) So far as the
expression
goes.
Kipling - Poems
G.
(Fingering menu-card.
) Well, it has.
That's all.
A long pause, during which Mrs. H. bows her head and rolls the
bread-twist into little pellets; G. stares at the oleanders.
Mrs. H. (Throwing back her head and laughing naturally. ) They train us
women well, don't they, Pip?
Capt. G. (Brutally, touching shirt-stud.
) So far as the expression goes.
(Aside. ) It isn't in her nature to take things quietly. There'll be an
explosion yet.
Mrs. H. (With a shudder. ) Thank you. B-but even Red Indians allow people
to wriggle when they're being tortured, I believe. (Slips fan from
girdle and fans slowly: rim of fan level with chin. )
PARTNER ON LEFT. Very close tonight, isn't it? 'You find it too much for
you?
Mrs. H. Oh, no, not in the least.
A long pause, during which Mrs. H. bows her head and rolls the
bread-twist into little pellets; G. stares at the oleanders.
Mrs. H. (Throwing back her head and laughing naturally. ) They train us
women well, don't they, Pip?
Capt. G. (Brutally, touching shirt-stud.
) So far as the expression goes.
(Aside. ) It isn't in her nature to take things quietly. There'll be an
explosion yet.
Mrs. H. (With a shudder. ) Thank you. B-but even Red Indians allow people
to wriggle when they're being tortured, I believe. (Slips fan from
girdle and fans slowly: rim of fan level with chin. )
PARTNER ON LEFT. Very close tonight, isn't it? 'You find it too much for
you?
Mrs. H. Oh, no, not in the least.
