Don't you know the
temptation to say
frightful
and shocking things just for the mere sake
of saying them?
Kipling - Poems
Yes I It's a wonderful sunset, isn't it? (Bluntly.) But what do
you know about Dicksee's pictures?
Capt. G. I go Home occasionally. And I used to know the Galleries.
(Nervously.) You mustn't think me only a Philistine with a moustache.
Miss T. Don't! Please don't. I'm so sorry for what I said then. I was
horribly rude. It slipped out before j thought.
Don't you know the
temptation to say
frightful
and shocking things just for the mere sake
of saying them?
I'm afraid I gave way to it.
Capt. G. (Watching the girl as she flushes.) I think I know the feeling.
It would be terrible if we all yielded to it, wouldn't it? For instance,
I might say--
POOR DEAR MAMMA. (Entering, habited, hatted, and booted.) Ah, Captain
Gamsby? 'Sorry to keep you waiting. 'Hope you haven't been bored. 'My
little girl been talking to you?
Miss T. (Aside.) I'm not sorry I spoke about the rheumatism.
