Xanthippe In Shakespeare's 'An Excerpt From Socrates'

Xanthippe was sitting in her room, getting daintily dressed to attend a social gathering for the most prestigious families. Then all of a sudden, she heard a knock, and it appeared to be her servant with a note from someone unknown. Written on it however was an address; 1305 Shipyard Lane, and a time of 18:30. The letter also had instructions for her to do a few things upon arrival. “You are to dress as if you are going to the gathering, but to have your escort take you to this place. From there, you will find another letter at the door step, which will instruct you to walk through the home and into the back gardens, where I will await you in the stock hold.” “At last, you have found me,” said the strange old man in a deep swift. He then began to undrape himself from his black scarfing, just to the point where his foreface was visible. “I have invited you here today to inform you of this atrocity that is happening to my friend, it would be a disservice to him if I did not inform you of what’s happening to him. I know that you have not spoken to or seen him in a while, but madam, your Socrates is about to be tried for poisoning the youth of Athens. By poison, he has developed a following where he has convinced the youth to not believe in the same Gods as the city does, and

So the real liar in the court here today is not I, but this buffoon. Now, if I corrupt the young unwillingly, the law does not require you to bring people to court for such unwilling wrongdoing, but to get hold of them privately to instruct them and extract them; for clearly if I learn better I shall cease to do what I am doing unwilling” (Trial and Death of