Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor - LightNovelsOnl.com
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If her ladys.h.i.+p antic.i.p.ates a tragic situation, I would venture to recommend it. A really pathetic scene is impossible without a quant.i.ty of hair worn quite high on the head.
LADY FREDERICK.
Oh, I know. Whenever I want to soften the hard heart of a creditor I clap on every bit I've got. But I don't think I will to-day. I'll tell you what, a temple curl would just fit the case.
MAID.
Then her ladys.h.i.+p inclines to comedy. Very well, I say no more.
[LADY FREDERICK _takes two temple-curls from the drawer._
LADY FREDERICK.
Aren't they dears?
MERESTON.
Yes.
LADY FREDERICK.
You've admired them very often, Charlie, haven't you? I suppose you never knew they cost a guinea each?
MERESTON.
It never occurred to me they were false.
LADY FREDERICK.
The masculine intelligence is so gross. Didn't your mother tell you?
MERESTON.
My mother told me a great deal.
LADY FREDERICK.
I expect she overdid it. There. Now that's done. D'you think it looks nice?
MERESTON.
Charming.
LADY FREDERICK.
Angelique, his lords.h.i.+p is satisfied. You may disappear.
MAID.
Yes, miladi.
[_She goes._
LADY FREDERICK.
Now, tell me you think I'm the most ravis.h.i.+ng creature you ever saw in your life.
MERESTON.
I've told you that so often.
LADY FREDERICK.
[_Stretching out her hands._] You are a nice boy. It was charming of you to say--what you did yesterday. I could have hugged you there and then.
MERESTON.
Could you?
LADY FREDERICK.
Oh, my dear, don't be so cold.
MERESTON.
I'm very sorry, I didn't mean to be.
LADY FREDERICK.
Haven't you got anything nice to say to me at all?
MERESTON.
I don't know what I can say that I've not said a thousand times already.
LADY FREDERICK.
Tell me what you thought of all night when you tossed on that sleepless pillow of yours.
MERESTON.
I was awfully anxious to see you again.
LADY FREDERICK.
Didn't you have a dreadful fear that I shouldn't be as nice as you imagined? Now, come--honestly.
MERESTON.
