Becket and other plays

book in his hand.

DOBSON. An' I haätes booöks an' all, fur they puts foälk off the owd waäys.

_Enter_ EDGAR, _reading--not seeing_ DOBSON _and_ WILSON.

EDGAR. This author, with his charm of simple style And close dialectic, all but proving man An automatic series of sensations, Has often numb'd me into apathy Against the unpleasant jolts of this rough road...