Woman of Flowers, Blodeuwedd

Cue-sheet for Gronw

(Llew) {Clapping his hands}
 
(Blodeuwedd) Have you had enough?
(1, 0) 318 Of food and drink, yes.
(Blodeuwedd) What else is there?
 
(Blodeuwedd) What else is there?
(1, 0) 320 Don't ask, Lady.
(Blodeuwedd) Are you afraid of saying?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Are you afraid of saying?
(1, 0) 322 I don't fear anything
(1, 0) 323 Except for losing honour and reputation.
(Blodeuwedd) Fear never caught a stag, or woman.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Fear never caught a stag, or woman.
(1, 0) 325 Lady, is there a way from here tonight?
(Blodeuwedd) Yes. Over the hills where loping wolves
 
(Blodeuwedd) Howl their hunger at the moon on high.
(1, 0) 328 Is there a servant who could show us the way?
(Blodeuwedd) No on would dare do that. Except me.
 
(Blodeuwedd) No on would dare do that. Except me.
(1, 0) 330 You?
(Blodeuwedd) The night and I are cousins
 
(Blodeuwedd) And wolves don't hunt the scent of flowers.
(1, 0) 333 Is it true you were conjured from wild flowers?
(Blodeuwedd) {Taking the flowers from the table.}
 
(Blodeuwedd) Lord, would you say I'm beautiful?
(1, 0) 345 The world's rose.
(Blodeuwedd) Yet, I too am fading.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Without one soothing element to save my bloom.
(1, 0) 352 What do you want?
(Blodeuwedd) Tell me your secret
 
(Blodeuwedd) Then I'll tell you my desires.
(1, 0) 355 From the moment I saw you, I loved you.
(Blodeuwedd) And is that why you want to leave me?
 
(Blodeuwedd) And is that why you want to leave me?
(1, 0) 357 You are already married – and at your husband's table
(1, 0) 358 I've sat and supped. Wasn't I
(1, 0) 359 Duty bound to respect his rights?
(Blodeuwedd) And now?
 
(Blodeuwedd) And now?
(1, 0) 361 Oh, I'm so lost in my lust for you,
(1, 0) 362 That I cannot think of duty nor of honour now.
(1, 0) 363 Your face, my fair goddess, is the sphere,
(1, 0) 364 Where the world's wonders abide,
(1, 0) 365 Which have entranced me to forget
(1, 0) 366 Rules and propriety. You are for me
(1, 0) 367 Hope's far limit, haven of my dreams
(1, 0) 368 Where I wish to anchor my lusty youth.
(Blodeuwedd) And no more talk of leaving?
 
(Blodeuwedd) And no more talk of leaving?
(1, 0) 370 No, never again.
(Blodeuwedd) And your noble peers, your own good standing
 
(Blodeuwedd) Within your family, and their code of honour?
(1, 0) 373 They are forgotten.
(Blodeuwedd) No – don't forget anything
 
(Blodeuwedd) And these seconds shall be his heaven... You choose.
(1, 0) 394 Who knows his future.
(1, 0) 395 What would it profit a man
(1, 0) 396 To forfeit a tender tonight for some tomorrow
(1, 0) 397 That might be an empty hope. Tonight exists, excites me.
(1, 0) 398 We were thrown together; how could I leave this
(1, 0) 399 And lose it like a dream too soon disturbed,
(1, 0) 400 And spurn this gift from the gods. I've chosen.
(1, 0) 401 Your beauty is queen of my intentions,
(1, 0) 402 Your will is now enthroned to rule my soul.
(Blodeuwedd) My whole will is desire's decree.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Drink Gronw – my seal is on the rim.
(1, 0) 419 I'll drink and pledge to you undying love...
(Blodeuwedd) No, dearest, don't pledge me anything.
 
(Blodeuwedd) And unless I tire, you shall not ebb.
(1, 0) 430 Let this cup, where your lips have touched
(1, 0) 431 Be a foretaste of your kisses. Tonight
(1, 0) 432 I would be happy to die in your arms, woman,
(1, 0) 433 Rather than wake without you in some tomorrow.
(Blodeuwedd) Rhagnell. Rhagnell...
 
