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THE SCORPION LEDMIYA [at window]. Oh, I can see the spears shining through the dust of the horses! MESSENGER. —but—— LAYLAH. Speak, if thou wouldst ever speak again ! MESSENGER. But the Knights of Malta appeared in great strength, riding from the valley on their noble chargers, armed at all points— LAYLAH. Yes? Yes? MESSENGER. So that we judged it best to fall back upon the reserves. The Maltese fell upon us—you may see them fighting now. LAYLAH. What news of my brave Sliman? FATMA. And Sidi Omar? And Othman? And Akbar? And Mohammed? LAYLAH. Pea…
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THE EQUINOX RINALDO. It may be so. But you are my hostage. [He releases her. Shefaæs him, LAYLAH. A worthless pledge. RINALDO. These silks and pearlsl I could draw your veil through a link in my chain mail. LAYLAH. I am the bride of the Emir. RINALDO. A fair bride I guessed you his daughter. LAYLAH. My feet have not entered his house. RINALDO. Your feet are fair. . . . Can you tell fortunes? LAYLAH. On the forehead of every man his destiny is written. RINALDO. Read mine. LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. RINALDO‘ Then I will read yours. You are to…
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THE SCORPION LAYLAH. Sliman is strong and brave — my splendid boy. FATMA. Ay, there are hairs on his chin. But the strongest and the bravest fall first, LAYLAH. Thou ominous owl I Be silent, or I will have thee whipped. FATMA. Oh! Oh ! indeed Ι only say what we all know. If he should die indeed, thou mayst have Sidi Omar left, thy dear lord. And Othman, and Akbar, and Mohammedl LAYLAH. Sliman is my first-born. FATMA. Ay, he is not like his brothers. He is square and solid-set. He is more like the cedar than the palm. LAYLAH. Sidi Omar's mother wa…
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…Diamonds, by Abraham! Whatwaste! What terrible waste! RINALDO [leaping/”ram his setzt]. The scorpion I [He makes to 76/?!!!שקנmm’ das-þ: LAYLAH in his arms] Laylah! my one lovel LAYLAH, Rinaldo! RINALDO. We might not live together. God is love; He lets us die together. LAYLAH. Together at last I RINALDO. You and I, love, you and I. LAYLAH. You and I. [The flames Haze to hem/en with a 7047. RINALDO and LAYLAH are öle/ted aut. URCHIN. What has he done? ISAAC. He was tryingto save his diamonds. That was the Grand Master of the Temple. It was his cr…
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THE EQUINOX little one, star of the night, beautiful young moon over the sand—dunes [He Clasps her in his arms. LAYLAH [tone/255131]. Victory! Ay, victory is sweet. We shall feast to—night. [She shudders. SAID OMAR [seeing that all is not well]. What is it? What is it? LAYLAH. Ι have had evil dreams. SAID OMAR [to his men]. On to the houses! We must feast; we must sleepi [He takes LAYLAH on his sadai/ehem] You must sleep, whisper of the west wind! LAYLAH. I shall have evil dreams. SAID OMAR. No! you shall not sleep to—night, white fairy of Para…
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THE SCORPION —and at last he is hurled fighting into the hungry mouth of death. LAYLAH. The cloud grows. RINALDO. Indeed you love me, if you bid me waste no time. LAYLAH. Oh nol . . . I must respect you. You treat me as if I were a pebble in the sand. Nothing moves you. RINALDO. Love moves me‘ LAYLAH. We are opposites in all. RINALDO. So Nature hath ordained. Man hates his neighbour : but when he finds his opposite, he loves it. All joy is the warfare of enemies, from the clash of lance and sabre, when Saracen meets Christian on the plain to—this…
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…ve you fire. Twelve hundred years ago came peace on earth and goodwill toward men through avirgin sacrifice. . . . History repeats itself. LAYLAH. I am on the edge of the well ; but I shall not fall in. You area renegade, I see; and, I think, a monster. You are mad with pride and conceit of your own wisdom. SoI know you for a fool. RINALDO, The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. LAYLAH. Prate on I Even the dust mocks at you. RINALDO. There are snakes in the dust. LAYLAH. What do you mean? RINALDO. I saw it in your eyes three minutes si…
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…d often thou hast had it. FATMA. It was not a beating that thou didst earn, princess. Many a time I have fetched water from the well by— LAYLAH. Abdul Khan! take out this prating hag and beat her soundly. Fatma! this is the last time I leave thy lying tongue in that camel—lipped old face of an unbelieving Jinneeyah! [The emam/z drags her om‘, streaming and sea/ding. What news ? What news? LEDMIYA [at the window]. A horseman gallops from Jerusalem. LAYLAH Oh, quick, quick, quick, his tidings! For pity’s sake. Would it were the winged horse of br…
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THE SCORPION THE CHILD. You are ugly, you black creature! LEDMIYA. Oh ! Oh I [She runs to LAYLAH and hides in thefolds ofher dress. LAYLAH What now? LEDMIYA. They are bringing in a corpse. LAYLAH. Oh my God—if Achmet lied! [The a’oor opens The corpse of SIDI OMAR is brought in by six eunuehs.] Ah 1 [Shegoes down hall] Lay him there Ι [She rena’s her weil,] Sidi Omar, these twenty years have I been wedded to thee and thou hast not known my heart! Leave me, that I may bewail him as is fitting. [All deþort but FATMA and LEDMIYA and the PIPE-SLAVES …
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THE SCORPION RINALDO. The cloud blackens all the sky. Laylahl [He takes the 5607191011/70171 his helmet. Keep this token of me. LAYLAH. For a token of hate and of revenge! RINALDO. As you will. But the Crusades are endedl [He draws her to the well, and lays her down. With her arms on the 1070 wall, and her face hidden, she 5005. RINALDO talees his gia/frey, and, with one glance over his shonlder towards the enemy and another to LAYLAH, rides of, driving the 5151175 into his horse. LAYLAH remains sobbing. After 0 long interval she half-rises, an…
