Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
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page 38 of 149 (25%)
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ADA. No. Nor anything else.
MAGGIE. Then you've no business here, have you? (_Moves up to doors and opens them_.) ADA (_going to him_). Will, are you going to see me ordered out? WILLIE. It's her shop, Ada. ADA. You mean I'm to go like this? WILLIE. She means it. ADA. It's cruel hard. (_Moves towards doors_.) MAGGIE. When it comes to a parting, it's best to part sudden and no whimpering about it. ADA. I'm not whimpering, and I'm not parting, neither. But he'll whimper to-night when my mother sets about him. (_Slight movement back to him_.) MAGGIE. That'll do. ADA (_in almost a scream_). Will Mossop, I'm telling you, you'll come home to-night to a thick ear. (_She goes_.) |
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