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but you are proud and stubborn...
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and of course you are ashamed.
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I've forgotten what Im to confess.
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Have you now.
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What does the bishop want
Alexander to confess?
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You know I have means at my disposal.
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I didn't, but I do now.
2:05:25
In my childhood,
parents were not so soft-hearted.
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They had the cane.
I have one too.
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It's an ordinary carpet beater,
but it can dance a fine step!
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If that didn't work, we had other
effective means, namely castor oil.
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There you see the bottle and a glass.
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A few mouthfuls of this
and you're more docile.
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If that didn't help,
there was a dark and cold cubby-hole
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where you sat for a few hours until
the rats started sniffing at your face.
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Why must I be punished?
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That is obvious, my boy.
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You have a weakness in your character.
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You can't distinguish lies from truth.
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So far they are just child's lies,
however dreadful they may be.
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But soon you will be
a grown man, Alexander,
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and life punishes liars
ruthlessly and indiscriminately.
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The punishment is to teach you
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a love of truth.
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I confess I made it up about locking
your wife and children in.
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- Do you also confess to perjury?
- I suppose so.
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Now you've won a great victory,
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a victory over yourself.