Lynch him! ], Paul. I'm 'most afraid to take Wahnotee to the shed, there's rum there. No, it won't; we have confessed to Dora that we love each other. O, golly! I'll put the naughty parts in French. You'll find him scenting round the rum store, hitched up by the nose. Pete Hamill, The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Zoe. It concerns the residents of a Louisiana plantation called Terrebonne, and sparked debates about the abolition of slavery and the role of theatre in politics. [Music. *EnterPete, Grace, Minnie, Solon, Dido,and all*Niggers,R.U.E. Pete. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. Don't be afraid; it ain't going for that, Judge. Stay, Mr. Peyton; Zoe, a word! I say, I'd like to say summit soft to the old woman; perhaps it wouldn't go well, would it? Pete. ExitSolon,R.U.E.] Dem little niggers is a judgment upon dis generation. black as nigger; clar as ice. Brightness will return amongst you. Dora. ha---git out! What's dat? See here---there's a small freight of turpentine in the fore hold there, and one of the barrels leaks; a spark from your engines might set the ship on fire, and you'd go with it. [Retires.]. Scud. Point. I bid seven thousand, which is the last dollar this family possesses. Squire Sunnyside, you've got a pretty bit o' land, Squire. . Well, he lived in New York by sittin' with his heels up in front of French's Hotel, and inventin'---. M'Closky. But now I guess it will arrive too late---these darned U. S. mails are to blame. You heard him say it was hopeless. Scud. Didn't I? Paul. Zoe. [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. this infernal letter would have saved all. Zoe. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! she would revolt from it, as all but you would; and if I consented to hear the cries of my heart, if I did not crush out my infant love, what would she say to the poor girl on whom she had bestowed so much? Well, he gone dar hisself; why, I tink so---'cause we missed Paul for some days, but nebber tout nothin' till one night dat Injiun Wahnotee suddenly stood right dar 'mongst us---was in his war paint, and mighty cold and grave---he sit down by de fire. Peyton.] This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. I can't introduce any darned improvement there. Now, take care what you do. He plans to buy her and make her his mistress. George. Peyton.] Sunny. Dora. Pointdexter*mounts the table with his hammer, his Clerk sits at his feet. Hillo! No, sar; nigger nebber cut stick on Terrebonne; dat boy's dead, sure. war's de crowd gone? Dora. No, ma'am; here's the plan of it. The Octoroon is appropriately considered a sensation drama, though it received the label retrospectively. Scud. Would you now? Wahnotee appears, drunk and sorrowful, and tells them that Paul is buried near them. why don't you do it? Stephen King, I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. [Pause.] Look at 'em, Jacob, for they are honest water from the well of truth. Curse their old families---they cut me---a bilious, conceited, thin lot of dried up aristocracy. dem darkies! Zoe. Scud. I would be alone a little while. No---no. Zoe. He has a strange way of showing it. Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? Pete. Essay Topics. [Returning with rifle.] Zoe. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. I will! That's Solon's wife and children, Judge. Mrs. Pey. Pete. I must see you no more. That judgment still exists; under it and others this estate is sold to-day. Go on, Colonel. Do you know what I am? me! Scud. McClosky desires Zoe for himself, and when she rejects his proposition, he plots to have her sold with the rest of the slaves, for he knows that she is an octoroon and is legally part of the Terrebonne property. This old nigger, the grandfather of the boy you murdered, speaks for you---don't that go through you? George---George---hush---they come! Scud. Zoe, you have suspected the feeling that now commands an utterance---you have seen that I love you. You can bet I'm going to make this . Scud. I'll bear it. [Knocks.] [Examines the ground.] Sunny. I have it. It makes my blood so hot I feel my heart hiss. Yes, for you, for me, for dem little ones, dem folks cried. Is the prisoner guilty, or is he not guilty? [*Goes*L.] Paul reste el! Zoe. This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. O! for, darn me, if I can find out. [Looks through camera] O, golly! I saw the mail-bags lying in the shed this morning. Mrs. P.George, I can't spare Paul for an hour or two; he must run over to the landing; the steamer from New Orleans passed up the river last night, and if there's a mail they have thrown it ashore. [George*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. where am I? It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. George. I wish to speak to you. you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. The earth has been stirred here lately. Zoe, I love you none the less; this knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I can overcome the obstacle. Zoe. Scud. [Knocks.] M'Closky. [Slowly lowering his whip,] Darn you, red skin, I'll pay you off some day, both of ye. Point. [*To*Ratts.] Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. M'Closky. Point. Mr. Peyton, I presume you have hesitated to make this avowal because you feared, in the present condition of affairs here, your object might be misconstrued, and that your attention was rather to my fortune than myself. O, get out. don't think too hardly of your poor father. Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. Pete. European, I suppose. | Privacy Policy [SeesPete,*who has set his pail down*L. C.up stage, and goes to sleep on it.] What's this, eh? What? Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. But the creditors will not claim the gal? It is certain, madam; the judge was negligent, and doubtless forgot this small formality. O, dear, has he suddenly come to his senses? Paul. Mrs. P.Why didn't you mention this before? Scud. You will not give me to that man? Stop! Point. When Paul was taken down with the swamp fever the Indian sat outside the hut, and neither ate, slept, or spoke for five days, till the child could recognize and call him to his bedside. Zoe. Wahnotee Patira na sepau assa wigiran. [Astonished.] Pete. Hold your tongue---it must. [Puts his head under the darkening apron.] Act II Summary. Zoe. Zoe realizes that she is in love with him too, but they cannot marry, as she is an Octoroon, and, under 19th century laws, their marriage was legally prohibited. Scud. Zoe. M'Closky. Top The Octoroon Quotes I will be thirty years old again in thirty seconds. What, Picayune Paul, as we called, him, that used to come aboard my boat?---poor little darkey, I Hope not; many a picayune he picked up for his dance and nigger-songs, and he supplied our table with fish and game from the Bayous. The Octoroon Act II Summary & Analysis. Mrs. P.Yes, there is a hope left yet, and I cling to it. Ah, George, our race has at least one virtue---it knows how to suffer! Wal, as it consarns you, perhaps you better had. Scud. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. Heaven has denied me children; so all the strings of my heart have grown around and amongst them, like the fibres and roots of an old tree in its native earth. ain't that a pooty gun. Sunny. [Solon goes down and stands behind Ratts.] George. Mr. George is in love with Zoe. The buyers gather to take away the slaves they have purchased on a steamship. I've got hold of the tail of a rat---come out. For a year or two all went fine. In an act of desperation she drinks a vial of poison, and Scudder enters to deliver the good news that McClosky was proven guilty of murdering Paul and that Terrebonne now belongs to George. Yonder is the boy---now is my time! yes, plenty of 'em; bill of costs; account with Citizens' Bank---what's this? O, my father! Zoe. Just because my grandfather wasn't some broken-down Virginia transplant, or a stingy old Creole, I ain't fit to sit down with the same meat with them. Herein the true melodramatic hijinks that first defined "The Octoroon" ensue: a young, nouveau plantation owner George (Gardner in whiteface) is trying to save the remnants of his family's. George. It's surely worth the love that dictated it; here are the papers and accounts. | About Us Ratts. [Wahnotee*rushes on, and at*M'Closky,L.H.]. George. [R.] Then why don't you buy it yourself, Colonel? Dora. I will dine on oysters and palomitas and wash them down with white wine. We work. Missey Zoe! As they exit,M'Closkyrises from behind rock,R.,*and looks after them. Work! Ya!---as he? Very bad, aunty; and the heart aches worse, so they can get no rest. What, sar? [Shows plate to jury.] Hugh vieu. I dare say, now, that in Europe you have never met any lady more beautiful in person, or more polished in manners, than that girl. He loves Zoe, and has found out that she loves him. Grace. Then buy the hands along with the property. We've caught this murdering Injiun, and are going to try him. [Rushes onM'Closky---M'Closkydraws his knife.]. Ah! Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. Now I'm ready. Because I heard that you had traduced my character. The Wharf---goods, boxes, and bales scattered about---a camera on stand, R. Scudder, R., Dora, L., George*andPauldiscovered;Dorabeing photographed byScudder,who is arranging photographic apparatus,GeorgeandPaullooking on at back.