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

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sarah.That is not so in the polite world.

george.When you consider it no one lives in the polite world.

ann.Do they come outside for air sooner or later?

sarah.[Briskly.]Three best dresses you must have and something very gay if you're to go near the Pavilion.

ann.You're coming to Brighton, Sally?

sarah.No.

ann.Why not?

sarah.I don't wish to meet my husband.

george.That man was his lawyer.

ann.The political difference, Sally?

sarah.Just that.[Then with a deft turn of the subject.]I don't say that yours is a pretty face, but I should think you would have charm.

george.For fashion's sake cultivate sweetness.

sarah.You dance as well as they know how in Reading.

ann.Yes.. I can twiddle my feet.

sarah.Do you like dancing?

ann.I'd sooner walk.

george.What.. and get somewhere!

ann.Here's George laughing.

sarah.He's out of it.

ann.Are you happy, George?

george.Alas.. Dolly's disgraceful ignorance of etiquette damns us both from the beautiful drawing-room.

sarah.That laugh is forced. But how can you... look on?