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I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. Scud. I shrunk from it and fled. The sheriff from New Orleans has taken possession---Terrebonne is in the hands of the law. None o' ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat. 4, the Octoroon girl, Zoe.". But dis ain't all. Scud. Who is it? Scud. I shall knock it down to the Squire---going---gone---for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. No, I'm the skurriest crittur at a fight you ever see; my legs have been too well brought up to stand and see my body abused; I take good care of myself, I can tell you. Stan' back, I say I I'll nip the first that lays a finger on Him. Zoe. I deserve to be a nigger this day---I feel like one, inside. Ya! Dar, do ye hear dat, ye mis'able darkies, dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is. Mr. Peyton, I presume you have hesitated to make this avowal because you feared, in the present condition of affairs here, your object might be misconstrued, and that your attention was rather to my fortune than myself. I will, quicker than lightning. Yes; No. Scene.---The Wharf, The Steamer "Magnolia" alongside,L.;a bluff rock,R.U.E. Ratts*discovered, superintending the loading of ship. O, I have not spoiled that anyhow. if you cannot be mine, O, let me not blush when I think of you. Thar's Miss Dora---that girl's in love with you; yes, sir, her eyes are startin' out of her head with it; now her fortune would redeem a good part of this estate. *Enter*Wahnotee,R.;they are all about to rush on him. I've got engaged eight hundred bales at the next landing, and one hundred hogsheads of sugar at Patten's Slide---that'll take my guards under---hurry up thar. Hillo! I'm 'most afraid to take Wahnotee to the shed, there's rum there. Zoe. Scud. EnterZoe,L.U.E.,very pale, and stands on table.---M'Closkyhitherto has taken no interest in the sale, now turns his chair. O! Salem Scudder, a kind Yankee, was Judge Peyton's business partner; though he wishes he could save Terrebonne, he has no money. We have known each other but a few days, but to me those days have been worth all the rest of my life. I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. Paul. laws a massey! Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. [Raises hand to back of his neck.] I've seen it, I tell you; and darn it, ma'am, can't you see that's what's been a hollowing me out so---I beg your pardon. All hands aboard there---cut the starn ropes---give her headway! What you's gwine to do, missey? ya! Ratts. Zoe. Between us we've ruined these Peytons; you fired the judge, and I finished off the widow. I don't know; she may as well hear the hull of it. Scud. [M'Closky*lowers his hand. Zoe. clar out! Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. [*Gives her coffee-pot to hold, and hobbles off, followed bySolonand*Dido,R.U.E.], Sunny. Scud. Has not my dear aunt forgotten it---she who had the most right to remember it? To-morrow they'll bloom the same---all will be here as now, and I shall be cold. Pete. thank you. what are you blowing about like a steamboat with one wheel for? "No. Gosh, wouldn't I like to hab myself took! A Room in Mrs. Peyton's house; entrances,R.U.E.*andL.U.E.---An Auction Bill stuck up,*L.---chairs,C.,*and tables,*R. and L. Pete. Zoe. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? Lafouche. O, let all go, but save them! Mrs. P.Read, George. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. That's enough. She didn't mind how kind old judge was to her; and Solon, too, he'll holler, and break de ole lady's heart. M'Closky. Zoe, tell Pete to give my mare a feed, will ye? stan' round thar! for me---look ye here! We're ready; the jury's impanelled---go ahead---who'll be accuser? M'Closky. Top Quadroon And Octoroon Quotes. Enjoy reading and share 14 famous quotes about Boucicaults The Octoroon with everyone. He's too fond of thieving and whiskey. Dora. The machine can't err---you may mistake your phiz but the apparatus don't." Zoe. How to End "The Octoroon", John A. Degen, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Octoroon&oldid=1114317331, This page was last edited on 5 October 2022, at 22:08. My darling! Ten miles we've had to walk, because some blamed varmin onhitched our dug-out. Not a bale. [Fire seen,R.]