George. Yes, I'm here, somewhere, interferin'. O, Miss Zoe, why you ask ole Dido for dis pizen? Will ye? What! [A pause.] Bless'ee, Missey Zoe, here it be. [Shows plate. Mrs. P.Yes, there is a hope left yet, and I cling to it. Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. [Calls off.] Paul. M'Closky. The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' To "Mrs. Peyton, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States." Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. Scud. [Conceals himself.]. No; not you---George. [GoesR.,*and looks atWahnotee,L.,through the camera;Wahnoteesprings back with an expression of alarm.*]. Frank Capra, If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. Dar, do ye hear dat, ye mis'able darkies, dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is. look sar! Scud. Whar's breakfass? Let me be sold then, that I may free his name. that'll save her. Even a letter, promising something---such is the feeling round amongst the planters. You'll take care, I guess, it don't go too cheap. Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. What, sar! [R.] Well, what's the use of argument whar guilt sticks out so plain; the boy and Injiun were alone when last seen. She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. I couldn't bear to see him put to work. I'ss, Mas'r George. Ratts. O! Would you now? I only come back to find Wahnotee; whar is dat ign'ant Ingiun? George. Hi! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. this is worth taking to---in this desk the judge used to keep one paper I want---this should be it. M'Closky. When Dion Boucicault's tragedy The Octoroon (set on a southern plantation) opened in December of 1859, many viewed the play as sectional propaganda; there was widespread disagreement, however, concerning the side for which the play argued. [Dora*gets water.] [Examines paper.]. I don't tink you will any more, but dis here will; 'cause de family spile Dido, dey has. May Heaven bless him for the thought, bless him for the happiness he spread around my life. O, Mas'r Scudder, he didn't cry zackly; both ob his eyes and cheek look like de bad Bayou in low season---so dry dat I cry for him. George---George---hush---they come! Poor Injiun lub our little Paul. George R R Martin. For the first time, twenty-five thousand---last time! His greatest successes however, were on London's stages. I heard voices. Point. McClosky desires Zoe for himself, and when she rejects his proposition, he plots to have her sold with the rest of the slaves, for he knows that she is an octoroon and is legally part of the Terrebonne property. M'Closky. Sunny. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. Pete. No, Injiun; we deal out justice here, not revenge. What! "No. He has a strange way of showing it. M'Closky. E.---Wahnoteefaces him.---Fight---buss. Be the first to contribute! No, dear. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Fifteen thousand bid for the Octoroon. Go on, Colonel. Zoe. Dat's what her soul's gwine to do. Scud. A view of the Plantation Terrebonne, in Louisiana.---A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate.---A low built, but extensive Planter's Dwelling, surrounded with a veranda, and raised a few feet from the ground, occupies theL. Mr. Peyton! George. Scud. Point. All right, Judge; I thought there was a mistake. but her image will pass away like a little cloud that obscured your happiness a while---you will love each other; you are both too good not to join your hearts. George. Yes, missus. Says he'll go if I'll go with him. Zoe. You begged me to call this morning. You got dat bottle of rum hid under your blanket---gib it up now, you---Yar! Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! this letter the old lady expects---that's it; let me only head off that letter, and Terrebonne will be sold before they can recover it. Scud. It is certain, madam; the judge was negligent, and doubtless forgot this small formality. I see it in your face. Zoe realizes that she is in love with him too, but they cannot marry, as she is an Octoroon, and, under 19th century laws, their marriage was legally prohibited. 