Napoleon Crossing the Rockies

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To my son

KEITH MACKAYE

IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR COMRADESHIP

IN THE MOUNTAINS

LARK FIDDLER
TILDY, his wife
HODGE, a kind of business man
STEPTOE, another kind

SCENE

Lark's Cabin, in the Kentucky mountains, at the present time

Interior of a log cabin in the mountains. Twilight .

Through the open door ( at back, right ) a glimpse of gray palings and dim forest beyond .

From a dark corner of the cabin ( left ) rises a stifled moaning .

Then all is very still again .

After a little, voices are heard outside, a wooden gate creaks, and the dim shape of a man appears in the doorway .

He knocks. No answer .

He knocks again, peering in .

THE MAN

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The moaning recurs, very faintly. The man calls, louder

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Again no answer .

In the dorway appears another man, who speaks in disgruntled tones

THE OTHER MAN

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THE FIRST MAN

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HODGE

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He hands him a cloth bag

STEPTOE

Jingling it heavily

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HODGE

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

STEPTOE

Handing back the bag

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HODGE

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 186 chars.

HODGE

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 111 chars.

He takes from his pocket two little parcels, wrapped in pink and blue paper

HODGE

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STEPTOE

Putting the parcels away again

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HODGE

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 112 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 43 words in 2 sentences using 223 chars.

STEPTOE

Ruminatingly, takes up a dark object from a shelf, and feels it over

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HODGE

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

The dark object emits a faint twang

HODGE

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 211 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 120 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 144 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

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Note: Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 176 chars.

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Note: Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 173 chars.

In the middle of his song, old LARK himself looms in the doorway, a hatless, dishevelled, shambling, mountainy figure, with a cow-bell, swung by a string round his neck, jangling under his unshorn chin. In one hand he swings a big tin pail .

Standing a moment, he peers into the cabin and calls:

LARK

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Setting his pail on a table, he holds both fists over it, milking the air with his fingers as he looks out of doors and calls again:

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TILDY

The dim object on the floor answers him feebly

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LARK

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 115 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 41 words in 1 sentence using 207 chars.

LARK

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

TILDY

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 143 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars.

LARK

His head shaking with solemnity

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TILDY

Note: Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 164 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 219 chars.

Solemnly unnoosing his neck from the dangling cowbell , LARK squats down beside TILDY, and tinkles the bell toward her, with deep earnestness

LARK

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Tossing aside the bell with a sweeping gesture of disgust, he inverts the tin pail and sits on it

TILDY

Gasping, starts to reach for the pail

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LARK

Gazing at her, reproachfully

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TILDY

Note: Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 181 chars.

LARK

Starting

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TILDY

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LARK

Staring

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TILDY

Pointing at the bed

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LARK

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 41 words in 1 sentence using 223 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 112 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 109 chars.

LARK

Rising

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With awkward tenderness he lifts her to her feet

TILDY

Groaning

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 44 chars.

LARK

Assisting her

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

TILDY

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

LARK

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

TILDY

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 81 words in 8 sentences using 419 chars.

TILDY

Painfully limping a step or two

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LARK

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Assisting her very slowly toward the hickory chair , LARK sings aloud, as she clutches his arm, limping :]

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TILDY

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

LARK

In surprise

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TILDY

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LARK

Responding with alacrity

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He goes to the fireplace, stirs up some coals with fresh sticks, dippers some water into an iron pipkin, and shoves it amid the fire. Then reaching with shaky hands to a shelf, he rummages forth some dried roots. Meanwhile he whistles the tune he has been singing, and talks to TILDY.]

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TILDY

Note: Contains 67 words in 5 sentences using 318 chars.

LARK

Putting some roots in the pot

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TILDY

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars.

LARK

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

TILDY

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 168 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 178 chars.

TILDY

Grimly stoical

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LARK

Note: Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 197 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 184 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

LARK

Goes to a shelf and takes down the fiddle

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TILDY

Feebly

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LARK

Unhearing

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Note: Contains 79 words in 4 sentences using 413 chars.

TILDY

Fidgeting

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LARK

Unhearing

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TILDY

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars.

