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The First and the Last by John Galsworthy
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disappear, for his sake?

WANDA. [With a moan] It will be in the water, then. There will be
no cruel men there.

KEITH. Ah! First Larry, then you! Come now. It's better for you
both. A few months, and you'll forget you ever met.

WANDA. [Looking wildly up] I will go if Larry say I must. But not
to live. No! [Simply] I could not, sir.

[KEITH, moved, is silent.]

I could not live without Larry. What is left for a girl like me--
when she once love? It is finish.

KEITH. I don't want you to go back to that life.

WANDA. No; you do not care what I do. Why should you? I tell you I
will go if Larry say I must.

KEITH. That's not enough. You know that. You must take it out of
his hands. He will never give up his present for the sake of his
future. If you're as fond of him as you say, you'll help to save
him.

WANDA. [Below her breath] Yes! Oh, yes! But do not keep him long
from me--I beg! [She sinks to the floor and clasps his knees.]

KEITH. Well, well! Get up.
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