Death and the King's Horseman | Essential Passages by Character: Elesin Oba

Essential Passage 1: Act 1

ELESIN:
 Where the storm pleases, and when, it directs
The giants of the forest. When friendship summons
Is when the true comrade goes.

WOMEN:
 Nothing will hold you back?

ELESIN:
 Nothing. What! Has no one told you yet?
I go to keep my friend and master company.
Who says the mouth does not believe in
‘No, I have chewed all that before?’ I say I have.
The world is not a constant honey-pot.
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