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ROSERT LOWELL
(Imitating the
MAN WITH THE PERIWIG'S
voice)
"Hem, hem, I'll stick you in the stocks
by peep of day." That chirping man
has gone into the woman's house.
CLERGYMAN
ROBIN
What shall we do with people? They
get worse and worse, but God improves.
God was green in Moses' time;
little by little though, he blossomed.
First came the prophets, then our Lord,
and then the Church.
The Church?
CLERGYMAN
The Church
gets more enlightened every day.
We've learned to disregard the Law
and look at persons. Who is my neighbor?
Anyone human is my neighbor. Sometimes
my neighbor is a man from Sodom.
(Great noise of shouting.
ALL FORMER CHARACTERS,
except The
MAN WITH THE MASK,
parade across the stage. Most of them wave
Rattlesnake flags.)
ROBIN
Father,
I
see two clergymen;
they're waving flags.
CLERGYMAN
CROWD
I
see my sign.
(Snaps the whirligig with his thumb)
Look, the wind has risen! Wherever
the spirit calls me,
I
must follow.
Hurrah for the Republic!
Down with Major Molineux!
(The
PEOPLE
sing a verse of
Yankee Doodle,
and draw
COLONEL
GREENOUGH
on stage in a red, white and blue cart. He stand up
and draws his sword. One can see that his face is now entirely red.)
MAN WITH MASK
The die is cast!