Why, a man as pale as snow
Or ivory, with hair black as a horse’s tail
Passed back of the seats there, and approached the entrance
To Lincoln’s box.
First Auditor
A secret officer,
With message of a battle. Oh, perhaps
Sherman has vanquished Johnston!
Scene IX. In the passageway leading to the Presidential box.
Booth
Right or wrong, God judge me—never man.
Liberty is dead—I would not live,
Beyond my country’s life. Oh, Liberty!
Brutus, sustain me!
Scene X. The Presidential box.
Major Rathbone
(Observing Lincoln rise.)