Our duty's done, to leave it is full time.
JUNIOR. (_enters out of bookcase_) I'm sure I'm much obliged and if
you'd only stay awhile longer I'd like you to meet some of the other
girls.
HIPPOLYTA. We thank you for your courtesy indeed,
Since _you_ believe, there is no further need.
(_They start toward the bookcase_.)
GRISELDA. From all my mates some lesson you might learn.
EMILY. Forget us not, in case we ne'er return.
JUNIOR. Let me see, what I can learn from each: (as _she speaks each
name, the character disappears in bookcase_) Griselda,--patience;
Hippolyta,--courtesy; the Good Wife--red stockings--well, that clothes
don't matter. Emily--no _rats!_ (_hides her face for a moment_) The
Prioress--(the two NUNS _disappear_)
PRIORESS. Read the last line that Master Chaucer penned
About me, and believe it without end!
(_She disappears. The_ JUNIOR _looks at the bookcase curtain which
slowly stops swinging._)
JUNIOR. The last line! (_she picks up the book she has thrown upon the
floor and finds the passage_)
"And thereon hung a brooch of gold full sheen,
On which there was first writ a crowned A,
And after _Amor Vincit Omnia_."
_Amor vincit omnia_, love conquers all. I believe I do love Chaucer
now. And to think they all live!
(_Enter the_ FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE _and_ SENIOR.
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