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It rogerian, in spite of himselfby Anton pavlovich Chekhov.
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Characters. Yvonne Ivanovic called car show,

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the father of a family, Fred by Lambda Alexei, alexeevich
Mirage, Keen his friend read by Ernest.
But in ama, narrator read by anastasiya solo, The scene was
late in st. Petersburg in Mirage tokens fled

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Mirage tokens study, comfortable, Furniture Mirage,
skin is seated at his desk and touka jove who didn't get his
hands a glass globe for him. I told Bicycle three had boxes,
a large parcel containing address and been case of beer
and several little parcels He looks around stupidly and lets

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himself down on the sofa in exhaustion.
How do you do you any Ivanovich delighted to see you?
What brings you here? Dokic off Breathing heavily, my
dear. Good fellow.
I want to ask you something. I implore you.
Lend me a revolver till tomorrow.

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Be a friend. What do you want to Reef over
for? I must have it.
Oh, little fathers. Give me some water water
quickly. I must have it.
How got to go through a dark wood tonight.
So in case of accidents do please lend it to me.

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Oh, you liar, you anyone? Which what the devil have?
You got to in a drug? Would I expect you're up to
something? I can see by your face that
you're up to something. What's the matter with you?
I will need a moment. Let me breathe hole little
Mother's. I am dog tired.

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I've got a feeling all over me and in my head as well as if I
have been roasted on a spit, I can't stand it.
Any longer, be a friend and don't ask me any questions or
insist on details? Just give me a revolver.
I beseech you. Well really even Ivanovic.

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What coward is This father of a family in a civil servant
holding a responsible post of for shame.
What sort of a father of a family?
Am I? I am a martyr.
I am a beast of burden and eagerasleep.
A rascal who keeps on beating here for something to happen.

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Instruct starting off for the next World.
I am a rag, a fool, an idiot. Why am I alive?
What's the use jumps up? Well, now tell me why am I
alive? What's the purpose of this
uninterrupted series of mental and physical sufferings?
Yes, I understand being a martyrto an idea.

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Yes. But to be a martyr to the devil
knows. What skirts and lamp Globes.
No, I humbly decline. No, no, no.
I had enough enough. Don't shout the neighbors will
hear you. Nick, your neighbors here.
It's all the same to me. If you don't give me a revolver,

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somebody else will and there will be an end of me.
Anyway, I have made up my mind. Hold on your foot off a button,
speak calmly, I still don't understand.
What's wrong with your life. What's wrong?
You ask me what's wrong, very well.
I'll tell you very well. I'll tell you everything and

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then perhaps my soul will be lighter.
Let's sit down. Now listen o little Mother's.
I am out of breath. Just let's take today.
As an instance, let's take today.
As you know I have got to work at the treasury from 10 to 4,

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hit sort it. Stuffy there are flies and my
dear fellow the very Dickens of a chaos.
The secretary is on leave, Capo is going to get married and the
smaller fry is mostly in the country making love or occupied
with amateur theatricals. Everybody is so sleepy tired and

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Dunham that you can't get any sense out of them.
The secretary's Duties are in the hands of an individual,
who's deaf in the left ear. And in love, the public has lost
its memory. Everybody is running about angry
and raging and there is such a hullabaloo that you can't hear

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yourself speak. Confusion and smoke everywhere.
And my work is deathly, always the same, always the same first.
A correction, then a reference back, another correction.
And the reference back, it is all as monotone assess the waves

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of the sea. One's eyes, you understand,
simply crawl out of one's head. Give me some water.
You come out a broken exhausted,man.
You would like to dine and fall asleep, but you don't you
remember that you live in the country.
That is, you are asleep. A rag, a bit of string, a bit of

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limb flesh. And I've got to run around and
do errands where we live A+ and customers grown-up.
When a man goes to town every wretched female inhabit.
And not to mention one's own wife has the power and the right
to give him a call. Route of commissions.

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The wife orders you to run into the modest is and cursor for
making. The body is too wide across the
chest and two narrow across the shoulders little Sonia.
Wants a pair of shoes, your sister-in-law wants some
Scarlet. Silk like the pattern at 20
kopecks and three options long just wait.

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I'll read. You takes a note out of his
pocket and reads a globe for thelamp 1 pound of pork sausages.
Five kopecks worth of cloves, and cinnamon castor oil for
Misha, 10 pounds of granulated sugar to bring with you from
home, a copper jar, for the sugar carbolic acid, insect

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powder, 10 kopecks worth 20 bottles of beer vinegar, and
course it's for Madame shunsaku at number. 82 half.
And to bring home mrs. Winter coat and galoshes.
That is the order of my wife andfamily.
Then there are the commission's of our dear friends, our

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neighbors, they will take them tomorrow, is the name d of
quality of Lassen have to buy a bicycle for him.
The wife of Lieutenant Colonel likkin isn't an interesting
condition, and I am therefore bound to call in at the
midwife's everyday and invited to come and so on and so on,

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There are five notes in my pocket and my handkerchief is
all knots. And so my dear fellow you spend
the time between your office andyour train running about the
town like a dog, with your tongue, hanging out running and
running and cursing life from the Claudius to the chemists
from the chemist, to the modest,from the mods, to the pork

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butchers, and then back again tothe Chemists in one place.
You stumble in a second, you lose your money.
In a third you forget to pay andthere is a hue and cry after you
in a fourth you tried on the train of a Lady's dress Fufu,
you get. So shaken up from all this that
your bones ache or night and youdream of crocodiles, well,

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you've made all your purchases. But how are you to pack all
these things for instance? How are you to put a heavy
copper chart together with a lamp globe on the carbolic acid?
When the tea How are you to makethe combination of beer bottles
on this by cycle? It's the labors of Hercules, a
puzzle, a Rebus, whatever tricksyou think of, in the long run,

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you're bound to smash, or scatter, something under the
station, and then the train, youhave to stand with your arms,
apart holding up some pastel or other under your chin with
passes, cardboard, boxes and switch like rubbish, all over
you. The train starts, the
passengers, begin to throw your luggage about on all Sites.

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You have got your things on somebody else's seat.
They are they called, for the conductor, they threatened to
have you put out, but what can Ido?
I just stand and blink, my eyes,like a vat donkey.
Now, listen to this, I get home.You think I would like to have a
nice little bring after my righthere, sleepers and a good Square

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meal. Isn't that?
So but there is no chance of that.
My spouse has been on the lookout for me.
For sometime. You have hard is started on your
soup when she has a frozen to you, red shirt sleeve that you
are and wouldn't you like to go to some amateur theatricals or
to a dance You can't protest. You are a husband on the word

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husband, when translated into the language of Summer.
Residence. In the country, means a dumb
Beast, which you can load to anyextent without fear of
interference of the society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. So you go and blink at a family
Scandal or something you applauded.

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When your wife tells you to, youfeel worse and worse and worse,
until you expect an apoplectic fit to happen.
Any moment. If you go to dance, you have to
find partners for your wife. And if there is a shortage of
them, then you dance, the quadrille is yourself.
You get back from the theater orthe dance after midnight when

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you're no longer a man, but a useless.
Limp rag. Well At Last you got what you
want, Yuan robe and get into bed.
It's excellent. You can close your eyes and
sleep. Everything is so nice, poetic
and warm. You understand, There Are No
Children squealing behind the wall and you got rid of your

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wife and your conscience is clear.
What more can you want? You fall asleep and suddenly,
you hear a bus Nats jumps up Nats.
Be the triply occurred nuts, shakes his fist Nat.
It's one of the plagues of Egypt, one of the Torches of

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Inquisition buzz, it sound, so pitiful, so pathetic.
As if it's begging, your pardon But the villain stings so that
you have to scratch yourself foran hour after you smoke and go
for them and cover yourself fromhead to foot.
But it's no good at last. You have had to sacrifice

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yourself and let the curse things Devore.
You you have no sooner. Got used to the Nats.
When another oblique begins. Don't stress your wife big ants,
practicing sentimental songs whether to friends.
D sleep by day and rehearse for amateur concerts by night.
Oh my God. Two standards are a torture with

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which noon ads on Earth can compare he sings.
Oh tell me not my youth has ruined you before the do.
I stand Enchanted? Oh the beastly things they have
about killed me. So as to defend myself a little,
I do this, I drum on my ears. This goes on till 4:00 ho, give

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me some water brother. I can't.
Well, not having slept. You get up at 6:00 in the
morning and off you go to the station, you run.
So as not to be late, and it's muddy, Fergie, cold /, then you
get to town and start all over again.

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So that whether it's a horrible life, I wouldn't wish one like
it for my enemy. You understand?
I am ill caught ask Mama heartburn.
I'm always afraid of something. I've got indigestion everything
stick before me have become a regular psychopath who can

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ground only between ourselves. I want to go down to see Che
court or mesh whiskey. That is some Devil in Me,
brother, in moments of Despair and suffering, when the Nats are
stinging or the tenor, sing Everything suddenly grows, dim
to jump up and raised around thewhole house, like a lunatic and

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Shout, I want bled plead. And really all the time.
You do want to let a knife into somebody or hit him over the
head with a chair. That's what life in a summer,
Villa leads to and nobody has any sympathy for me.
Everybody seems to think it's all as it should be, people even

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laugh but understand I am a living being and I want to live
this sin fast, it's tragedy, I say, if you don't give me your
revolver, you might at any rate sympathize I do sympathize, I
see how much you sympathize goodbye.

