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      PERSONS.
    • The Journeyman .
    • Various members of his Family.
    • The Devotee .
    • The Old Campaigner .
    • Two Processions , and an Army on the march.
    • The Householder .
The porch of the almshouse of St. Just. Palings and clipped box-trees screen it from the highroad that runs through the village; and the thatched cottage of the Householder, over the way, is its nearest neighbor.
The Devotee
( folding his withered old hands ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

The Old Campaigner
( smoothing an empty sleeve ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 71 words in 2 sentences using 377 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 65 words in 4 sentences using 334 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 161 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 105 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 30 words in 1 sentence using 140 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 53 words in 1 sentence using 268 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 204 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 36 words in 2 sentences using 197 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 79 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 211 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 158 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 193 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 79 words in 3 sentences using 437 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 91 words in 3 sentences using 489 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 35 words in 1 sentence using 172 chars.

[The Journeyman , with his tools slung across his shoulder, comes singing along the highway.]
The Householder .

Note: Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 176 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

The Journeyman
( coming up ).

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 46 words in 5 sentences using 239 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 187 chars.

[Angry voices come across from the Householder's dooryard. A middle-aged woman and a grown girl are seen in violent altercation. A number of young boys, a second brood apparently, tug with inimical intent at the girl's ankles and elbows.]
The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

[The Householder leaves.]
The Devotee .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 186 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 108 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 96 words in 3 sentences using 514 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 102 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 47 words in 2 sentences using 259 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 267 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 259 chars.

[A kind of wailing chant is heard a little distance down the roadway. It is immediately echoed, with a difference, from the opposite direction, and two processions of suppliants advance and meet in the highway before the almshouse. The leader of one procession wears a broad cloak of embroidered yellow silk; the leader of the other wears a long, close black coat. The one procession depends chiefly upon a big purple banner; the other upon a multitude of little black books. The one is joined by the Householder and his daughter; the other by the Householder's wife.]
The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

The Devotee
( viewing one of the processions with an angry disgust ).

Note: Contains 69 words in 9 sentences using 346 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 162 chars.

[The people of the two processions have attacked one another with staves. Villagers flock out of the neighboring cottages, and many brethren issue from the almshouse itself, while others, in various stages of disability, look out through its windows. All immediately take sides, as prompted by prejudice, association, early education. The Devotee enters into the struggle with a hearty good will, while the Campaigner , beating upon his bench with his crutch, encourages both sides with his shrill crow. The Householder is belabored by his own wife, whose clothing, in turn, is torn by her enraged stepdaughter.]
The Devotee
( shouting back to his associates from the edge of the press ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

The Devotee
( coming nearer ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars.

The Devotee
( sinking upon his knees and beginning a voluble prayer in the dust of the roadway ).

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

The Devotee
( rising, after many phrases of passionate pleading ).

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 82 words in 5 sentences using 442 chars.

The Householder
( coming back with a bleeding face ).

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 31 words in 1 sentence using 157 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 129 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 139 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars.

[The fight in the roadway is resumed. The Householder and the Devotee , with no further heed to the advancing host, reënter the struggle. The Householder is beaten by his wife's brother, and jeered by his own children.]
The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 200 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 59 words in 5 sentences using 298 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

The Campaigner
( hesitating ).

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 49 words in 2 sentences using 288 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 157 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars.

The Campaigner
( in response to approaching sounds ).

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 144 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 177 chars.

[The struggle of the village zealots is brought to an end by the passage of the first division of the Army. Many hundreds on foot, splashed with mud, stiffened with sweat, swathed in bandages, famished with hunger. Others limp alongside an extended ambulance-train, and others still, in various stages of dilapidation and disability, straggle here and there over the borders of the wide roadway.]
The Campaigner
( with reproach, to the returning Devotee ).

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 177 chars.

[The passage of an artillery-train. Hungry and exhausted horses stumble along, dragging miry and disabled gun-carriages. The men astride throw famished scowls in the direction of storehouses and barnyards.]
The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 78 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 111 chars.

[Other regiments of infantry, embarrassed by a great number of sick, disabled and wounded. A group of officers who pick their way along mechanically, with lax bridles and downcast eyes. The Householder and his wife are seen in another altercation upon their doorstep.]
The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 112 chars.

[The foot-soldiers, attracted by the defensive posture of the Householder's wife, begin to scale the wall and to trample up through the garden toward the doorstep. Others of their number give a like attention to neighboring houses, which the people of the two broken processions run to protect; a few heads even look over the almshouse palings.]
The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

[A squadron of cavalry moves past slowly. Among them is the Householder's eldest son.]
The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 54 words in 5 sentences using 292 chars.

[Several of the horsemen dismount, and join the foot-soldiers in their raid on cottage and barnyard. The Householder's son leads the way.]
The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 99 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 65 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 85 words in 5 sentences using 442 chars.

The Householder
( hastening across ).

Note: Contains 64 words in 3 sentences using 338 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 126 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 99 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 129 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 37 words in 1 sentence using 199 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 46 words in 1 sentence using 288 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 40 words in 1 sentence using 216 chars.

[A long pause, during which the Journeyman bestows upon the other three a close and studious regard.]
The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 88 words in 4 sentences using 481 chars.

The Householder
( indignant ).

Note: Contains 64 words in 4 sentences using 349 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 64 words in 3 sentences using 378 chars.

The Campaigner
( enraged ).

Note: Contains 78 words in 5 sentences using 416 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 62 words in 2 sentences using 352 chars.

The Devotee
( with a shrill anger ).

Note: Contains 69 words in 4 sentences using 362 chars.

The Journeyman .

Note: Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 104 chars.

The Householder .

Note: Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars.

The Campaigner .

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars.

The Devotee .

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars.

[They rise, expressing varying degrees of dread, anger and repugnance, and make as if to retire within the doorway.]
All Three .

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

The Journeyman
( picking up his tools preparatory to departure ).

Note: Contains 124 words in 8 sentences using 657 chars.

[He goes.]
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