The Beautiful Despot
(The play takes place in the late autumn of 1904. The room luxuriously furnished in the style of a century before. The Master of the house, his Lady Companion, Manservant and Fool-Hermaphrodite with a monkey. All are dressed in antique style.)
Servant (with animation): “Tally-ho! Tally-ho! Hark! Follow, follow!” The hounds were at their last gasp. They were only a length behind him. Now they’ve got him, thought INo! the little lord held out another ten minutes—he doubled, the ragamuffin, and doubled again, and again—at last the whip was going to turn the pack back!—Aha! just look!—I can’t describe it!—its tongue hanging out, its eyes bulging.—What a beauty, just—“On him,” we shouted. “Tally-ho! Tally-ho! There he goes, here he goes, this way, that way.” “No, no,
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