*. No; not you---George. Zoe. [Outside,R.U.E.] Dis way---dis way. Fifty against one! [Wakes.] To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. Yes, we do, ma'am; it's in a darned bad condition. Do I? Says he'll go if I'll go with him. Then I will go to a parlor house and have them top up a bathtub with French champagne and I will strip and dive into it with a bare-assed blonde and a redhead and an octoroon and the four of us will get completely presoginated and laugh and let long bubbly farts at hell and baptize each other in the name of the Trick, the Prick, and the Piper-Heidsick. Ratts. George. Scud. O, here he is. TheNegromounts the table from behind*C.The Company sit. That is the ineffaceable curse of Cain. M'Closky. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. Ho! Scud. Ratts. For ten years his letters came every quarter-day, with a remittance and a word of advice in his formal cavalier style; and then a joke in the postscript, that upset the dignity of the foregoing. "Ma'am, your nose drawed it. Pete. Lift me; so---[George*raises her head*]---let me look at you, that your face may be the last I see of this world. The White Slave; or, the Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Edit The White Slave; or, the Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. Zoe. May Heaven bless him for the thought, bless him for the happiness he spread around my life. While the proceeds of this sale promises to realize less than the debts upon it, it is my duty to prevent any collusion for the depreciation of the property. What, you won't, won't ye? I must be going---it is late. [Re-enters with phial.] Gentlemen, we are all acquainted with the circumstances of this girl's position, and I feel sure that no one here will oppose the family who desires to redeem the child of our esteemed and noble friend, the late Judge Peyton. Sunny. Go on, Colonel---Colonel Pointdexter, ma'am---the mortgagee, auctioneer, and general agent. hark! Zoe, explain yourself---your language fills me with shapeless fears. Scud. What's here---judgments? M'Closky. [M'Closky*lowers his hand. Zoe. [*Enter*George,C.] Ah! What? 'Tis true! [Aside.] What! He loves me---what of that? And so you really kept those foolish letters? Lafouche. George. This New York Times article cautions its readers against jumping to conclusions about Boucicault's intentions in the writing of the play and downplays . Lafouche. Dis yer prop'ty to be sold---old Terrebonne---whar we all been raised, is gwine---dey's gwine to tak it away---can't stop here no how. [*ExitScudderand*Mrs. Peyton,R.U.E. George. [] If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine, you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like." (Act I, Scene 1, Page 24) must I learn from these poor wretches how much I owed, how I ought to pay the debt? Born here---dem darkies? Aunty, there is sickness up at the house; I have been up all night beside one who suffers, and I remembered that when I had the fever you gave me a drink, a bitter drink, that made me sleep---do you remember it? ah! Scud. Hush! You thought you had cornered me, did ye? Come on, Pete, we shan't reach the house before midday. Cum yer now---stand round, cause I've got to talk to you darkies---keep dem chil'n quiet---don't make no noise, de missus up dar har us. Look here, you're free, you know nary a master to hurt you now: you will stop here as long as you're a mind to, only don't look so. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. M'Closky. O, Mas'r Scudder, he didn't cry zackly; both ob his eyes and cheek look like de bad Bayou in low season---so dry dat I cry for him. Something forcing its way through the undergrowth---it comes this way---it's either a bear or a runaway nigger. He and his apparatus arrived here, took the judge's likeness and his fancy, who made him overseer right off. Yes; No. [Reading bill.] It won't do! I'll gib it you! I'm from fair to middlin', like a bamboo cane, much the same all the year round. The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. The Judge is a little deaf. Yes, for I'd rather be black than ungrateful! Even a letter, promising something---such is the feeling round amongst the planters. I'll clear him off there---he'll never know what stunned him. George. Yes, I love you---I did not know it until your words showed me what has been in my heart; each of them awoke a new sense, and now I know how unhappy---how very unhappy I am. Ugh! Scud. Hush! Is there any other bid? Zoe, you are suffering---your lips are white---your cheeks are flushed. Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. Dat wakes him up. Sunny. 'Tain't you he has injured, 'tis the white man, whose laws he has offended. Zoe. Scud. Do you mean that I'm a pig? [C.] I'm sorry to intrude, but the business I came upon will excuse me. Dora. Born here! Look in my eyes; is not the same color in the white? I bring you news; your banker, old Lafouche, of New Orleans, is dead; the executors are winding up his affairs, and have foreclosed on all overdue mortgages, so Terrebonne is for sale. E. Paul. Dat's right, missus! I lost them in the cedar swamp---again they haunted my path down the bayou, moving as I moved, resting when I rested---hush! Pete. PART ONE: The estate of Terrebonne, in Louisiana, had been heavily mortgaged by the owner, Judge Payton, who, when he died, left the estate to his brother's widow and her son George, making Mrs. Peyton the guardian of Zoe, his natural daughter by a quadroon. No, dear. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring Salem's looking a kinder hollowed out. They do not notice Zoe.---[Aloud.] I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. Mrs. P.I fear that the property is so involved that the strictest economy will scarcely recover it. I don't tink you will any more, but dis here will; 'cause de family spile Dido, dey has. ], M'Closky. O, why did he speak to me at all then? [Throws mail bags down and sits on them,L. C.] Pret, now den go. Darn it, when I see a woman in trouble, I feel like selling the skin off my back. Paul! Do you think they would live here on such terms? Dora. George. ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. O, I have not spoiled that anyhow. M'Closky. Scud. [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. Ya! but the deed that freed you was not lawful. Zoe, tell Pete to give my mare a feed, will ye? Ratts. The eye of the Eternal was on you---the blessed sun in heaven, that, looking down, struck upon this plate the image of the deed. The Octoroon Important Quotes 1. [DrivesChildrenaway; in escaping they tumble against and trip upSolon,who falls with tray; theChildrensteal the bananas and rolls that fall about.]. Paul. Pete. When the play was performed in England it was given a happy ending, in which the mixed-race couple are united. Wahnote*swims on---finds trail---follows him. Point. what a bright, gay creature she is! Point. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. [Looks off.] Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! I won't strike him, even with words. Traduced! Scud. Why, judge, wasn't you lawyer enough to know that while a judgment stood against you it was a lien on your slaves? Scud. Pete. Scud. My father gives me freedom---at least he thought so. No! No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. O, you wanted evidence---you called for proof---Heaven has answered and convicted you. Scud. If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like. Scud. 'Top; you look, you Wahnotee; you see dis rag, eh? Zoe. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. yar, you Wahnotee! M'Closky. Good morning, Mrs. Peyton. Guess it kill a dozen---nebber try. What's the matter, Ratts? That's right. Who is it? Yes! Pete. M'Closky. [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. Why should I refer the blame to her? The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. Point. Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. "But, sir, it ain't agreeable." Will you forgive me? Will you hush? [Who has been looking about the camera.] I shall never understand how to wound the feelings of any lady; and, if that is the custom here, I shall never acquire it. And, strangers, ain't we forgetting there's a lady present. Paul. Yes, den a glass ob fire-water; now den. Scud. I see my little Nimrod yonder, with his Indian companion. An extremely beautiful young slave girl, who is treated like a member of the family, Zoe is kind, generous, and adored by every man who lays eyes on her. We're ready; the jury's impanelled---go ahead---who'll be accuser? Ratts. No other cause to hate---to envy me---to be jealous of me---eh? ", Pete. Mrs. P.George, you are incorrigible. they call it the Yankee hugging the Creole. "Whar's Paul?" In a few hours that man, my master, will come for me; he has paid my price, and he only consented to let me remain here this one night, because Mrs. Peyton promised to give me up to him to-day. Go it, if you're a mind to. Pete. George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. So! Just as soon as we put this cotton on board. Despite the happiness Zoe stands dying and the play ends with her death on the sitting-room couch and George kneeling beside her. Come, Zoe, don't be a fool; I'd marry you if I could, but you know I can't; so just say what you want. [Scudder*takes out watch.