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               And a brief which I bought of a booby

          A couple of shirts; and a collar or two;

               And a ring that looked like a ruby!



CHORUS。             A couple of shirts; etc。



JUDGE。    At Westminster Hall I danced a dance;

               Like a semi…despondent fury;

          For I thought I never should hit on a chance

               Of addressing a British Jury

          But I soon got tired of third…class journeys;

               And dinners of bread and water;

          So I fell in love with a rich attorney's

               Elderly; ugly daughter。



CHORUS。             So he fell in love; etc。



JUDGE。    The rich attorney; he jumped with joy;

               And replied to my fond professions:

          〃You shall reap the reward of your pluck; my boy;

               At the Bailey and Middlesex sessions。

          You'll soon get used to her looks;〃 said he;

               〃And a very nice girl you will find her!

          She may very well pass for forty…three

               In the dusk; with a light behind her!〃



CHORUS。             She may very well; etc。



JUDGE。    The rich attorney was good as his word;

               The briefs came trooping gaily;

          And every day my voice was heard

               At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey。

          All thieves who could my fees afford

               Relied on my orations。

          And many a burglar I've restored

               To his friends and his relations。



CHORUS。             And many a burglar; etc。



JUDGE。    At length I became as rich as the Gurneys

               An incubus then I thought her;

          So I threw over that rich attorney's

               Elderly; ugly daughter。

          The rich attorney my character high

               Tried vainly to disparage…

          And now; if you please; I'm ready to try

               This Breach of Promise of Marriage!



CHORUS。             And now if you please; etc。



JUDGE。    For now I'm a Judge!

ALL。      And a good Judge; too!

JUDGE。    For now I'm a Judge!

ALL。      And a good Judge; too!

JUDGE。    Though all my law be fudge;

          Yet I'll never; never budge;

          But I'll live and die a Judge!

ALL。      And a good Judge; too!

JUDGE (pianissimo)。 It was managed by a job

ALL。      And a good job; too!

JUDGE。    It was managed by a job!

ALL。      And a good job too!

JUDGE。    It is patent to the mob;

          That my being made a nob

          Was effected by a job。

ALL。      And a good job too!



'Enter Counsel for Plaintiff。  He takes his place in front row of

     Counsel's seats



                        RECIT  COUNSEL



                    Swear thou the jury!



USHER。    Kneel; Jurymen; oh; kneel!



'All the Jury kneel in the Jury…box; and so are hidden from

     audience。



USHER。    Oh; will you swear by yonder skies;

          Whatever question may arise;

          'Twixt rich and poor; 'twixt low and high;

          That you will well and truly try?



JURY (raising their hands; which alone are visible)



          To all of this we make reply

          By the dull slate of yonder sky:

          That we will well and truly try。

               We'll try。



                 (All rise with the last note)



                        RECIT  COUNSEL



                    Where is the Plaintiff?

                    Let her now be brought。



                         RECIT  USHER



               Oh; Angelina! Come thou into Court!

                    Angelina!  Angelina!



Enter the Bridesmaids



                     CHORUS OF BRIDESMAIDS



                    Comes the broken flower

                         Comes the cheated maid

                    Though the tempest lower;

                         Rain and cloud will fade

                    Take; oh maid; these posies:

                         Though thy beauty rare

                    Shame the blushing roses;

                         They are passing fair!

                              Wear the flowers 'til they fade;

                              Happy be thy life; oh maid!



'The Judge; having taken a great fancy to First Bridesmaid; sends

     her a note by Usher; which she reads; kisses rapturously;

     and places in her bosom。



Enter Plaintiff



                       SOLO  PLAINTIFF



                    O'er the season vernal;

                         Time may cast a shade;

                    Sunshine; if eternal;

                         Makes the roses fade!

                    Time may do his duty;

                         Let the thief alone

                    Winter hath a beauty。

                         That is all his own。

                              Fairest days are sun and shade:

                              I am no unhappy maid!



'The Judge having by this time transferred his admiration to

     Plaintiff; directs the Usher to take the note from First

     Bridesmaid and hand it to Plaintiff; who reads it;

     kisses it rapturously; and places it in her bosom。 



                     CHORUS OF BRIDESMAIDS



                    Comes the broken flower; etc。



JUDGE。    Oh; never; never; never;

          Since I joined the human race;

          Saw I so excellently fair a face。

THE JURY (shaking their forefingers at him)。 Ah; sly dog!

          Ah; sly dog!

JUDGE (to Jury)。    How say you?

