Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory
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every man should quit the table before he is satisfied
--there are some would walk to the door and back with every bite. _King_: Is it that I am to eat my meal standing, the same as a crane in a shallow, or moving from tuft to thistle like you'd see a jennet on the high road? _Queen_: Well, at the least, let you drink down a share of this tansy juice. I was telling you it would be answerable to your health. _King_: You are doing entirely too much for me. _Queen_: Sure I am here to be comfortable to you. This house before I came into it was but a ship without a rudder! Here now, take the spoon in your hand. _Dall Glic_: Leave it there, Queen, and I'll engage he'll swallow it down bye-and-bye. _Queen_: Is it that _you_ are meddling, Dall Glic? It is time some person took you in hand. I wonder now could that dark eye of yours be cured? _Dall Glic_: It is given in that it can not, by doctors and by druids. |
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