Little plays of StFrancis; a dramatic cycle from the life and legend of StFrancis of Assisi . tly . . this that wewrite pleaseth him. . Dost thou know what itis that we have written—thou, and I, and he ?LEO. No, Father. FRANCIS [reading]. The Lord bless thee and keepthee. The Lord make His face to shine upon thee.[FRANCIS slowly rises, leg Lord lift up the light of His countenance uponthee, and give thee peace. . Brother Leo, theLord bless thee, as thou hast blest me. [He giveshim the parchment.] When thou art in trouble showthis to Brother Brother Sin ! FRANCIS. Do not be
Little plays of StFrancis; a dramatic cycle from the life and legend of StFrancis of Assisi . tly . . this that wewrite pleaseth him. . Dost thou know what itis that we have written—thou, and I, and he ?LEO. No, Father. FRANCIS [reading]. The Lord bless thee and keepthee. The Lord make His face to shine upon thee.[FRANCIS slowly rises, leg Lord lift up the light of His countenance uponthee, and give thee peace. . Brother Leo, theLord bless thee, as thou hast blest me. [He giveshim the parchment.] When thou art in trouble showthis to Brother Brother Sin ! FRANCIS. Do not be afraid of Brother Sin. Heis a leper ; but when thou hast washed his feet, thenshalt thou see ... in them . . the wounds ofChrist. Yea, when for us Christ died—with Himalso died—Brother Sin. [leg rises to his feet with a face of Now am I made whole ! . . Ah, MakerChrist! Maker Christ! [He goes back to the Crucifix, draws away thecurtain, and kneels, francis, seeing himrapt in prayer, turns softly, and with great painhobbles back to his SISTER DEATH. Scene I.: Outside the cell ofSt. Francis. Scene II.: scenes have as theirsetting, or proscenium, alow broad archway contendingalmost the full breadth of thestage, with walls severelyplain and unadorned, andside exits to right and runs the breadth of anarrow corridor, to whichthe floor rises by two steps set in the thickness of the wall. Beyondthat is the exterior of St. Francis cell, occupying an angle of thecorridor. Over the door of the cell, to left-centre, is a grille, andbetween the door and the corner of the passage a low niche or the foreground arch two bell-ropes descend from the roof,and are hitched to the wall on each side. In Scene II. everything beyond the corridor is removed to makeway for the interior of St. Francis cell, which thus appears on araised level above the foreground. Scene I. ; On the bench sits Brother Juniper, falling to sleepand jerking hims
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