Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay by Lord (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett) Dunsany
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AGMAR They have seen their own fears dancing in the desert. They have
seen something green after the light was gone, and some child has told them a tale that it was us. I do not know what they have seen. What should they have seen? ULF Something was coming this way from the desert, he said. SLAG What should come from the desert? AGMAR They are a foolish people. ULF That man's white face has seen some frightful thing. SLAG A frightful thing? ULF That man's face has been near to some frightful thing. AGMAR It is only we that have frightened them, and their fears have made them foolish. (Enter an attendant with a torch or lantern which he places in a receptacle. Exit.) THAHN Now we shall see the faces of the girls when they come to the banquet. MLAN Never had beggars such a time. AGMAR Hark! They are coming. I hear footsteps. THAHN The dancing girls. They are coming. |
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