The Craft of the Tortoise
The Craft of the Tortoise
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I choose you to be this man's wife.
EMELIE. Me! (The young ladies look at her with indignation and contempt. ) NURSE. Such luck!
GARTHELAUD (laughing). What hair the minx has!
ACRINUS (quickly). Emelie is rebellious and froward. She will mismanage your estates.
MARTHE. She will make his life a hell. I choose Emelie.
EMELIE. Thank you for nothing. I refuse to marry your lout of a husband.
NURSE. Are you mad?
(The young ladies, Garthelaud, the Bishop, each show amazement accompanied by other emot...ions. He- loise and Liane are delighted at the decision).
MARTHE (indignantly). Are you too good to be beaten ?
EMELIE. Not because he beats you.
NURSE. Why shouldn't a man?
EMELIE. I should not mind being beaten. But the man who beats me must be a master not a puppet. A man who goes where he will to marry, not where he is sent. ( The young ladies are aghast but are nevertheless delighted that Emelie is out of the running. ) But I've seen enough today of your gentlemens' marriages. If I marry, I shall marry because I want to and not to transmit properly.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I choose you to be this man's wife.
EMELIE. Me! (The young ladies look at her with indignation and contempt. ) NURSE. Such luck!
GARTHELAUD (laughing). What hair the minx has!
ACRINUS (quickly). Emelie is rebellious and froward. She will mismanage your estates.
MARTHE. She will make his life a hell. I choose Emelie.
EMELIE. Thank you for nothing. I refuse to marry your lout of a husband.
NURSE. Are you mad?
(The young ladies, Garthelaud, the Bishop, each show amazement accompanied by other emot...ions. He- loise and Liane are delighted at the decision).
MARTHE (indignantly). Are you too good to be beaten ?
EMELIE. Not because he beats you.
NURSE. Why shouldn't a man?
EMELIE. I should not mind being beaten. But the man who beats me must be a master not a puppet. A man who goes where he will to marry, not where he is sent. ( The young ladies are aghast but are nevertheless delighted that Emelie is out of the running. ) But I've seen enough today of your gentlemens' marriages. If I marry, I shall marry because I want to and not to transmit properly.
What to read after The Craft of the Tortoise?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Algernon De Vivier Tassin to read onlineMoreLess
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