Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors. Pariah. by August Strindberg
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GUSTAV. Yes, why? Well, it's nothing that concerns you, but that's the way it is. And while you are trying to figure out why, the mishap has already occurred. ADOLPH. What mishap? GUSTAV. However, the first husband was a tyrant, and she took him only to get her freedom. You see, a girl cannot have freedom except by providing herself with a chaperon--or what we call a husband. ADOLPH. Of course not. GUSTAV. And now you are the chaperon. ADOLPH. I? GUSTAV. Since you are her husband. (ADOLPH keeps a preoccupied silence.) GUSTAV. Am I not right? ADOLPH. [Uneasily] I don't know. You live with a woman for years, and you never stop to analyse her, or your relationship with her, and then--then you begin to think--and there you are!--Gustav, you are my friend. The only male friend I have. During this last week you have given me courage to live again. It is as if your own magnetism had been poured into me. Like a watchmaker, you have |
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