A Wife Without a Smile a Comedy in Disguise in Three Acts
A Wife Without a Smile a Comedy in Disguise in Three Acts
Arthur W Pinero
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A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE 163 CHRISTABEL. [Closing her eyes. ] I picture the design on the binding ! RIPPINGILL. Do you ! WEBBMARSH. Ahem ! As a matter of fact, my present inclinations tend rather towards the drama. CHRISTABEL. [Dubiously. ] The drama ? RIPPINGILL. [Hotly. ] The drama! WEBBMARSH. [To CHRISTABEL. ] Surely you will not deny, Chris- tabel, that the drama stands desperately in need of rehabilitation ? CHRISTABEL. Deny it ! Nobody ever denies that. But RIPPINGILL. Now, look here, Webbm...arsh ! [Silting in the arm- chair. ] Whether or not the drama needs rehabilitating, I strongly protest against its being rehabilitated at my expense. 164 A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE } WEBBMARSH. Ho w typically Englibh ! [Rising and moving towards RIPPINGILL. ] Here, then, we have a theme glowing with igneous vitality. RIPPINGILL. I go further WEBBMARSH. Supplied, too, by a section of middle-class society normally shallow and soulless ! RIPPINGILL. [With increasing indignation. ] Shallow and soulless CHRISTABEL.
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