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Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts
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2017
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Ronny
I forgot to tell you, sir, Mrs. Pritchard has just telephoned to ask if she can see you on a matter of business.
Arthur
[With a grim smile.] Say I'm very busy to-day, and I regret exceedingly that it will be quite impossible for me to see her.
Ronny
[With a twinkle in his eye.] She said she was coming round at once.
Arthur
If she's made up her mind to see me at all costs she might have saved herself the trouble of ringing up to find out if it was convenient.
Anne
Your sister is a determined creature, Arthur.
Arthur
I know. I have some authority in the affairs of this country, but none over dear Christina. I wonder what she wants.
Violet
Let us hope for the best.
Arthur
I've noticed that whenever anyone wants to see me very urgently it's never to give me anything. When Christina wants to see me urgently my only safety is in instant flight.
Violet
You must be nice to her, Arthur. If you're not she'll only take it out of me.
Arthur
It's monstrous, isn't it?
Violet
After all, she kept house for you for ten years. Admirably, mind you.
Arthur
Admirably. She has a genius for order and organisation in the house. Everything went like clockwork. She never wasted a farthing. She saved me hundreds of pounds. She led me a dog's life. I've come to the conclusion there's nothing so detestable as a good housekeeper.
Violet
How fortunate you married me, then! But you can't expect her to see that point of view. It's very hard for her to be turned out of this very pleasant billet, and it's natural that when you won't do something she asks you she should put it down to my influence.
Anne
It must have been a very difficult position for you.
Violet
I did all I could to make her like me. I did feel rather like a usurper, you know. I tried to make her see that I didn't at all want to put on airs.
Arthur
Fortunately she's taken it very well. I confess I was a little nervous when she told me she meant to stay on in Egypt to be near her son.
Anne
It would be a detestable person who didn't like Violet, I think.
Arthur
Detestable. I should have no hesitation in having him deported.
Ronny
I think I'd better be getting back to my work.
Anne
Oh, Ronny, would you like me to come and help you with your packing?
Violet
[To Ronny.] Are you going somewhere?
Ronny
I'm leaving Cairo.
Anne
Didn't you know? Ronny has just been appointed to Paris.
Violet
Is he going to leave Egypt for good?
[She is taken aback by the news. She clenches her hand on the rail of a chair; Arthur and Anne notice the little, instinctive motion.]
Ronny
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