Mrs. Warren's Profession: Beyond World's Classics
THE GENTLEMAN [taking off his hat] I beg your pardon. Can you direct me to Hindhead View-Mrs Alison's?THE YOUNG LADY [glancing up from her book] This is Mrs Alison's. [She resumes her work].THE GENTLEMAN. Indeed! Perhaps-may I ask are you Miss Vivie Warren?THE YOUNG LADY [sharply, as she turns on her elbow to get a good look at him] Yes.THE GENTLEMAN [daunted and conciliatory] I'm afraid I appear intrusive. My name is Praed. [Vivie at once throws her books upon the chair, and gets out of the hammock]. Oh, pray don't let me disturb you.VIVIE [striding to the gate and opening it for him] Come in, Mr Praed. [He comes in]. Glad to see you. [She proffers her hand and takes his with a resolute and hearty grip. She is an attractive specimen of the sensible, able, highly-educated young middle-class Englishwoman. Age 22. Prompt, strong, confident, self-possessed. Plain business-like dress, but not dowdy. She wears a chatelaine at her belt, with a fountain pen and a paper knife among its pendants].PRAED. Very kind of you indeed, Miss Warren. [She shuts the gate with a vigorous slam. He passes in to the middle of the garden, exercising his fingers, which are slightly numbed by her greeting]. Has your mother arrived?VIVIE [quickly, evidently scenting aggression] Is she coming?PRAED [surprised] Didn't you expect us?VIVIE. No.PRAED. Now, goodness me, I hope I've not mistaken the day. That would be just like me, you know. Your mother arranged that she was to come down from London and that I was to come over from Horsham to be introduced to you.VIVIE [not at all pleased] Did she? Hm! My mother has rather a trick of taking me by surprise-to see how I behave myself while she's away, I suppose. I fancy I shall take my mother very much by surprise one of these days, if she makes arrangements that concern me without consulting me beforehand. She hasnt come.PRAED [embarrassed] I'm really very sorry.VIVIE [throwing off her displeasure] It's not your fault, Mr Praed, is it? And I'm very glad you've come. You are the only one of my mother's friends I have ever asked her to bring to see me.PRAED [relieved and delighted] Oh, now this is really very good of you, Miss Warren!VIVIE. Will you come indoors; or would you rather sit out here and talk?PRAED. It will be nicer out here, don't you think?
yazar | George Bernard Shaw |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.97 x 0.69 x 21.59 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 18 Eylül 2020 |
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yazar | George Bernard Shaw |
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isbn 13 | 979-8685529367 |
Yayımcı | Independently Published |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.97 x 0.69 x 21.59 cm |
DE OLDUĞU GİBİ | B08JF5JXMM |
Tarafından yayınlandı Mrs. Warren's Profession: Beyond World's Classics | 18 Eylül 2020 |