Belinda by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
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BELINDA. Only you see how awkward it would be if Jack turned up in the middle of the wedding, like--like Eugene Aram. DELIA. Enoch Arden, darling. BELINDA. It's very confusing their having the same initials. Perhaps I'd better call them both E. A. in future and then I shall be safe. Well, anyhow it would be awkward, darling, wouldn't it? Not that I should know him from Adam after all these years--except for a mole on his left arm. DELIA. Perhaps Adam had a mole. BELINDA. No, darling; you're thinking of Noah. He had two. DELIA (_thoughtfully_). I wonder what would happen if you met somebody whom you really _did_ fall in love with? BELINDA (_reproachfully_). Now you're being serious, and it's April. DELIA. Aren't these two--the present two--serious? BELINDA. Oh no! They think they are, but they aren't a bit, really. Besides, I'm doing them such a lot of good. I'm sure they'd hate to marry me, but they love to think they're in love with me, and--_I_ love it, and--and _they_ love it, and--and we _all_ love it. DELIA (_rising and crossing to_ BELINDA). You really are the biggest, darlingest baby who ever lived. (_Kisses her_.) Do say I |
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