“ It's well to be off with the Old Woman before you're on with the New. ”
George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer (1893). copy citation
| Author | George Bernard Shaw |
|---|---|
| Source | The Philanderer |
| Topic | love women relationship |
| Date | 1893 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5071/5071-h/5071-h.htm |
Context
“CRAVEN. Charteris: no woman writes such letters to a man unless he has made advances to her.
CHARTERIS (mournfully). How little you know the world, Colonel! The New Woman is not like that.
CRAVEN. I can only give you very old fashioned advice, my boy; and that is that it's well to be off with the Old Woman before you're on with the New. I'm sorry you told me. You might have waited for my death: it's not far off now. (His head droops again. Julia and Paramore enter on the right. Julia stops as she catches sight of Charteris, her face clouding and her breast heaving.” source
CHARTERIS (mournfully). How little you know the world, Colonel! The New Woman is not like that.
CRAVEN. I can only give you very old fashioned advice, my boy; and that is that it's well to be off with the Old Woman before you're on with the New. I'm sorry you told me. You might have waited for my death: it's not far off now. (His head droops again. Julia and Paramore enter on the right. Julia stops as she catches sight of Charteris, her face clouding and her breast heaving.” source
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