The Tables Turned - or, Nupkins Awakened. A Socialist Interlude by William Morris
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I knew he was jesting; but I thought that his jesting concealed very
serious earnest. He seemed to me a determined, cunning, and most dangerous person. _Mr. H_. I thank you, professor. [_Exit_ PRO. T. _J. N_. Prisoner, do you want to re-examine the witnesses? What's that noise outside? They ought to be arrested. ["_Marseillaise_" _again without, and tumult nearer_. FREEMAN _listens intently, without heeding the_ JUDGE. _J. N_. Prisoner, why don't you answer? Your insolence won't serve you here, I can tell you. _J. F_. I was listening, Judge; I thought I heard that echo again. _J. N_. Echo again! What does the fellow mean? It's my belief you're drunk, sir: that you have stimulated your courage by liquor. _A Voice_. Look out for _your_ courage, old cockywax; you may have something to try it presently! _J. N_. Officer, arrest that pernicious foreigner. [USHER _promenades once more_. _J. N_. (_Aside_: I don't like it: I'm afraid there is something going to happen.) (_To Court_) Mr. Hungary. |
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