1925
First performed: July 26, 1910
To
LIONEL S. MARKS
MEMORIAL THEATRE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Tuesday Evening, July 26th, 1910
FIRST PERFORMANCE
OF
The Piper
( The Prize Play )
BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
Produced by MR. and MRS. F. R. BENSON and THEIR SHAKESPEAREAN COMPANY Including Miss MARION TERRY
THE PIPER
Mr. F. R. Benson
MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER
Mr. Eric Maxon
CHEAT-THE-DEVIL
Mr. Alfred Wild
JACOBUS, the Burgomeister
Mr. Alfred Brydone
KURT, the Syndic
Mr. F. Moffat Johnston
PETER, the Cobbler
Mr. W. W. Caithness
HANS, the Butcher
Mr. Harry Caine
AXEL, the Smith
Mr. G. F. Hannam Clarke
MARTIN, the Watch
Mr. John Howell
PETER, the Sacristan
Mr. Nigel Barry
ANSELM, a young Priest
Mr. Murray Carrington
OLD CLAUS, a Miser
Mr. F. P. Wilson
TOWN CRIER
Mr. Frank Growcott
VERONIKA, the wife of Kurt
Miss Marion Terry
BARBARA, daughter of Jacobus
Miss Violet Farebrother
WIFE OF HANS THE BUTCHER
Miss Marion Foreman
WIFE OF AXEL THE SMITH
Miss Winifred Durie
WIFE OF MARTIN THE WATCH
Miss C. MacDowell
OLD URSULA
Miss Elinor Aickin
JAN
Miss Hetty Kenyon
HANSEL
Miss Kathleen Yorke
ILSE
Miss Beatrice Pither
TRUDE
Miss Joan Hastings
RUDI
Master Aubrey Summerheys
Scenery by Messrs. Joseph and Phil Harker
Music specially composed by Mr. Christopher Wilson
THE NEW THEATRE, NEW YORK
Monday Evening, January 30th, 1911
FIRST PERFORMANCE IN AMERICA
OF
The Piper
BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
THE PIPER
Miss Edith Wynne Matthison
MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER
Mr. Frank Gillmore
CHEAT-THE-DEVIL
Mr. Jacob Wendell, Jr.
JACOBUS, the Burgomeister
Mr. Lee Baker
KURT, the Syndic
Mr. Ben Johnson
PETER, the Cobbler
Mr. John Sutherland
HANS, the Butcher
Mr. William McVay
AXEL, the Smith
Mr. Stewart Baird
MARTIN, the Watch
Mr. Edwin Cushman
PETER, the Sacristan
Mr. William Raymond
ANSELM, a young Priest
Mr. Pedro deCordoba
OLD CLAUS, a Miser
Mr. Cecil Yapp
TOWN CRIER
Mr. Robert Hamilton
VERONIKA, the wife of Kurt
Miss Olive Oliver
BARBARA, daughter of Jacobus
Miss Dora Jesslyn
WIFE OF HANS THE BUTCHER
Miss Thais Lawton
WIFE OF AXEL THE SMITH
Miss Elsie Herndon Kearns
WIFE OF MARTIN THE WATCH
Miss Mary Doyle
OLD URSULA
Mrs. Sol Smith
JAN
Master John Tansey
HANSEL
Master Emmett Hampton
ILSE
Miss Jeanette Dix
TRUDE
Miss Claribel Campbell
RUDI
Miss Dorothy Vernon
Produced by Mr. George Foster Platt
Scenery and costumes under the direction of Mr. E. Hamilton Bell
CHARACTERS
THE PIPER, Strolling Player
MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER, Strolling Player
CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, Strolling Player
JACOBUS, the Burgomeister; Man of Hamelin
KURT, the Syndic; Man of Hamelin
PETER, the Cobbler; Man of Hamelin
HANS, the Butcher; Man of Hamelin
AXEL, the Smith; Man of Hamelin
MARTIN, the Watch; Man of Hamelin
PETER, the Sacristan; Man of Hamelin
ANSELM, a young priest; Man of Hamelin
OLD CLAUS, a miser; Man of Hamelin
TOWN CRIER; Man of Hamelin
JAN, Child
HANSEL, Child
ILSE, Child
TRUDE, Child
RUDI, Child
VERONIKA, the wife of Kurt
BARBARA, daughter of Jacobus
WIFE OF HANS THE BUTCHER
WIFE OF AXEL THE SMITH
WIFE OF MARTIN THE WATCH
OLD URSULA
Burghers, nuns, priests, and children
SCENE. — Hamelin on the Weser , 1284 A.D.
