Lucian Monologue from The Admirable Bashville; Or, Constancy Unrewarded Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession Done into a Stage Play in Three Acts and in Blank Verse, with a Note on Modern Prize Fighting

From The Admirable Bashville; Or, Constancy Unrewarded Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession Done into a Stage Play in Three Acts and in Blank Verse, with a Note on Modern Prize Fighting by Bernard Shaw

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Not so, policeman I bear a message from The Throne itself Of fullest amnesty for Byron's past. Nay, more: of Dorset deputy lieutenant He is proclaimed. Further, it is decreed, In memory of his glorious victory Over our country's foes at Islington, The flag of England shall for ever bear On azure field twelve swanlike spots of white; And by an exercise of feudal right Too long disused in this anarchic age Our sovereign doth confer on him the hand Of Miss Carew, Wiltstoken's wealthy heiress. [ (General acclamation.) (POLICEMAN: Was anything, sir, said about me?) Thy faithful services are not forgot: In future call thyself Inspector Smith. [ (Renewed acclamation.) (POLICEMAN: I thank you, sir. I thank you, gentlemen.) My former opposition, valiant champion, Was based on the supposed discrepancy Betwixt your rank and Lydia's. Here's my hand.

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