The painted swan : $b a play in three acts — John Shaqi
The painted swan : $b a play in three actsBibesco, Elizabeth
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The painted swan : $b a play in three acts
Bibesco, Elizabeth
English drama -- 20th century
ANN: Then this merry-go-round is a life sentence?
LORD WILLIAM: And you can’t change your swan without falling.
ANN (_passionately_): I want to fall——
LORD WILLIAM (_gently_): Listen, my dear, to what Emily is saying.
LADY EMILY:—she really was a very silly woman. Looking up with her huge
blue eyes, she said, “My husband married me for love.”
MOLYNEUX:—And I commented acidly, “So many marriages can only be
explained by love.”
LADY EMILY:—And the fool answered, “Dear Mr. Molyneux, it does me good to
hear you say that. I knew you were an idealist.”
MOLYNEUX:—And then——?
CURTAIN
Washington, _November, 1922_.
PRINTED AT
THE CHAPEL RIVER PRESS,
KINGSTON, SURREY.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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