(Hysterically, backing to
portiere
and hiding her face in its
folds.
folds.
Kipling - Poems
G.
(Still more faintly.
) My finger wasn't scalded at all.
I--wanted
to speak to you about--about--something else, and--I didn't know how.
Capt. G. Speak away, then. (Looking into her eyes. ) Eh! Wha-at? Minnie!
Here, don't go away! You don't mean?
Mrs. G.
(Hysterically, backing to portiere and hiding her face in its
folds. ) The--the Almost Inevitable Consequences! (Flits through portiere
as G. attempts to catch her, and bolts her self in her own room. )
Capt. G. (His arms full of portiere. ) Oh! (Sitting down heavily in
chair. ) I'm a brute, a pig--a bully, and a blackguard. My poor, poor
little darling! "Made to be amused only? "--
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.
SCENE. The GADSBYS' bungalow in the Plains, in June. Punkah-coolies
asleep in veranda where Captain GADSBY is walking up and down.
to speak to you about--about--something else, and--I didn't know how.
Capt. G. Speak away, then. (Looking into her eyes. ) Eh! Wha-at? Minnie!
Here, don't go away! You don't mean?
Mrs. G.
(Hysterically, backing to portiere and hiding her face in its
folds. ) The--the Almost Inevitable Consequences! (Flits through portiere
as G. attempts to catch her, and bolts her self in her own room. )
Capt. G. (His arms full of portiere. ) Oh! (Sitting down heavily in
chair. ) I'm a brute, a pig--a bully, and a blackguard. My poor, poor
little darling! "Made to be amused only? "--
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.
SCENE. The GADSBYS' bungalow in the Plains, in June. Punkah-coolies
asleep in veranda where Captain GADSBY is walking up and down.
