The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
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JUDITH. He said goodbye. ANDERSON (fidgeting nervously to and fro in great concern). Poor fellow, poor fellow! You said goodbye to him in all kindness and charity, Judith, I hope. JUDITH. I kissed him. ANDERSON. What! Judith! JUDITH. Are you angry? ANDERSON. No, no. You were right: you were right. Poor fellow, poor fellow! (Greatly distressed.) To be hanged like that at his age! And then did they take him away? JUDITH (wearily). Then you were here: that's the next thing I remember. I suppose I fainted. Now bid me goodbye, Tony. Perhaps I shall faint again. I wish I could die. ANDERSON. No, no, my dear: you must pull yourself together and be sensible. I am in no danger--not the least in the world. JUDITH (solemnly). You are going to your death, Tony--your sure death, if God will let innocent men be murdered. They will not let you see him: they will arrest you the moment you give your name. It was for you the soldiers came. ANDERSON (thunderstruck). For me!!! (His fists clinch; his neck |
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