Three-fourths of them will be stolen this year just as last. There is such great poverty hereabouts.
LOTH
I can scarcely tell you how deeply I love the country. Alas, the greater part of my harvest must be sought in cities. But I must try to enjoy this country holiday thoroughly. A man like myself needs a bit of sunshine and refreshment more than most people.
HELEN
[Sighing.] More than others … In what respect?
LOTH
It is because I am in the midst of a hard conflict, the end of which I will not live to see.
HELEN
But are we not all engaged in such a conflict?