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Cordelia and her rebel forces have defeated the armies of Lear鈥檚
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FOURTH PRISONER (efficiently). I鈥檓 the prison medical doctor. We met in less happy times. I said I was in good standing with the government. My papers confirmed that. I鈥檓 just waiting for more papers and then I鈥檒l be given a post of more obvious trust and importance. We鈥檙e ready to begin.
LEAR. What are you doing?
FOURTH PRISONER. A little autopsy. Not a big one. We know what she died of.
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LEAR. She sleeps inside like a lion and a lamb and a child. The things are so beautiful. I am astonished. I have never seen anything so beautiful. If I had known she was so beautiful ... Her body was made by the hand of a child, so sure and nothing unclean ... If I had known this beauty and patience and care, how I would have loved her. Did I make this 鈥� and destroy it?
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