Richard monologue (Act 3) — The Devil's Disciple

Hark ye, General Burgoyne. If you think that I like being hanged, you’re mistaken. I don’t like it; and I don’t mean to pretend that I do. And if you think I’m obliged to you for hanging me in a gentlemanly way, you’re wrong there too. I take the whole business in devilish bad part; and the only satisfaction I have in it is that you’ll feel a good deal meaner than I’ll look when it’s over. (_He turns away, and is striding to the cart when Judith advances and interposes with her arms stretched out to him. Richard, feeling that a very little will upset his self-possession, shrinks from her, crying_) What are you doing here? This is no place for you. (_She makes a gesture as if to touch him. He recoils impatiently._) No: go away, go away; you’ll unnerve me. Take her away, will you?