“ you don't look half so beautiful as when you're happy ”
George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer (1893). copy citation
| Author | George Bernard Shaw |
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| Source | The Philanderer |
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| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5071/5071-h/5071-h.htm |
Context
“How can a woman who behaves like a spoiled child and talks like a sentimental novel have the audacity to dream of being a companion for a man of any sort of sense or character? (She gives an inarticulate cry and throws herself sobbing on his breast.) Come, don't cry, my dear Julia: you don't look half so beautiful as when you're happy; and it takes all the starch out of my shirt front. Come along.
JULIA (affectionately) . I'll come, dear, if you wish it. Give me one kiss.
CHARTERIS (exasperated) . This is too much. No: I'm dashed if I will.”
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