[The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Leonid Andreyev]@TWC D-Link bookThe Crushed Flower and Other Stories CHAPTER VI 28/50
Go on, Gart.
You may say that it was your own idea? That's the way you men are--you forget everything.
Will you say perhaps that I--" "Mariet!" Haggart interrupts her threateningly. Mariet, turning pale, looking sorrowfully at his terrible eyes which are now steadfastly fixed upon her, continues, still smiling: "Go on, Gart! Will you say perhaps that I--Will you say perhaps that I dissuaded you? That would be funny--" HAGGART--No, I will not say that.
You lie, Mariet! Even I, Haggart--just think of it, people--even I believed her, so cleverly does this woman lie. MARIET--Go--on--Haggart. HAGGART--You are laughing? Abbot, I don't want to be the husband of your daughter--she lies. ABBOT--You are worse than the devil, Gart! That's what I say--You are worse than the devil, Gart! HAGGART--You are all foolish people! I don't understand you; I don't know now what to do with you.
Shall I laugh? Shall I be angry? Shall I cry? You want to let me go--why, then, don't you let me go? You are sorry for Philipp.
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