The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume II by Gerhart Hauptmann
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MRS. HENSCHEL
Siebenhaar'd be too old for me! FRANZISKA Your husband is just as old, Mrs. Henschel. MRS. HENSCHEL Look here, girl, I want you to know that my husband is a good five years younger. FRANZISKA Well, he looks much older anyhow. Why, he looks so old and wrinkled. No, I wouldn't care to kiss him. MRS. HENSCHEL You better see about getting out o' here, or I'll take a broom an' help you along! Don't you abuse my husband! An' where would I get a better one? You wait till you're a few years older an' you'll see what it means in this world to have a husband! FRANZISKA I won't marry at all. I'll wait till some fine, rich gentleman comes--some summer--for his health--a Russian, by preference--and then I'll let him take me out into the world. I want to see the world--to |
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