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Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour
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2017
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It seems hours since the girl went to the post-office.
John
What's the matter?
Basil
[Hoarsely.] Don't you know? I thought I had said it in my telegram.
John
You simply wired that you were in great trouble.
Basil
I suppose I thought you'd see it in the papers.
John
What on earth d'you mean? I've not seen a paper. Where's your wife?
Basil
[After a pause, almost in a whisper.] She's dead.
John
[Thunderstruck.] Good God!
Basil
[Impatiently.] Don't look at me like that. Isn't it plain enough? Don't you understand?
John
But she was all right yesterday.
Basil
[Dully.] Yes. She was all right yesterday.
John
For goodness sake tell me what you mean, Basil.
Basil
She's dead… And she was all right yesterday.
[John does not understand. He is greatlydistressed, and does not know what to say.
Basil
I killed her – as surely as if I'd strangled her with my own hands.
John
What d'you mean? She's not really dead!
Basil
[In agony.] She threw herself into the river last night.
John
How awful!
Basil
Haven't you got something more to say than how awful? I feel as if I were going mad.
John
But I can't understand! Why did she do it?
Basil
Oh – yesterday we had an awful row … before you came.
John
I know.
Basil
Then she followed me to … to your sister-in-law's. And she came up and made another scene. Then I lost my head. I was so furious, I don't know what I said. I was mad. I told her I'd have nothing more to do with her… Oh, I can't bear it, I can't bear it.
[He breaks down and hides his face in his hands, sobbing.
John
Come, Basil – pull yourself together a bit.
Basil
[Looking up despairingly.] I can hear her voice now. I can see the look of her eyes. She asked me to give her another chance, and I refused. It was so pitiful to hear the way she appealed to me, only I was mad, and I couldn't feel it.
[Fanny comes in with the cup of tea, which Basil silently takes and drinks.
John
What's the matter?
Basil
[Hoarsely.] Don't you know? I thought I had said it in my telegram.
John
You simply wired that you were in great trouble.
Basil
I suppose I thought you'd see it in the papers.
John
What on earth d'you mean? I've not seen a paper. Where's your wife?
Basil
[After a pause, almost in a whisper.] She's dead.
John
[Thunderstruck.] Good God!
Basil
[Impatiently.] Don't look at me like that. Isn't it plain enough? Don't you understand?
John
But she was all right yesterday.
Basil
[Dully.] Yes. She was all right yesterday.
John
For goodness sake tell me what you mean, Basil.
Basil
She's dead… And she was all right yesterday.
[John does not understand. He is greatlydistressed, and does not know what to say.
Basil
I killed her – as surely as if I'd strangled her with my own hands.
John
What d'you mean? She's not really dead!
Basil
[In agony.] She threw herself into the river last night.
John
How awful!
Basil
Haven't you got something more to say than how awful? I feel as if I were going mad.
John
But I can't understand! Why did she do it?
Basil
Oh – yesterday we had an awful row … before you came.
John
I know.
Basil
Then she followed me to … to your sister-in-law's. And she came up and made another scene. Then I lost my head. I was so furious, I don't know what I said. I was mad. I told her I'd have nothing more to do with her… Oh, I can't bear it, I can't bear it.
[He breaks down and hides his face in his hands, sobbing.
John
Come, Basil – pull yourself together a bit.
Basil
[Looking up despairingly.] I can hear her voice now. I can see the look of her eyes. She asked me to give her another chance, and I refused. It was so pitiful to hear the way she appealed to me, only I was mad, and I couldn't feel it.
[Fanny comes in with the cup of tea, which Basil silently takes and drinks.
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