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Insanity has already conquered my reason, or else  exceptions prove the rule! INSANITY HAS ALREADY CONQUERED BY REASON OR ELSE EXCEPTIONS PROVE THE RULE
self.) GESCHWITZ. (Getting up.) I must go, Mrs. Schön. I can't stay any longer. This evening we have life-class, and I have still so much to get ready for the ball. Good-bye, Dr. Schön. (Exit, up-stage. Lulu accompanies her. Schön looks around him.) SCHÖN. Pure Augean stable. That, the end of my life. They ought to show me a corner that's still clean. The pest in the house. The poorest day-laborer has his tidy nest. Thirty years' work, and this my family circle, the circle of my people-- (Glancing round.) God knows who is overhearing me again now! (Draws a revolver from his breast pocket.) Man is, indeed, uncertain of his life! (The cocked revolver in his right hand, he goes left and speaks at the closed window curtains.) That, my family circle! The fellow still has courage! Shall I not rather shoot =myself= in the head? Against deadly enemies one fights, but the-- (Throws up the curtains, but finds no one hidden behind them.) The dirt--the dirt.... (Shakes his head and crosses right.) LAUGHED WITH A DEEP VOICE YOU'RE IN BAD TEMPER SHUN CONTROLS HIMSELF GUSBETT'S GETTING UP I MUST GO MISSUS SHEWN I CAN'T STAY ANY LONGER THIS EVENING WE HAVE LIFE CLASS AND I STILL HAVE TO GO AND GET READY FOR THE BALL GOOD BYE DOCTOR SHEON EXIT UP STAGE LULU ACCOMPANIES HER SHEN LOOKS AROUND HIM PURE AUDIENCE STABLE BUT THE END OF MY LIFE THEY OUGHT TO SHOW ME A CORNER THAT'S STILL CLEAN THE PEST IN THE HOUSE THE POOREST DAY LABOURER HAS HIS TIDY NEST THIRTY YEARS WORK AND THIS MY FAMILY CIRCLE THE CIRCLE OF MY PEOPLE GLANCING ROUND GOD KNOWS WHO IS OVERHEARING ME AGAIN NOW DRAWS THE REVOLVER FROM HIS BREAST POCKET MERN IS INDEED UNCERTAIN OF HIS LIFE THE COCK'S REVOLVER IN HIS RIGHT HAND HE GOES LEFT AND SPEAKS AT THE CLOSED WINDOW CURTAINS THAT MY FAMILY CIRCLE THE FELLOW STILL HAS COURAGE SHALL I NOT RATHER SHOOT MYSELF IN THE HEAD AGAINST DEADLY ENEMIES ONE FIGHTS BUT THE THROWS UP THE CURTAINS BUT FINDS NO ONE HIDDEN BEHIND THEM THE DIRT THE DIRT SHAKES HIS HEAD AND CROSSES RIGHT
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