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I'll got to go buy some Anchovies, and some sausage, and
some tooth powder, and then to the station, Where are you
living? But carry on River more.
Ashkan delighted really been, you know, Olga Pavlova finback
who lives there. I know her very well acquainted

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perfectly split. It it's so convenient and it
would be so good of you. What's that my dear fellow?
Wouldn't you do one little thingfor me?
Be your friend. Promise me now, what's that?
It would be such a friendly action.
I implore you. My dear man in the first place.

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Give all the Power of Now my very kind regards in the second
place, there's a little thing I'd like you to take down to
her. She asked me to get a sewing
machine but I haven't anybody tosend it down to her by You take
it, my dear and you might have the same time.
Take down this Canary in its cage, only be careful or you'll

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break the door. What are you looking at me like
that for and suing machine a cannery in a cage.
Siskins chaffinch. Even Ivanovic.
What's the matter with you? Why are you turning purple?
Oh good. You've stayed pending.
Give me the sewing machine. Where's the bird's cage?

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Now, get on top yourself. Eat me, Tammy, two pieces kill
me, clenching his fists. I want blend.
That led you convert dokic off trending on his feet.
I want blend blend more ashkan in Hora.

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He's gone mad. Peter Maria.
Where are you dokic off? Chasing him around the room?
I want bled plead. Cureton.
End of a tragedian in spite of himself by Anton pavlovich

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Chekhov. The slave with two faces and
allegory by marry Carolyn Davies.
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Characters life read by Lambda first girl.
Read by Lucy Perry s go read by anastasiya saroja.
A woman ran by Christine G-Man read by Todd young man by Mary,
Kay work been read by Todd old man, read.

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By Bob Stevens, a voice read by Trisha gee, Another Voice by
Mary Kay, third voice rate by a,by narrated by Janet.
The scene is a word through which runs a path.
Wild rose bushes and other wood things border it on opposite

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sides of the path stand two girls waiting.
They have not looked at each other.
The girls wear that useful sort of gown, which with the addition
of a crown makes a queen withoutmakes a peasant.
The first girl wears a crown. The second carries one
carelessly in her hand. First girl looking across at the

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other, the whom are you waiting?I'm waiting for life.
I'm waiting for life. Also has a seat that he would
Buzz this way. Do you believe that he will pass
this way? He passes always Second girl.
Still breathing quickly to meet life.

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Are you not afraid of him? Yes that is why I ran to meet
him. First girl to herself, I too ran
to meet him, huh? He's coming.
No, it is only the little quarreling words of the leaves
and the winds that are always urging them to go away the

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lives. Do not go.
Someday they will go and the wind knows.
Why are you not wearing your crown?
Why should we were crowns? She places the crown upon her
head. Do you not know?
No. That is all of wisdom, the
wearing of crowns before the eyes of life, I do not

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understand. You few understand wisdom, even
those who need it. Most, he's carving.
I figured the sound. It was only the sound of a petal
dreaming that is had fallen fromthe rosetree.
I have waited, we all long for him, we cry out to him, when he
comes, he hurts us. He tortures us, he kills US

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unless we know the secret. What does this Secret?
And that he is a slave, he pretends he pretends.
But always, he knows in his heart that he is a slave only of
those who have learned his secret.
Is he afraid, they'll me more. Over those who are afraid of

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him. He's a tyrant, he obeys kings,
and queens zit is why we must never.
Let him see us without our crowns.
How do you know this sings? They were told me by an old wise
man who sits outside the Gate ofour town.
How did he? And all because the, he's one of

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those who are Kings know, because he was one of those who
are afraid Second girl, dreamily.
I have your two little wife is very beautiful, is he?
So I hope you do through that, he is supremely ugly, that his
mouth is Vite ingredient if his eyes.

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So, I went and his nostrils are see, is his soul, or is he very
beautiful? perhaps, you will see for
yourself, ah, As life saunters interview at the farthest end of
the path, He Walks Like a conqueror but there is something
ugly in his appearance. Life sees the girls just as a

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sudden Sunray catches the jewelsof their crowns.
He cringes and walks like a hunchback slave.
He is beautiful. Now he has seen our crowns.
Ah Remember you are only safe aslong as you remain his master.
Never forget that, he is a slaveand that you are a queen.

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Second girl to herself I must never let him see me without my
crown hush. He is coming.
He's very beautiful while he's aslave second girl not hearing.
He is very beautiful life life browse to the ground at her

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feet. Second girl, in the light, ah,
life. I would have Opals on a platter
life boughs in a cent. Whoa, And Pearls life, boughs
and a little castle set within ahedge.

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Life boughs. Yes.
I would have a fair Prince to think tinkling words about me
and I would have a strawberry tart with little flutings in the
crust. Go see that these things are
made ready for me. Life, boughs innocent and turns
to go. Ah, see it is so that one must

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act. It is thus.
One must manage him. So and not otherwise, it is
done. Now, do you try?
She plucks arose from a bush beside her and Twirls it in her
fingers, life life, Neil's. I feel at ease for a gown of
gold life. Boughs, yes.

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And over his bowed head, the to laughs gaily at the ease of his
subjection. In Daily to Garden when we woke
in think of trumpets blowing life.
Boughs. It is a good rule.
First girl, calling slave back as he is leaving.
I have a wish for a gray Steed. Life boughs, bring me a little

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page to with golden hair and with a dimple life acquiesces
and starts to leave. First girl, calling him back
with a gesture life. An important afterthought with
two. Dimples and, and then, but
necklace, bring me and amber necklace.

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First girl, tossing away the rose.
She has just plucked and a freshRose.
Life, boughs turns to obey. There's two are convulsed with
mirth at the adventure and its success life life halts, what
are you going to do? Come here.

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Life comes to her with a quick movement.
She snatches one of the gold chains from about his neck.
Second girl. Frightened.
Oh good. You dare.
What do you see you must take. She sees us his wrist and pulls
from it a bracelet. Second girl.
Frightened, go exit life. But why he does not like Beggars

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life. You see, he is a slave himself.
He's so beautiful. Do not forget that.
He is your slave. This rosebush touches.
It is a queen who forgot. Oh First girl, pointing to bones
that seemed part of bushes alongroadside.

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Those are the bones of others who forgot what he's beautiful
only so long as you are his master but he's kind only so
long as you are not afraid of him.
But do you snitched life is the only person to whom one should
be rude. They are sounds of moaning and

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cries and a harsh voice, menacing some unseen crowd.
What is it? Come, we must not be seen Pulsar
companion behind Bush at side ofstage.
What will be done to us? Hush.
If he should see you. He's always watching for the
first sign of fear. What does it feels sign of here?

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It is a thought, but can he see one swords?
Only thoughts of fear. You won the hides and we'll even
from oneself. Even then but words are more
dangerous still, if we say, we are afraid, we will be more
afraid because whatever we make into words makes itself into our
bodies. Voices off stage.

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Oh, Master my horsey, Master itsspoils him.
This cringing it spoils a good servant.
As long as he's kept in his place, a man enters and Neil's
looking at Life, offstage In Fear.
First girl steals to man and says, but he's only a slave, do

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you not see that he is a Slave? How can you say that?
Look at his terrible face, who the has seen his face.
Can doubt that he is a master and are cruel one.
He cannot be a master unless youmake him.
So what is this that you're saying, is it true?

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Yes, it is true. Even though it can be put into
words. It is true man starts to rise
sinks to knees again. Yes I see that it is true but go
away. First girl crouching behind
Bush. Again ah life crosses the stage

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with a whip of many thongs driving.
A huddle throng of half crouching men and women they
kneel and kiss his robe. His mouth is wide and grinning,
is I slant his nostrils are thick.
He is hideous. You give me your ideas.
Three ideas. Is that all you have life has

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robbed. Me of my ideals.
He robbed me too but I had so few.
When you have toiled to possess more, he will take those from
you. Also life to an old woman for 12
hours. You shall toilet, what you hate
for an hour, you should work at what you love to keep the wound

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fresh. To make the torture Keener.
This is to not be so cruel. Let me forget the work.
I love dog. Big.
What I give you. It is not by begging that.
You may win anything from me. Give me a dream, a dream to
strengthen my hands a little love to make the tailless

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terrible. Only rest, a little racist time
to think of the sea and of Grants is blowing in the wind,
most light flashes her with his whip, the woman screams life
draws back from them and dances.A mocking dance dancing himself
into greater Fury, laughing, terribly heal.

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Lashes out at them. Several fall dead.
He chokes a crippled with his hands.
Finally, he drives them off the stage before him.
Several furtively dragging. The bodies with them.
Second girl, as the to emerge from their hiding place.
Oh, Irish never to see his face and they suit.

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You will not unless you nail never kneel.
Little Queen. Are you sure do?
Never knew to wife, I shall stand upright, as you have
taught me and I should say, bring me another necklace wife.
I must go now for a little while, I shall come back.
Do not forget. She goes out.

