Three little dramas Author:Maurice Maeterlinck Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Do you see the river out yonder, with the islands in its midst, all covered with flowers ? The sky to-day might be a ring of crystal. . . Alladine, Palomides, lo... more »ok. . . Come nigh unto heaven, both of you. . . Kiss each other, with this new light upon you. . . I bear you no ill-will. You have done what was ordained; and so have I too. . . Lean for one instant out of this open window; look once again at the trees and the flowers. . . [A silence. He quietly closes the shutters. ACT IV Scene Vast subterranean grottoes. Alladine and Palomides are discovered. Palomides. They have bandaged my eyes and bound my hands. . . Alladine. My hands are bound too, my eyes are bandaged. . . I believe my hands are bleeding. . . Palomides. Wait, wait. Oh how grateful I am to-day for my strength. ... I feel that the knots are giving. . . I will try once more, though I burst every vein. . . Once more still—ah, my Lands are free ! (he tears off the bandage) and my eyes too ! Alladine. You can see ? Palomides. Yes. Alladine. Where are we ? Palomides. I cannot see you. . . Alladine. I am here, here. . . Palomides. The tears still stream down my eyes from the effects of the bandage. . . We are not in darkness. . . Is it you that I hear, out yonder, close to the light? Alladine. I am here, come to me. . . Palomides. You are on the edge of the light. Do not move ; I cannot tell what there is all around you. My eyes still remember the bandage. They drew it so tight that my eyelids have nigh burst in twain. Alladine. Come quickly, the cords suffocate me. I can wait no longer. . . . Palomides. I hear only a voice that comes forth from the light. . . . Alladine. Where are you ? Palomides. I know not. . . I am still groping in dark...« less