You wish to leave me and I
do not wish you to leave.
Lucas:
One cannot keep people against their will. And you are of such a
disposition.
Mrs. Townly:
Listen! Is my disposition really so horrible?
Lucas:
More than I care to suffer.
Mrs. Townly:
At bottom, I'm really no good?
Lucas:
To be fair; I know that it isn't from malice that you torment the
whole world--but your will is naturally contrary and never agrees with
the will of any other person.
Mrs. Townly:
You hold a strange opinion of me--for of all the women in the world,
there isn't one who contradicts less than I do.
Lucas:
There's nobody like you, it's true.
Mrs. Townly:
I never contradict except for good reason. But I don't like being
contradicted. For example, I'm angry with you for your obstinacy. Why
do you obstinately hide from me that which I wish to know? Don't I
know that you are the advisor, the oracle of my husband? Without a
doubt he has taken you into his confidence in the plan he has for
Angelica.
Lucas:
Hey! He did speak to me about that.
Mrs. Townly:
Ha! Tell me about it.
Lucas:
I considered the matter of Miss Angelica very thoroughly.
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