But the admiration that you insisted on so
strongly
a moment
ago?
ago?
Kipling - Poems
G.
It doesn't hurt so much after your little lecture--with
demonstrations.
Mrs. H. One mass of vanity! Will nothing ever touch you in this life?
There must be a Hereafter if it's only for the benefit of--But you will
have it all to yourself.
Capt. G. (Under his eyebrows. ) Are you certain of that?
Mrs. H. I shall have had mine in this life; and it will serve me right,
Capt. G.
But the admiration that you insisted on so strongly a moment
ago? (Aside. ) Oh, I am a brute!
Mrs. H. (Fiercely. ) Will that console me for knowing that you will go to
her with the same words, the same arguments, and the--the same pet names
you used to me? And if she cares for you, you two will laugh over my
story. Won't that be punishment heavy enough even for me--even for
me? --And it's all useless. That's another punishment.
Capt. G. (Feebly. ) Oh, come! I'm not so low as you think.
demonstrations.
Mrs. H. One mass of vanity! Will nothing ever touch you in this life?
There must be a Hereafter if it's only for the benefit of--But you will
have it all to yourself.
Capt. G. (Under his eyebrows. ) Are you certain of that?
Mrs. H. I shall have had mine in this life; and it will serve me right,
Capt. G.
But the admiration that you insisted on so strongly a moment
ago? (Aside. ) Oh, I am a brute!
Mrs. H. (Fiercely. ) Will that console me for knowing that you will go to
her with the same words, the same arguments, and the--the same pet names
you used to me? And if she cares for you, you two will laugh over my
story. Won't that be punishment heavy enough even for me--even for
me? --And it's all useless. That's another punishment.
Capt. G. (Feebly. ) Oh, come! I'm not so low as you think.
