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Orval, or The Fool of Time

And Other Imitations and Paraphrases. By Robert Lytton

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Scene IV.—After dark. A Hovel on a heath. At the door of the Hovel.
A Voice Outside.
What lives when it is buried?

A Voice Inside.
Liberty.
What wakes when it is slumbering?

Voice Outside.
Revenge.

Voice Inside.
When the dogs bark, what doth the fox do?

Voice Outside.
Burrow.

Voice Inside.
When the fox burrows, what do the geese?


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Voice Outside.
Cackle.

Voice Inside.
When the geese cackle, what do the cubs cry?

Voice Outside.
Panurge!

Voice Inside.
Enter Lucius Junius Brutus!

(The Modern Brutus enters the Hovel.)