Tragedy
Isaac's House, late the same night
Isaac: You can't enter. There is no method to disguise you, and no reason for the gaurds to admit you. We are mortal enemies, after all.
Alexander: Then
we shall meet at the lake in two days.
Exit Alexander
Isaac: The
fearful hovel. No better to my mind than a pit in the earth and with
all the comfort of numbing cold and exhaustive heat at once.
Enter Eldest
Brother
Isaac: Ho,
brother.
Exit Eldest
Brother
Isaac: He has gone to report my re-arrival. I will certainly suffer
for my absence. But let us see if the cowards can press to it or
fail. They will not send a brother to me, for it is beneath them,
and we have servants aplenty. Here comes one now.
Enter Servant
Isaac: How goes it?
Servant: Your father requires your attendance in the dining hall. I
wish I could say it would go well for you, but they can't extinguish
their wrath.
Isaac: I never suffer as much as they wish, but in the end it will
be I that metes out a just punishment.
Servant: I hope so, sir.
Enter Isaac's Father, Eldest Brother, Middle Brother, Younger Brother
and 4 dogs
Servant: Isaac has returned.
Father: Why do you remain silent Isaac? Why do you tremble?
Isaac: I don't tremble.
Eldest Brother: Hold your tongue while your father eats.
Father:
Where have you been boy? We have not seen you this day or the
last. I care not for the sight of you, but there duties to perform
this house. Not a single bone of your contains an ounce of respect
for your family. I’ve had to delay my evening entertainment to
ensure you'd witness this spectacle.
Father:(to
eldest) Go, and bring the drudge here.
Exit Eldest
Father: Your
remarkable siblings managed to capture a merchant serving our enemy.
With only trifling interrogation he has divulged the existence of a
secret, but we have yet to extract it.
Enter Eldest
and Merchant
Isaac: Why have you harmed this man? Why have you not aided him?
There is a ragged gash down his arm. See how you have abused him
with your whips and chains. He can not tell you what you want to
know if he is dead.
Father (to
merchant): You know what I need and you will give it to me, no
matter what. With it, I will destroy my enemies: men, women, and
children. If you will not tell me, then my sons will deal with you.
Isaac: Father!
Father: He does
not wish to speak; take him away.
Exit Father
Youngest brother: He is ours, and I do enjoy the hounds at their
work.
Isaac: You shall not have the man as your sport.
Middle Brother: The runt thinks to quarrel with us over our quarry.
They draw
swords and clash
Isaac: This is no hunt, this is a man's soul, and I shall deny you
your trophy.
Isaac, while
evading his brothers, manages to stab the merchant in the heart and
flees the house
Isaac: I have escaped, and delivered the man beyond my family's
torturous barbs. Soon they shall see their doom approaching as
surely as the sun rises. There is a glory in the administration of a
just punishment upon the wicked. Yet, as a result of my
righteousness, nowhere will harbor me tonight, and must I tarry under
the stars, God's canopy until my fretful confederate rejoins me.
Recent:
Relevant:
Comments
Post a Comment