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Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour
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2017
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[Angrily.] How dare you follow me?
Jenny
I've got a right to follow you.
Basil
[Unable to contain himself.] What d'you want here?
Jenny
I want you. D'you think I didn't guess what was going on? I saw you come in with Halliwell. Then I saw him go out with his wife. Then another man went out, and I knew you were alone with her.
Basil
[Sharply.] How did you know?
Jenny
I gave the butler a sovereign, and he told me.
Basil
[Looking for a word to express his contempt.] Oh, you … you cad! It's only what I should have expected you to do.
Jenny
And then I waited for you, and you didn't come. And at last I couldn't wait any longer.
Basil
Well, you've finished it now.
[Jenny catches sight of a photograph of Basil, standing on a table.
Jenny
[Pointing to it.] What's she got your photograph here for?
Basil
I gave it to Mrs. Murray before I was married.
Jenny
She's got no right to keep it there.
[She takes the photograph and flings it violently on the floor.
Basil
Jenny, what are you doing?
[Jenny digs her heel into it savagely, viciously.
Jenny
[Hissing the words.] Oh, I hate her. I hate her.
Basil
[Striving to contain himself.] You drive me perfectly mad. You'll make me say things that I shall regret all my life. For Heaven's sake, go.
Jenny
I shan't go till you come with me.
Basil
[Beside himself.] I choose to remain.
Jenny
What d'you mean?
Basil
Look here, until to-day I swear to you before God that I've never done anything or said anything that you couldn't have known. Do you believe me?
Jenny
I don't believe that you're not in love with that woman.
Basil
I don't ask you to.
Jenny
What!
Basil
I said, until to-day I've been absolutely faithful to you. Heaven knows, I've tried to do my duty. I've done all I could to make you happy. And I've struggled with all my might to love you.
Jenny
Say it out if you've got anything to say, I'm not afraid to hear.
Jenny
I've got a right to follow you.
Basil
[Unable to contain himself.] What d'you want here?
Jenny
I want you. D'you think I didn't guess what was going on? I saw you come in with Halliwell. Then I saw him go out with his wife. Then another man went out, and I knew you were alone with her.
Basil
[Sharply.] How did you know?
Jenny
I gave the butler a sovereign, and he told me.
Basil
[Looking for a word to express his contempt.] Oh, you … you cad! It's only what I should have expected you to do.
Jenny
And then I waited for you, and you didn't come. And at last I couldn't wait any longer.
Basil
Well, you've finished it now.
[Jenny catches sight of a photograph of Basil, standing on a table.
Jenny
[Pointing to it.] What's she got your photograph here for?
Basil
I gave it to Mrs. Murray before I was married.
Jenny
She's got no right to keep it there.
[She takes the photograph and flings it violently on the floor.
Basil
Jenny, what are you doing?
[Jenny digs her heel into it savagely, viciously.
Jenny
[Hissing the words.] Oh, I hate her. I hate her.
Basil
[Striving to contain himself.] You drive me perfectly mad. You'll make me say things that I shall regret all my life. For Heaven's sake, go.
Jenny
I shan't go till you come with me.
Basil
[Beside himself.] I choose to remain.
Jenny
What d'you mean?
Basil
Look here, until to-day I swear to you before God that I've never done anything or said anything that you couldn't have known. Do you believe me?
Jenny
I don't believe that you're not in love with that woman.
Basil
I don't ask you to.
Jenny
What!
Basil
I said, until to-day I've been absolutely faithful to you. Heaven knows, I've tried to do my duty. I've done all I could to make you happy. And I've struggled with all my might to love you.
Jenny
Say it out if you've got anything to say, I'm not afraid to hear.
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