Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling
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your moods tell me, and I'll try to understand the last one.
She. Moods, Guy! I haven't any. I'm sixteen years old and you're just twenty, and you've been waiting for two hours outside the school in the cold. And now I've met you, and now we're walking home together. Does that suit you, My Imperial Majesty? He. No. We aren't children. Why can't you be rational? She. He asks me that when I'm going to commit suicide for his sake, and, and I don't want to be French and rave about my mother, but have I ever told you that I have a mother, and a brother who was my pet before I married? He's married now. Can't you imagine the pleasure that the news of the elopement will give him? Have you any people at Home, Guy, to be pleased with your performances? He. One or two. One can't make omelets without breaking eggs. She (slowly). I don't see the necessity He. Hah! What do you mean? She. Shall I speak the truth? He Under the circumstances, perhaps it would be as well. She. Guy, I'm afraid. He I thought we'd settled all that. What of? |
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