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I shall say life's voice is heard.
Offstage second, girl, cowers, life enters slave.
I would have the chain visited Stone as life.
Submissively approaches. She snatches it from his neck.
And ziss snatching at his hand and pulling the ring from a

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finger, the slave boughs. She happens to look toward the
spot where the bodies were and shivers life.
Raising his head in time to see the look of horror From This
Moment. His aspect gradually changes
until from the slave. He becomes a tyrant.
Are you afraid of me? No.

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There are many who are afraid ofme.
You are his slave. There are many who are afraid.
You are only a slave, a slave. May become a master.
No, I may become. You are my slave.
If I value our Master, you are aslave.

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If I value our master, I would be kind to you.
You are beautiful. Ah, You are very beautiful.
It is my crowns. It makes me beautiful.
If you should take a crown from your head, you would still be
beautiful Z. I've, you know, do You are

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beautiful as The Slight burning of the Apple petals cheek, when
the sun glances at the great flowers near it, you are
beautiful as the little pool farin the forest which holds lily
buds in its hands. You are beautiful second girl
aside. I think he wants me to be

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afraid. So I have you say it I have you
did me. No exit, I'm not afraid but I do
I say it to please him. Are you afraid of me?
Yes. Are you afraid?
Yes, I am afraid. Huh?

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That pleases me. Second girl, aside and use it,
they would be able to please himwhatever I make into words makes
itself into my body. She said, like fear, but she
does not know everything. It is impossible that you should
know everything and it is so please and to please him and so

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easy, I'm not afraid of him. I have only say that I am
afraid, they don't you take yourcrown from your head.
No, there is nothing. So beautiful as a woman's hair
flying in the wind. I can see your hat beneath your
crown, your hair would be beautiful.

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Flying in the wind. Second girl removes Crown.
This only for a moment. Yes, you are beautiful.
Second girl to herself. It may be is it was not wise.
You are like a new flower opening and dazzling a passing

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bird with Southern color. She said, is it?
I must note. You are like the bird that
passes your hair lips like things in the Sun.
He has not harmed me. Your crown is like dwells
gathered from old galleons Beneath the Sea may I see your

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crown second girl holds it out cautiously towards him, then
changes her mind. No, Let me hold it in my
fingers, I shall give it back toyou.
No. I shall give it back.
If you've, you should really give it back to me.

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Life takes crown, but your hair is Lovelier Without a Crown.
Flings it from him. What have you done?
It was only in jest, but you promised in jest.
But ho, ho, love with me. What a jest. second girl, laughs

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then shivers Life and high. Good humor with himself.
Dance for me. You are young, your happy dance.
What room? I didn't say.

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That it is spring. And that there are Brooks
flowing newly awakened and Matt to be with the sea.
That there is a white but widening under the moon, unlike
curtained room or anger sleepingthat the sun has weakened her
second girl dances. These things at first she was

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afraid of him. Then she forgets and dances with
abandon. And now give me lick my grown.
You do not need a crown pretty one.
I am afraid of you. Afraid of me.
What have I done? I do not know.

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Don't be afraid. I am afraid.
I shall be a kind Master to you master.
A kind master. You are my slave?
I shall never be your sleeve again. and, and if she's okay,

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what are you saying? Nothing.
You must call me master know that I do not do.
Life leering at her call me master, then I shall be kind to
you. No, I cannot.

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Life picks up his whip From the Path, trying with the whip.
But laughing at her, then I shall be kind.
Most, it has a good sound. If you give me greedy one, be
grateful that I do not punish you.

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You wouldn't not strike me if you do not obey second girl,
Whispering you would not strike.You must kneel second girl
repeating. Never knew Little Queen.
You must Kneel To Me. No.

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Life. Raising the whip as if to strike
on your knees slave. You will kind life, you have
kind eyes. Beautiful words to me, Neil.
You would be always kind. You said they are you obey.

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I shall never live closest whip around her shoulder.
Second girl, screams do not flogme.
I feel new meals. So, in that way, I can win
obedience. Hasta it has a good sound.

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Do not whine kicks. Her second girl Rises staggering
spammy. Me, I shall beat you for the
cries of those who fear me a speed in my ears.
Pete's her. Master.
Life flinging aside, whip but sweeter yet still cries.

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He seizes her. They struggle He's too strong.
I can struggle. No longer.
They struggle life chokes, her to death and flings her body
from him, then laughing horribly, he goes off the stage.

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First girl and her skipping merrily singing.
Hi ho in April. Hi ho.
Hi. Ho all the town in April is gay
is gay. She plucks Rose from Bush.
So in April in Mary Mary April Love Came riding and of a sunny

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day, I met him on the way. I hope I win a probe.
I hope I hope suddenly seeing the body.
She breaks the song and stairs without moving.
Then she goes very slowly towardit, Smooths down the dead,

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girl's dress and meals, besides the body Whispers, she was
young, he was cruel. Touches the body.
She also was a queen, she snatched his trinkets see there
on her dead neck, is his chain with the red fire caught in gold

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and on her finger his ring. But he was too strong.
Too strong. She stands trembles cowering in
Terror life has broken. Her life has broken them all.
Someday I am afraid. Life enters still the ugly

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Tyrant, she remains cowering. His eyes roll slowly over the
stage, but she sees him a secondbefore he discovers her.
She straightens up just in time to be her scornful self.
Before his eyes light upon her as she speaks, life becomes the
slave again. First girl, carelessly flings

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Rose down without seeing that. It has fallen upon the body
life. Bring me a fresh Rose.
The slave Bowser object, Lee andgoes to do her bidding.
Curtain. End of the slave with two faces
an allegory by marry Carolyn Davies.

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The mask of the two strangers byLady Alex Edgerton, this is a
LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public
domain for more information or to volunteer, please visit
librivox.org. Characters Joy, read by Trisha G

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laughter rat by Frances Browne song, read by Christine G dance
bred by Amanda Friday service. Read by Mary Kay poetry.
Hope read by Vidya princess to shake or read by.
Unassuming sorrow. Read by R bayi, Fame.

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Read by a lie. Cause Irani riches read by
prachi. Pensee power, read by Lucy
Perry. Love read by a lie cause Irani
Harold's read by Mary. Kay gesture or is B anastasios
Aloha narration by Todd. Prologue enter a gesture which

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people of you gentoku to see. I pray your patients know and
least to me before you I will hear present today.
A story told in the medieval way.
No sir. Now Mary hint says soon.
Grow through it to a minion grunts wound.
On this side is a quart of use with various a princess who is

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held by magic spells on this date is about just as a world
from whence, the great Immortals, come for her defense
between the greater and the Lesser power, the juice that
goes on from hour to hour throughout the ages, I would
have you see depicted in this passing fantasy the place.

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Come and I had best away, I willcome back afterwards and end my
say. Music of mask, begins joy and
laughter, run in laughing, Chaseeach other.
Around the stage and Pelt. Each other with flowers
laughter, flinging herself on the ground breathless.
Ah, it is good to run and laugh again.

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I'm so weary of his somber days and I have Sitting silent in the
house we used before to have such Mary games.
Now, do Jake or will not even smile.
She says, she will never laugh again.
And when I called to her to comeand play at hide-and-seek down
in the Rose Garden, she said herplaying days were over.

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Now, it seems so strange. Only a while ago, we played ball
across the Laurel hedge and whenthe ball fell into the fountain
court, and rolled into the water, floating out to her the
lilies, they have closed, some sleep.
It was, she who went in Barefootwith her dress, Kilted above her
knees, and laughed to feel the flicking of the golden fishes

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Tails? She said, Her pink toes look
like Coral shells and splash thewater just to see it shine.
Like diamonds in the sun upon myhair a while ago.
She was a child with us. Joy sighs laughter, I like not
living at the court. Starting someone is coming they
run and hide behind a seat song.Enters, humming to herself and

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twisting flowers into a Garland joy and laughter spring out upon
her and catch. Hold of her hands one on each
side, white is only song. For three days.
Now we have not heard thy voice.Know this girl says, life is too
sad for songs. It music is a gift of the high
gods and like the birds I sing or I must die.

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Sing us a ballad while we are alone.
Old service is asleep beside thewell and will not hear thee song
sitting on the seat. Well, what should I sing?
How would you like all on an April day?
Joy clapping her hands about theRight?
Who wrote in to Omnia town? Then will we sing the refrain
joy and die Bulova road to a means town?

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All on an April day. He looked not up, he looked not
down, but fixed his Gaze on amiens Town, singing.
Hey, the lovers way the cooker, sang above his head, all on, on
April day, the blossoming trees were white and red, it still?