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… am your good friend. I will take you back to your father. He is not dead. I am sure he is not dead. THE CHILD. I do not understand you. LAYLAH. Oh, you shall understand. Yourfather will make you understand! [changing again to roughness]. What was your mother like? Had she your golden hair, and the com- plexion like a shaved sow? And the simper, and the grey eyes? I have grey eyes too; but mine are steel—grey, true as steel; and yours are chill and watery. But you have your father’s temper, and his silence, and his will. THE CHILD. What do you …
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…ing are dead in this eternal redressing. Or if we must redress grievances, let us redress the great grievance, man misunderstanding man! LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. [She tries 10 511% away.] RINALDO. Sit there! [He pm‘s her back wry accurate/y.] We worship one God, as you do. That is the essence of agree— ment. We have one prophet, as you have; there’s little odds in a name. Let our tools go worship at the tomb of our prophets, as your fools go worship at the tomb of yours ; and let us break the heads only of those who break the peace. LAYLA…
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THE EQUINOX LAYLAH. The equerry of Prince Slimanl Out of the way, girl ! [She pus/1e: LEDMIYA roughly/”ram the window] Booty! He must be well and victorious! Bring him in! Now we shall know—good tidings! good tidings! [Shepaces?שקand down .]/?!”שמשמ /”?[6711631151 with a young girl. ACHMET. The duty of my Lord! Good tidings from the battle. The spoils of my lord's spear! He prays you to keep her among the women until he return and place her in his harem. LAYLAH. A man! He is a man! I have borne a man- child, a lion, a conqueror! ACHME'I‘. Indee…
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THE EQUINOX But one rides fast, for I can hear his hoofs ring the gallop above all the trampling. LAYLAH. It is Sliman! His horse has silver shoes. Wait there, child! I have joy for you to come. [A horse i: heam’ galloping into the caariyam’, and a bait/e—cry, La Allah illa Allah, rings aut iii a ὄψ᾽: clear voice, a mice weary yet suþrerhely haþþy. [Almost beside herself] Sliman! to me! to your mother! [Slimah mien, in his right hand his sword 51111 driþ— ping Haud. SLIMAN. Splendid fun, mother! We should have had the whole city, but those curs…
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… over Sidi Omar and my brothers —the whole wing was destroyed. I rallied the right on the centre, and—why, mother, you‘re not listening! LAYLAH [ta/king his swam’]. This sword killed your father. Listen! Sidi Omar was not your father. Your father ravished me, a virgin and a princess, and left me only this for tokens [She takes the jewelled scorpion from her þraut,] I took it for hate and revenge; wherein I lied, for I loved him, and Ilove him. God has punished mylie, making you—the token of love—the minister of revenge So then—— be he avenged !…
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THE EQUINOX LAYLAH. Silence, thou blotchy spider! Thou baboon of ugliness ! Mother of curses! [Four eunuch: bring in the corpse of the 6051 MOHAMMED. Ah God ! my youngest, my own delicate darling! Lay him by his sire ! [She goes down and bends 01187 hint] Was not this arm too tender to bear a sword ? Why would he go to the battle? He was made for luting and the zephyr. His eyes were larger and lovelier than the gazelle’s ! His eyebrows were blacker than the kohl upon mine eyelids. Alas, my baby | My young one, my tender one! . . . Is there tidi…
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THE SCORPION LAYLAH. Lord Bishop, I have heard that phrase thrice in three score years. The first time a man used it to destroy a child : the second time a child used it to murder her brother; this time you use it to torture and burn an honourable adversary. BISHOP. Child of the devil, you blaspheme, Be silent! On the first count, guilty. [Several JUDGES, hut uot R1NALDo,echo “ Guilty.” Through- out this same RINALDO sits absolutely sileut amt motionless, except that how and theu he makes a gesture of weg;/iners and z'mþatz'eme. THE CLERK. Second…
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…ciful provision of our just and merciful law that none be condemned without confession. Let the urge you to make peace with God and man. LAYLAH. Peace, peace! when there is no peace, BISHOP. There spoke a lost soul. Confess, my dear daughter. Break the bonds of Satan at the last. LAYI.AH [draining a! her handmfls]. They hold fast. BISHOP. We are not moved by insult from our most merciful purpose, Summon the executioners. [A CLERK goes with the order. ΕΜ!” toi/iurem with their implements. Also a Physician. LAYLAH. Your steel against my will. It i…
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…very moment. Hundreds and hundreds must be killed. But the press is thinner. I can make out the banners. Oh! I can see Sliman’s banner ! LAYLAH. Let me see! let me seel [She rushes to window] Yes! it flows free in the good air! How fierce he fights. I cannot see him ; but he must be there. Yes! it moves forward now; the Christians part before him like the air before an arrow. The dust swallows all up again. [Wailing rises without, louder and more insislenl. A curse upon these fools! But for them I could hear his battle-cry. . . . Has he ever cried…
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… Victoryl Sliman! Sliman! Drive them, like cattle, to their walls again ! FATMA. She has always been madl I wonder what really happened. LAYLAH. The sun is setting in blood. There are storm- clouds lit like burning charcoal blown upon by the mightiest of the Djinn. I cannot see the banner. It grows dark. They must stop fighting soon. They will withdraw to their walls—— nay, let them camp among the dead I Come back with tidings Ι Tell me, Sliman is safe. Ah! there sounds the horn of truce. THE 01111.9` My father is the Grand Master of the Temple,…