MICHAEL [the parcel still in his hand] Whether I should or not is my business. [To his wife] And you tried to teach me! [Stops, looks at the parcel, then at his wife, and gives it to the Tramp with decision] Take it, you can drink it on the way. [To wife] And you wanted to teach me! [To Tramp] Go, you've been told to go. Then go, and no palavering. TRAMP [takes parcel. Silence] You think I don't understand. [His voice trembles] I fully understand. Had you beaten me like a dog, it would have felt less hard. Don't I understand what I am? I am a rascal, a degenerate, I mean. Forgive me for the Lord's sake. [Sobs, throws the parcel on the table, and goes out hurriedly]. MARTHA. A good thing he didn't take the tea, or we should have had none to drink. MICHAEL [to wife] And you wanted to teach me! NEIGHBOUR. How he cried, poor soul. AKULÍNA. He too was a man. [ Transcriber's Note: The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one. when he's with that lousey hound (God forgive me!), he's sure to get when he's with that lousy hound (God forgive me!), he's sure to get went to dine, all eaten and gone; to the pub. we went in, just time to went to dine, all eaten and gone; to the pub, we went in, just time to MICHAEL. It has got right hold of him in his hunger MICHAEL. It has got right hold of him in his hunger. ]