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The Freemason;
SCENE III . Enter HANS . HANS . I ' m here . COUNT . Didst thou obey my orders , Hans ? HANS . Oh ! yes . COUNT . Then let us know at once with what success .
HANS . Odds boddikins ! I have discovered all ! COUNT . Thou knowest what ' s done in yonder Mason ' s hall ? HANS . I clo ; I saw , I heard , and I found out AAliat these Freemasons were last night about . CAROL . I die to know the secret . COUNT . SO do I . HANS . Scarce had the winged bats began to fly .
AVhen there came in a thousand , and perhaps more , AVho knocked in a strange manner at the door . COUNT . Didst thou not count amiss ? CAROL . Fear multiplies . HANS . Odds boddikins ! I saw them with these eyes . COUNT . AVeil , how did they begin ? HANS . They metand then
, , Very unlike all other Christian men . One raised his right leg—CAROL ( aside ) . I shall die with laughter , HANS . Then put it down . COUNT . And ? HANS . Dragged his left leg after .
CAROL . Your penetration ' s wonderful , methinks . — HANS . Ha ! ha ! Miss , so it is , I am a lynx . COUNT . HOW were they dressed ? HANS . Odds boddikins ! d ' ye see . Had they been Christians , just like you ancl me , That coats and mantles they had on I'd swear , But wizards in what form they please appear . COUNT . Didst see nought else ?
CAROL . AVith knowledge you abound . HANS . I heard a horrible and ghastly sound , There was but little light , and in the gloom I saw some hundreds come into the room AVith instruments of magic in their hands Which I cannot describe . COUNT . Perhaps they were wands ?
CAROL . AVhat were they like ? HANS . AVhy , let me see , As like umbrellas as they well could be . CAROL . Umbrellas ! To be sure , it poured with rain . HANS . Theg would ' nt want them in a hurricane . Umbrellas ! wizards of that Brotherhood , AVould not be wet by rain as Christians would !
COUNT . Each time the door was opened didst look in And with thy sharpest glances pry within ? HANS . I carefully obeyed each word you spoke . COUNT . And thou didst see ?
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The Freemason;
SCENE III . Enter HANS . HANS . I ' m here . COUNT . Didst thou obey my orders , Hans ? HANS . Oh ! yes . COUNT . Then let us know at once with what success .
HANS . Odds boddikins ! I have discovered all ! COUNT . Thou knowest what ' s done in yonder Mason ' s hall ? HANS . I clo ; I saw , I heard , and I found out AAliat these Freemasons were last night about . CAROL . I die to know the secret . COUNT . SO do I . HANS . Scarce had the winged bats began to fly .
AVhen there came in a thousand , and perhaps more , AVho knocked in a strange manner at the door . COUNT . Didst thou not count amiss ? CAROL . Fear multiplies . HANS . Odds boddikins ! I saw them with these eyes . COUNT . AVeil , how did they begin ? HANS . They metand then
, , Very unlike all other Christian men . One raised his right leg—CAROL ( aside ) . I shall die with laughter , HANS . Then put it down . COUNT . And ? HANS . Dragged his left leg after .
CAROL . Your penetration ' s wonderful , methinks . — HANS . Ha ! ha ! Miss , so it is , I am a lynx . COUNT . HOW were they dressed ? HANS . Odds boddikins ! d ' ye see . Had they been Christians , just like you ancl me , That coats and mantles they had on I'd swear , But wizards in what form they please appear . COUNT . Didst see nought else ?
CAROL . AVith knowledge you abound . HANS . I heard a horrible and ghastly sound , There was but little light , and in the gloom I saw some hundreds come into the room AVith instruments of magic in their hands Which I cannot describe . COUNT . Perhaps they were wands ?
CAROL . AVhat were they like ? HANS . AVhy , let me see , As like umbrellas as they well could be . CAROL . Umbrellas ! To be sure , it poured with rain . HANS . Theg would ' nt want them in a hurricane . Umbrellas ! wizards of that Brotherhood , AVould not be wet by rain as Christians would !
COUNT . Each time the door was opened didst look in And with thy sharpest glances pry within ? HANS . I carefully obeyed each word you spoke . COUNT . And thou didst see ?