(Blodeuwedd) Friend – what did you see to make you like me?
(1, 0) 442 Who can tell... Your face, your form, your walk
(1, 0) 443 And your body's beauty burning through your dress.
(Blodeuwedd) And nothing else? Didn't you witness
 
(Penteulu) Sir, if you're ready, the horses are saddled.
(2, 0) 482 Go to them. I'll join you presently.
(Blodeuwedd) Must you go?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Must you go?
(2, 0) 485 Or stay here and be killed.
(Blodeuwedd) No my love. If there's to be a kill
 
(Blodeuwedd) It won't be you that's killed.
(2, 0) 488 His men are here all around.
(2, 0) 489 He himself returns today.
(Blodeuwedd) Yes. Go. Don't delay. His name tolls
 
(Blodeuwedd) His name, his being, and I stumble to a halt.
(2, 0) 504 Was it for this, Blodeuwedd,
(2, 0) 505 I was enchanted and tried to capture you.
(2, 0) 506 To find in you fulfilment, and now to leave
(2, 0) 507 With expectations dashed, and us divided?
(Blodeuwedd) I tasted joy like a piercing in my breast,
 
(Blodeuwedd) Not Math nor Gwydion, have created me.
(2, 0) 516 And do you know all that's in your world?
(Blodeuwedd) Our bodies are inexhaustible. O, Gronw,
 
(Blodeuwedd) Some strange, cold, rapist.
(2, 0) 531 Do you want
(2, 0) 532 This day to mark the end of our love?
(Blodeuwedd) I want to live. Love and living are one.
 
(Blodeuwedd) To see its moon.
(2, 0) 536 And Llew Llaw Gyffes?
(Blodeuwedd) Why do you say his name? Isn't it enough
 
(Blodeuwedd) Like some dark despoiler.
(2, 0) 540 We must look upon our fear
(2, 0) 541 And name it – that we need not fear.
(Blodeuwedd) Is there a cast or trick, to deceive Llew?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Is there a cast or trick, to deceive Llew?
(2, 0) 543 Yes. Come away with me. This morning, now.
(Blodeuwedd) Where?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Where?
(2, 0) 545 To my fortress.
(2, 0) 546 The horses stand ready at the gates.
(2, 0) 547 Our freedom is in those stirrups. Let the Llew
(2, 0) 548 Come to his lair and find it empty.
(2, 0) 549 From my battlements we'll brave his roar.
(Blodeuwedd) You don't know
 
(Blodeuwedd) My flesh ripped to shreds.
(2, 0) 557 Blodeuwedd, what's a court
(2, 0) 558 Or a kingdom to us? We'll flee to far Dyfed
(2, 0) 559 Where Math's enemies will welcome us
(2, 0) 560 And give us sanctuary.
(Blodeuwedd) I'll never go.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I fear all things strange.
(2, 0) 567 Man is more caring than you credit.
(Blodeuwedd) To his kind. But as I am outside
 
(Blodeuwedd) Don't take me away from here.
(2, 0) 574 What shall we do?
(Blodeuwedd) Kiss. Forget. And farewell.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Kiss. Forget. And farewell.
(2, 0) 576 Is that your advice?
(Blodeuwedd) I know no better.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I know no better.
(2, 0) 578 Can you forget all this so easily?
(Blodeuwedd) Forgetfulness is a skill that's quickly learnt.
 
(Blodeuwedd) It grows easier by the day.
(2, 0) 581 I can't ever forget.
(Blodeuwedd) We're all loath to learn new disciplines
 
(Blodeuwedd) At first.
(2, 0) 584 Do you want to forget?
(Blodeuwedd) Do you?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Do you?
(2, 0) 586 I'd rather die.
(Blodeuwedd) Kiss me, my lover... Before long
 
(Blodeuwedd) My fangs would finish him.
(2, 0) 596 That's the only way. We must kill him.
(Blodeuwedd) How long it's taken you to read my mind.
 
