Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw
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EVE. Oh don't! Why doesn't it wake?
ADAM. I don't know. It is not asleep. EVE. Not asleep? ADAM. Try. EVE [_trying to shake it and roll it over_] It is stiff and cold. ADAM. Nothing will wake it. EVE. It has a queer smell. Pah! [_She dusts her hands, and draws away from it_]. Did you find it like that? ADAM. No. It was playing about; and it tripped and went head over heels. It never stirred again. Its neck is wrong [_he stoops to lift the neck and shew her_]. EVE. Dont touch it. Come away from it. _They both retreat, and contemplate it from a few steps' distance with growing repulsion._ EVE. Adam. ADAM. Yes? EVE. Suppose you were to trip and fall, would you go like that? |
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