What say ye, gentlemen? Keep quiet, and let's talk sense. Zoe. You seem already familiar with the names of every spot on the estate. Yes; No. His greatest successes however, were on London's stages. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. the apparatus can't lie. What! None o' ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat. You don't come here to take life easy. [Georgepours contents of phial in glass. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. Dora. Scud. Yes, for you, for me, for dem little ones, dem folks cried. Zoe. The sun is rising. Ah. [falls on her knees, with her face in her hands] no---no master, but one. Come, Paul, are you ready? I'll clear him off there---he'll never know what stunned him. Ask him, I want to know; don't say I told you to inquire, but find out. Because I heard that you had traduced my character. [Rising.] ], M'Closky. Shan't I! As I swam down, I thought I heard something in the water, as if pursuing me---one of them darned alligators, I suppose---they swarm hereabout---may they crunch every limb of ye! Point. Point. Zoe. All hands aboard there---cut the starn ropes---give her headway! With your New England hypocrisy, you would persuade yourself it was this family alone you cared for; it ain't---you know it ain't---'tis the "Octoroon;" and you love her as I do; and you hate me because I'm your rival---that's where the tears come from, Salem Scudder, if you ever shed any---that's where the shoe pinches. Scud. I won't hear a word! [Wahnotee*rushes on, and at*M'Closky,L.H.]. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. M'Closky. "Judgment, 40,000, 'Thibodeaux against Peyton,'"---surely, that is the judgment under which this estate is now advertised for sale---[takes up paper and examines it]; yes, "Thibodeaux against Peyton, 1838." a slave! But now I guess it will arrive too late---these darned U. S. mails are to blame. two forms! Scud. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Quotes submission guide. ZOE played by an octoroon actress, a white actress, a quadroon actress, a biracial actress, a multi-racial actress, or an actress of color who can pass as an octoroon. ain't that a pooty gun. Dora. Captain, you've loaded up here until the boat is sunk so deep in the mud she won't float. You don't come here to take life easy. Top, sar! and will despise me, spurn me, loathe me, when he learns who, what, he has so loved.---[Aloud.] side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. Scud. Good morning, Mrs. Peyton. Scud. Ah! I don't know, but I feel it's death! Look here; I can't stand that gal! [Scandalized.] [Scudder*takes out watch.*]. I'll have her, if it costs me my life! The judge didn't understand accounts---the overseer did. Wood up thar, you Polio---hang on to the safety valve---guess she'll crawl off on her paddles. He who can love so well is honest---don't speak ill of poor Wahnotee. He gone down to de landing last night wid Mas'r Scudder; not come back since---kint make it out. As my wife,---the sharer of my hopes, my ambitions, and my sorrows; under the shelter of your love I could watch the storms of fortune pass unheeded by. Isn't he sweet! 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. Didn't I? Ugh! Paul. George. I think so; shall I ask him that too? O! Yes, near the quick there is a faint blue mark. Why you tremble so? Irish - Dramatist December 26, 1822 - September 18, 1890. I left it last night all safe. I will, quicker than lightning. [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. Zoe. Scud. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Pete. Never mind. what, dem?---get away! McClosky, however, outbids her for Zoe; George is restrained from attacking him by his friends. Grace. She said, "It's free with purchase." What! George. DORA played by a white actress or an actress who can pass as white. Dem doctors ain't no 'count; dey don't know nuffin. 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. Mrs. P.I expect an important letter from Liverpool; away with you, Paul; bring the mail-bags here. If I must die, give me up to the law; but save me from the tomahawk. I shall knock it down to the Squire---going---gone---for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. I saw the mail-bags lying in the shed this morning. That Indian is a nuisance. A photographic plate. he must not see me. That part of it all is performance for the media. EnterPete,R.U.E. [he is lame]; he carries a mop and pail. Scud. Go outside, there; listen to what you hear, then go down to the quarters and tell the boys, for I can't do it. Pete. M'Closky. You see how easily I have become reconciled to my fate---so it will be with you. No; like a sugar cane; so dry outside, one would never think there was so much sweetness within. 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. One hundred thousand bid for this mag---. He has a strange way of showing it. Wahnotee. The Wharf---goods, boxes, and bales scattered about---a camera on stand, R. Scudder, R., Dora, L., George*andPauldiscovered;Dorabeing photographed byScudder,who is arranging photographic apparatus,GeorgeandPaullooking on at back.*. Are you ready? yonder goes the Indian! Why should I refer the blame to her? Peyton.]. But dis ain't all. Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings. M'Closky. Now, it ain't no use trying to get mad, Mas'r Scudder. [Dies.