Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger by August Strindberg
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KRISTIN. No--did you see it? JEAN. Yes, indeed, I did. They were out in the stable yard one evening and she was "training" him as she called it. Do you know what happened? She made him leap over her riding whip, the way you teach a dog to jump. He jumped it twice and got a lash each time; but the third time he snatched the whip from her hand and broke it into pieces. And then he vanished! KRISTIN. Was that the way it happened? No, you don't say so! JEAN. Yes, that's the way the thing happened. But what have you got to give me that's good, Kristin? KRISTIN. [She takes things from the pans on stove and serves them to him.] Oh, it's only a bit of kidney that I cut out of the veal steak for you. JEAN [Smelling the food]. Splendid! My favorite delicacy. [Feeling of plate]. But you might have warmed the plate. KRISTIN. You're fussier than the Count, when you get started. [Tweaks his hair.] JEAN. Don't pull my hair! You know how sensitive I am. KRISTIN. Oh--there, there! you know I was only loving you. [Jean eats, and Kristin opens bottle of beer.] |
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