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SECOND MURDERER
A
light, a light!
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SECOND MURDERER
Here comes a light! Here comes a light!
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THIRD MURDERER
'Tis
he.
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THIRD MURDERER
That’s him.
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FIRST MURDERER
Stand to ’t.
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FIRST MURDERER
Prepare yourselves.
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BANQUO
It will be rain tonight.
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BANQUO
It will rain tonight.
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FIRST MURDERER
Let
it come down.
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FIRST MURDERER
Then let the rain come down.
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The MURDERERS attack
BANQUO
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The MURDERERS attack
BANQUO. |
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BANQUO
O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!
Thou may ’st revenge —O slave!
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BANQUO
Oh, this is treachery! Get out of here, good Fleance, run, run,
run! Someday you can get revenge.—Oh, you
bastard!
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BANQUO dies. Exit FLEANCE
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BANQUO dies. FLEANCE
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THIRD MURDERER
Who did strike out the light?
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THIRD MURDERER
Who put out the light?
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FIRSTMURDERER
Was
’t not the way?
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FIRST MURDERER
Wasn’t that the best thing to do?
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THIRD MURDERER
There’s but one down. The son is fled.
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THIRD MURDERER
There’s only one body here. The son ran away.
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SECOND MURDERER
We have lost best half of our affair.
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SECOND MURDERER
We failed in half of our mission.
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FIRST MURDERER
Well, let’s away and say how much is done.
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FIRST MURDERER
Well, let’s get out of here and tell Macbeth what we did
accomplish.
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Exeunt |
They exit. |
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