Lucky Pehr by August Strindberg
page 74 of 102 (72%)
page 74 of 102 (72%)
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[Enter Pehr--Grand Vizier and Royal Historian having entered just before him. Ameer jumps up from the floor with the genealogical chart; Royal Historian stands quietly and jots down in a book what he hears.] VIZIER. Will it please Your Highness to scan this ancestral chart, which our--and the Kingdom's Ameer has made of Your Highness' illustrious old family tree. PEHR. My ancestral chart? I have never known of any relative but my father, the old sexton. VIZIER. [Pretends not to hear.] It begins with a great and glorious name--Caliph Omar-- PEHR. Caliph Omar! What kind of fish is that? VIZIER. [Sternly.] That is no fish. He was a great and honorable ruler. PEHR. Be that as it may, but I was born in wedlock and not between satin sheets, good gentlemen! VIZIER. It does not become a ruler to be selfish; be must in all particulars sacrifice his personal interests and tastes for the welfare of the people. PEHR. Very good; but does the welfare of the people demand that I shall be illegitimate? |
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