when it
is given with an open hand in the very middle of the cheek, I

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take this slap much to heart andI am uncertain whether to avenge
the insult. Salt.
I ought to fight my man or rather to have him assassinated
assassinated. That is the surest and quickest
way. Who is your enemy?

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Let us speak low. If you please Holly holds Dom
Pedro while speaking to him in such a manner that he cannot see
address day. I'd rather stay but is adores
knees while Harley and Don Pedro, whisper together.
Yes, Charming is a door. My looks have told you as much

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for the last two months and you have understood them.
I love you more than what else. And I have no other thought, No
Other M no other passio than to be yours.
All my life. I do not know whether you speak
the truth but you make me believe.
Leave you but do I make you believe me sufficiently to

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inspire you with ever sold, kindness towards myself.
I only fear. I have too much.
Have you enough? There is a door to consensus of
plan of which I've told you. I cannot tell you yet.
What are you waiting for, to make up my mind when people love

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with also Hearts, they make up their minds quickly.
Lee very well then, yes, I consent to it, but do you
consent tell me that? It'd be this very moment very
well, then, yes, I consent to it.
But do you concerned tell me that?

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It'd be this very moment. When once our mind is made up
about the thing. Do we consider the time, Don
Pedro to Harley. This is my opinion and I kiss
your hands. Sure, if you ever receive a slap
in the face, I am also a man of counsel and I may be able to

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return the service. You have pardon me for not
seeing you to the door, but between gentlemen, such freedom
is allowed at Ross day to Isadora.
So there is nothing that could be face from my heart.
So tender puffs. To Don Pedro, who perceives him
speaking very closely to his adore.

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I was looking at this little dimple, which she has got to
decide of her chin and I thoughtat first sight, it was a more
but we have done enough for today.
We will finish at another time to Don Pedro.
Who wishes to see the portrait. No, do not.
Look at anything yet. I've carefully put aside our pie

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I2 is it all and you I beseech you not to give way and to keep
your spirits up in order that I may finish my work.
I shall Reserve all the Goethe Ican for this.
Scene 14. Don Pedro is it?

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Or let's say you, this gentleman, seems to me the most
polite in the world, and one must admit that the French have
in them something so polished. So Gallant which other nations
have not. Yes.
But they have that against them that they are somewhat to free.

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And that madcap like they are too fond of whispering sweet
nothings to Woman whom they meetit is because they know that
those things please the ladies true.
But if they please, the ladies, they very much displeased that
gentleman. And one is not very glad to see
one's wife or mistress open, according to one's very face.

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They do so only in sport See youin 15 Zoid.
I don't Pedro, Isadora. Ah, sir, save me, I beseech you
from the hands of an enraged husband who is close upon my
heels. His jealousy is incredible and
surpasses in its violence. Everything imaginable, he

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carries it so far is to wish me to be always veiled and for
having found me with my face, a little uncovered, he has drawn
his sword and he has compelled me to throw my myself upon you
and to ask for your protection against his Injustice.
But I see him Coming For Heaven's Sake, honored sir, save

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me from his Fury. Don Pedro to side a pointing to
his it or go in there with her and fear nothing.
Seen 16 address day. Don Pedro, what sir is it you so
much jealous in a Frenchman? I fancy that only we were

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capable of such thing as if hunch always excelled in
everything they do and when we take it into our it's to be
jealous we are 20 times more so than the Cecilia this Infamous
girl thinks to a found a safe huge with you but you are too
sensitive. Able to blame my recent more

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allow me. I pay you to treat her as she
deserves a pretty sick. Stop the offense is too trifling
for so much anger. The extent of the offense last,
not in the importance of the deed.
It is in the transgression of C given orders and in such
matters, that which is only a powerful becomes very criminal

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when it is forbidden. To judge by what she has said.
All that she has done was unintentional and I pray you to
be reconciled. What you take her part.
You are so particular, as. Yes, I take apart.
And if you would have lied to me, you will forget your anger

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and be reconciled to each other.It is a favor of which I ask of
you and I shall look upon it as an Earnest of the friendship,
which I should like to subsist between us under these
conditions. I can refuse to nothing, I would
do as you wish. Scene. 17 Zayed, a Don, Pedro.

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I'd rather stay hidden in a corner of the stage.
Don Pedro desired a come along. I say only follow me.
I have made your peace. You could not have fallen into
better hands. I am much more obliged to you
than you think, but I shall takemy veil.
I shall take care not to appear before him without it.

(02:35:44):
Seen 18, Don Pedro address day. She would be him directly and I
assure you that she seemed very glad when I told her that I'd
made it. All right.
C19 is it all with Zai days Veil, a trustee, Don Pedro.
Since you have consented to forego your resentment, allow me

(02:36:07):
to make you shake hands togetherhere and to beg of you to live
henceforth. For my sake, and a perfect
understanding. Yes, upon my suit for your sick.
I shall leave on the best possible terms with her.
You oblige me greatly and I shall bear it in mind.
I give you my word. Don't petrol.

(02:36:29):
That out of consideration for you.
I shall treat her with the utmost possible, Candace.
You are really too kind. Alone.
It has one. Could make matters Pleasant and
peaceful. Hello is a dark calm.
Seen 20's. I day.

(02:36:49):
Don. Pedro.
What is this? What means this?
Zai day without her veil. What it means this that a
jealous man is a monster hated by all the world and that
everyone Delights to annoy him for annoyance sake, that all the
locks and bolts. Cannot keep people.

(02:37:09):
And that the heart must be won by gentleness and kindness.
That is e doors in the hands of a Woman whom she loves and that
you have been duped and shall Don Pedro suffer.
This Mortal insult? No, no, I have too much
coverage. And I shall go and demand the
assistance of the authorities topunish this perfidy to the

(02:37:31):
utmost here. Lives a senator.
Hello. Seen 21 a Senator Don Pedro your
servant Don Pedro. How opportunely you come come to
complain to you of an insult, which I have suffered.
I have just arranged the most beautiful masquerade in the

(02:37:54):
world. A treacherous Frenchman has
played me a trick. You have never in all your life.
Seen anything so beautiful. He has abducted a girl to whom I
had given Given her Freedom. They are people dressed like
Moors who dance admirably. You may judge whether this is an
insult which I ought to Bear. Most marvelous dresses made

(02:38:17):
expressly item and the assistance of the authorities in
this matter I wish you to see this.
They are going to rehearse it toamuse the people.
What are you talking about? I am speaking about my
masquerade. I am speaking of my Affair.
I will not occupy myself about any matter except pleasure

(02:38:39):
today. Come gentlemen, come, let us see
whether it will go. All right, plake, take the fool
with his masquerade. The deuce, take the boar with
his affair. Scene, 22, a senator troop of
dancers, entry of the ballet. Several dancers dressed as

(02:39:03):
morose dance before the senator and finish the comedy.
End of the Sicilian or love makes the painter by Moliere,
translated by or even loud. End of the Sicilian or love
makes the painter by Moliere, translated by or even loud.

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