SCENES
ACT I. — The market-place in Hamelin
ACT II. SCENE I. — Inside the 'Hollow Hill'
ACT II. SCENE II. — The Cross-ways
ACT III. — The Cross-ways
ACT IV. — The market-place in Hamelin
One week is supposed to elapse between Acts I and II .
Acts II and III occupy one day .
Act IV concerns the following morning .
ACT I
SCENE. — The market-place of Hamelin. Right, the Minster, with an open shrine ( right centre ) containing a large sculptured figure of the Christ. Right, farther front, the house of KURT; and other narrow house-fronts. Left, the Rathaus, and ( down ) the home of JACOBUS. Front, to left and right, are cornerhouses with projecting stories and casement windows. At the centre rear, a narrow street leads away between houses whose gables all but meet overhead .
It is late summer afternoon, with a holiday crowd. In the open casements, front ( right and left, opposite each other ), sit OLD URSULA and OLD CLAUS, looking on at men and things. In the centre of the place now stands a rude wooden Ark with a tented top : and out of the openings ( right and left ) appear the artificial heads of animals, worn by the players inside. One is a Bear ( inhabited by MICHAEL-THE-SWORD-EATER); one is a large Reynard-the-Fox, later apparent as the PIPER. Close by is the medioeval piece of stage-property known as 'Hell-Mouth' , i.e. a red painted cave with a jaw-like opening, into which a mountebank dressed in scarlet (CHEAT-THE-DEVIL) is poking 'Lost Souls' with a pitchfork .
BARBARA loiters by the tent . VERONIKA, the sad young wife of KURT, watches from the house steps, left, keeping her little lame boy, Jan, close beside her .
Shouts of delight greet the end of the show, — a Noah's Ark miracle-play of the rudest; and the Children continue to scream with joy whenever an Animal looks out of the Ark .
Men and women pay scant attention either to JACOBUS, when he speaks ( himself none too sober ) — from his doorstep, prompted by the frowning KURT, — or yet to ANSELM, the priest, who stands forth with lifted hands, at the close of the miracle-play .
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from the Ark ].
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with oratorical endeavor ].
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[HANS the Butcher steps out of his group
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from the Ark ].
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to JACOBUS].
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loudly ].
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[BARBARA lingers by the Ark-Tent, gazing with girlish interest at MICHAEL, who gazes at her, his bear-head in his hand for the moment
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She turns back, with an angry glance at KURT]
doggedly to them ].
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calling ].
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Trumpet . — PEOPLE gaze up and down the little streets . — REYNARD steps out of the Ark and comes down slowly, with a modest air . — KURT points him out, threateningly, and the CROWD bursts into derisive laughter. — He doffs his animal head at leisure, showing a sparkling dark-eyed face
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The PIPER regards them all with debonair satisfaction; then reverses his headpiece and holds it out upside-down, with a confident smile
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to PIPER].
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coming down ].
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sternly ].
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[MICHAEL comes down, bear-head in hand
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defiantly ].
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to HANS].
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The PIPER motions to MICHAEL and CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, who during the following join the other player-folk, strike their tent, pack their bundles, and wheel off the barrows that have served them for an Ark, leaving the space clear before the Shrine. Exeunt Strollers, all but MICHAEL, who hangs about, still gazing at BARBARA]
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to ANSELM].
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Starts to pipe, looking on the book
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puzzled at their mirth ].
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A burst of laughter from the crowd . JAN, the little lame boy on the steps, reaches his arms out suddenly and gives a cry of delight
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savagely ].
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Beckoning others, he and KURT go into the Rathaus, followed by all the men. Exit ANSELM with the Holy Book into the Minster. — The children play Mouse, to and fro, round about the PIPER. — The women, some of them, spin on the doorsteps, with little hand distaffs, or stand about, gossiping .
The PIPER wipes his forehead and goes up slowly ( centre ) to drink from the fountain at the foot of the Shrine . — MICHAEL, like one in a dream, comes down towards BARBARA, who gazes back at him, fascinated, through her laughter
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passionately
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bitterly ].
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eagerly ].
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Overcome for the moment, she draws away. — The PIPER, coming down, speaks stealthily to MICHAEL, who is still gazing
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[BARBARA turns back to see MICHAEL withdrawing reluctantly, and throws a rose to him with sudden gayety
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looking back ].
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[JAN clings once more to the PIPER, while the other children hang about. Enter VERONIKA from her house. She goes towards her boy
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to him ].
