Plays by August Strindberg, Second series by August Strindberg
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MR. X. Now you lie--because you are too much of a coward to say all you think. MR. Y. Am I a coward? You think so? But I was no coward when I dared to show myself around here, where I had had to suffer as I did.--But can you tell what makes one suffer most while in there?-- It is that the others are not in there too! MR. X. What others? MR. Y. Those that go unpunished. MR. X. Are you thinking of me? MR. Y. I am. MR. X. But I have committed no crime. MR. Y. Oh, haven't you? MR. X. No, a misfortune is no crime. MR. Y. So, it's a misfortune to commit murder? MR. X. I have not committed murder. MR. Y. Is it not murder to kill a person? MR. X. Not always. The law speaks of murder, manslaughter, killing |
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