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Never turned his head. Sing.
Hey, my love is way. The dappled grass would days is
true. Oh, Lana Naples.
They was trodden by his horse. June, he did not those days.
It's true. Sing.
Hey, my lover's way, he wore a racket circuit green all on an

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April day, but no device their own scene.
No blazing on that, circuit Green, sing.
Hey, the lovers way heroes in My, the Eastern Gate.
All on an April day. The poor and mean was his
estate. Kings have gone through that is

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and gate, sing. Hey, Val ovens way.
You stood by the cathedral do all on an April day and watched
a lady's favor School Pause through the cathedral door.
Saying hey, the lovers way I'm not of ripping at his feet on an

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April day and one swift smile. Such Radiance wheat fell with a
ribbon At His Feet. Saying, hey Val of it way he in
the token in his breast on an April day, your to his lips for
lofty, pressed the ribbon here, Denis, In his breast saying, hey

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Val of his way along the road toamiens town all on an April day.
I beg at War. Sorry, Crown in a king rose out
of a means Town sing. Hey, Val offers way.
After the fourth verse entered dance who dances through the

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remaining versus enter service hurriedly.
How now what noise is this? Don't know a song that My voice
may not be heard at all, and youchildren to, you will get sent
away. Sure, that you will hear a my
sent packing off to seek for thewise woman, poetry the Herald's
to our up and down the land withproclamations.

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Go in, go in, do scurs. Wandering with the gray stranger
in the garden and when she comesmay want your company enter
poetry, our mouths. Of the Eternal God and in my
voice that down the ages Rings men here.
The ceaseless heartbeats of the world without me all that has

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been would have died and Lane forgotten in a silent grave.
The present Echoes. What I once have sung, the
future holds, the secrets I haveread, hail and well met.
I was but starting forth to seekthee.
Thou, who Hast the wisdom of alltime, man.
Just help us in our hour of needan evil spell has been cast

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about the princess and how it isto be broken.
None of us know, tell me all forI presume, despite the tender
care which through her life has shielded.
Just call, I could Ring Of Steelthat to her side.
Some photo has won his way and dimmed the peaceful mirror of
her soul. You truly one evening as the sun

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was setting a woman class. In long gray, robes entered, the
palace Gates and meeting the princess on the Terrace walk.
Let her down among the cypresses.
They sat long together in the Twilight and ever, since just
codes changed, no smile. Curves her lips.
The sunlight is gone from her face.

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And she goes always with a veiled head and sad unseeing
eyes. I heard but now her companions
are to be sent away. Joy laughter her song and dance
ought to be banished. This is the gray woman's doing,
but why? No man can say the strong her
engraver hopes of whom we seek is Sorrows.

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So who's other name is pain? She comes and when she comes,
none may resist against her. None have power to borrow their
Gates, ye who have always cherished.
Those Cara and garnered her fromknowledge of the world have left
her ignorance of Best night has fallen on a tender heart that

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never saw the Shadows of the sun.
Queen sorrow, who can hide the stars of Heaven has torn the
golden Veil from top to hem and in the outer Darkness, just kill
stands. Seeing no Rift to tell of light
Eclipse. Knowing no key to all the
mystery. The king.
Her father has sent proclamations for that who so

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can bring back the I'll to do scurs lips, the sunshine to her
face. Whoso can win her from the grave
woman side. On him, shall half the kingdom.
Be bestowed and douche goes hand.
In marriage. The Herald's have gone crying
thus abroad and we have word three.
Suitors are traveling here posthaste.

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I know not who these tutors chance to be but not by them.
They sorrow. Be cast out, only one holds a,
my tears fell than hers. And I will send my constant
Messenger to seek Him to the ends of all the Earth come to
me. Child, who holdest Eternal Youth
Center. Hope it's to call me poetry Into

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the Wilderness for me, find me The Stranger in a pilgrims Garb
around whose head the song birdsout there laid beneath his feet,
the withered flowers revive say,in the court of Youth, Queen
sorrow rained and shadows lie like night on Just Cause heart

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in the great Court of Youth. Queen sorrow rains and shadows
lie like night on do Shake was heart.
Exit hope, trumpet music Harold.Heard off oyez, oyez oyez oyez
oyez. Here comes the herald enter
Harold repeating or yeas or yeasor yeas Harold facing audience

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know all whom it may concern throughout this realm.
That has one has come and brought Darkness on the land to
all good people as this Proclamation Made Who so can
drive the gray, woman forth, whoso can free the Princess douche
curve from a spell who's so can bring the sunshine to the land.

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Unto him will be given half of the kingdom and the Hand of the
princess douche cone marriage. Given on this day, of June
always, always always exit Harold oyez oyez oyez dies away
in the Distance music enter joy laughter song and Dance.

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Followed by Princess do shake orand sorrow.
He Children of the courts. Your hour has struck.
Your doom of banishment, has been pronounced for where I am
there. Can you never be too scared?
I pray thee. Hear me.
Let me sing. One of the old songs that we

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loved, maybe the memory of those, happy days will rise and
lift the weight of sadness from thy face. sing, if thou Wilt
those days were long ago, I Stood Beside With bush while all

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its most awesome trained on me. I watched the white Brave of the
moon turn to pray or gold above the sea, my halo Wonder Woman
bow and waved it three times arecool wise I will Whispered words

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of very low with meeting Hearts then close short them on a
forests of somewhere and we opened blade a shining of my

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God. Certain narang of door educate.
I saw three queens which signingcrowns.
Go riding by on and phrase gray.I saw three nights, thought,

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followed close and dreams why inthere.
I saw men stroll with his cloak was green and patched and I saw

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Hunter with his bow, I heard thewinding of his own eyes.
With clouds of the string, butterflies.

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When I looked awkward to the Earth and broke my face, every
spell wins, I cannot bear thy music in my heart.
No, answering cords respond, thepast is dead.

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I hear the tears of thousands inthy voice.
When sorrow speaks, I hear no tones.
But hers know, Thou Art mine princess, I hold the fast.

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Flying feet. We chase the hours away.
I used to make the clapped, our hands in Glee and thought to go
with the along. The years, my feet are LED with
danceon. If thou Wilt, what kind of
future, hold for me in the as the dance ends, she cry Rise
sorrow victim sees and drive them.

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Hence, send joy and laughter song and dance away.
Call silence here, who is thy father, child.
I am afraid of all this mocking world and Fain would live alone
alone with thee. Go forth, go forth Into the
Wilderness. Here is no room for ye go forth

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into the void that lies Beyond here.
I Majesty henceforth shall reignveiling the sun and stars to all
eternity. Go forth that wide-eyed silence.
Take the place he occupied before where flowers you
scattered. He henceforth shall strew.

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Ashes upon the floor. Twilight shall fall upon this
court of Youth now and forevermore.
Excellent song. They has joy and laughter

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During this speech, enter Haroldwho speaks to service exit
hurled three suitors. Fame riches and power are at the
gate. Princess and claim an audience.
They have banished, the gray woman from the side of others
and seek to do this for thee with them, they bring charms
that have before broken the Spells Of Sorrow.

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These are Beyond price, but eachasks and exchange thy hand in
marriage as promised in the proclamation, Cried by the
Herald's to shake, or turning tosorrow.
What must I do be Let them approach my child.
It may be their Rich gifts will pleasure.
The under Harold, followed by fame fame, lord of the marches

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of the East salutes, the exit Harold Fame.
Am I called Princess? I bring thee this crown of
unfading leaves for which men, pray and toil throughout their
lives, unsatisfied it shall be thine on salt, grant.
Me thy hand. And thou shalt live.

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In glamour of high Destiny, thy name shall sound in honor
through the world, die word, shall set the hearts of men,
aflame. Let me but place the wreath
about thy head. Thus shalt thou strike this lie
with deathless notes which shallvibrating through the fields of
space Ring On, and On, nor ever find a goal.

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Therefore, the years on which type phrases fall with one so
young, what a dice Spells to mine, I see.
Thy Wrath of leaves and twined with asps whose forked tongues
whisper jealousy. And hate thy harp is Out Of Tune
with Sorrows voice. Enter Harold, followed by riches

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riches. The lord of the marches of the
West salutes. The exit Harold, my name is
riches and I offered to be a store of wealth exhaustless as
this. And this is the symbol of my
opulence, a casket in whose steps gold never fails, grant me

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thy hand. And now, princess shall gain all
that. The world contains a This guy
Palace shall be built of precious stones and thou shalt
walk on rose leaves every day. Sorrow shall be forgotten in my
arms. Nothing shall be denied.
The wealth can buy all things. All men yields to the touch of

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gold lined are the eyes on whichtie Visions rise.
My spells have turned thy glories into dust the gold.
Bow offers me is stained with blood.
Blood by precious stones were one with tears, and toil the sum
of all thy wealth, could not reflect our, the Arid wastes
that sorrow has laid bare, enterHarold, followed by power power,

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lord of the marches, North and South salutes.
The my name princess Spyler and this is my gift, my brother's
brought the fair Renown and goldwith freedom from the spells
that sorrow weaves all these, I offer thee.
If thou accept together, we willsway men's Destinies together.

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We may rule their hearts, their souls together.
Turn the very Universe, a throneshall rise a monument of Might
it steps you'll Mount from the green land of Earth.
Its canopy, she'll scrape the star Stars of Heaven.
I have said that about her like a net.
They'll Kent's not deal with never yet or power has to thou

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been known to cut through cords of fear.
I would not will die scepter foran hour.
The burden of its weight would bear me down.

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Running The Stranger Comes. He whom I went to seek The
Stranger Comes whose music fillsthe world.
The Stranger Comes, whose treasure guilds the world.
The Stranger Comes Who set to rules the world.
Poetry to sorrow. Never proved a silent conqueror.

