Three Plays by Granville-Barker Part 66
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MRS. VOYSEY. [_looking over her spectacles._] What did you say, Booth?
BOOTH. I want Hugh, Mother.
MRS. VOYSEY. I thought you were playing billiards together.
EDWARD _strolls back from despatching_ MR. BOOTH, _his face thoughtful_.
BOOTH. [_insistently._] Edward, where is Hugh?
EDWARD. [_with complete indifference._] I don't know.
BOOTH. [_in trumpet tones._] Honor, will you oblige me by finding Hugh and saying I wish to speak to him, here, immediately?
HONOR, _who has leapt at the sound of her name, flies from the room without a word_.
BEATRICE. I know quite well what you want to talk about, Booth. Discuss the matter by all means if it amuses you . . but don't shout.
BOOTH. I use the voice Nature has gifted me with, Beatrice.
BEATRICE. [_as she searches for a glove b.u.t.ton._] Certainly Nature did let herself go over your lungs.
BOOTH. [_glaring round with indignation._] This is a family matter, otherwise I should not feel it my duty to interfere . . as I do. Any member of the family has a right to express an opinion. I want Mother's.
Mother, what do you think?
MRS. VOYSEY. [_amicably._] What about?
BOOTH. Hugh and Beatrice separating.
MRS. VOYSEY. They haven't separated.
BOOTH. But they mean to.
MRS. VOYSEY. Fiddle-de-dee!
BOOTH. I quite agree with you.
BEATRICE. [_with a charming smile._] This reasoning would convert a stone.
BOOTH. Why have I not been told?
BEATRICE. You have just been told.
BOOTH. [_thunderously._] Before.
BEATRICE. The truth is, dear Booth, we're all so afraid of you.
BOOTH. [_a little mollified._] Ha . . I should be glad to think that.
BEATRICE. [_sweetly._] Don't you?
BOOTH. [_intensely serious._] Beatrice, your callousness shocks me! That you can dream of deserting Hugh . . a man of all others who requires constant care and attention.
BEATRICE. May I remark that the separation is as much Hugh's wish as mine?
BOOTH. I don't believe that.
BEATRICE. [_her eyebrows up._] Really!
BOOTH. I don't imply that you're lying. But you must know that it's Hugh's nature to wish to do anything that he thinks anybody wishes him to do. All my life I've had to stand up for him . . and by Jove, I'll continue to do so.
EDWARD. [_from the depths of his armchair._] If you'd taught him to stand up for himself--
_The door is flung almost off its hinges by_ HUGH _who then stands stamping and pale green with rage_.
HUGH. Look here, Booth . . I will not have you interfering with my private affairs. Is one never to be free from your bullying?
BOOTH. You ought to be grateful.
HUGH. Well, I'm not.
BOOTH. This is a family affair.
HUGH. It is not!
BOOTH. [_at the top of his voice._] If all you can do is to contradict me, you'd better listen to what I've got to say . . quietly.
HUGH, _quite shouted down, flings himself petulantly into a chair. A hush falls._
EMILY. [_in a still small voice._] Would you like me to go, Booth?
BOOTH. [_severely._] No, Emily. Unless anything has been going on which cannot be discussed before you . . [_then more severely still._] and I hope that is not so.
HUGH. [_muttering rebelliously._] Oh, you have the mind of a . . cheap schoolmaster!
BOOTH. Why do you wish to separate?
HUGH. What's the use of telling you? You won't understand.
BEATRICE. [_who sews on undisturbed._] We don't get on well together.
BOOTH. [_amazedly._] Is that all?
HUGH. [_snapping at him._] Yes, that's all. Can you find a better reason?
BOOTH. [_with brotherly contempt._] I have given up expecting common sense from you. But Beatrice--! [_his tone implores her to be reasonable._]
BEATRICE. It doesn't seem to me any sort of sense that people should live together for purposes of mutual irritation.
BOOTH. [_protesting._] My dear girl! . . that sounds like a quotation from your last book.
Three Plays by Granville-Barker Part 66
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