) Oh, good
gracious!
Kipling - Poems
) What an extraordinary person!
(Reads.
)
"But need I remind you that you have taken upon yourself a charge of
wardship"--what in the world is a charge of wardship? --"which as you
yourself know, may end in Consequences"--
Capt. G. (Aside. ) It's safest to let em see everything as they come
across it; but 'seems to me that there are exceptions to the rule.
(Aloud. ) I told you that there was nothing to be gained from rearranging
my table.
Mrs. G. (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?
"But need I remind you that you have taken upon yourself a charge of
wardship"--what in the world is a charge of wardship? --"which as you
yourself know, may end in Consequences"--
Capt. G. (Aside. ) It's safest to let em see everything as they come
across it; but 'seems to me that there are exceptions to the rule.
(Aloud. ) I told you that there was nothing to be gained from rearranging
my table.
Mrs. G. (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?
