No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
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Act 4, Scene 2, Page 5
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ALBANY
Where was his son when they did take his eyes?
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ALBANY
Where was Gloucester’s son Edmund when they gouged his eyes out?
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FIRST MESSENGER
Come with my lady hither.
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FIRST MESSENGER
He was on his way here with your wife.
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ALBANY
He is not here.
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ALBANY
But he isn’t here now.
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FIRST MESSENGER
No, my good lord. I met him back again.
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FIRST MESSENGER
No, my lord. I met him going back again.
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ALBANY
Knows he the wickedness?
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ALBANY
Does he know about this wicked crime?
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FIRST MESSENGER
Ay, my good lord. 'Twas he informed against him,
And quit the house on purpose that their punishment
Might have the freer course.
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FIRST MESSENGER
Yes, my lord. He was the one who denounced his father. He then left the house specifically so that the punishment might be carried out without concern for their father-son bond.
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ALBANY
Gloucester, I live
To thank thee for the love thou showed’st the king,
And to revenge thine eyes.—Come hither, friend.
Tell me what more thou know’st.
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ALBANY
Gloucester, I’ll thank you forever for the love you’ve shown the king. I’ll get revenge for what they did to your eyes.—Come here, my friend. What else you do know?
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They exit. |
