,transcriber's ,notes ,obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected1 but repeated unconventional punctuation and accents remain4 ,italics are represented thus italic4 ,,the ,,modern ,,drama ,,series ,,edited ,,by ,,edwin ,,bj,,rkman ,,the ,,red ,,light ,,of ,,mars ,,george ,,bronson-,,howard ,,the ,,red ,,light ,,of ,,mars ,,or ,a ,,day ,,in ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,the ,,devil ,a ,,philosophical ,,comedy ,,by ,,george ,,bronson-,,howard ,illustration ,,new ,,york ,,mitchell ,,kennerley ,,mcmxiii ,,copyright #aiac ,,the ,,john ,w4 ,,rumsey ,,co4 ,,copyright #aiac ,,mitchell ,,kennerley ,,the,,plimpton,,press ,,norwood,,mass,u,s,a ,,contents ,,page ,,introduction vii ,,list ,,of ,,plays ,,by ,,george ,,bronson-,,howard x ,,the ,,red ,,light ,,of ,,mars #a ,,introduction ,there is to me something typically ,american about the life-story leading up to the play contained in this volume--a story in which the creation and publication of that play will undoubtedly represent only a temporary climax4 ,i want to tell it1 not only as a curiosity1 but as something that has genuine significance to the world of letters4 ,the meaning of this story1 read in conjunction with the work that has grown out of it1 is that the time when books were bred by books only is about gone now4 ,the new literature will come straight out of life1 apparently1 and will in consequence have made a decided gain1 even though it may have lost something else4 ,as it springs forth1 full-blooded and ready-tongued1 we shall undoubtedly hear melancholy voices proclaim the vulgarization of poetry4 ,but if1 on hearing such protests rising from some anmic scholar's cloistered cell1 we look back through the ages and fix our gaze not only on the little followers but on the great leaders--on the ,dantes and ,shakespeares and ,cervanteses and ,molires--then we shall find that almost always the term of opprobrium quoted above has implied a vitalization of the supposedly menaced art form4 ,the author of 8,the ,red ,light of ,mars0 is now in his thirtieth year1 having been born on ,january #g1 #ahhd1 in ,howard ,county1 ,maryland4 ,his father was a ,baltimore merchant and insurance broker1 who1 in his turn1 had a ,confederate blockade runner for father and an officer in the ,english army for grandfather4 ,his mother sprang from an old ,french middle-class family1 which had to emigrate from ,dijon after the ,edict of ,nantes4 ,george ,bronson-,howard studied in a private school in ,london1 in the public schools of ,baltimore1 and in the ,city ,college of the same place4 ,at fourteen he lost both parents1 just as he was about to enter ,johns ,hopkins ,university1 his age having been carefully concealed in order that the examinations might be open to him4 ,instead he became a messenger in the ,weather ,bureau at ,baltimore4 ,while thus employed1 he submitted successfully to the first of a series of civil service examinations1 each one of which required some skilful disingenuousness lest the applicant's age prove an insuperable obstacle4 ,during the next seven years1 ,mr4 ,bronson-,howard busied himself successively as follows3 ,reporter on the ,baltimore ,american2 clerk in the office of the ,secretary of the ,navy2 stenographer at the ,brooklyn ,navy ,yard2 reporter on the ,brooklyn ,citizen2 press representative for one of the ,frohman theatres and for one of ,george ,w4 ,lederer's productions2 reporter on the ,new ,york ,herald2 clerk in the ,bureau of ,navigation at ,washington2 clerk in the office of the ,collector of ,customs at ,manila1 ,philippine ,islands2 assistant to the ,collector of ,customs at ,iloilo1 on the island of ,panay2 newspaper correspondent at ,manila2 member of the ,philippine ,constabulary2 contributor of fiction stories to various newspapers and magazines2 employ of the ,imperial ,chinese ,customs ,service at ,canton2 agent of the ,imperial ,chinese ,government in ,shantung ,province2 war correspondent for the ,london ,chronicle with the ,russian army in ,manchuria2 magazine and newspaper writer at ,san ,francisco4 ,he was twenty-one when he came ,east and began to produce a series of clever1 quick-moving stories1 designated by himself 8as melodramatic magazine yarns40 ,the type of hero around which they were built was wholly new3 a secret agent of the ,state ,department4 ,appearing in book form under the title of 8,norroy1 ,diplomatic ,agent10 those stories met with such success that their author found himself relieved for a long time from all necessity of 8pot-boiling40 ,since then he has written more stories1 three romances--one of which so far has only been published in ,germany--essays1 plays1 criticism1 musical revues1 etc4 ,he has acted as play reader for the late ,henry ,b4 ,harris1 as dramatic editor on ,smith's ,magazine1 as dramatic critic on the ,new ,york ,morning ,telegraph1 as vaudeville impresario at ,paris1 and as librettist for the ,winter ,garden at ,new ,york4 ,he has dramatized a novel and novelized a play4 ,he has lived at ,london1 ,baltimore1 ,new ,york1 ,paris1 and ,nice--to settle down at last in a house of his own at ,belleterre1 ,port ,jefferson1 ,long ,island4 ,so far ,mr4 ,bronson-,howard has a dozen plays of every conceivable type to his credit1 some of them being wholly his own and some being written in collaboration with others4 ,most of these works have already been produced1 some with marked success1 and others are scheduled for performance in the immediate future4 ,thus1 for instance1 8,the ,red ,light of ,mars0 will be staged by ,h4 ,h4 ,frazee during the season of #aiac-ad4 ,there are two qualities that seem to characterize all of ,mr4 ,bronson-,howard's dramatic productions3 a keen perception of the demands and possibilities of the stage1 and a shrewdly humorous grasp of human nature4 ,his command of stagecraft is so facile that at times it strikes the critic as a danger to his art4 ,and it has the faults as well as the merits generally accompanying such facility4 ,he would probably be much surprised if he heard himself referred to as a 8psychologist0--and yet that is just what he is1 in his own practical1 intuitive1 ,american way4 ,with these two qualities1 which provide for the framework of his art1 goes1 as its informing and directing spirit1 a strong inclination to 8side with the under dog40 ,,edwin ,,bj,,rkman4 ,,list ,,of ,,plays ,,by ,,george ,,bronson-,,howard ,,the ,,only ,,law 7with ,wilson ,mizner71 #aiji2 ,,spring ,,time 7with ,booth ,tarkington and ,harry ,leon 7,wilson771 #aiaj2 ,,snobs1 #aiaa2 ,,an ,,enemy ,,to ,,society 7with ,wilson ,mizner71 #aiaa2 ,,rhett ,,maryl1 #aiab2 ,,the ,,reef 7with ,david ,belasco71 #aiab2 ,,the ,,red ,,light ,,of ,,mars1 #aiac4 ,,the ,,red ,,light ,,of ,,mars ,,or ,a ,,day ,,in ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,the ,,devil ,a ,,philosophical ,,comedy ,,persons 7in order of appearance7 ,,thomas ,,vanillity1 ,b4 ,sc41 ,,ll4,d41 ,m4,a4 7,oxon7 ,,the ,,hon4 ,,hippolyte ,,critty1 ,judge of ,special ,sessions ,,john ,,magnus ,of ,magnus ,co41 ,bankers ,,william ,,tromper ,manager ,magnus ,steel ,works ,,mrs4 ,,horace ,,henry ,,felix ,,fanny ,,felix ,her daughter ,a ,,valet ,h4 ,,addington ,,agnus1 ,m4,d41 ,ph4,d41 ,d4,sc4 ,,noel ,,onfroy1 ,r4,a4 ,chevalier ,lgion d'honneur ,,the ,,light ,,topliss ,a servant ,,doll ,,blondin ,a show-girl ,,schwartzenhopfel ,an anarchist ,,st4 ,,elmo ,,peattie ,sheriff ,a ,,detective ,,lieutenant ,,two ,,detectives ,a ,,chauffeur ,,the ,,red ,,light ,,of ,,mars ,,the ,,first ,,act ,the study and laboratory of ,doctor ,addington ,agnus1 ,rothlyn1 ,long ,island4 ,entrances3 ,folding-doors to laboratory2 door to garden2 spiral stairway2 door to hallway4 ,a long1 low white room3 white-panelled1 white book-shelves1 furniture1 etc42 upholstered in light yellow and light blue chintz4 ,garden seen through two windows on either side of upper door4 ,folding-doors to laboratory closed4 ,a sunny day in early winter3 late morning4 ,the sun is almost blinding on the white room and the highly polished brasses4 ,a bright wood-fire burns4 ,as the curtain rises3 a knocking on the garden door1 which continues4 ,the knob rattles4 ,the door gives way1 almost precipitating ,thomas ,vanillity on his face4 ,vanillity is a college professor1 lean1 spare1 ascetic-looking2 wears a dark gray ,english walking suit2 tailed coat2 derby hat4 ,has typical sad ,englishman's moustache1 a 8drooper02 closely shaven lantern jaws4 ,carries neatly folded umbrella4 ,,vanillity 7evidently astounded at unlocked door7 ,well3 upon my word--upon my word6 7,picks up hat1 umbrella1 etc41 which have fallen1 and straightens himself7 ,i wonder if he's in8 7,a slight explosion from laboratory2 he drops articles again7 ,yes1 he's in6 7,picks up articles a second time2 straightens tie1 etc41 in glass2 twirls moustache2 then goes to fire2 stretches out hands7 ,a-a-ah6 ,a second knocking on garden door4 ,,vanillity 7going to folding-doors and calling into laboratory7 ,oh1 ,addington1 ,addington1 my boy6 7,a second explosion from laboratory4 ,vanillity goes to door1 admitting ,judge ,hippolyte ,critty3 grossly but respectably fat1 with an unctuous smile and a walrus-tusk moustache7 ,,judge ,,critty 7smiling genially7 ,ah6 ,professor6 ,professor6 ,come to claim all the credit of your pupil's great discovery8 7,waves hand toward laboratory7 ,,vanillity 7with painful humility7 ,i did nothing1 ,judge1 nothing4 ,a man like ,dr4 ,agnus would succeed without my teaching or anyone's4 7,shows by his attitude some servility to the ,judge7 ,,judge ,,critty 7warming hands at fire7 ,well1 he thinks you're responsible4 8,if it wasn't for ,professor ,vanillity10 he keeps saying-- ,,vanillity ,i never knew so painfully modest a boy-- ,,judge ,,critty 7they are both at fire7 ,boy--you've hit it--boy6 ,the great scientist 7bows to laboratory doors7 retains all his boyish shyness and lack of confidence4 ,he even 7preening himself7 gives me credit for part of his success4 ,because once ,i said the time was coming when science would keep us alive forever4 ,he says that put him on the track4 ,,vanillity 7with melancholy satisfaction1 looking toward laboratory7 ,immortality6 ,no more building up just for ,time to tear down6 ,,judge ,,critty 7in a smoking-room manner1 ribald7 ,and making us independent of women6 ,,vanillity 7shocked7 ,my dear ,judge6 ,,judge ,,critty ,of good women1 ,i mean4 ,they are the only dangerous kind4 ,we learned how to handle the bad ones a few thousand years ago6 ,,vanillity ,my dear ,judge6 ,,judge ,,critty 7going back to the days of boyish confidences7 ,tommy3 it's my profession to be a hypocrite4 ,that's why ,i enjoy talking to you4 ,being absolutely dependent on me1 you can't give me away4 7,laughs foxily7 ,if ,i didn't have you1 ,i'd become a ,catholic4 ,i simply can't keep all my cleverness to myself4 ,that's why most people enjoy confession4 ,and so ,i say again3 the good women are the only dangerous kind6 7,goes to cellarette7 ,have a drink6 ,there6 7,pours7 ,,vanillity ,my dear ,lytey-- ,,judge ,,critty ,nonsense1 down with it6 ,i need you today1 and when you're dead sober1 you've got a conscience4 7,drinking with him7 ,have a cigar6 ,take it6 7,lights cigars for ,vanillity and himself7 ,vanillity's face brightens as drink and cigar affect him4 ,,judge ,,critty ,yes1 sir6 ,the only dangerous kind6 ,that's why ,i'm sorry for that poor fellow6 7,nods toward laboratory7 ,,vanillity ,ssh6 ,ssh6 ,,judge ,,critty ,pooh6 ,he doesn't know anybody's on earth when he's working--poor devil6 ,,vanillity ,poor devil8 ,poor fellow8 ,who just won the ,nobel prize--the most discussed scientist in the world8 ,,judge ,,critty ,and a year from now forgotten6 ,,vanillity ,absurd6 7,seeing the ,judge's solemn look7 ,why8 ,,judge ,,critty ,in love6 ,,vanillity ,with a very sweet girl--a very ambitious girl6 ,,judge ,,critty ,ambitious for herself--yes4 ,,vanillity ,but-- ,,judge ,,critty 7looks at watch7 ,she'll be here any minute now3 was to meet me here quarter to4 ,i came before time to find you2 knew you'd be the first to congratulate him6 ,another drink8 ,,vanillity ,my dear ,lytey-- ,judge ,critty forces it on him2 ,vanillity's smile becomes a beam4 ,,judge ,,critty ,she's bringing ,john ,magnus and ,william ,tromper with her4 ,,vanillity 7dazed7 ,john ,magnus6 ,,judge ,,critty ,and ,william ,tromper6 ,,vanillity 7dazed7 ,john ,magnus66 ,,judge ,,critty ,and ,william ,tromper's the general manager of the ,magnus ,steel ,works6 ,he's going to offer our friend 7waving toward laboratory7 one hundred thousand dollars a year6 ,chief chemist of the works6 ,,vanillity ,one hundred thousand dollars a year8 ,my ,god66 7,a silence2 changed tone2 nods toward laboratory7 ,but he won't take it6 ,,judge ,,critty ,he will take it4 ,that's your job6 ,,vanillity 7starts7 ,mine8 ,,judge ,,critty ,and mine4 ,to persuade him6 ,,vanillity 7dazed7 ,fanny wants him to8 ,,judge ,,critty ,yes6 ,and so do you4 ,,vanillity ,i8 ,never6 7,springs to his feet7 ,,judge ,,critty ,have another drink6 ,,vanillity ,my dear ,lytey-- ,,judge ,,critty ,take it6 7,having poured it1 he forces it on ,vanillity again7 ,and so do you6 7,with emphasis7 ,,vanillity ,it's wicked6 ,it's sinful6 ,,judge ,,critty ,have-- ,,vanillity ,no2 ,i won't have another drink6 ,i know you can smother every good feeling in me with a little liquor-- ,,judge ,,critty ,believe me3 not a little6 ,,vanillity ,but this ,i won't do2 ,i will not2 ,i won't6 ,to stop a man on the trail of immortality8 ,no6 ,no6 ,no6 ,,judge ,,critty ,i said good women were the only dangerous kind1 didn't ,i8 ,,vanillity ,she wants it8 ,why8 ,,judge ,,critty ,for the reason that nine hundred and ninety-nine ,americans do anything 8to be as good as anybody40 ,one hundred thousand dollars a year is the income on two million4 ,it will enable her to gratify every social ambition4 ,she's ambitious3 for herself--,i said that1 too4 ,vanillity falls into a stupefied rage2 his hand sneaks toward decanter2 a horn is heard off stage4 ,,judge ,,critty 7at window7 ,here they are6 7,swiftly7 ,now1 mind6 7,fiercely7 ,d'you understand8 ,,vanillity ,i will not6 ,,judge ,,critty ,you will6 ,and ,i'll tell you why4 ,magnus put me where ,i am1 and he'll put me on the ,supreme ,bench the first vacancy4 ,then ,i'll put you into the first ,college ,presidency6 ,now1 d'you understand8 ,a knock at the door4 ,,vanillity ,man1 it's awful4 ,it's sacrilege4 ,,judge ,,critty ,it's life4 ,unfortunately4 ,but life just the same4 ,we didn't make life4 ,but we have to live it4 ,here6 ,have another drink4 7,pours it7 ,a second knock is heard2 ,vanillity hesitates over the drink4 ,,judge ,,critty 7impatiently whispering7 ,come on--come on6 ,vanillity gulps it and sits disconsolate4 ,judge ,critty opens the door for ,fanny ,felix1 her mother1 ,mrs4 ,felix1 ,john ,magnus1 and ,william ,tromper4 ,fanny is1 par excellence1 the well-bred1 cold1 detached1 sure-of-herself ,american girl of the upper class1 very lace-y and lingerie-y4 ,mrs4 ,felix looks almost as juvenile2 she has less dignity2 her coat-collar and tie might be a man's2 her smart hat is feminine enough1 and so are her small1 high-heeled shoes4 ,john ,magnus has an air and an eyeglass2 wears a morning coat1 vest1 and trousers of light gray1 and a gray top-hat to match2 needs only a pair of binoculars slung over his shoulder to be attired for the races4 ,william ,tromper is the vulgar1 pig-headed1 ignorant1 self-made ,american business man4 ,his small pig-like eyes show sullen hatred1 an animal's cunning1 and a savage's determination4 ,he is continually ready to assert authority over supposed inferiors and equality with superiors3 the breed that has made ,america infamous4 ,he is dressed in that stiff supposed-to-be-correct fashion that marks such people3 a suit of expensive but ugly1 hard-faced cloth1 pressed into knife-like creases about the lapels and trousers2 a shining white waistcoat1 starched and creased2 a hard-boiled shirt2 a mathematically perfect rhomboid of a sausage-like necktie2 shining1 creaky laced shoes of patent leather1 etc4 ,when the party enters1 and during the first few words of the following conversation1 ,magnus's valet takes their heavy motoring coats4 ,,magnus ,here before us1 ,judge8 7,shakes hands7 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7to ,vanillity1 shaking hands7 ,the chauffeur let me drive6 ,glorious6 ,,fanny 7ditto7 ,yes1 your hands won't be fit to be seen for a week4 ,,judge ,,critty 7speaking over his shoulder while shaking hands with the women7 ,i don't think ,professor ,vanillity ever had the pleasure of meeting you1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,,magnus 7reprovingly7 ,i have not had that honor4 7,shakes hands7 ,professor--,mr4 ,tromper-- ,,tromper 7in his best middle-class behavior7 ,pleased to meet you1 ,professor4 ,pleased to see you again1 ,judge4 ,,judge ,,critty 7urbanely7 ,just had a little talk with my old friend here2 he shares our opinion1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,,magnus ,i do not know that ,i hold any opinion on the subject1 ,judge ,critty4 ,i came along simply to please the young lady4 ,,vanillity 7with a ray of hope and in a tone slightly thickened by drink7 ,then1 ,mr4 ,magnus--you don't wholly believe in the sacrifice of a career for money8 7,magnus frowns and looks crushingly at ,judge ,critty7 ,,judge ,,critty ,the ,professor is inquiring as to your views1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 7,looking hard at ,vanillity7 ,his own are fixed-- ,,tromper ,sacrifice1 did ,i hear you say1 ,professor8 ,a young fellow gets an offer of a fortune a year and you talk about sacrifice4 ,he hasn't had any career yet4 ,,vanillity 7with spirit7 ,the ,nobel prize4 ,,tromper 7sneers7 ,forty thousand dollars for--how many years'study and work-- ,,fanny ,dr4 ,agnus is thirty-two-- ,,tromper ,say twenty-five years'schooling and work to make forty thousand dollars--that ain't much of a career8 ,i made that much long before his age4 ,,magnus ,the case is different here4 ,yours can be no criterion4 ,you married probably on less than ,dr4 ,agnus's schoolboy allowance-- ,,tromper ,grew up together1 we did4 ,she worked and ,i worked4 ,to a man that wants comforts1 it's cheaper1 marrying4 ,,magnus 7smiling7 ,showing just how far apart the cases are4 ,the young lady here 7nods toward ,fanny7 does not make marriage cheaper4 ,,fanny 7correctly7 ,really1 ,mr4 ,magnus-- ,,magnus ,i withdraw1 with apologies4 ,,fanny ,but don't you want ,addington to do this8 ,,magnus ,i haven't been conscious of wanting anything these many years1 ,fanny4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7smiling7 ,you don't need to be1 ,john4 ,you lift your eyebrows and people hustle4 ,you get what you want before you're conscious of wanting it4 ,but you do want ,dr4 ,agnus to take his offer 7points to ,tromper71 don't you8 ,,magnus ,do ,i1 ,tromper8 ,,tromper ,well1 sir-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,he means1 shall he tell the truth8 ,,magnus ,the lady wishes you to tell the truth1 ,tromper4 ,,tromper ,well1 sir-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,take your time4 ,a business man can't speak the truth so quickly4 ,that takes practice4 ,,tromper 7to ,magnus7 ,well1 sir1 if what you said about the young doctor is true-- ,,fanny 7triumphantly7 ,and it is true4 ,i told him1 myself4 ,,tromper ,that one chemical discovery of his alone will save the mills--,i wouldn't undertake to say how much--that is1 if he can do it6 ,,fanny ,he can6 ,,magnus ,well8 ,,fanny ,well8 7,her eyes turn toward the laboratory7 ,,magnus ,he is in apparently4 7,to the others7 ,we are all agreed upon the matter8 ,,judge ,,critty 7hastily7 ,i can answer for ,professor ,vanillity and myself4 ,,fanny ,and ,i for mother6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,i think it is a shame1 ,fanny4 ,,magnus ,apparently ,tromper answers for me4 ,,judge ,,critty ,i think we can convince the young man where his duty lies-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,i wish ,i could convince the lot of you where your duty lies6 ,can't you see that all this comes from not giving women the vote long ago8 ,,fanny ,mother1 dear6--exercise your monomania at any other time than this6 ,,magnus 7to ,mrs4 ,felix1 amused7 ,really8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,really6 ,when a woman is allowed to figure out her duty to the nation1 she'll want her husband to give it his best1 instead of giving his best to her4 ,,fanny ,what nonsense1 mother6 ,a man's first duty is to his home-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,give them the vote1 and they'll sacrifice the home to make the nation4 ,,magnus 7seated1 crossing legs7 ,ladies1 proceed6 ,this is strangely interesting to me4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,it will be more than interesting to you when we win1 ,john ,magnus4 ,why do you control the money-market of ,america8 ,because women1 having no interest in business1 urge their men to make as much money as they can4 ,they can do this only by taking advantage of other people's weakness2 not realizing that1 if they do this to weaker people1 stronger men will do it to them4 ,and so it's dog eat dog1 and as you're the biggest one in the kennel you eat them all-- ,,fanny ,mother6 ,are you losing all your manners8 ,,magnus ,thanks for making me a big dog anyhow1 ,loo--,but how would women voting change all this8 ,,fanny ,oh1 mother6--please6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,why1 as soon as women realize that modern laws of business1 applied to the home1 would make every man a thief and every woman a prostitute1 they'll stop urging their husbands to make more than the next man-- ,,magnus ,loo6 ,i hereby subscribe any reasonable sum you say to the cause of suffrage--thereby planning my own downfall6-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,or showing your contempt6--,well6 you're amusing anyhow1 ,john ,magnus4 ,if somebody could make you take things seriously1 you'd be as great a man as your subsidized newspapers say you are-- ,,judge ,,critty ,really1 my dear ,mrs4 ,felix2--even the hysterical newspapers admit ,mr4 ,magnus is a great man6 ,,magnus ,my dear press-agent--we are in the presence of my friends1 not of the public4 ,you may consider yourself off duty4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,no man can be selfish and great4 ,mr4 ,magnus only amuses himself by playing a game with the public4 ,but how he can be amused by winning games from his inferiors1 ,i don't know4 ,that's the kink in his greatness4 ,,magnus ,i have just begun to realize their inferiority1 ,loo4 ,that's why the game begins to bore me-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,start teaching them instead of beating them1 