Faustus
“FAUSTUS comes onto the stage, and looks around him. We hear a far-off bell ringing, and see an old man walking in the ruins. FAUSTUS turns to encounter him. We see it is his FRIEND, Fabian, now greatly aged.
FAUSTUS: Where do we find ourselves?
FRIEND: I’ve often thought that it is Hell.
FAUSTUS: In truth?
FRIEND: I am grown so old it nor diverts nor profits me to lie.
FAUSTUS: Have you grown old?
FRIEND: As you observe.
FAUSTUS: But we are of an age.
FRIEND: If you assert it.
FAUSTUS: Do you not know me?
FRIEND: Your voice is not unfamiliar, but perhaps it merely pleases.
FAUSTUS: Turn to me, look on me.
FRIEND: It would not profit, no, for I am blind.
FAUSTUS: Blind.
FRIEND: Yes.
FAUSTUS: What has befallen you? How came you to age?
FRIEND: Sir, I assure you, it was the passage of time.
FAUSTUS: (Pause) Are you mad? (Pause) Can you not answer me? Can you not aid me?
FRIEND: Not the first, sir, but, perhaps, the second.
FAUSTUS: I do not understand.
FRIEND: A sundial may offer informa...tion, but you remark, it withholds comment.MoreLess
FAUSTUS: Where do we find ourselves?
FRIEND: I’ve often thought that it is Hell.
FAUSTUS: In truth?
FRIEND: I am grown so old it nor diverts nor profits me to lie.
FAUSTUS: Have you grown old?
FRIEND: As you observe.
FAUSTUS: But we are of an age.
FRIEND: If you assert it.
FAUSTUS: Do you not know me?
FRIEND: Your voice is not unfamiliar, but perhaps it merely pleases.
FAUSTUS: Turn to me, look on me.
FRIEND: It would not profit, no, for I am blind.
FAUSTUS: Blind.
FRIEND: Yes.
FAUSTUS: What has befallen you? How came you to age?
FRIEND: Sir, I assure you, it was the passage of time.
FAUSTUS: (Pause) Are you mad? (Pause) Can you not answer me? Can you not aid me?
FRIEND: Not the first, sir, but, perhaps, the second.
FAUSTUS: I do not understand.
FRIEND: A sundial may offer informa...tion, but you remark, it withholds comment.MoreLess
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