. Captain Lettarblair : a comedy in three acts. urous tones, not seeing Litton. Oh, when he comes I shall say—I shall say— Clasping hands, rapturously, turns and seeshim. Very coldly. Good afternoon, Captain Litton!Litton Good afternoon! Polly As usual Polly is de trop—Loves me—Lovesme not! Exit, mocking Fanny. FannyNice day, isnt it! LittonAh, Fanny, Im not here to talk about any- 202 CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR thing so inconstantly constant as the weather!Ive come to— Fanny Putting the sun-dial between them. No, please. Not a word till I have had my say!I wrote, asking you to come, before you go aw
. Captain Lettarblair : a comedy in three acts. urous tones, not seeing Litton. Oh, when he comes I shall say—I shall say— Clasping hands, rapturously, turns and seeshim. Very coldly. Good afternoon, Captain Litton!Litton Good afternoon! Polly As usual Polly is de trop—Loves me—Lovesme not! Exit, mocking Fanny. FannyNice day, isnt it! LittonAh, Fanny, Im not here to talk about any- 202 CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR thing so inconstantly constant as the weather!Ive come to— Fanny Putting the sun-dial between them. No, please. Not a word till I have had my say!I wrote, asking you to come, before you go awayforever, because I want you to know that I know—I want to explain— Litton My heart! Dont explain anything! Your let-ter was sufficient! Come-back-to-me-Fanny!—and my going away depends entirely on you!I dont need to tell you that, Fanny! Fanny Its just this: I want you to know that I knoweverything—just how considerate, and good andnoble you have been— Litton Impatiently. Oh, none of that! Goes to her behind the Come-back-to-me-Fanny ! Page 202 CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR 203Fanny Retreating toward table. No, please! I want to finish. I want to saythat I can not accept so great a sacrifice. Youmust take back your own. She leans on the table. Litton Sits on is not mine, Fanny! Fanny Emphasising with her fan. Oh, but it is ! It is ! Litton Absolutely not. There is not a paper in exist-ence on which I could base a claim. That youcan not change. Youre the Prince and Im thepauper still! Fanny Oh, what shall we do! I want you so to haveit. I have wanted it all along! LittonYou know there is something I care for more 204 CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR than anything else in the world. That you cangive me! Fanny With passion, flinging away her fan. No, you shant ask me that!Litton Picks up the , now, Fanny! Fanny Dont you see if you were to ask me to marryyou now I should always feel that you had doneit out of pity! You see, it was for you, and youonly, and
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