She waits after he has
gone, thinking her own thoughts, out of which she comes with something
of a shock as the door opens and SIR JOHN comes in.)
PEMBURY. Hallo! Has he gone?
LADY PEMBURY. Yes.
PEMBURY. What did he want? Five pounds--or a place in the Cabinet?
LADY PEMBURY. He came for--a subscription.
PEMBURY. And got it, if I know my Kate. (Carelessly) What did he take
from you?
LADY PEMBURY (with a wistful little sigh). Yes; he took something from
me. Not very much, I think. But just--something. (She takes his arm,
leads him to the sofa, and says affectionately) And now tell me all
that you've been doing this morning.
(So he begins to tell her--just as he has told her a thousand times
before. . . . But it isn't quite the same)
Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, Edinburgh.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Second Plays, by A. A. Milne
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SECOND PLAYS ***
***** This file should be named 14734.txt or 14734.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/3/14734/
Produced by Rick Niles, John Hagerson, Karen Cotton and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team.
Pages:
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316