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Chapter 6
ButperhapsIamanticipating?
Hecaughthimselfintheact:lookedatall:refrained.
Anattendantfromthedoorwaycalled:
—MrLyster!FatherDineenwants...
—O,FatherDineen!Directly.
Swiftlyrectlycreakingrectlyrectlyhewasrectlygone.
JohnEglintontouchedthefoil.
—Come,hesaid.LetushearwhatyouhavetosayofRichardandEdmund.Youkeptthemforthelast,didn’tyou?
—InaskingyoutorememberthosetwonoblekinsmennuncleRichieandnuncleEdmund,Stephenanswered,IfeelIamaskingtoomuchperhaps.Abrotherisaseasilyforgottenasanumbrella.
Lapwing.
Whereisyourbrother?Apothecaries’hall.Mywhetstone.Him,thenCranly,Mulligan:nowthese.Speech,speech.Butact.Actspeech.Theymocktotryyou.Act.Beactedon.
Lapwing.
Iamtiredofmyvoice,thevoiceofEsau.Mykingdomforadrink.
On.
—Youwillsaythosenameswerealreadyinthechroniclesfromwhichhetookthestuffofhisplays.Whydidhetakethemratherthanothers?Richard,awhoresoncrookback,misbegotten,makeslovetoawidowedAnn(what’sinaname?),woosandwinsher,awhoresonmerrywidow.Richardtheconqueror,thirdbrother,cameafterWilliamtheconquered.Theotherfouractsofthatplayhanglimplyfromthatfirst.OfallhiskingsRichardistheonlykingunshieldedbyShakespeare’sreverence,theangeloftheworld.WhyistheunderplotofKingLearinwhichEdmundfiguresliftedoutofSidney’sArcadiaandspatchcockedontoaCelticlegendolderthanhistory?
—ThatwasWill’sway,JohnEglintondefended.