LARK

Lowering his fiddle, gazes on it, grief-stricken

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TILDY

Tartly

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LARK

Note: Contains 63 words in 4 sentences using 313 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

LARK

In utter dejection

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TILDY

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

A sharp rap sounds on the door-jamb, and a shadowy FIGURE peers in calling

THE FIGURE

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LARK

Starting up

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TILDY

Timorously

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[HODGE enters with STEPTOE.]

HODGE

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STEPTOE

Coming forward

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TILDY

With feeble surprise

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LARK

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 67 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 77 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 170 chars.

HODGE

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 157 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 48 words in 8 sentences using 242 chars.

TILDY

Leaning forward

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STEPTOE

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

TILDY

To LARK]

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars.

LARK

Bustling to do so

Note: Contains 29 words in 6 sentences using 143 chars.

HODGE

Handing him a match

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

LARK

Lighting the charred lamp-wick, which smokes duskily

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

TILDY

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

LARK

Shutting the door, and referring to the lamp

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STEPTOE

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

STEPTOE

Bending over her, solicitous

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 130 chars.

[STEPTOE takes LARK'S place at the fire, and pays assiduous little attentions to TILDY in pantomime . LARK rises from his squatting position

LARK

Note: Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 163 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 127 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 103 words in 6 sentences using 540 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 96 chars.

LARK

Bewilderedly, sitting with HODGE at the table

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HODGE

Note: Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 172 chars.

LARK

Murmurs, absently

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HODGE

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars.

LARK

Staring

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

HODGE

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

LARK

Floundering to his feet, calls out excitedly

Note: Contains 40 words in 2 sentences using 193 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 210 chars.

HODGE

Responding to a meaningful look from STEPTOE]

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

HODGE

Pursing his mouth

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STEPTOE

Calming TILDY]

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 104 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

LARK

Picking up his fiddle

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Glancing at STEPTOE, HODGE taps his own forehead, questioning . STEPTOE laughs furtively

HODGE

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

LARK

Note: Contains 48 words in 5 sentences using 250 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 21 words in 8 sentences using 101 chars.

LARK

Glancing up solemnly

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars.

HODGE

Testily

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars.

STEPTOE

Pouring from the steaming pot into a cup, replies mischievously

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

TILDY

Sipping it as he waits on her

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HODGE

Grimacing, turns to LARK]

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LARK

Hazily

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 169 chars.

TILDY

With feeble shrillness

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

STEPTOE

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

LARK

Swallowing hard

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HODGE

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 81 chars.

LARK

Slowly

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HODGE

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 116 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars.

LARK

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

TILDY

Quickly

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HODGE

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

TILDY

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

HODGE

Whistling

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LARK

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

HODGE

Note: Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 134 chars.

LARK

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

HODGE

Lifting his bag from under the table

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STEPTOE

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

HODGE

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

Untying the bag, he inverts it, slowly pouring out upon the table, near the lamp-flame, a heap of shining coins .

LARK and TILDY stare for a moment, dumfounded

TILDY

After a pause

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HODGE

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 87 chars.

LARK

Biting a large coin

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HODGE

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

LARK

Tasting a small coin

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HODGE

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 151 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars.

TILDY

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

HODGE

Note: Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 127 chars.

TILDY

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

HODGE

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars.

TILDY

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 173 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 38 words in 7 sentences using 193 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

HODGE

Glowering

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Note: Contains 45 words in 2 sentences using 243 chars.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars.

LARK

Taking up his fiddle again, begins slowly

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Note: Contains 49 words in 2 sentences using 241 chars.

Note: Contains 32 words in 1 sentence using 146 chars.

HODGE

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 118 chars.

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Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 155 chars.

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

TILDY

Risen half to her feet, supporting herself on her chair-arms, her body trembling, speaks tensely low:

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LARK

With a triumphant gesture

Note: Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 180 chars.

HODGE

Rising

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He starts to scoop up the coins on the table, but stops suddenly as STEPTOE strikes a hand heavily on his shoulder, scowling upon him

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars.

HODGE

Staring

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STEPTOE

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 142 chars.

HODGE

Floundering, backs away, half incredulous

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TILDY

Faintly alarmed

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STEPTOE

Turning toward them

Note: Contains 39 words in 5 sentences using 211 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 254 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 45 words in 5 sentences using 249 chars.