---George*lowers her head gently.---Kneels.---Others form picture. Give us evidence. In a few hours that man, my master, will come for me; he has paid my price, and he only consented to let me remain here this one night, because Mrs. Peyton promised to give me up to him to-day. It ain't necessary for me to dilate, describe, or enumerate; Terrebonne is known to you as one of the richest bits of sile in Louisiana, and its condition reflects credit on them as had to keep it. Scud. [Reading bill.] O, get out. Dora. he does not know, he does not know! We can leave this country, and go far away where none can know. Why you speak so wild? Is the prisoner guilty, or is he not guilty? And dar's de 'paratus---O, gosh, if I could take a likeness ob dis child! you bomn'ble fry---git out---a gen'leman can't pass for you. Hello! I guess he ain't left home yet, Colonel. Excuse me; one of the principal mortgagees has made the demand. Do I? Yes, sir; they were the free papers of the girl Zoe; but they were in my husband's secretary. Zoe. You p'tend to be sorry for Paul, and prize him like dat. he's coming this way, fighting with his Injiun. But out it flew, free for everybody or anybody to beg, borrow, or steal. that's right. Stan' back, I say I I'll nip the first that lays a finger on Him. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. No. You say the proceeds of the sale will not cover his debts. They do not notice Zoe.---[Aloud.] Save me---save me! Boucicault's manuscript actually reads "Indian, French and 'Merican." I left that siren city as I would have left a beloved woman. Now's your time.---[Aloud.] Zoe, what have I said to wound you? Stop! O, none for me; I never eat. The first lot on here is the estate in block, with its sugar-houses, stock, machines, implements, good dwelling-houses and furniture. For the first time, twenty-five thousand---last time! All night, as I fled through the cane-brake, I heard footsteps behind me. What am goin' to cum ob us! Scud. *EnterPete, Pointdexter, Jackson, Lafouche,and*Caillou,R.U.E. Pete. No; but you, aunty, you are wise---you know every plant, don't you, and what it is good for? No, no! Pete. if dey aint all lighted, like coons, on dat snake fence, just out of shot. D'ye hear that, Jacob? what are you doing there, you young varmint! Silence in the court; stand back, let the gentlemen of the jury retire, consult, and return their verdict. Scud. Dora. 4, the Octoroon girl, Zoe.". Ratts. It is in the hearts of brave men, who can tell right from wrong, and from whom justice can't be bought. Enjoy reading and share 7 famous quotes about Boucicault The Octoroon with everyone. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. George. I want Pete here a minute. | Contact Us The Oxford English Dictionary cites The Octoroon with the earliest record of the word "mashup" with the quote: "He don't understand; he speaks a mash up of Indian, French, and Mexican." I'll put the naughty parts in French. Pete. Ten miles we've had to walk, because some blamed varmin onhitched our dug-out. So it went, till one day the judge found the tap wouldn't run. Mrs. P.Read, George. [Astonished.] Come, cheer up, old friend. You may drink dat, Mas'r George. Yes; I kept the letters, and squandered the money. Aunt, when he died, two years ago, I read over those letters of his, and if I didn't cry like a baby---. George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. What's the matter, Ratts? When George asks why, Zoe explains that she is an octoroon, and the law prevents a white man from marrying anyone with the smallest black heritage. I'll see to that. Hey! Top a bit! EnterLafoucheand*Jackson,L. Jackson. my dear, dear father! Scud. How long before we start, captain? But what do we pay for that possession? I would be alone a little while. Look here, you're free, you know nary a master to hurt you now: you will stop here as long as you're a mind to, only don't look so. Sorry I can't help you, but the fact is, you're in such an all-fired mess that you couldn't be pulled out without a derrick. O, Miss Zoe, why you ask ole Dido for dis pizen? Paul. D'ye call running away from a fellow catching him? Is that you, Mr. Overseer? The injiun! Lafouche. Whar's Paul, Wahnotee? ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. O, aunt! [Re-entering.] [Returns to table and drinks.]. Hark! No, Injiun; we deal out justice here, not revenge. Curse their old families---they cut me---a bilious, conceited, thin lot of dried up aristocracy. Pete. What? All Rights Reserved. O! And all for the sake of that old woman and that young puppy---eh? Dido. I have it. Say, Mas'r Scudder, s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies, den dey cum long wid us, and we 'proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar. Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. [Takes out his knife. Sunnyside, how good you are; so like my poor Peyton. yar, you Wahnotee! this is worth taking to---in this desk the judge used to keep one paper I want---this should be it. Now, ma'am, I'd like a little business, if agreeable. Closky tue Paul---kill de child with your tomahawk dar; 'twasn't you, no---ole Pete allus say so. That one black drop of blood burns in her veins and lights up her heart like a foggy sun. [Speaking in his ear-trumpet.] Scud. There's no chance of it. 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