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I yield to him. Who is the greatest here?
But those who have not met me bythe way, can never know him.
As he may be known, they only who have trod the dark abyss may
dare to stand upon the topmost height for they, whose eyes were
blind. Fold for a while, alone can bear

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that blaze of brilliant light. That's have, I brought the more
than all die Court, learn From his lips to see the world Anew,
I drew that grave. Al all about thy head, thinking
put chance to keep thee for my own, but thou were made for
sunlight, not for gloom. Thus do I leave thee?

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Fare Thee? Well, princess to shake or
starts up and tries to hold sorrow back.
Ah, stay with me, thou art my only friend enter love, love and
sorrow. Look at each other.
She draws her veil across her face and exit who art thou
Stranger in a pilgrims guys, whoCommerce unattended unannounced.

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I may not tell thee that thou first must learn out of thine
own heart to recall. My name, Fame power and riches
brought me costly gifts which I refused.
I come with empty hands, die coming, caused Queen sorrow to
depart. What?
Right has thou to drive my friends from me.

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Me, I came to bring these Swift Deliverance, she laid a spell
upon thee, which in time had turned thy heart to unresponsive
Stone. She brought me, peace and sure.
Oblivion of all this dark and weary world around art thou so
sure, princess the world is dark.
So sure, have I not heard the children.

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Weep is not my heart, torn with their piteous cries, we live and
round us lies there. Sea of tears and Mighty Sea,
Couldn't go over realm. I met a child outside thy
Palace. Once he's dressed was ragged,
but he smiled at me and in his hand, he held a purple flower.
I knew it for the magic flower of dream.

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I asked him art, thou happy and he said, I'm mostly hungry
sometimes I'm called and there are stones and Thorns that hurt
my feet. But while my flower lives, I'm
quite content. And I have friends to, in the
palace there. Laughter and dance, they come
and play with me. I met that child today.

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Princess, his face was white andpinched and down his baby
cheeks. The tears were running.
See, my flower has died and dance and laughter have been
sent away. Joy to is gone, Queen sorrow
rains. It caught even the children now
can play no more. He never knew before the world
was dark art? Thou so sure.

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Princess the child was wrong. Have I not heard?
Burrito mother's weep. There thou Dost touch a chord in
ignorance thou canst not guess the strength of motherhood the
hopes the joys, the passionate regrets.
She who was born her child closeto her.
Heart has Little Star in heaven that lights her way.

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I kneel by them in their guest cemani, and teach them how to
weave a mortal reads out of the sweetest flowers of memory for
them. The sun, still shines behind the
clouds are Art thou so sure the world is Holy dark there.
Echo in my ears. The groans of toil of those who
labor on from year to year untilthey sink beneath.

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Their weary lat toil Is the destiny of man Princess and none
may question the Supreme decree perchance through toil alone.
Man, May redeem a past. That is forgotten who can tell
and there is still some aftermath of joy in labor, will
achieved some dignity. We've accomplished.

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If the way is hard and seeminglyendless, those who seek for me,
will often find me. Singing at their side.
Mine is the Brotherhood of sympathy, but thou Hast banished
song in silence. Now, the toilers have to go upon
their way art, thou. So sure it was all dark before
what light is there for those who strive and fail?

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One only fails, he whom some term success.
He who gives heart and soul into.
The youth and strength to an unworthy cause failure, is he
who sacrifices me before the world, who prostitutes, the god
in him for what will turn to Dust & Ashes in his hand?
It is he alone is Outcast, though.
He thinks himself the son of allthe universe to those princess

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who striving seem to fail. It is not failure for Nancy the
end, and they, who sigh are onlythose who seek an earlier
consummation than is just They cling fast to me, they still
behold the white star flowers, hope plants about the world who
knows to what Fair land rough Seas may lead low.

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Overall I see the cruel Hand of Death outstretched certain and
pitiless the Hand of Death is full of tenderness.
He leads men through that dark, mysterious gate that all must
pass into another life to other lives that through the cycles.
Bring the souls of men. An upward from step to step,

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uniting those forever, who are one death, hushes them like
children on his breast setting, his own smile on their Silent
Lips, that tender smile of strange, triumphant peace.
Death is my brother, and I say to thee, learn to know me.
That Wilt not fear his hand. Another hand is knocking at my

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heart, whose touch, I know not, and I feel afraid afraid to
listen. Yeah.
I long to hear stranger, who artthou, let me see thy face, learn
to know me. And thou shalt nothing fear.
Who art thou, let me look into thine eyes, learn to know, me

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and thou Wilt find the light Pilgrim who art thou?
Let Me Know Thy Name, Dost. Thou not know me this girl.
Thou Art love and Dost thou knowthe meaning of my name.
Tell me thou art not fearful anymore.
More the darkness that was boundabout my eyes is falling from me
in the growing light. The answer to Life's riddle is

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made clear. I seem to stand upon a height
caught up in Ecstasy of rapture near the Sun.
The day is Dawning far before myeyes.
I see the Earth spread out therelike a map Shadow and sunshine
traveling on the road or take each other mingle and are 10,
love all hail what is my crown to thine by music is the song of

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all. All the stars, which Rings
through every heart, attuned, tothine own all hail.
What is my wealth to thine? And thy riches are the moods of
happiness. That boundless gold.
The sunshine of the world. Oh, love all hail the highness,

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the greater rule. The force predominating thow.
Hello? Not the unvanquished king, who
conquers? All Who's this is thought by all
the world but her go fun out of her Palace Gates into her
kingdom. That lines all around teacher.
What means to use to, right the wrong and ease.

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The burden, man has laid on man,my voice that once could Rouse
men being Souls grows weary and Men often keep me not turning
deaf ears, that will not hear mywords to that were alone can
win. In that Mystic horn which wakes
a like the sleeping and the deadlove.

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I pray thee, call the children back, I'm ashamed to think I
drove them forth. I heard an ignorance forgive me.
Lord enter joy laughter song anddance all ye who came to battle
sorrow spell be with her now andyou hold in fear her happy days.
Go with her through the years. I all unseen will guide her

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death. Knee, and when princess I come
again to the a worshiper will follow in my train from other
lips than mine. Thou then shalt learn the
sweetest and the tenderest. A love all.
Now, let us join with song and Mary mirth.
Draw to a fitting clothes are interlude sorrow rained.

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Her little day love has driven. Her far away.
Brought to Sunshine back to court.
Thus we end in Merry sport except They aren't all epilogue
enter gesture is, it is all where and their paths are done
and don't forget his proves the strongest one, one day his, it

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pleased, you know, to c0 the still towards us in fantasy and
do it. You wants a beer, whatever it
may be, whether your son's be upor down today, you hurt not me.
I did not write the play the curtain.
And of the Mask of the two strangers by Lady, Alex

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Edgerton. 14 by Alice Christiansburg this
is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox.

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Mrs. Horace Pringle. Read by Christine Ricci Elaine
read by Frances. Browne Dunham the butler, read
by algy pug, narrated by Lambda.See the dining room of a New

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York residence along table running from left to right with
the chart. Each end and six chairs on each
side is settle over. 84 14 done have the butler has hovering
over the table to give it a few finishing touches as mrs.
Pringle comes and she is the woman of fashion handsome and

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wears a very lovely evening gown.
She's rather excitable and temperament, but with all
capable and executive, vivaciousand humorously Charming, she
enters in haste, carrying a corsage bouquet of flowers and
the empty box and paper from which she hasn't tracked them
down. Mmm, I've just had word from mr.

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Harper, that she was called awayto the bedside of a friend who
is very ill. He sent me these flowers, it's a
good thing he did. I don't approve of young men,
refusing. A dinner invitation Haitians.
The very last minute than ham leaving her here.
Is the Box in paper. Mrs. Pringle mrs.

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Pringle looking at the table anxiously and then at our watch,
it's too bad after you set it all so beautifully and it's
getting so late. Someone might be coming any
moment. House cook who works in a temper
as always madam, I'm glad to hear it.

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She's like an actress, the better The Temper, the better,
the performance. As long as she says is a good
dinner. I don't care how much he sweat
the rest of you can just keep out of their way.
Well, it's good stuff. I'm sorry to have to say it
Madam, but there's such an awfulblizzard out.
He's sweeping off the sidewalk. Oh, dear me.

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Yes, I should have ordered an awning, but who expected a storm
like this? She glances out of the window
Aileen. I am double Dante.
In evening, gown comes running in with a bunch of place cards
here, the place cards mother anddiagram, shall I put them?
Around. Yesterday, Elaine, I'm going up

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to look after your father. He's so helpless about his ties.
She starts to leave the room. Remove one, plated on him,
remove one plate. Madam!
Oh Madam! It is a certainty.
You wouldn't sit down were 13. 13.

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Why should be right 13? We can never sit down with 13.
That's all due to mr. Harper's negligence.
Sick friend, nothing. He's just one of those Killers
men who never answer their invitations, in time, his
flowers, indeed, to make me forgive him.

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Now, look at a trouble. He's put me to 13.
I wonder whom I could get to come in the last minute.
Quick Elaine have me. Think she rushes to the
telephone and looks madly through her list of
acquaintances? There's always a cool George He
never opens his head, mr. Morgan Madam.

