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Either of the above will he sent hy mail, post-paid, on receipt of the price, hy HAPPY HOURS COMPA^SY, No. 1 Chambers St«y New York. THE WICKED WORLD. AN ORIGINAL FAIRY COMEDY, In (Jl)rec ^ttB, hip.^ w y s : g i l b e r t , AUTHOR OF "CHABITY," "PYGMALION AND GALATEA," "THE PRINCESS, "THE PALACE OF TRUTH," "TRIAL BY JURY," &C., &C. COHRECTLY PRINTED FR03I THE PROMPTERS COPY, WITH THE CAST OF CHARACTERS, COSTUME, SIDES OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT, RELA- TIVE POSITIONS OP THE DRAMATIS PERSONS, SCENE AND PROPERTY PLOTS, DIAGRAMS OF SETS, TIME OF REPRESENTATION, ETC. NEW YORK: HAPPY HOURS COMPANY, No. 1 CHAMBERS STREET. r THE WICKED WORLD. CAST OF CHAEACTEES. Hayviarket Theatre, London. Fairies'. Ethais .............I Mr. Kendal. Phyllon •• Arnott. LuTiN, (A Serving; Fairy.) " Euckstone. Selene, (A Fairy Queeti.) Miss Madge Robertson. Darine " Amy Roselle. Zayda " M. Litton. Leila " Harrison. Neodie " Henri. Locrine , , , " Francis. Mortals. Sir Ethais Mr. Kendal. Sir Ph YLI.ON " Arnott. Lutin, (Sir Ethais' Henchman.) " Euckstone. Scene. — In Fairy Land. *;(.* The action is comprised ivlthii: the sj>ace of twenty -/our hours. COSTUMES. Fairief Ethais. — White Roman toga, trimmed with yellow and silver. Phyllon. — Roman toga, light brown and gold. Lutin. — Roman toga, grotesque. Selene. — Long white cashmere robe, embroidered with silver, drawn in at waist with silver cord and tassels ; jewelled crown. QiFT EST. OF J. H. CORNING JUNE 20. 1940 THB WICKED WOBl-B. Ill DARmE.-Salmon colored cashmere robe, embroidered with gold, with peplon of same material. , , • , • -.i. i Zayda.— Pale green cashmere robe, embroiderea with silver. Leila.— Blue cashmere robe, embroidered with silver. Neodie.— Pink cashmere robe, embroidered with silver. LoCKlNE.— Yellow cashmere robe, embroidered with silver. Mortals. Sir Ethais.— Light blue short Roman shirt; lambrequins; sandals; silver helmet and breastplate, with tiger's skin on shoulders. Sir Phvllon.— Same as Sir Ethais; colors, scarlet and gold. LuTiN.— Same style of costume made grotesque. *.. * All the female costumes should be made of light and bright materials. PROPEETIES. Flowers of all descriptions for the profuse decoration of a ^;^''^y ?,^;/""4„^°^^3 bank or couch i. Decorated bower or arbor of roses, &c.. L. ihree iLvergrcens with gilded fiuitu. Birds of Paradise, &c. Garlands of flowers, &c. /hreerose bushe?L., with roses affixed to pluck. Scarf for Ethais. Signet ring fj^r Selene. Mantle to cover Ethais. Two small phials for Lutin. Phyllon. Swords for Ethais and / IV THE WICKED WORLD. A Set Scene — Fairy Land. Sunrise. A beautiful, but fanciful perspective landscape backing painted on the cloth. Working gauze and opaque clouds suspend- ed with copper wire, and arranged so that they can be gently swayed to and fro. Mediaeval city k., a small portion built, the rest painted with a distant river mean- dering its silver stream throughout. A set rock, c, with Fairy flowers and fruit overhanging its edges. Cut open behind between the rock and clouds, with steps to mount by from the cellar. Fairy trees R. and L,, in front of C. rock piece. Set Fairy bower l. Act it. — Same as Act I. Sunset. Act III. — Same as Acts 1. and U. Moonlight. EXPLANATION OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS. L., means first entrance left. R., first entrance right. S.E.L., second entrance left. S.E.R., second entrance right. U.E.L., upper entrance left. U.E.R., upper entrance right. T.E.L., third entrance left. T.E.R., third entrance right. C, centre. L.C., left of centre. R.C., right of centre. C.L., centre towards left. C.R., centre towards right. D.F., door in flat. L.F., left of flat. R.F., right of flat. Observing you are supposed to face the audience. PEOLOGUE. The Author begs you'll kind attention pay "Wliile I explain the object of bis pla3^ You have been taught, no doubt, by those professing To understand the thing, that Love's a blessing ; AVell, he intends to teach you the reverse — That Love is not a blessing, but a curse ! But pray do not suppose it's his intent To do without this vital element — His drama would be in a pretty mess ! With quite as fair a prospect of success, Might a dispensing chemist in his den Endeavor to dispense with oxygen. Too powerful an agent to pooh-pooh, There will be Love enough I ^'arrant you : But as the aim of every play's to show That Love's essential to all men below, lie uses it to prove, to all who doubt it, How well all men — but he — can do without it. To prove his case (a poor one, I admit), He begs that with him you will kindly flit 6 PEOLOGUE. To a pure fair^'-land that's all is owu, "Where mortal love is utterl}' riukuowu. "Whose beings, spotless as new-fallen snow, Know nothing of the Wicked World below. These gentle sons and daughters of the air. Safe, in their eyrie, from temptation's snare, Have yet one little fault I must confess — An overweening sense of rigldeonsness. As perfect silence, undisturbed for years. Will breed at length a humming in the ears. So from their very purity within Arise the promjDtings of their only sin. Forgive them ! No? Perhaps you will relent, When you appreciate their punishment ! But prithee be not led too far away. By the hack author ^f a mere stage-play : It's easy to affect this cynic tone. But, let me ask you, had the world ne'er known Such Love as you, and I, and he, must mean — Prav where would vou, or I, or he, have been ? THE WICKED WORLD. ACT I. Scene.