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Overruled by George Bernard Shaw
page 20 of 59 (33%)
in fact, yielding to an irresistible impulse to throw his arms
around her.


THE LADY. Don't--oh don't be horrid. Please, Mr. Lunn [she rises
from the lounge and retreats behind it]! Promise me you won't be
horrid.

GREGORY LUNN. I'm not being horrid, Mrs. Juno. I'm not going to
be horrid. I love you: that's all. I'm extraordinarily happy.

MRS. JUNO. You will really be good?

GREGORY. I'll be whatever you wish me to be. I tell you I love
you. I love loving you. I don't want to be tired and sorry, as I
should be if I were to be horrid. I don't want you to be tired
and sorry. Do come and sit down again.

MRS. JUNO [coming back to her seat]. You're sure you don't want
anything you oughtn't to?

GREGORY. Quite sure. I only want you [she recoils]. Don't be
alarmed. I like wanting you. As long as I have a want, I have a
reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

MRS. JUNO. Yes; but the impulse to commit suicide is sometimes
irresistible.

GREGORY. Not with you.

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