(Blodeuwedd) How long it's taken you to read my mind.
(2, 0) 598 I wouldn't wish him dead, unless it needs be so...
(Blodeuwedd) It needs be, it must. What place is there for him
 
(Blodeuwedd) In the path of a mighty whirlwind.
(2, 0) 603 Is there a way to kill him?
(Blodeuwedd) It won't be easy. He's fated
 
(Blodeuwedd) He's the sole possessor of that secret.
(2, 0) 607 Is fate itself the enemy of our love?
(Blodeuwedd) Love is a rare bloom. It grows
 
(Blodeuwedd) Others graze upon it gently.
(2, 0) 611 How beautiful scorn is upon your lips.
(2, 0) 612 I know of one rose rarer than love itself
(2, 0) 613 Which flower drives me to risk my life
(2, 0) 614 And plot betrayal of your unwitting lord.
(2, 0) 615 Tell me, how do we discover the secret of his death?
(Blodeuwedd) Leave that to me. These slender fingers
 
(Blodeuwedd) And I shall kiss him.
(2, 0) 623 And prise from him the greatest mystery he possesses.
(Blodeuwedd) A soul for a kiss,
 
(Blodeuwedd) Is the price too much?
(2, 0) 626 This moment
(2, 0) 627 If I had to choose between the two
(2, 0) 628 Like a moth to a flame I'd fly to you.
(Blodeuwedd) Yes. My spirit is a flame that burns.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Shall be consumed by it. What's our plan?
(2, 0) 632 Leave that to me. If a man's hand
(2, 0) 633 Can destroy him – send me word.
(2, 0) 634 And when our day comes to hatch this plot
(2, 0) 635 I'll count each hour I've been away from you
(2, 0) 636 And in the blow that splices him
(2, 0) 637 I'll count each morning, noon and night
(2, 0) 638 Of missing you, and that stored longing
(2, 0) 639 Will take its revenge upon his corpse.
(Rhagnell) Sir, your men wait. The sun low over the hill
 
(Rhagnell) Tells that safety's hours will soon be spent.
(2, 0) 643 I must go.
(Blodeuwedd) You'll keep your word?
 
(Blodeuwedd) You'll keep your word?
(2, 0) 645 Do you doubt my fidelity?
(Blodeuwedd) Gronw – what does your fidelity mean to me?
 
(Blodeuwedd) And fill your nostrils with my scent... Now go.
(2, 0) 652 Shall I hear from you tonight.
(Blodeuwedd) Before nightfall.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Before nightfall.
(2, 0) 654 This parting is my nightfall, and now my sunset.
(2, 0) 655 My love, farewell.
(Rhagnell) I saw dust clouds on the horizon.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Go, and don't delay.
(3, 0) 914 I've come, Blodeuwedd.
(Blodeuwedd) To the minute, brave soldier.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Don't hold me, Gronw.
(3, 0) 918 Beautiful bloom
(3, 0) 919 I've thirsted a year for a taste of you.
(3, 0) 920 Suffered too long an abstinence from your arms.
(3, 0) 921 And you tell me not to hold you.
(Blodeuwedd) The Llew's collar still grips,
 
(Blodeuwedd) I've come here now straight from his arms.
(3, 0) 924 And into mine?
(Blodeuwedd) Across his corpse.
 
(Blodeuwedd) In case your aim should falter. Is that the spear?
(3, 0) 928 I worked on it for a year, on Sunday after Sunday
(3, 0) 929 At the hour of Sacrifice. This weapon cost dear
(3, 0) 930 A soul's perdition lies in her point.
(Blodeuwedd) Do you fear that? There's the route home to Penllyn.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Nor a woman made of flowers. You can choose.
(3, 0) 934 Don't mock me woman. Your fierce beauty
(3, 0) 935 Is the fate I choose. Sunday after Sunday
(3, 0) 936 Until this moment. A vast year yawned
(3, 0) 937 As if unending since I last saw you.
(3, 0) 938 Roses withered, berries died,
(3, 0) 939 Leaves fell. Sun and moon scrawled
(3, 0) 940 The months in slow circumscriptions.
(3, 0) 941 My days stood still
(3, 0) 942 Refusing to move with the seasons' shifts,
(3, 0) 943 Skewered by the imprint of those lips.
(3, 0) 944 The furnace of your kisses
(3, 0) 945 Honed the steel of this spear.
(Blodeuwedd) Gronw, you had an easier year than I.
 
