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 (gently) : He’s sent for her. He’s seen you and he’s sent for her.



(very gently) : She’ll come, Kitty.

(hopefully): And you think that’s how it will be?





Nothing.





Marriage? It’s impossible. She’s his mistress. That slut

(moving to her) : Dear, you’re taking things all the wrong way. Chris is ill

(A pause.) After all, I suppose I can sit down to it. Other women do. Teddy Rex runs a chorus girl, and Mrs. Rex has to grin and bear it. What else is it, do you think? It means that Chris is a man like other men. But I did think that bad women were pretty and smart. I suppose he’s had so much to do with pretty ones that a plain one’s a change.

Kitty! How can you!

He once