Yes; out with you! You have no longer a share in me or mine.
[_Breaking down and sobbing with the intensity of her passion._]
RIP [_very slowly and quietly, but with great intensity_]. Well, den, I
will go; you have drive me away like a dog, Gretchen, and I will go. But
remember, Gretchen, after what you have told me here to-night, I can
never come back. You have open de door for me to go; you will never open
it for me to return. But, Gretchen, you tell me dat I have no longer a
chare here. [_Points at the child, who kneels crying at his feet._]
Good-by [_with much emotion_], my darlin'. God bless you! Don'd you
nefer forgit your fader. Gretchen (_with a great sob_), I wipe de
disgrace from your door. Good-by, good-by!
[_Exit_ RIP _into the storm_.
FOOTNOTE:
[80] Adapted by Mr. A. P. Burbank.
THE RIVALS
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
ACT I, SCENE II
CHARACTERS: Mrs. Malaprop, with her bad grammar and ludicrous
diction; Lydia Languish, in love with Beverley; Sir Anthony
Absolute, choleric, but kind-hearted.
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