) Is it
absolutely
necessary to go on with the letter,
darling?
darling?
Kipling - Poems
(Absently.
) What does the woman mean?
She goes on talking about
Consequences--"almost inevitable Consequences" with a capital C--for
half a page. (Flushing scarlet. ) Oh, good gracious! How abominable!
Capt. G. (Promptly. ) Do you think so? Doesn't it show a sort of motherly
interest in us? (Aside. ) Thank Heaven. Harry always wrapped her meaning
up safely! (Aloud.
) Is it absolutely necessary to go on with the letter,
darling?
Mrs. G. It's impertinent--it's simply horrid. What right has this woman
to write in this way to you? She oughtn't to.
Capt. G. When you write to the Deercourt girl, I notice that you
generally fill three or four sheets. Can't you let an old woman babble
on paper once in a way? She means well.
Mrs. G. I don't care. She shouldn't write, and if she did, you ought to
have shown me her letter.
Capt.
Consequences--"almost inevitable Consequences" with a capital C--for
half a page. (Flushing scarlet. ) Oh, good gracious! How abominable!
Capt. G. (Promptly. ) Do you think so? Doesn't it show a sort of motherly
interest in us? (Aside. ) Thank Heaven. Harry always wrapped her meaning
up safely! (Aloud.
) Is it absolutely necessary to go on with the letter,
darling?
Mrs. G. It's impertinent--it's simply horrid. What right has this woman
to write in this way to you? She oughtn't to.
Capt. G. When you write to the Deercourt girl, I notice that you
generally fill three or four sheets. Can't you let an old woman babble
on paper once in a way? She means well.
Mrs. G. I don't care. She shouldn't write, and if she did, you ought to
have shown me her letter.
Capt.
