Act III
Scene I - A room in the Manhattan Lodging House, Blink is alone.
Blink: Thou hast it now, - leader, Mouth, Brain, all
As the weird newsies promis'd; and, I fear,
Thou play'dst most foully for it; yet it is said
It should not stand in thy posterity;
But that myself should be the root and father
Of many leaders. If there come truth from them, -
As upon thee, David, their speeches shine, -
Why, by the verities on thee made good,
May they not be my oracles as well,
And set me up in hope? But, hush; no more.
Enter David, Sarah, Specs, Bumlets, and assorted newsies
David: Here's our chief guest.
Sarah: If he had been forgotten,
It had been as a gap in our great feast,
And all-thing unbecoming.
David: Tonight we hold a solemn supper, sir,
And I'll request your presence.
Blink: Let you command upon me; to which my duties
Are with the most indissoluble tie for ever knit.
David: Go you this afternoon?
Blink: Yeah
David: We should have else desired your good advice,
Which still hath been both grave and prosperous,
Are you going far?
Blink: As far as will fill up the time between now and dinner.
David: Fail not our feast, at Tibby's of course.
Blink: I won't.
David: We hear our Boots is in Brooklyn, not
confessing
His cruel deed, filling his hearers with strange invention;
But of that tomorrow; Is Snipeshooter going with you?
Blink: Yeah
David: I wish you a pleasant journey, farewell.
Exit Blink and everyone else.
David: To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus:
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Our fears in Blink stick deep; and in his honest nature
There is none but he whose being I do fear:
And, under him, my genius is rebuk'd.
He chid the newsies when first they put the name of leader upon me,
And bade them speak to him; then, prophet-like,
They hail'd him father to a line of leaders:
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
No son of mine succeeding. If it be so,
For Banquo's issue have I fil'd my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered;
Who's there?
Enter Delancy brothers
David: Was it not yesterday we spoke together?
Morris: It was.
David: Did I not make it clear Blink was behind your sufferings?
Morris: You did tell us.
David: Are you so weak that you can not retaliate?
Morris: We are men who do spite the world.
David: Both of you know Blink is your enemy.
Oscar: True, we do know.
David: He is mine too, but I have friends who love
him,
And I cannot break my friendship to these friends.
Thus, it is your job.
Morris: We shall perform what you ask of us,
But only because we hate him. It is no favor for you.
Exit Delancy brothers.
David: It is concluded: - Blink, they soul's flight,
If it find heaven, must find it out tonight.
