George Washington, a Dramatic Tome: Volume 2

December 13th, 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia. A very ill George Washington is in bed dreaming. A light enters the room. Then a man, well dressed in the 18th century style, enters where the light is shining. George recognizes the man to be his dead brother Lawrence. ?I?m a messenger, George, simply a messenger, sent here to show you your life. In your deeds, your words, in your spirit raised from the depths of your being. So let us start forth here where we will fetch your thoughts from your dreams. Right now in this one night we shall share your life?s memory. So dream, brother, dream a dream tonight. In your bed asleep, dream things so true. Dream of love, George, dream of desire, of loss, of gain, dream of sadness, of happiness, George, dream on the wonder of life, your life. And so George Washington is sleeping here. Dreaming