Overruled by George Bernard Shaw
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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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