'Tis true! [L.] Mr. George, I'm going to say somethin' that has been chokin' me for some time. Now, den, if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold, she'll begin screechin' like a cat. Zoe. Dear Dora, try to understand it with your heart. yar, you Wahnotee! Why, with principal and interest this debt has been more than doubled in twenty years. Scud. Scud. how sad she looks now she has no resource. Now, what have you done to show them the distinction? George. O, how I lapped up her words, like a thirsty bloodhound! Sunny. George. Mr. George, I am afraid, if all we hear is true, you have led a dreadful life in Europe. Darn ye! Mrs. P.Read, George. Is it on such evidence you'd hang a human being? [Zoe sings without,L.]. I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. Thank ye; thank ye. Zoe. Pete. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. [Scudder*takes out watch.*]. Zoe! No, I'm the skurriest crittur at a fight you ever see; my legs have been too well brought up to stand and see my body abused; I take good care of myself, I can tell you. Point. We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. Hello! Jacob M'Closky, 'twas you murdered that boy! Judge, my friend. Guess that you didn't leave anything female in Europe that can lift an eyelash beside that gal. It's such a long time since I did this sort of thing, and this old machine has got so dirty and stiff, I'm afraid it won't operate. George, you cannot marry me; the laws forbid it! Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. [*With-draws slide, turns and sees*Paul.] I appeal against your usurped authority. Point. George. dem tings---dem?---getaway [*makes blow at the*Children.] By ten I was playing competitively. Scud. And you killed him? I will! Laws, mussey! Scud. The Injiun means that he buried him there! Hillo, darkey, hand me a smash dar. Dora. Dido. The Octoroon was a controversial play on both sides of the slavery debate when it debuted, as both abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates believed the play took the other camp's side. A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] Ah! "A fine, well-built old family mansion, replete with every comfort.". dead---and above him---Ah! Lynch him! Just as soon as we put this cotton on board. A Room in Mrs. Peyton's house; entrances,R.U.E.*andL.U.E.---An Auction Bill stuck up,*L.---chairs,C.,*and tables,*R. and L. Pete. Grace. Zoe. Hold on now! [Knocks.] Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. Eleven hundred---going---going---sold! The proof is here, in my heart. Yes! Mrs. P.[Embracing him.] [*Exit*Mrs. Peyton*and*George,L.U.E.] A slave! Let him answer for the boy, then. Yes, I love you---I did not know it until your words showed me what has been in my heart; each of them awoke a new sense, and now I know how unhappy---how very unhappy I am. [Advances.] [*Exit*Thibodeaux, Sunnyside, Ratts, Pointdexter, Grace, Jackson, Lafouche, Caillou, Solon,R.U.E. Scud. You'se a dead man, Mas'r Clusky---you got to b'lieve dat. He and Zoe admit to their love of each other; a heartbroken Dora leaves. He and his apparatus arrived here, took the judge's likeness and his fancy, who made him overseer right off. Your eyes are red. clar out! No---in kind---that is, in protection, forbearance, gentleness; in all them goods that show the critters the difference between the Christian and the savage. Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. [Wahnotee*raises apron and runs off,*L.U.E.Paul*sits for his picture---M'Closkyappears from*R.U.E.]. This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. I don't like that man. [2] Among antebellum melodramas, it was considered second in popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).[3]. [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. Their presence keeps alive the reproach against me that I ruined them; yet, if this money should come. Why, Dora, what's the matter? You will not give me to that man? M'Closky. E.---Wahnotefollows him.---Screams outside. If I was to try, I'd bust. Paul. George. He's yours, Captain Ratts, Magnolia steamer. Pete. 2, the yellow girl Grace, with two children---Saul, aged four, and Victoria five." Point. Nebber supply no more, sar---nebber dance again. I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? Scud. Hold on a bit, I get you de bottle. That they become fads. Enjoy reading and share 14 famous quotes about Boucicaults The Octoroon with everyone. Good day, Mr. Thibodeaux---shall we drive down that way? Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. now mind. You told me it produced a long, long sleep. O, forgive him and me! the bags are mine---now for it!---[Opens mail-bags.] Den say de missus, "'Tain't for de land I keer, but for dem poor niggars---dey'll be sold---dat wot stagger me." Dora. [*To*Wahnotee.] Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. Mrs. P.Yes; the firm has recovered itself, and I received a notice two months ago that some settlement might be anticipated. I guess he ain't left home yet, Colonel. Here we are on the selvage of civilization. Sunny. I'm from fair to middlin', like a bamboo cane, much the same all the year round. How to End "The Octoroon", John A. Degen, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Octoroon&oldid=1114317331, This page was last edited on 5 October 2022, at 22:08. Give us evidence. Weenee Paul. Scud. They don't seem to be scared by the threat. black as nigger; clar as ice. I want Pete here a minute. It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama. Zoe. I always said you were the darndest thief that ever escaped a white jail to misrepresent the North to the South. Now it's cooking, laws mussey, I feel it all inside, as if it was at a lottery. Scud. Ten years ago the judge took as overseer a bit of Connecticut hardware called M'Closky. [Minnie runs off.] Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? what are you blowing about like a steamboat with one wheel for? [Re-enters from boat.] faded---is it not? It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. Pete. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? I fled; it followed. Scud. That judgment still exists; under it and others this estate is sold to-day. Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. Hold on, Jacob, I'm coming to that---I tell ye, I'm such a fool---I can't bear the feeling, it keeps at me like a skin complaint, and if this family is sold up---. Scud. Coventry Patmore, if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. Death was there beside me, and I dared not take it. Wahnotee appears, drunk and sorrowful, and tells them that Paul is buried near them. I shrunk from it and fled. Alas! [Sees tomahawk in Wahnotee's belt---draws it out and examines it.] Well, ma'am, I spose there's no law agin my bidding for it. [Indignantly.] Pete, speak to the red-skin. Because I heard that you had traduced my character. Zoe. Dido. [Seated,R. C.] Fan me, Minnie.---[Aside.] "Whar's Paul?" my dear, dear father! Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. The Octoroon or The Lily of Louisiana is a dark tale of crime, race and slavery. Zoe. . Scud. *, M'Olosky. No---no. Lafouche. [Looks through camera] O, golly! Scudder. See also Because it was the truth; and I had rather be a slave with a free soul, than remain free with a slavish, deceitful heart. Mrs. P.George, I can't spare Paul for an hour or two; he must run over to the landing; the steamer from New Orleans passed up the river last night, and if there's a mail they have thrown it ashore. [SeesPete,*who has set his pail down*L. C.up stage, and goes to sleep on it.] Pointdexter*mounts the table with his hammer, his Clerk sits at his feet. Sunny. Lynch him! Pete. Pete. Now I'm ready. Ask him, I want to know; don't say I told you to inquire, but find out. Wal, as it consarns you, perhaps you better had. EnterSolon*andDidowith coffee-pot, dishes, &c.,*R.U.E. Dido. Scud. look here, these Peytons are bust; cut 'em; I am rich, jine me; I'll set you up grand, and we'll give these first families here our dust, until you'll see their white skins shrivel up with hate and rage; what d'ye say? Go with Dora to Sunnyside. I'm 'most afraid to take Wahnotee to the shed, there's rum there. Everybody---that is, I heard so. Scudder insists that they hold a trial, and the men search for evidence. George. Yes, we do, ma'am; it's in a darned bad condition. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. Come, Zoe, don't be a fool; I'd marry you if I could, but you know I can't; so just say what you want. Five hundred bid---it's a good price. M'Closky. With your New England hypocrisy, you would persuade yourself it was this family alone you cared for; it ain't---you know it ain't---'tis the "Octoroon;" and you love her as I do; and you hate me because I'm your rival---that's where the tears come from, Salem Scudder, if you ever shed any---that's where the shoe pinches. The term sensation drama caught on when Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn, adapted from Gerald Grifn's novel The Collegians, became a hit in 1860. [Music.]