Giles Corey, Yeoman - A Play by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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forward the body of the accused.
[Afflicted Girls _shriek._ Constables _lead_ Olive _forward._ Martha _is led to one side._ _Martha._ Be of good cheer, dear child. _Giles._ Yes, be not afraid of them, lass; thy father is here. _Hathorne._ Silence! Olive Corey, why do you so afflict these other maids? _Olive._ I do not, your worship. _Ann._ She is looking at me. Oh, bid her look away, or she will kill me! _Olive._ Oh, Ann, I do not! What mean you, dear Ann? _Hathorne._ I charge you, Olive Corey, keep your eyes upon the floor. _Giles._ Look where you please, lass, and thy old father will uphold thee in it; and I only wish your blue eyes could shoot pins into the lying hussies. _Hathorne._ Goodman, an ye disturb the peace again, ye shall be removed from court. Ann Hutchins, you have seen this maid hurt you? _Ann._ Many a time she hath hurt me nigh to death. |
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