Giles Corey, Yeoman - A Play by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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_Nancy._ Them that won't hear be deafer than them that's born so.
Massy, what a screech! _Phoebe._ Oh, Olive, Olive! Don't let 'em catch me! _Olive._ Nobody wants to catch you. Be quiet now, and I'll sing to you. Then you won't think you hear screeches. _Nancy._ We won't, hey? _Olive._ Be quiet! This folly hath gone too far. [_Sings spinning song._ SPINNING SONG. "I'll tell you a story; a story of one, 'Twas of a great prince whose name was King John. A great prince was he, and a man of great might In putting down wrong and in setting up right. To my down, down, down, derry down." _Nancy._ Massy, what screeches! [_Screams violently._ _Phoebe._ Oh, Nancy, 'twas you screeched then. _Nancy._ It wasn't me; 'twas a witch in the chimbly. (_Screams again._) There, hear that, will ye? I tell ye 'twa'n't me. I 'ain't opened my mouth. _Olive._ Nancy, I will bear no more of this. If you be not quiet, I |
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