Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger by August Strindberg
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page 139 of 215 (64%)
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JULIE. That's a lie. It was I who broke it. Did he say he broke it--
the wretch! JEAN. I don't believe that he was a wretch. You hate men, Miss Julie. JULIE. Most of them. Sometimes one is weak-- JEAN. You hate me? JULIE. Excessively. I could see you shot-- JEAN. Like a mad dog? JULIE. Exactly! JEAN. But there is nothing here to shoot with. What shall we do then? JULIE [Rousing herself].We must get away from here--travel. JEAN. And torture each other to death? JULIE. No--to enjoy, a few days, a week--as long as we can. And then to die. JEAN. Die! How silly. I think it's better to start the hotel. JULIE [Not heeding him]. By the Lake of Como where the sun is always shining, where the laurel is green at Christmas and the |
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