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[JAN points to the Christ in the shrine . VERONIKA crosses herself. The PIPER looks long at the little boy
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shyly ].
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The women murmur. The PIPER comes down further to speak to VEKONIKA]
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scampering round him ].
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calling ].
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The PIPER is struck with painful memories
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fiercely ].
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The children cling to him. He smiles down triumphantly
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Re-enter the men, with KURT and JACOBUS, from the Rathaus, murmuring dubiously
The PIPER sets down JAN and stands forth, smiling
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savagely to the crowd ].
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The PIPER stands motionless with head upraised, not looking at KURT. The people, half-cowed, half-doubting, murmur and draw back. Lights appear in the, Alinster; the music continues . KURT and JACOBUS lead in the people . JACOBUS picks up the money-purse and takes it with him
laughing, drunkenly ].
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Others laugh too, pass by, with pity and derision for the PIPER, and echoes of "Masterless Dog!" Exeunt WOMEN and MEN to the Minster .
Only the children are left, dancing round the motionless figure of the PIPER]
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He looks down at them. He looks up at the houses. Then he signs to them, with his finger on his lips; and begins, very softly, to pipe the Kinder-spell. The old CLAUS and URSULA in the windows seem to doze .
The children stop first, and look at him, fascinated; then they laugh, drowsily, and creep closer , — JAN always near. They crowd around him. He pipes louder, moving backwards, slowly with magical gestures, towards the little by-streets and the closed doors. The doors open, everywhere .
Out come the children: little ones in nightgowns; bigger ones, with playthings, toy animals, dolls. He pipes, gayer and louder. They pour in, right and left. Motion and music fill the air. The PIPER lifts JAN to his shoulder ( dropping the little crutch ) and marches off, up the street at the rear, piping, in the midst of them all .
Last, out of the Minster come tumbling two little acolytes in red, and after them , PETER the Sacristan. He trips over them in his amazement and terror; and they are gone after the vanishing children before the church-people come out .
The old folks lean from their windows
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[PETER rushes to the bell-rope and pulls it. The bell sounds heavily. Re-enter, from the church, the citizens by twos and threes and scores
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[KURT, JACOBUS, and the others appear
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Still pulling and shouting
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Horror in the crowd. They bring out lanterns and candles . VERONIKA holds up the forgotten crutch
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to her ].
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furiously to him ].
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The bell clangs incessantly
CURTAIN
ACT II
SCENE I.
— Inside " the Hollow Hill ."
A great, dim-lighted, cavernous place, which shows signs of masonry. It is part cavern and part cellerage of a ruined, burned-down and forgotten old monastery in the hills. — The only entrance ( at the centre rear ), a ramshackle wooden door, closes against a flight of rocky steps. — Light comes from an opening in the roof, and from the right, where a faggot-fire glows under an iron pot. — The scene reaches ( right and left ) into dim corners, where sleeping children lie curled up together like kittens .
By the fire sits the PIPER, on a tree-stump seat, stitching at a bit of red leather. At his feet is a row of bright-colored small shoes, set two and two. He looks up now and then, to recount the children, and goes back to work, with quizzical despair .
Left, sits a group of three forlorn STROLLERS. One nurses a lame knee; one, evidently dumb, talks in signs to the others; one is munching bread and cheese out of a wallet. All have the look of hunted and hungry men. They speak only in whispers to each other throughout the scene; but their hoarse laughter breaks out now and then over the bird-like ignorance of the children .
A shaft of sunlight steals through the hole in the roof . JAN, who lies nearest the PIPER, wakes up .
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softly ].
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earnestly ].
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With watchful tenderness
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apart, tensely ].
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[JAN begins to laugh softly, in a bewildered way, then grows quite happy and forgetful. While the other children waken, he reaches for the pipe and tries to blow upon it, to the PIPER'S amusement . ILSE and HANSEL, the Butcher's children, wake
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The STROLLERS are convulsed with hoarse mirth
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checking the STROLLERS, with a gesture of warning towards the door ].
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The PIPER takes JAN on his knee and feeds him, after ladling out a big bowl of broth from the kettle for the CHILDREN, and giving them bread
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The dumb one rises, stretches, and steals toward the entrance, stopping to slip a blind-patch over one eye. The PIPER goes to him with one stride, seizing him by the shoulder
to him, and the others, apart ].
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The STROLLERS huddle together, with looks of renewed anxiety and wretchedness. — Their laughter at the CHILDREN breaks out forlornly now and then. — The PIPER shepherds the CHILDREN, but with watchful eyes and ears toward the entrance always. — His action grows more and more tense
over his broth ].
