{"id":158,"date":"2013-07-13T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=158"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:26:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:16","slug":"43-the-maid-in-the-mill-act-1-sc-4-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07\/43-the-maid-in-the-mill-act-1-sc-4-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","title":{"rendered":"-43_The Maid in the Mill Act-1 Sc-4.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

\n
\nSCENE IV<\/b><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

 
\nA street in Madrid.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NTONIO<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThis is the places<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>ASIL
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n‘Tis farther.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NTONIO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThis, I know it.
\nHere’s the square Velasquez. There in his saddle
\nImperial Charles watches the silent city
\nHis progeny could not keep. Where the one light
\nStands beckoning to us, is Don Mario’s dwelling.
\nO thou celestial lustre, wast thou kindled
\nTo be her light who is my sun ? If so,
\nThou art most happy. For thou dost inherit
\nThe sanctuary of her dear sleep and art
\nThe confidant of those sweet secrecies.
\nThough thou live for a night, yet is thy short
\nAnd noble ministry, more rich and costly,
\nThan ages of the sun. For thou hast seen,
\nO blessed, her unveiled and gleaming shoulder
\nMake her thick-treasured hair more precious. Thou
\nHast watched that face upon her heavenly pillow
\nSlumbering amid its peaceful curls. O more!
\nFor thou perhaps hast laid one brilliant finger
\nOn her white breast mastered with sacred sleep,
\nAnd there known Paradise. Therefore thou’rt famous
\nAbove all lights that human hands have kindled.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>ASIL
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nHere’s a whole epic on an ounce of oil<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA poor, drowned wick bought from the nearest chandler<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd a fly sodden in it.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 862<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tA<\/font>NTONIO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nListen! one comes.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>ASIL<\/font><\/p>\n

\nStand back, abide not question.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NTONIO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThey’ll not doubt us.
\nWe are far from the building.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>ASIL
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nAm I mad ?
\nDo you think I’ll trust a lover ? Why, you could not
\nEven ask the time but you would say, "Good Sir,
\nHow many minutes to Ismenia ?"<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NTONIO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWell,
\nStand back.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>ASIL
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nNo need. I see it. ‘Tis the she-guide,
\nThe feminine Mercury, the tongue, the woman.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnter Brigida.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nHark to the bell now.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>RIGIDA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou, my lord Antonio?
\nThis way, my lord.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/font>NTONIO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWhich way you will. I know
\nYou are my guide to heaven.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tB<\/font>RIGIDA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nO you have come?
\nI take this kindly of you, Se\u00f1or. Tell me,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 863<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nWere you not hiding when I came up to you?
\nWhat was it. Sir ? A constable or perhaps
\nA creditor ? For to be dashed by a weak girl
\nI know you are too bold. What did you say?
\nI did not hear you. We are there, my lord.
\nNow quietly, if you love her, your sweet lady.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n(To Basil)<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nCan you be silent, Senor ? We are lost else.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 864<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCENE IV       A street in Madrid. ANTONIO This is the places BASIL ‘Tis farther. ANTONIO This, I know it. Here’s the square…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}