Читать книгу Three Plays by Granville Barker: The Marrying of Ann Leete, The Voysey Inheritance & Waste онлайн

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ann.I'm not trying to be clever.

lord john.Do I tease you?

ann.Do I amuse you?

lord john.How dare I say so!

ann.[After a moment.]I was not frightened.

lord john.You kissed me back.

ann.Not on purpose. What do two people mean by behaving so... in the dark?

lord john.I am exceedingly sorry that I hurt your feelings.

ann.Thank you, I like to feel.

lord john.And you must forgive me.

ann.Tell me, why did you do it?

lord john.Honestly I don't know. I should do it again.

ann.That's not quite true, is it?

lord john.I think so.

ann.What does it matter at all!

lord john.Nothing.

george, sarah and then carnaby move into sight and along the terrace, lord john turns to them.

lord john.Has this place been long in your family, Mr. Leete?

carnaby.Markswayde my wife brought us, through the Peters's... old Chiltern people... connections of yours, of course. There is no entail.

lord john walks back to ann.

sarah.George, you assume this republicanism as you would—no, would not—a coat of latest cut.

carnaby.Never argue with him... persist.