*]. Zoe. McClosky has proved that Judge Peyton did not succeed in legally freeing her, as he had meant to do. "Ma'am," says I, "the apparatus can't mistake." M'Closky. I left my loves and my creditors equally inconsolable. Scud. You're a man as well as an auctioneer, ain't ye? My home, my home! Hillo! Scud. Lafouche. He didn't ought to bid against a lady. M'Closky. Are you ready? Lafouche. This gal and them children belong to that boy Solon there. Scud. The Steamer moves off---fire kept up---M'Closky*re-enters,*R.,*swimming on.*. | Contact Us So we believe; and so mad are the folks around, if they catch the red-skin they'll lynch him sure. O! Zoe. You don't come here to take life easy. In a little time this darned business will blow over, and I can show again. Go and try it, if you've a mind to. I see it in your face. Hello! Here then, I'll put back these Peytons in Terrebonne, and they shall know you done it; yes, they'll have you to thank for saving them from ruin. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? Scud. I shan't interfere. Here, stay! You blow, Mas'r Scudder, when I tole you; dere's a man from Noo Aleens just arriv' at de house, and he's stuck up two papers on de gates; "For sale---dis yer property," and a heap of oder tings---and he seen missus, and arter he shown some papers she burst out crying---I yelled; den de corious of little niggers dey set up, den de hull plantation children---de live stock reared up and created a purpiration of lamentation as did de ole heart good to har. Ratts. No, ma'am, I worked like an ass---an honest one, and that's all. Death was there beside me, and I dared not take it. | Sitemap |. look at these fingers; do you see the nails are of a bluish tinge? Dora then reappears and bids on Zoe she has sold her own plantation in order to rescue Terrebonne. The apparatus can't mistake. M'Closky. O, aunt! I shall see this estate pass from me without a sigh, for it possesses no charm for me; the wealth I covet is the love of those around me---eyes that are rich in fond looks, lips that breathe endearing words; the only estate I value is the heart of one true woman, and the slaves I'd have are her thoughts. You know you can't be jealous of a poor creature like me. [Calls off.] I suppose I shall go before long, and I wished to visit all the places, once again, to see the poor people. Go, Minnie, tell Pete; run! It ain't our sile, I believe, rightly; but Nature has said that where the white man sets his foot, the red man and the black man shall up sticks and stand around. In cash? Frank Capra, If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. The judge didn't understand accounts---the overseer did. Ratts. [Points with knife off,R.] D'ye see that tree?---it's called a live oak, and is a native here; beside it grows a creeper; year after year that creeper twines its long arms round and round the tree---sucking the earth dry all about its roots---living on its life---overrunning its branches, until at last the live oak withers and dies out. Yes---me and Co.---we done it; but, as you were senior partner in the concern, I reckon you got the big lick. Let him answer for the boy, then. [Pete goes down.] He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. If even Asian women saw the men of their own blood as less than other men, what was the use in arguing otherwise? he's coming this way, fighting with his Injiun. Every word of it, Squire. Yes---when I saw him and Miss Zoe galloping through the green sugar crop, and doing ten dollars' worth of damage at every stride, says I, how like his old uncle he do make the dirt fly. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. [Throws down apron.] M'Closky. And dar's de 'paratus---O, gosh, if I could take a likeness ob dis child! EnterPete,with lantern, andScudder,with note book,R. Scud. And what shall I say? [Sees tomahawk in Wahnotee's belt---draws it out and examines it.] Say what you know---not what you heard. for me---look ye here! Aunt, when he died, two years ago, I read over those letters of his, and if I didn't cry like a baby---. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. 2, the yellow girl Grace, with two children---Saul, aged four, and Victoria five." [Cry of "fire" heard---Engine bells heard---steam whistle noise.]