(Blodeuwedd) And I'll be free! But now's the time to strike.
(3, 0) 956 What's your plan?
(Blodeuwedd) Is that your Captain?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Is that your Captain?
(3, 0) 958 Penllyn's Captain of the Horse.
(3, 0) 959 The guards are there in the wood,
(3, 0) 960 A hundred horsemen awaiting this man's command.
(Blodeuwedd) Brave Captain,
 
(Blodeuwedd) I shall share some news with him.
(3, 0) 974 Will he come?
(Blodeuwedd) Why shouldn't my loving husband
 
(Blodeuwedd) Come to his wife?
(3, 0) 977 And what was last night's promise?
(Blodeuwedd) A hint that will bring him scurrying here.
 
(Blodeuwedd) A hint that will bring him scurrying here.
(3, 0) 979 How shall I kill him?
(Blodeuwedd) It won't be hard.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Sound the hunting horn, and seize your prize.
(3, 0) 988 Will you get him to climb the trough?
(Blodeuwedd) Don't fail with your blow; And I won't fail
 
(Blodeuwedd) To get him on this trough.
(3, 0) 991 My blow has been aimed this last year
(3, 0) 992 And I'll not fail. His death is not
(3, 0) 993 The goal. Beyond his corpse lies your kiss.
(3, 0) 994 That's the assurance that guides my spear.
(3, 0) 995 Only a long life, Blodeuwedd, will quench
(3, 0) 996 The thirst that's parched my soul these twelve moons.
(3, 0) 997 How long this year's been. How short I see
(3, 0) 998 The years that are left to live.
(Blodeuwedd) How interesting it will be
 
(Blodeuwedd) To remember this day in a year's time.
(3, 0) 1001 Will Ardudwy accept a new lord quietly?
(Blodeuwedd) Why not? Violent means, executed quickly
 
(Blodeuwedd) :
(3, 0) 1005 I heard that he's popular with his people.
(Blodeuwedd) You kill him. His wake will become your welcome.
 
(Blodeuwedd) You kill him. His wake will become your welcome.
(3, 0) 1007 Not one of his men will wish revenge?
(Blodeuwedd) Tomorrow, make them terrified. After that
 
(Blodeuwedd) They'll run like little pups to lap your hand.
(3, 0) 1010 You've learnt the craft of ruling already, lady.
(Blodeuwedd) You'd find the ruling instinct in a flea.
 
(Llew) I aimed at him...
(3, 0) 1166 Like this.
 
(3, 0) 1170 Is he dead?
(Blodeuwedd) He shuddered, struck his head
 
(Blodeuwedd) There's no sign of life.
(3, 0) 1174 The poison won't fail. Not even Gwydion
(3, 0) 1175 And all his sorcery can undo this death.
 
(Blodeuwedd) He is a lad, I swear it.
(3, 0) 1180 I never knew a better ending to a story...
(3, 0) 1181 Yes, he's dead.
(Blodeuwedd) A man dies so easily.
 
(Blodeuwedd) A man dies so easily.
(3, 0) 1183 Look, the sun's upon the hill.
(Blodeuwedd) Let's wait a minute.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I can't believe his death happened so simply.
(3, 0) 1186 Let's go take the fortress.
(Blodeuwedd) A scream, then gone.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Will it be like this when it's my turn?
(3, 0) 1189 Come Blodeuwedd. This isn't the time to ponder...
(Blodeuwedd) I never saw death before. What shall we do with this?
 
