THE EQUINOX
BUN. Νο᾽fra’ Lunnon, Elder.
It’s main impawsiblel
EEL. Waurl
BONES. It canna be
! It canna be I
EEL. Waur,
Far waur!
TONGS. Hoots!
but we
maun
ha’ fallen
into
terrible
sin.
BONES. Fra‘ whaur?
In the
Lord‘s
name,
mon,
tell.
We're fair distrachit.
EEL. Fra’ Pairisss!
GRAB. Fra’ the Hame o’ the De'il!
BONES. Fra’ Hell! Fra‘ the Bottomless Pit!
CHIPS. The ’Hoor 0' Babylon!
The Scarlet Wumman
that rideth on the Beast wi’ Seven Heads
!
TONGS. Fra’ the very hairt 0' a' sculduddery an’ wicked-
ness
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BUN. O Lord! ha’ mercy upon us
!
EEL. Indeed, I ha’ seen her at the window.
Aboot nine
ο’ th‘ clock last nicht when
a’ guid fowk suld be abed—and I
mysel’ was wa’king hame fra’ the meenister’s.
And there she
was at the window,
wi’
her lang hair doun on her bare
shou’ders.
ALL. A' weel
! a' weel
! 'Tis a wicked wurrld
!
EEL. D'ye ken she leanit oot, the Jezebel, wi' her painted
face, an'—an'———
ALL. Weel!
EEL. The
audacious
wench
cried
oot,
“ Gude-nicht,
Chairlie
! ” an' blew me a kiss.
ALL. A’ weell
EEL. An’ I cried oot i’ the wurrds o’ the gude buke : “An
]ehu cried unto the eunuchs, Throw her dune "l
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