) Because she is yours or because she is me
mineself?
Kipling - Poems
G. (Her head on his shoulder.) Say it, then--say it! N-no--don't!
The--the--eagles would laugh. (Recovering.) My husband, you've married a
little goose.
Capt. G. (Very tenderly.) Have I? I am content whatever she is, so long
as she is mine.
Mrs. G. (Quickly.
) Because she is yours or because she is me
mineself?
Capt. G. Because she is both. (Piteously.) I'm not clever, dear, and I
don't think I can make myself understood properly.
Mrs. G. I understand. Pip, will you tell me something?
Capt. G. Anything you like. (Aside.) I wonder what's coming now.
