American drama -- 20th century; Experimental fiction, American; Prose poems
Not if you use the word correctly. Villages are the country. To go to a
village is to leave a city.
Augustine.
Is that her name.
It is.
Why does she speak of her employer.
Because she is a servant and cooks.
Does she cook well.
Very well.
Mr. Standish.
What do you say.
You are pleased with the weather.
Yes I am pleased with the weather.
SCENE V.
We were agreed that we would not be angry.
Mr. Murchison.
How often have I been mistaken.
You were mistaken about the length of time that foreigners would stay on
the island.
Yes indeed I was.
And can anybody be obedient.
Yes it is not difficult.
Were we mistaken about the president.
Yes we were in a fashion of speaking.
How did we know.
By becoming aware of some facts with which we had not been acquainted.
Yes that is correct.
We do not need to be careful.
No indeed.
Mrs. Giles.
Why do you not state the difference between steps and road.
I have often.
What is it then.
The difference between steps and road is that one is disagreeable and
the other isn't.
Certainly.
We have often noticed it.
Now we avoid the steps.
So do we.
Yes I find it is the common practice.
The steps are steep.
So is the road.
Indeed it is.
Why are you late.
I am not very late.
No you are not very late.
We have often met before.
Indeed we have.
Henrietta Fountain.
Dear me have you been here before.
Yes and seen the almonds in flower.
Yes certainly every day.
Yes indeed and with great pleasure.
Yes and some pleasure in exercise.
Yes in exercise and variety.
Yes in that continually.
Yes in that very much.
Did you happen to hear of the city of Georgia.
I did not know there existed a city of that name.
I had reference to a steamer.
Then I can certainly agree with you.
I hoped you could.
It will be a pleasure to meet again.
ACT V.
SCENE VI.
A great many plays are better than another.
Gilbert.
Come in.
Henry.
Do come in.
Francis.
A great many people come in.
Philip.
Do a great many people come in.
Sebastian.
Yes indeed.
James Morey.
Do I have to give permission to everybody.
You have to give permission to every one you think responsible.
Do I have to choose.
You had better be careful whom you choose.
I will be very careful.
We are all very careful.
SCENE VII.
A great many houses are standing.
And some boats.
A great many boats.
Yes a great many boats have not been lost.
Yes a great many boats are useful.
Do you hear them.
I hear about them.
So do we.
SCENE VIII.
It is not necessary to have a saint.
Why not.
Nobody can answer.
Some do.
What do they answer.
They say that they expect repetition.
Some roses which are here look like winter roses. That only means that
they are bought Sunday instead of Friday that only means that they are
bought Sunday instead of Friday.
ACT V.
SCENE IX.
Did you mean to be astonished.
The servant.
Did she mean to be astonished.
What is Peru.
A republic.
What is engraving.
Commercial.
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