(Blodeuwedd) I never saw death before. What shall we do with this?
(3, 0) 1191 I'll send soldiers to bury him this afternoon.
(Blodeuwedd) I heard a sound in the trees, like armour jangling.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I heard a sound in the trees, like armour jangling.
(3, 0) 1193 Those are my men.
(Blodeuwedd) They've gone to the fort.
 
(Blodeuwedd) They've gone to the fort.
(3, 0) 1195 Perhaps they left someone on guard.
(Blodeuwedd) Has his spirit flown to the woods in fury?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Has his spirit flown to the woods in fury?
(3, 0) 1197 His spirit wouldn't sound like jangling armour.
(Blodeuwedd) He fell like a broken flower.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Is that how you'll die?
(3, 0) 1200 Come girl. You sound like some old owl,
(3, 0) 1201 Not yourself. We'll go to the fort, to secure
(3, 0) 1202 Our new estate. We must move, come.
(Soldier) This is worse than you feared, Lord Gwydion.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Did you hear Gronw?
(4, 0) 1364 I heard everything.
(Blodeuwedd) Your captain urges us to flee to Penllyn.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Your captain urges us to flee to Penllyn.
(4, 0) 1366 What does the enemy number?
(Penteulu) Three hundred fighting men.
 
(Penteulu) Three hundred fighting men.
(4, 0) 1368 And ours?
(Penteulu) Less than forty. Some of those
 
(Penteulu) I wouldn't trust them with our lives.
(4, 0) 1372 It was wise to get the guards and horses ready.
(4, 0) 1373 We can't defend the fort.
(Penteulu) That's a soldier talking
 
(Penteulu) Not a female's clucking in the face of the foe.
(4, 0) 1376 Are the men gathered?
(Penteulu) The men and the horses.
 
(Penteulu) There's a steed for yourself and for your lady.
(4, 0) 1379 When will the enemy arrive?
(Penteulu) I've placed watchmen. We'll know
 
(Penteulu) When their force reaches the valley's pass.
(4, 0) 1382 You've always had wisdom and fortitude.
(4, 0) 1383 I'll give you the rights to the lands of Penllyn
(4, 0) 1384 And its inheritance to your children after you.
(4, 0) 1385 I place in your trust this lady, her well-being,
(4, 0) 1386 And her maid, Rhagnell. Give them safe shelter
(4, 0) 1387 From Gwydion's wrath, from the Llew's claws.
(4, 0) 1388 Send messengers to Caer Dathal
(4, 0) 1389 To King Math. Offer him recompense
(4, 0) 1390 To stave off his destruction of your lands.
(4, 0) 1391 Rule the kingdom in a wiser way than I.
(4, 0) 1392 I'll stay here to wait, and brave
(4, 0) 1393 Llew Llaw Gyffes. He'll want retribution
(4, 0) 1394 For the shame I brought him. You three however,
(4, 0) 1395 Should be allowed to flee to safety.
(Penteulu) Lord, you needn't sacrifice yourself.
 
(Penteulu) Your castle and your proper rights and riches.
(4, 0) 1399 Do as I say. I'm staying here
(4, 0) 1400 To face the Llew when he returns to his lair.
(Blodeuwedd) Gronw, why need you?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Gronw, why need you?
(4, 0) 1402 Go, Rhagnell, hurry
(4, 0) 1403 To collect your mistress's things for the journey.
(Blodeuwedd) You'll come too Gronw?
 
(Blodeuwedd) You'll come too Gronw?
(4, 0) 1406 No, I shan't come.
(4, 0) 1407 I've lived with this madness for too long.
(4, 0) 1408 No longer. Neither will I drag revenge
(4, 0) 1409 On my innocent subjects, nor ruin
(4, 0) 1410 On my inheritance.
(Blodeuwedd) Let's escape to Dyfed then.
 
