Her Own Way - A Play in Four Acts by Clyde Fitch
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ELAINE. But Mr. Coast's your auntie's cousin; and your cousin can't be
your beau. PHILIP. He ain't any relation to Auntie Georgiana. Mamma said so. Mr. Coast's mamma's cousin, and grandma's nephew, but grandma isn't any real relation to auntie. CHRISTOPHER. How? PHILIP. I don't know how, only Aunt Georgiana had a different mamma, she didn't have grandma. ELAINE. And the same papa! PHILIP. Not all the time, mamma had another papa first. CHRISTOPHER. It's sort of mixy, isn't it? PHILIP. Yes, I guess mamma and Aunt Georgy are sort of divorced sisters! ELAINE. Oh! [_As if that explained it._ TOOTS. [_Beating the table._] Lemmlelade! lemmlelade! [MOLES _crosses to pitcher and serves_ TOOTS _first, then the others._ PHILIP. Toots, you're getting tipsy! |
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