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bursting into tears ].
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distracted ].
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shocked and pained
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struggling with his emotion ].
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He turns to give JAN a piping lesson
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Suddenly he lifts his hand. They listen, and hear a dim sound of distant chanting, going by on some neighboring road. The PIPER is puzzled; the STROLLERS are plainly depressed
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The STROLLERS rock with mirth
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piping ].
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taking the pipe ].
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He points to the little row of bright shoes. The CHILDREN scream with joy . ILSE and HANSEL run back
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[JAN is perched on the tree-stump, shy and silent with pleasure
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Takes up a pair of bird's wings
squealing ].
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Puts them on JAN. He is radiant. He stretches out his legs and puts the feathers
trying on theirs and capering ].
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The PIPER looks at JAN]
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[JAN pulls him closer and speaks shyly
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The CHILDREN dance and caper . TRUDE wakes up and joins them. Sound of distant chanting again
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The CHILDREN all fall a-laughing when he does. — Noise without . CHEAT-THE-DEVIL'S voice crying , "Cuckoo — Cuckoo!"]
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The others roll away a big stone, and enter by the wooden door ( rear ), CHEAT-THE-DEVIL. He does not wear his red hood. He has a garland round his neck, and a basket on his arm
sharply to himself ].
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Showing his basket to the Children
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He radiantly undoes his basket, and displays a honeycomb. The STROLLERS, too, rush upon him
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nodding ].
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distracted ].
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Catches HANSEL and affixes to his little jacket a long strip of leather for a tail; then whirls him about
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Seizing shears and leather
wildly ],
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He climbs out, pipe in hand. The CHILDREN whirl about after their tails . — CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, and JAN on his tree-stump, open-mouthed with happiness, watch the Rainbow
CURTAIN
SCENE II.
— The Cross-ways: on the Long Road to Rudersheim .
A wooded country: high hills at back. The place is wild and overgrown, like the haunted spot it is reputed to be. In the foreground, right, a ruined stone well appears, in a mass of weeds and vines. Opposite, left, tall trees and dense thickets. Where the roads cross ( to left of centre ), stands a large, neglected shrine, with a weather-worn figure of Christ, — again the "Lonely Man," — facing toward Hamelin. — The stage is empty, at rise of the curtain; but the sound of chanting from burghers just gone by fades slowly, on the road to Rudersheim .
From the hillside at the rear comes the PIPER, wrapped in a long green cloak, his pipe in his hand. He looks after the procession, and back to Hamelin. — Enter, springing from the bushes to the right , MICHAEL, who seizes him. Their speech goes breathlessly .
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bitterly ].
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Fingers his pipe, noiselessly
rapt with grief ].
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pacing softly up and down, with the restless cunning of a squirrel at watch ].
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dully ].
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He looks at hit pipe again; then listens intently
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Chant approaches in the distance, coming from Hamelin
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overcome ].
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[nearer].
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[MICHAEL climbs down the ancient well, reaching his head up warily, to see .
The PIPER waves to him debonairly, points to the tree-tops, left, and stands a moment showing in his face his disapproval of the music. He fingers his pipe. As the hymn draws near, he scrambles among the bushes, left, and disappears .
Enter slowly, chanting, the company of burghers from Hamelin, — men together first, headed by priests; then the women . — ANSELM and all the townsfolk appear ( saving VERONIKA, the wife of KURT); JACOBUS is meek; KURT very stern. — As they appear, the piping of the Dance-spell begins softly, high in air. The hymn wavers; when the first burghers reach the centre of the stage, it breaks down .
They look up, bewildered; then, with every sign of consternation, struggle, and vacant fear, they begin to dance, willy-nilly. Their faces work; they struggle to walk on; but it is useless. The music whirls them irresistibly into a rhythmic pace of ¾ time, and jogs their wards, when they try to speak, into the same dance-measure. One by one, — two and two they go, — round and round like corks at first, with every sign of struggle and protest, then off, on the long road to Rudersheim. Fat priests waltz together . — KURT the fierce and JACOBUS the sleek hug each other in frantic endeavor to be released. Their words jolt insanely
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They dance out, convulsively, towards Rudersheim . KURT and JACOBUS, still whirling, cry
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Exeunt, left, dancing
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[BARBARA appears, pale and beautiful; — richly dressed in while, with flouring locks. She is wan and exhausted. — The dance-mania, as it seizes her, makes her circle slowly and dazedly with a certain pitiful silliness. The nuns and monks accompanying her point in horror. But they, too, dance off with each other, willy-nilly, — like leaves in a tempest . BARBARA is left alone, still circling slowly. The piping sounds softer. She staggers against a tree, and keeps on waving her hands and turning her head, vaguely, in time .
