Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts by Emlyn Williams
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DORA (_putting the china in her apron_): The idea of me stealing.... I do go to Sunday school, anyways.... MRS. BRAMSON: So that's the game. Wouldn't think butter would melt in her mouth.... You'll have to go, of course; I can't have that sort of thing in this house--and stop squeaking! You'll bring my heart on again. It's all this modern life. I've always said so. All these films and rubbish. OLIVIA: My dear auntie, you can't have a baby by just sitting in the pictures. MRS. BRAMSON: Go away, and don't interfere. OLIVIA _goes to the left window_. DORA _rises. (Triumphantly_) So you're going to have a child. When? DORA (_sniffling_): Last August Bank Holiday.... MRS. BRAMSON: What?... Oh! DORA: I 'aven't got a penny only what I earn--and if I lose my job 'ere-- MRS. BRAMSON: He'll have to marry you. DORA: Oh, I don't think he's keen.... |
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