— i^(,< ('?•?/ Land. Sioirlse. A heaidiful, hut fanciful perspective landscape, u.e.e., ivldch is supposed to lie on the upper side of a cloud. The cloud L, is" suspended over the earth R. c. , a portion of which (repre- senting "a bird's-eye vieio" qf a medioeval city ), is seen, far below, through a re)d or gap in the clouds. Fairy bower s.e.l. Fairy seat c. Bose bushes, shrubs, flowers, garlands, &c. As the curtain rises Zatda is discovered standing in a thoughtful atti- tude, looking k., contemplating tlie world at her feel. Enter Daeine, l. Dar. ( Gohuj to ZkXDk, touching her on the shoulder.) My sister, Zayda, thou art deep in thought, What quaint conjecture fills thy busy brain ? ( They come down, Zay. (R.) Oh ! sister, it's my old and favorite theme — That'wondeiful and very wicked world That rolls in silent cycles at our feet I Dar. (Ti.) In truth a fruitful source of wonderment ! Zay. Fruitful indeed — a harvest without end ! The world — the wiclred world ! the wondrous v^'orld ! I love to sit alone and gaze on it, And let my fancy wander through its towns, Float on its seas and rivers— interchange 8 THE "WICKED WOULD. Communion with its strange inhabitants : People its cities with fantastic shapes, Fierce, wild, barbaric forms — all head and tail, "With monstrous horns, and blear end bloodshot eyes, As all should have who deal in wickedness ! Elder Phyllon, k. Oh, Pbyllon ! picture to thyself a town Peopled with men and women ! At each turn, Men — wicked men — then, farther on, more men, Then women— then again more men— more men — Men, women, everywhere— all ripe for crime. All ghastly iu the lurid light of sin ! Miter Selene, e., through hack openbuf in clouds ; she remains behind contemplating the characters. Fhyl. In truth, dear sister, if man's face and form Were a true index to his character, He were a hideous thing to look upon ; Bat man, alas ! is formed as we are formed. False from the first, he comes into the world Bearing a smiling lie upon his face, That he may cheat ere he can use his tongue. Zay. Oh ! I have heard these things, but heed them not. I like to picture him as he should be, Unsightly and unclean. I like to pair Misshapen bodies with misshapen minds. Sel. (Advancing c.) Dost thou not know that every soul on earth Hath in our ranks his outward countei-part ? Dar. His outward counterpart ! Sel. ( Pointing to the city, v.. ) 'Tis even so Yes, ou that world— that very wicked world — Thou— I— and all who dwell in fairy-land, ]\Iay find a parallel identity : * A perfect counterpart in outward form ; So perfect that, if it were possible To place us b}' these earthly counterparts. No man on earth, no fairy in the clouds. Could tell which was the fairy— which the man ! Ziy. (R.c.) Is there ?io shade of difference ? Fhyl. (K.) Yes, one; For we are absolutely free from sin, ^Vhile all our representatives on earth Are stained with every kind of infamy. Dar. Are all our counterparts so steeped in sin ? Fhyl. All, in a greater or a less degree. THE WICKED WORLD. 9 Zraj. What, eveu mine ? Fhyl. Alas ! Zay. Oh, uo — not mine ! PJiyl. All men and women sin. Dar. (L. , to Selene. ) I ^Yonder what My counterpart is doiug now ? Sel. ( Warningly. ) Don't ask. No doubt, some fearful sin ! Da?'. And what are sins ? Sel. Evils of which we hardly know the names, There's vanity — a quaint, fantastic vice, AVhereby a mortal takes much credit for The beauty of his face and form, and claims As much applause for loveliness as though He had designed himself ! (All laugh. ) Then jealousy — A universal passion— one that claims An absolute monopoly of love. Based on the reasonable principle That no one merits other people's love So much as— every soul on earth by turns ! Envj' — that grieves at other men's success. As though success, however placed, were not A contribution to one common fund ! (All approve ly action. Ambition, too, the vice of clever men Who seek to rise at others cost ; nor heed Whose wings they cripple, so that they may soar. Malice — the helpless vice of helpless fools. Who, as they cannot rise, hold others dowu, That they, by contrast, may appear to soar. Hatred and avarice, untruthfulness, Murder and rapine, theft, profanity — ■ Sins so incredible, so mean, so vast, Our nature stands appalled when it attempts To grasp their terrible significance. All applaud. Such are the vices of that wicked world ! ( Cross io l.c. ; hacJc to c. (Zayda loith Dabine gets l. Enter Ethais, Locmne, Neodie, Leila, and other Fairies, from b«, through cloud opening. Elh. My brothers, sisters, Lutin has returned. After a long delay, from yonder earth ; The first of all our race Avho has set foot Upon that wicked world. See ! he is here ! .Enier Lutin, e. Sel. (L.C.) Good welcome, Lutin, back to fairy-land ! So thou hast been to earth? Lut, (r.c.) I have indeed! 