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Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care,

MACBETH

George “You ain’t put The death snapped, of each day’s life, soregonna labour’s George snapped, “You ain’t gonna put George snapped, “You ain’t gonna putbath,

other to look I’ll go no other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look other ranch. ranch. They They ain’t ain’t got got nothing nothing tomore: look

Balm of hurt on minds, great nature’s second course, nothing nothing over me.” nothing over over on on me.” me.” Chief nourisher in life’s feast.

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Lennie Lennie pleaded, “Come on, George. Tell Lennie pleaded, pleaded, “Come “Come on, on, George. George. Tell Tell

LADY MACBETH me. Please, George. Like you done before.”

me. me. Please, Please, George. George. Like Like you you done done before.” before.”

What do you mean?

“You “You get kick outta that, don’t you? “You get get aaa kick kick outta outta that, that, don’t don’t you? you?

I am afraid to think what I have done; ahead ahead to.” ahead to.” to.” Look on’t again I dare not.

Lennie Lennie was delighted. “That’s it that’s it. Lennie was was delighted. delighted. “That’s “That’s it it ––– that’s that’s it. it.

LADY MACBETH

Now Now tell how it is with us.” Now tell tell how how it it is is with with us.” us.”

Infirm of purpose!

George George went went on. on. “With “With us us it it ain’t ain’t like like that. that.

Awright, Awright, I’ll I’ll tell tell you, you, and and then then we’ll we’ll eat eat our our

We future. We got somebody to We got future. We got somebody to talk to Aregot butaaaas pictures; eye of childhood We got future. We’tis gotthe somebody to talk talk to to

supper …” supper …” supper ‘Glamis…” hath murder’d sleep; and therefore

Thatgives fears adamn painted devil.us. If he dodon’t bleed,have that that about We that gives gives aaa damn damn about about us. us. We We don’t don’t have have

Cawdor George’s George’s voice became deeper. He George’s voice voice became became deeper. deeper. He He

to sit no room to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ toFor sititin inmust no bar bar room blowin’ blowin’ in in our our jack jack jus’ jus’ seem their guilt.

Still it cried ‘Sleep no more’ to all the house;

I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal,

Shall sleep no more – Macbeth shall sleep repeated his repeated his words rhythmically as though repeated his words words rhythmically rhythmically as as though though no more.’

because because we got no place else to go. If them because we we got got no no place place else else to to go. go. If If them them [Exit LADY MACBETH. Knocking within.]

he he had said them many times before. “Guys he had had said said them them many many times times before. before. “Guys “Guys

other other guys gets in jail they can rot for all other guys guys gets gets in in jail jail they they can can rot rot for for all all

like us, that work on are the like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest like us, that workthus on ranches, ranches, are the loneliest loneliest Who was it that cried? Why, worthy Thane,

MACBETH anybody anybody gives damn. But not us.” anybody gives gives aaa damn. damn. But But not not us.” us.”

LADY MACBETH

You in do unbend yourThey noble strength to think guys world. got no They guys in the world. They got no family. They guys in the the world. They got no family. family. They So brainsickly of things. Go get some water

Whenceus! is that why? knocking? Lennie Lennie broke in. “But not An’ Lennie broke broke in. in. “But “But not not us! us! An’ An’ why? why?

And wash this filthy witness from your hand.

Because … III got you to look me, Because … because got to look after me, Because … because because got you topluck look after after me, What hands are here? Ha!you They out mine

an’ work up a stake and go inta an’ work stake and then they go inta an’ work up stakethese and then then they they go the intaplace? Why did up youaabring daggers from

and you and you got me to look after you, and that’s andeyes. you got got me me to to look look after after you, you, and and that’s that’s

town blow their and the first thing Theyand must lie there. Go carry them, town and blow their stake, and the first thing town and blow their stake, stake, and the and firstsmear thing

why.” why.” He laughed delightedly. “Go on now, why.” He He laughed laughed delightedly. delightedly. “Go “Go on on now, now,

The sleepy grooms with blood. you you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some you know know they’re they’re poundin’ poundin’ their their tail tail on on some some

rather George!” George!” George!”

Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.

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How is’t with me, when every noise appals me?

don’t don’t belong no place. They come to ranch don’t belong belong no no place. place. They They come come to to aaa ranch ranch

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George on. “With us it ain’t likedead that. Give me thewent daggers. The sleeping and the

MACBETH Awright, I’ll tell you, and then we’ll eat our

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