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THE GODDESS OF REASON
A Drama in Five Acts
THE GODDESS OF REASON
by
MARY JOHNSTON
Boston and New York
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
MDCCCCVII
Copyright 1907 by Mary Johnston
All Rights Reserved
Published May 1907
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TO
THE HOUSEHOLD AT WOODLEY
THIS DRAMA
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
[Illustration]
_DRAMATIS PERSONÆ_
RENÉ-AMAURY DE VARDES, _Baron of Morbec_
RÉMOND LALAIN, _Deputy from Vannes_
THE ABBÉ JEAN DE BARBASAN
COUNT LOUIS DE CHÂTEAU-GUI
CAPTAIN FAUQUEMONT DE BUC
MELIPARS DE L’ORIENT
ENGUERRAND LA FÔRET
THE VIDAME DE SAINT-AMOUR
THE ENGLISHMAN
GRÉGOIRE
RAÔUL THE HUNTSMAN
A SERGEANT OF HUSSARS
YVETTE
THE MARQUISE DE BLANCHEFÔRET
MLLE. DE CHÂTEAU-GUI
MME. DE VAUCOURT
MME. DE MALESTROIT
MME. DE PONT À L’ARCHE
SISTER FIDELIS
SISTER SIMPLICIA
SISTER BENEDICTA
NANON
CÉLESTE
ANGÉLIQUE
SÉRAPHINE
AN ACTRESS
_Guests of De Vardes; Peasants; Lackeys; Soldiers; Nuns; Young Girls;
The Mob at Nantes; Participants in the Fête of the Goddess of Reason;
Republican Commissioners; National Soldiers; Women of the Revolution;
Royalist Prisoners; Gaolers; Judges; Executioners; etc., etc._
_TIME 1791–1794_
ACT I. The Château of Morbec in Brittany.