10 THK WICKED WOELD. Set What hast thou seen there ? Lnl. Better not iuqaire. It is a very, very wicked world ! I went, obedient to our King's command. To meet him in mid-earth. He bade me go And send both Ethais and Phyllon there. Mh. (c.) Down to mid-earth? Zut. Down to mid-earth at once He hath some gift, some priceless privilege With which he would endow our fairy world ; And he hath chosen Phyllon and thj-self To bear his bounty to this home of ours. Zay. (L.) Another boon? Whj', brother Ethais, What can our monarch give that we have not? Mh. In truth, I cannot sa}'- — 'twould seem that we Had reached the sum of fairy happiness ! ISel. Bat then we thought the same, before our King Endowed us with the gift of melody ; And now, how tame our fairy life would seem Were melody to perish from our land ! Phyl. Well said, Selene. ( Cross to c. j Come, then, let's away, (Linkhif} his arm xo'iih Ethais and going up e.g. And on our journey through the outer world We will take note of its inhabitants, And bring you fair account of all we see. Farewell, dear sisters ! (Exeunt Phyllon and Ethais, b., through clouds. Sel Brothers, fare-yoii-well. ( To LuTiN. j And thou hast really met a living man? Ltd. (R.c.) I have indeed — and living women too ! Z'ty. (L.) And thou hast heard them speak, and seen their ways, And didst thou understand them when they spake? •^^rri>'. Selene. Daiji.v^ ^%. V< <\ Lul. I understand that what I understood No fairj' being ought to understand. (Fairies crowd forward, O^i! I see that almost everything I saw Is utterly improper to be seen. (Fairies 0-h ! Don't ask for details — (all the fairies crowd anxiously around) — I've returned to you THE WICKED WORLD, 11 AVith 'outraged senses and M'ith slir.ttered nerves, 1 burn with blushes of iudiguimt shame, Read my experiences in my face, (Fairies stare at Idm. (lie iuriis auxiy. ) My tongue shall wither ere it tell the tale. ( Sighs. ) It is a very, very M'icked world ! t>ar. But surely man can summon death at will ; Wliy should he live when he at will can die? iiixt. Why, that's the most inexplicable thing. I've seen upon that inconsistent globe — AVith swords and daggers hanging at their sides, "With drowning seas and rivers at their feet, With deadl}' poison in tbeir very grasp, And everj' implement of death at hand — • (Going up. Men live— and live — and seem to like to live ! (Disappears through opening at back. Bar. How strangely inconsistent ! Sel Not all all With all their misery, Mith all their siu, With all the elements of Avretcheduese Tiiat teem on that unholy world of theirs, They have one great and evei- glorious gift, That compensates for a 11 they Lave to bear — The gift of Love ! (Fairies astonished. ) Not as ?ce use the word, To signify mere tranquil brotherhood ; But in some sense that is unknown to us. Their love bears like relation to our own. That the fierce beauty of the noonday sun Bears to the calm of a soft summer's eve. It nerves the wearied mortal with hot life, And bathes his soul in hazy Lappiness. The richest man is i)oor who hath it not, And he who hath it laughs at poverty. It hath no conqueror. When death himself Has worked his very worst, this love of theirs Lives still upon the loved one's memory. It is a strange enchantment, which invests The most unlovely things with loveliness. The maiden, fascinated by this spell. Sees everything as she would have it be : Her squalid cot becomes a princely home ; Its stunted shrubs are groves of stateJy elms j 'J.'he weedy brook that trickles past her door Is a broad river fringed with drooping trees ; And of all marvels the most marvelous, Tiie coarse Tin holy man who ruks her love Is a bright being— pure as we are pure ; Wise in his folly—blameless in his sin ; 12 THE WJCKED WOKLD. The incarnatiou of a perfect soul ; . A great and ever glorious demi-god Bar. (Surprised.) Why, what hare Are iu all our fairy-land To bear comparison with such a gift? Zay. Oh ! for one hour of such a love as that ; O'er all things paramount ! Why, after all, That wicked world is the true fairy land ! Loc. Why, who can wonder that poor erring man Clings to the world, all poisoned though it be, When on it grows this glorious antidote ? Zay. ( To Selene. ) And may we never love as mortals love ? (Fairies look enquiringly. Sel. No ; that can never be. (All appear despondent.) Of earthly things This love of theirs ranks as the earthiest. 'Tis necessary to man's mode of life ; He could not bear his load of misery But for the sweet enchantment at his heart That tells him that he bears nojoad at all. We do not need it in our perfect land. Moreover, there's this gulf 'twixt it and us : Only a mortal can inspire such love ; Ancf mortal foot can never touch our laud. * Zay. But— is that so? Set (Sarprised.) Of course. Zay. Yet I have heard That we've a half-forgotten law which says, That when a fairy quits his fairy home To visit earth, those whom he leaves behind Maj' summon from the wicked world below That absent fairy's mortal counterpart ; And that that mortal countei-part may stay In fairy-land and fill the fairy's place Till lie return. Is there not some such law ? Sel. And if there be, wouldst put that law in force ? (Horrified. Zay. No ; not for all the love of all the world ! Equally horrified. Sel. A man in fairy-land ! Most horrible ! (Fairies Ugh ! He would exhale the poison of his soul, And we should even be as mortals are, Hating as man hates ! l)ar. (Enthusiastically.) Loving as man loves ! (Selene looks reproachfxdly. Too horrible !