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Soest Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · dramatic · 42 sec

Good day, sirs! What news? Is it true that the image-breakers are coming straight in this direction? (Carpenter: Here they shall touch nothing, at any rate.) A soldier came into my shop just now to buy tobacco; I questioned him about the matter. The Regent, though so brave and prudent a lady, has for once lost her presence of mind. Things must be bad indeed when she thus takes refuge behind her guards. The castle is strongly garrisoned. It is even rumoured that she means to fly from the town.

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