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2018
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If you'll only say you didn't mean it.
SHE
I didn't do it.
HE
Now, Genevieve, you know—
SHE
I didn't.
HE
Well, why did you—?
SHE
I didn't do it!
HE (meltingly but without humor or subtlety)
Well, if you didn't do it, dear—
[She is adamant.
Why did you run away the moment I came up to you?
SHE
I didn't run away—
[He looks at her quizzically.
I just came out here.
HE (hoping it isn't true)
But you seemed to be trying to avoid me.
SHE (with sphinx-like indifference)
Why should I avoid you?
HE
Genevieve! You make it impossible for me to talk to you.... I'll apologise if it will help.
SHE
Why should you apologise?
HE
Perhaps I've misconstrued your meaning.
SHE
I didn't mean anything—
[He smiles pleasantly with more hope than discretion.
–because I didn't do it.
HE
Now, Genevieve, I saw you do it.
SHE
You'll have to excuse me, Mr. Gordon, from further discussion.
[She seats herself, fully prepared for all the discussion she can force from him.
HE
But, Genevieve—
[He seats himself.
SHE
I didn't do it—and besides if I did what difference does it make? I'm free white and twenty-one.
HE (with a frail attempt at humor)
How old did you say?
SHE
I said I was free white.
HE
But, Genevieve, you must admit that—
SHE
SHE
I didn't do it.
HE
Now, Genevieve, you know—
SHE
I didn't.
HE
Well, why did you—?
SHE
I didn't do it!
HE (meltingly but without humor or subtlety)
Well, if you didn't do it, dear—
[She is adamant.
Why did you run away the moment I came up to you?
SHE
I didn't run away—
[He looks at her quizzically.
I just came out here.
HE (hoping it isn't true)
But you seemed to be trying to avoid me.
SHE (with sphinx-like indifference)
Why should I avoid you?
HE
Genevieve! You make it impossible for me to talk to you.... I'll apologise if it will help.
SHE
Why should you apologise?
HE
Perhaps I've misconstrued your meaning.
SHE
I didn't mean anything—
[He smiles pleasantly with more hope than discretion.
–because I didn't do it.
HE
Now, Genevieve, I saw you do it.
SHE
You'll have to excuse me, Mr. Gordon, from further discussion.
[She seats herself, fully prepared for all the discussion she can force from him.
HE
But, Genevieve—
[He seats himself.
SHE
I didn't do it—and besides if I did what difference does it make? I'm free white and twenty-one.
HE (with a frail attempt at humor)
How old did you say?
SHE
I said I was free white.
HE
But, Genevieve, you must admit that—
SHE
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