No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
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Act 2, Scene 1, Page 5
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REGAN
If it be true, all vengeance comes too short
Which can pursue th' offender. How dost, my lord?
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REGAN
If they’re true, no punishment is harsh enough for the criminal. How are you, my lord?
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GLOUCESTER
O madam, my old heart is cracked, it’s cracked.
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GLOUCESTER
Oh, madam, my old heart is broken, broken.
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REGAN
What, did my father’s godson seek your life?—
He whom my father named, your Edgar?
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REGAN
Did my father’s godson try to kill you? The one whom my father named, your son Edgar?
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GLOUCESTER
O, lady, lady, shame would have it hid.
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GLOUCESTER
Oh, my lady, I’m ashamed to admit it.
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REGAN
Was he not companion with the riotous knights
That tend upon my father?
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REGAN
Wasn’t he friends with all those brawling knights who serve my father?
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GLOUCESTER
I know not, madam. 'Tis too bad, too bad.
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GLOUCESTER
I don’t know, madam. Oh, it’s too terrible.
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EDMUND
Yes, madam, he was of that consort.
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EDMUND
To answer your question, ma'am—yes, he was friendly with those knights.
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REGAN
No marvel then, though he were ill affected.
'Tis they have put him on the old man’s death,
To have th' expense and spoil of his revenues.
I have this present evening from my sister
Been well informed of them—and with such cautions
That if they come to sojourn at my house
I’ll not be there.
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REGAN
Then it’s no surprise they had a bad influence on him. They probably put him up to killing old man Gloucester to get his money. Tonight I received a letter from my sister telling me all about them—and warning me not be at home in case they come to stay at my house.
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CORNWALL
Nor I, assure thee, Regan.—
Edmund, I hear that you have shown your father
A childlike office.
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CORNWALL
And I won’t be there either.—Edmund, I’m told you’ve acted like a true son to your father.
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EDMUND
It was my duty, sir.
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EDMUND
I just did my duty, sir.
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GLOUCESTER
He did bewray his practice, and received
This hurt you see striving to apprehend him.
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GLOUCESTER
He exposed Edgar’s murderous plot, and was wounded, as you see there, when trying to apprehend him.
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CORNWALL
Is he pursued?
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CORNWALL
Are your men searching for him?
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