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He always tells a joke or two y-yes Dunham.
That's clever of you. Hello Central Lakeview 59 71 at
once, please. Elaine dear your hair is much
too tight. Pull it out.
Pull it out. Come here in telephone mr.

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Morgan's. Well this is mrs.
Pringle speaking from across thestreet.
Yes well, mr. Morgan comes in.
Please tell him to call me up right away.
I want him to dine with us in about 10 minutes, you expect
him. She pulls aliens had old to make
it look fluffier. Alien mix pieces of pain, but a

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mother pays no attention have him.
Call me right away. She hangs up the receiver.
Now, if you shouldn't get it, then what I'll do?
Well mother. I don't have to be at the table.
It's your party. Anyway, everyone's married and
older than I am mrs. Pringle pointing to the table
diagram in Aliens had. Didn't I place you next to all

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of our fans worth millions? He's worth millions.
Well, he won't be giving me any country merrier.
Aren't you going to try to make a good match for yourself?
I fling every eligible, man, I can at your head.
Can't you finish the rest yourself?

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It's no use mother. You're trying to marry me off to
someone as important as he is. He frightens me to death.
I lose my tongue and is afraid of him as I'd be the Prince of
Wales. The Prince of Wales.
Oh, what wouldn't I give to havethe Prince of Wales in my house?

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New York has lost its hot him. I was just telling mr.
Farnsworth yesterday that I'd give anything to have the prince
here. I would establish my social
position for life and I've such a reputation for being a
wonderful hostess. The telephone rings.
Dear me, the phone. Hello, mrs.

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Sedwick, yes. This is mrs.
Pringle. What?
No. Oh Causing the snowdrift can't
get another car. She puts her hand over the
telephone and speaks delightedlyto Elaine good.

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The Widow can't come that leavesus. 12 removed two plates,
Dunham, then ham removes, two plates, and alien changes the
table cards. Mrs. Pringle continues into the
telephone. Oh, that's a shame.
I'm heartbroken. Oh, My dear, how can we get?

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But have you really tried? Oh, I'm reduced to tears.
Goodbye, there she hangs up the receiver and takes it down
again. Well, I'm glad she dropped out
Central. Give me like you fifty nine.
Seventy one Dunham with two less.
You can save two cocktails and at least four glasses of

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champagne into the telephone as mr.
Moving come in yet. Well, don't give him the message
I telephoned before. About two crossing the street to
mrs. Pringles for dinner.
It's too late, you understand? She hangs up the receiver.
Well anyway, I've invited Clem returned, my indebtedness and

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saved my champagne. Besides the Luca is getting
lower. Madam, what with prohibition,
and entertaining so much. But the mother, if you only have
12 people, father can't sit at the head of the table, but he
has to sit at the head. It looks too undignified when
the man of the house is pushed to the side.

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There's no other way. There must be a woman at each
end. How absurd.
I always forget, of course, 12 is an impossible number.
She goes around the table, looking at the piece cards.
I don't want to put any of thesewomen at the head.
Does mrs. Darby such a cat.
I wouldn't give her the honor and misses the telephone rings.

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Answer it down him. Hello mrs.
Pringle to Residence a message. Yes, sir.
What? Sir mr.
Darby the doctor says your baby has the chicken pox.
Chicken pox Elaine mother. Yes, he acts up the receiver

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which to do B sends his apologies.
Butter into the trash mutabilityof the disease.
Mr. And mrs. Durbeyfield obliged to regret
and also the house guests, mr. And mrs.
Fleetwood that's for out. Then you're only eight quick,
the plate stammer. She begins to remove chairs and

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gather sub silver, and pleats feverishly, mrs.
Pringle getting more and more destroyed helps with so much
unaccustomed help and have gets confused and goes through, many
unnecessary motions, removes plates, breaks them drop silver,
aimlessly, trying to hurry his fingers, all thumbs, Don't we

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know someone to invite a last-minute the Hat words they
don't serve drinks when they entertain.
I can't afford to invite him to drink mine.
The greens, she's not interesting enough mr.
Connelly he never makes it in a cold even after all the times I
have invited him Hester lonely. Not at the same table with you

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and Oliver Farnsworth, she's fartoo, pretty too clever.
Where's my book? She runs our finger down the
address book, The Toppers. The top is good Heavens Elaine
six in the family, that would get us back to 14.
Then father could say the head of the table.
Well try them. I'll rush and tell your father

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to hold up the drawing-room exitleft.
Ellie at the telephone, Which Way, 9 3 to 5, this is Elaine
Pringle. What type of am I speaking to?
Oh, Ella hello. I hope you haven't finished your
dinner. We had a party arranged here,
and the last one would everybody's been dropping out

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the blizzard. Can't you?
Fuck your family around the corner and eat with us mother
and I thought we knew you well enough to call you like this as
a seventh hour. You would.
Oh fine. You're done, ham. 64 played
started in the telephone. What?
Oh well. But she is States.

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Stutters looks distressed muffles.
The telephone Talent could mother quick in the telephone
has done him her. He's out of the room.
Yes. Yes.
Of course love it. Why?
Certainly yes my dear All right.She hangs up the receiver and

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puts her hand to her head, with an ejaculation of dismay.
Great, Caesar. Now, what have I done?
Mrs. Pringle. Freshest and followed by done
ham. What's the matter Elaine?
What is now? I've got it.
I've just done it but I couldn'tget out of it.
I just couldn't you weren't here.

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I always lose my head and bunglethings would but don't keep us
waiting like this. What is it?
It. I invited Ella and the family.
And she accepted, as if she said, they are two house guests
and would it be all right? And of course, I said it would.
And now we're 1616 it Madam, that he was not that long.

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Elaine that's just like, you know, tact no worldly wisdom but
you weren't at the phone. You are to attend such messages
yourself, you know, I always lose my head but the dishes
Madam and we only have 14 squabs.
I won't eat any, but I must not be disgraced.

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We'll have to make the best of it and insert another board.
Then time goes out. Mrs. Pringle.
Haley, hurriedly remove part of the cloth, but mother I didn't
sit at the table. Mrs. Pringle pointing to a chair
authoritatively, you're going tosit right there next to Oliver
Farnsworth. Now, I don't wish to hear

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another word about it, but can we squeeze them in without all
the work of adding another board?
If I move the plates and chairs,closer, have you forgotten that
mr. Tupper weighs something like 250
pounds. And mrs.
Connelly has no waistline. It can't be done.
Don't have entering the table board.

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Kruk is in the rage Madam. She says she is only prepared
for 14. I can't help it.
She'll have to prepare for 16. Tell her to open cans of soup
and vegetables. And that's the ice cream forms
and Agility in modes. I'll pretend.
I don't like them and I'll pretend I'm on a diet but I

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really wouldn't have to be at the table.
Be still. She starts as the telephone
rings telephone, I hand to her head.
Now what don't answer? It.
It's driving me mad. She goes herself, has a lien at
that time. Do not go.
Hello, yes, this is mrs. Pringle.

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Oh yes, Jessica! What the blizzard.
You're cold too dangerous. She needs to done him.
Not to put the board in the table granham.
Ali, and mrs. Pringle are delighted and
relieved. But mrs.

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Pringle protons otherwise over the telephone Jessica.
You pour their yes, your husband's right?
It would be foolhardy put on a mustard plaster.
Hot toddy. Go to bed, so sorry.
She hangs up the receiver there.That's wonderful.
Now we are just 14 but the cardsare all wrong.

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Only six are coming. Who were invited originally?
Will have to make another diagram.
How do you want them? Seated.
Give it to me. She reminded the telephone
table, right? There is a pad and a pencil and
makes a new diagram, here's somefresh cards, she tops of the old
cards then goes back to help. Then him who's having a

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maddening time, but the table was a mess.
I spent hours over that diagram.So much depends upon having
guests seated harmoniously. Does the front doorbell Dunham?
I told Annie to answer it for you, but go peek into the
drawing room and tell me who it is.
As Dan. Ham goes on the telephone rings.

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Mrs. Pringle I said suspiciouslyyou murderous instrument.
What have you to say now? What.
Hello? Who mr.
Farnsworth mr. Oliver Farnsworth know you're a
secretary. He's what?

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Instructed you to make his excuses.
You had to leave for Boston at once on very important business.
Oh, she hangs up the receiver without completing the
conversation and hits the telephone in a temper, then
Rises and paces back and forth in Rage.

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How dare he, how dare he The Last Moment?
Like This? No regard for a hostess
feelings? No regard for the efforts.
She goes to to provide an evenings enjoyment.
And such a good dinner. I planned and he promised he
would come business. I don't believe it.

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He didn't want to exert himself was afraid of freezing in the
blessed as if he didn't have half.
A dozen limousines to carry him to the door.
Selfishness downright, rudeness and worth millions, just a match
for you willing and I was bound.You should meet him and sit next
to him at the table. She'd are so this card and now I

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don't know when I can give you achance like that again, I'm
perfectly Furious. I'll never speak to him again.
I won't be treated that way. Perhaps, he really did have
business in was called away, andI one of the most important
hostesses in this city, people clamoring to receive my
invitations. All my Affairs are a success.

