George Bernard Shaw

Name: The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I
Author: George Bernard Shaw

The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

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“The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I”, published in 1901, is a work by George Bernard Shaw. It explores elements such as Indoors, Dutchman and Worthington.

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ With tireless coursers whisk him through the town;
But we, the rich, are slaves to Houyhnhnms:
We wait upon their colds, and frowst all day
Indoors, if they but cough or spurn their hay.
BASHVILLE. Madam, an omnibus to Euston Road,
And thence t' th' Angel—
Enter Cashel LYDIA. Let us haste, my love: The coachman is impatient.
CASHEL. Did he guess He stays for Cashel Byron, he'd outwait Pompei's sentinel. Let us away. This day of deeds, as yet but half begun, Must ended be in merrie Islington.
[Exeunt Lydia and Cashel.] BASHVILLE. Gods ! how she hangs on's arm! I am alone. ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ BASHVILLE. "Forty to one, the Dutchman's friends exclaimed.
Done, said Lord Worthington, who shewed himself
A sportsman every inch. Barely the bet
Was booked, when, at the reeling champion's jaw
The sailor, bent on winning out of hand,
Sent in his right. The issue seemed a cert.
When Cashel, ducking smartly to his left,
Cross-countered like a hundredweight of brick—"
LUCIAN. Death and damnation!
LYDIA. Oh, what does it mean?
BASHVILLE. "The Dutchman went to grass, a beaten man."
LYDIA. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Oh, well done, Cashel! ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ LUCIAN. Is there worse to come ?
CASHEL. Know ye not then my mother is an actress ?
LUCIAN. How horrible !
LYDIA. Nay, nay: how interesting!
CASHEL. A thousand victories cannot wipe out
That birthstain. Oh, my speech betrayeth it:
My earliest lesson was the player's speech
In Hamlet; and to this day I express myself
More like a mobled queen than like a man
Of flesh and blood. Well may your cousin sneer! ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ Whilst, like the celebrated maid that milks And does the meanest chares, Ive shared the passions Of Cleopatra. It has been my pride To give her place the greater altitude By lowering mine, and of her dignity To be so jealous that my cheek has flamed Even at the thought of such a deep disgrace As love for such a one as I would be For such a one as she and now! ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ CASHEL [without] Liar and slave!
LYDIA. What words were those ?
LUCIAN. The man is drunk with slaughter.
Enter Bashville running: he shuts the door and locks it. BASHVILLE. Savc yoursclves: at the staircase foot the champion
Sprawls on the mat, by trick of wrestler tripped;
But when he rises, woe betide us all! ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ Lie down, poor footman : She'll never stoop to thee, rear as thou wilt Thy powder to the sky. And now, by Heaven, She stoops below me ; condescends upon This hero of the pothouse, whose exploits. Writ in my character from my last place, Would damn me into ostlerdom. ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ Give me the word: instant I'll take him on
Here—now—at catchweight. Better bite the carpet
A man, than fly, a coward.
LUCIAN. Bravely said:
I will assist you with the poker.
LYDIA. No:
I will not have him touched. Open the door.
BASHViLLE. Destruction knocks thereat. I smile, and open.
Bashville opens the door. Dead silence. Cashel enters in tears.
A solemn pause.
CASHEL. You know my secret?
LYDiA. Yes.
CASHEL. And thereupon
You bade your servant fling me from your door.
LYDIA. I bade my servant say I was not here.
CASHEL [to Bashville] Why didst thou better thy instruction, man? ”

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George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville — Act II, Scene I (1901)

“ The Dutchman, glutton as we know he is,
Seemed this time likely to go hungry. Cashel
Was clearly groggy as he slipped the sailor,
Who, not to be denied, followed him up.
Forcing the fighting mid tremendous cheers."
LYDiA. Oh stop—no more—or tell the worst at once.
I'll be revenged. Bashville: call the police.
This brutal sailor shall be made to know
There's law in England.
LUCIAN. Do not interrupt him:
Mine ears are thirsting. Finish, man. What next? ”

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