          Is she not designed for capture?

FOREMAN (after consulting with the Jury)。 We've but one word;

          m'lud; and that isRapture!

PLAINTIFF (curtseying)。 Your kindness; gentlemen; quite

          overpowers!



JURY。     We love you fondly; and would make you ours!



BRIDESMAIDS (shaking their forefingers at Jury)。

          Ah; sly dogs!  Ah; sly dogs!



                 RECIT  COUNSEL for PLAINTIFF



               May it please you; m'lud!

                    Gentlemen of the jury!



ARIA  COUNSEL



               With a sense of deep emotion;

                    I approach this painful case;

               For I never had a notion

                    That a man could be so base;

               Or deceive a girl confiding;

               Vows; etcetera deriding。



ALL。                He deceived a girl confiding;

                    Vows; etcetera; deriding。



'Plaintiff falls sobbing on Counsel's breast and remains there。



COUNSEL。       See my interesting client;

                    Victim of a heartless wile!

               See the traitor all defiant

                    Wear a supercilious smile!

               Sweetly smiled my client on him;

               Coyly woo'd and gently won him。



ALL。                Sweetly smiled; etc。



COUNSEL。       Swiftly fled each honeyed hour

                    Spent with this unmanly male!

               Sommerville became a bow'r;

                    Alston an Arcadian Vale;

               Breathing concentrated otto!

               An existence  la Watteau。



ALL。                Bless; us; concentrated otto! etc。



COUNSEL。       Picture; then; my client naming;

                    And insisting on the day:

               Picture him excuses framing

                    Going from her far away;

               Doubly criminal to do so;

               For the maid had bought her trousseau!



ALL。                Doubly criminal; etc。





               COUNSEL (to Plaintiff; who weeps)



          Cheer up; my prettyoh; cheer up!



JURY。     Cheer up; cheer up; we love you!



'Counsel leads Plaintiff fondly into Witness…box; he takes a tender

     leave of her; and resumes his place in Court。



             (Plaintiff reels as if about to faint)



JUDGE。    That she is reeling

               Is plain to see!



FOREMAN。  If faint you're feeling

               Recline on me!



                   'She falls sobbing on to the Foreman's breast。



PLAINTIFF (feebly)。 I shall recover

                         If left alone。



ALL。 (shaking their fists at Defendant)

               Oh; perjured lover;

                    Atone! atone!



FOREMAN。  Just like a father                         'Kissing her

               I wish to be。



JUDGE。 (approaching her)

          Or; if you'd rather;

               Recline on me!



'She jumps on to Bench; sits down by the Judge; and falls sobbing

     on his breast。



COUNSEL。  Oh! fetch some water

               From far Cologne!



ALL。      For this sad slaughter

               Atone! atone!



JURY。 (shaking fists at Defendant)

          Monster; monster; dread our fury

          There's the Judge; and we're the Jury!

          Come! Substantial damages;

          Dam…



USHER。              Silence in Court!



                       SONG  DEFENDANT



     Oh; gentlemen; listen; I pray;

          Though I own that my heart has been ranging;

     Of nature the laws I obey;

          For nature is constantly changing。

     The moon in her phases is found;

          The time; and the wind; and the weather。

     The months in succession come round;

          And you don't find two Mondays together。

               Consider the moral; I pray;

                    Nor bring a young fellow to sorrow;

               Who loves this young lady to…day;

                    And loves that young lady to…morrow。



BRIDESMAIDS (rushing forward; and kneeling to Jury)。



               Consider the moral; etc。



     One cannot eat breakfast all day;

          Nor is it the act of a sinner;

     When breakfast is taken away;

          To turn his attention to dinner。

     And it's not in the range of belief;

          To look upon him as a glutton;

     Who; when he is tired of beef;

          Determines to tackle the mutton。

               But this I am willing to say;

                    If it will appease her sorrow;

               I'll marry this lady to…day;

                    And I'll marry the other to…morrow。



BRIDESMAIDS (rushing forward as before)



               But this he is willing say; etc。



                         RECIT  JUDGE



     That seems a reasonable proposition;

     To which; I think; your client may agree。



COUNSEL

     But I submit; m'lud; with all submission;

     To marry two at once is Burglaree!

                                          'Referring to law book。

     In the reign of James the Second;

     It was generally reckoned

     As a rather serious crime

     To marry two wives at a time。

                           'Hands book up to Judge; who reads it。



ALL。           Oh; man of learning!



                           QUARTETTE



JUDGE。    A nice dilemma we hav

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