) Then this is the
exception
that proves the rule.
Kipling - Poems
H.
Ahhh!
But I have no right to resent it.
--Is she better-looking
than I? Who was it said? --
Capt. G. No--not that!
Mrs. H. I'll be more merciful than you were. Don't you know that all
women are alike?
Capt. G. (Aside.
) Then this is the exception that proves the rule.
Mrs. H. All of them! I'll tell you anything you like. I will, upon
my word! They only want the admiration--from anybody--no matter
who--anybody! But there is always one man that they care for more than
any one else in the world, and would sacrifice all the others to. Oh, do
listen! I've kept the Vaynor man trotting after me like a poodle, and he
believes that he is the only man I am interested in. I'll tell you what
he said to me.
Capt. G. Spare him. (Aside. ) I wonder what his version is.
than I? Who was it said? --
Capt. G. No--not that!
Mrs. H. I'll be more merciful than you were. Don't you know that all
women are alike?
Capt. G. (Aside.
) Then this is the exception that proves the rule.
Mrs. H. All of them! I'll tell you anything you like. I will, upon
my word! They only want the admiration--from anybody--no matter
who--anybody! But there is always one man that they care for more than
any one else in the world, and would sacrifice all the others to. Oh, do
listen! I've kept the Vaynor man trotting after me like a poodle, and he
believes that he is the only man I am interested in. I'll tell you what
he said to me.
Capt. G. Spare him. (Aside. ) I wonder what his version is.