. Top, sar! New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. Captain, you've loaded up here until the boat is sunk so deep in the mud she won't float. Wahnotee Patira na sepau assa wigiran. I tell ye dar's somebody in dar. I left it last night all safe. Share with your friends. You slew him with that tomahawk; and as you stood over his body with the letter in your hand, you thought that no witness saw the deed, that no eye was on you---but there was, Jacob M'Closky, there was. Lafouche. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! Dis yer prop'ty to be sold---old Terrebonne---whar we all been raised, is gwine---dey's gwine to tak it away---can't stop here no how. [*With-draws slide, turns and sees*Paul.] I could not do it. [Sits,R.], Dora. That's right. MINNIE played by an African-American actress, a black actress, or an actress of color. [C.] My dear aunt, why do you not move from this painful scene? Mrs. P.Ah! Because it was the truth; and I had rather be a slave with a free soul, than remain free with a slavish, deceitful heart. Herein the true melodramatic hijinks that first defined "The Octoroon" ensue: a young, nouveau plantation owner George (Gardner in whiteface) is trying to save the remnants of his family's. Scud. M'Closky. O, aunt! He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. She has had the education of a lady. Why, judge, wasn't you lawyer enough to know that while a judgment stood against you it was a lien on your slaves? [Dances.]. Ya!---as he? George. She is one-eighth black, the daughter of a "quadroon" slave woman, and is very. By ten I was playing competitively. Dora. "No," say Mas'r George, "I'd rather sell myself fuss; but dey shan't suffer, nohow,---I see 'em dam fuss.". Scud. I don't know, but I feel it's death! Well, you wrong me. Scud. this infernal letter would have saved all. De time he gone just 'bout enough to cook dat dish plate. Pete. No, it ain't; because, just then, what does the judge do, but hire another overseer---a Yankee---a Yankee named Salem Scudder. Point. Those free papers ain't worth the sand that's on 'em. burn! See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Sunny. It's going up dar, whar dere's no line atween folks. He wanted to know what furniture she had in her bedroom, the dresses she wore, the people she knew; even his physical desire for her gave way to a deeper yearning, a boundless, aching curiosity. Dear Dora, try to understand it with your heart. She said, "It's free with purchase." I've got hold of the tail of a rat---come out. What am goin' to cum ob us! How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya---eh? Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? Well, near on five hundred dollars. I'll bear it. Paul. George. You can bet I'm going to make this . It was that rascal M'Closky---but he got rats, I avow---he killed the boy, Paul, to rob this letter from the mail-bags---the letter from Liverpool you know---he sot fire to the shed---that was how the steamboat got burned up. [Re-enters with phial.] Scud. Why, Minnie, why don't you run when you hear, you lazy crittur? [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? Dora. Dora. M'Closky. Go now, George---leave me---take her with you. No other cause to hate---to envy me---to be jealous of me---eh? Scud. What, sar? I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. [falls on her knees, with her face in her hands] no---no master, but one. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. Here she is---Zoe!---water---she faints. Look here; I can't stand that gal! [Tumbles upon the table.]. [Pause.] She's won this race agin the white, anyhow; it's too late now to start her pedigree. His love for me will pass away---it shall. They owed him over fifty thousand dollars. [Scudder*takes out watch.*]. O, laws-a-mussey, see dis; here's a pictur' I found stickin' in that yar telescope machine, sar! Wahnote*swims on---finds trail---follows him. George is courted by the rich Southern belle heiress Dora Sunnyside, but he finds himself falling in love with Zoe, the daughter of his uncle through one of the slaves. Not a picayune. Point. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Mr. George, I am afraid, if all we hear is true, you have led a dreadful life in Europe. [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. is dat him creeping dar? [Aside,C.] Insolent as usual.---[Aloud.] [Opens desk.] you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. Sunny. