The Lamp and the Bell by Edna St. Vincent Millay
page 35 of 103 (33%)
page 35 of 103 (33%)
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BEA. When it pleased me not, I looked at you. MAR. And when I pleased you not--? BEA. I looked at Harlequin. However, I saw him But fleetingly. Pray, was he dark or fair? LUIGI. Laura! LAU. Who calls? La, it is only Luigi! LUIGI. Laura, there'll be a moon tonight. LAU. I' faith, There was a moon last night. [She sighs.] LUIGI. At ten o'clock, Were I by a certain gate, would you be there? What say you? LAU. Ay,--if weariness overtook me, And I could not get further! CAR. La, 'tis sun-down! [In the meantime the crowd has been breaking up and dispersing. The curtain falls on the disappearing spectators and on Pierrot and his troupe packing up their wagon to go to the next town.] |
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