MICHAEL looks forth from the well; then climbs out and approaches her
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The piping ceases
murmuring ].
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Re-enter the PIPER from the thickets
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gasping ].
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Falls into his arms half-fainting. The PIPER stands amazed, alarmed, chagrined
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furiously ].
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holding her off ].
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to him ].
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confounded ].
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Holds off BARBARA gently
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to her ].
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in a daze ].
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8 sentences
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wonderingly ].
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vaguely ].
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to MICHAEL].
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still enraged, to the PIPER]
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distracted ].
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amazed ].
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eagerly ].
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Droops towards the PIPER; falters and sinks down on the bank beside the well, in a swoon. — The PIPER is abashed and rueful for the moment
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looking at her closely ].
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confounded ].
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madly ].
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flinging him the pipe from his belt ].
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He runs madly up the hillside, and away
CURTAIN
ACT III
SCENE. — The same, later . BARBARA lies motionless, still sleeping . — MICHAEL, sitting on the bank opposite, fingers the pipe with awe and wistfulness. He blows softly upon it; then looks at the girl hopefully. She does not stir .
Enter the PIPER, from the hills at back. He carries a pair of water-jars slung over his shoulders, and seems to be in high feather
singing
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He feigns to be terror-struck at sight of the pipe in MICHAEL'S hands
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giving him the pipe ].
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comfortingly ].
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The PIPER crosses, humming
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He wakes her gently . BARBARA sits up, plainly bewildered; then she sees the PIPER, and says happily
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ruefully ].
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Her hands go to the pearls about her neck
indignant ].
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[MICHAEL watches, with jealous wistfulness, from the road ( left rear ). — BARBARA half fearfully sits up, on the bank by the well
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shuddering ].
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desperately ].
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8 words
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4 sentences
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49 chars
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bitterly ].
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8 words
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342 chars
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wildly ].
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Watching her
expectantly ].
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fascinated ].
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touching his heart ].
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tantalizingly ].
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with tense expectancy ].
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watching her ].
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awe-struck ].
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slowly ].
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mysteriously ].
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disappointed ].
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He ties a long green scarf that he has over his shoulder, to a water-jar, and lowers it down the old well; while BARBARA watches, awe-struck. He continues to sing softly
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to BARBARA, timidly ].
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passionately ].
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The PIPER hauls up the jar, full of water
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piteously ].
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She looks before her with wide, new eyes
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[MICHAEL, wonder-struck, runs to the jar, pours water upon his hand, rubs it off with haste, and falls on his knees before her, taking her hand fearfully
timidly ].
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[MICHAEL, on his knees, winds his arms about her
softly ].
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Kissing her hair
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There is the sound of a herd-bell approaching
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The herd-bell sounds nearer. He lets down a water-jar into the well again. The nearness of the bell startles him. He becomes watchful as a wild creature It sounds nearer and nearer. A woman's voice calls like the wind: "Jan! Jan!" —
The PIPER, tense and cautious, moves softly down into the shrubbery by the well
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Enter VERONIKA, on the road from Hamelin. She is very pale and worn, and drags herself along, clutching in her hand a herd-bell. She looks about her, holds up the bell and shakes it once softly, covering it with her fingers again; then she sits wearily down at the foot of the ruined shrine, and covers her face, with a sharp breath
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The PIPER watches with breathless wonder and fascination. It seems to horrify him
under breath ].
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13 chars
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[VERONIKA lifts her head suddenly and sees the motion of the bushes
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23 words
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117 chars
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confusedly ].
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She crouches where she is, watching him
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apart ].
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She looks at him distractedly
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fiercely ].
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watching her ].
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still watchful ].
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sobbing ].
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like a wounded animal ].
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struggling with pity ].
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half to herself, distraught between suspense and hope ].
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apart, dully ].
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2 sentences
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19 chars
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shortly ].
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6 sentences
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117 chars
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humbly ].
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3 sentences
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37 chars
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wonderingly ].
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22 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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4 sentences
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11 chars
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3 sentences
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27 chars
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passionately ].
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23 chars
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7 words
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2 sentences
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52 chars
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staggering ].
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4 words
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4 sentences
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26 chars
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startled ].