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. What, Mr. Ratts, are you going to invest in swamps? Fifteen thousand. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring Dat's what her soul's gwine to do. I shall do so if you weep. look here, these Peytons are bust; cut 'em; I am rich, jine me; I'll set you up grand, and we'll give these first families here our dust, until you'll see their white skins shrivel up with hate and rage; what d'ye say? [Aside to Zoe.] Alas! George. Here, you tell it, since you know it. A mistake, sar---forty-six. [Raises hammer.] The tragic ending was used for American audiences, to avoid portraying a mixed marriage.[4]. [Conceals himself.]. I don't care, they were blue this morning, but it don't signify now. I will dine on oysters and palomitas and wash them down with white wine. We'll hire out our slaves, and live on their wages. Mrs. P.Yes, there is a hope left yet, and I cling to it. That's about right. Scud. You don't see Zoe, Mr. Sunnyside. EnterPete,with lantern, andScudder,with note book,R. Scud. It won't do! Your eyes are red. Squire Sunnyside is going to sell this at fifty thousand advance to-morrow.---[Looks round.] A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] Wahnotee. Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. You! And dar's de 'paratus---O, gosh, if I could take a likeness ob dis child! Mrs. P.Zoe, dear, I'm glad to see you more calm this morning. Cum yer now---stand round, cause I've got to talk to you darkies---keep dem chil'n quiet---don't make no noise, de missus up dar har us. Why, Dora, what's the matter? or say the word, and I'll buy this old barrack, and you shall be mistress of Terrebonne. I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! E. Paul. M'Closky. He plans to buy her and make her his mistress. I will be thirty years old again in thirty seconds. M'Closky. May Heaven bless him for the thought, bless him for the happiness he spread around my life. [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. Point. Zoe. George, O, forgive me! Lafouche. For ten years his letters came every quarter-day, with a remittance and a word of advice in his formal cavalier style; and then a joke in the postscript, that upset the dignity of the foregoing. That they become fads. All Rights Reserved. Mr. George is in love with Zoe. Look dar! The word octoroon signifies a person of one-eighth African ancestry. If there's a chance of it, there's not a planter round here who wouldn't lend you the whole cash, to keep your name and blood amongst us. Pete. He loves me---what of that? This is folly, Dora. M'Closky. Zoe. [ExitPeteand all theNegroes,slowly,R.U.E. *Enter*Zoe[supposed to have overheard the last scene], L.U.E. Zoe. Something forcing its way through the undergrowth---it comes this way---it's either a bear or a runaway nigger. After various slaves are auctioned off, George and the buyers are shocked to see Zoe up on the stand. Thank ye; thank ye. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Dora. Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. He's going to do an heroic act; don't spile it. Pete. . My dear mother---Mr. Scudder---you teach me what I ought to do; if Miss Sunnyside will accept me as I am, Terrebonne shall be saved; I will sell myself, but the slaves shall be protected. Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] Zoe. Can you take any more? Dat's right, missus! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. I shall endeavor not to be jealous of the past; perhaps I have no right to be. The New York Times noted 'its striking merits as a sensational drama' [Reading bill.] I am his love---he loves an Octoroon. Dora. George. [Offers hand,Georgebows coldly,R. C.] [aside.] [Throws mail bags down and sits on them,L. C.] Pret, now den go. But for Heaven's sake go---here comes the crowd. Lynch him! Fellow-citizens, you are convened and assembled here under a higher power than the law. What! ---Cane-brake Bayou.---Bank,C.---Triangle Fire,R. C.---Canoe,C.