As my wife,---the sharer of my hopes, my ambitions, and my sorrows; under the shelter of your love I could watch the storms of fortune pass unheeded by. Mrs. P.Sellyourself, George! Pete. ], M'Closky. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? I guess he ain't left home yet, Colonel. [Seated,R. C.] Fan me, Minnie.---[Aside.] [Astonished.] Well, he cut that for the photographing line. [Raises hammer.] George. Go on, Colonel. Come, form a court then, choose a jury---we'll fix this varmin. Liverpool post mark. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. O, that's it, is it? At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." Essay Topics. See here, you imps; if I catch you, and your red skin yonder, gunning in my swamps, I'll give you rats, mind; them vagabonds, when the game's about, shoot my pigs. Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. George. For ten years his letters came every quarter-day, with a remittance and a word of advice in his formal cavalier style; and then a joke in the postscript, that upset the dignity of the foregoing. Scud. [Rising.] you seen dem big tears in his eyes. Well, what d'ye say, Lafouche---d'ye smile? Darn me, if I couldn't raise thirty thousand on the envelope alone, and ten thousand more on the post-mark. Pete. This business goes agin me, Ratts---'tain't right. All. Unlock this Study Guide! Pete. No, sir; you have omitted the Octoroon girl, Zoe. I dare say you left at least a dozen beloved women there, at the same time. You will not give me to that man? [Shouts heard,R.]. M'Closky. Do you mean that I'm a pig? I've been to the negro quarters. M'Closky. I feel so big with joy, creation ain't wide enough to hold me. It is such scenes as these that bring disgrace upon our Western life. Now, Mr. George, between the two overseers, you and that good old lady have come to the ground; that is the state of things, just as near as I can fix it. Zoe. Is it on such evidence you'd hang a human being? Hillo! Excuse me; one of the principal mortgagees has made the demand. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Paul. Scud. Scud. Zoe. George. [Sitting,R. C.] A pretty mess you've got this estate in---. Zoe. Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] Dido. [To the men.] Dora. The apparatus can't mistake. They are gone!---[*Glancing at*George.] Paul. Scud. [C.] I'm sorry to intrude, but the business I came upon will excuse me. Mrs. P.Terrebonne for sale, and you, sir, will doubtless become its purchaser. Scud. Hold on, Jacob, I'm coming to that---I tell ye, I'm such a fool---I can't bear the feeling, it keeps at me like a skin complaint, and if this family is sold up---. Sorry I can't help you, but the fact is, you're in such an all-fired mess that you couldn't be pulled out without a derrick. The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. he's allers in for it. Yes, Mas'r George, dey was born here; and old Pete is fonder on 'em dan he is of his fiddle on a Sunday. ", Pete. Dora. Well, he has the oddest way of making love. O, I have not spoiled that anyhow. "Whar's Paul?" McClosky, however, outbids her for Zoe; George is restrained from attacking him by his friends. D'ye feel it? No, Injiun; we deal out justice here, not revenge. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? [Sighing.] Do you know what I am? *, M'Closky. Then I will go to a parlor house and have them top up a bathtub with French champagne and I will strip and dive into it with a bare-assed blonde and a redhead and an octoroon and the four of us will get completely presoginated and laugh and let long bubbly farts at hell and baptize each other in the name of the Trick, the Prick, and the Piper-Heidsick. Zoe. Lafouche. [Exit slowly, as if concealing himself,R.U.E. George. It's a good drink to see her come into the cotton fields---the niggers get fresh on the sight of her. Point. that'll save her. [Doraattempts to take it.] Daisaku Ikeda Culture is like the current of the ocean. [Returning with rifle.] Dido. No, Pete; no, I won't. Ho! Those little flowers can live, but I cannot. Zoe, I love you none the less; this knowledge brings no revolt to my heart, and I can overcome the obstacle. [Re-enters with phial.] Everybody---that is, I heard so. that he isn't to go on fooling in his slow---. Scud. Hold on, George Peyton---stand back. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. Scud. You see dat hole in dar, sar. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become. Consarn those Liverpool English fellers, why couldn't they send something by the last mail? Yah! [Reads.] look sar! I am his love---he loves an Octoroon. Pointdexter*mounts the table with his hammer, his Clerk sits at his feet. ], M'Closky. I won't hear a word! *EnterThibodeauxand*Sunnyside,R.U.E. Thibo. Zoe. It is in the hearts of brave men, who can tell right from wrong, and from whom justice can't be bought. In comparison, a quadroon would have one quarter African ancestry and a mulatto for the most part has historically implied half African ancestry. No---no. It's no use you putting on airs; I ain't gwine to sit up wid you all night and you drunk. she look as though she war gwine to have a tooth drawed! Yes, for I'd rather be black than ungrateful! George. Thank ye; thank ye. I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. I will; for it is agin my natur' to b'lieve him guilty; and if he be, this ain't the place, nor you the authority to try him. O, golly! Do you know what that is? It wants an hour yet to daylight---here is Pete's hut---[Knocks.] Pete. Yes---when I saw him and Miss Zoe galloping through the green sugar crop, and doing ten dollars' worth of damage at every stride, says I, how like his old uncle he do make the dirt fly. Judy Collins, You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music." Ratts. he is here. Darn his copper carcass, I've got a set of Irish deck-hands aboard that just loved that child; and after I tell them this, let them get a sight of the red-skin, I believe they would eat him, tomahawk and all. A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] Point. And I remained here to induce you to offer that heart to Dora! Lafouche. Minnie (a Quadroon Slave) Miss Walters. I left that siren city as I would have left a beloved woman. I bid seven thousand, which is the last dollar this family possesses. Back at Terrebonne, Zoe returns but with a sad heart, as she knows that she and George can never be together. Scud. Yes; you was the first to hail Judge Lynch. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. Here 'tis---now you give one timble-full---dat's nuff. Stop, here's dem dishes---plates---dat's what he call 'em, all fix: I see Mas'r Scudder do it often---tink I can take likeness---stay dere, Wahnotee. George. [Speaking in his ear-trumpet.] The devil I am! Scud. There is a gulf between us, as wide as your love, as deep as my despair; but, O, tell me, say you will pity me! They owed him over fifty thousand dollars. I've got engaged eight hundred bales at the next landing, and one hundred hogsheads of sugar at Patten's Slide---that'll take my guards under---hurry up thar. The men leave to fetch the authorities, but McClosky escapes. [ToMrs. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? George. Pete. Is your heart free? Would you now? [ExitPeteand all theNegroes,slowly,R.U.E. *Enter*Zoe[supposed to have overheard the last scene], L.U.E. Zoe. now mind. [During the reading of letter he remains nearly motionless under the focus of the camera.] Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! [*With-draws slide, turns and sees*Paul.] Come, Zoe, don't be a fool; I'd marry you if I could, but you know I can't; so just say what you want. Eight hundred agin, then---I'll go it. Born here---dem darkies? What! O, law, sir, dat debil Closky, he tore hisself from de gen'lam, knock me down, take my light, and trows it on de turpentine barrels, and de shed's all afire! Wahnotee. He has a strange way of showing it. Yes, near the quick there is a faint blue mark. [Returns to table and drinks.]. One of them is prepared with a self-developing liquid that I've invented. Could you see the roots of my hair you would see the same dark, fatal mark. Alas! [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. What? George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! M'Closky. Dora. That boy and the Indian have gone down to the landing for the post-bags; they'll idle on the way as usual; my mare will take me across the swamp, and before they can reach the shed, I'll have purified them bags---ne'er a letter shall show this mail. Scud. Zoe. Ay, ay! [Aside.] What, sar! Fifteen thousand bid for the Octoroon. Scud. Mrs. P.No, George; say you wept like a man. Mrs. Peyton, George Peyton, Terrebonne is yours. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. Zoe. George. Jackson. | Sitemap |. things have got so jammed in on top of us, we ain't got time to put kid gloves on to handle them. "When she goes along, she just leaves a streak of love behind her. Yes, I'm here, somewhere, interferin'. It's dem black trash, Mas'r George; dis ere property wants claring; dem's getting too numerous round; when I gets time I'll kill some on 'em, sure! The proof is here, in my heart. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. Each word you utter makes my love sink deeper into my heart. [*Aside to*Mrs. Now's your time.---[Aloud.] An extremely beautiful young slave girl, who is treated like a member of the family, Zoe is kind, generous, and adored by every man who lays eyes on her. M'Closky. don't think too hardly of your poor father. [Takes them.] Weenee Paul. E.---Wahnotefollows him.---Screams outside. Uh---uh, let's have a peep. George. Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. A julep, gal, that's my breakfast, and a bit of cheese. [Enters inner room,R.U.E.]. One thousand bid. Scad. Look! Say what you know---not what you heard. That part of it all is performance for the media. I don't think you capable of anything else than---. or say the word, and I'll buy this old barrack, and you shall be mistress of Terrebonne. You know you can't be jealous of a poor creature like me. ], George. what are you doing there, you young varmint! George. [The knives disappear.] Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. Eleven hundred---going---going---sold! I---my mother was---no, no---not her! I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. Mr. Lafouche, why, how do you do, sir? There's one name on the list of slaves scratched, I see. George, you know not what you say. Pete. Good morning, Colonel. I can never sleep now without dreaming. [Opens it.] Lynch him! Now fix yourself. George. George R R Martin. Zoe. I wish they could sell me! *] Now, give it to me. The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. [*Takes fan from*Minnie.] [Tableaux.]. [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. No, it ain't; because, just then, what does the judge do, but hire another overseer---a Yankee---a Yankee named Salem Scudder. Dora. Look there, jurymen. George offers to take her to a different country, but Zoe insists that she stay to help Terrebonne; Scudder then appears and suggests that George marry Dora. Point. Peyton.]. Say, Mas'r Scudder, take me in dat telescope? [Throws down apron.] I shall endeavor not to be jealous of the past; perhaps I have no right to be. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Getting Started | Contributor Zone Ratts. Mr. George is in love with Zoe. She refuses, but Zoe steals the bottle from her anyway and runs off. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. *], [Light fires.---Draw flats and discoverPaul'sgrave.---M'Closky*dead on top of it.---Wahnoteestanding triumphantly over him.*]. George. Go on, Colonel---Colonel Pointdexter, ma'am---the mortgagee, auctioneer, and general agent. [Seizing a fly whisk.] M'Closky hates Scudder in return, especially because they both love Zoe, Mr. Peyton's "octoroon" daughter, Zoe. Zoe. [Goes up.]. I want Pete here a minute. Gustave Flaubert, Not that anyone short of God Almighty could have gotten Marcus Senior to rest and take it easy. Zoe. Then, if they go, they'll take Zoe---she'll follow them. 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