Gaslight Sonatas by Fannie Hurst
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"Harry, she--she's a common woman."
"We won't discuss that." "She'll climb on you to what she wants higher up still. She won't bring you nothing but misery, Harry. I know what I'm saying; she'll--" "You're talking about something you know nothing about--you--" "I do. I do. You're hypnotized, Harry. It's her looks. Her dressing like a snake. Her hair. I can get mine fixed redder 'n hers, Harry. It takes a little time. Mine's only started to turn, Harry, is why it don't look right yet to you. This dress, it's from her own dressmaker. Harry--I promise you I can make myself like--her--I promise you, Harry--" "For God's sake, Millie, don't talk like--that! It's awful! What's those things got to do with it? It's--awful!" "They have, Harry. They have, only a man don't know it. She's a bad woman, Harry--she's got you fascinated with the way she dresses and does--" "We won't go into that." "We will. We will. I got the right. I don't have to let you go if I don't want to. I'm the mother of your son. I'm the wife that was good enough for you in the days when you needed her. I--" "You can't throw that up to me, Millie. I've squared that debt." "She'll throw you over, Harry, when I'll stand by you to the crack of doom. |
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