Quality street : a comedy in four acts . ring-lets ; every one would laugh. PHOEBE I shall hide the ringlets away in a cap likeyours, Susan, and people will soon forgetthem. And I shall try to look staid and togrow old quickly. It will not be so hard tome as you think, dear. 44 T.] Quality Street MISS SUSAN There were other gentlemen who wereattracted by you, Phoebe, and you turned fromthem. PHOEBE I did not want them. MISS SUSAN They will come again, and others. PHOEBE No, dear; never speak of that to me anymore. [In woe) I let him kiss me. MISS SUSAN You could not prevent him. PHOEBE Yes, I
Quality street : a comedy in four acts . ring-lets ; every one would laugh. PHOEBE I shall hide the ringlets away in a cap likeyours, Susan, and people will soon forgetthem. And I shall try to look staid and togrow old quickly. It will not be so hard tome as you think, dear. 44 T.] Quality Street MISS SUSAN There were other gentlemen who wereattracted by you, Phoebe, and you turned fromthem. PHOEBE I did not want them. MISS SUSAN They will come again, and others. PHOEBE No, dear; never speak of that to me anymore. [In woe) I let him kiss me. MISS SUSAN You could not prevent him. PHOEBE Yes, I could. I know I could now. Iwanted him to do it. Oh, never speak to meof others after that. Perhaps he saw I wantedit and did it to please me. But I meant—indeed I did—that I gave it to him with all 45 Quality Street [acti. my love. Sister, I could bear all the rest; butI have been unladylike, (miss susan tries tocomfort her, but knows that it is true. Thecurtain falls, and we do not see the sistersagain for ten years) End of Act ^J^=S^
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