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13 words
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3 sentences
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73 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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18 chars
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offering her water ].
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36 words
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8 sentences
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179 chars
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9 words
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2 sentences
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40 chars
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22 words
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6 sentences
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151 chars
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passionately ].
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7 words
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2 sentences
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36 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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18 chars
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20 words
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4 sentences
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96 chars
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31 chars
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2 sentences
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29 chars
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6 words
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2 sentences
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32 chars
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gently ].
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31 words
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2 sentences
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157 chars
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15 words
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4 sentences
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108 chars
.
She goes, haltingly, and disappears along the road to Hamelin. — The PIPER, alone, stands spell-bound, breathing hard, and looking after her. Then he turns his head and comes down, doggedly. Again he pauses. With a sudden sharp effort he turns, and crosses with passionate appeal to the shrine, his arm uplifted towards the carven Christ as if he warded off some accusation. His speech comes in a torrent
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14 sentences
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680 chars
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6 sentences
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675 chars
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362 chars
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184 chars
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CURTAIN
ACT IV
SCENE. — Hamelin market-place.
It is early morning; so dark that only a bleak twilight glimmers in the square; the little streets are dim. Everywhere gloom and stillness. In the house of KURT, beside the Minster, there in one window-light behind a curtain in the second story. At the casements, down right and left, sit OLD CLAUS and OLD URSULA, wan and motionless as the dead .
The church-bell, which likewise seems to have aged, croaks softly, twice . PETER the Sacristan stands by the bell-rope .
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The Minster-door opens, and out come certain of the townsfolk from early mass. They look unnaturally old and colorless. Their steps lag drearily . — HANS the Butcher and his wife; AXEL the Smith with his wife, and PETER the Cobbler, meet, on their way to the little street, left, and greet one another with painstaking, stricken kindness. They speak in broken voices
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2 sentences
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12 chars
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The bell sounds
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5 words
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2 sentences
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32 chars
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[AXEL smooths his right leg and gives a jerk of pain. They all move, stiffly
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2 sentences
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20 chars
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3 sentences
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72 chars
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2 sentences
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42 chars
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1 sentence
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74 chars
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2 sentences
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17 chars
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modestly ].
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2 words
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2 sentences
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12 chars
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8 words
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3 sentences
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47 chars
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wagging his head solemnly ].
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25 words
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2 sentences
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131 chars
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10 words
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3 sentences
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46 chars
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23 words
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1 sentence
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2 sentences
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24 chars
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2 sentences
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92 chars
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2 sentences
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31 chars
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3 words
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2 sentences
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20 chars
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25 words
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3 sentences
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132 chars
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10 words
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3 sentences
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54 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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20 chars
.
discreetly ].
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5 words
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2 sentences
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29 chars
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He points to the Rathaus wall
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2 sentences
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20 chars
.
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42 words
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3 sentences
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230 chars
.
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4 words
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2 sentences
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20 chars
.
pityingly ].
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75 words
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8 sentences
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382 chars
.
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18 words
in
5 sentences
using
92 chars
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They all break down. The Shoemaker consoles them
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6 sentences
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171 chars
.
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2 sentences
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25 chars
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[HANS and his wife, arm in arm, turn left, towards their house, peering ahead
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29 words
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3 sentences
using
157 chars
.
huskily ].
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27 words
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6 sentences
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166 chars
.
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13 words
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3 sentences
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64 chars
.
They turn and look up. Other burghers join the group. All walk lamely and look the picture of wretchedness
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19 words
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3 sentences
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94 chars
.
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11 words
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2 sentences
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56 chars
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30 words
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4 sentences
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169 chars
.
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7 words
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2 sentences
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40 chars
.
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2 words
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2 sentences
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57 chars
.
Murmur in the distance. They do not heed it
to the Butcher ].
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36 words
in
5 sentences
using
189 chars
.
soothingly ].
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17 words
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5 sentences
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80 chars
.
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6 words
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3 sentences
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38 chars
.
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4 words
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2 sentences
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63 chars
.
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2 sentences
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24 chars
.
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28 words
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5 sentences
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151 chars
.
Exit with his wife
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5 words
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2 sentences
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21 chars
.
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8 words
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3 sentences
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34 chars
.
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1 word
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2 sentences
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18 chars
.
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2 words
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3 sentences
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13 chars
.
[AXEL and his wife re-enter hastily; AXEL rushes toward the noise
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7 words
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2 sentences
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35 chars
.
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3 words
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2 sentences
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59 chars
.
