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Lucky Pehr by August Strindberg
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barefooted!

PEHR. Moreover, the community isn't worth a straw; the whole thing
is only a sham! _The common good, the common good_--one never talks
of anything else. What, then, is the common good? It strikes me as
being an agreement between a few private individuals.

LISA. It should be everyone's good, but it isn't. Make it so, and
it will be so.

PEHR. I want to--oh, I want to do it, but I haven't the power!

LISA. Then get it, Pehr, and let's see if I have made a mistake.

PEHR. [Breaks irons and comes down stage.] You shall see, Lisa,
that I will do something big when I have the power.

LISA. Why something big? Something good would be better.

PEHR. But you must always be by my side, Lisa. What was it that the
bird in the wood sang?

LISA. That I will tell you next time.

PEHR. No, now!

LISA. He said: "I love you!"

PEHR. Won't you love me, Lisa?

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