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MAJOR MOLINEUX
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Boy
ROBIN
CROWD
Boy
Here, Boy, here's the Major's sword,
perhaps, you'll want a souvenir.
(CROWD
starts to leave.
ROBIN
and
Boy
alone)
The Major's gone. We'll have to go
Back home. There's no one here to help us.
Yes, Major Molineux
is
dead.
( Starts sadly towards the river)
Long live the Republic! Long live the Republic!
Look, Robin, I have found a flintlock.
(ROBIN
looks wistfully at the
CROWD,
now almost entirely gone. He
pauses and then answers in a daze.)
ROBIN
Boy
ROBIN
A flintlock?
Well, that's all I came to Boston for, I guess.
Let's go, I see the ferryman.
(Still inattentive)
I'm going.
(ROBIN
takes his brother's hand and turns firmly towards the city.)
Boy
Are we returning to the city?
( All the people are gone now, the lights start to go out. A red sun
shows on the river.)
ROBIN
Yes, Brother, we are staying here.
Look, the lights are going out,
the red sun's rising on the river.
Where
will
it take us to? ... It's strange
to be here on our own-and free.
Boy
(Sighting along his flintlock)
Major Molineux
is
dead.
ROBIN
Major Molineux is dead.
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