then4 ,,magnus ,anything to get back my interest in life6 ,how shall ,i begin8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,by endowing that brilliant boy in there to carry on his search for immortality--give him some of your useless millions4 ,,fanny ,mother6 ,he isn't a beggar4 ,he can give himself and me everything we need by work4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,yes1 but can he give the world everything-- ,,tromper ,he can give the world more iron rails for railroads2 more armor-plate for battleships-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,more money for ,magnus1 you mean4 ,railroads and battleships never made anybody wiser or happier-- ,,vanillity ,oh1 really1 ,mrs4 ,felix--travel-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,whisking past interesting places at a mile a minute isn't travelling4 ,that's moving pictures for the rich4 7,to ,magnus7 ,john1 with your money translated into real power--not petty authority--you'll go down to history as big a man as the boy in there--your name linked with his-- ,,judge ,,critty ,pardon me1 ,mrs4 ,felix2 his name linked with ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,no4 ,the boy is a fool at everything except his work4 ,but his wisdom in that is greater than all of yours1 ,john ,magnus4 ,judge ,critty lifts his hands1 about to protest4 ,,magnus ,if he can make men immortal1 certainly-- ,judge ,critty subsides4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,well1 at twenty-nine he's made animals' hearts and lungs immortal4 ,in fifty years1 endowed with millions-- ,magnus nods4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,you do see1 don't you8 ,now1 will you bury that talent in a vulgar manufactory-- ,,tromper 7offended7 ,vulgar6 ,why1 some of our men come to work in their own automobiles4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,prosaic manufactory1 then4 7,to ,magnus7 ,remember1 when you bury him1 you bury your own chance to be a great man6 ,whoever heard of a mere money-maker in history unless as the patron of artists1 writers1 or scientists8 ,,magnus ,loo1 ,i've a good mind to make you marry me6 ,i believe you'd make life interesting again-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,you'd have to change a good many of your ways before you can do that4 ,i admire your brains1 but what's the sense of having them when they aren't put to any good use8 ,will you endow the boy8 7,nods toward laboratory7 ,,magnus ,yes4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,a few more answers like that1 and ,i'll say 8yes0 to you4 ,,magnus ,i'll endow him--to please you4 ,but ,i demand interest on my investment4 ,i'll build the finest workshop a scientist ever had3 give him ten1 twenty1 a hundred assistants2 the most renowned scientists in the world1 no matter what they cost4--,he can spend any amount on whatever he needs in his work4 ,but ,i'll have no young society-man business-- ,fanny starts and her expression grows sullen4 ,,magnus ,he'll stay here1 on ,long ,island4 ,and he'll spend no more on himself than he needs to live decently4 ,if ,i sacrifice millions1 he must sacrifice something-- ,,fanny ,what do you mean by living decently4 7,biting her lips7 ,the way you live8 ,,magnus ,no1 that's living extravagantly4 7,smiling7 ,,fanny ,mother1 ,mr4 ,magnus has just been joking at your expense4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,i see no joke4 ,,fanny ,addington was giving up his work for my sake--our home's sake4 ,mr4 ,magnus hasn't changed that any4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,addington has only a few thousand a year income4 ,handicapped that way1 he might never fully succeed in his work4 ,mr4 ,magnus makes it impossible for him to fail4 ,,fanny ,and meanwhile live in this poky seacoast village2 ten miles from a railroad2 not half a dozen nice families near us-- ,,magnus ,a motor will get you to ,new ,york after dinner1 in time for the theatre1 the opera1 or a dance-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,of course1 you'd keep a small flat in ,new ,york4 ,,magnus ,oh1 anything reasonable--say1 fifteen thousand a year for personal expenses-- ,,fanny 7aghast7 ,fifteen thousand6 7,reproachfully to ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,you see now1 mother6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,see what8 ,,fanny 7exasperated7 ,why1 my gowns1 my little expenses come to twenty-five hundred1 and ,i don't have half enough--not a quarter enough4 ,i won't--,i'll live in the right places and know the right people and do the right things--or ,i won't marry-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,silly places--ignorant people--selfish things-- ,,fanny ,mr4 ,magnus1 it wasn't very nice of you6 ,,magnus 7to ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,people would much rather do what they like than what we like-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,they must be taught to like what's best for the world4 ,fanny--do you mean you'll deliberately spoil ,addington's career8 ,refuse this great chance8 ,,tromper ,business is business1 ,mrs4 ,felix4 ,your daughter would make a good business woman4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7to ,fanny7 ,i hope that last remark shows you how petty your conduct is4 ,,fanny ,live on ,long ,island out of the season8 ,have a poky flat in town and one servant8 ,never entertain8 ,never meet worth-while people8 ,be out of it altogether8 ,i'm better off unmarried6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7alarmed7 ,don't say that6 ,,vanillity ,you have the man you love1 ,miss ,felix4 ,,fanny ,if the man ,i love doesn't love me well enough to make some sacrifices for my sake-- ,,vanillity ,but the same applies to you-- ,,fanny ,women sacrifice enough when they surrender their liberty--when they take on the duties of marriage-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,but you said you didn't intend to have more than one child1 anyhow-- ,,fanny 7shocked7 ,mother6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7to ,tromper7 ,will you pardon us just a moment1 ,mr4 ,tromper8 7,shows him into the hallway and closes the door7 ,you others don't matter1 knowing us as well as you do4 ,now1 ,fanny1 what do you mean8 ,,fanny ,the duties of a wife-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,don't hide behind phrases4 ,,fanny ,if you don't know1 mother1 it's too late for you to learn4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,well1 ,i'll tell you what my duties as a wife were3 spending more than my husband could get decently2 making him overwork to pay my extravagances2 keeping him until four in the morning at silly affairs1 knowing he must work while ,i slept it off2 flirting with every idle attractive man ,i met1 letting him think ,i was a fragile flower plucked by a hand of a savage who could not appreciate my fairy fragrance6 ,those--and neglecting my one child until she grew up to be an encyclopdia of all a woman should not be--those were my wifely duties6 ,,fanny ,mother6 ,you are shocking everybody6 ,,magnus ,not me1 ,loo6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,if ,i had brought you up properly instead of leaving you to snobbish servants and fashionable incubators1 you might be some man's blessing instead of curse6 ,plain words1 ,fanny6 ,may they start you thinking and keep you from ruining the mind and killing the body of some good man like your father1 who died a bankrupt1 and--though our fashionable physician friends made it look otherwise--a suicide6 7,to the others7--,all of you knew this8 ,,magnus ,yes-- ,vanillity bows his head4 ,,judge ,,critty 7clearing his throat7 ,why-- ,,fanny 7tears in her voice7 ,mother1 you are brutal6 ,brutal6 ,brutal6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,no4 ,you are going to be4 ,,fanny ,i believe you hate me4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,i hate myself when ,i see what ,i was yesterday in you today4 ,i hate myself for letting that yesterday live in you instead of killing it when you were a child4 ,i only saw myself as ,i was just before your father decided to finish things4 ,knowing he would lose me anyhow1 he told me how fatal his love for me had been4 8,a beautiful poisonous orchid10 he called me--7breaks down7 ,fanny1 ,fanny1 ,fanny6 ,,fanny 7coldly7 ,mother1 don't make a scene6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7drying her eyes7 ,useless--useless-- ,,magnus 7rising7 ,it was all my fault4 ,i should never have made the offer-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,it was the first real thing you ever did4 ,,magnus ,i mean the first offer--the selfish one--the burying one-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,cancel it6 ,,magnus ,it is cancelled6 ,,fanny 7almost murderously7 ,mother1 when we get home1 ,i will pack and go to ,aunt ,clara's4 ,in the future please don't concern yourself about me any more than about any other young woman of your acquaintance4--,shall we go8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,but the boy in there-- ,,fanny ,no need to disturb him4 ,he is busy1 and no doubt happy--,i will break the bad news in a letter4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,you break the engagement8 ,,fanny ,oh1 no1 indeed6 ,he'll soon find some other steel manufacturer or somebody of the sort to offer him just as much4 ,,magnus 7quieting ,mrs4 ,felix's frantic interrogation7 ,i see--the bad news is breaking my word8 ,fanny nods4 ,,magnus ,you told him1 and he accepted8 ,,fanny ,i talked to him for an hour over the telephone this morning-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,he accepted--so easily-- ,,fanny ,easily6--,i told him he must either accept or lose me--and rang off4 ,two minutes later he was frantically accepting-- ,,magnus ,you should have told us that and saved argument4 ,,fanny ,i wanted you--all of you--to make argument--good argument--so that he would see it was for the best and not sulk and grieve afterwards4 7,angrily7 ,mother promised she would not interfere4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,it was thinking of poor ,harry did it4 ,,fanny ,please do not refer to father again--now that you've shattered all my ideals about him-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,ideals6 ,fanny1 ,fanny6 ,,magnus 7to ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,if the boy accepted so readily1 ,i think perhaps1 ,loo1 it would be an injustice to cancel that first offer-- ,,fanny 7earnestly7 ,mr4 ,magnus--please--don't-- ,,magnus ,i suppose ,tromper--my good faithful beef-eating ,tromper--will spread the report that ,i'm losing my mind if ,i do-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,great men shouldn't care1 ,john4 ,the mob always think greatness is madness4 ,,fanny 7impatiently7 ,mother-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,i only wish there was some one to save the poor boy from you1 ,fanny--,i do1 indeed6 ,a ring is heard at the door and ,vanillity goes to open it4 ,noel ,onfroy enters4 ,he has pointed beard1 twirling moustache1 pointed hands1 hair cut en brosse2 wears black velvet jacket1 rich red tie1 riding trouserss with white ,bedford cords1 black patent-leather boots2 bare-headed2 he is smoking a pipe4 ,,magnus ,i intended running in on you in a moment1 my boy-- ,,onfroy 7nodding to all7 ,where is the ,chub8 7,nods toward laboratory7 ,elixir-of-lifing8 7,with real pleasure7 ,how are you1 ,charlotte ,corday8 7,shakes ,mrs4 ,felix's hand7 ,where do you buy those pink cheeks8 ,i couldn't paint better ones myself4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,these aren't painted--they're anger4 ,,onfroy ,with ,clarissa ,henbane1 as usual8 ,,fanny ,please don't take liberties1 ,mr4 ,onfroy4 ,,onfroy ,when ,i take liberties with you1 ,lydia ,languish1 ,i condescend4 7,pointedly turning his back7 ,anger8 ,,magnus 7chuckling7 ,and women love him for it2 they love him1 the coxcomb6 ,they used to pay him five thousand dollars1 less for their portraits than for the slangings he gave them--7this while ,mrs4 ,felix explains to ,onfroy in undertone7 ,,fanny 7pale with rage7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 please don't include me in your generalities--,i am not like other girls-- ,mrs4 ,felix finishes explaining4 ,,onfroy 7turning7 ,that one remark proves you are1 dear ,lady ,disdain4 ,it is one of the ninety-and-nine banalities that make up what the average young woman calls her opinions4 ,another is the following remark addressed to men who are sane about women3 8,ah1 wait until you meet the right one60 ,,magnus 7still chuckling7 ,they love it--love it6 ,fanny pretends not to2 but that's because she knows he's married and she can't get him4 ,if the boy in there treated you as this coxcomb does my daughter1 you wouldn't mind living on nothing a year in the ,sahara ,desert4 ,,fanny ,mr4 ,magnus-- ,,magnus ,oh1 ,i know--,olive was all you are1 ,fanny1 and more4 ,then along comes the coxcomb4 ,in three weeks she's telling me he says he can't afford to marry her--and won't ,i please settle a dowry on them so that he can give up portrait painting where all the women are wild about him--marry her--and settle down to art for art's sake4 ,,onfroy ,i'll say this for you1 ,ivan the ,terrible3 you were game2 took your medicine standing up2 came across with the dowry like a little man1 thereby earning the thanks of every true lover of art4 ,no more pot-boilers1 no more portraits1 no more demnition fool chromos for the demnition fool public6 ,you've got yourself into history1 ,kubla ,khan4 ,you will live as my patron4 ,,magnus ,the way we poor financiers are patronized6 ,it's the second time ,i've been told that this morning-- ,,onfroy 7to ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,you've been praising me1 ,joan of ,arc8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,the thought of you hasn't crossed my mind in weeks1 ,sir ,egotist4 ,,onfroy ,oh1 the ,chub8 7,glancing at laboratory7 ,right1 too6 7,to ,magnus7 ,endow him1 ,governor4 ,the other thing is damnable--downright damnable4 ,i'll say this--and me saying it means a lot--,i'm nobody compared to him4 7,hastily7 ,not personally6 ,i should have said3 8,art's nothing to his sort of science0 7,to ,fanny7 ,one little bit of pink and white prettiness stopping the greatest thing science ever tackled6 ,,fanny 7goes to the ,judge1 stopping her ears while ,onfroy talks2 then tearfully7 ,judge ,critty1 you're the only one with the least chivalry4 ,why should ,i be abused so8 ,because ,i want my husband to have some pleasure in life8 ,instead of frowsing in smelly chemicals all day--risking his life-- ,,vanillity ,oh1 no1 my dear ,miss ,felix6 ,oh1 no6 7,eagerly7 ,no risk6--,not the slightest6 ,it's as peaceful1 as harmless as--as-- ,a succession of sharp reports like pistol-shots ring out4 ,the folding-doors are thrown back and ,h4 ,addington ,agnus stumbles in backward and sits down1 staring blankly1 seeing nothing4 ,smoke arises from the laboratory4 ,as it clears away1 ,agnus rushes back again1 examines something through a microscope4 ,,fanny 7sharply7 ,addington1 stop making yourself ridiculous4 7,she goes into the laboratory and shakes him7 ,,agnus 7comes to1 as one who has been in a trance7 ,my own--my darling6 7,embraces her7 ,,fanny 7wriggling7 ,addington6 ,there are peo--7muffled by kiss7--ple here1 ,i tell you--7,releases herself7 ,,agnus 7not seeing anyone else1 abstractedly7 ,just had a most successful discovery--chemical--out of my line1 rather--but--7,seizes and kisses her again7 ,,fanny ,addington6 ,don't you see there are visitors8 ,agnus turns and almost collapses2 then he turns away from the rest again4 ,,fanny 7taking hold of him7 ,mr4 ,magnus-- ,,agnus ,oh1 ,lord6 ,,fanny 7pulls him out1 protesting7 ,mr4 ,magnus--and-- ,,onfroy ,hello1 ,chub6 ,how's the ,chub8 ,celebrated ,chub1 eh8 ,agnus has1 in his embarrassment1 been going from one to another1 shaking hands4 ,,judge ,,critty ,your success warms me like old wine1 my boy4 ,,vanillity ,my dear pupil2 ,i have an 7almost excuse for having lived4 simultaneously7 ,,magnus ,the heartiest congratulations4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,addington--you're a great man4 ,now that he is nearer1 one perceives that ,agnus is a youthful1 enthusiastic1 absent-minded genius1 with a strong face save for his unsophisticated juvenile glance4 ,this is now hidden1 for he wears heavy tortoise-shell spectacles2 also white trousers and tunic1 heavily braided at collar and sleeves and along trousers legs--an old army uniform in fact1 with insignia stripped off1 though the buttoned shoulder-straps remain4 ,,magnus ,may ,i re-admit ,mr4 ,tromper1 ,loo8 7,he opens the hallway door7 ,tromper6 ,tromper enters just as ,agnus has shaken the last hand4 ,,fanny 7hastening over7 ,addington--the man who made the offer--,mr4 ,tromper-- ,,tromper ,pleasedtermeetcher-- ,agnus shakes hands with ,tromper1 muttering and looking puzzled4 ,,fanny ,you know1 on the telephone this morning-- ,,agnus 7turning away3 utterly forgetting ,tromper7 ,fanny1 you didn't mean that1 did you8 ,of course you didn't--,i know you didn't6 ,why--after me winning the prize-- ,,tromper 7walking around and facing him again7 ,that's why we make the offer1 ,doctor-- ,,fanny 7dangerously7 ,you're going back on your word1 ,addington8 ,,agnus 7turning his back1 forgetting ,tromper again7 ,fanny1 ,i forgot all about it4 ,i began experimenting and-- ,,fanny ,forgot your word of honor--for smelly chemicals-- ,,agnus ,fanny6 ,,tromper 7again1 to the amusement of the others1 walking around to face him7 ,we wouldn't take up all your time1 you know1 doctor4--,after hours you could go on with your work-- ,,onfroy ,correspondence-course immortality--a few hours every night will open every door for you--even immortality-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,don't accept1 ,addington-- ,,onfroy ,by no means1 ,chub--,never6 ,,judge ,,critty 7clearing throat7 ,you have said you valued my opinion1 my dear lad3 you have called me a second father-- ,,onfroy ,and ,little ,red ,riding ,hood called the wolf grandmother1 too4 7,to ,agnus7 ,decline it6 ,,fanny ,good day to you1 ,addington6 7,she is at the garden door2 ,agnus rushes over to her2 she throws off his hand7 ,you've broken your word4 ,good-bye6 ,,agnus ,good-bye8 ,the rest remain farther down the stage1 watching the couple with curiosity4 ,,fanny ,i'll send your ring and your letters-- ,the following colloquy is held in half-whispers to give impression that the others do not hear it4 ,,agnus ,but1 ,fanny-- ,,fanny ,i told you1 this was your chance4 ,i can't wait to marry until ,i'm gray4 ,,agnus 7excitedly7 ,but you love me8 ,fanny shrugs her shoulders4 ,,agnus 7wildly7 ,you're tired of me8 ,,fanny ,no1 of waiting4 ,,agnus 7seizing her wrists7 ,you don't care for anybody else8 ,fanny turns away4 ,,agnus 7madly7 ,say you don't6 ,say you don't6 ,,fanny 7impatiently7 ,no6 ,but ,i'll try to--hereafter4 ,let me go4 ,you're making a scene6 7,wrenches herself away and goes out2 he follows7 ,,onfroy 7viciously7 ,he needs a guardian4 7,points to laboratory7 ,he leaves his wits in there3 hat-checks his brains4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,but he hat-checks more brains than all of us carry around everywhere4 ,,onfroy ,it's damnable6 7,at the window7 ,here he comes back--you win4 ,it's written all over his face4 ,,agnus 7enters again7 ,she's given me time to think it over4 7,to ,onfroy7 ,she's gone on to see ,olive4 ,,onfroy 7to ,magnus7 ,yes1 since you long-distanced1 ,olive's worried everybody in the house nearly to death for fear her luncheon wouldn't be grand enough for you ,new ,yorkers4 ,i told her3 8,olive1 when an artist entertains business men1 he condescends--0 ,,magnus ,a favorite word of coxcombs4 7,he goes toward door7 ,tromper included8 ,,onfroy 7making a face7 ,oh1 ,i suppose so4 ,,magnus ,tromper6 ,,tromper 7swelling with righteous wrath and the desire to say 8,i'm as good as you are0 but afraid to insult ,magnus's son-in-law7 ,i'll eat at the ,club here--thank you4 7,stalks forward in dignity7 ,,magnus ,tromper6 7,tromper is immediately extinguished7 ,come along6 ,they go out4 ,,onfroy 7to ,judge ,critty7 ,olive's expecting you1 too4 ,don't mind what ,i said4 ,go ahead4 ,poo-bah6 ,,judge ,,critty ,i take you with the usual salt1 ,onfroy4 7,recovers his dignity by having thus made light of ,onfroy7 ,professor6 ,,vanillity 7to ,agnus7 ,my dear lad--,i-- ,,judge ,,critty ,tom6 ,vanillity1 feeling very wretched1 shakes ,agnus's hand4 ,as the ,judge's back is turned1 he shakes his head vigorously4 ,they go out4 ,,fanny 7outside7 ,mother1 are you coming6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7to ,onfroy1 hurriedly7 ,she'll come back if ,i stay4 ,argue the boy out of it--do4 ,addington1 listen to ,noel4 7,she goes7 ,,onfroy 7alone with ,agnus7 ,now1 you bally ass2 you ,simon ,simple2 you ,babe-in-the-,wood2 you ,hans ,clodhopper2 you ,little ,claus2 you--you everything that is asinine--listen to me2 if you accept1 ,i'll never speak to you again6 ,,agnus ,and--if ,i don't--she won't6 ,,onfroy ,more than that1 you ,lilliputian brain-storm1 ,i'll publish your infamy in every medical and scientific journal--in every newspaper and magazine1 too1 not controlled by this money-mad crew4 ,you6--the biggest man in science--to make a nigger-slave of yourself for jews-harps and frill-fralls6 ,go part your hair in the middle and comb it over your forehead6 ,you've got a forehead under false pretences4 ,your hair ought to grow into your eyes4 ,your eyes should close together like a smelt's4 ,you ought to have a chin running due south4 ,your head ought to look like a chipmunk's or like a ,bartlett pear4--,bah6 ,,agnus ,life's nothing without her8 ,,onfroy ,you read that in a book4 ,you won't be sure you know her when the fashions in women's clothes change4 ,you're mad with the madness of a man who has never lived with women before4 ,,agnus ,i thank ,heaven--in that way--,i'm worthy of her6 ,,onfroy ,oh1 you fish6 ,you eel6 ,worthy of her8 ,she isn't worthy to carry your coat6 ,you're ,addington ,agnus1 the man who won the ,nobel prize--try to remember the name--,addington ,agnus4 ,,agnus ,you've never loved1 ,noel-- ,,onfroy ,a dozen times4 ,and if ,olive made me dissatisfied tomorrow1 ,i might love a dozen times more before ,i got satisfied again4 ,marriage made me4 ,it'll ruin you4 ,before ,i married1 ,i was a pot-boiling portrait-painter4 ,now ,i'm the great ,noel ,onfroy1 the ,american ,velasquez4 ,love should serve genius4 ,it's more important for me to paint good pictures than to be foolish for six months or a year with some woman who doesn't know a ,michael ,angelo from a ,christy chromo--or who thinks ,gibson is a great artist4 ,now1 ,fanny doesn't know the difference between your work and that of some tame rabbit in a hutch discovering cheaper ways of tanning leather and dyeing cheese-cloth-- ,,agnus ,olive didn't know anything about art when you met her4 ,,onfroy ,no1 but ,i soon made her learn4 ,i told her if she didn't ,i wouldn't marry her4 ,and ,i didn't1 either1 until she spent a year in one of the ,julian studios learning how little she was and how big art was4--,you ought to send ,fanny to a ,school of ,science before you marry her-- ,,agnus 7miserably7 ,she'd laugh at me if ,i suggested it4 ,,onfroy 7angrily7 ,vain1 sickening puss-in-boots6 ,,agnus 7angrily7 ,noel1 you're talking of the woman ,i love-- ,outside a figure is seen at that moment darting through the bushes1 trying to hide1 and finally crouching down4 ,,onfroy ,of the minx you love2 the caterwauling1 manicured1 massaged1 ,paris-gowned cocodette you love-- ,,agnus 7furious7 ,cocodette8 ,,onfroy ,a cocotte who keeps chemically pure because she knows she'll fetch a higher price in the marriage market--a married kept-up lady-- ,agnus jumps up as if to strike him4 ,,onfroy 7sombrely7 ,don't do it4 ,i could break you in two4 ,,agnus 7low7 ,that finishes us--our friendship-- ,,onfroy 7with real feeling7 ,i'm sorry--,i spoke for your good3 to bring you to your senses1 ,chub-- ,agnus turns away4 ,,onfroy ,all right4--,only--you won't accept that offer1 will you8 ,,agnus ,i intend to marry the woman ,i love4 ,the woman whose shoestrings you aren't fit to-- ,,onfroy ,quoting ,chambers--,mc,cutcheon novels again--novels written for fudge-munching slatternly wives to read on their way to an equally trashy matine--their house-work undone--,fanny ,felixes without money-- ,,agnus 7turning wildly7 ,the ,devil give me strength to thrash you within an inch of your life6 ,onfroy catches hold of his hands4 ,,agnus 7helpless7 ,the ,devil give me strength-- ,the hitherto crouching figure shoots up outside and a face becomes visible at the window4 ,neither one of the men inside sees it4 ,,onfroy ,you fool6 ,you fool6 7,throws ,agnus from him and goes out slamming the door behind him7 ,the face at the window turns to see ,onfroy go hurriedly by4 ,agnus1 rushing after him1 throws open the door1 thus disclosing a man in the garden who is waiting to enter4 ,,man ,did ,i hear my name mentioned8 7,enters4 ,he is as unlike the popular conceptions of ,the ,devil as possible1 being short1 squat1 respectable1 fat and ,teutonic4 ,he is followed by a queer light that darts and circles the ceiling7 ,you called me1 ,i think6 7,he closes the door7 ,,agnus 7backing7 ,what6 ,what6 ,,man 7seating himself comfortably7 ,you called me-- ,,agnus ,you8 ,who are you8-- ,,man ,my real name is ,wisdom4 ,you called me ,the ,devil4 ,the light flashes across his face and circles around him4 ,,agnus ,i--you--6 ,,the ,,devil ,you said3 8,the ,devil give me strength40 ,,agnus ,you--,the ,devil4 7,suddenly convulsed with laughter1 sits down7 ,,the ,,devil 7gruffly7 ,oh1 ,i know1 ,i look like the devil1 but not like ,the ,devil4 ,but this was the only body handy when ,i got back from ,mars the last time1 so ,i had to take it-- ,the light darts viciously at him4 ,,the ,,devil 7points to the light1 laughing7 ,there's the real owner of this carcass--a crazy ,german anarchist4--,he was howling for ,the ,devil just as you were--wanted me to help blow up all the capitalists-- ,the light attacks him again4 ,,the ,,devil ,tags after his foolish body1 hoping ,i'll get tired of it and give it back1 ,i suppose4--,and so ,i will when ,i find a better one4 ,it's no fun for a fiend of my renowned gentlemanly appearance to be masquerading as a ,dutch comedian4 ,worse than that--the police are looking for it4 ,that's why ,i was hiding in your garden when ,i happened to hear you call me4 ,the ,devil1 in jail--a fine tale to take back to ,mars4 ,,agnus 7aghast7 ,man1 you should be in some lunatic asylum-- ,,man ,don't call me 8man40 ,that's a deadly insult4 ,if ever a respectable ,martian was sick of anything1 it's that unreasonable ignorant ridiculous combination of poll-parrot and monkey-- ,,agnus ,poor lunatic6 ,i must humor you1 ,i suppose4--,have you forgotten there have been great men8 ,,the ,,devil ,never4 ,i have been all the great men in history4 ,all the great men have been ,the ,devil3 alias ,wisdom4 ,by taking possession of men's bodies ,i have tried to set up an ideal to strive for1 set the race an example4 ,and then1 when ,i had to quit and go back to ,mars1 each time the human's little soul came back to its body and1 finding itself with too much power1 was responsible for all the inconsistencies1 treacheries1 and cruelties that have puzzled psychologists and historians-- ,,agnus ,you are a plausible lunatic1 anyway4 ,would you mind mentioning who you were1 for instance-- ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 all the first-rate fellows--,confucius1 ,buddha1 ,mahomet--,st4 ,augustine1 ,martin ,luther1 ,moses--to mention a few--,shakespeare1 ,dickens--those were my sentimental days-- ,,agnus 7amused7 ,oh6 you wrote ,shakespeare's plays1 did you8-- ,,the ,,devil ,all the good ones-- ,,agnus 7laughing boisterously7 ,well1 that's settled anyway--,bacon didn't do it1 after all-- ,,the ,,devil ,yes1 he did--,i was ,bacon1 too4 ,,agnus 7with ironical politeness7 ,been anybody lately8 ,,the ,,devil ,bernard ,shaw was my last appearance4 ,just before my last trip to ,mars4 ,i see he's made good use of the plays ,i wrote for him2 produced some very good imitations2 caught my style1 so to speak4 ,i was sorry to leave ,shaw4 ,i was having rather better success waking up the world than usual4 ,but ,i simply had to go back to ,mars-- ,,agnus 7with increasing irony7 ,really8 ,why8 ,,the ,,devil ,it's my home4 ,when news came there some ten thousand years ago that man was evolving into a thinking brute1 the ,martians realized the dawning intellect would need a guide4 ,i was the most ignorant of all ,martians--,i had tried to lead a revolt to make the body independent of the spirit4 ,so1 instead of going on to a higher mental state--my soul transferred from planet to planet until finally ,i should reach the ,sun1 which is the perfection of the soul--instead of that1 ,i was sentenced to stand still for ten thousand years2 to act as the link between ,mars and the ,earth2 to make men fit for ,mars1 d'you understand8 ,,agnus 7faltering7 ,one of us is insane1 that is certain4 ,,the ,,devil ,mars1 you will remember1 is red4 ,that's where your dim poetic devil-makers got their hell-fire from4 ,agnus holds his head4 ,,the ,,devil ,the only true thing they tell about me is that ,i tempted man through woman to wisdom4 ,i have been hated and reviled as wisdom always is4 ,but my sentence of exile will soon be over--the ten thousand years will soon be up--and then ,i can quit ridiculous man forever and go to school again to fit myself for the ,sun4 ,the light darts impatiently around4 ,,the ,,devil ,i wish that ridiculous ,dutchman's soul would quit bothering me6 7,to the light7 ,isn't it enough that you've got me hiding from the police1 you imbecilic disembodied spirit8 7,to ,agnus7 ,who was that handsome fellow in the velvet jacket who just ran out of here8 ,i've been following him about for days hoping he'll ask my help4 ,then ,i could give this preposterous paunch back to that light comedian over there4 7,points to light7 ,and ,i hope the police get it4 ,,agnus ,you're a scientific kind of a lunatic1 right enough4 ,souls do leave their bodies during sleep or hypnotism or-- ,,the ,,devil 7satirically7 ,oh1 you've discovered that1 have you8 ,only fancy6 ,,agnus ,an ordinary lunatic would have pretended he could change himself into anything1 if he was ,the ,devil-- ,,the ,,devil ,as soon as ,i take human shape1 naturally ,i'm bound by human laws4 ,and each time ,i get back from ,mars1 ,i must circulate around until some one calls for me4 ,there are always plenty of people calling for ,the ,devil4 ,and then ,i have no choice--,i must take the first ,i hear and change when ,i can4 ,and so ,i'm chained to this refuge until ,i get something better--like that velvet-jacket fellow's body1 for instance4 7,suddenly7 ,is he married8 ,,agnus ,who8 ,noel ,onfroy6 ,yes--,i'm mad--overwork1 ,i suppose--7suddenly clouded7 worry6 ,i don't wonder ,i'm mad2 ,i don't wonder6 7,feels his head and closes his eyes7 ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 too bad he's married4 ,i should have thought of that before4 ,i'd rather be a single ,dutch comedian than a married ,adonis4 ,it's bad enough being tied to one human body1 let alone two4 7,looks around and sees that the light has disappeared7 ,the ,dutchman's gone1 eh8 ,he goes back to his foolish attic every now and then to see if the police have found any bombs yet4 ,there are seven sewed up in the mattress--and ,i don't dare take them out of the house for fear the police may be watching for a man with a suit-case4 ,that ,dutchman will get me in jail yet4 ,,agnus 7holding his head and looking at ,the ,devil between the palms of his hands7 ,you use singularly unclassical language for the ,fount of ,all ,wisdom-- ,,the ,,devil ,the ,american language4 ,when ,i'm in ,england1 ,i use ,english4--,by the way1 are you married8 ,,agnus ,i8 7,holds his head harder7 ,,the ,,devil 7understanding7 ,not1 eh8 ,well8 7,he rises1 advancing on ,agnus1 viewing him speculatively1 and finally approvingly7 ,,agnus 7alarmed1 dimly conscious7 ,here6 ,what now8 ,,the ,,devil 7fixing his eyes on ,agnus7 ,you don't believe in me8 ,,agnus ,why--er--what are you doing8 7,in panic7 ,don't look at me like that4 7,he starts up7 ,,the ,,devil ,sit down6 ,agnus struggles but sits down4 ,,the ,,devil ,you called for me to help you4 ,i'm going to4 7,he goes to the windows and pulls down the blinds7 ,,agnus ,here6 ,what6 7,he tries to rise but only sits starkly upright with staring eyes4 ,a faint luminosity glows over his head7 ,the ,devil pulls up the chair close2 their knees touch4 ,he leans forward1 staring into ,agnus's eyes4 ,the luminosity grows brighter about ,agnus's head1 rises little by little1 flickers and flutters4 ,meanwhile a dull crimson light has glowed over ,the ,devil's head1 and now it grows steadily and moves across the space until it rests on ,agnus's head1 where it settles and sinks downward1 disappearing4 ,,the ,,devil 7rising1 in ,agnus's body7 ,take the ,dutchman's body1 doctor--,i've got yours--7,a second luminosity glows at window7 ,quick6 ,here comes the ,dutchman back4 ,take his body1 or you'll be homeless4 ,it's not much but it's the only one ,i've got to give you4 ,quick6 ,i need you6 ,each of the two luminosities dart toward the senseless body4 ,one settles and disappears4 ,the other flies viciously around and around the head4 ,the ,devil lets up the shades1 shaking with laughter4 ,,the ,,devil ,i hardly dare ask so impertinent a question--but which soul won8 ,,agnus 7in the ,dutchman's body7 ,you scoundrel6 ,you fiend6 ,you blackguard6 ,,the ,,devil ,that might be either6 ,the language of men is strikingly similar under great loss4 ,who are you8 ,the rightful owner or an usurper8 ,,agnus 7shaking and trembling with rage7 ,give me back my body1 or ,i'll kill you-- ,,the ,,devil ,kill me8 ,you can only kill your own nice attractive body4 ,you'll suffer for any harm done to it when ,i give it back4 ,so don't knock out any teeth1 or you'll have toothache all your life4 ,the light has been darting viciously between ,the ,devil and ,agnus4 ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 go home to your bombs again1 ,schwartzenhopfel6 ,this gentleman didn't want your old body4 ,when he sees how ridiculous it looks on him1 he's liable to shoot himself--or yourself4 ,nobody can love a body like that4 7,he draws aside curtains hiding a mirror set in the wall7 ,i leave it to you1 ,agnus4 ,can you blame me for wanting to get rid of it8 ,agnus1 seeing himself as a short squat ,german1 staggers back clutching his throat4 ,,the ,,devil 7having smoothed down his coat lapels so as to reveal a silk shirt1 and twisted the carelessly tied necktie to a smart shape1 takes off tortoise-shell spectacles1 presenting1 instead of the absorbed scientist1 a young debonair man of fashion7 ,now--am ,i a lunatic8 7,searches pockets and finds a letter7 ,,agnus ,you--,devil-- ,,the ,,devil 7correcting him suavely as he exhibits the address on the letter7 ,dr4 ,agnus1 please6 ,,curtain ,,the ,,second ,,act ,the scene and the time are unchanged1 although one minute may have elapsed since the last word was spoken4 ,during this time ,agnus has realized his misfortune4 ,his face has ceased to be agonized and is now only blank4 ,the ,devil still stands at the back of the chair1 twirling ,agnus's former moustache and admiring himself4 ,the light is stationary4#a ,footnote #a3 ,it must be remembered that when the word ,agnus is written1 it means ,agnus's spirit2 not his body1 that is now ,the ,devil's4 ,,the ,,devil ,with these slight alterations in your dress1 your face lighted up with my attractive smile 7smiles7 and my bold intelligent gaze1 you are a handsome fellow1 ,agnus--by ,saturn1 a handsome fellow6 ,i really believe ,i'd rather have this body than that velvet-jacketed fellow's-- ,,agnus 7pleadingly7 ,don't say that4 ,it's not much of a body4 ,i have all sorts of pains and aches--neglect1 you know4 ,you'll be ill half your time4 ,you won't have any fun4 ,now this body 7strikes the ,dutchman's7 may not be good-looking1 but what's that8 ,it's a fine healthy body--a sound body-- ,the light bobs up and down2 as though nodding sorrowfully4 ,,the ,,devil ,in that case you're better off than you were4 ,you ought to thank me4 ,the light darts at him4 ,,the ,,devil ,i wish ,i could lose that ,german4 ,,agnus 7feverishly7 ,i do thank you--physically4 ,but that isn't it4 ,i'm engaged--to a girl4 ,she--she--she won't know me in this body-- ,,the ,,devil ,engaged to a girl6 ,engaged6--7,blankly7 ,has the time been set for marriage8 ,,agnus ,no1 but-- ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 well1 that's all right4 ,i can get rid of her4 ,,agnus ,get rid of her8 ,get rid of her6 7,wildly7 ,what do you mean8 ,,the ,,devil 7with a gesture7 ,scat1 girl1 scat6 ,chase her away6 ,,agnus ,oh6 you 7runs at him1 fist clenched7 ,,the ,,devil ,don't forget yourself and break your own nose4 ,,agnus ,oh1 what am ,i to do8 ,what am ,i to do8 7,agonizedly7 ,oh1 don't chase her away4 ,,the ,,devil ,what then8 ,want me to hug her8 ,kiss her8 ,,agnus ,oh1 my ,god1 no6 ,,the ,,devil ,well8 ,,agnus ,you don't have to kiss her6-- ,,the ,,devil ,if ,i don't kiss her1 she'll be kissing me-- ,,agnus ,kissing you6 ,,the ,,devil ,it's always the neglectful one gets kissed4 ,,agnus ,she's got too much dignity to kiss a man without being kissed6 ,,the ,,devil ,then she doesn't love you-- ,,agnus ,she does love me6 ,,the ,,devil ,when a woman loves a man1 she doesn't care which one kisses first so long as they kiss4 ,i'm glad she doesn't love you4 ,if she did1 rudeness and neglect1 even knocking her down1 would only make her love you more4 ,but women get very dignified when a man they don't love ill-treats them4 ,they're only too glad of an excuse to be rid of him4 ,,agnus ,i know now everything ever written about you is true4 ,to hit a woman6 ,to hit a woman6 ,,the ,,devil ,an empty bureau-drawer is best4 ,it makes a lot of noise1 scares them to death1 and doesn't really hurt them at all4 ,,agnus ,you devil6 ,,the ,,devil ,dr4 ,agnus1 please4 ,a very neat little book could be written on the psychology of beating children and women--for their own good1 of course6 ,never hurt them3 that's very coarse6 ,a blow should be simply a little more effective than the strongest word--and should never be used until the last threat is exhausted4 ,of course1 if your vocabulary is limited--7,shrugs his shoulders7 ,that's why there's so much wife-beating among the lower classes4 ,the really well-educated man doesn't need to beat his wife--when he can swear at her in seven different languages-- ,the light darts viciously at him4 ,,agnus ,you devil6 ,,the ,,devil ,dr4 ,agnus1 please4 7,indicating the light7 ,the ,dutchman is angry1 too4 ,he thinks it's all right to blow up a building with a couple of hundred people in it4 ,but to lift a hand against a woman 8save in kindness0--oh1 my6 ,the light is suddenly still4 ,,the ,,devil ,and you1 doctor1 vivisect dogs oblivious to their screams of agony4 ,but you'd refuse to speak to the man who inflicted a harmless blow on his wife4 ,oh1 you ridiculous humans6 ,,agnus ,vivisection saves many a civilized man4 ,,the ,,devil ,a blow at the right time saves many a civilized woman4 ,women have only begun to be civilized--since ,i posed as a woman once or twice3 ,george ,eliot1 ,george ,sand1 and a few others4 ,you don't laugh this time as you did when ,i said ,i was ,shakespeare and ,shaw-- ,agnus wrings his hands and walks away4 ,,the ,,devil ,you see ,i discovered--in spite of all my work--that as soon as ,i built men up to a highly civilized state1 they fell right down again4 ,there was ,egypt--look at the ,pyramids4 ,there was ,greece--,i was proud of ,greece--its philosophy--drama--architecture--,i've never done so well since4 ,there was ,rome4 ,what fellows those ,romans were--owned the world4 ,there was ,spain--so did she4 ,england6 ,i still have hopes of ,england under my new system4 ,but what happened to the others8 ,smash6 ,crash6 ,bang6 ,and ,i had to start training savages again4 ,i didn't realize what the matter was--,i tried every system--and then1 when ,england started to smash1 my eyes opened--the fault was women-- ,,agnus ,why1 women have always been our refining influences4 ,they draw out our nobler selves4 ,,the ,,devil ,they draw out your sentimental selves1 cunning minxes4 ,men were dragged down1 their philosophy sapped1 their reason rotted1 by living with inferior creatures4 ,you see1 while men were out battling with circumstances and learning to use their brains1 women were slaves4 ,had brains1 right enough1 but didn't get a chance to use them4 ,men played the grand act with them 7imitating a pompous man's tone73 8,now don't bother your little head about that1 dearie1 papa'll fix it40 ,well1 about the beginning of the last century1 ,i realized ,i must let men alone for awhile--and work on women4 ,so first1 ,i created an industrial revolution that would send women out to work in the world--like men-- ,,agnus 7angrily7 ,that proves what a devil you are6 7,sentimentally7 ,ah1 those good old days when every father could support his daughter until she married--when every wife was in her true sphere--the home4 ,,the ,,devil 7contemptuously7 ,that shows how men's brains have gone back while ,i worked on women4 ,i was so absorbed in women that ,i forgot men for fifty years until1 thoroughly alarmed1 ,i created ,bernard ,shaw out of an ordinary ,irish wit by becoming him-- ,,agnus 7sarcastically7 ,oh1 you weren't ,ibsen1 then8 ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 yes1 ,i was ,ibsen4 ,but that was in the cause of women's education--to champion the ,new ,woman-- ,,agnus ,is there any great man you were not8 ,,the ,,devil ,no great ones4 ,well1 my work on woman has been effective4 ,she's learned in fifty years what men took thousands to learn4 ,in another fifty she'll be men's mental equal4 ,and her sons will be ,supermen4 ,then the world will be able to get along without me-- ,there is a ring at the door4 ,,agnus 7jumps up and is about to open the door1 but remembers his changed appearance2 he peers agonizedly out of window and starts7 ,it's ,fanny--,fanny6 ,,the ,,devil ,the girl8 ,,agnus ,yes1 yes6 ,she's come for her answer8 ,fanny rings irritatedly4 ,,agnus 7to ,the ,devil7 ,just say3 8,i accept1 ,fanny--go back and get the others40 ,there's no time to explain4 ,,the ,,devil ,will she go if ,i say that8 ,,agnus ,yes1 yes6 ,fanny rings again4 ,,the ,,devil ,an arrogant minx1 apparently4 ,you've trained her badly4 ,but we'll soon fix that6 ,,agnus ,will you go--please6 ,she'll look in the window in a moment and see me--,i mean you--please go6 ,,the ,,devil ,what shall ,i say8 ,,agnus 8,i accept1 ,fanny--go back and get the others40 ,but no putting your arm around her3 no kissing6 ,,the ,,devil ,no fear6 ,i wish ,i were sure she wouldn't kiss me-- ,fanny rattles the knob2 the door is opened impatiently1 and she enters angrily4 ,,the ,,devil 7immediately7 ,fanny1 ,i accept3 go and get the others4 ,,fanny ,oh1 there you are6 ,why did you keep me ringing there like a fool8 ,,the ,,devil ,was that ringing like a fool's8 ,suppose you go out now and ring like a sensible person--just to see if ,i can tell the difference6 ,fanny appears dumfounded and cannot find words4 ,the ,devil smiles encouragingly at her4 ,,agnus 7wildly7 ,fanny1 ,i give you my word-- ,fanny stares at him4 ,agnus realizes his position and grows shamefacedly silent4 ,,the ,,devil 7introducing ,agnus7 ,my friend1 ,mr4 ,schwartzenhopfel4 ,a very nice fellow--with a ridiculous name4 ,the light darts at him viciously4 ,,the ,,devil ,heard me speak so much of you--feels like an old friend4--,call her 8,fanny10 ,schwartzenhopfel4 ,call him 8,hop10 ,fanny--8,hop0 for short4 ,,fanny 7recovering her breath7 ,you've been drinking6 ,,the ,,devil ,you must learn to love ,hop1 ,fanny4 ,if ,i should die1 ,i should never want you to marry anyone but ,hop4 7,with a tremendous slap on ,agnus's back7 ,the light darts4 ,,fanny ,i can't understand your conduct1 ,addington8 ,i'm at a loss6 ,,the ,,devil ,why-- ,agnus punches him in the ribs4 ,,the ,,devil 7recollecting7 ,oh6 it's all right1 ,fanny4 ,it's all right6 7,carefully7 ,fanny--,i--accept--go--and--get--the--o thers-- ,,fanny ,you do accept8 ,,the ,,devil ,fanny1 ,i accept4 ,go and get the others4 ,,fanny ,you accept-- ,,the ,,devil ,fanny1 ,i accept4 ,go and-- ,,fanny 7kissing him7 ,you dear old darling6 ,the ,devil puts his arm about her with a sly wink at the raging ,agnus4 ,,fanny ,now you can set the wedding for any date you please--next month if you like-- ,the ,devil takes his arm away4 ,,fanny ,you've made me the happiest girl in the world--7,kisses him again7 ,,the ,,devil 7in a hollow tone7 ,go and get the others4 ,,fanny ,i will4 ,i will4 ,oh1 you dear6 7,kisses him again and goes out through the upper door in the rear7 ,the ,devil turns a look of reproachful and frigid dignity on ,agnus4 ,the light dances about in joyful hatred4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,get out of here1 you ,teutonic accident6 7,to ,agnus7 ,dug a little share for me1 didn't you8 ,married next month6 ,,agnus 7alarmed7 ,i don't want her to marry you4 ,,the ,,devil ,then why tell me to 8accept1 ,fanny1 go and get the others10 