(Blodeuwedd) They'll offer sustenance and security.
(4, 0) 1414 If we did that, Math would spit
(4, 0) 1415 His venom on Penllyn's virgin acres
(4, 0) 1416 Whilst I was fleeing, for fear, in a woman's arms.
(Penteulu) Isn't it too late for you to think of Penllyn now
 
(Penteulu) Your subjects will still support you.
(4, 0) 1420 You're right to chide me
(4, 0) 1421 And your proposition's fair.
(4, 0) 1422 It's fair too for me to refuse. I owe a debt
(4, 0) 1423 To Ardudwy's Llew. I'll repay it today.
(4, 0) 1424 Here, alone, without anyone's support.
(Penteulu) I urge you now as a fellow soldier, sir.
 
(Penteulu) I hear distant horsemen.
(4, 0) 1430 Don't tarry – go.
(Blodeuwedd) Gronw, my Gronw –
 
(Blodeuwedd) Gronw, my Gronw –
(4, 0) 1432 Don't touch me woman. The hour's come.
(4, 0) 1433 We must part. You have a journey ahead of you.
(Blodeuwedd) I won't leave here without you.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I won't leave you alone in Gwydion's hands.
(4, 0) 1436 Your husband lives. He'll be here now.
(4, 0) 1437 You cannot stay.
(Blodeuwedd) I can't go to total strangers.
 
(Blodeuwedd) They'll kill me without you.
(4, 0) 1440 Brave captain. I've given you my estates.
(4, 0) 1441 Give me your word that this fine woman
(4, 0) 1442 Will enjoy respect in Penllyn under your protection.
(Soldier) Sirs, the enemy's out-runners are at the valley's pass.
 
(Penteulu) To your horses! Come now my lord.
(4, 0) 1446 Hurry, Blodeuwedd. Where's your maid. Rhagnell?
(Blodeuwedd) Rhagnell left the fort a while ago.
 
(Blodeuwedd) Rhagnell left the fort a while ago.
(4, 0) 1448 Left? To go where?
(Blodeuwedd) I'm not sure. Towards the river.
 
(Penteulu) This isn't the time for anyone to seek a grave.
(4, 0) 1451 You can't wait for her.
(Blodeuwedd) I must wait.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I'll stay to face him again.
(4, 0) 1458 And why not?
(4, 0) 1459 You came to me across his corpse
(4, 0) 1460 He'll reclaim you, like Helen,
(4, 0) 1461 Across my corpse. Go, Penteulu,
(4, 0) 1462 Take your men and flee. You'll see tonight
(4, 0) 1463 The lapping waves of Meloch and Tryweryn
(4, 0) 1464 And the smoke rising from Llanfor, and me there, a lad...
(4, 0) 1465 Yes. Go now. Hurry.
(Penteulu) I'll leave two horses for you in the courtyard.
 
(Blodeuwedd) They've gone Gronw.
(4, 0) 1472 And turned this fort into a prison.
(Blodeuwedd) There's no one staying behind, but us.
 
(Blodeuwedd) There's no one staying behind, but us.
(4, 0) 1474 We won't be alone for long. We'll soon have company.
(Blodeuwedd) I wish Rhagnell would return.
 
(Blodeuwedd) I wish Rhagnell would return.
(4, 0) 1476 I wouldn't be too surprised
(4, 0) 1477 To see her arrive with Gwydion.
(Blodeuwedd) I'm frightened.
 
(Blodeuwedd) She was our go-between, remember?
(4, 0) 1481 Remember? Too well. There's no pain
(4, 0) 1482 Like failing to cast out a waking nightmare.
(Blodeuwedd) Why do we have to stay here? Why Gronw?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Why do we have to stay here? Why Gronw?
(4, 0) 1484 You needn't. I must. It's my fate.
(Blodeuwedd) You don't even have your weapons, Shall I fetch
 
(Blodeuwedd) A sword, a shield? Don't you want to fight?
(4, 0) 1487 It's not my turn to strike. Not this time.
(Blodeuwedd) And you'll fall to your knees in front of him?
 
(Blodeuwedd) He can't forgive. I know my Llew.
(4, 0) 1490 I can forego his mercy. I'll settle for
(4, 0) 1491 The stab of his spear.
(Blodeuwedd) Do you want to die?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Do you want to die?
(4, 0) 1493 How long it's taken you to read my mind.
(Blodeuwedd) What do you think you'll achieve by your death?
 
