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

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george.Every precaution has been taken. . a nurse. . there is a physician near. I need not tell you.. but I do tell you.

abud.Thank you, sir.

george.I take great interest in my wife.

abud.We all do, sir.

george.Was it ambition that you courted her?

abud.I thought to start housekeeping.

george.Did you aspire to rise socially?

abud.I wanted a wife to keep house, sir.

george.Are you content?

abud.I think so, sir.

george.With your humble position?

abud.I'm a gardener, and there'll always be gardens.

george.Frustrated affections.. I beg your pardon... To have been crossed in love should make you bitter and ambitious.

abud.My father was a gardener and my son will be a gardener if he's no worse a man than I and no better.

george.Are you married?

abud.No, sir.

george.Are you going to be married?

abud.Not especially, sir.

george.Yes.. you must marry.. some decent woman; we want gardeners.

abud.Do you want me any more now, sir?

george.You have interested me. You can go back to your work.

abud obeys.