The Bible, King James version, Book 8: Ruth
Book 08 Ruth 08:001:001 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 08:001:002 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 08:001:003 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 08:001:004 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. 08:001:005 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
lake.
RITA. Oh, and you lost yourself, Alfred!
ALLMERS. Yes; I mistook the direction--for there was no path or
track. And all day I went on--and all the next night. And at last I
thought I should never see the face of man again.
RITA. Not come home to us? Oh, then, I am sure your thoughts were
with us here.
ALLMERS. No--they were not.
RITA. Not?
ALLMERS. No. It was so strange. Both you and Eyolf seemed to have
drifted far, far away from me--and Asta, too.
RITA. Then what did you think of?
ALLMERS. I did not think. I dragged myself along among the
precipices--and revelled in the peace and luxury of death.
RITA. [Springing up.] Oh, don't speak in that way of that horror!
ALLMERS. I did not feel it so. I had no fear. Here went death and
Book 08 Ruth 08:001:001 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 08:001:002 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 08:001:003 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 08:001:004 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. 08:001:005 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.