. M'Closky. Mas'r Ratts, you hard him sing about de place where de good niggers go, de last time. [Reads.] Would you rob me first, and murder me afterwards? Ain't he! In an act of desperation she drinks a vial of poison, and Scudder enters to deliver the good news that McClosky was proven guilty of murdering Paul and that Terrebonne now belongs to George. there's that noise again! If you want a quarrel---. Zoe. Ratts. Aunty, there is sickness up at the house; I have been up all night beside one who suffers, and I remembered that when I had the fever you gave me a drink, a bitter drink, that made me sleep---do you remember it? I feel that I departed amid universal and sincere regret. den run to dat pine tree up dar [points,L.U.E.] and back agin, and den pull down de rag so, d'ye see? [Knocks.] Zoe. That's a challenge to begin a description of my feminine adventures. Now, I feel bad about my share in the business. Paying the iron price. M'Closky. Zoe is your child by a quadroon slave, and you didn't free her; blood! is this true?---no, it ain't---darn it, say it ain't. I'll lend you all you want. Point. I'd be darned glad if somebody would tear my past life away from me. Scad. Yes, near the quick there is a faint blue mark. ZOE played by an octoroon actress, a white actress, a quadroon actress, a biracial actress, a multi-racial actress, or an actress of color who can pass as an octoroon. here's Mas'r Sunnyside, and Missey Dora, jist drov up. Enjoy reading and share 1 famous quotes about The Octoroonwith everyone. Art becomes art only when it's shared with others. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? [Raises hammer.] Pete. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. And twenty thousand bid. | About Us Where is he? Hold on! two forms! Whoever said so lied. After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. I'll clear him off there---he'll never know what stunned him. He's too fond of thieving and whiskey. Hold on, George Peyton---stand back. forgive your poor child. "Ma'am, your nose drawed it. I left my loves and my creditors equally inconsolable. This blow has staggered me some. Hark! . Act II Summary. And so you really kept those foolish letters? You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. Nothing; but you must learn what I thought you already knew. Scud. I saw the mail-bags lying in the shed this morning. Now's your time.---[Aloud.] Closky tue Paul---kill de child with your tomahawk dar; 'twasn't you, no---ole Pete allus say so. See, I'm calm. George. I fetch as much as any odder cook in Louisiana. Scud. But the creditors will not claim the gal? Omnes. Wahnotee tracks him down and confronts him; in the ensuing struggle, Wahnotee kills McClosky. Just turn your face a leetle this way---fix your---let's see---look here. M'Closky. Dora said you were slow; if she could hear you now---. Excuse me ladies. My dear mother---Mr. Scudder---you teach me what I ought to do; if Miss Sunnyside will accept me as I am, Terrebonne shall be saved; I will sell myself, but the slaves shall be protected. That's right. Hold on a bit. I will; for it is agin my natur' to b'lieve him guilty; and if he be, this ain't the place, nor you the authority to try him. ya! [M'Closky*strikes him on the head---he falls dead.*]. Are you ready? [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. I dare say you left at least a dozen beloved women there, at the same time. Is de folks head bad? I won't go on; that man's down. [Darts between them.] You blow, Mas'r Scudder, when I tole you; dere's a man from Noo Aleens just arriv' at de house, and he's stuck up two papers on de gates; "For sale---dis yer property," and a heap of oder tings---and he seen missus, and arter he shown some papers she burst out crying---I yelled; den de corious of little niggers dey set up, den de hull plantation children---de live stock reared up and created a purpiration of lamentation as did de ole heart good to har. M'Closky. They do not notice Zoe.---[Aloud.] If you haven't spoiled her, I fear I have. Hold your tongue---it must. George. Zoe. [Wahnotee*sits*L.,rolled in blanket.]. M'Closky. Look here, you're free, you know nary a master to hurt you now: you will stop here as long as you're a mind to, only don't look so. George. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. M'Closky overhears their conversation, but still vows he'll "have her if it costs [him] [his] life" (44). Now fix yourself. What's here? I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Isn't he sweet! Point. Uh---uh, let's have a peep. Say what you know---not what you heard. Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. Take your hand down---take it down. for, darn me, if I can find out. M'Closky. Sunny. Zoe. The first mortgagee bids forty thousand dollars. You don't come here to take life easy. Then, if they go, they'll take Zoe---she'll follow them. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! [*To*Ratts.] The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. Pete. You will not forget poor Zoe! Pete. [Knocks.] You made her life too happy, and now these tears will be. Stephen King, I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. Zoe. Adam had a job, a place to live, and food that he could provide for his woman. [Tumbles upon the table.]. [*Aside to*Mrs. You have been tried---honestly tried and convicted. Lafouche. My father gives me freedom---at least he thought so. Author: Dahlia Lithwick. M'Closky. Have I slept upon the benefits I received, and never saw, never felt, never knew that I was forgetful and ungrateful? Pete. Dat's right, missus! The eye of the Eternal was on you---the blessed sun in heaven, that, looking down, struck upon this plate the image of the deed. Now, gentlemen, I'm proud to submit to you the finest lot of field hands and house servants that was ever offered for competition; they speak for themselves, and do credit to their owners.---[Reads.] George, George, your words take away my breath! Sunny. Yah! Tousand dollars, Massa Thibodeaux. Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. Scud. Jackson. They owed him over fifty thousand dollars. Zoe. 4, the Octoroon girl, Zoe.". Scud. The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. [Exit slowly, as if concealing himself,R.U.E. George. No, no! George. No, ma'am, I worked like an ass---an honest one, and that's all. Thib. [Zoe*helps her. come home---there are strangers in the house. In a few hours that man, my master, will come for me; he has paid my price, and he only consented to let me remain here this one night, because Mrs. Peyton promised to give me up to him to-day. Why don't he return to his nation out West? Tullian Tchividjian. Can you take any more? Ratts. I see we are just in time for breakfast. Hey! You gib me rattan, Mas'r Clostry, but I guess you take a berry long stick to Wahnotee; ugh, he make bacon of you. Is the prisoner guilty, or is he not guilty? How dar you say dat, you black nigger, you? Search him, we may find more evidence. Gustave Flaubert, Not that anyone short of God Almighty could have gotten Marcus Senior to rest and take it easy. Minnie (a Quadroon Slave) Miss Walters. Zoe, the more I see of George Peyton the better I like him; but he is too modest---that is a very impertinent virtue in a man. No, I hesitated because an attachment I had formed before I had the pleasure of seeing you had not altogether died out. Well, he lived in New York by sittin' with his heels up in front of French's Hotel, and inventin'---. Here 'tis---now you give one timble-full---dat's nuff. You can't control everything in life Gemma Burgess, Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty, transparent fingers. *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. That's his programme---here's a pocket-book. Hush! [George*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. Sunny. M'Closky. No, the love I speak of is not such as you suppose,---it is a passion that has grown up here since I arrived; but it is a hopeless, mad, wild feeling, that must perish. [L.] Yelping hound---take that. Cum yer now---stand round, cause I've got to talk to you darkies---keep dem chil'n quiet---don't make no noise, de missus up dar har us. What's the law? Say, Mas'r Scudder, s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies, den dey cum long wid us, and we 'proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar. George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! If that old nigger ain't asleep, I'm blamed. [Looks off.] But for Heaven's sake go---here comes the crowd. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall Zoe. Be the first to contribute! Synopsis. George. you remind me so much of your uncle, the judge. Some of those sirens of Paris, I presume, [Pause.] Irish - Dramatist December 26, 1822 - September 18, 1890. And what shall I say? Zoe. It carried that easy on mortgage. Paul. EnterLafoucheand*Jackson,L. Jackson. shall we have one law for the red-skin and another for the white? It's a good drink to see her come into the cotton fields---the niggers get fresh on the sight of her. He's yours, Mr. George Peyton. George. