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21 " DOCTOR. Exactly. One can make the insane believe anything, just because they are receptive to everything. LAURA. "
― August Strindberg , The Father
22 " NURSE. There, there, there. A father has something besides his child, but a mother has nothing but her child. CAPTAIN. "
23 " CAPTAIN. Well, you dear, have I forgotten it? You have been like a mother to me, and always have stood by me when I had everybody against me, but now, when I really need you, you desert me and go over to the enemy. NURSE. "
24 " CAPTAIN. It’s a strange thing that you no sooner speak of God and love than your voice becomes hard and your eyes fill with hate. No, Margret, surely you have not the true faith. NURSE. "
25 " LAURA. Because the mother is closer to the child, as it has been discovered that no one can tell for a certainty who the father of a child is. CAPTAIN. "
26 " LAURA. Suppose that I was prepared to bear anything, even to being despised and driven out, everything for the sake of being able to keep and control my child, and that I am truthful now when I declare that Bertha is my child, but not yours. Suppose—— CAPTAIN. "
27 " LAURA. Oh, we women are really too clever. CAPTAIN. "
28 " LAURA. Yes, it’s queer, but I have never looked at a man without knowing myself to be his superior. CAPTAIN. "
29 " Oh, it is sweet to sleep against a woman’s breast, a mother’s, or a mistress’s, but the mother’s is sweetest. LAURA. "