eh8 ,,agnus ,didn't have to have time to explain everything to you8 ,,the ,,devil ,what did ,i accept8 ,,agnus ,one hundred thousand dollars a year3 chief chemist to the ,john ,magnus works-- ,,the ,,devil ,who are 8the others0 she went to get8 ,,agnus ,john ,magnus-- ,,the ,,devil 7interrupting7 ,the richest man in the world--isn't he8 ,,agnus 7contemptuously7 ,i thought ,the ,devil knew everything-- ,,the ,,devil ,everything worth knowing--but ,i can't keep track of the petty things4 ,,agnus ,petty8 ,john ,magnus--while not the richest man--controls the money-market4 ,petty8 ,,the ,,devil ,any man with brains enough to control money-markets might be a fifth-rate scientist1 a fourth-rate painter1 or a third-rate author6 ,he must be petty if he's willing to be nothing but a first-class financier4 ,one thing ,i never was--a financier6 ,couldn't waste my time4 ,financiers1 lawyers1 stock-jobbers1 and thieves generally are the tumors on the human race6 ,when ,i get through training women1 their superman sons will be the surgeons who remove those tumors--7,suddenly7 ,i see6 ,she wants you to give up science for a paying job under ,magnus--eh8 ,,agnus ,why-- ,,the ,,devil ,enough6 ,what was your line8 ,,agnus ,well--to explain quickly--but not quite accurately--immortality-- ,,the ,,devil ,the devil you say6 ,pardon my using human terms6 ,but--immortality6 ,,agnus ,i've made an animal's functions live after the animal died4 ,,the ,,devil ,that's enough4 ,and without my help6 ,why1 that was my very next job6 ,to take some scientist's body for a few years and start the world on the path toward longer life4 ,of course1 immortality of the body is all rot4 ,it's bound to wear out some time4 ,but--five hundred years--that's possible4 ,it would save putting souls back into new-borns4 ,for it takes a hundred ordinary human lives to be ready for ,mars4 ,out of all the billions of men who have lived1 we have only a few thousand earth-people up there4 ,the second-rate geniuses--,napoleon1 ,caesar1 ,george ,washington1 ,tamerlane--all the second-raters-- ,,agnus ,napoleon--,caesar--,washington--second- raters8 ,,the ,,devil ,of course6 ,all the first-raters were--7points to himself7 ,all soldiers are second-rate4 ,just as all financiers are about tenth-rate--compared to the great teachers1 who help humanity to progress--like--like--7struck by a thought7 like you yourself4 7,with an access of respect7 ,man--,i'll do the right thing by you6 ,before ,i quit this body--,i'll give you the secret of making men live half a millennium4 ,,angus 7the man forgotten in the scientist7 ,you will8 7,delightedly7 ,you will8 ,,the ,,devil 7shakes hands7 ,and she was going to make you a hack8 ,,agnus ,well1 you see1 she's a very superior girl4 ,the ,devil snorts4 ,,agnus ,and ,i really should give her the surroundings and luxuries that she's entitled to--being so superior a girl-- ,the ,devil snorts again4 ,,agnus ,and the only money ,i ever made was that ,nobel prize-- ,,the ,,devil 7starting7 ,what8 ,you won the ,nobel prize8 ,agnus nods4 ,,the ,,devil 7astounded7 ,by ,saturn1 you're the most startling combination of ass and genius ,i ever met6 ,such modesty is actually first-rate-- ,,angus 7deprecatorily7 ,oh1 don't say that-- ,,the ,,devil ,but such infatuation is hundredth-rate4 ,generally to be met with among the middle classes--that is1 the lowest class of intelligence-- ,,agnus ,the middle class--lowest8 ,,the ,,devil ,creatures of law and respectability always are4 ,aristocracy is lower-class people getting intelligence4 ,middle-class people only get money4 ,there are hardly any ,american aristocrats--and those few live abroad-- ,,agnus ,nonsense6 ,you wouldn't call ,miss ,felix middle-class4 ,,the ,,devil ,miss ,felix8 ,,agnus ,the young lady-- ,,the ,,devil ,a person who'd burn up your genius in the fire that boils the pot8 ,worse than middle-class--worthless-- ,,agnus 7violently7 ,sir-- ,,the ,,devil ,how can ,i get rid of her8 ,for your own sake3 how can ,i get rid of her8 ,agnus clenches his fists4 ,,the ,,devil ,i must play ,davy ,garrick again--do something to disgust her-- ,,agnus 7violently ironical7 ,just treat her as you did a moment ago4 ,,the ,,devil ,trouble is3 she left this room loving me--twenty times better than she ever loved you4 ,how can ,i help you--help humanity--with a drab like that at my heels--8 ,,agnus ,you--7about to strike7 ,,the ,,devil 7laughs7 ,go on3 disfigure yourself6 ,agnus wrings his hands4 ,,the ,,devil 7crosses and recrosses the room2 stares moodily out of window with his hands behind back2 then suddenly pointing outside the window7 ,who's that8 ,,agnus 7crossing and looking out7 ,that actressy-looking creature8 ,,the ,,devil 7impatiently7 ,yes1 yes--who is she8 ,,agnus ,looking for lodgings1 ,i believe4 ,had the impertinence to apply here-- ,,the ,,devil 7gloomily7 ,she's found them by this time1 eh8 ,,agnus 7with dignity7 ,nobody here takes lodgers4 ,and the inn--the hotel--is for men only-- ,,the ,,devil ,hurrah66 7,he dashes out through the door and disappears2 his voice is heard outside7 ,hi1 there6 ,wait a minute6 ,the light settles sympathetically on ,agnus's shoulder4 ,,agnus 7to the light7 ,poor devil6 ,you're worse off than ,i am4 ,the light wags dolefully4 ,,agnus 7excitedly7 ,he's bringing her back--bringing her--in--here-- ,,the ,,devil 7outside7 ,this way1 ,miss ,blondin6 ,the ,devil enters together with ,doll ,blondin1 who is typical of the ,broadway idea of refinement and taste3 dark blue ,norfolk jacket suit2 small ,french skull-cap with tassel1 her curly hair escaping from beneath it2 high collar and jabot of lace that falls almost to her belt2 short vamp sude pumps without toe-cap2 preposterously high ,cuban heels4 ,the combination of country suit with city shoes1 of jabot and lingerie waist--instead of tailored waist and plain collar and tie--with cap suitable only for evening wear1 serve to mark her as one who dresses with instinctive taste but without the consistency of the upper-class woman4 ,however1 she is a most attractive girl--about twenty-three--and has an air of sophistication grafted on a babyish ingenuousness1 which makes anything she says quaintly pleasing4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7turning to ,the ,devil who has been following her in7 ,i was told here you wouldn't think of taking lodgers-- ,,the ,,devil ,i wasn't consulted--,i need a pretty girl like you around the house just now4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7suspiciously7 ,look here--is there an older woman here--a housekeeper-- ,,agnus 7with sudden wild hope7 ,no1 there isn't4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7to ,the ,devil7 ,well1 mind3 no tricks6 ,,the ,,devil 7pained7 ,my dear girl6 ,,doll ,,blondin ,i'm as much the lady 7primly7 as any you know1 even if ,i am on the stage4 ,anybody 'ud think ,i was a crocodile or some other wild beast the way people stare4 ,not used to seeing girls who know how to dress1 ,i guess4 ,what do these rubes know about class8 ,,agnus 7in anguish7 ,this is impossible6 ,,doll ,,blondin 7eyeing him2 to ,the ,devil7 ,servant8 ,,agnus ,madam6 ,,doll ,,blondin ,how dare you call me 8,madam0-- ,,the ,,devil ,he's a 8rube10 as you say4 ,worse--a ,german 8rube40 ,the light darts viciously4 ,,the ,,devil ,the worst kind of a 8rube40 7,going over to the window he calls hastily to ,agnus7 ,ring for the servant1 ,schwartzenhopfel6 ,,agnus 7violently7 ,but ,i tell you-- ,,the ,,devil 7pointing to garden7 ,some people coming4 ,agnus runs over to window2 then he runs back and rings wildly4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,i'm here for studying4 7,severely7 ,that's why ,i left ,new ,york where gentlemen know how to treat ladies3 real gentlemen--millionaires--that could buy and sell this tank town4 ,one of them gave me this chance2 a chance mighty few girls get--a part in a ,vienna opera4 ,no objections to a piano1 is there8 ,,agnus ,a piano8 ,a piano6 ,,the ,,devil ,no objection whatever4 7,points to ,agnus7 ,my ,german friend will tune it for you4 ,one good thing about ,germans--they can all tune pianos4 ,the light darts viciously4 ,,topliss 7enters from the stairway2 an unintelligent but smart-looking ,englishman who wears a morning coat with gilt buttons2 says to ,the ,devil7 ,you rang1 sir8 ,,the ,,devil ,the young lady will board here-- ,the bell at the garden door rings4 ,,the ,,devil 7hastily7 ,on whatever terms she says--a room for her piano and her meals--and a bedroom-- ,,doll ,,blondin ,and bath6 ,,topliss ,there's only two baths1 sir--yours and mine-- ,,the ,,devil ,give her half of yours4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,bathe in a servant's bath-tub6 ,i should say not--,i'm as much of a lady as-- ,,the ,,devil 7interrupting7 ,i will share yours1 ,topliss4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7contemptuously7 ,you must be hard up4 ,the bell is heard ringing again4 ,topliss goes to answer it4 ,,agnus 7agonizedly7 ,show her to her rooms1 ,topliss4 ,topliss looks haughtily at ,agnus4 ,,the ,,devil ,i'll see to the door1 ,topliss4 ,topliss takes the small hand-bag from ,doll ,blondin4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7to ,topliss1 loftily7 ,next time you'll see your master before turning people down4 ,doll ,blondin and ,topliss go out by hall door4 ,,the ,,devil 7running to hall door and calling after ,doll7 ,come down later and make yourself at home4 ,agnus seats himself and buries his face in his hands groaning4 ,the ,devil goes to door and admits ,john ,magnus1 ,mrs4 ,felix and ,fanny4 ,,magnus ,tromper1 the ,judge1 and the ,professor have gone for a ride around ,rothlyn4 ,i thought--this having become a somewhat personal matter-- ,,the ,,devil 7whispering to ,agnus7 ,magnus8 ,agnus looks up despondently and nods4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,mrs4 ,felix1 forgetting himself7 ,no mistaking you3 you're one of my trained women4 ,any child you will have--will be worth watching-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7taken aback7 ,what6 ,what's this8 ,what8 ,my poor boy6 7,she puts her hand on ,the ,devil's shoulder7 ,,fanny ,addington doesn't need your pity1 mother6 ,,the ,,devil 7recollecting himself7 ,mother8 ,fanny's mother6 ,oh1 but that must have been when you were just a favorite of the harem6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7in amazement7 ,whatever has come over you8 ,you--why1 you--well--you of all men6 7,she seats herself1 staring at him with a sort of fascination7 ,,the ,,devil ,your husband-- ,,fanny ,we've had enough of poor father for one day1 ,addington4 ,let him rest in his grave6 ,,the ,,devil ,in his grave--good6 ,i must find you another husband4 ,one worthy of you4 ,for she 7indicates ,fanny7 must be taking after her father4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7rises and goes concernedly to ,the ,devil2 puts her hand on his shoulder7 ,boy1 boy1 what is it8 ,what is it8 7,suddenly7 ,addington1 will you leave the room for a moment and 7looking at ,agnus7 take this gentleman with you8 ,i wish to speak privately with-- ,,the ,,devil ,you had plenty of time to speak privately with--before you came in4 ,you think ,i've gone mad1 don't you8 ,mrs4 ,felix steps back1 showing that she does4 ,,the ,,devil ,you think ,fanny's driven me crazy by making me take ,magnus's offer8 ,eh8 7,laughs7 ,although1 who knows8 ,i've been called mad many times before4 ,wisdom is always madness to the ignorant--and anyone too wise for them to understand is a madman4 ,does this look like a madman8 7,turns to ,fanny7 ,i won't take ,magnus's offer and ,i won't marry you4 ,,magnus 7in amazement7 ,you decline--after just accepting8 ,,the ,,devil ,without thanks6 7,to ,mrs4 ,felix1 with an air of dismissal7 ,i hope to see you soon again4 ,meanwhile1 ,i'll start hunting that husband for you4 7,he smiles amiably while all stare at him speechlessly3 all animated by the steadily growing conviction that he is utterly insane--although his final words impress ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7after a breathless pause7 ,it's only a spell4 ,it'll pass4 7,to ,agnus7 ,a trip's what you need--a long trip4 ,no work4 ,no thinking4 ,just rest4 ,,the ,,devil 7amused7 ,still diagnosing insanity8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,oh1 no6 ,everyone has restless spells4 ,the excitement of the ,nobel prize--,mr4 ,magnus's offer--,fanny-- ,,fanny ,don't blame me1 mother4 ,i'm sure this is just what ,i expected--keeping at those horrid microscopes day and night4 ,it was for his own good ,i advised him to accept4 ,,the ,,devil ,don't lie1 ,fanny4 ,agnus1 agonized1 makes gestures for ,the ,devil to stop4 ,,fanny 7scandalized7 ,addington6 ,if ,i thought you were responsible for what you're saying-- ,,the ,,devil ,now see here--all of you4 ,here am ,i--,addington ,agnus--the biggest scientist in the world today4 ,and here is ,fanny ,felix--a mere girl4 ,and because ,i suddenly realize my own importance and her lack of it1 even you 7reproachfully to ,mrs4 ,felix7 think ,i am mad4 ,think1 woman1 think6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7gasping7 ,but1 ,addington--people don't change their entire personalities in half an hour--not naturally-- ,,agnus 7eagerly7 ,of course they don't6 ,you see it-- ,,magnus 7disregarding ,agnus7 ,since the ,doctor seems to know his own mind at last1 ,i think we had better leave him before he changes it again--this being the third change in an hour-- ,,the ,,devil ,don't go1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,i've got something important to say to you4 7,to ,fanny7 ,you can go1 though-- ,fanny has been so dumfounded since ,the ,devil stigmatized her as a 8mere girl0 that she has been unable to move4 ,,the ,,devil ,take her along1 ,mrs4 ,felix4 ,try to train her better-- ,,magnus ,dr4 ,agnus--when you grossly insult two ladies--my friends-- ,,the ,,devil 7impatiently7 ,well1 why don't they go1 then8 ,,fanny 7recovering herself with an effort7 ,mr4 ,magnus--,i--7starts for door and opens it7 ,the ,devil has turned back1 not even waiting to see ,fanny go4 ,agnus1 half starting to detain her1 half holding back1 is altogether wild4 ,mrs4 ,felix tugs at ,fanny from the outside4 ,,fanny 7in a carefully restrained voice7 ,mr4 ,magnus6 ,,magnus ,coming6 7,starts to go7 ,,the ,,devil ,a moment1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 7,eyes him steadily7 ,magnus's eyes waver4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7coldly7 ,when you come to your senses1 ,fanny1 you will find me at ,olive's4 7,she goes out7 ,,fanny ,mr4 ,magnus1 will you pardon me--a moment4 ,i have one last word to say to this gentleman--one last word-- ,,the ,,devil ,may it be true2 but ,i'm afraid not4--,in here1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 7,opens hall door7 ,magnus attempts to meet ,the ,devil's gaze and fails4 ,he goes out4 ,,the ,,devil 7takes out his watch7 ,now1 one minute is all ,i can give you4 ,fanny1 restraining herself as before1 points to ,agnus4 ,,the ,,devil ,here1 ,schwartzenhopfel1 get out6 ,,agnus 7wildly7 ,i will not6 ,fanny--this is all a mistake4 ,this man is not me--not ,i1 ,i mean--not-- ,,fanny 7bitterly7 ,two lunatics6 ,,the ,,devil 7hustles ,agnus to stairway7 ,get out6 ,,agnus 7protesting7 ,fanny1 ,i can explain everything-- ,the ,devil pushes him up4 ,agnus ascends the stairs stumblingly4 ,,the ,,devil 7looks at his watch again--then at ,fanny inquiringly2 holds watch in hand7 ,one minute4 ,,fanny ,you lack even the commonest instincts of decency4 ,i'm ashamed to think my name was ever linked with yours4 ,,the ,,devil 7does not take eyes from the watch during the following colloquy7 ,twenty-two and one-half seconds gone4 ,,fanny 7raging7 ,i only want you to know that ,i loathe and despise you4 ,thank ,heaven1 ,i'm cured of my infatuation4 ,if ,i were to hear you were dead1 it wouldn't matter to me any more than the death of any other blackguard ,i had the misfortune to know-- ,,the ,,devil ,ah1 you know blackguards1 do you8 ,thirty-nine and two-thirds seconds gone-- ,,fanny ,what ,i could have seen in you at any time ,i don't know--,i wonder at myself--and ,i laugh--yes1 laugh1 ,i tell you--laugh to think ,i could have been so taken in4 ,i hate you6 ,i hate you66 ,i hate you666 ,,agnus 7who has crept down the stairs1 renters7 ,fanny1 don't say that-- ,the ,devil picks up from table behind him a brass ornament and throws it--his other hand still holding the watch as before4 ,agnus disappears in order to dodge the ornament4 ,,fanny 7raging on through this by-play which she does not observe7 ,i am going now1 never to return4 ,if you should see me again1 look the other way unless you wish to be cut before the whole world4 ,,the ,,devil 7snapping watch7 ,minute's up4 7,he goes to the door to admit ,magnus7 ,,fanny 7detaining him7 ,i haven't finished yet4 7,she changes her attitude7 ,,the ,,devil ,oh6 you want another minute1 eh8 7,takes out his watch again and regards it steadily7 ,,fanny ,don't think ,i wish to detain you--,oh1 no6 7,she laughs sarcastically7 ,oh1 no indeed6 ,,the ,,devil 7following the second hand of watch with finger while echoing the laugh7 ,oh--indeed not6 ,another ten seconds gone4 ,,fanny ,i only didn't want your sleep to be troubled--if people without consciences are ever troubled4 ,i didn't want your sleep to be troubled1 ,i say1 with the thought of any girl sobbing in secret4 ,my heart is quite whole1 thank you4 ,i have been simply playing a game all along4 ,you flattered yourself ,i loved you4 7,laughs almost successfully7 ,oh1 the egotism of you men-- ,,the ,,devil ,and half a minute gone4 ,,fanny ,i never loved you-- ,,agnus 7who has crept cautiously down again7 ,don't say that1 ,fanny6 ,the ,devil throws another brass ornament in the same way as before4 ,agnus disappears1 dodging4 ,,fanny 7talking on through this incident1 which also goes unnoticed by her7 ,girls must marry somebody1 you know--somebody--not that you should be too much flattered by being called somebody-- ,,the ,,devil ,thirty-five seconds--and a third-- ,,fanny 7at a loss7 ,no1 indeed--7,pauses7 ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 yes1 ,i assure you--thirty-five and a third--forty1 now-- ,,fanny ,i never loved you-- ,,the ,,devil ,you said that before-- ,,fanny 7viciously7 ,and now ,i hate you-- ,,the ,,devil ,you said that1 too4 ,you seem to be running out of ideas4 ,fifty-three seconds gone1 but ,i used three seconds myself and hereby credit you with them4 ,fifty-- ,,fanny ,i am going-- ,,the ,,devil ,and--quite a coincidence--so is the time-- ,,fanny 7raging again7 ,i am going1 nev-- ,,the ,,devil 8'er to return40 ,aren't you going to say anything new8--,too late6 ,minute's up6 7,starts for ,magnus7 ,,fanny 7still unbelievingly7 ,you'll let me go like this--without a word-- ,,the ,,devil ,without a word6 ,,fanny ,do you realize ,i am going out of your life forever-- ,,the ,,devil 7sighing heavily7 ,what a chance6 ,,fanny ,well--,i am--,i'm going-- ,,the ,,devil 8,never to return0--don't say it again-- ,,fanny ,oh1 you are sorry--,oh1 ,addington6 ,i knew you didn't mean to be cruel4 7,she bursts into tears and throws her arms around him7 ,,the ,,devil 7as she hangs about his neck7 ,hell6 ,or rather3 ,mars6 ,agnus1 who has crept up from behind1 now urgently pokes ,the ,devil in the ribs4 ,the ,devil gladly transfers ,fanny to him4 ,,agnus 7enraptured1 forgetting everything7 ,fanny6 ,fanny6 ,my ,own6 ,,fanny 7looking up7 ,ugh6 ,ugh6 ,you horrible man6 ,the light darts at her4 ,,fanny 7wrenching herself loose1 pushes ,agnus into a chair2 then she almost screams with lost self-respect7 ,addington ,agnus6 ,i'll never forgive you--never--never--never--7,she rushes out1 violently slamming the garden door behind her7 ,,agnus 7collapsing7 ,now1 you've done it6 ,,the ,,devil 7irritatedly7 ,when she was quarrelling with me1 you were protesting4 ,when she tried to make up1 you were protesting4 ,and now that she's gone1 you're protesting4 ,,agnus ,i've lost her--lost her-- ,,the ,,devil 7grimly7 ,dollars to doughnuts1 she'll find some excuse to come back4 ,i knew a man once who went all the way from ,san ,francisco back to ,denver to get a tooth-brush he had left at home4 ,of course1 he didn't go to see his wife6 ,oh1 no6 ,he had quarrelled with her--hated the sight of her4 ,but how much more he hated losing that twenty-five-cent tooth-brush6 ,,agnus ,if you think she'll be back after the way you just treated her1 you may know some women1 but not well-bred ones-- ,,the ,,devil 7gloomily7 8,when it comes to a man in the case1 they're as like as a pair of new pins40 ,i'll have to spring the little actress on her yet1 if ,i want to get rid of her4 ,,agnus ,oh1 don't do that6 ,don't let her think it's on account of another woman--and such a woman--living in the house1 too4 ,she'll never forgive that4 ,no nice woman would4 ,,the ,,devil ,you lamb6 ,i've known women--nice women1 too1 mind you--on whom such a woman--as you call her--acted like a magnet4 ,not that they wanted to come back6 ,oh1 no6 ,they wanted to save the man from an abandoned creature4 7,instructively7 ,an abandoned creature1 ,agnus1 is any other woman4 ,no matter how good her character is1 they'll say she's under cover with enough crime to crowd ,callao-- ,there is a knock at the hall door4 ,,the ,,devil 7ironically looking toward hall door7 ,dear man6 ,the controller of the money-market kept waiting by a mere ,nobel prize-winner6 ,terrible insolence6 ,get out1 ,schwartzenhopfel6 ,the light dances defiantly4 ,,the ,,devil 7pointing to ,agnus7 ,oh1 ,i mean--him6 ,and don't come sneaking down the stairway again1 or ,i'll do some awful thing to disgrace you forever4 ,get out6 ,see that the young lady gets her trunks4 7,pushes him off upstairs7 ,no peeping1 mind6 ,agnus goes disconsolately1 looking back as he goes4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,schwartzenhopfel1 do you know who's in there8 7,points to hallway7 ,the light dances angrily4 ,,the ,,devil ,the man you particularly wanted to blow up with one of your bombs4 ,the light becomes attentive4 ,,the ,,devil ,can you hear me8 ,the light wags and then remains attentive again4 ,,the ,,devil ,how would you like to have a body again8 ,eh8 ,a better body than you ever had8 ,the light dances joyfully4 ,,the ,,devil ,would you be a good ,dutchman and do just as ,i told you8 ,the light wags4 ,,the ,,devil ,are you sorry for all that swearing and temper you've shown since you've been a light8 ,the light wags slowly4 ,at that moment the hall door opens and ,magnus renters4 ,,the ,,devil ,i was just-- ,,magnus 7very angry at having been kept waiting7 ,good day to you1 sir-- ,,the ,,devil 7holding his arm7 ,magnus--7,fixes him with his eyes7 ,magnus's eyes