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I insist that they shall be, I can't bear any failure.
I want have failure. He was my most important guests
because such a man's man. So important financially every
other man. Considers it an honor to meet
him and now not coming. I'm furious Furious.

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It's all this damnable blizzard.Now, I will have to stay away
from the table, he's not coming.Makes us 13 again.
Go to bed. Go up to the nursery.
I'll send you milk and crackers but mother.
It's Of my fault that he had business out of town.
Yes, it is. If you'd pack up a bit and not

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be so timid and make something of yourself.
He would hear about your attractions from other men and
be curious to meet you himself. Oh, but a family.
I have no one to help me with myambitions.
Go to bed, I certainly won't sitdown to 13.
Go to bed, get out of my sight, Burnham enters from left, it

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will pitch to Morgan matter. Mm mr.
Morgan but I telephoned his madeto tell him not to come.
He couldn't have received the second message Madam for I heard
him explaining to mr. Pringle.
How happy he was to receive yourtelephone invitation That makes
you 13 again unless you don't want me to go to bed.

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Of course, I don't want you to go to bed.
We're back to where we started. 14 Dunham are get the cocktails
ready, Madam. And he told me there were
several motives making their waythrough the snare.
It's late now and Cooks worry about the dinner getting too
dry. The telephone rings Ellyn.
Chumps I won't answer it. I should say not Hello, what is

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it? Yes, yes mrs.
Topper, yes mrs. Stuber but now you must come we
prepared for you. Yes.
Freight of you, your daughter told my daughter about your
house guests and we are delighted to have them but now

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with set for you, but every plate is set.
But your daughter was quite right it wasn't an imposition at
all but you must come now. Of course, my daughter had
authority to invite. The guests. 08 is not all a big
number there is through The table is all set but I beg you

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but my dear, you are not imposing.
Oh but how foolish of you to take that stand?
Why my dear my dear. She hangs up the receiver.
Now what do you think of that mr.
Stuber is perfectly Furious. Adela for telling you about the
houseguests. Incest, Ella has no tact that

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nothing would induce her to bring eight when we invited six.
So, she's leaving Ella and hurryat home.
Only six are coming. Remove two plates Dunham were
twelve after all. But if you leave it 12, father,
can't sit at the end. I shall go mad.
I'll never entertain again. Never never people are to know

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whether they're coming or not, but they accept and regret and
Cretin except they drive me. Wild then ham goes out.
This is my last dinner party. My very last, a fiasco.
And utter Fiasco haphazard crowdharue together when I had
planned everything. So beautifully.

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Now how shall I seek them? How shall I seek them?
If I put mr. Tupper here and mrs.
Connelly. There then mrs.
Stuber has to sit next to her husband and if I wanted mr.
Morgan. There it's Impossible.
I might as well put their names in a hat and draw them out at
random. Never again, I'm through through

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would Society with a POTUS with friends.
I wipe my slate clean. Tell Miss my entertainments,
they'll wish they had been more considerate after this.
I'm going to live for myself andgo to be selfish and hard and
unsociable and drink my liquor myself.
Instead of offering it Gratis, to the whole, Town, I'm through

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through with men, like Oliver Farnsworth.
I don't care how rich they are, how influential they are, how
important they are. They're nothing without causes e
and consideration. Business often trained nonsense
didn't want to come. Didn't want to meet a sweet
pretty girl. Didn't want to marry her Well,

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he's not good enough for you. Don't you marry him.
Don't you dare to marry him? I won't let you marry him.
Do you hear if you try to elope or anything like that?
I'd break it off. Yes.
I would Oliver Farnsworth will never get recognition again from
me. He is beneath my notice, I hate
all of us aren't worth Don't have enters with a note on a

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silver plate. Who needs for mr.
Farnsworth madam. A note from mr.
Farnsworth, she digs and opens it?
Yes. Madam there are two strange
gentleman in the lower Hall. They presented this letter.
He said he was the secretary areall the other guests that
upstairs in the drawing room, Madame.

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I counted 12 in all including you and mr.
Pringle and Miss Elaine but the true gentleman downstairs Madam
a waiting for your answer. The one gentleman's face looked
very familiar Madam but I can't just Place him although I'm sure
I've seen his face somewhere. She has been reading the note

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and is almost fainting with surprise and joy, see his face
somewhere. Oh my goodness Elaine, it's the
Prince of Wales. The second he said you cut off
the telephone or Central disconnected.
You, he was about to tell you that mr.
Farnsworth knew that the blizzard had prevented His

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Highness from keeping engagementway.
Uptown The Prince of Wales sitting in my lower hole,
waiting for me to ask him to dinner, then we'll be 13 again.
There's a secretary Miss he is it?
Bodyguard mrs. Pringle rising to the occasion.

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Certainly, the secretary Lane weshall be fortunate.
Inner serve. The cocktails Dunham.
The guests May sit anywhere. They choose.
I shall bring the prince in withme.
Yelling following but Mother wasn't it?
Nice of Oliver. Farnsworth said, the prince in
this place. Didn't I hope I say that Oliver.

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Farnsworth was the most considerate of men.
I think I shall like mr. Farnsworth silly child?
It's too late now to like mr. Farnsworth, it's time now to
like the prince starting out I always manage somehow to be the
most successful of hostesses. Thank God for the blizzard.

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Curtain. End of 14 by and his Christian
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The play is moonshine by Arthur,Hopkins recorded bike Larsa and
Greg Evans. Seen Hut of a Moonshiner in the
mountain. Wilds of North Carolina, door
back left window back, right center, old deal Table.
Right Center, kitchen chair. At either side of table, not

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close to it. Old cupboard in left corner.
Rude, stone fireplace left side on back, wall, near door is a
rough pencil sketch of a man hanging from a tree.
At rise of curtain. A commotion is heard outside of
the HUD All right, boys, just leaving the me.
Get in there. Mr. Revenue revenue.

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A northerner and city of Tyre without hat clothes Dusty is
pushed through the doorway. Luke a lanky ill-dressed
Southerner following closes doorrevenues hands are tied behind
him. You must excuse the boys for
making a demonstration over you mr.
Revenue but you see they don't come across.
You feels very frequently. Always get excited.
I appreciate that. I'm welcome to Jeju is and I'm

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just going to untie your hands long enough.
You to take a sociable drink. Goes to stranger fills in all
pockets for weapons. I'll reckon you're traveling.
Peaceable unties hands. Okay, sit down.
Thank you. Yes, sir, mr.
Boys. Ain't seen.
One of you fellows for near two years.
Began to think he was going to neglect us.

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I was hoping you might be Jim Dunn.
Have a drink. No, thank you.
Your make is too strong for me. Hey, no luck to drink alone.
You get company better, have some very well, my friend.
I suffer willingly, All right. Can y'all do like the flavor of

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liquor that ain't been? Stamped.
It's not so bad. Last Revenue to sit in that.
Chair got drunk on. My make that wouldn't be
difficult now, but it was awkward.
Why I have to wait till he's sober up before I gave him his
ticker. I don't feel like sending him to
Heaven drunk. He'd found it awkward climbing
that Golden Ladder. The thoughtful executioner.
So it's you. Maybe you can delay.
Things a little by Delhi. And with the liquor Revenue

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picks up cup, gets it as far as his lips.
Only puts it down the price is too great.
I'm Mighty sorry. You ain't Jim Dunn, but I reckon
you ain't. You don't answer his likeness
who's Jim Dunn. You ought to know who Jim done
is, he's just about the worst. One of you Revenue Critters that
ever. Hit these parts.
You got four of the boys in jail.

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We got a little reception all ready for him.
See that pointing to sketch on back wall.
Yes, that's Jim Dunn. Doesn't look much like anyone.
Well, that's what Jim Donna looklike when we get him, huh.
Mice are you and Jim Dunn. I'm sorry to disappoint you.
Luke turning to cupboard and filling pipe.

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Ho. It's all right.
I reckon one revenues about as good.
Another after all are you sure? I'm a revenuer.
Well, since we catch the climbing trees and snooping
around the Stills. I reckon we won't take no
chances that you ain't ya. Say maybe you'd like a cigar
here's one I've been saving for quite a spell back thinking
maybe I'd have come. Maybe someday, no, thank you,
brings out, dried up cigar, hands it to him, they know not

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to smoke alone when you got company striking match and
holding it to revenue. You better smoke Revenue bites
off end and mouth is filled withdust spits out dust.
Luke holds match to cigar with difficulty Revenue lights it.
That's a good, a five-cent cigaras you can get in Henderson.

