Fanny's First Play by George Bernard Shaw
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to plays that are not fit for elderly people to see.
FANNY. Oh, I know all about that; but you cant understand what it means to Papa. Youre not so innocent as he is. TROTTER. [remonstrating] My dear young lady-- FANNY. I dont mean morally innocent: everybody who reads your articles knows youre as innocent as a lamb. TROTTER. What! FANNY. Yes, Mr Trotter: Ive seen a good deal of life since I came to England; and I assure you that to me youre a mere baby: a dear, good, well-meaning, delightful, witty, charming baby; but still just a wee lamb in a world of wolves. Cambridge is not what it was in my father's time. TROTTER. Well, I must say! FANNY. Just so. Thats one of our classifications in the Cambridge Fabian Society. TROTTER. Classifications? I dont understand. FANNY. We classify our aunts into different sorts. And one of the sorts is the "I must says." TROTTER. I withdraw "I must say." I substitute "Blame my cats!" No: I substitute "Blame my kittens!" Observe, Miss O'Dowda: kittens. I |
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