flutter as before4 ,he struggles1 but gradually yields to ,the ,devil's power4 ,,the ,,devil ,magnus1 sit down6 ,the dark of an approaching rain begins and grows gradually all through the ensuing dialogue until rain actually falls4 ,,magnus 7with a flash of natural spirit7 ,be da-- ,he means to say3 8,be damned to you02 but ,the ,devil's eyes drive out defiance4 ,magnus sits down4 ,,the ,,devil ,magnus1 look at me6 ,,magnus ,i--7,he tries to rouse himself1 desperately1 but sinks back submissively7 ,,the ,,devil ,magnus6 ,look at me6 ,magnus tries to disobey1 but his eyes are literally torn upward and into ,the ,devil's4 ,,the ,,devil 7at centre table1 turns on electric cigar-lighter--an illuminated disk that burns dully7 ,magnus1 look at that light6 ,magnus is still staring at him4 ,,the ,,devil ,not me6 ,the light6 ,saves my energy4 ,magnus stares still at him4 ,the ,devil goes to ,magnus and turns his head1 arranging it as a photographer does for position4 ,he points his finger along ,magnus's line of vision1 turning it toward the luminous disk4 ,then he sits down1 his elbow on the table near the cigar-lighter1 and lights cigarette4 ,leaning his head on his palm1 he stares at ,magnus in the growing darkness1 the red glow of cigarette growing as the light outside begins to die before the rainstorm4 ,this red glow lights up ,the ,devil's face4 ,the light bobs closer1 inspecting and inquisitive4 ,,the ,,devil ,magnus6 ,when you went to school1 they taught you3 8,honesty is the ,best ,policy40 ,at church3 8,love your fellow-men40 ,you went into business4 ,two years later--you were a bankrupt4 ,why8 ,,magnus 7in hypnosis3 speaks dully and mechanically7 ,i wouldn't buy diseased animals and dye their meat a healthy color with poison4 ,,the ,,devil ,that was being honest4 ,what else8 ,speak6 ,,magnus 7same tone1 but sleepier7 ,i wouldn't bring foreign laborers over to do the work cheaper than ,americans4 ,the more ignorant citizens1 the more rascals in ,congress4 ,the more rascals in ,congress1 the worse laws4 ,the worse laws1 the worse country4 ,worse and worse--until only a revolution could cure it4 ,out of a revolution--a soldier tyrant--a ,napoleon--an ,emperor--and three centuries--gone to hell-- ,,the ,,devil ,that was loving your fellow-men4 ,what else8 ,speak6 ,,magnus 7almost asleep2 rouses himself with an effort7 ,so1 without cheap meat and cheap labor1 ,i couldn't sell at cheap prices4 ,my wife sold her jewels4 ,i kept books for a former rival4 ,,the ,,devil 7thumbing ,magnus's forehead7 ,that's what you got for being honest and loving your fellow-men1 eh8 ,how did you get the courage to be a crook8 ,,magnus ,my boy--,charles--consumptive--needed change of air to save his life--,denver--,los ,angeles-- the ,riviera4--,a bookkeeper gets twenty a week--7,his head drops on breast again7 ,,the ,,devil ,no chance there6 ,well8 ,,magnus 7painfully dragging out the words in spite of intense sleepiness7 ,tried to save enough--no use--couldn't4--,so at last moment ,i falsified books--sent the boy away--7,his head drops7 ,,the ,,devil 7revives him7 ,then8 ,,magnus ,speculated--to return first money--won--the fever got me4 ,i took all ,i could get from the office safe--plunged--won--7,relapses3 head drops7 ,,the ,,devil ,honesty ruined you4 ,stealing made you rich4 ,loving your fellow-men nearly killed your boy4 ,hating them saved him--eh8 7,shakes him7 ,,magnus 7roused1 speaks in shrill voice7 ,went back into the old business4 ,did what others did4 ,ran the thousands into millions4 ,bought steel-mills with the millions4 ,froze the little fellows out4 ,,the ,,devil ,hating them6 ,,magnus ,hating everybody4 ,needed banks to swing deals4 ,gave a million to politicians4 ,united ,states ,treasury made my banks ,national ,banks4 ,,the ,,devil ,national6 ,ha1 ha6--,national6 ,magnus's head drops on his breast4 ,,the ,,devil 7reviving him7 ,and lent you ,government money to run more little fellows out of business1 eh8 ,,magnus ,when ,i controlled the clearing-house1 ,i refused some banks clearing-house privileges4 ,,the ,,devil ,that meant3 either do as you said or close their doors8 ,when they realized that1 you began to control the money-market4 ,the ,national ,currency8 ,you and your friends are the ,mint--the ,treasury of the ,nation4 ,you finance wars--make governments--keep out of office honest men who won't make the laws you want--7,revives him7 ,,magnus 7drowsily7 ,no man can be ,president unless ,i say so4 ,the light darts at him4 ,,the ,,devil ,you could put all good men in and throw all bad ones out8 ,but1 instead1 you throw all good ones out and put all bad ones in4 ,those who will do as you say4 ,magnus sleeps noisily4 ,,the ,,devil ,look1 ,schwartzenhopfel6 ,the ,law of the ,land--there6 ,magnus snores4 ,a dim radiance begins to surround his head4 ,the light draws as close as possible4 ,a few splashes of rain fall on the windows4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,i am going to teach him that while one cannot be honest in this world--today--dishonesty can be atoned for only by loving one's fellows more instead of less4 ,and loving1 helping-- ,the radiance grows around ,magnus4 ,the light draws close to it4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,schwartzenhopfel--come away6 ,don't be in too much of a hurry6 ,the light retreats reluctantly4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,disobey me once when you become a controller of money-markets1 and--out you go6 ,more3 ,i may leave you to linger around in air until somebody else wears your body out4 ,the light trembles4 ,,the ,,devil ,it is nearly time4 ,remember what ,i say4 ,else better stay as you are for a short time--than for a lifetime6 ,you are only the instrument4 ,i the player4 ,the light wags4 ,the radiance flickers above ,magnus's head4 ,a second light rises slowly to ceiling4 ,,the ,,devil 7excitedly7 ,now1 ,dutchman1 get ready6 ,go6 ,the light darts at ,magnus's head4 ,at the same moment the storm breaks with fury4 ,great splotches of rain are thrown at the window-panes4 ,the house rocks4 ,the light 7,schwartzenhopfel7 sinks out of sight above ,magnus's head4 ,the figure of ,magnus is left in darkness1 the only light in the room being the suspended one 7,magnus71 hanging from the ceiling like a hypnotized bee1 and that from the cigar-lighter which falls on the face of the ,devil4#b ,footnote #b3 ,in referring to the light thereafter1 ,magnus is meant4 ,,the ,,devil ,well1 ,schwartzenhopfel8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7in ,magnus's body7 ,ach ,gott6 ,the ,devil turns on the electricity in the fringed white candelabrum1 whereby the room becomes pervaded with a gentle glow of light4 ,schwartzenhopfel rises1 stretches1 pats himself2 throws out each leg1 each arm2 tries to speak1 but is overcome with emotion and bursts into tears4 ,from tears he is translated into hysterical laughter4 ,the room begins to grow lighter1 but furious rain continues outside4 ,schwartzenhopfel follows the light around the room1 pointing at it derisively1 his body doubling up with speechless laughter each time he points4 ,the light moves away with dignity4 ,finally1 to escape persecution1 it flies out of the window4 ,,the ,,devil ,here6 ,that is not right4 7,satirically amused7 ,driving a controller of money-markets out into the rain4 ,schwartzenhopfel1 paying no attention1 leaps and bounds about the room like an unwieldly baboon4 ,agnus renters by hall door4 ,,agnus 7shocked7 ,mr4 ,magnus6 ,schwartzenhopfel goes on dancing until he sees ,agnus in full light4 ,then seeing himself1 in ,agnus1 he bursts into another roar of laughter1 pointing in gleeful derision and following the harassed ,agnus around1 each time pointing and roaring with laughter1 as he did with the light4 ,,agnus 7turning7 ,mr4 ,magnus6 7,solicitously7 ,what is wrong1 sir8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7after another outbreak1 hoarsely to ,the ,devil7 ,did ,i walk like that8 ,look like that8 ,oh1 what liars are looking-glasses6 ,,the ,,devil ,men don't see what the mirror shows them4 ,they see what they look to see4 ,a good-looking1 intelligent1 well-groomed countenance for each4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to ,the ,devil7 ,i don't blame you for wanting to get rid of that6 7,pokes ,agnus with his finger7 ,flabby1 too4 ,,agnus 7gasps out thoroughly shocked7 ,you've been up to your ,devil's tricks again6 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,better trick for me than for you6 ,ha6 ,ha6 7,turns ,agnus around1 disconsolately7 ,i don't look a bit better from the back6 7,solemnly7 ,i'd hate to see myself undressed4 ,,the ,,devil ,the best part of you is talking right now4 ,,agnus 7almost howling7 ,mr4 ,magnus--what have you done with ,mr4 ,magnus8 ,the light comes flying back through window4 ,the ,devil points to it4 ,schwartzenhopfel points also and begins following the light about as before4 ,the light is about to fly off again in dignity1 but pauses at the window4 ,,the ,,devil ,here6 ,leave him alone6 7,to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,you didn't like it when ,i did it to you-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,that's why ,i'm doing it to him4 ,he's a tyrant1 a bloodsucker1 a vampire1 a murderer of poor men's souls4 ,he ought to be hung1 drawn1 quartered1 and dynamited4 ,he is-- ,,the ,,devil ,you had better keep those sentiments to yourself4 ,have you forgotten who you are8 ,with all his sins to answer for8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7ceases suddenly to rail and takes a cigarette which he lights7 ,i did miss tobacco-- ,,the ,,devil ,how could you miss tobacco without a body8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,it soothes the soul4 ,a fine trick you played me4 ,,the ,,devil ,and a fine trick you played me4 ,leaving bombs sewn up in your mattress4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7grinning7 ,how the police would like to know where they are4 ,they searched the room today4 ,,the ,,devil ,i shook you just in time-- ,,agnus 7turning pale7 ,what did you say8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,searched my room--his room4 7,points to ,the ,devil7 ,your room now4 ,lucky ,i'm in disguise6 7,taps body7 ,,agnus 7pale and trembling7 ,did they--er--find anything8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7,scornfully7 ,policemen find anything8 ,,agnus 7breathing hard7 ,thank ,god6 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,at least not before ,i flew away4 ,,agnus ,you left the police there--in your room8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,no1 in your room--smoking and trying to think4 ,if they think they can think1 what do they think they can think with8 ,,agnus 7in trembling tone7 ,where is your room8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,your room8 ,why1 over the shoemaker's shop--next block8 ,agnus sits down unmanned4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,new ,york detectives1 too4 ,central-office 8dicks40 ,none of your common country constables or sheriffs for me--,i'm a celebrated man4 ,,agnus 7in a trembling tone7 ,you--you are8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,no1 you are4 ,from ,maine to ,pensacola2 from ',frisco to ,vancouver4 ,nobody makes bombs like old ,schwartzenhopfel4 ,i hope they don't find those seven4 ,they took me three weeks and cost three hundred dollars4 ,,agnus ,i--,i hope they don't1 too4 ,i--,i think ,i'll go--now--g--go--to bed4 7,he starts for the stairway7 ,i wonder if they're still there--in your room8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,my dear sir--,i am ,john ,magnus4 ,it ain't my room-- ,,the ,,devil 7to ,agnus7 ,you might ask ,mr4 ,magnus to go over and find out for you8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,me8 ,got a photo of it1 haven't you8 ,,the ,,devil ,no--him6 7,points to the light7 ,the light contracts and moves to other side of room4 ,,the ,,devil 7crossing over to it7 ,what's the use being sulky1 ,magnus8 ,you're the only one here who can do it without anybody seeing you4 ,go on6 ,for this poor fellow's sake anyhow4 7,points to ,agnus7 ,want to see him in jail8 ,,agnus 7approaching the light7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 sir--,i had no hand in this--,i am as badly off as you--,i am ,addington ,agnus4 ,that man--over there--7pointing7 is ,the ,devil4 ,,the ,,devil ,dr4 ,agnus1 please4 ,,agnus ,he stole my body1 too1 and made me take this one-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,ha6 ,ha6 ,,agnus ,and now ,i find it's a criminal's body1 and the police are looking for it4 ,mr4 ,magnus--please-- ,,the ,,devil ,it will make me more merciful1 ,magnus4 ,the light moves sulkily to the window4 ,the storm has blown over and the rain is turning to snow4 ,however1 the light is bright enough for ,the ,devil to turn out the candles4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,when you come back1 wag once--like this 7wags head7 if the ,dutchman's mattress is torn up4 ,twice if it isn't4 ,the light flies out through the window4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7throwing up window and calling after the light7 ,over the shoemaker's shop--next block--third floor--you can't miss it4 7,puts down the window7 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,let's spare his feelings while he's gone4 ,i wonder how big a check he can write4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7excitedly7 ,i read he could sign one for two million dollars--ready money--a check for two millions--,ach ,gott6 ,that was why ,i wanted to blow him up4 ,,the ,,devil 7coldly7 ,well1 you've got your chance now4 ,a chance no anarchist ever had before4 ,you anarchists always complain you can't get close enough to millionaires4 ,you're close enough-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7turning pale7 ,what do you mean8 ,,the ,,devil 7handing him a sharp paper-cutter of steel7 ,dig this 7taps it7 into that--7,taps ,schwartzenhopfel's heart7 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7turning pale7 ,that would be murder6 ,,the ,,devil ,and what's throwing bombs8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7protesting7 ,i don't throw 'em4 ,i make 'em4 ,i never threw one4 ,,the ,,devil ,what's the difference8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,i never sell 'em to blow up people4 ,only houses and bridges and railroads and--7vaguely7--er--places-- ,,the ,,devil ,you just said you wanted to blow up ,magnus4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7hanging his head7 ,i don't blow up nobody6 ,,the ,,devil 7scornfully7 ,socialist66 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7furiously7 ,socialist8 ,bourgeoisie6 ,children6 ,talkers6 ,bah6 ,,the ,,devil 7tapping him7 ,bourgeoisie6 ,child6 ,talker6 ,bah6 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,you lie-- ,,the ,,devil ,do ,i8 7,offers paper-cutter again7 ,prove it6 7,makes the motion of stabbing7 ,anarchists claim they wouldn't let ,john ,magnus live one minute if they had the power to kill him4 ,here's the power-- 7,offers knife again7 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,teufel6 ,teufel6 ,you are a devil4 ,,the ,,devil ,dr4 ,agnus1 please6 7,he fingers paper-cutter7 ,you know1 when the ,anarchist ,council hears of the chance you're throwing away--pouff6 ,that for you--7stabbing motion7 ,i don't know but what they're right4 ,this is too good a chance to miss4 7,he takes ,schwartzenhopfel by the collar and flourishes the dagger7 ,,agnus ,here6 ,quit that6 ,quit6 ,,the ,,devil 7fixes him with a look that makes him fall back7 ,for the sake of the thousands of lives ,magnus has taken to make his millions--7the dagger descends7 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7on his knees1 howling lustily7 ,police6 ,police6 ,police6 ,judge ,critty appears at the window looking in from garden1 sees the tableau inside without being seen himself1 and runs off with a shocked1 terrified expression on his face4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,police6 ,police6 ,,the ,,devil 7throws down the knife and laughs heartily7 ,the police8 ,an anarchist bawling for the police6 ,the police6 ,if the ,anarchist ,council heard that1 they'd boil you in ,standard ,oil4 ,get up6 7,sneers7 ,anarchist6 ,schwartzenhopfel crawls to his feet shamefacedly4 ,,the ,,devil 7fixes him with his eye7 ,i might have known that a man who makes bombs to blow up--for all he knows--women and children1 would be just your kind of a coward6 ,oh1 you human beings6 ,you make me ill6 7,he takes a check-book from the pocket of ,schwartzenhopfel's coat7 ,what did you think ,i gave you this body for1 you fool8 ,to kill it8 ,i need it too much4 ,where did you read that about the two million check8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,in a ,london paper4 ,,the ,,devil ,then there's a chance1 it's true4 ,if you'd said a ,new ,york one--,write6--7,hands the check-book to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,schwartzenhopfel looks inquiringly at him4 ,,the ,,devil ,pay to ,addington ,agnus--two million-- ,schwartzenhopfel writes out the check and signs it4 ,,the ,,devil ,now endorse it so3 8,this money is given to ,dr4 ,addington ,agnus to further scientific researches of inestimable value4 ,the amount specified need detain no bank official in my employ from cashing it4 ,john ,magnus40 ,schwartzenhopfel writes while ,the ,devil is dictating4 ,,the ,,devil 7takes the check and scrutinizes it7 ,look at that1 ,agnus4 ,you should be the happiest man in the world4 ,,agnus 7scrutinizing the check1 the man once more forgotten in the scientist7 ,his signature6 ,magnus's6 ,why1 the check's good6 ,it is now snowing hard1 the snow encrusting the windows4 ,,the ,,devil ,of course it's good4 ,,agnus ,but--a forgery6 ,,the ,,devil ,can you get anybody to believe that coward over there isn't ,magnus8 ,now1 aren't you glad ,i happened along this morning8 ,,agnus ,it means--success-- ,,the ,,devil ,wiser people--better world--morals adjust themselves4 ,forty crooks and one honest man in a community1 the crooks would elect the honest man--because wisdom teaches them not to trust crooks4 ,the only incurable crime is ignorance6 ,,agnus 7protesting7 ,the only one6 ,,the ,,devil ,who ever heard of a professional crook being a murderer1 for instance8 ,only ignorant amateurs--like ,schwartzenhopfel here4--,if he wasn't ignorant1 he wouldn't murder4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,i don't murder4 ,,the ,,devil ,tell that to the police4 ,every bomb you make is a potential murder4 ,why are they looking for you8 ,answer6 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7reluctantly7 ,somebody used one of my bombs somewhere4 ,i guess somebody else snitched4 ,and they're trying to get something on me6 ,,agnus 7to ,the ,devil1 bitterly7 ,and you say ,i ought to be the happiest man in the world--robbed of the girl ,i love--of my name1 my reputation--in danger of arrest1 jail1 maybe the electric chair6 ,very happy6 ,oh1 yes6 ,ha6 ,ha6 ,ha6 ,can't you give me a broken arm or leg or head to make my happiness complete8 ,,the ,,devil ,but think of the triumph of science4 7,waves the check7 ,what's one person's feelings compared with the good of the world-- ,,agnus ,nothing--except when you happen to be that person4 7,feverishly7 ,what shall ,i do about the police8 ,,the ,,devil 7points to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,i'll shift his soul over to his own body and make him pay the penalty of his own crimes-- ,schwartzenhopfel makes a dash for the door1 opens it1 and runs wildly out into the snow4 ,,the ,,devil 7at the door7 ,come back6 ,come back6 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7outside7 ,so you can switch souls on me6 ,not much-- ,,the ,,devil 7to ,agnus1 groaning7 ,a mad anarchist let loose with a billion dollars6 7,shouting7 ,come back6 ,i won't do it6 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7outside7 ,my mother always taught me never to put any trust in ,the ,devil4 ,,the ,,devil 7at the door7 ,if you don't come back1 ,i'll run the paper-cutter through your real body and rid the earth of you4 7,he makes a threatening pass at ,agnus with the knife7 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7outside7 ,what do ,i care8 ,i've got a better one1 and all the money ,i want4 ,you won't be able to get near me4 ,and if you try1 ,i'll have you put in jail as an anarchist4 ,i'm ,john ,magnus1 now4 7,his voice comes from farther away7 ,and ,dr4 ,agnus is the man the police want4 ,,the ,,devil 7sternly7 ,come back6 ,or ,i'll find a way to make you6 ,come back6 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7still outside but slightly afraid7 ,promise then6 ,no devil's tricks6 ,keep your eyes to yourself4 ,,the ,,devil ,i promise6 7,to ,agnus7 ,i need him6 ,he can repudiate that check4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7still outside7 ,how can ,i believe you6 ,,the ,,devil 7in awful tones7 ,you worm6 ,doubt me1 do you8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7whining7 ,all right1 ,captain3 all right6 7,he sneaks back1 holding up one arm defensively7 ,,the ,,devil 7closing door7 ,you disobey me again and ,i'll make you wish wildcats had stolen you from your mother's knee4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7whining7 ,well1 who wants to go to jail8 ,the light reappears through the window4 ,,agnus 7feverishly7 ,there's ,mr4 ,magnus back4 7,addressing the light7 ,mr4 ,magnus--sir--what--what--is it all right8 ,the light bobs once solemnly4 ,,agnus 7relieved7 ,it's all right4 ,,the ,,devil ,he wagged once4 ,that means the mattress is torn up4 ,,agnus ,i asked him3 8,is it all right80 ,and he nodded4 7,to the light7 ,didn't you1 ,mr4 ,magnus8 ,the light wags crosswise1 as though it was shaking its head4 ,,the ,,devil ,he says 8no40 ,,agnus ,no8 ,yes8 ,,the ,,devil ,look here2 we agreed3 if the bombs were found1 once2 not found1 twice4 7,to the light7 ,which is it8 ,once or twice8 ,the light wags once4 ,,agnus 7wildly7 ,oh6 oh6 oh6 ,i must get away6 ,hide6 ,fanny flings open the door without knocking4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,agnus1 indicating her7 ,what did ,i tell you6 ,agnus stops1 forgetting all about the police4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,agnus7 ,go on6 ,get away6 ,hide6 ,do it6 ,agnus stares at ,fanny4 ,fanny advances as though searching for something4 ,the ,devil looks at her inquiringly4 ,,fanny 7to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 you needn't think ,i came back to see him4 ,i left my veil somewhere about4 ,,the ,,devil 7winking to ,agnus7 ,denver to ,san ,francisco--tooth-brush6 ,,fanny ,i wish you'd help me find it and let me go1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,,the ,,devil ,so you lost your tooth-brush8 ,,fanny ,mr4 ,magnus--my veil-- ,,the ,,devil ,veil--tooth-brush--any excuse will do4 ,,fanny 7ignoring him7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 your chauffeur says the snow's getting deep4 ,we should start immediately4 ,,the ,,devil ,you take the car1 ,fanny4 ,you and your mother4 ,you go back4 ,mr4 ,magnus stays here4 ,schwartzenhopfel smiles weakly4 ,,fanny ,mr4 ,magnus--you--staying here--with this person8 ,schwartzenhopfel smiles more weakly4 ,,fanny ,not on my account1 ,mr4 ,magnus1 please4 ,all is over between us4 ,,the ,,devil 7instructively7 ,in moments of anger1 the dbutante's language and the shop-girl's cannot be distinguished4 ,that is because--while dbutantes are taught proper language for ordinary things1 no one can be taught proper language for extraordinary things4 ,so1 as both dbutantes and shop-girls read the best-selling novels1 both go to them for the language of distress4 ,hence the similarity4 7,with college professor's gesture7 ,class on ,feminine ,psychology dismissed for the day4 ,our next subject will be3 ,how to ,insult ,young ,ladies so ,that ,they ,won't ,come ,back4 ,,fanny ,you acknowledge you insulted me then8 ,,the ,,devil ,cheerfully6 ,,fanny ,you hear that1 ,mr4 ,magnus8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7with a weak smile7 ,i hear it4 ,,fanny ,and you--in spite of insults to the daughter of the woman you profess to care for-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,what6 7,he starts violently7 ,,fanny ,you continue under his roof-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,well1 you see1 ,i like the ,doc--the ,doctor4 ,i am interested in his work4 ,i just gave-- ,the ,devil nudges him4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7brightly7 ,oh1 it's all right1 ,doctor4 ,i was just going to tell her ,i gave you a check for two million dollars6 ,fanny stands speechless4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7anxiously1 seeing ,the ,devil scowling7 ,oh1 quite legitimate--scientific research4 ,for scientific research--er--rightly researched1 you know--what is two million--that is1 to me6 ,,the ,,devil ,you fool6 ,,fanny 7to ,the ,devil7 ,is this so8 7,sees the check in his hand1 takes it quickly and stands for a second quiet2 then to ,schwartzenhopfel1 bitterly7 ,two million6 ,and ,i suppose he's not allowed to spend more than two thousand on himself--and wife-- ,,the ,,devil 7sotto voce7 ,say 8yes40 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to ,the ,devil7 ,what did you say8 ,the ,devil clenches his fists4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to ,fanny1 brightly7 ,oh1 no limitations--he can spend anything he likes on himself-- ,,fanny 7eagerly7 ,say half of what you would have paid him at the ,mills8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7anxious to regain ,the ,devil's good-will7 ,half8 ,all6 ,all6 ,no strings to my generosity1 young lady4 ,i want him to be happy at his work4 ,he can buy an automobile--or a--yacht--or--er--jewellery--or--anythin g-- ,,fanny 7throwing herself into ,the ,devil's arms7 ,addington6 ,addington6 ,at last6 ,agnus clenches his fists and starts across room4 ,,the ,,devil 7in an injured tone7 ,i thought you were going away never to return8 ,,fanny ,and would you have been unhappy1 dearest8 ,,the ,,devil ,you just said3 8,all is over between us0-- ,,fanny ,just to see what you would say--and ,i saw--you grew quite red1 ,addington-- ,,the ,,devil 7bitterly7 ,yes--to keep from laughing-- ,,fanny ,ah6 ,addington6 ,you are being proud now4 ,look at me6 ,how ,i have sunk my pride1 determined to get to the bottom of this4 ,i have been wrong4 ,i acknowledge it4 ,i had no right to interfere with your work4 ,i came back to tell you that--to sacrifice myself1 too-- ,the ,devil stares blankly at her4 ,agnus nudges him fiercely to take his arm away from ,fanny4 ,the ,devil at last takes his arm away4 ,,fanny 7who has been talking in the meantime7 ,but ,mr4 ,magnus has repented4 ,he has seen my side of the case1 too4 ,we can have a town house now1 ,addington1 with that two million--and two motors-- ,,the ,,devil 7sarcastically7 ,oh1 can we8 ,,fanny 7reproachfully7 ,remember1 ,i was ready to sacrifice everything for you4 ,i didn't know ,mr4 ,magnus would be so generous4 ,and now--the marriage1 dear--when8 ,doll ,blondin renters from the stairway1 hatless and dressed in a shirtwaist4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,who's going to help your man bring up my trunks8 ,fanny disengages herself from the ,devil and stares at ,doll3 first wildly1 then savagely1 then catlike4 ,,fanny 7tragically to ,the ,devil7 ,explain6 ,,agnus 7wildly7 ,fanny1 ,i can explain everything4 ,fanny pushes him away4 ,her look is that of a tragedy-queen's as she advances with folded arms toward ,the ,devil1 who smiles impishly1 sure now that he has rid himself of her for good4 ,,fanny ,explain1 ,addington ,agnus6 ,the ,devil ignites a cigarette at the electric lighter1 shrugs his shoulders and smiles again4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7who has come down to ,the ,devil7 ,well1 how about those trunks8 ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 ,schwartzenhopfel will help you-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7indignantly1 as if to say3 8,remember ,i am ,john ,magnus07 ,what8 ,,the ,,devil 7pointing to ,agnus7 ,him6 ,agnus folds his arms also and does not stir4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,agnus7 ,best thing--if the police should look in-- ,,agnus 7unhappily7 ,what do ,i care for the police--or anything--now6 ,,fanny 7to ,the ,devil in a dangerously cold tone7 ,i have asked for an explanation6 ,,the ,,devil 7irritated7 ,oh1 don't try to ,sarah ,bernhardt it1 ,fanny4 ,you haven't the talent4 ,amateurs trying to be dramatic are only comic4 ,,fanny 7turning suddenly to ,doll ,blondin with a 8woman-to-woman-no-foolishness0 air7 ,what are you doing in this house8 ,are you the new housekeeper1 or the parlor-maid8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7half stunned and half admiring7 ,you cat1 you6 ,,fanny 7loudly7 ,who is this woman8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7aroused7 ,i'm as much the lady as you6 ,howling and crying around here4 ,what's the matter8 ,are you crazy8 7,suddenly indignant7 ,woman8 ,do you think--7,her ,broadway mock modesty and pretended lady-like morality halt her from saying what she means1 so she explains shortly7 ,i'm boarding here6 7,violently7 ,how dared you think anything else--,woman1 yourself6 ,,fanny 7with a dry laugh7 ,boarding8 ,can't you think of a better story than that8 ,why should he take boarders8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7shortly7 ,because he needs my twenty a week1 ,i suppose4 ,fanny laughs still more dryly4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7enraged7 ,well1 anyway1 he ran after me in the street and called me in4 7,seeing she has hurt ,fanny1 she encourages the innuendo wickedly7 ,said price didn't matter--he said4 7,violently again7 ,but have no fear3 ,i won't stay here and be insulted3 ,i'll go-- ,,fanny ,you had better-- ,,the ,,devil ,miss ,blondin1 if the place1 or the food1 or the service is unsatisfactory--go4 ,otherwise--stay4 ,this lady is nothing to me4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7in cool admiration7 ,well1 you are a brute6 ,,fanny 7to ,the ,devil1 seeing the admiration and rendered wild by it7 ,i understand now6 ,this is why you've changed so suddenly4 ,the sight of this woman of the street-- ,,doll ,,blondin 7blazing7 ,what8 ,,fanny 7a little alarmed7 ,woman in the street1 ,i said-- ,,doll ,,blondin ,oh6 ,,fanny ,and you forget your honor1 your duty1 your religion-- ,,the ,,devil ,what has religion got to do with it8 ,,fanny ,everything4 ,well1 ,i won't permit it4 ,i care nothing for you4 ,i hate you4 ,but there's a law in the land that protects defenceless women-- ,,the ,,devil ,defenceless8 ,not unless they're dumb6 ,,fanny ,and ,i'll see what the law says4 ,i'll publish you in every newspaper in the country1 and ,i'll tell how the great scientist ran after a strange woman--a woman he knew nothing about--and begged her to live in his house so she would be convenient to make love to4 ,doll ,blondin looks at him suspiciously4 ,,fanny ,then where will your reputation be8 ,your ,nobel prize8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7hastily7 ,i'm glad ,i didn't have my trunks unpacked-- ,,the ,,devil ,miss ,blondin-- ,,doll ,,blondin ,who do you think's paying for my lessons1 my education8 ,think ,i saved it out of a chorus salary8 ,if somebody in ,new ,york were to hear such a story1 it would be good-bye to taking part of my pay in three sheets4 7,puts out her hand7 ,but ,i'll run in on you every now and then to say 8,hello40 ,you are such a brute6 ,,fanny 7standing between them7 ,you'll do nothing of the sort1 d'you hear8 ,,doll ,,blondin ,indeed1 miss8 ,,fanny ,indeed1 miss1 and indeed1 miss--and as for you1 ,addington ,agnus1 ,i'll stay here in this house--with mother1 until our wedding-day-- ,,the ,,devil 7desperately7 ,by ,saturn--,i wish ,i could think of something to do to you-- ,,agnus 7desperately7 ,tell her the truth--the truth4 ,if you don't want her1 ,i want her-- ,a noise is heard outside4 ,,fanny ,you6 ,,agnus ,yes1 ,i6 ,fanny1 listen6 ,here is the truth6 7,he seizes her1 overcome with love1 and embraces and kisses her7 ,fanny screams4 ,,agnus ,listen1 ,fanny1 ,i am-- ,the noise increases4 ,the door is thrown open1 and through it are seen a ,detective-lieutenant and his two men1 all in plain clothes1 as well as ,sheriff ,peattie and ,judge ,critty4 ,they appear just in time to see ,agnus embrace ,fanny and to hear her scream4 ,,judge ,,critty ,here are the police you called for1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,i brought them as fast as ,i could4 ,schwartzenhopfel dodges instinctively at the word 8,police40 ,agnus releases ,fanny and plunges headforemost onto the sofa1 where he hides ostrich-like among the pillows4 ,,judge ,,critty 7pointing to ,the ,devil7 ,there's the gentleman6 ,,peattie ,what8 ,doctor ,agnus8 ,,judge ,,critty ,he's as much my friend as yours1 ,constable4 ,but he must have gone insane4 ,i saw him--through that window--threatening ,mr4 ,magnus there with a knife4 ,mr4 ,magnus was--,i regret to say--reduced to kneeling for mercy and calling for the police-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7with shamefaced recollection7 ,oh1 that was--that was--well--7,looks to ,the ,devil for assistance7 ,,the ,,devil ,that was only a little play we were rehearsing for charity4 ,don't you understand--a rehearsal--,ha6 ,ha6 ,a rehearsal6 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,that's it--play--charity--rehearsal-- ,,judge ,,critty 7covered with confusion7 ,i'm sure ,i'm sorry-- ,,peattie ,i'm right glad--,i'd hate to see ,senator ,agnus's son in trouble4 ,my apologies1 ,doctor--for these three ,new ,york detectives too--they just happened to be by when the ,judge located me1 and they came along to help me--thought it was something desperate4 ,we'll go-- ,,fanny 7furiously7 ,one moment6 ,i want that man punished4 7,points to ,agnus on the sofa7 ,for the second time today--you saw him--he has grossly insulted me6 ,peattie looks around1 taken aback4 ,,fanny 7stamping her foot7 ,i want him punished1 ,i say6 ,,lieutenant 7gruffly1 pointing to ,agnus's buried face7 ,looks guilty1 ,cap4 ,trying to hide like that the minute he sees the police4 ,,peattie 7takes one quick step forward and jerks ,agnus to his feet7 ,here1 what about this8 ,can't have ladies insulted hereabouts1 you know4 ,,lieutenant 7with a sudden change of face7 ,by ,god1 boys--the anarchist6 7,draws revolver7 ,the women scream4 ,the two detectives draw their revolvers also4 ,,peattie ,what8 ,him8 ,the fellow you been looking for all day8 7,still holding ,agnus by the collar7 ,,lieutenant ,that's the bird6 ,peattie lets loose ,agnus and draws ancient-looking ,colt's revolver1 which he points at him4 ,agnus is now ringed around by four men with levelled weapons4 ,,lieutenant 7taking out handcuffs7 ,throw up your hands1 ,henry ,schwartzenhopfel-- ,agnus throws up his hands4 ,,lieutenant ,fan him for artillery1 ,hennessy4 ,the ,second ,detective is about to search ,agnus4 ,,the ,,devil ,stop6 7,all stare at ,the ,devil7 ,he's my friend4 ,,peattie ,but1 ,doc--he's a dynamiter-- ,,the ,,devil ,no matter1 stop6 ,,lieutenant ,listen1 ,mister--,doctor--whoever you are--you can't give orders to the ,law-- ,,the ,,devil ,yes1 ,i can2 and the ,law can give them to you4 ,and it does2 now6 ,there's the ,law4 7,points to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,the man who makes you a policeman2 who makes your ,chief of ,police2 your ,commissioner2 who makes ,mayors1 ,governors1 ,presidents6 ,you're in the presence of ,money1 you oxen6 ,take off your hats to it--and take your orders from it--,mr4 ,john ,magnus--,the ,law4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7suddenly realizing his power7 ,and ,i order you to let ,henry ,schwartzenhopfel alone1 now and all the time4 ,schwartzenhopfel 7with his hand on ,agnus's shoulder7 is my friend1 too4 ,,detectives 7moving away in awe7 ,john ,magnus6 ,,fanny 7throwing her arms around ,the ,devil1 whose look of triumph changes to one of hopeless dismay7 ,my ,hero6 ,,curtain ,,the ,,third ,,act ,the same room as before1 and immediately following the preceding situation--not even a few seconds later1 for the ,detectives and the ,constable are just putting away their revolvers4 ,doll ,blondin1 her admiration for ,the ,devil growing1 looks triumphant as he irritably disengages ,fanny's embrace4 ,some hope is revived in ,doll of being rid of her4 ,fanny's look is grimly determined4 ,agnus1 relieved from a terrible situation1 looks for the first time gratefully at ,the ,devil4 ,schwartzenhopfel1 feeling his power as ,magnus and enjoying it1 has assumed an air of enormous importance--by the simple method of flattening his jowls on the collar and clearing his throat1 thus deepening his voice4 ,judge ,critty is divided between his desire to serve ,magnus and his horror at open defiance of the ,law--when he knows ,magnus is aware that the ,law could have been circumvented secretly4 ,he has the air of saying1 8,why didn't you tell me1 and ,i'd have arranged it40 ,also his manner is extra-apologetic and anxious1 for he has blundered1 and he fears the loss of ,magnus's good offices4 ,the three detectives are blankly dismayed at having crossed the path of one so powerful as ,magnus4 ,they are anxious to retreat1 but realize that some concessions must be made to the conventions4 ,st4 ,elmo ,peattie1 the ,sheriff1 is simply confounded3 for he is an honest villager1 fearing ,god1 and1 consequently1 no man4 ,he is shocked at ,the ,devil daring to put any man--,magnus1 ,taft1 ,wilson1 ,morgan1 ,rockefeller1 or even ,roosevelt--above the ,law4 ,though he has no authority in the matter--the warrants being in the ,lieutenant's hands--,peattie feels called upon to protest in the name of civic dignity1 and to uphold the faith of his fathers--the faith in which ,jefferson wrote2 on which ,burr1 a ,vice-,president1 was convicted of treason2 for which ,washington fought and ,nathan ,hale died4 ,,peattie 7to the ,detectives7 ,what's gone wrong1 pardners8 ,why don't you handcuff that there dynamiter8 ,,lieutenant 7roughly7 ,what dynamiter8 ,,peattie 7points to ,agnus7 ,fellow you've been hunting for all day-- ,,lieutenant 7taking out his note-book7 ,will you swear he's a dynamiter8 ,,peattie ,i ain't never heard of him before4 ,how'll ,i swear8 ,,lieutenant 7trying to make his tone official by speaking sternly1 as if determined to get at evidence7 ,you've seen him about the village every day8 ,,peattie ,sure--but-- ,,lieutenant ,just answer my questions3 how has he behaved8 ,,peattie ,i see him going into ,pete ,mellish's and into ,gus ,hobbs's-- ,,lieutenant 7with heavy constabulary levity7 ,and--did he try to dynamite--er--,pete ,jellyfish--or ,corn ,cob's--whatever their names are8 ,,peattie ,hush1 man6 ,pete's our grocer4 ,gus's our butcher4 ,prisoner's human1 ain't he8 ,he's got to eat-- ,,lieutenant 7making note7 ,bought groceries and meat daily4 7,relieved7 ,well1 that ain't criminal4 ,,peattie 7sulkily7 ,i never see him dynamite nobody1 if that's what you're trying to get at4 ,allus bin civil enough to me4 ,gi'me a cigar once4 ,,lieutenant 7poising pencil with same heavy police humor7 ,ah6 ,cigar6 ,loaded8 ,,peattie 7annoyed7 ,no1 'twarn't4 ',twas as good as any two fer a nickel ,i ever bought myself4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7scandalized as he remembers the episode and the price7 ,two for a nickel6 ,it was a--7,pulls himself up sharply7 ,,lieutenant 7explaining apologetically1 supposing the outbreak to be due to a millionaire's ignorance of such cheap matters7 ,an expression1 ,mr4 ,magnus--8twofera nickel0 is two cigars for five cents4 ,rubes smoke 'em4 ,,peattie 7angry7 ,rubes1 eh8 ,well1 thank ,joshyouway1 ,i ain't a ,new ,yorker1 mister--where every next fella's a ,harp or a ,ginny1 a ,kike or a ,polack2 where haff of 'em don't even talk ,amurrican4 7,turning to ,the ,devil1 who has been listening with approval7 ,doctor ,agnus1 be ashamed of yourself6 ,i'm older'n you3 old enough to be ,sheriff here when your daddy was ,senator4 ,and your dad1 young gentleman1 he told me to arrest old ,commodore ,vanderbilt4 ,yes1 sir--the ,commodore--driving his hosses too fast #8long ,main ,street1 endangerin' lives and limbs of old women and children4 ,your dad1 he sez3 8,st4 ,elmo1 no matter who he is1 any big man that breaks laws is little40 ,little1 yes1 sir2 and why8 8,because10 says your dad1 the ,honnible ,maxwell ,agnus1 8because1 ,sheriff1 people who don't know no better is goin'to say3 #8,if the biggest man in the country breaks laws then them laws 'es no good'--and so10 sez your dad1 8ignorant people start breakin' 'em too--0 and1 sez he1 8the law's like a brick barn1 ,sheriff2 taking one brick out makes the walls git weak and1 pritty soon1 the whole blamed thing starts tumbling down40 ,,the ,,devil 7interested7 ,and did the ,honorable ,maxwell ,agnus get elected to the ,senate again after telling you to arrest the biggest man in the country8 ,,peattie ,betcha he did6 ,people was different then4 ,they was ,amurricans4 ,and when they found out why the ,commodore hated your dad2 why he was tryin'to keep him outa office agin2 why1 they just swan to goodness that was the sorta fella they wanted in ,congress--what would take up for the weak agin' the strong4 ,he was ,senator pritty nigh fifteen years after-- ,,the ,,devil 7smiling7 ,and then8 ,,peattie 7reluctantly7 ,wa-al then4 ,then that there ,eye-talian colony got so big over to ,cove ,neck1 and1 seeing as how their votes war only a dollar apiece and a kiss for the babies1 why1 our votes warn't strong enough to beat the politicians4 ,,the ,,devil ,you see1 money has a long memory1 ,sheriff4 ,and it always wins in the end4 ,,peattie ,but think of all the good he done in them fifteen years4 ,,the ,,devil ,with the result that the railroad doesn't run within seven miles of this village and the population has fallen to two thousand inhabitants4 ,,peattie 7sulkily7 ,wa-al--we're all ,amurricans1 anyway4 ,it kept the ,eye-talians and the ,polacks out4 ,you--can't--buy--votes--here--and he 7points to ,schwartzenhopfel1 meaning ,magnus7 can't scare anybody like he kin ,new ,yorkers4 7,he jerks his head with a sneer at the ,detectives7 ,keeping 'em from arresting the man they're sent to git--a furriner--not ,amurrican1 mind--a cowardly furriner that blows people up4 ,magnus1 nor twenty ,magnuses couldn't keep me from doing my dooty on sich a villin--couldn't keep any real ,amurrican4 7,turning to the ,detectives7 ,i'll bet you folks ain't ,amurricans8 ,,lieutenant 7who all along has spoken with an ,irish accent1 and now1 when violently angry1 speaks with a pronounced brogue7 ,go on1 ye scut6 7,he makes threatening motion at him7 ,,peattie 7triumphantly7 ,amurrican6 ,huhnh8 7,to second ,detective7 ,and you8 ,,second ,,detective 7excitedly7 ,i haf my naduraladion pabers got us goot as you or any udder man-- ,,peattie 7more triumphantly7 ,amurrican6 ,hey8 7,to the third ,detective7 ,and you8 ,,third ,,detective 7trying to speak carefully7 ,i--was--born--in--,new--,york-- ,peattie slaps thigh and grins unbelievingly4 ,,third ,,detective 7angrily7 ,by your lave1 ,lootenant1 ,i'll--7,losing his temper1 he takes a step forward7 ,,peattie 7clapping his hands in glee7 ,you see8 ,not an ,amurrican in the lot4 7,to ,the ,devil7 ,and so it's with such cattle--and with anarchists--for just as your dad said of the ,commodore1 he's 7points to ,schwartzenhopfel1 meaning ,magnus7 as much of an anarchist as him 7points to ,agnus1 meaning ,schwartzenhopfel7--it's with such--that the son of my old ,senator has truck today4 ,good day to you1 sir1 and 7sorrowfully7 may you learn better before you come to my age4 ,he goes out4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,judge ,critty1 indicating ,detectives7 ,see that these fellows are paid something to keep their mouths shut-- ,,lieutenant 7protesting7 ,now1 ,doctor--you know-- ,,the ,,devil ,pshaw6 ,no nonsense1 my man6 ,that old fellow just gone is worth the lot of you4 ,with such men in your shoes1 we'd hear no more talk of police graft and extortion4 ,,lieutenant 7sarcastically1 pointing to ,agnus7 ,we'll take this fellow if it'll please you better-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7thoroughly enjoying himself7 ,keep your tongue quiet1 policeman6--,here6 7,takes out a handful of bills and gives them to ,judge7 ,give 'em these4 7,he looks for approval toward ,the ,devil1 who nods7 ,now get out3 the lot of you6 ,,lieutenant 7hurt7 ,that's no kind of language to use to men doing their best to favor you1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,and1 as for the money1 that's an insult-- ,,the ,,devil ,i suppose you want it sent mysteriously8 ,from an unknown benefactor who loves your fat housewife and your ugly babies4 ,well--you'll--take--it--this way--7,he has snatched the bills from the ,judge while talking and separated them into three parts2 now he forces one on the ,lieutenant7 ,the ,lieutenant pretends to push them away4 ,,the ,,devil 7finishing7--or--not at all--7,he looks at ,schwartzenhopfel to back him up7 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7importantly7 ,or not at all-- ,the ,lieutenant hesitates1 but takes the money shamefacedly4 ,the two ,detectives repeat his