Cagliostro; a dramatic poem in five acts - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...reached the resolution To hint remotely that if, now and then, You would with glances sweep out nooks and corners, You might find dust. Mrs. W. Be plain. Tempt. Matilda may be Pure. Mrs. W. Nonsense! Tempt. Then you know she is not pure? Mrs. W. I did not say so. Tempt. Was her action--pushing You back--not queer? I thought she had some dreadful Confession. Mrs. W. (Contemptuously) Oh! Tempt. Well, I hope so. Mrs. W. How you frighten! Tempt. I know how penitents are prone to act, Tear all considerations, bandages, From their gashed foreheads, though they bleed to death. Breathe not what I have hinted, but be watchful. Mrs. W. Hurry the doctors, please. Exit Temp. (Shaking the door.) George! George I Col. (Unfolding them. ) What?--where Is Templeton? Mrs. W. Gone after doctors. Col. What! Does he care for the General more than we do? Mrs. W. It seems he does. Col. Not till the filmy ailment On Aleck's eyes is off,--the seance--when? Dr. (Starting. ) What seance? Think that I would stay to be At a scene of murder? Col. Hell and damnation! Mrs. W. George! Col. Approach him not. Mrs. W. You must be silly. Rushes towards Plover) Col. Plucking her back) Not For your own easement but for his. His wound, Far more than yours, will needlessly be probed, Kept red, raw, gaping, not let heal, form skin. Ralph. (At door, with hand on head, and to Dr.) A telegram directs you to remain. Mrs. W. Oh! Col. Where is the girl? She did not fetch the spreads. Exit, kicking over the chairs in his way and locking the door. Mrs. W. Quick! I insist on a dozen, at least. Pulls the bell violently, then instinctively arranges the chairs) Dr. Insane, ma'am. Mrs. W. Why not have other physicians to consult with? Dr. Their chattering sickened.me at Petersburg. The Duke was raging, raving, ...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236045653
- ISBN 13 9781236045652
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
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