— Still — (As if in thought. Sel. (Enquiringly. ) Well ! Bar. I see a trace Of Avisdom lurking in this ancient law. Sel. Where lurks this wisdom, then? J see it not. i)ar, ( With emphasis. ) Man is a shameless being, steeped iu sins HE WICKED WORLD. 13 At which our stainless nacnre stands appalled ; Yet, sister, if we took this loathsome soul From 3'ouder seething gulf of infamy — E'en but for one short day — and let him see The beauty of our pure, unspotted lives, He might return to his unhappy world, And trumpet forth the strange intelligence : "Those men alone are happy who are good." Then Avould the world immediately repent. And sin and wickedness be known no more ! Loc. Association with so foul a thing As man must needs be unendurable To souls as pure and sinless as our own : Yet, sister dear, it has occurred to me, That his foul deeds, perchance, proceed from this — That we have kept ourselves too much aloof, And left him to his blind and waj'ward will. Zay. Man is everything detestable — Base in his nature, base in thought and deed, Loathsome beyond all things that creep and crawl ! (Fairies gesticukcie disapprovinghj. Still, sister, I must own I've sometimes thought That we who shape the fortunes of mankind, And grant such wishes as are free from harm. Might possibly fulfill our generous task With surer satisfation to himself Had we some notion wljat these wishes were ! iVeo. We give him everything but good advice, And that which most he needs do we withhold. Dar. Oh ! terrible, dear sister, to reflect, Tbat to our cold and culpable neglect. The folly of the world is chargeable ! Sel To our neglect? Zay. It may in trath be sr. Lei. In very truth I'm sure that it is so. Sel. Oh ! horrible ! It shall be so no more. A light breaks over me ! Their sin is ours I But there — 'tis easy still to make amends. A mortal shall behold our blameless state, And learn the beauties of a sinless life ! Come, let us summon mortal Ethais. Dar. But— /Sel. Not a word— I am resolved to this. Neo. But sister — Sel. Well? Neo. ( Tlmidlij. ) Why summon only one ? Sel Why summon more ? ' Neo. The world's incredulous ; 14 THE WICKED WOELD. Let two be brought into our blameless lancl, Then should their wondrous story be received With ridicule or incredulity, One could corroborate the other. Dar. Yes — Phyllon has gone with Ethais. Let us call The inoi'tal counterpart of Phyllon too — Scl Two mortals— two unhappy men of sin In this untainted spot ! (All the Fairies 0-h! Leo. Well, sister dear, Two Heralds of the Truth will spread that Truth At the least twice as rapidly as one. (Fairies A-h! Sel. Two miserable men ! Why, one alone Will bring enough pollution in his wake, To taint our happy land Irom end to end ! Zay. Then, sister, two won't make the matter worse ! (All approve in ndion. Sel. There's truth in that. (After a pause.) The two shall come to us. We have deserved this fearful punishment ; Our power, I think, is limited to two ? ' Lei. (Sighs.) Unfortunately. Sel. Yes — more might be done Had each of us a pupil to herself. (Fairies (approvingly) U-m! Now then to summon them. ( Goes up a Utile, stops, turns, comes back.) But, sisters all, Show no repugnance to these AM-etched men ;. Semember that, all odious though they be. They are our guests ; in common courtesy Subdue your natural antipathies ; Be very gentle with them, bear with them, Be kind, forbearing, tender, pitiful. Eeceive them with that gentle sister love, That forms the essence of our fairyhood ; Let no side-thought of their unholy lives Intrude itself upon your charity ; ^ Treat them as though they were what they will be When they have seen how we shall be to them. Y\^hat is the form ? Dar. Two roses newly plucked Should each in turn be. cast upon the earth ; Then, as each rose is thrown, pronounce the name Of him whose mortal se i typifies. Here are two roses plucked from yonder tree.- Sel. (Taking them.) Well then, fair rose, I name thee Ethais !— Go, send thy morta, namesake to our cloud ; ( Throws rose to earth. 'TLs done ; conceal yourselves tilf they appear ! THE WICKED WOELD. 15 The fairies conceal themselves r>. and l. ; hurried music, to which enter Sib Ethais and Sir Phyi.lon, hurriedly, over the edge of cloud, as if impelled hy some invisible and irresistible power from below. Sib Ethais and Sib Phyllon have their swojxls draicn. They are dressed as barbaric knights, and, while bearing a facial resemblance to their fairy counterparts, present as strong a contrast as possible in their costume a)i^ demeanor. Sir Eih. (e.g.) Why, help, help, help ! Sir PJiy. (L.c.) ^ The devil seize lis all ! "Why, Avhat strange land is this? (Looks round. J How came we here ? Sir Elh. How came we here ? Why, v/Lo can answer that So well as thon ? SirFhy: As I? Sir Etli. Yes,. cur ; as thou ! This is some devil's game of th}- design, To scare me from the task I set myself When we crossed swords. Sir Phy. I use no sorcerj'. A whirlwind bore me to this cursed spot ; But whence it came I. neither loiow nor care. Sir Eth. There— gag thy lying tongue ; it matters not, Or here or there