actions and manners4 ,,lieutenant 7to ,schwartzenhopfel diffidently1 after looking at the women1 the ,judge and ,agnus7 ,i suppose 7humbly7 there'll be no come-back to this8 ,it's value received1 ain't it1 sir8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,yes4 ,get out4 ,,lieutenant ,yes1 sir4 7,he tips his hat and goes out on tip-toe7 ,,second ,,and ,,third ,,detectives 7in the same manner7 ,yes1 sir4 7,they go out7 ,,judge ,,critty 7to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,such actions cause talk1 sir-- ,,the ,,devil ,if ,i've promoted even the germ of ,socialism in those robber-barons'men-at-arms1 ,i'm satisfied-- ,,judge ,,critty 7stiffly7 ,i was not addressing you1 ,doctor ,agnus-- ,,the ,,devil ,don't try that fake dignity with me1 you hoary-headed old fraud1 because you haven't the moral dignity back of it to hold you up4 ,get out1 you arrant knave6 7,catches ,schwartzenhopfel's eye7 ,,judge ,,critty 7dumfounded7 ,mr4 ,magnus--will you allow me to be so insulted by this cockerel8 ,he's either drunk or crazy4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7softly motioning ,the ,devil to wait7 ,didn't you say once1 ,judge1 that to properly punish anarchists they should not be hanged but burned8 ,,judge ,,critty 7with swelling dignity1 thinking that ,magnus is recalling the incident favorably7 ,i certainly did1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,you didn't say anything about the causes that make them anarchists1 though--did you8 7,catching ,the ,devil's eye7 ,but how about a six-months' strike prolonged because millionaires wouldn't pay fifty cents more a day to men who work with hot rivets two hundred feet in the air--twenty-five per cent of them killed every year8 ,how about the wives of those strikers who died of overwork and little food trying to support homes and husbands until employers gave in8 ,how about their children who died unborn--eh8 ,who was it murdered wives and children8 ,and who1 after six months1 still refused even to compromise8 ,was it any wonder that men went crazy8 ,murder for murder--they said--murder for murder4 ,schwartzenhopfel had such a wife1 such children1 all dead now1 and he shouted3 ,dynamite1 the worker's friend6 7,fiercely to the ,judge7 ,and so it isn't enough to hang him8 ,you've got to burn him1 have you8 ,well1 what about the men who took an honest workman and made him what he is today8 ,,judge ,,critty 7frantically7 ,mr4 ,magnus-- ,the ,devil goes to the garden door1 opens it and points the way out4 ,,judge ,,critty 7nervously1 suddenly changing his attitude7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 your admission delights me--for the first time in my relations with you1 ,i--,i find it--possible--to--to--be--to be--perfectly natural with you4 ,you cannot blame me for being a hypocrite4 ,if you will pardon me1 sir3 who made me a hypocrite8-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7disgruntled7 ,i didn't tell you to burn anarchists1 did ,i8 ,,judge ,,critty ,pardon me1 sir--theoretically1 no2 but practically1 yes1 you did4 ,if my bench orations hadn't been passionately opposed to everything that even threatened the divine right of capital1 why1 you wouldn't be considering me for the ,supreme ,bench now4 ,how can a lawyer succeed nowadays except through capital8 ,,the ,,devil 7closes door and stands with his back to it7 ,true enough1 ,magnus2 true enough--7,looks at the light1 which has hung gravely suspended through these operations7 ,,the ,,devil ,the greedy millionaire criminal makes all the little criminals4 ,he needs men like this hypocrite here 7pointing to the ,judge7--needs them to save corporations from fines1 their officers from jail--with that damnable word 8unconstitutional02 just as he needs ,senators to make trust laws easy to break2 ,governors to sign exemptions and pardons2 aldermen to steal city franchises2 bosses to elect those aldermen to order2 murdering gangsters to kill honest voting2 and police who will permit the gangsters to steal1 pimp and kill1 and who share in their spoils4 7,still addressing the light7 ,and every crime of the lot--yes--don't shrink from your guilt--even the stealing1 the pimping1 and the killing--is the fault of the greedy millionaire4 7,pointing to the ,judge7 ,even that might have been a man-- ,,judge ,,critty 7anxiously7 ,but1 ,mr4 ,magnus-- ,,the ,,devil ,no hypocrite may be trusted upon the ,supreme ,bench1 ,judge4 ,schwartzenhopfel nods4 ,,judge ,,critty 7wildly7 ,you use me--cast me aside-- ,,the ,,devil ,just what a prostitute would say when the man to whose worst passions she has pandered seeks to be clean again and casts her off4 7,he opens the door again and points7 ,get out6 7,he fixes the unhappy ,judge with his eyes4 ,unable to resist1 the ,judge follows the slowly pointing finger and goes out7 ,,doll ,,blondin 7whose admiration for ,the ,devil has grown quickly1 as evidenced by the expression on her face as she has sat listening almost with awe7 ,you are some man--believe me6 ,,fanny 7turns quickly on her at this danger-note in her voice1 and speaks with an effort at politeness7 ,you said you would not like a certain party to hear a certain story-- ,the ,devil1 being recalled to this situation1 looks hopelessly around4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,let the certain party go-- ,,fanny 7glares at her7 ,what8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7glares back7 ,i wouldn't stay where ,i wasn't wanted if ,i were some people-- ,,fanny ,and ,i suppose you think you are wanted8 ,doll ,blondin smiles aggravatingly4 ,,fanny ,what8 ,,doll ,,blondin ,i've been asked to stay anyhow4 ,that's more'n some people have-- ,,fanny ,addington6 ,you'll let this woman insult me8 ,,the ,,devil ,certainly1 my dear4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,you see--7,she spreads hands and her manner becomes still more aggravating7 ,,fanny ,i'll go and get mother4 ,even she will see who's in the wrong now4 ,when ,i'm prepared to give up everything for you-- ,,the ,,devil ,but you aren't-- ,,fanny 7wildly7 ,i am4 ,you needn't even have a flat in town4 ,i'll stay here4 ,why1 ,i'll even live on your income4 ,,the ,,devil ,you only say that until you get me safely married4 ,,fanny 7beside herself7 ,i swear it4 ,addington--,i didn't realize how much ,i loved you until ,i saw you save your friend 7points to ,agnus72 heard you defy those policemen1 and--then--the way you talked to that nasty old ,judge4 ,oh6 ,i want you--,i love you-- ,,the ,,devil 7stepping back to avoid an embrace7 ,well1 you can't have me6 ,,doll ,,blondin ,you see--7,spreads her hands as before7 ,,fanny ,you give me up--for this woman8 ,,the ,,devil 7desperately7 ,yes6 ,,fanny 7suddenly realizing she is combating ,fate7 ,oh1 ,addington1 ,addington1 ,addington--,i love you--,i love you--7,she bursts into real tears2 there is no tragedy in her attitude now1 no affectation1 no theatricalism--just real sorrow and regret7 ,,agnus 7wildly to ,the ,devil7 ,you must explain6 ,you must6 ,you must6 ,,the ,,devil 7whispering7 ,who'd believe us8 ,we'd all be clapped into a lunatic asylum4 ,is one woman to stand in the way of science--a big step in world-regeneration8 ,think1 man6 ,one woman against a million better men8 ,for the sake of humanity--think6 ,agnus turns away4 ,it is his tragic moment2 his face should be that of a combined ,hamlet and ,king ,lear--for1 while to others ,fanny is comedic1 to him she represents earthly happiness4 ,fanny continues her sobbing like an animal in pain4 ,doll ,blondin looks troubled1 but stands her ground4 ,,the ,,devil 7awkwardly7 ,see here1 ,fanny-- ,,fanny 7trying to stem1 her tears7 ,yes1 dear-- ,,the ,,devil ,it isn't any woman--it's my work4 ,it needs me--all of me-- ,,doll ,,blondin ,then you don't love me8 ,,the ,,devil 7impatiently7 ,of course not4 ,i only just saw you--didn't ,i8 ,,fanny ,you don't love her8 ,your work8 ,you're giving me up for-- ,,the ,,devil ,the good of humanity1 ,fanny-- ,,fanny 7forgetting tears7 ,ah1 ,i knew you were too noble1 ,addington1 too big to jilt me for another woman4 8,for the good of humanity60 ,that's different4 ,we'll work together1 dear4 ,i'll help1 not hinder4 ,the ,devil groans4 ,,fanny ,you've brought out my true nature4 ,i'm changed4 ,i see now how hateful ,i was4 ,,the ,,devil ,fanny-- ,,fanny ,yes1 dear-- ,,the ,,devil ,no6 ,doll ,blondin catches his eye above ,fanny's head and winks hopefully4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,doll1 in the same tone7 ,no6 ,mrs4 ,felix and ,tromper enter1 bundled up for motoring4 ,they are followed by ,magnus's chauffeur and his valet carrying motoring coats4 ,,valet ,miss ,felix1 miss6 7,he holds up her coat7 ,fanny inserts her arms mechanically in sleeves4 ,,tromper 7grumpily1 showing his watch to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,i took the liberty of getting ready to go back1 ,mr4 ,magnus4 ,i thought you'd forgotten the time4 ,,valet ,you have an appointment for dinner with ,mr4 ,gayton1 sir4 ,schwartzenhopfel looks blank4 ,,valet ,you know1 sir--the ,secretary of the ,treasury-- ,the ,devil nudges ,schwartzenhopfel4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7arrogantly7 ,the ,secretary must wait2 that's all6 ,i'm staying here tonight4 ,,the ,,devil 7sotto voce to ,agnus1 indicating ,tromper7 ,who's he8 ,agnus whispers the information in a thoroughly miserable manner4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to the chauffeur7 ,you take these ladies back to ,new ,york4 7,to the valet7 ,you go with him and bring me some clothes back4 ,,the ,,devil ,enough for a week or so4 ,the light shows that it is struck motionless by this last statement4 ,and now1 ,mrs4 ,felix1 good-bye6 ,come and see me some time4 ,i'll find a husband for you yet4 ,the light flirts across his eyes4 ,,the ,,devil 7looks at it meditatively7 ,i don't know but what you're right1 ,magnus4 ,after ,i start training you--she might be able to complete the training-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7viewing ,mrs4 ,felix with approval7 ,suits me6 ,the light darts as viciously at ,schwartzenhopfel as the latter once did when he was in ,magnus's condition4 ,,the ,,devil 7to the light7 ,i meant you--,magnus-- ,the light hovers1 sullenly suspicious4 ,,the ,,devil 7to all7 ,and--now--good day to all of you4 ,schwartzenhopfel and ,i are about to do some important work together4 7,puts his arm on ,agnus's shoulder7 ,so we must ask you to excuse us4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,and what about me8 ,,the ,,devil ,aren't the rooms good8 ,doll ,blondin nods4 ,,the ,,devil ,and the food8 ,doll ,blondin nods again4 ,,the ,,devil ,and the service8 ,,doll ,,blondin ,yes--but-- ,,the ,,devil ,then what about you8 ,and as for amusement3 why1 there's ,magnus4 7,he points to ,schwartzenhopfel4 ,then he goes1 almost dragging ,agnus with him7 ,agnus's head is turned1 with lack-lustre eyes1 toward ,fanny4 ,they pass out through the folding-doors1 closing these behind them4 ,,tromper 7whose indignation has been mounting1 now vents himself explosively7 ,well1 damn his nerve6 ,i beg your pardon1 ladies4 ,mr4 ,magnus1 you let a whippersnapper doctor talk that way to you8 ,you6 ,why1 sir1 ,i wouldn't--,i actually wouldn't permit you to talk that way to me6 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7viciously7 ,you wouldn't8 ,,tromper 7nervously7 ,with all respect3 no1 sir4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,then you're discharged4 ,,tromper 7thunderstruck7 ,have you gone crazy1 ,mr4 ,magnus8 ,discharged8 ,after twenty-five years'service8 ,after saving you hundreds of thousands of dollars8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7putting her hand on his shoulder7 ,john1 that's petty6 ,that's small1 ,john4 ,i never knew you to be petty or small before4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,wait6 7,to ,tromper7 ,saving8 ,how8 ,,tromper 7stuttering7 ,why1 the ,churchstead strike alone-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7militantly7 ,strike6 ,ha6 ,go on6 ,what did you do8 ,,tromper 7miserably7 ,you know well enough what ,i did1 sir-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,tell me anyhow-- ,,tromper ,i locked 'em out1 the bums6 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,what did they want8 ,just union rates1 union hours2 white men's pay1 white men's hours2 not nigger slaves--8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7admiringly7 ,bravo1 ,john6 ,you 're shaping up6 ,the light moves closer1 as if listening intently4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7nodding7 ,i told you to wait6 7,to ,tromper7 ,you beat them1 didn't you8 ,,tromper ,and a tough job6 ,strike-breakers weren't enough-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,new ,york thugs1 gunmen--with brass knuckles1 hand spikes1 and automatics--licensed to bruise1 maim and kill-- ,,tromper ,weren't the strikers breaking windows and burning fences8 ,didn't they threaten to burn the works8 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,fighting for their children and their homes1 they were--for the right to have more than cattle or pigs--more than a place to sleep--and enough food to keep them working4 ,food6 ,ha6 ,like gasoline put into a motor-car-- ,,tromper ,i was fighting to save you money-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,against the men you used to work with1 side by side1 your own blood-brothers-- ,,tromper ,no brothers of mine1 those sweating1 smelly ignorant dogs6 ,i might have been born one4 ,that wasn't my fault4 ,but ,i didn't stay one4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,no1 and ,i'll bet ,i know why4 ,because you spied on them1 carried tales1 for little foreman jobs1 and sweated more work out of them4 ,,tromper 7bitterly7 ,always saving you money-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,you see1 ,john3 all crime1 bloodshed1 murder finally comes back to yourself4 ,he said it3 8,always saving you money40 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,i'm going to change all that4 ,consequently ,i don't need his sort any more4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7delightedly7 ,you are8 7,suspiciously7 ,but so suddenly--what's changed you8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7points toward the laboratory7 ,the--7corrects himself7 ,d--,doctor4 7,enthusiastically7 ,the trouble about us human beings is that we don't know nothing about nothing-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,can't you be moral and retain your grammar8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7disregarding her1 enthusiastically7 ,then he comes along 7pointing toward laboratory7 and shows us that millionaires on one hand--anarchists on the other--are one part right1 ninety-nine parts wrong-- ,,fanny 7bursts into wild tears again7 ,and ,i've lost him6 ,i've lost him6 ,mrs4 ,felix comforts her4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7to ,tromper7 ,how much have you saved8 ,not for me--for yourself8 ,,tromper 7haughtily7 ,i don't save2 ,i invest4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,worth half a million1 aren't you8 ,not above grafting some of that sweat-and-blood money you saved for me1 are you8 ,,tromper ,i defy you to prove it4 ,i defy anybody4 ,i've been strictly honest4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,no matter1 ,tromper1 no matter--you 're fired6 ,i never want to see your face again4 ,,tromper ,you'll regret this the longest day you live1 you-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,be careful4 ,i still own the judges and the politicians4 ,don't try to stand in my way1 or ,i'll job you into jail4 ,get out6 ,,tromper 7suddenly whining7 ,how am ,i to get back to ,new ,york8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7touching ,schwartzenhopfel's shoulder7 ,don't be little1 ,john-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7repressing himself7 ,the automobile will take you back4 ,wait for it at the ,inn4 ,,tromper 7thinking he is relenting7 ,one word1 sir-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,not one4 7,points to the door7 ,tromper goes out abjectedly4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7turning suddenly to valet7 ,what do ,i pay you8 ,,valet 7alarmed on behalf of his own position7 ,only a hundred a month1 sir4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,and what you can steal1 eh8 ,,valet 7earnestly7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 sir4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,percentages from haberdashers and shirt-makers1 tailors1 bootmakers1 jewellers4 ,double bills3 one for me1 one for you--you pocket the difference8 ,,valet 7astounded at his accuracy7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 ,i swear-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,don't perjure yourself4 ,take one hundred and fifty dollars a month--,i'm buying back your self-respect with the extra fifty and giving it to you4 ,but if you cheat again--remember1 if you cheat again--jail6 ,,valet 7with tears in his eyes and choking voice7 ,sir-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,wait in there4 7,points to the door1 and the valet goes out2 then to chauffeur7 ,and ,i give you8 ,,chauffeur 7trembling7 ,one hundred and twenty-five dollars a month1 sir4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,and the gasoline you take out every night and put back in the morning8 ,the extra shoes that don't wear out8 ,the valve-cleaning and new parts that only figure in the bill8 ,other things--how much do they come to8 ,,chauffeur ,mr4 ,magnus-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,don't lie4 ,please--how much8 ,,chauffeur 7whining7 ,i don't know1 sir4 ,please-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,take one seventy-five and be a decent man--a skilled mechanic who respects himself and his craft too much to be a thief4 ,will that do8 ,,chauffeur 7thickly7 ,if they all treated us like that1 nobuddy 'ud steal except dirty scoundrels1 sir4 7,goes out7 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,you see3 the generals make the morals of their soldiers4 ,let generals loot a church-treasure1 and the privates will loot a hen-roost4 ,magnus steals a ,subway4 ,therefore1 his manager steals his profits1 his valet steals his stickpins1 his chauffeur his gasoline4 ,,schwartzenhopfel ,reform always begins at the top1 ,i know4 ,the trouble with us--7corrects himself7 with ,socialists and anarchists--they try to begin reforms among the ignorant4 ,it will take me many years to break even with my criminal misunderstanding4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7suddenly touched7 ,i'll help you4 7,in a whisper7 ,i love you1 ,john-- ,the light jumps4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7with her hand on his shoulder7 ,i've always wanted to say 8,yes0--always hoped for the day when your great brain would resent the petty use you were making of it-- ,fanny does not hear this4 ,for some time she has been sitting all humped up1 staring blankly into space4 ,doll ,blondin sits in same position1 showing the same attitude1 and the same lack of expression4 ,the two of them look more like decorative statues than human beings1 one on either side of the room4 ,the light flies about distractedly4 ,mrs4 ,felix slowly drawing the startled ,schwartzenhopfel around until he faces her and stares into her eyes4 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7stutters7 ,when ,i'm--wor--worthy1 ,i--,i 'll ask you to say 8,yes0 again--,i don't de--deserve you yet-- ,doll ,blondin turns wearily around to watch them4 ,fanny does the same4 ,the light pauses1 satisfied4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,john ,magnus--you're a great man at last-- 7,smiling shyly1 she practically offers her cheek to be kissed7 ,remember my worthless years1 too1 and consider you're worthy now-- ,the light begins again to fly about distractedly4 ,schwartzenhopfel looks at it apologetically before he bends over to kiss her4 ,the light deliberately flashes between them4 ,both of them stand back dazzled4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7blinking7 ,what a powerful reflection6 7,smiling and holding out her hand to ,schwartzenhopfel1 she bends toward him again7 ,the light again flashes between them4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7as they stagger back again7 ,what is it1 ,john8 ,i see no mirrors or lenses-- ,,doll ,,blondin 7who has been watching the light in an awed way ever since she turned7 ,it doesn't come from mirrors or lenses4 7,in an awed tone7 ,there's something queer about that light--almost as if it were human-- ,,schwartzenhopfel ,non--nonsense6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7noting his look7 ,john ,magnus6 ,you--frightened8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7pointing to the light7 ,look at it now1 as though it was listening6 ,,fanny 7with a little cry7 ,mother6 mother6 ,forgive me-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7patting her hair7 ,forgive you--why1 my dear8 ,,fanny 7shivering7 ,i don't know--but ,i'm afraid4--,there's something wrong in this house-- ,the light twitches as if trying to sneak out of the room4 ,,fanny 7with a little scream7 ,look at it--now6 ,the light stands still4 ,the three women huddle together with that feminine instinct that prefers to die with its worst enemy rather than alone4 ,,doll ,,blondin ,whenever he made a move to even touch you1 it flew at him-- ,,fanny 7shrieking7 ,it moved again6 ,mrs4 ,felix clutches ,schwartzenhopfel4 ,fanny gives another short scream4 ,at that moment the folding-doors fly open and ,agnus renters quickly1 disclosing ,the ,devil inside4 ,,the ,,devil 7with his eye to microscope1 examining slide7 ,as well as ,i could do myself6 ,bravo6 ,bravissima6 ,,agnus 7agitated7 ,can ,i do anything8 7,sees the tableau of the three frightened women1 clinging to ,schwartzenhopfel2 his eyes follow theirs1 and he sees that they are watching the light2 then he falls back1 holding his head7 ,,doll ,,blondin 7seeing ,agnus's look7 ,see6 ,he's frightened1 too4 ,,the ,,devil 7puts up the microscope and comes out7 ,what's wrong8 ,,fanny 7running to him7 ,addington1 ,addington6 ,,devil 7wearily7 ,not gone yet8 ,,fanny 7pointing to the light1 which twitches sullenly7 ,addington1 ,i'm frightened4 ,what is it8 ,,the ,,devil 7shaken1 but retaining his mastery7 ,oh--that8 7,he tries to move over to the table and shake ,fanny off7 ,,fanny ,oh1 ,addington1 don't leave me6 ,i'm frightened1 ,i tell you1 frightened6 ,,the ,,devil ,i thought you wanted to know what that was8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,what is