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Another.
What is <g>my</g> portion of the hire?
A Woman.
You're sure I shall not lose my son?
The Sexton.
By Tuesday will the field be won?
Brand.
[Looking round in bewilderment on the throng.]
What would you know? What's your demand?
The Sexton.
Firstly, how long we shall make war.
Then, of our total loss therein.
And finally,—how much we win?
Brand.
This ye demand?
The Sexton.
Yes, 'faith; before
We did not rightly understand.
Brand.
[Deeply moved.]
Then ye shall understand it now!
The Multitude.
[Thronging closer.]
Speak! Speak!
Brand.
How long the war will last?
As long as life, till ye have cast