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. To-morrow they'll bloom the same---all will be here as now, and I shall be cold. Zoe. What was her name? And I remained here to induce you to offer that heart to Dora! George. Scud. He can fight though he's a painter; claws all over. Stop! Scud. [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. Then I'd like to hire a lady to go to auction and buy my hands. ---Cane-brake Bayou.---Bank,C.---Triangle Fire,R. C.---Canoe,C.---M'Closky*discovered asleep. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. I shan't interfere. [Seizing a fly whisk.] He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. Stay, Mr. Peyton; Zoe, a word! I can go no farther. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! Try him, then---try him on the spot of his crime. Hello, Pete, I never heard of that affair. Look there. Evidence! Ah! Not a picayune. Lynch him! Scud. Where's that man from Mobile that wanted to give one hundred and eighty thousand? Scud. Author: Mike Watt. Zoe. Lafouche. George. Mrs. P.Wahnotee, will you go back to your people? No. [Shows plate to jury.] for me---look ye here! Darn his copper carcass, I've got a set of Irish deck-hands aboard that just loved that child; and after I tell them this, let them get a sight of the red-skin, I believe they would eat him, tomahawk and all. Ratts. [Wakes.] Sunny. here's a bit of leather; [draws out mail-bags] the mail-bags that were lost! Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] What, Zoe! [*ExitM'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R.U.E. Scud. Point. Top, sar! I have come to say good-by, sir; two hard words---so hard, they might break many a heart; mightn't they? You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. New York, NY, Linda Ray George, you know not what you say. You know you can't be jealous of a poor creature like me. George. I daren't move fear to spile myself. Sunnyside, how good you are; so like my poor Peyton. [Scandalized.] I thought I heard the sound of a paddle in the water. Ask the color in your face; d'ye think I can't read you, like a book? [ToMrs. You are a white man; you'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin? Paul. Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. Zoe. ah! So I came here to you; to you, my own dear nurse; to you, who so often hushed me to sleep when I was a child; who dried my eyes and put your little Zoe to rest. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. She didn't mind how kind old judge was to her; and Solon, too, he'll holler, and break de ole lady's heart. M'Closky. One thousand bid. Dora. Why, I was dreaming---curse it! I lost them in the cedar swamp---again they haunted my path down the bayou, moving as I moved, resting when I rested---hush! Yes---when I saw him and Miss Zoe galloping through the green sugar crop, and doing ten dollars' worth of damage at every stride, says I, how like his old uncle he do make the dirt fly. Ain't that a cure for old age; it kinder lifts the heart up, don't it? Zoe. M'Closky. [*Goes*L.] Paul reste el! Dora. Scud. Solon. O! Dora. Zoe. I'll trouble you for that piece of baccy, Judge---thank you---so, gentlemen, as life is short, we'll start right off. I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! Is there any other bid? O, my---my heart! Dido. Well, sir, what does this Scudder do but introduces his inventions and improvements on this estate. Paul. Mrs. P.But it may be years yet before it will be paid off, if ever. good, good nurse: you will, you will. [C.] My dear aunt, why do you not move from this painful scene? He didn't ought to bid against a lady. O, my husband! For ten years his letters came every quarter-day, with a remittance and a word of advice in his formal cavalier style; and then a joke in the postscript, that upset the dignity of the foregoing. Why not! We work. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. M'Closky. Pete. He said so. [Examines the ground.] dat right! [Re-entering.] ], George. Mrs. P.O, George,---my son, let me call you,---I do not speak for my own sake, nor for the loss of the estate, but for the poor people here; they will be sold, divided, and taken away---they have been born here. Alas! George. He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. *], [Light fires.---Draw flats and discoverPaul'sgrave.---M'Closky*dead on top of it.---Wahnoteestanding triumphantly over him.*]. Scud. When the ship's abroad on the ocean, when the army is before the enemy where in thunder's the law? 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