we'll fight our quarrel out. Come call thy devils ; let tliem wait at hand And when I've done with thee I'll do with them. (Music piano — they fight. The fairies vow appear and toatch the combat unobserved loith great interest. Bar. (To Selene, j What are they doing? (A lunge — tableau— pause. Sel. It's some game of skill. It's very pretty. * Bar. Very. (Knights recover.) Oh, they've stopped. Phy. Come, come— on guard. " ( Fight resumed. Zay. Now they begin again. Eth. ( Sees fairies, who have gradually surrounded i}iem. J Hold! we are overlooked. (Ethais, who has turned for a mom.ent in saying this, is severely wounded by Phyelon. V< X 16 THE WJCKED WORLD. Sel. You may proceed. We like it much. (Goes tip a I'dile. Bar. ( To Phy. ) You do it ver)' well — Begin again. Eth. Black curses on that thrust ! I am disabled. Ladies, bind my wound ; % And if it please you still "to see us fight, We'll fight for those bright ej'es and cherry lips Till one or both of us shall bite the dust. Phy. Hold ! call a truce till we return to earth- Here are bright eyes enough for both of us. Elh. I don't know that ! Well, there— till we return. (Shaking hands. But once again on earth, we will take up Our argument where it was broken off", And let thy devils whirl me where they may, I'll reach conclusion and corollary. (Selene comes hack c. Day. (Look'mg atTB.Yz.-LOJ^.) Oh, fairyhood ! (Starts. ) How wonderfully like our Phyllon ! Sel. (Looking at Ethais. ) Yes. And see — (starts)— hovf strangely like our Ethais. Thou hast a gallant carriage, gentle knight. (Sighing. Zay. How very, very like our Ethais. Eth. It's little wonder that I'm like myself ; Why, I am he. Sel. No, not our Ethais. (Sighing. Eth. In truth, I am the Ethais of all Who are as gentle and as fair as thou. Sel. That's bravely said ; thou hast a silver tongue ; Why ! Avhat can gods be like^f these be men. (During iltis dialogue, Darine shows hij her manner that she takes great interest in Ethais. Say, dost thou come from earth or heaven ? Eth. (Gallantly pxdting his arm round Selene and Darine. j I think I've come from earth to heaven. Sel. (To Darine icith delight, icho reciprocates the feeling.) Oh! didst thou hear ? He comes from earth to heaven ! No, Ethais, We are but fairies — this, our native home. Our fairy-land rests on a cloud which floats Hither and thither, as the breezes will ; At times a mighty city's at our feet. At times a golden plain, and then the sea, Dotted with ships and rocks and sunny isles. We see the world ; (yet saving that it is A very wicked world, we know it not) — We hold no converse with its denizens : THE WICKED WOF.LD. 17 Bttt on the lauds o'er which our island hangs, We shed fair gifts of plent}' and of peace — Health — contentment— cbarity — goodwill ; Drop tears of love upon the thirst^'- earth, And shower fair waters on the growing grain. This is onr mission. (Leila, Neodie, Dakine and Locrine retire e. and l. and con- verse ajyirt. EOi. (Enraptured.) 'Tis a goodl}' one ! I'd give my sword — ay, and my sword-arm too, If thou wouldst anchor for a year or so O'er yonder home of mine. ( Foirds heloio to city tx.) But tell me, now, Does every cloud that liovers o'er our heads Bear iu its bosom such a wealth of love ? Sel. Alas ! Sir Ethais, we are too few To work the good that we could wish to work. Thou hast seen black and angry thunder-clouds That spit their evil tire at flocks and herds, And shake with burly laughter as they watch The trembling shepherds count their shriveled dead? These f.re our enemies, sir knight, and thine. They sow the seeds of pestilence and death — ( With uplifted hands. May heaven preserve thee from their influence ! Mh. Amen to that ! Phy. But tell me, gentle maid, Why have you summoned us ? Sel. (Smilingly.) Because we seek To teach you truths that now ye wot not of ; Because we know that you are very frail, Poor, blind, weak, wayward mortals— willing reeds. Swayed right and left by every tempting wind ; And we are pure, and very, very brave, Having no taste for trivial solaces ( Talcing Ethais' hand. Scorning such idle joys as we have heard Appeal most strongly to such men as you ; And we have cherished earnest hope that we, By the example of our sacred lives. May teach you to abjure such emptj' joys, May send you back to earth, pure, childlike men. To teach your mothers, sisters, and your wives, And those perchance (Sighing) who are to be your v/ives ! That there are fairy maidens in the clouds. Whose gentle mode of thought and mode of life They would do well to imitate. (Sighs.) We w'ould That every maid on earth were such as we ! (Placing her arms round his neck. 18 THE WICKED WOELD. Hill. lu tnilh we would that every maicleu were, — (Aside.) Except our mothers, sisters, and our wives ! Sel. If you will be our pupils, j'ou must give Some tokeu of submission to our will, No doubt you have some form of fealty ? Eth. When man desires to show profound respect — To indicate most forcibly his own Inferiority, he always puts His arm round the respected object's waist. And drawing her (or him) towards him, thus. Places a very long and tender Idss On his (or lier) face -as the case may be. Sel. That form is not in vogue in fairy land ; Still, as it holds on earth, no doubt 