(Blodeuwedd) What do you think you'll achieve by your death?
(4, 0) 1495 A final hour of freedom.
(Blodeuwedd) I don't understand you.
 
(Blodeuwedd) And freedom in their stirrups. Why don't we go?
(4, 0) 1499 Freedom's here. Here with you.
(Blodeuwedd) I understand, or my heart does, that "with you"
 
(Blodeuwedd) And we crown a short life's love with this last defiance.
(4, 0) 1504 My freedom doesn't lie in your arms.
(4, 0) 1505 It's in having you here when my end comes
(4, 0) 1506 And in choosing death, your sister, before you.
(Blodeuwedd) Reject me, would you? Blame me
 
(Blodeuwedd) Is that how you'll gain your freedom?
(4, 0) 1511 You needn't worry. I don't expect your death
(4, 0) 1512 Will save my life. I've only minutes
(4, 0) 1513 Left to live. Your husband, woman,
(4, 0) 1514 Is coming and so is my death. I choose that.
(4, 0) 1515 It's in that choice that I find my freedom.
(Blodeuwedd) Now your freedom is to escape from me?
 
(Blodeuwedd) Now your freedom is to escape from me?
(4, 0) 1517 I can't escape from you except through death.
(4, 0) 1518 The poison of your kisses circulates in my blood.
(4, 0) 1519 Why should I live on? To taste for a lifetime
(4, 0) 1520 That which I've already experienced,
(4, 0) 1521 Sating the body till surfeit sets in.
(4, 0) 1522 And the staleness, the shame, that follows indulgence?
(4, 0) 1523 Your love is a grave, not a future. No child
(4, 0) 1524 Will laugh in those arms; there's no cradle in our keep.
(4, 0) 1525 But in the deep of night there's the sound
(4, 0) 1526 Of a lunatic crying, howling on the breasts
(4, 0) 1527 Of darkness and chewing on dirt, urged on
(4, 0) 1528 By the mocking screech of an owl.
(4, 0) 1529 I lost the paths of humankind, to follow
(4, 0) 1530 Torches to a quagmire, and I sank. I sought
(4, 0) 1531 To grasp at a star; a clawing bat clung to my face.
(4, 0) 1532 Today a bolt has struck me, and I woke up.
(4, 0) 1533 I see Penllyn again. I see my childhood there.
(4, 0) 1534 Then I see myself as I am now. Oh, filthy!
(4, 0) 1535 And your stare spearing me. I'd rather
(4, 0) 1536 His sword than your kisses.
(Soldier) Here they are, both of them...
 
(Llew) Where are your men, traitor?
(4, 0) 1545 All dispersed.
(4, 0) 1546 I alone struck you. You needn't seek others
(4, 0) 1547 On whom to vent your wrath.
(Llew) Is this a trick? Search every corner of this fort.
 
(Gwydion) But now without followers, a captive, no spear to hand.
(4, 0) 1552 Lord, your men don't need to tie me; I stayed
(4, 0) 1553 To do your will. I'm ready for your revenge standing.
(4, 0) 1554 As free as you yourself stood on the goat trough.
(Gwydion) That's true nephew. I knew his father,
 
(Llew) He bound me with the tethers of a wife's lies.
(4, 0) 1561 What do you want lord?
(Llew) Your life.
 
(Llew) Your life.
(4, 0) 1563 You have a right to that. I'll yield it gladly.
(Llew) You spent a whole year plotting my death
 
(Llew) The mark of the forest is on you. You cannot live.
(4, 0) 1575 Comrade, how will you want to kill me?
(Llew) Uncle Gwydion, what shall we do with him?
 
(Gwydion) But this time there'll be no laughter, and no physician.
(4, 0) 1583 No tears either, but a welcome to death.
(4, 0) 1584 I'll come back among mankind by passing through
(4, 0) 1585 Those common gates that claim all mortals.
(4, 0) 1586 Thank you, Sir.