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4 words
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2 sentences
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23 chars
.
[AXEL re-enters, crestfallen
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7 words
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3 sentences
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40 chars
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Shaking his fist at the house of JACOBUS]
calling ].
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1 word
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2 sentences
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10 chars
.
The others are stricken with disappointment
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5 words
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2 sentences
using
28 chars
.
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17 words
in
3 sentences
using
90 chars
.
deprecatingly ].
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10 words
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3 sentences
using
55 chars
.
Enter, at the rear, with a straggling crowd , BARBARA and MICHAEL, both radiant and resolute. She wears the long green cloak over her bridal array .
JACOBUS appears in his doorway, night-capped and fur-gowned, shrinking from the hostile crowd. The people murmur
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32 words
in
10 sentences
using
167 chars
.
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12 words
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4 sentences
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75 chars
.
sullenly ].
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1 word
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2 sentences
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32 chars
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He is dismayed
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33 chars
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without approaching him, lifting her face clearly ].
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4 sentences
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72 chars
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The townsfolk are amazed
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3 sentences
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79 chars
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3 sentences
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14 words
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6 sentences
using
70 chars
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12 chars
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18 words
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using
87 chars
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using
83 chars
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55 chars
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sagely, after the others ].
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15 chars
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40 words
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8 sentences
using
181 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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24 chars
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17 words
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3 sentences
using
78 chars
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22 chars
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8 words
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3 sentences
using
34 chars
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14 words
in
5 sentences
using
70 chars
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The crowd parts to admit the PIPER, haled hither with shouts and pelting, by MARTIN the Watch and other men, all breathless. His eyes burn
apart ].
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5 words
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3 sentences
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27 chars
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gaspingly ].
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11 words
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4 sentences
using
60 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
22 chars
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12 words
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2 sentences
using
65 chars
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16 words
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2 sentences
using
79 chars
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13 words
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2 sentences
using
57 chars
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6 words
in
2 sentences
using
49 chars
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5 words
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4 sentences
using
27 chars
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Their cries turn into an uproar of rage and desperation. They surge and fall back between fury and fear . HANS the Butcher, broken with hope, cries , "Loose him! Let him speak!" — The PIPER shakes himself free . —
He sees BARBARA and MICHAEL for the first time and recoils with amazement . BARBARA steps towards him. — It is to be understood in the following pages, where the crowd speaks, that only a general consensus of meaning comes out of the uproar
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15 words
in
3 sentences
using
71 chars
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The PIPER gazes at her, open-mouthed
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13 words
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4 sentences
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66 chars
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6 words
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2 sentences
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31 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
60 chars
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8 words
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2 sentences
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43 chars
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6 words
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3 sentences
using
25 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
15 chars
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31 words
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4 sentences
using
163 chars
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2 sentences
using
5 chars
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with conviction ].
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2 sentences
using
13 chars
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proudly ].
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1 word
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10 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
18 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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2 sentences
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28 chars
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3 words
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2 sentences
using
15 chars
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7 words
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3 sentences
using
37 chars
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11 words
in
7 sentences
using
74 chars
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sternly ].
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31 words
in
9 sentences
using
164 chars
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20 words
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8 sentences
using
108 chars
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6 words
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2 sentences
using
33 chars
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119 chars
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5 sentences
using
71 chars
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7 words
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2 sentences
using
49 chars
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11 words
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5 sentences
using
62 chars
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70 words
in
12 sentences
using
354 chars
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3 words
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2 sentences
using
49 chars
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18 words
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4 sentences
using
104 chars
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3 sentences
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20 chars
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2 sentences
using
20 chars
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10 words
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4 sentences
using
51 chars
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16 words
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3 sentences
using
76 chars
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Cheers . MICHAEL is happy
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8 words
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5 sentences
using
55 chars
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21 words
in
3 sentences
using
101 chars
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in an uproar ].
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15 words
in
8 sentences
using
84 chars
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unmoved ].
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18 words
in
3 sentences
using
92 chars
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He searches the crowd anxiously with his eyes
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21 words
in
9 sentences
using
118 chars
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40 words
in
6 sentences
using
209 chars
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savagely ].
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
23 chars
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6 words
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2 sentences
using
30 chars
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6 words
in
2 sentences
using
28 chars
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11 words
in
3 sentences
using
73 chars
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gladly ].
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9 words
in
3 sentences
using
49 chars
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[ANSELM, the priest, appears in the doorway with uplifted hand, commanding silence. He is pale and stern. At sight of his face the PIPER falters
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7 words
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3 sentences
using
47 chars
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2 sentences
using
57 chars
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2 sentences
using
47 chars
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in
2 sentences
using
21 chars
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solemnly ].
