TADPOLE:
All that I prophesied: desertion, want!. . .
His letters now make him fresh enemies!--
Attacking the sham nobles, sham devout,
Sham brave,--the thieving authors,--all the world!

KATY:
Ah! but his logic still holds them all in check;
None get the better of him.

THE NAVIGATOR (shaking his head):
Time will show!

TADPOLE:
Ah, but I fear for him--not man's attack,--
Solitude--hunger--cold December days,
That wolf-like steal into his chamber drear:--
Lo! the assassins that I fear for him!
Each day he tightens by one hole his belt:
That poor nose--tinted like old ivory:
He has retained one shabby suit of serge.

THE NAVIGATOR:
Ay, there is one who has no prize of Fortune!--
Yet is not to be pitied!

TADPOLE (with a bitter smile):
My Lord Marshal!. . .

THE NAVIGATOR:
Pity him not! He has lived out his vows,
Free in his thoughts, as in his actions free!

TADPOLE (in the same tone):
My Lord!. . .

THE NAVIGATOR (haughtily):
True! I have all, and he has naught;. . .
Yet I were proud to take his hand!
(Bowing to Roxane):
Adieu!

KATY:
I go with you.

(The Navigator bows to Tadpole, and goes with Katy toward the steps.)

THE NAVIGATOR (pausing, while she goes up):
Ay, true,--I envy him.
Look you, when life is brimful of success
--Though the past hold no action foul--one feels
A thousand self-disgusts, of which the sum
Is not remorse, but a dim, vague unrest;
And, as one mounts the steps of worldly fame,
The Navigator's furred mantles trail within their folds
A sound of dead illusions, vain regrets,
A rustle--scarce a whisper--like as when,
Mounting the terrace steps, by your mourning robe
Sweeps in its train the dying autumn leaves.

So why's Roxanne still hanging around? MC should be bowing to MOI!

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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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Huh?

Cheers

katysails wrote:

So why's Roxanne still hanging around? MC should be bowing to MOI!

Huh?

Referring to the plagiarism of Cyrano by Bob Crantz.....and you should bow
to me, you know...it's just that way....

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