The Black Cat - A Play in Three Acts by John Todhunter
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Indeed. Have you found that in Gyp? Denham. No, not directly; though Gyp fills me with thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. Her cynicism is always illuminating. Mrs. Denham. I wish I could say the same of yours. But why three, and not a dozen? Denham. There are only three possible women in the world, the Divine Mistress-- Mrs. Denham. And the "Divine Matron"--I have heard this sickening cant before. Denham. Cant? Philosophy! But don't forget the third, The Divine Virgin--Womanhood fashioning itself independently after its own ideal. She has driven us, naked and ashamed, into the desert of disillusion. Mrs. Denham. |
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