Plays Princess Maleine The Intruder The Blind The Seven Princesses

Author : Maurice Maeterlinck
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230278988
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book The Plays of Maurice Maeterlinck; Princess Maleine; the Intruder; the Blind; the Seven Princesses written by Maurice Maeterlinck and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... KING. I don't want to see it there! I don't want to see it there! Take it away! [The tapestry is pulled aside, and another appears, depicting "The Last Judgment."] KING. This has been done purposely! HJALMAR. Pray you, father? KING. Oh, avow it. You have done it purposely, and I know right well what you mean. A MAID OF HONOR. What says the King? ANNE. Do not mind him; he has been terrified by this awful night! HJALMAR. Father! my poor father! what is it ails you? A MAID OF HONOR. Sire, will you have a glass of water? KING. Yes, yes. --Oh! no! no ! -- Indeed, all I do, all I do . ., HJALMAR. My father! Sire . . . A MAID OF HONOR. The King is distracted. HJALMAR. My father! . . . ANNE. Sire, your son speaks to you. HJALMAR. Father, why do you keep turning your head? KING. Wait a little! Wait a little! HJALMAR. But why do you turn your head? KING. I felt something on my neck . . ANNE. Come, come, do not be afraid of everything. HJALMAR. There is no one behind you. ANNE. Say no more . . . say no more. Let us go into the chapel. Do you hear the nuns? [Muffled distant chanting. Queen Anne goes to the chapel door. The King follows her and then returns to his seat.] KING. No; no! Do not open the doors yet! ANNE. Are you afraid to enter? -- Why, there is no more danger there than here. Why should the lightning strike the chapel rather than elsewhere? Let us go in. KING. Let us wait a little longer. Let us stay here together. -- Do you think God forgives everything? I have always loved you so far. -- I have never done you harm -- so far -- so far, have I? ANNE. Come, come, no one questions that. -- It seems the storm has caused great damage. ANGUS. They say the swans have flown away. HJALMAR. There is one that is dead. KING. [Startled.] Well, ...