PAOLO. No? You think you are right, eh? You are right--it is true--I
admit that you are right. So I have never had your love, eh? You have
said so; that I never had your love! Then what? You are right. Still--do
you know what I shall do? I throw you out of my house!
ANNA [_happily_]. I go, I go, I go and I shall never come back! And do
not beg me and do not come after me. I have no more strength to have
pity, when I say good-by, I shall be as dead to you! [_Runs off into her
room. Paolo stunned, stares after her awaiting for her return. Anna
returns with her hat and cloak, crosses to exit._]
PAOLO. No, Anna, no, no, no. Anna, no. For pity's sake wait! We are both
mad. What will become of us? I need you. [_Paolo tries to get in her way
to stop her._] Do not go. I do not want you to--remain here. I was
crazy--do not go, you will see that--for all my life--[_Anna tries to
break away._] No, for pity's sake--if you go--if you break from me--if
you speak--I feel that this will be the end of everything! Remain!
Remain, Anna! [_She breaks away._]
ANNA. Good-by! [_Exits._]
[_Curtain._]
LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR
A COMEDY
BY LEONID ANDREYEV
TRANSLATED BY THOMAS SELTZER.
Copyright, 1914, by Albert and Charles Boni.
Reprinted from "The Plays of the Washington Square Players," published
by Frank Shay.
The professional and amateur stage rights on this play are strictly
reserved by Mr. Thomas Seltzer. Applications for permission to produce
the play should be made to Mr. Seltzer, 5 West 50th St., New York
City.
LOVE OF ONE'S NEIGHBOR
A COMEDY BY LEONID ANDREYEV
[SCENE: _A wild place in the mountains_.
_A man in an attitude of despair is standing on a tiny projection
of a rock that rises almost sheer from the ground. How he got
there it is not easy to say, but he cannot be reached either from
above or below. Short ladders, ropes and sticks show that attempts
have been made to save the unknown person, but without success._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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