The Return of Peter Grimm by David Belasco
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you--I never shall.
FREDERIK. How do you know? CATHERINE. I know ... I know.... It seems so disloyal to speak like this after I promised _him_; but-- FREDERIK. Yes, you _did_ promise Uncle Peter you'd marry me, didn't you? CATHERINE. Yes. FREDERIK. And he died believing you? CATHERINE. Yes. FREDERIK. Then it all comes to this: are you going to live up to your promise? CATHERINE. That's it. That's what makes me try to live up to it. [_Wiping her eyes._] But you know how I feel.... You understand.... FREDERIK. Perfectly; you don't quite know your own mind.... Very few young girls do, I suppose. I love you and in time you'll grow to care for me. [MARTA _re-enters from_ WILLIAM'S _room and closing the door comes down the stairs and passes off._] What _are_ we to do with that child? CATHERINE. He's to stay here, of course. FREDERIK. The child should be sent to some institution. What claim has he on you--on any of us? |
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