'twill have Far greater weight with you poor sons of earth, Than any formula ?re could impose. Phy. Its weight is overpowering. (About to kiss Za.yda. Sel. ( Slopphig Vhyij.oj^.) But stay ! We wonld not wreat this homage from you, sir ; Or give it willingly, or not at all. E'Jt. Most willingly, fair maid, we give it yon Sel. Good ! Then proceed. (Ethais kisses SEr,EXE, and Phyllon kisses Zayda ; fairies at back, T„. and i.., 0-h ! Placwg their hands before their faces. Eih. There ! does it not convey A pleivsant sense of influence? Sel. It does. Some earthly forms seem rational enough. (ExnAis stagaers. Why Ethais, what ails thee ? E(h. \7by, I'm faint From loss of blood, j\Iy wound—here, take this scarf, (Faikies co?7ie doicn as before. And bind it round my arm— so —have a care ! There, that will do till I return to earth ; (Seeene binds Ethais' arm with his scarf. Then, Latin, Mho's a fairly skillful leech, Shall doctor it. Sel. ( Amazed. ) Didst thou say Lutin ? Elh. Yes, He is my squire— a poor, half-witted churl, Ue-enier Lutin, xindbaerved. Who shudders at the rustling of a leaf ; (Lutin comes doioi e. q/" Ethais. A sirange, odd, faithful, loving, timid knave ; T^Iore dog than man, and, like a Mell-thrashed hound, He loves his master s voice, and dreads it, too. Why, here he is ! (In intense astonishment. THE WICKED WORLD. 19 Lid. Who is this iusoleut? — A mortal here in faiiy laud? Loc. Yes, two ! Lut. Oil, this is outrage ! Eih. Wh.y, thou scurv}' knave, How cam'st thou hero? Thon didst not come with us ! What is the meaning of this masquerade? (Alluding to Lutin's dress. Be off at once ; (j)oiniing off to the world e. j if I could use my arm, I'd whip tliee for this freak, but as it is I'll hand thee over to that wife of thine , Her hand is heavier than mine, f To JSel. ) This churl (So rumor saith) is mated to a shrew ; A handsome, ranting, jealous, clacking shrew ; And he, by means of this torn-fool disguise. Has 'scaped his home to play the truant here ; Lut. ( /Surprised, appealing io ilie Fairies. ) Who are these men ? 8el. The mortal counterparts Of Ethais and Phyllon. Look at them ! ( Grosses to Lutin. Dost thou not love them? ( Poinlbig io iheni k. Lid. ( Indignantly, Xj.c.) Ko ! Bel. (Looks io Fairies. ) How very strange ! Why, ice all loved them from the very first. Lut. ( To Daiune and other Fairies. J Is this indeed the trutli ? Bar. It is indeed. Obedient to our queen's command, we have Subdued our natural antipathies. Zay. They are our guests, all odious though they be, ( Takes Phyllon's Jiaiul. And we must bid them welcome to our home, As if e'en now they were what they will be W^hen they have seen wliat we shall be to them, (Kissing Jiis hand. Lut, Be warned in time, and send these mortals hence ; Why, don't you see that in each word they speak, They breathe of love? Sel. (Enthusiastically.) They do ! T^xd. Why Love's the germ Of every sin that stalks upon the earth : The brawler fights for love — the drunkard drinks To toast the girl who loves him, or to drown Remembrance of the girl who loves him not ! The miser hoards his gold to purchase love. The liar lies to gain, or wealth, or love ; And if for wealth, it is to purchase love. The very footpad nerves his coward arm To stealthy deeds of shame by pondering on The tipsy kisses of some tavern wench ! ]^ not deceived — this love is but the seed ; Tne branching tree that springs from it is Hate ! 20 THE V\^ICKED WOKLD. Dar. ( To EthJ Nay, heed him not. There is a legend here — Au idle tale— tliat man is infamous, And he believes it. So, indeed, did we, Till Ave beheld 3^ou, gallant gentlemen ! Lut. Why, they are raving ! Let me go at once And join my brothers at our monarch's court ; While they are here this is no place for me. Zay. (Eagerly to Sel.j Let him depart; then we can summon here His mortal counterpart, (Fairies delighted^- Selene expresses indig- nant surprise, Zayda changes her manner) a poor frail man No doubt, who stands in very sorest need Of such good counsel as we can afford. Sel. Thou speakest wisely. Lutin, get thee gone. Eth. Be ofl' at once. Phy. Begone, thou scurvy knave ! Thy wife sliall hear of this— sAe'/i punish thee. (Fairies, Oh! 0-h! Lut. Ob, moral plague ! oh, walking pestilence ! Oh, incarnation of uncleanliness ! You call me knave ! Why, harkye men of sin. You've kings and queens upon that world of yours, To whom you crawl in apt humility ; (Goes up. Well, sir, there's not an emperor on earth Wlio Avould not kiss the dust I tread upon, And I'm the meanest here. Good-day to you. (Exit Lutin, k. (Fairies retire conversing E. audi..; leaving the four principals in front of stage. Eth. (Following him angrily, is restrained by Selene. ) The fellow's crazed — beed not his rhapsodies, Thou dost not credit him? Sel. And if I do. What matters it ? Be all he says thou art. And I will Avorship thee for being so ; Thou art my faith — whate'er my Ethais does Is ever hallowed by his doing it ; Thy moral law is mine— for thou art mine : Bob, and I'll scoff at honor ; kill— i'Z^ kill ; Be perjured, and I'll swear by perjury ; Ay, be thou false to me, and I'll proclaim That man forsworn who loves but one alone ! My soul is thine— whate'er my faith may be, I'll be its herald ; if thou hast no faith, I'll be the high priest of thine unbelief ! Thy wisdom's mine ; thy folly's thine — ■ Eth. Hush! hush! Why, this is madness ! ^ Set. Yes, for this is Love ! THE Y/ICKED WORLD. 