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5 words
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2 sentences
using
27 chars
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The PIPER falls back stricken and speechless. — The crowd, seeing him humanly overwhelmed, grows brave
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2 sentences
using
22 chars
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3 sentences
using
37 chars
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fearfully ].
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3 sentences
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63 chars
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2 sentences
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25 chars
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24 words
in
8 sentences
using
126 chars
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4 sentences
using
42 chars
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They surround him. He thrusts them off
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14 words
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5 sentences
using
75 chars
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brokenly ].
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9 sentences
using
216 chars
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4 sentences
using
54 chars
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5 words
in
3 sentences
using
43 chars
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[ANSELM bars the threshold and steps out
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125 chars
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to himself ].
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3 sentences
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36 chars
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2 sentences
using
125 chars
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to them ].
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Passionately he stretches his arms towards the window
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with fixed eyes ].
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763 chars
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A faint sound of piping comes from the distance. — The PIPER is first watchful, then radiant. — The burghers are awe-struck, as it sounds nearer
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1 word
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2 sentences
using
11 chars
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3 words
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2 sentences
using
26 chars
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The PIPER faces front with fixed, triumphant eyes above the crowd
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3 sentences
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16 words
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3 sentences
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The PIPER, with a sudden gesture, commands silence. He bounds away ( centre ), and disappears. The people, spell-bound with terror, murmur and pray
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3 words
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2 sentences
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21 chars
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[KURT the Syndic appears on the threshold behind ANSELM, whose arm he touches, whispering. — Their faces are wonderstruck with hope and awe
to the others, pointing ].
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4 words
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2 sentences
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23 chars
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4 sentences
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The casement of the lighted window opens wide and slowly. — Re-enter the PIPER with JAN in his arms. The little boy holds the Pipe, and smiles about with tranquil happiness. The PIPER, radiant with joy, lifts him high, looking toward VERONIKA'S window. — The awe-struck people point to the open casement .
VERONIKA'S two white hands reach out; then she herself appears, pale, shining with ecstasy
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2 words
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2 sentences
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15 chars
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The PIPER lifts him still before the window, gazing up. Then he springs upon the bench ( outside the lower window ) and gives JAN into the arms of VERONIKA. — KURT and ANSELM bow their heads. A hush. — Then JAN looks down from the window-seat
to him, smiling wisely ].
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4 words
in
2 sentences
using
21 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
46 chars
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2 sentences
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18 chars
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He takes his pipe. — An uproar of joy among the burghers
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13 words
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5 sentences
using
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Some rush out madly; others go into their houses for lights; some are left on their knees, weeping for joy .
The PIPER sounds a few notes; then lifts his hand and listens, smiling. — Uproar in the distance. — A great barking of dogs; — shouts and cheers; then the high, sweet voices of the CHILDREN.
The piping is drowned in cries of joy. The sun comes out, still rosy, in a flood of light. The crowd rushes in. Fat burghers hug each other, and laugh and cry. They are all younger. Their faces bloom, as by a miracle .
The CHILDREN pour in. Some are carried, some run hand-in-hand. Everywhere women embrace their own . — KURT has his sons . — CHEAT-THE-DEVIL comes, with a daisy-chain around his neck, all smiles .
An uproar of light and faces
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5 words
in
2 sentences
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29 chars
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2 sentences
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16 chars
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2 sentences
using
24 chars
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19 words
in
5 sentences
using
123 chars
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Picking up one of JAN'S winged shoes
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7 sentences
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2 sentences
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38 chars
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3 sentences
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19 chars
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Showing her his other foot, joyously
to him ].
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8 words
in
2 sentences
using
47 chars
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Contains
7 words
in
3 sentences
using
37 chars
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The PIPER crosses to the Shrine, with the little shoe, and hangs it up there; then he turns towards the window, waving his hand
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4 words
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2 sentences
using
22 chars
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They run and cling
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5 words
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2 sentences
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24 chars
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3 sentences
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10 chars
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38 words
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5 sentences
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195 chars
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2 words
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3 sentences
using
40 chars
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Contains
4 words
in
3 sentences
using
74 chars
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Contains
3 words
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2 sentences
using
12 chars
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4 words
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2 sentences
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He waves them farewell, and goes. The CHILDREN dance and laugh and sparkle. Through the hundred sounds of joy, there comes a far-off piping
THE END