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      DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
    • Mr. Richardson. Mr. Reed
    • Frederick, (an Officer in the American Army,) Mr. White.
    • Percy, (an Officer in British Army,) Mr. Post
    • Valmore, Mr. Rose.
    • British Sergeant, Mr. Steele.
    • American Sergeant, Mr. Brooks.
    • Cato, (an old Negro Servant) Mr. Bloomfield.
    • Mary. (an orphan ward,) Miss Field.
    • Mag O'Brien, Miss. Drummond.
SCENE: — At and near King's Bridge, situated twelve miles from the city of New-York.
TIME: — Forty eight hours.

ACT 1.

SCENE I.

— Interior of a Country Dwelling: Mr. Richardson and Mary seated at table; Mr. Richardson overlooking newspapers.
Mr. R.

Note: Contains 65 words in 3 sentences using 357 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 260 words in 10 sentences using 1412 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

(going)
Mr. R.
— (detaining her)

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

Enter Cato.
Cato.

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 163 chars.

Enter a Stranger, muffled in a cloak, with a military hat. Mary and Cato retire to the back of the stage as he enters.
Strang.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

[They seat themselves — Mary comes forward, and Cato goes off eyeing the stranger in a very circumspect manner.]
Strang.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

Strang

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Mr. R.
— (aside.)

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 156 chars.

Strang
— (aside)

Note: Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 159 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 205 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 64 words in 4 sentences using 367 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 195 words in 6 sentences using 1114 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 55 words in 3 sentences using 290 chars.

Strang

Note: Contains 44 words in 3 sentences using 247 chars.

(going)
Enter Cato.
Cato

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 85 chars.

Mr R.

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

Strang

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 145 chars.

Mary.
— (coming forward)

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars.

Cato

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

(pushing him)
Mary.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

[Exit.
Enter Percy, Sergeant, and six Dragoons.
Percy.
— (alter eyeing the group contemptuously, seats himself near the stranger)

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

Strang.

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Percy.
— [aside to Sergeant]

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

Serg.

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

Strang.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars.

Strang.
— [hostily]

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

[retires]
Percy.
— [seeing Mary]

Note: Contains 44 words in 4 sentences using 221 chars.

[seizes her]
Strang
— [rushing forward]

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 111 chars.

Percy

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

Strang.
— [throwing off his disguise]

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

Percy.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

Mary.

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[falls in his arms]
Mr. R.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

Fred.

Note: Contains 41 words in 2 sentences using 225 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 113 chars.

Fred.
— [drawing]

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Percy.

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[Frederick attacks Percy, but the soldiers disarm and sieze him]
Fred.

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Percy.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

Percy.

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[Exit Percy, Soldiers and Frederick.
Mr. R.
— [supported by Mary]

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 150 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 48 words in 6 sentences using 259 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

[Exit following Mary.

SCENE II.

Exterior of Mr. Richardson's house: woods ou one side; King's Bridge and river seen in the distance — Cato discovered sitting behind a bush.
Cato.

Note: Contains 187 words in 8 sentences using 915 chars.

[Exit
Enter Mary from the house.
Mary.

Note: Contains 67 words in 6 sentences using 399 chars.

[Music — Exit across the bridge.

SCENE III.

— A Room — dark.
Enter Percy and Frederick guarded.
Percy.

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

Fred.

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Percy.
— (to guard)

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[Hands a paper to Sergeant who remains, while the others follow him out.
Fred.

Note: Contains 40 words in 2 sentences using 201 chars.

Serg.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

(Exit.
Fred.

Note: Contains 83 words in 4 sentences using 440 chars.

( sinks in a chair. )
Enter Sergeant with a light.
Serg.

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 172 chars.

[Exit
Fred.
— ( after a pause, rises )

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 200 chars.

[Exit in the back room with light. — Music. — The back room discovered in a blaze, through the door and casements of the partition. — Frederick rushes in.]

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

[Rushes out L. H.

SCENE IV.

Enterior of the house where Frederick was confined — house in flames.
Enter Percy and Guards.
Percy.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 59 chars.

Guard.

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Percy.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

Enter Mary with bundle, hastily.
Mary.
— (overhearing Percy)

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars.

(Kneels)
Percy.

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 149 chars.

[Exit guards.
Mary.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 81 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars.

(seizes her.)
Mary.
— (trembling)

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars.

Percy.

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

Mary kneels in a supplicating posture — Percy holds her with one hand, and holds a pistol to her head with the other. — The curtain drops.