21 v*^' -p«^i>i.o-N and Zayda embrace n Selene kneels at ExHAis'/eei hi front Tableau. END OF ACT I. ACT II. Scene. — Same as Act I. — Sunset, Daeine c, Zayba l.c, Leila e.c., Loceine e, other Fairies and Neodie l., discovered anxiously watching the entrance to Selene's bower, s.e.l. Dar. (c. ) Still, still Selene watches Ethais ! For six long hours has sh9 detained the knight Within the dark recesses of her bower, Under pretense that his unhappy wound Demands her unremitting watchfulness ! (Indignantly. ) This, fairies, is our queen !— the sinless soul To whose immaculate pre-eminence We pure and perfect maidens of the air Accord our voluntary reverence I Zay. Her conduct is an outrage on her sex ! Was it for this that we proposed to her That we should bring these mortals to our land ? Is this the way to teach this erring man The moral beauties of a spotless life ? To teach him truths that now he wots not of? Surely this knight might well have learnt on earth Such moral truths as she is teaching him. 22 THE WICKED WOELD. Enter Selene from Lower i.. ; Darine retires tip c. Lei (e.g.) At last she comes! (To Selene. j We are well pleased to find That, after siicli a lengthy vigil, tliou Canst tear tbj'self away from Etliais ! Set. (c. ) Yes, dearest sister, he is calmer now. ( To Zat. ) Oh ! this has been a fearful night for him ; Not for one moment have I left his side ! Zay. Poor Ethais ! Believe us, sister dear, He has our heartfelt pity. Sel. (Dahine listens; moves to e., ready to exit at end of speech.) All night long He tossed and raved in wild delirium ; Shouting for arms, and, as it seemed to me, Fighting his fight with Phyllou o'er agaiu, At length, as morning broke, he fell asleep, And slept in peace till half an hour ago. I watched him through the long and troubled night, Fanning the fever froin his throbbing brow, Till he awoke. At first he gazed on me In silent wonderment ; theu, suddenly Seizing my hand, he jDressed it to his lips, And swore tbat I had saved him irom the grave — Mark that— the grave ! I— I had saved his life ! He told me that he loved me — loved me M'ell ; That I M^is fairer than the maids of earth-- That I had holy angel-eyes, that rained A gentle pity on his stubborn heart — (He called it stubborn, for he knew it not) ; That I was fairer, in his worldly eyes, Than all the maids on earth or in the clouds ! (Darine, xcho has listened xmth intense anxiety to this speech, goes off silently e., but in an agony of grief . Zay. CL.C., spitefully.) Could auj words more eloquently show The recklessness of his delirium ? 8el. (Surprised.) Nay, he was conscious then. Neo. ( Very kindly. ) Of course he was ! No doubt, Selene, thou hast gained his love. Be happy in it, dearest sister ; but In thy proud triumph, love, pray recollect He had not seen us ! Zoy. Thou hast wisely done To keep him from our sight. Cage thou tiiy bird. Or he may fly to fairer homes than thiue. Sel. (Amazed.) What mean you, sisters ? Nay, turn not away— . What have I done ? Loc. ( Very spitefully. ) Indeed we do not know ; THE WICKED WOELD. 23 But, lest we should afiect his love for thee, We will at once withdraw. (Exit Locrtne, bowing ironlcalUj, r. LeL ( TVith freezing politeness. ) Good-day to you ! (Exits e. Neo. ( Cross to -R. ) Good-day! (Turns to her. ) Good-day! (Exit r.. Zay. (Cross to ■R.) Good-day! (Tarns to her. ) Remember — capje thy bird ! (Exit -r., followed hy others. Set. (Looking after them, r. ) How straugely are my sisters changed to me ! Have I done wrong? No, no, I'm sure of that. The knight was sorely stricken — he had died But for my willing care. (Looks into the Bower, l.J Oh! earthly love, Thou mighty minister of good or ill, Is it for good or ill that thou art here ? Art thou au element of happiness, Or an unwieldy talisman that I, In heedlessness, have turned against myself? "He had not seen Viem," — so my sister spake ; Yes, truly, there are fairer forms thine mine. He shall not see them 1 Oh ! I am unjust. Hath he not told me that I have his love ? There is no treacher}'' in those brave eyes : There is no "falsehood in that gallant heart ! But still — he had not seen them. (Ethais appears at the entrance Ofce?-, l. Sel (L.c.) Tliou here ? and with Darine ! Elh. (R.c.) Stay, hear me out ' It's true I've trifled with th)' love, but then Thy love is not as mortal woman's love. I did not know that it would move thee thus? Sel. Thou didst not know ! Art thou so dull that thou canst understand No pain that is not wreaked upon fJiy frame? ^ Hast thou no knowledge of the form of Avoe That comes of cheated hopes and trampled hearts? To find Uiy love a lie, thy kiss a jest. The bywords of thy love' a mockery ? Oh, there are words Tor other agonies, but none for this ! UiJi. Nay, hear me ! I have wronged thee bitterly— I will atone for all ! Sel. Thou shalt atone ; I'll be the curse of thy remaining years ! Harkye, Sir Knight, I'll yield my fairyhood That I may go to yonder earth and join The whispering sisterhood of hidden hate. The busy band who bear within their lii^s The