Name: The Daughter of Heaven — Act I
Author: Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier

Quotes from The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier)

Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (1913)

“ Oh! no But I desire to ask your indulgence for the lovely dead flowers. Permit them to remain there as a carpet at the foot of our pavilion. Though broken from their stems, they are still beautiful and keep their perfume.
Arrow-Bearer
What glory for me to obey you! I envy those flowers which will be trod by your little feet.
[He makes a sign for the gardeners to with-draw.]
Tranquil Beauty
[Pulling at the sleeve of Golden Lotus]
Enough, Golden Lotus. It is not proper for us to listen to such remarks. ”

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Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (1913)

“ Strong-arm
Among trees there are kings, and among flowers princesses.
Rock
And many poor plants have neither beauty nor perfume.
Fir-Sapling
The rain refreshes them just the same, and the sun warms them.
Humpback
It sometimes happens that chance favours the most humble. Listen to me. Though I was in no way to blame, I have witnessed a sight which I was forbidden to see.
Strong-arm
You? You have witnessed such a sight?
Fir-Sapling
What was it? Tell us.
Humpback
Well, it was yesterday, after sundown. The other gardeners had just gone away ”

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Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (1913)

“ In the background servants are setting up banners, lances, and emblems of every shape. In the foreground, gardeners are putting the garden in order and sweeping away the rain of flowers which has fallen from the trees. ”

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Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (1913)

“ Rock, Fir Sapling, Strong-arm, Humpback, gardeners. In the distance a bell and a drum can be heard.
Rock
[Stopping his work and listening.] Do you hear the great bronze bell and the drum? Another Prince is passing through the Gateway of State and making his entrance into our Palace of Nanking.
Fir-Sapling
Yes, I hear——but I would rather see.
Strong-arm
Beautiful sights are not for us to see.
Rock
The great ceremonies do not need the gaze of such as us. ”

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Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (1913)

“ No sooner have we put all straight than the spiteful wind shakes the branches and we have to begin all over again.
Arrow-Bearer
Remove them from the moss, at all events——Those faded flowers look like so many stains.
SCENE III
Rock, Fir-Sapling, Strong-arm, Humpback, Arrow-Bearer, Golden Lotus, Cinnamon, Pearl, Tranquil Beauty—Ladies in Waiting.
The ladies appear hestitatingly on the verandah of the Pavilion. Golden Lotus advances and rests her elbows on the balustrade. Arrow-Bearer gazes upon her with evident emotion. ”

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Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, The Daughter of Heaven — Act I (1913)

“ Yes! when that young man is her teacher.
Arrow-Bearer
The cause of it was peculiar. A Prince, kinsman to the Tartar usurper, conceived the foolish idea of mustering an army of bandits to hurl upon the hated Christians in the north of China. But the horde, once let loose, got out of hand. It rushed against the barbarian strangers, whose presence has for a long time been tolerated in the neighbourhood of the Palace. Then the armies of the Western nations came to sack Peking, whence the Tartar Emperor fled with his entire Court. ”

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