ACT II.

SCENE I

— Interior of Mae O'Brien's Cottage; Morning — Mag and Mary discovered
Mary

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

Mag.

Note: Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 163 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

Mag.

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Mary.

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Mag.

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Mary.

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Mag.

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[Exit.
Mary.

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[Exit.

SCENE II.

Interior of Mr. Richardson's house. — Enter Mr. Richardson and Cato.
Mr. R.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 192 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 50 words in 5 sentences using 291 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 126 words in 9 sentences using 660 chars.

(weeps.)
Cato.
— (rubbing his eyes)

Note: Contains 45 words in 5 sentences using 197 chars.

(shaking with fear.)
Mr. R.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

Cato.
— [trembling]

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Mr. R.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

Cato.
— [timidly]

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[Exit.
Mr. R.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

Re enter Cato and Valmore.
Cato.
— (motioning and speaking as he enters)

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

Valm.

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Mr. R.
— (eagerly)

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Valm.

Note: Contains 85 words in 5 sentences using 478 chars.

Mr. R.
— [eagerly]

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

Valm.

Note: Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 178 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars.

[aside]
Mr. R.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars.

Valm.

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 222 chars.

Cato.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

Valm.

Note: Contains 80 words in 4 sentences using 451 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 107 chars.

Valm.

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 195 chars.

[Exit
Mr. R

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 149 chars.

Cato

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 182 chars.

Enter Frederick.
Fred.

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

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 59 chars.

Fred.

Note: Contains 26 words in 1 sentence using 144 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars.

Fred.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

Mr. R

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars.

Fred.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

Mr. R

Note: Contains 60 words in 3 sentences using 343 chars.

Fred.

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

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 12 chars.

Fred.

Note: Contains 65 words in 6 sentences using 370 chars.

(they embrace)
[Music — Re-enter Cato with sword — kisses it, and hands it to Frederick, who motions a farewell to his father in an affectionate manner, and exits. Mr. Richardson follows him out, leaving Cato.
Cato.

Note: Contains 107 words in 7 sentences using 564 chars.

[Exit

SCENE. III

— Interior of Mag O'Brien's cottage — Enter Percy dragging in Mary.
Percy

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

Mary.

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

Percy.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars.

(seizes her.)
Mary.

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars.

Percy.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars.

Enter Frederick, sword drawn.
Fred.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 21 chars.

(falls)
Fred.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars.

Percy
— (drawing)

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

[Music — They fight — Percy at length falls — Frederick raises Mary in his arms, and is hurrying towards the door as Mag enters and meets him.
Mag.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars.

(calls)
Enter Valmore and two others, with rifles.
Valm.

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

( aims rifle at her )
[Mag, perceiving the lifeless body of Percy, drops on her knees, supplicating for mercy — Valmore, and the two others remain in the position of aiming their rifles — Frederick supports Mary, and the scene closes.

SCENE LAST

— Interior of Mr. Richardson's house — Enter Cato.
Cato

Note: Contains 76 words in 4 sentences using 390 chars.

Enter Mr. Richardson.
Mr. R

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 115 chars.

Cato

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 117 chars.

( going )
Enter Frederick. Mary and Valmore.
Mr. R
— [embracing each]

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 156 chars.

Valm.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 145 chars.

Mr. R

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars.

Fred.

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 144 chars.

Cato

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

Fred

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

Cato

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

Mr. R.

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

Valm.

Note: Contains 42 words in 2 sentences using 225 chars.

Cato

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

[Martial Music is heard without — the group stand transfixed with astonishment — Cato exits and quickly returns terrified.
Cato.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

Mr. R.

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars.

(Music: — Mr. Richardson is supported between Frederick and Valmore. Mary remains terrified by the side of Frederick, while Cato retreats to the extreme end of the stage. Soldiers enter and file on both sides — Officer comes forward.
Officer

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

Valm

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

Mary.

Note: Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars.

Officer
(overlooking papers)

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

(Frederick comes forward and takes the package; and while he breaks the seal and reads, the others stand motionless and attentive around him.
Mr. R.
— (after a pause)

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars.

Fred

Note: Contains 68 words in 7 sentences using 420 chars.

(Flourish of Martial Music. — Mr. Richardson joins the hands of Mary and Frederick, and gives his own to Valmore in token of friendship — Cato seems joyfully delighted. The whole forms a happy picture, and the Curtain slowly descends to the air of "HAIL COLUMBIA."
END.
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