Worm Monologue from Love and Intrigue: A Tragedy

From Love and Intrigue: A Tragedy by Friedrich Schiller

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Leave that to me, your excellency! The old folks shall not be set at liberty till they and their daughter have taken the most solemn oath to keep the whole transaction secret, and never to confess the deception. (PRESIDENT: An oath! Ridiculous! What restraint can an oath be?) None upon us, my lord, but the most binding upon people of their stamp. Observe, how dexterously by this measure we shall both reach the goal of our desires. The girl loses at once the affection of her lover, and her good name; the parents will lower their tone, and, thoroughly humbled by misfortune, will esteem it an act of mercy, if, by giving her my hand, I re-establish their daughter's reputation. PRESIDENT (shaking his head and smiling). Artful villain! I confess myself outdone--no devil could spin a finer snare! The scholar excels his master. The next question is, to whom must the letter be addressed-- with whom to accuse her of having an intrigue?

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