救险 The Strike
剧情梗要:由于劳资纠纷,整个米尔顿地区的工人在工会领导下进行了大规模的罢工行动。桑顿先生不愿妥协,于是密谋从爱尔兰地区遣调一批工人,以维持工厂正常运行。谁料计划败露,一部分工人冲到桑顿先生的工厂前抗议。危难当前,玛格丽特挺身而出。
Crowd: Get the Irish out!
Mr. Thornton: Oh, my God! They're going for the mill door!
Crowd: Get the Irish out!
Margaret: Oh, no! It's Boucher!
Mr. Thornton: Let them yell. Keep up your courage for a few minutes longer, Miss Hale.
Margaret: I'm not afraid. But can't you 5)pacify them?
Mr. Thornton: The soldiers will make them see reason.
Margaret: Reason? What kind of reason? Mr. Thornton, go down this instant and face them like a man. Speak to them as if they were human beings. They're driven mad with hunger. Their children are starving. They don't know what they're doing. Go and save your innocent Irishmen. (Mr. Thornton walks out of the room.) Mr. Thornton, take care! (Mr. Thornton goes out but the furious workers don't seem to be calmed. Margaret rushes out.) In God's name, stop! Think of what you're doing! He is only one man and you are many! Go home. The soldiers are coming. Go in peace. You shall have an answer to your complaints.
Crowd: Will you send the Irish home?
Mr. Thornton: Never! (to Margaret) Go inside! This is not your place!
Margaret: They will not want to hurt a woman.
Mr. Thornton: Go inside or I will take you!
(Margaret is hit by a stone and falls down.)
Mr. Thornton: Are you satisfied? You came here for me so kill me if that's what you want!
(The soldiers come at last and the workers are scattered.)
群众:把爱尔兰人赶出去!
桑顿先生:噢,天啊!他们朝工厂大门
去了!
群众:把爱尔兰人赶出去!
玛格丽特:噢,不!那是鲍彻!
桑顿先生:让他们喊吧。勇敢些,再撑几分钟,豪尔小姐。
玛格丽特:我不害怕。但你不能安抚下他们吗?
桑顿先生:士兵们自会跟他们讲理的。
玛格丽特:讲理?讲什么理?桑顿先生,快下去,像个男子汉一样面对他们,心平气和地跟他们谈谈。他们都饿疯了,他们的孩子在挨饿,他们不知道自己在做什么。快去拯救那些无辜的爱尔兰人!(桑顿先生走出房间)桑顿先生,小心点!(桑顿先生来到屋外,但愤怒的群众并没有平静下来。玛格丽特冲出房间。)看在上帝的份上,快住手!想想你们在干什么!他只有一个人,而你们有这么多人!回家吧,士兵们要来了。安静地离开吧,你们的申诉会有回应的。
群众:你会将爱尔兰人送回去吗?
桑顿先生:永远不会!(对玛格丽特说)进去!这不是你呆的地方!
玛格丽特:他们不会伤害一个女人的。
桑顿先生:快进去,不然我就把你拖进去!
(玛格丽特被一块石头扔中,应声倒下。)
桑顿先生:你们满意了?你们是冲我来的,如果你们想杀我,就把我杀了吧!
(士兵们最终出现,把人群驱散了。)