Fanny and the Servant Problem by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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you for your position, a certain amount of training will, I fancy, be
necessary. FANNY. Training! I'm to be--[She draws herself up.] Are you aware who I am? BENNET. Oh yes. AND who you were. His lordship, I take it, would hardly relish the discovery that he had married his butler's niece. He might consider the situation awkward. FANNY. And who's going to train me? BENNET. I am. With the assistance of your aunt and such other members of your family as I consider can be trusted. FANNY [for a moment she is speechless, then she bursts out]. That ends it! I shall tell him! I shall tell him this very moment. [She sweeps towards the door.] BENNET. At this moment you will most likely find his lordship in his bath. FANNY. I don't care! Do you think--do you think for a moment that I'm going to allow myself--I, Lady Bantock, to be--[Her hand upon the door.] I shall tell him, and you'll only have yourself to blame. He loves me. He loves me for myself. I shall tell him the whole truth, and ask him to give you all the sack. BENNET. You're not forgetting that you've already told him ONCE who you were? |
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