it8 ,,doll ,,blondin ,yes1 what8 7simultaneously7 ,,fanny ,we do-- ,,the ,,devil 7to ,fanny in an irritated tone7 ,well1 how can ,i explain while you hang on to me8-- ,,fanny ,just let me hold one hand--just your little finger--that'll make me brave-- ,the ,devil crosses to the table1 scowling4 ,fanny tags after him1 holding on to one of his fingers4 ,the ,devil looks sternly at the light4 ,then he turns to the women and touches the switch-key of the lighted electric cigar-lighter4 ,,the ,,devil ,when ,i turn this off1 it will disappear6 7,he waits for ,magnus to understand4 ,then1 showily1 he snaps off the electric-lighter1 bending down as if it required some effort7 ,you see8 ,the light does not budge4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7since ,fanny is looking admiringly at ,the ,devil and ,mrs4 ,felix is hiding her head on ,schwartzenhopfel's shoulder7 ,but it didn't work6-- ,,the ,,devil 7looking up and seeing it1 nonplussed and desperate7 ,no8 ,,doll ,,blondin ,no4 ,there it is4 ,see8 ,,the ,,devil 7boldly7 ,nonsense4 7,he fixes her with his eyes7 ,it's gone3 d'you hear8 ,it's gone6 ,,doll ,,blondin 7fascinatedly watching him7 ,it's gone8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,but ,i see it6 ,,the ,,devil 7fixing her with his eyes7 ,nonsense4 ,it's gone1 d'you hear8 ,gone6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7with the same expression as ,doll7 ,gone8 ,fanny looks up4 ,,the ,,devil 7catching her eye before she can look at the light7 ,you see1 it's gone1 don't you8 ,gone8 ,,fanny 7in the same manner as others7 ,gone8 ,,the ,,devil ,and now1 why haven't you--gone8 ,,fanny ,and leave her in the house8 7,nodding toward ,doll7 ,,the ,,devil ,is it your house8 ,,fanny 7boldly7 ,yes1 it is6 ,,the ,,devil 7taken aback7 ,what8 ,,fanny ,our house6 7,sweetly7 ,and1 ,addington1 dear3 it could be mine if ,i sued you for breach of promise6 ,you know ,i'd win--your letters are so dear6 ,and the engagement announcement that was in all the papers--and our pictures together in that ,sunday ,supplement--,i can't imagine where they get those pictures1 can you8 ,framed heart-shape with the dearest little ,cupids shooting arrows at us--you know1 how you loved it-- ,,the ,,devil 7revolted7 ,i loved it6 ,,fanny 7continuing7 ,and your money's in trust1 dear4 ,you can't touch the principal4 ,so you'd have to sell this house to pay my damages4 ,and you know ,i wouldn't let you sell it1 not to strangers--,i'd just come and live in it1 going about every day and kissing things ,i knew your dear hands had touched1 and sitting in your favorite places1 waiting for the day you'd come back and we'd sit there together6 ,the ,devil grits his teeth4 ,,fanny 7almost cloyingly sweet7 ,oh1 you could come here every day and work in your laboratory4 ,i'd let you--you'd be quite welcome-- ,,doll ,,blondin 7her sense of humor triumphing7 ,you're some sticker1 sister--,i gotta hand it to you4 ,talk about glue6 ,,the ,,devil 7desperately7 ,you wouldn't do that--your womanly instinct--your sense of shame--your position in society-- ,,doll ,,blondin ,no use grasping at straws like that1 ,doctor4 ,you're gone6 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7in wonderment7 ,i never imagined she had it in her4 7,mildly7 ,there's no doubt she loves you1 ,addington4 ,no girl would endure the insults you've heaped on her today--7hastily7 not that she didn't deserve them-- ,,fanny 7navely7 ,i did--,i was a selfish beast-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix ,she wouldn't have admitted she was a beast just now--unless she loved you--madly-- ,,the ,,devil 7bitterly7 ,she knows ,i've got a check for two million in my pocket-- ,,fanny ,oh1 ,i know ,i deserve that1 too4 ,but ,i wish you didn't have the old check just to prove to you-- ,,the ,,devil ,you do8 ,,fanny 7hastily7 ,no4 ,i don't mean that4 ,forgive me for being selfish4 ,the check means triumph for your work-- ,,the ,,devil 7grinning maliciously7 ,means houses in ,new ,york1 and motors1 and private railroad cars1 and boxes at the opera1 too1 doesn't it8 ,,fanny 7earnestly7 ,addington1 ,i'd be content to live on the top of a mountain if ,i had you1 dear4 ,,the ,,devil ,that's all right as a popular song1 darling6 7,he grits his teeth again7 ,,agnus 7in agony7 ,she means it1 can't you see8 ,she's changed4 ,the fear of losing the man she loves has made her forget all the little things--realizing that the only big thing is--love6-- ,,fanny ,oh1 ,mr4 ,schwartzenhopfel1 you have loved6 ,you understand4 ,make him understand-- ,,the ,,devil 7to ,agnus7 ,you sentimental idiot6 ,you think she means it1 do you8 ,,agnus 7boldly7 ,i know it6 ,,doll ,,blondin 7herself touched7 ,honest1 ,doctor1 ,i believe she does4 ,fanny looks gratefully at them4 ,,the ,,devil 7desperately7 ,you see this8 7,he thrusts the check under her nose7 ,what is it8 ,,fanny ,the two-million-dollar check4 ,,the ,,devil ,all right4 7,he puts it in her hand7 ,tear it up6 ,,fanny 7paling7 ,but--,addington--your work-- ,,the ,,devil 7with a sneer to ,agnus7 ,you see8 7,to ,doll7 ,see8 ,,fanny 7joyously7 ,i see1 too6 ,it's wrong1 but it makes me the happiest girl in the world4 ,,the ,,devil 7exasperated7 ,what does8 ,,fanny ,it's wicked for me to feel that way--,i know ,i shouldn't4--,forgive me4 ,,the ,,devil 7shouting7 ,what damned mare's-nest have you foisted on me this time8 ,what's the latest crazy eroticism you're going to pretend to see in me8 ,,fanny ,don't swear1 dear4 ,you're above it4 ,but as for the check3 ,i understand and ,i love you the more for it4 ,,the ,,devil 7shouting louder7 ,love me the more8 ,by ,saturn6 this is too much--this passes all endurance-- ,,fanny ,you're angry because ,i've discovered your secret4 ,because you know now that ,i know that no matter how much you try to make your work come first1 you can't4 ,,the ,,devil 7swearing wildly7 ,oh1 ,jupiter6 ,oh1 the ,pleiades6 ,oh1 the ,milky ,way1 the ,crab1 and the ,gemini6--,where under the light of the sun or in the bowels of the earth--in what corner of a lunatic asylum did you find that colossal1 preposterous and utterly insane hallucination of a disordered brain8 ,,fanny ,in your heart1 dear--in your heart4 ,this morning ,i made you give up work that was dearer to you than life4 ,you promised4 ,your better nature made you break that promise4 ,then ,i came again1 tempting you2 threatening to leave you forever4 ,your heart betrayed you again4 ,and--when ,i was gone--you loathed yourself for your weakness4 ,,the ,,devil 7reduced to the frigid politeness of a man who realizes he will be stricken with apoplexy if he allows his feelings to get the better of him again7 ,i--,i see--and now ,i should like to know--what was the ,president of ,china thinking while in his bath this morning8-- ,,fanny 7placidly1 seeing1 in his loss of control her own dominance of the situation7 ,don't sneer1 darling4 ,you loathed yourself for giving in to me a second time4 8,even though my heart is broken1 ,i will cast her out of it10 you said sternly4 ,,the ,,devil ,just like the kind of novels you read1 wasn't it8 ,,fanny ,you had been so modest1 dear1 that ,i didn't realize you were a great man4 ,that was your fault4 8,she doesn't love me10 you said1 8or she'd want me to go on winning ,nobel prizes and being a great man4 ,all she loves is the money ,i can make40 7,triumphantly7 ,am ,i right8 ,isn't that what you thought8 ,,the ,,devil 7wildly7 ,you're never right6 ,and ,i never think4 ,,agnus ,you are right--you are6 ,,the ,,devil 7looking morosely at him7 ,i'll settle with you later-- ,agnus1 terrified1 remains silent4 ,,fanny ,don't be ashamed to concede a woman's wit1 dear4 ,it's all your teaching4 ,today you taught me to use my brain4 8,all she loves is the money ,i can make10 you said-- ,,the ,,devil ,you said ,i said that once-- ,,fanny 7unheeding7 ,and you still believe it8 ,don't you8 ,,the ,,devil ,yes4 ,,fanny ,i know you do4 ,that's why you gave me the check4 ,sooner than marry me--thinking that ,i was playing a part until ,i could get control of the two million dollars--sooner than be married for your money you said3 8,tear it up40 ,and that shows you love me more than your work1 more than your future fame1 more than the gratitude of the world--more than humanity--more than everything4 ,and it makes me love you more than ever4 7,she takes his hand7 ,,the ,,devil 7almost in a shrill scream7 ,love me more than ever8 ,,fanny 7hurt7 ,you don't believe in me1 yet8 ,,the ,,devil 7as before7 ,no6 ,no6 ,no6 ,,fanny ,then--,i'm sorry for you4 ,sorry for your work1 your fame1 your future4 ,but if ,i can't make you believe in me any other way1 why--then--here goes4 7,she twists up the check1 strikes a match and lights it2 following an old childish game1 she says7 ,he loves me1 he loves me not2 loves me1 loves me not4 7,the flame scorches her fingers1 but she holds it long enough to say7 ,he loves me6 7,then she throws the last blazing bit into ash-receiver and throws her arms around ,the ,devil7 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7judicially7 ,i think now--,addington--you can be sure6 ,,the ,,devil 7wrenching himself free7 ,damn it6--,doesn't she know that if ,magnus will write one check1 he'll write another6 ,,fanny 7her lip drawn7 ,oh1 ,i forgot that6 ,i forgot that6 7,sobbing on her mother's breast7 ,oh1 mammy1 what can ,i do to prove it to him8 ,this is my punishment--this is my punishment6 ,,doll ,,blondin 7to ,the ,devil1 herself in tears7 ,she's on the square with that stuff1 old boy4 ,don't be a devil6 ,,the ,,devil 7suddenly realizing7 ,a devil3 that's what ,i am--a devil4 ,no human being would act as ,i'm doing1 would he8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7judicially7 ,oh1 you'll come out of it1 now you see the girl's all right1 won't you8 ,,the ,,devil ,but suppose ,i didn't8 ,,doll ,,blondin 7indignantly7 ,then you would be a devil6 ,not fit to associate with human beings4 ,,fanny 7crying to her mother7 ,can't you think of something ,i can do to prove ,i'm not the same girl who came here this morning8 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7crying7 ,it's my fault4 ,if ,i'd been a good mother1 instead of a good bridge player-- ,,agnus 7agonizedly7 ,oh6 for ,god's sake6 ,can't something be done8 ,i'll kill myself-- ,,schwartzenhopfel 7who has also been moved1 says now sharply7 ,here1 here6 7,in a hoarse whisper7 ,don't you go taking such liberties with what don't belong to you4 ,,the ,,devil 7who has been musing on what ,doll has said7 ,not fit to associate with human beings4 ,no1 ,i guess not4 7,looking at ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,i should have remained the ,dutchman with no human ties4 ,sentiment and romance just make me ill4 ,,doll ,,blondin 7indignantly7 ,shame on you6 7,she goes over to comfort the other two women7 ,,the ,,devil 7still musing7 ,i suppose that's how ,the ,devil got his bad name4 ,trying to cure ,faust of ,marguerite in order to use him for the world's advancement4 ,same ingratitude1 same mix-up2 everybody calling me names4 7,sharply to ,schwartzenhopfel1 who has listened7 ,very incorrectly reported1 even at that--very unjustly--that ,faust affair4 ,those stupid ,germans--when they're not drinking themselves into sentimental poetry1 the ravings of a disordered brain1 they're guzzling themselves into gloomy philosophy--the pessimism of a disordered liver--and the fellow who wrote up the ,faust-,marguerite case had both maladies 7viciously7 in their most virulent form6 ,and that's what most humans get their idea of me from--when1 actually1 the case was just about like this one--7meditatively7 ,i wonder what ,i did to straighten things out that time8 7,meditates7 ,all the others watch him in awe4 ,,fanny 7lifting a tear-stained face1 whispers7 ,what is he saying1 mammy8 ,is it about me8 ,,the ,,devil 7giving the ,faust matter up7 ,no use1 ,i forget-- ,,agnus 7piteously7 ,you will do something1 won't you8 ,,the ,,devil 7sadly7 ,i suppose ,i 'll have to4 ,humanity has to suffer as usual4 ,sentiment1 always sentiment1 maudlin sentiment3 that's what keeps abuses unrectified1 men ignorant1 women slaves1 the world's intellect developing no faster than a snail crawls4 ,sentiment--maudlin sentiment--and ,i've lived so long among men that the cancer's in me1 too-- ,,agnus ,you have got a heart then--they did wrong you4 ,i'll devote years to setting you right in the eyes of the world4 ,,the ,,devil ,what8 ,,agnus 7stammering7 ,a book6 ,,the ,,devil 7harshly7 ,set me right in men's eyes8 ,have my conduct applauded by stupid human beings8 ,when the world applauds anybody whole-heartedly1 without a dissenting voice1 be sure he's a fool or a knave6 ,your whole being has been in arms against me ever since ,i came to bring you wisdom4 ,now that you think there's a chance ,i'll let you be a fool again1 you talk of setting me right6 ,let me be or ,i'll repent it4 7,to ,fanny7 ,what would you do if ,i made you realize that ,i don't and can't love you8 ,,fanny ,i know you do4 ,,the ,,devil ,but you can't make me marry you8 ,,fanny ,you wouldn't want the scandal of a suit discrediting you with the world8 ,,the ,,devil ,you'd do that1 loving me8 ,,fanny 7gently7 ,to bring you to your senses4 ,you would be unhappy without me4 ,,the ,,devil ,and unhappy with you4 ,,fanny ,not after the change that has come over me today4 ,,the ,,devil 7throwing up both hands7 ,useless--useless6 ,i give in--,i'm vanquished4 ,,fanny ,love conquers all1 dear-- ,,the ,,devil ,oh1 those damned novels6 7,fending her off7 ,wait6 ,go in there6 ,the three of you4 7,he points to the hall door7 ,tell the chauffeur to get ready to go back to ,new ,york1 ,fanny4 ,,fanny ,one kiss1 dear6 ,the ,devil sighs heavily as he permits it4 ,,fanny 7in rapture7 ,my dear one6 ,my dearest6 ,the ,devil points to door4 ,fanny goes with ,mrs4 ,felix4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,doll7 ,you1 too6 ,doll ,blondin shrugs her shoulders and goes after the other two women4 ,,the ,,devil 7throwing himself down in utter weariness7 ,i give in4 ,i must find another body--go through another sentimental riot before ,i can begin my work here again4 ,bernard ,shaws don't grow in every village or every ,london4 7,he rises and crosses toward the window7 ,oh1 ,mars6 ,mars6 ,i'm homesick again4 7,he stretches out his hands7 ,only a day away from you1 and homesick already3 homesick1 how homesick ,i am-- ,,agnus 7trembling eagerly7 ,i know1 we're not advanced enough for you yet4 ,why don't you go back and wait until we are8 ,,the ,,devil 7turning on him with a terrible look7 ,man6 ,if ,i only could3 if ,i only could6 ,but this is my punishment1 and here--7waves all about him7 is my hell4 ,you--all of you--my friends1 my familiars1 my imps1 the red fellows that frightened your own youthful dreams4 ,here is the fiery pit--here6 ,but you are the ,devils1 and ,i am the tortured soul4 ,you are the flames--,i am the burning body4 ,yes1 you3--for here is where ,devils rule--this ,earth is ,hell6 7,at the window1 his hands outstretched7 ,here ,i am debased1 my sullen angers stirred1 my soul held back from the ,sun by inhuman humans who spend their lives stanching a pretty woman's tears1 while a hundred thousand fellow-creatures die for the want of a pound of summer ice1 a basket of winter fuel6 ,you3 who worship a ,man of ,peace1 and make bloody war in ,his ,name2 who worship a ,prince of ,purity1 and wed the women of your lust in ,his ,name2 who worship a ,poor ,man's ,christ1 and in the same breath those who steal the ,poor ,man's ,bread--in ,his ,name4 7,looks up to the sky7 ,you said ,i had ruled long enough1 ,crucified ,one6 ,so you came to do through men's ,love what ,i had done through men's ,hate1 ,lust and ,greed4 ,so you died for men1 and thereafter men called hate ,anger ,against ,the ,heathen2 lust--the ,woman ,leading ,them to ,holier ,things2 greed--,world ,conquest in your ,name4 7,drops on his knees7 ,i see you ever1 ,son of the ,sun1 sad and weary in that bright star of your exile2 hoping against hope that a stray seed sown two thousand years ago may yet bring men to wisdom through ,love4 ,while ,i still go on among them to bring them to ,wisdom through ,understanding1 teaching them that ,ignorance and ,hate bring no gain--the only reasoning they can understand4 ,and so sustained by you in your lonely star1 while you shine on hoping men will look up1 ever up--,i work bitterly among them here below--until ,i have won ,wisdom for them and ,freedom for us2 freedom that we may go on to our ,father1 the ,sun1 we two ,exiles2 ,star of the ,morning1 and ,red ,light of ,mars6 7,while speaking thus1 he seems irradiated with a light hardly seen1 only felt--a dim suffusing glow2 he stands for a second statuelike2 then1 as the glow fades1 he says gently to ,agnus7 ,are you ready8 ,agnus hows his head4 ,,the ,,devil 7to ,schwartzenhopfel7 ,and you1 too8 ,schwartzenhopfel bows his head4 ,,the ,,devil ,then one word before ,i lose the power to speak4 ,when ,i hover above you again--a ,red ,light again--,i will wait to see you1 ,magnus1 and you too1 ,agnus1 each do a single thing4 ,and when ,i have seen each of you do that one thing1 ,i will know you have begun to carry out my teachings--and the ,red ,light will fade away in search of a new body and a new fortune4 7,a ring at the garden door interrupts him7 ,i will tell you--in there4 7,he points to the laboratory7 ,agnus1 ,schwartzenhopfel and the light go out hurriedly1 ,the ,devil following4 ,he is last seen by the audience1 suffused in the glow again1 as he stands between the two folding-doors1 bringing them close together until they shut the laboratory and all within it from sight4 ,the ringing at the door grows louder and is followed by a series of staccato knocks with a knocker4 ,mrs4 ,felix opens the hall door and shows her face4 ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7speaking to ,fanny outside7 ,there's no one here4 ,i suppose ,i should answer the door8 ,,fanny 7outside7 ,by all means1 mother4 ,mrs4 ,felix goes to the garden door4 ,fanny trails in after her4 ,mrs4 ,felix opens garden door for ,professor ,vanillity4 ,,vanillity 7who comes in excitedly7 ,i must see ,addington1 ,mrs4 ,felix6 ,at once6 ,at once-- ,,mrs4 ,,felix 7pointing to the laboratory7 ,he's in there4 ,,vanillity ,i must interrupt him once at least--at least once4 7,he knocks at the laboratory door--no response--knocks again--no response7 ,,vanillity 7desperately7 ,i can't help it3 ,i must see him4 ,he flings open the laboratory door1 revealing the room with its blinds drawn and ,agnus1 ,schwartzenhopfel and ,magnus seated in a sort of stupor1 side by side4 ,above them hovers a ,red ,light4 ,,vanillity ,addington1 my boy6 ,addington6 7,he shakes him7 ,agnus opens his eyes slowly and sees ,vanillity4 ,,vanillity ,addington--just a moment alone-- ,,agnus 7joyously7 ,addington4--,you called me ,addington4--,then it's so--it's so4 7,he brushes past ,vanillity1 runs into the room1 disregarding women1 and throws back curtain from mirror7 ,it's so6 ,it's so6 7,sees ,fanny7 ,fanny6 ,,fanny 7comes toward him eagerly7 ,the actress is gone1 dear4 ,she said she wouldn't stand in the way of our happiness once ,i convinced her how much you loved me4 ,i helped her re-pack her trunks4 7,puts her hands out to ,agnus7 ,,vanillity 7taking him aside before he can take ,fanny's hands7 ,one minute1 my boy1 one minute4 7,leads him up-stage so that their backs become turned to the others7 ,,magnus 7in the meanwhile has opened his eyes and sees ,agnus at mirror2 as ,agnus moves up stage1 he runs to mirror and sees himself7 ,it's so--it's so-- ,,vanillity 7in a low tone to ,agnus1 not seeing ,magnus at mirror7 ,my boy1 ,i've been eating out my heart all day for permitting you to accept that offer4 ,but ,judge ,critty can break me like matchwood1 just as ,mr4 ,magnus can break him4 ,so ,i seemed to consent4 ,but ,i do not4 ,don't take the offer4 ,schwartzenhopfel1 who has also opened his eyes and come down to the mirror1 now touches ,magnus's arm and nods approval of ,vanillity4 ,,vanillity ,it's damnable-- ,,magnus 7who has turned to listen1 motioning ,mrs4 ,felix and ,fanny to silence7 ,damnable8-- ,,vanillity 7turning around1 white and trembling7 ,mr4 ,magnus6 7,recovering himself1 with dignity7 ,i will tender my resignation tomorrow1 sir4 ,,magnus ,why8 ,,vanillity 7bitterly7 ,don't trifle with a broken man1 sir4 ,my university is in your debt4 ,the ,judge is your mouthpiece4 ,what you tell him to ask1 my university will not dare to refuse6 ,,magnus ,i will tell the ,judge nothing6 ,,vanillity 7gasping7 ,i--,i--what1 sir8 ,,magnus ,but ,i will tell the president of your university that he is old enough to be a ,president ,emeritus--with a pension--and ,i will name his successor--7pauses7 ,professor ,thomas ,vanillity-- ,,vanillity 7trembling7 ,i can't believe it1 sir4 ,you're amusing yourself with me4 ,magnus shakes his head4 ,,vanillity 7desperately7 ,then--why8 ,,magnus ,for proving you are not of ,judge ,critty's stripe2 for risking your position at your age2 for braving the anger of the rich and powerful1 to save your friend4 ,we need such men as you to work with us--7smiling and holding out his arm toward ,mrs4 ,felix7 the future ,mrs4 ,magnus and ,i-- ,mrs4 ,felix comes forward4 ,,magnus ,loo6 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7nods toward the ,red ,light7 ,your promise6 ,,magnus 7remembers and motions ,mrs4 ,felix back7 ,one minute6 7,then sits down at the desk and takes out his check-book7 ,,agnus 7warmly7 ,mr4 ,magnus1 the ,professor feels too strongly to speak4 7,he pats ,vanillity on back2 then turns to ,fanny7 ,fanny6 ,schwartzenhopfel nudges him4 ,,agnus 7turning from ,fanny7 ,eh8 ,,schwartzenhopfel 7lifts his eyes7 ,your promise6 ,,agnus 7follows ,schwartzenhopfel's glance and sees the ,red ,light7 ,oh1 yes--thanks4 7,raises his hand to hold ,fanny back7 ,,magnus 7twirling check over shoulder to dry it7 ,the torn-up check1 ,agnus4 7,rises7 ,loo6 7,puts his arm about ,mrs4 ,felix7 ,the ,red ,light wags4 ,,agnus 7deliberately seating himself with his eyes on the ,red ,light7 ,get the check1 ,fanny4 7,he takes a cigarette from his case7 ,,fanny ,yes1 dear4 7,she goes for it7 ,agnus places the cigarette in his mouth4 ,fanny returns with the check4 ,,agnus ,a light1 please-- ,,fanny ,yes1 dear4 7,she reaches for the cigar-lighter1 turns it on and lifts it forward to him7 ,agnus ignites the cigarette1 looking at the ,red ,light4 ,the ,red ,light wags1 pleaded4 ,it is growing dark outside--an early winter's evening4 ,a star appears4 ,,agnus 7patting ,fanny's hand7 ,that's a good girl6 ,i'm sure--now you've had your lesson1 we'll be very happy together4 7,he puffs at the cigarette7 ,the ,red ,light flies out of the window and disappears4 ,,curtain