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RhACT IV. GERALD Hester, Hester, what shall I do?

HESTER Do you respect the man who is your father?

GERALD Respect him? I despise him! He is infamous.

HESTER I thank you for saving me from him last night.

GERALD Ah, that is nothing. I would die to save you. But you don't tell me what to do now!

HESTER Have I not thanked you for saving me?

GERALD But what should I do?

HESTER Ask your own heart, not mine. I never had a mother to save, or shame. 171