deadliest weapon of earth's armory : A blighting tongue— a woman's blighting tongue ! I will so deftly wield this talisman To twist and turn and torture good to ill, That were it in thee to amend thy ways, Turn anchorite, and yield to holy deeds Of i3eace and prayer, goodwill and charity. Thy holiness should seem an infamy, Thy peace a war, thy charity a theft. Thy calm a fury, and thy prayer a curse ! Eth. Stay thine unholy tongue — go thou to earth, And learn that that which thou hast undergone — All women undergo. Sel Am I as they ? I am immortal. Can a few brief years Of bitter shame and bitter sorrow weigh Against an immortality of woe ? A mortal's love is framed to last a life. But my love to outlive eternity. Blind mortal, as Eternity to Time — So is my wrong to theirs ! Enter Loceine and Neodie, from r. Loc. (e.g.) Selene, see, 42 THE WICKED WOKLD. Through the far distant air, with rapid flight, Our absent brothers wing their way to us ; Miiei' Zayda and Lutin, e. These mortals must return to their own earth ! Lxit. (K.) Now bj' my head, but this is welcome news ! Zay, (n., horrified.) Beturn to earth ? No, Lutin ; no, not yet. Life without Lutin ! what can that be worth ? Lut. I cannot tell you for I never tried. JEnter Dabine and Phyllon, struggling, at hack. Nay, seek not to detain me ; I have had Enough of fairy love — I seek my wife. Phy. (c.) Come, Ethais ; to earth, to earth again ! Dar. (c, releasing him.) Ay, go, aud take thy fellowman with thee. (Lutin and Phyllon descend c. We want but this to crown our misery ! (Ethais, ahoxd to follow him, is detaiiied hy Selene. Set. (Suddenly. ) No ! no ! Thou shalt not go, thou shalt not go ! My hope — my shattered hope ; but still, my hope ! My love — my blighted love ; but still, my love ! My life— my ruined life ; but still, my life ! Forgive me, Ethais : thou hast withdrawn The very core and substance of thy love. No matter ! give me but the empty husk, And it will stay the famine of my heart. I'll work and toil for thee — I'll be thy slave. Thine humble, silent, and submissive slave ; I'll come but at thy beck— I will not speak, But at thy word — my Ethais ! my love ! ( They struggle to c. ( Fuj-iously. ) Na3% but I'll hold thee back ! I have the strength Of fifty women ! See, thou canst not go ! ( With passionate triumph. Nay, but I'll icrest thy love away from thee, And fetter it in bondage to mj'' heart. I will be one with thee ; I'll cling to thee, And thou shalt take me to that world of thine. Eth. Take thee to earth ? I love the earth too well To curse it with another termagent. AVe have enough of them ! Belease me, fool ! Man hath no appetite for proffered love ! Away from me, I go to that good world Where women are not devils till they die ! (Throws off Selene, who falls senseless c. He leaps through cloud c. a7id descends. As Ethais disappears, the fairies, who have grouped themselves ahoxd the stage in attitudes of despair, gradxially seem to wake as from a dx-eam. Sel. (c. ) Where am I ? Zayda ! Neodie ! Darine ! Oh, sisters, I am waking from a dream — THE WICKED -WORLD. 43 A fearful dream— a dream of evil thonghts, Of mortal passion and of mortal hate, I thought that Ethais and Phyllon too Had gone to mid-earth — Zay^ (R.c.) Nay, it was no dream, A sad and sorrowful reality ! Yes, we have suffered much — but, Heaven be praise:l, These mortal souls have gone to their own earth, And taken with them the bad influence That spread like an iufection through our ranks. See ! we are as we were ! (Embracing her c. Sel. Darine ! Darine ! My well-beloved sister — speak to me ! Dar. I dare not speak to thee — I have no words — I am ashamed. Sel. Oh, sister, let that shame Sit heavily on all— for all have sinned. Oh, let us lay this lesson to our hearts ; Let us achieve our work with humbled souls, Free from the folly of self-righteousness. Behold, is there so wide a gulf between The humbled wretch who, being tempted, falls, And that good man who rears an honored head Because teioptation hath not come to him ? Shall we, from our enforced security. Deal mercilessly with poor mortal man, Who struggles, single-handed, to defend The demon-leaguered fortress of his soul ? Shall we not rather (seeing how we fell) Give double honor to the champion, who Throughout his mortal peril, holds his own, E'en though His walls be somewhat battered in the fight? Oh let us lay this lesson to our hearts ! Enter Lutin, from openiug in clomh and rocks at hack, followed by Ethais and Phyllon, as fairies. Lid. Your brothers have returned. ( Crosses to b. corner. Sel. {c. , embracing 'Eth.ms.) My Ethais I Elh. (L.c.) Selene— sisters all — rejoice with us, We bear the promise of a priceless gift, A source of new and endless happiness ! (All eager to know. Take every radient blessing that adorua Our happy land, and all will pale before The luster of this precious privilege. It is — that we may love as mortals love ! Sel. (Eagerly. ) No, no— not that — no Ethais — not that ! It is a deadly Bnare— beware of it ! ^^ THE ■WICKED WOELD. Such love is for mankind, and not for us ; It is the very essence of the earth, A mortal emblem, bringing in its train The direst passions of its antitype. 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