On slight evidence indeed, Gloucester believes his lawful and beloved son, Edgar, seeks his death to sooner reach his inheritance, even at the cost of splitting it with the bastard, Edmund, for his help, on the word of the latter.
Without wanting an interview with Edgar, without turning a hair, he orders his death, naming Edmund his heir, as was Edmund's plan.
Authority and virtue behave very stupidly in this incredible play.
Reading King Lear.
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