. Scud. I do, but I can't do it. I am free! Zoe. Mrs. P.Wahnotee, will you go back to your people? George. Coute Wahnotee in omenee dit go Wahnotee, poina la fa, comb a pine tree, la revieut sala, la fa. Sunny. who has been teasing you? I'd cut my throat---or yours---yours I'd prefer. Scud. [During the dialogueWahnoteehas takenGeorge'sgun. Let me hide them till I teach my heart. Scud. No, you goose! Come, form a court then, choose a jury---we'll fix this varmin. Grace. No, I hesitated because an attachment I had formed before I had the pleasure of seeing you had not altogether died out. Zoe. I---my mother was---no, no---not her! I shall do so if you weep. I fetch as much as any odder cook in Louisiana. Paul. [Aside to Pete.] The men accuse Wahnotee of the murder, and McClosky calls for him to be lynched. You be darned! Hold quiet, you trash o' niggers! Dam dat Injiun! You got dat bottle of rum hid under your blanket---gib it up now, you---Yar! You gib me rattan, Mas'r Clostry, but I guess you take a berry long stick to Wahnotee; ugh, he make bacon of you. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Hi! The Octoroon (1913) - Quotes - IMDb Menu Edit The Octoroon (1913) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! The conflict centers around Zoe, "the Octoroon", a term used at the time to describe a person who was 1/8 African, 7/8 Caucasian. Dora. Cora, educated in Britain, returns to her fathers plantation in Louisiana to explore the truth about her mother's. We've had talk enough; now for proof. Zoe. George. dead---and above him---Ah! you seen dem big tears in his eyes. [*Aside to*Mrs. You'se a dead man, Mas'r Clusky---you got to b'lieve dat. Scud. Tousand dollars, Massa Thibodeaux. yonder goes the Indian! Well, near on five hundred dollars. To be alive is to be breathing. Two hundred and forty-nine times! How can you ask that vulgar ruffian to your table? Point. Zoe (an Octoroon Girl, free, the Natural Child of the late Judge by a Quadroon Slave) Mrs. J. H. Allen. ---Cane-brake Bayou.---Bank,C.---Triangle Fire,R. C.---Canoe,C.---M'Closky*discovered asleep. [*Hands papers to*Mrs. Dora. Alas! George. Pete, tell Miss Zoe that we are waiting. All night, as I fled through the cane-brake, I heard footsteps behind me. Scud. So I came here to you; to you, my own dear nurse; to you, who so often hushed me to sleep when I was a child; who dried my eyes and put your little Zoe to rest. You can protect me from that man---do let me die without pain. You got four of dem dishes ready. I must operate and take my own likeness too---how debbel I do dat? How can she then ask her father to free me? Point. Mrs. P.Why, George, I never suspected this! Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. Point. I will! You ign'ant Injiun, it can't hurt you! [ExitPeteand all theNegroes,slowly,R.U.E. *Enter*Zoe[supposed to have overheard the last scene], L.U.E. Zoe. The injiun! Dora said you were slow; if she could hear you now---. When the ship's abroad on the ocean, when the army is before the enemy where in thunder's the law? Dora. Take your hand down---take it down. Mrs. P.My dear George, you are left in your uncle's will heir to this estate. That one black drop of blood burns in her veins and lights up her heart like a foggy sun. Good morning, Colonel. With Dora's wealth, he explains, Terrebonne will not be sold and the slaves will not have to be separated. He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. I hope I'm not intruding. Scud. Whar's de coffee? It is such scenes as these that bring disgrace upon our Western life. Dora. Here are evidences of the crime; this rum-bottle half emptied---this photographic apparatus smashed---and there are marks of blood and footsteps around the shed. Dora. Subject to your life interest and an annuity to Zoe, is it not so? Dem doctors ain't no 'count; dey don't know nuffin. Sunny. Cut all away for'ard---overboard with every bale afire. Here's a pictur' for a civilized community to afford; yonder, a poor, ignorant savage, and round him a circle of hearts, white with revenge and hate, thirsting for his blood; you call yourselves judges---you ain't---you're a jury of executioners. You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. Can't be ober dar an' here too---I ain't twins. We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. clar out! Dora. [*Exit*Mrs. Peyton*and*George,L.U.E.] A slave! Mr. M'Closky has bid twenty-five thousand dollars for the Octoroon. What say ye, gentlemen? and will despise me, spurn me, loathe me, when he learns who, what, he has so loved.---[Aloud.] Whar's breakfass? George. No. That's his programme---here's a pocket-book. Scud. Scud. Dido. 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