Roses: Four
Roses: Four One-Act Plays Streaks of Light—The Last Visit—Margot—The Far-away Princess
作者：Sudermann, Hermann, 1857-1928; Frank, Grace, 1886- [Translator]
体例：题 章数：171
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共 171 题- Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive
- ROSES
- ROSES
- FOUR ONE-ACT PLAYS
- BY
- HERMANN SUDERMANN
- CONTENTS
- Streaks Of Light
- Margot
- The Last Visit
- The Far-away Princess
- STREAKS OF LIGHT
- A PLAY IN ONE ACT
- CHARACTERS
- The Present Day
- STREAKS OF LIGHT
- I have a headache. I want some black coffee!
- See here, if you were only reasonable----
- I say, did you come here to frighten me?
- I am not a bit corrupt. I am a dreamer. My twenty years excuse that!
- You'll do nothing of the kind, you-- (_Seizes her by the wrists._)
- I dare say.
- I dare say.
- Not here either?--Not even here?----
- I didn't tell you everything, before.
- Went back! But he'll return!----
- I--would--have to----
- Because you're a cad and a coward--because----
- Yes, except when he's in a rage, then----
- Yes--I dare say. Live!--But how? Where? (_Sobs chokingly._)
- My imagination was always rather easily aroused. I----
- But you know--I have to----
- Oh, well--all right. (_Carries the coffee-pot to the table._)
- Well, you'll see! (_Opens the door at the left._)
- I told you how it would be!
- I can't.
- There--there--nothing----
- Oh--p-p-please----
- I see you were about to make coffee. Really--I don't want to----
- P-p-please--th-there's no--hurry----
- I simply--don't--understand it--at all!
- Yes, that's what they always say. (_Sinks into reverie again._)
- I was thinking of making my home in Paris, wasn't I, Pierre?
- I see. But _until_ that moment--?
- I--er----
- Oh, as for that, of course----
- I am speaking to you, Julia.
- If you-- (_Gasps as if suffocating._)
- II
- MARGOT
- A PLAY IN ONE ACT
- CHARACTERS
- The Present Day
- MARGOT
- Really now--if I'm disturbing you----
- Very well, Herr Ebeling. (_Goes out._)
- V. Tietz.
- I trust that I stand up a bit above the crowd.
- V. Tietz.
- Oh, well then----
- Very well--if you don't want to----
- I didn't need you to tell me that. (_A knock at the door._)
- Frau von Yburg and----
- A thousand times welcome, dear ladies. (_Shakes hands with_ Margot.)
- I hope that you will come to see us soon, Herr von Tietz.
- Good-bye, my dear fellow. No bad feelings now----
- Oh, I say! Of course not! (_Goes out._)
- Yes--just fancy--well, then--_she won't do it!_
- For God's sake! You, too! You, too, want----
- I believe one can readily appreciate her feelings.
- I know of only one solution: she must choose some one who knows it.
- Very well, Herr Ebeling. Good evening. (Bonath _goes out._)
- If you would----
- If you only----
- Oh, and there's your-- (_Looks at him questioningly, confused._)
- I want to leave home.
- Ebeling
- I am hard. What have my fellow-creatures ever done for me?
- I understand, my child.
- I sent them to you. I, too, may destroy them.
- Good evening, Herr Ebeling. (_She goes out._)
- What do you want of me? I'll cry for help----
- Come here! (_Drags her to the writing-table._)
- III
- THE LAST VISIT
- A PLAY IN ONE ACT
- CHARACTERS
- THE LAST VISIT
- I saw him quite well from here, mother, dear.
- Go on! (_Pushes the_ Groom _out, left._)
- I understand, Lieutenant--because of the way he met his death.
- The reason does not concern you. (_Turns to go._)
- Yes, Tempski, faithful as he is----
- Why, Tempski, it's perfectly natural that the major----
- Yes, mother, dear. (_She does so_. Tempski _goes out, crying._)
- Yes, mother, dear. (_She does not stir._)
- Yes I am, mother, dear. You asked me to-- (_Falters._)
- I asked you to fetch a pair of lace curtains.
- Yes, mother, dear. (_Goes out, left._)
- I stopped and filled them first.
- I suppose the captain thought a lot of her?
- Yes, yes, dear. Go out for a little while. (Daisy _puts on her coat._)
- Why, Kellermann will see----
- At your command, Lieutenant. (_He goes out._)
- I never gossip, mother.
- Oh, that's too----
- Daisy! (Daisy _goes out without noticing her mother._)
- May I ask, Frau Mulbridge, that you----
- Yes, do. Or, no, perhaps it would be better not to--in case any one----
- I could draw--various conclusions--from that.
- Oh, please--really, you must excuse me----
- I can't conceal the fact from you, Countess. Your name is mentioned.
- It naturally was observed that my friend----
- I only meant--at the very last--when he was no longer--conscious.
- What difference could my humble opinion----
- I hope that I have not been inconsiderate, Countess.
- I must let others judge of that, Countess.
- Very well--since I shall see my lady again. (_Goes out._)
- I don't know.
- I must say no more.
- But you're not to----
- Forgive me. Your kindness to me makes me feel so--confused--I----
- Thanks, thanks! Ah, you are good----
- I beg your pardon. My lady is looking for--letters?
- I brought in a wreath.
- I suppose from now on I shall be at _your_ mercy!
- I don't know you, my lady. And even if I did, you need have no fear.
- I am.
- The night before he died I became--his wife. (_A long pause._)
- IV
- THE FAR-AWAY PRINCESS
- A COMEDY IN ONE ACT
- CHARACTERS
- THE FAR-AWAY PRINCESS
- And secondly, if you don't stop your familiarity----
- Oh, so that's why----
- There are maids of honour--and other maids! (_Giggles._)
- Where? Where? (_Takes_ Liddy's _place._)
- I can't see a thing now.
- I have been turning it right along, but the telescope won't move.
- Very kind indeed. (Struebel _busies himself with the instrument._)
- So that it will look quite accidental--oh, yes! (_All three go out._)
- I am the maid of honour.--Where is the room that has been ordered?
- Ah, ton medecin! Toujours cette corvee. Et si je te dis----
- I am entirely at your service. (_About to go out, left._)
- Very well. (_Exit._)
- A bride's duty is to be a happy bride. Otherwise----
- Is everything ready? (The Lackey _bows._)
- Try to, for my sake. (_Aloud._) Does your Highness command----
- Yes, I command. (_They go out, left._)
- What?--You came--through the window?----
- Then I had rather (_About to go back._)
- I only wanted to go out into the woods for half an hour.
- I only mean if one takes part in entertainments for charity----
- Oh, not every----
- I never saw a poet before.
- Oh, yes, yes. Please do. (_Sits down._)
- I don't know her? Why, I know her as well as I know myself!
- The Princess
- Well, then, here goes. H'm--"Twenty roses nestling close----"
- I shall begin again.
- How nice that is! I've never had any verses written to me b----
- Yes, yes, I'm an awful donkey, I know, but----
- Yes, but when a girl like you comes across one's path----
- I beg your pardon, but who is doing the joking here, you or----?
- Oh, no! That wouldn't be nice. Not that way----
- Your Highness, I am _very_ much----
- Your Highness, I am _very_ much----
- I most humbly thank--your Highness--for the kind intention.
- Permit me to remark, your Highness that it is _high_ time----
- End of Project Gutenberg's Roses: Four One-Act Plays, by Hermann Sudermann