Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger by August Strindberg
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page 132 of 215 (61%)
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[laughs] because they were going to arrest him for non-support of
his children. JULIE. So you are such a-- JEAN. What better could I have hit on! One must always be romantic to capture a woman. JULIE. Wretch! Now you have seen the eagle's back, and I suppose I am to be the first limb-- JEAN. And the limb is rotten-- JULIE [Without seeming to hear]. And I am to be the hotel's signboard-- JEAN. And I the hotel-- JULIE. And sit behind the desk and allure guests and overcharge them-- JEAN. Oh, that'll be my business. JULIE. That a soul can be so degraded! JEAN. Look to your own soul. JULIE. Lackey! Servant! Stand up when I speak. JEAN. Don't you dare to moralize to me. Lackey, eh! Do you think |
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