He takes from his pocket a sheet of paper

TILDY

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 41 words in 1 sentence using 231 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

STEPTOE

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

LARK

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

TILDY

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

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

HODGE

Looking on from a distance, stifles a guffaw with his hat

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TILDY

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 69 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 47 words in 5 sentences using 250 chars.

TILDY

Peering forward, eagerly curious

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LARK

Undoes the package, wonderingly

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TILDY

As he reaches her a necklace, strung with many-colored glass

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Overcome, she presses them against her breast

LARK

Grasping STEPTOE'S hands and wringing them

Note: Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 141 chars.

TILDY

Raptly, holding up the beads

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

HODGE

Under his breath, looking on

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

STEPTOE

Extricating his hands from LARK'S clutch

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He gives TILDY a small blue package, which she hands, in dazed dumbness, to LARK.]

LARK

Unwrapping it, with trembly hands

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 89 chars.

TILDY

Watching

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STEPTOE

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

LARK

Sinking on a chair, bends over the table, his bowed shoulders heaving with big sobs

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars.

HODGE

To himself

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TILDY

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 131 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 63 words in 8 sentences using 327 chars.

LARK

Who has seized his fiddle and is feverishly putting in the new strings, glances up with a momentary wave of the hand

Note: Contains 34 words in 5 sentences using 198 chars.

STEPTOE

Handing TILDY a tin plate, with the sheet of paper and a fountain-pen

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

TILDY

Examining the fountain-pen

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

STEPTOE

As she signs her mark on the paper

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

TILDY

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

STEPTOE

Taking the signed paper and the pen

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 112 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 135 chars.

STEPTOE

Rubbing his chin

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars.

As STEPTOE sweeps the coins back into the bag , HODGE slumps down into a chair, with a groan

HODGE

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 139 chars.

TILDY

Taking the gold coin

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

STEPTOE

Looking at his sheet of paper

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars.

TILDY

Calling

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 70 chars.

STEPTOE

With quick dexterity places the paper under LARK'S nose, and hands him the pen, pointing

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

With difficulty breaking from his absorption in the fiddle-stringing , LARK peers from the paper to STEPTOE'S face

LARK

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 31 words in 5 sentences using 153 chars.

With a loud chuckle of mirth, he turns again to his fiddle stringing

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

HODGE

Flourishes it in admiring meditation

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 135 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

HODGE

Signing the paper, rises and hands it to STEPTOE]

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars.

HODGE

Shrugging, with a grunt

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STEPTOE

Pocketing the paper, takes up the bag, moves toward the door, and calls to LARK and TILDY]

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

LARK

Waving his fiddle-bow

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 55 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

LARK

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars.

He begins to test chords with his bow

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars.

TILDY

Calling

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars.

STEPTOE

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 90 chars.

They go out quickly

LARK

Hastening to the door with his fiddle

Note: Contains 14 words in 5 sentences using 82 chars.

He pauses, listening .

There is a long moment of silence

TILDY

Note: Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 131 chars.

LARK

Gazing outdoors

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 141 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

LARK

Comes in, brooding

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

He closes the door slowly

TILDY

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

LARK

Sits down, gazing on his fiddlestrings, entranced

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

TILDY

Gazing on her beads

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars.

LARK

Thrumming the strings faintly

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

TILDY

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 84 chars.

Solemnly she puts the necklace over her head, circling it down to lay low on her bosom

LARK

Thrumming more loud

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

TILDY

Glancing up

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

LARK

Suddenly starting up, shakes his body fiercely, as a stallion, rolled over and risen again, snorts his lips trumpeting a neigh-call

Note: Contains 97 words in 7 sentences using 479 chars.

He strikes a fiery chord

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

Standing in a rapture of fierce gladness , LARK clutches his fiddle, and begins to play strains of a wild march tune, while seated near him, in the light of the hearth and the guttering flame of the lamp-wick , TILDY listens, fingering her pieded beads

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Citation Suggestion for this Object: TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. Napoleon Crossing the Rockies. Napoleon Crossing the Rockies. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A4A8-3