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THE ROAD TO AVERNUS: AFTER THE QUARREL by ADAM LINDSAY GORDON

First Line: HE NEVER GAVE ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK
Last Line: THE THINGS THAT TROUBLE US NOW.

Laurence Raby's Chamber. LAURENCE enters, a little the
worse for liquor.



Laurence:
He never gave me a chance to speak,
And he call'd her -- worse than a dog --
The girl stood up with a crimson cheek,
And I fell'd him there like a log.

I can feel the blow on my knuckles yet --
He feels it more on his brow.
In a thousand years we shall all forget
The things that trouble us now.






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