The Jewel Merchants - A Comedy in One Act by James Branch Cabell
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GRACIOSA
I know nothing of the judgment. But it was this Eglamore who discovered the plot, if there indeed was any plot, and who sent my cousin Cibo to a death--(_pointing to the shrine_)--oh, to a death as horrible as that. So I hate him. GUIDO Yet you have never even seen him, I believe? GRACIOSA And it would be better for him never to see me or any of my kin. My father, my uncles and my cousins have all sworn to kill him-- GUIDO So I have gathered. They remain among the unbought. GRACIOSA (_Returning, sits upon the bench, and speaks regretfully._) But they have never any luck. Cousin Pietro contrived to have a beam dropped on Eglamore's head, and it missed him by not half a foot-- GUIDO Ah, yes, I remember. GRACIOSA And Cousin Georgio stabbed him in the back one night, but the coward had on chain-armor under his finery-- GUIDO I remember that also. |
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