The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
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>LUCAS. It struck me that it might serve to correct certain preconceived notions of my people's.
AGNES. Images of a beautiful temptress with peach-blossomed cheeks and stained hair?
LUCAS. That's what I mean; they suspect a decline of taste on my part, of that sort. Good-bye, dear.
AGNES. Is this mission of the Duke of St Olpherts the final attempt to part us, I wonder? [Angrily, her voice hardening.] Why should they harass and disturb you as they do?
LUCAS. [Kissing her.] Nothing disturbs me now that I know I and strong and well. Besides, everybody will soon tire of being shocked. Even conventional morality must grow breathless in the chase. [He leaves her. She opens the other door and calls.]
AGNES. Mrs. Thorpe! I'm alone now. [She goes on to the balcony, through the centre window, and looks down below. GERTRUDE enters, and joins her on the balcony.]
GERTRUDE. How well your husband is looking!
AGNES. Sir George Brodrick pronounces him quite recovered.
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