What Every Woman Knows by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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question. Her eye rests longingly on a half-finished stocking as she
innocently but densely replies:] MAGGIE. I think it was about the time that my husband took up their cause. [The COMTESSE has been hearing tales of LADY SYBIL and the barbarian; and after having the grace to hesitate, she speaks with the directness for which she is famed in Mayfair.] COMTESSE. Mrs. Shand, excuse me for saying that if half of what I hear be true, your husband is seeing that lady a great deal too often. [MAGGIE is expressionless; she reaches for her stocking, whereat her guest loses patience.] Oh, mon Dieu, put that down; you can buy them at two francs the pair. Mrs. Shand, why do not you compel yourself to take an intelligent interest in your husband's work? MAGGIE. I typewrite his speeches. COMTESSE. But do you know what they are about? MAGGIE. They are about various subjects. COMTESSE. Oh! [Did MAGGIE give her an unseen quizzical glance before demurely resuming the knitting? One is not certain, as JOHN has come in, and this obliterates her. A 'Scotsman on the make,' of whom DAVID has spoken reverently, is still to be read--in a somewhat better bound |
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