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Why Jesus Wept
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WHY JESUS WEPT.
LADY GLENSTRAE.
What medicine ? I never take medicine !
SIR PERCY.
But you gave it to me — with a needle.
LADY GLENSTRAE.
Oh, that medicine ! You like it ?
SIR PERCY.
It is heaven, heaven ! It is called —
LADY GLENSTRAE.
Morphia.
They rest.
SCENE XII
TWO YEARS LATER
Night : The Strand, opposite the Hotel Cecil. A chemist’s shop behind. A grey,
old, wizen man staggers into the shop.
CHEMIST.
This prescription has been made up before, sir.
THE MAN.
Yes, I want it renewed, quickly, quickly.
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