---M'Closky*discovered asleep. Haven't you worked like a horse? blaze away! McClosky has proved that Judge Peyton did not succeed in legally freeing her, as he had meant to do. He calls me Omenee, the Pigeon, and Miss Zoe is Ninemoosha, the Sweetheart. Paul. If I must die, give me up to the law; but save me from the tomahawk. Were they all born on this estate? Hello! M'Closky. George. Git away dere! I am free! I will; for it is agin my natur' to b'lieve him guilty; and if he be, this ain't the place, nor you the authority to try him. That Indian is a nuisance. there it comes---it comes---don't you hear a footstep on the dry leaves? He didn't ought to bid against a lady. give me the rest that no master but One can disturb---the sleep from which I shall awake free! M'Closky. Ugh' ach! What a find! Hush! Scud. No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. Zoe. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. Zoe. To Jacob M'Closky, the Octoroon girl, Zoe, twenty-five thousand dollars. M'Closky. Ratts. *, M'Olosky. Dido. M'Closky. [*Takes fan from*Minnie.] Pete. Ratts. Scudder insists that they hold a trial, and the men search for evidence. Scud. If he would only propose to marry me I would accept him, but he don't know that, and he will go on fooling, in his slow European way, until it is too late. Gentlemen, the sale takes place at three. Dora. [Calling at door.] Heaven has denied me children; so all the strings of my heart have grown around and amongst them, like the fibres and roots of an old tree in its native earth. Yes---when I saw him and Miss Zoe galloping through the green sugar crop, and doing ten dollars' worth of damage at every stride, says I, how like his old uncle he do make the dirt fly. I hope I'm not intruding. Do you want me to stop here and bid for it? Ivan Glasenberg, Very few things hurt my young ego more than an Asian female openly shaming me for my Asian-ness. I wish to speak to you. Dam dat Injiun! All there is there would kill one, wouldn't it? So it is here, in the wilds of the West, where our hatred of crime is measured by the speed of our executions---where necessity is law! Zoe, you have suspected the feeling that now commands an utterance---you have seen that I love you. Dis way, gen'l'men; now Solon---Grace---dey's hot and tirsty---sangaree, brandy, rum. Yes, sir; they were the free papers of the girl Zoe; but they were in my husband's secretary. O, here he is. look at these fingers; do you see the nails are of a bluish tinge? M'Closky. Paul! I appeal against your usurped authority. Tullian Tchividjian. I'll murder this yer crowd, [*He chases*Childrenabout; they leap over railing at back. Whar's breakfass? Scud. Ratts. yes, plenty of 'em; bill of costs; account with Citizens' Bank---what's this? Lynch him! Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. Pete. Why not! go on. Important Quotes. [Goes up.]. I will! Scud. [Shows plate to jury.] I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. Zoe. don't think too hardly of your poor father. It ain't our sile, I believe, rightly; but Nature has said that where the white man sets his foot, the red man and the black man shall up sticks and stand around. I will take the best room in the Grand Central or the Orndorff Hotel. No---in kind---that is, in protection, forbearance, gentleness; in all them goods that show the critters the difference between the Christian and the savage. they call it the Yankee hugging the Creole. Raits. Scud. Mrs. P.[R.] No, George; your uncle said to me with his dying breath, "Nellie, never leave Terrebonne," and I never will leave it, till the law compels me. Yonder is the boy---now is my time! A photographic plate. Zoe. The world, Zoe, the free struggle of minds and hands, if before me; the education bestowed on me by my dear uncle is a noble heritage which no sheriff can seize; with that I can build up a fortune, spread a roof over the heads I love, and place before them the food I have earned; I will work---. George says he can "overcome the obstacle" (43), but Zoe protests that they cannot be together. [Pete holds lantern up.] But what do we pay for that possession? Zoe, will you remain here? Dora! Hold on a bit. George. Bless'ee, Missey Zoe, here it be. Do I? Let me hide them till I teach my heart. Sunny. Scud. Point. [*ExitM'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R.U.E. Scud. He said so. Scud. Dion Boucicault Quotes - BrainyQuote. must I learn from these poor wretches how much I owed, how I ought to pay the debt? Love -- -he loves an Octoroon one master on earth, and you shall be cold woman and. After various slaves are auctioned off, followed bySolonand * Dido, R.U.E under a higher power than law! 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