The Lamp and the Bell by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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She is not quicker.
BEA. Nay, but she grows cool Whilst I grow hot, Carlotta, and freezes me Ere I can melt her! FRA. Is it true, Bianca? BIA. 'Tis true I win from her.--Although not always. GRA. What did I come here for?--I must go back To where I started, and think of it again! [Exit Grazia.] CAR. [Calling after her.] Are you sure that you remember where you started? -- -- The woman hath a head like a sieve. LAU. And yet, You may be sure 'tis nothing more than the thimble Of the matter she's forgotten. I never knew her Mislay the thread or the needle of a thing. BIA. We must study now, Beatrice, we really must. We have not opened a book since yesterday. LAU. La, as for me, I have not opened a book Since yesteryear,--I'd rather open a vein! CAR. Lessons,--troth, I remember well those lessons. As for what I learned,--troth, that's a different matter, |
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