King Lear

King Lear :
Asked.
'No,'said Edgar.'Why?'
'Because he is very angry with you now,'said Edmund.'I am afraid that you are in danger.
An evil person has spoken against me,'Edgar said.
'I am affraid that is true, brother. Go to my room. At the right time, I wil take you to
Lord Gloucester. You can speak to him then.'
Edgar left and Edmund smiled to him self. My father believes everything I say. My
brother is a good man and he thinks o one could plot against him. I am clever and I will get everything that I want- everuthing that my birth has teken away from me.'

King Lear was foolish to trust Goneril. He stayed in her house with his 100 knights,
but he was a difficult visitor. Now Goneril had power over him, and she became an unkind ünkink"dautghter.

'Behave coldly when you see him, 'she said to her servant'Tell all my servants to be
unfriendly with his knights. I am going to write to my sister. She and I agree that we
do not want our father to stay with us. She will behave in the same way.'
Lear came into the room. 'You look angry, daughter,'he said. 'You often liike angry. Why?'
'Your knights are always quarrelling,'Goneril answered.'They make a lot if noise.
My house is in disorder. It is too much! I will not allow it I have spoken to you about
this before. I believe that you tell them to behave badly. I cannot stop them because you are their master. I am your daughter, but I must speak.'

'Are you my daughter?
'Listen, sir,'said Goneril. 'Be sensible! Recently you have changed. What are these
feelings that have changed you? Be the man you really are.'
'Who can tell me what I really am?'cried Lear. Í really thought that I had daughter.'
You are old,'said Goneril, 'and you should be wise. But you keep 100 knights and
their followers here in my house and call my men. You are an unatural child I
Will not trouble you any more I still have one daughter left. I was mad = I made a mistake when I trusted you.'
Lear went out, and Goneril heard him shout in surprise.
'What? She has already sent away fifty of my knights? But I have another daughter, I
am sure that she wil be kind. When she hears this. she will hit Goneril's face with her own fingers.'
In the Earl of Gloucester's castle, Eddmund called Eddgar to him. He knew that their father was in the next room. The two brothers talked for a munute, and then Edmund
said,'My father is coming I can hear im.'
He lowered is voice to a whisper.'He has ordered me to make to you a prisoner. I must
pretend to pull out my sword and attack you. You must pretend to defend yourself.'
Their swords struck each othr. Then Edmund whispered, 'Now escape Run away, puickly!'Edgar ran out.
Edmund struck his own arm with his sword and wounded himself.'fathr!"he cried.

Gloucester came in.'Where is he, Edmund?'
'Look, sir! I am bleeding. Edgar told me to murder you. W hen I refused, he attacked
and wounded me. He was frightened by the noise I made, so he ran away.'
'We must find him immediately! said Gloucester.
Í tried to make him give up his plot against you but I filed; Edmund said. then i said
that i would tell you. he said, "You poor bastard, no one will beieve you."He said
that you loved him. You could not believe that he wrote the letter or plotted against you.'
'How could he say that it was not his letter?
 Gloucester asked.'I will send a picture of him to every part of the kingdom.
I will make sure that he does not escape. Edmund,
you are my good son. You will have all my land when I die.'
Cornwall and Regan entered the room. they had come to visit Gloucester Cornwall said to Gloucester,
We have heard strange things about your son Edgar. Did he really want to kill you?
' Oh!'cried Gloucester.'My old heart is broken! I am ashamed that you knw aout this.'
Wasn't Edgar a friend of those knights  who came to my house wth my father? asked regan.

Í do not know, said Gloucester
Yes, said Edmund. he was. Then I am not surprised said regan. they advised Edgar to kill you Gloucester
etter about those knights. iF my fathe brings them to my house, I will not be there,''

When Lear arrived at Glucester's catle, Gloucester came out and spoke to him.
'Do my daughter and Cornwall really refuse to seak to me?'Lear said. Ýou say that
they are sick. You say that they are tired, that they traveled all night I do ot believe
it. I, the king wish to speak to cornwall. E wish to speak to my dautghter. Tell the to come out to me now'
'I wish there was no trouble between you,'said Gloucster, as he went into the casltle.