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After two Puffs makes wry face, throw cigar on table.
You make death, very easy, mr. Lux my name, you can call me
Luke. Make you feel as though you had
a friend near you at the end, Luke hazy, not the Lucchese, the
cleaned out the Crosby family. How'd you hear about it?
Hear about it. Why your name's been in every
newspaper in the United States? Every time you killed another

(01:41:51):
Crosby, the whole Feud was told all over again.
Why I seen your picture in the papers 20 times?
I never had one took that. Don't stop them from printing
it. Don't you ever read the
newspapers me read? I am read nothing for 30 years.
Reckon I could And read two lines in an hour.
You've missed a lot of information about yourself.
How many Crosby did they say? I killed.
I think the last report said that you would just remove the

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12th. It's a lie.
I only killed six. That's all.
They was growed up. I'm awaiting for one now it's
only 13. Will he be ripe?
Just as soon as he comes to looking for me?
Will he come, he'll come if he'sa Crosby.
The brave family. They don't make them any braver.
They be first-rate. Folks, if they wasn't Crosby's,
if you feel that way, why did you start fighting the I never

(01:42:33):
started no fight. My granddad had some
misunderstanding with their granddad.
I don't know, just what we was about, but I reckon my granddad
was right? I'll see you through.
You must think a lot of your grandfather never seen him, but
it ain't no luck going again. Your own kin, won't you have a
drink? No, no.
Thank you. Well, mr.
Revenue, I reckon, we might, as well have this over, what?

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Well, you won't get drunk and I can't be put to the trouble of
having someone guard. You, they'll not be necessary.
Oh, I know. You like to share place now, but
this evening you might take it in your head too.
Walk out I'll not walk out unless you make me taste, like
I'll let you but I wouldn't blame you none if you tried but
I'll not say mr. Revenue, I wonder if you know
what you're up against what do you mean?

(01:43:16):
I mean I got a kill you well that lets me out what I mean.
I mean I've been trying to commit suicide for the last two
months but I haven't had the nerve suicide.
Yes, now that you're willing to kill me.
The problem is solved. Why would you want to commit
suicide for? I just want to stop living.
That's all you must have. Reason, no special reason.

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I find like doll and I'd like toget out of it dull.
Yes, I hate to go to bed. I hate to get up.
I don't care for food, I can't drink liquor.
I find people either malicious or dull.
I see by the fate of my acquaintances both men and women
that love is a farce. I've seen Fame and preference
come to those who least deserve them while the whole world
kicked in cuff. The worthy ones.

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The craftier schemer gets the most money in glory.
While the fair-minded dealers humiliated in the bankruptcy
court, in the name of the law, every crime is committed.
In the name of religion. Every Vice has indulged.
In the name of Education. Greatest ignorance is rampant.
Don't get all of that, but I reckon you're some put out.
I am the world's of failure. What's more?

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It's a farce. I don't like it, but I can't
change it. So I'm just aching for a chance
to get out of it. And you my dear friend are going
to present me that opportunity. Yes, I reckon you'll get your
wish now good. If you only knew how I've tried
to get killed, why don't you kill yourself?
I was afraid afraid. What hurt me?
Self. No afraid of the consequences.
We mean, do you believe in another life after this one?

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It's I use I ever gave it much thought, well, don't, because if
you do, you'll never kill another Crosby.
Not even Revenue officer saying that bad.
Is it worse? 20 times.
I've had a revolver to my head, crazy to die.
And then as my finger, press thetrigger, I'd get a terrible
dread dread that I was plunging into worst errors in this world.
Ever knew if killing were the end, it would be easy.

(01:45:00):
But what if it's only the beginning of something worse, we
have got to take some chances. Has, I'll not take that one.
You know, mr. Luke life was given to us by
someone who probably never intended that we should take it
and that someone has something ready for people who destroy his
property. That's what frightens me.
You do too much worrying to be aregular suicide.
Yes, I do. That's why I changed my plan.

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What plan my plan for dying? I'll have been, you didn't give
up the idea. No indeed, I'm still determined
to die, but I'm going to make someone else responsible.
Also, you ain't willing to pay for your own funeral music.
No sir, I'll furnish the passenger but someone else must
buy the You see, when I finally decided I'd be killed.
I immediately expose myself to every danger.
I knew how in a thousand ways. Did you ever see an automobile?

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Know they go faster than steam engines and they don't stay on
tracks? Did you ever hear a Fifth
Avenue, New York? No.
Fifth Avenue is jammed with automobiles eight, deep all day
long. People being killed every day.
I crossed Fifth Avenue, a thousand times a day, every day
for weeks. Never once trying to get out of
the way and always praying, I'd be hit, couldn't you get hit no

(01:46:03):
automobile. Has only hit people who try to
get out of the way. Well that failed.
I frequent in the lowest. Dives on the Bowery flashing, a
roll of money and wearing diamonds.
Hoping they'd kill me for them. They stole the money and
diamonds, but never touched me. Couldn't you pick a fine?
I'm coming to that, you know, upnorth.
They believe that a man can be killed in the South for calling
another man, a liar. That's right.

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It is, is it? Well, I've called men Lars from
Washington to Atlanta and I'm here to tell you about it.
They must have took pity on you.Do you know, to gun?
Jake to keeps the dog. Down in Henderson.
I should thank god, dude, Jake. Skilled enough of them, he's a
bad man, ain't he, you know, trifler I wound up in Jake's
Place two nights ago pretending to be drunk, Jake was cursed
niggers, he's always doing that.So I'll build my way up to the

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bar and announced that I was an expert in the discovery of
nigger. Blood could tell a nigger who
was sixty Three, Sixty fourth white, you can no I can't but I
made them believe it. I then offered to look them over
and tell them if they had any nigger blood in them, a few of
them sneaked away, but the rest stood for it.
I passed them all until I got toto gun.
Jake, examined his Balls. Looked at his fingernails and
said, you're a nigger. What did Jake do?

(01:47:08):
He turned pale took me into the back room.
He said, honest-to-god mister, can you see nigger blood in me?
I said, yes, there's no mistake about it.
Not a bit. I answered good.
God, he said I always suspected it.
Then he pulled out his gun and shot himself.
Jake shot himself as he did. I don't know.
I was too disgusted to wait. I wandered around until I

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thought of you Moonshiners scrambled around in the
mountains till I found your still, I sat on it and waited
until you boys showed up. And here I am and you're going
to kill me so you want us to do your killing for you.
Do you? You're my last hope.
If I fail this time, I may as well give it up, Luke takes out
revolver turn sideways and secretly removes cartridges from

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chamber Rises. What was that noise?
Liz revolver on table and steps outside of door Revenue.
Looks at revolver. Apparently without interest,
Luke cautiously enters doorway and expresses surprise at seeing
Revenue making no attempt to secure revolver.
Feigning excitement goes to table.
Picks up a gun. All right, good, I'm getting
careless leaving the good layingaround.

(01:48:12):
Here that away. Didn't you see it?
Yes. Why don't you grab for it?
What? For, to get the drop on me.
Can't you understand what I've been telling you, mr.
I don't want the drop on you. Well doggone, if I don't believe
you're telling me the truth thought, I'd just see what you
do. You see?
I emptied it first. That wasn't necessary.
Well, I reckon you'd better get along out of here.

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Mister, you don't mean you're weak.
I ain't got no call to do your killing for you.
If you ain't sport enough to do it yourself, I reckon you can go
on suffering but I told you why?I don't want to do it.
One murder more or less means nothing to you.
You don't care about the Hereafter, maybe I don't, but
there ain't no use my taking anymore chances than I have to.
To, and what's more mr. From what you've been telling

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me, I reckon there's a charm on you and I ain't gonna take no
chances going again, charms. So you're going to go back on
me. Yes, siree.
Well, maybe some of the other boys will be willing, I'll wait
till they come the other boys ain't going to see you.
You are leaving this place rightnow.
Now it won't do no good. You may as well go Peaceable
because you ain't got no right to expect us to Bear your

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burdens. Damn it.
All I've spoiled it again. I reckon you'd better make up
your mind to go on living. That looks like the only Way
out. Come on.
I'll let you ride my horse to town.
It's the only one we got. You can leave it at to gun
Jake's and one of the boys will go get it or I reckon I'll go
over myself and see if Jake madea job of it.
I suppose it's no use arguing with you not a bit.

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Come on you. Well, I'd like to leave my
address. So if you ever come to New York,
you can look me up. And likely I'll ever come to New
York? Well, I'll leave it.
Anyhow. Have you a piece of paper paper
what you write on? Never had none.
Mr. Mmm Revenue looking about room sees.
Jim Dunn's picture on wall goes to it, takes it down.

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If you don't mind, I'll put it on the back of Jim Dunn's.
Picture placing picture on table, begins to print.
I'll print it for you so it'll be easy to read.
My address is here. So if you change your mind you
can send form an unlikely. Come on, both go to doorway.
Luke extends hand Revenue, takesit.

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Goodbye mr. Cheer up.
There's a horse. Goodbye.
Don't be so glum mr. Let me hear you.
Laugh just wants for you go. Oh come on laughs out with it
hardy. Hardy her yet.

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Look watches for a moment, then returns to table, takes a drink
picks up picture, turns it around several times before
getting it right, then begins tostudy in attempting to make out
the name. He slowly traces in the air with
his index finger, a capital j. G g is Jim.

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Jim Jim done. By God.
He rushes to Corner, grab, shotgun runs to doorway, raised
his gun in Direction. Stranger has gone, looks
intently, then slowly, let's gunfall to his side and scans the
distance. With his hand, shadowing his
eyes, steps inside, slowly, putsgun and corner seats himself at

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table, Jim Dunn, and he begged me to kill him.
The end this recording was bike Larsa and Greg Evans.

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