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Act 1 , Scene 1 Flashcards

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“Please, Mrs Paddy, let us keep the lights on.”

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“Some night you’re going to turn out the lights and the wrong time and hurt somebody. Then you’ll be sorry. I do wish you’d chosen something else to give up for Lent”

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“It looks like Mrs Paddy is back.”

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Walk in and switch on lights

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“Other people like electricity”

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“Now you sit at your easel like a good girl. And leave the lights alone, okay dear “

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“…We thought you were in the front office.”

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“For the love of Pete, Fairy, what are you up to ?”

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“I was trying to get a book for Jeffrey”

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“With a violin bow?”

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“…You may take my hand, Hannibal.”

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“The next time anyone wants a book from the top, Fairy, call me. Why, the whole shelf might have fallen on you.”

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“Oh, who ever heard of anyone being hurt by good books?”

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“Enough of them might, darling. And I’d hate that to happen.”

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“What is she like, Miss Willie?”

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“I haven’t seen her. Now, let’s tidy the room a bit. give bow to Hannibal Fairy, will you put the parcheesi board away please.”

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“Competition exhausts me”

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go over to Jeff “well, bingo , you tied that one in a hurry.”

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“….it’s a pet name my wife uses.”

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“I’m sorry….I forgot “kiss Jeff on forehead

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“And I wish you wouldn’t single me out to kiss”

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“But, you’re the handsomest.”

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“…She’d explode”

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“She would if I know her”

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“….please try to remember “

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“I’ll try. Forgive me”

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“…-a-ling-a-ling”

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“Hello. Yes, Dr. Emmet. Right away. Put the dart up now would you Hannibal. Please don’t clutter the place darlings. Let’s make a good first impression.”

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“Will we meet her know?”

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“I don’t know”

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“…I’ll get hiccups and betray us.”

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walk in “Doctor Emmet will join you in a moment.”

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“…we’d like to get started back.”

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“Yes, senator savage. There are magazines on the table. Please make yourselves at home” go out

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“Of course (laughter)

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walk in

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“Yes, Miss Willie?”

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“I beg your pardon, Dr Emmet, but Dr. Johnson won’t be able to complete Mrs Savage’s file for the moment.”

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“Why not?”

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“He finds her a bit uncooperative”

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“Then bring her in here, please”

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“Yes, Doctor”

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“We’ll have to give her a little more time to get over her resentment”

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walks in “Will you come in Mrs Savage”

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“If there’s anything you need, Mrs savage - Miss Wilhelmina will take care of you.”

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crosses to her “We’ve a lovely garden out there - you’ll be able to see it in the morning. (PAUSE) When I was a child we’d always say thirty needles & thirty pins. You’ve added 20 more Republi-kins.”

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“Well, I suppose it has to be exasperating to be funny later.”

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“I notice one of its eyes is gone. It must have dropped in the office. I’ll look as soon as they go.”

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“You know what it is , don’t you?”

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“Suppose you tell me”

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“…surely you’ve seen one before?”

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“Not that big”

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“Do you know what I do with it?”

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“I couldn’t possibly guess”

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“I sleep with it”

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“Do you ?”

28
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“….are you going to talk to me as if I were an imbecile, too?”

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“Here, here. We mustn’t be hostile”

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“…Would you care to know why I sleep with it”

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“If you’d care to tell me”

30
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“…too fastidious to sleep with a cat.”

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“Then by all means, you must take it to bed with you here. Would you care to take off your heart.”

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“…I might as well”

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“It’s a might saucy hat”

32
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“…why economy should be so expensive - I don’t know.”

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“It takes imagination”

33
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“…maybe you can use it for something -I’m not at all sure what.”

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“Oh, you’d better keep it. You might need it.”

34
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“…hair looks like the matter end if a coconut”

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“Oh, I don’t think so. It’s a heavenly colour.”

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“…it goes with everything.”

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“It’ll certainly go with your room. Wouldn’t you like to go up and get settled?”

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“Is it time to lock me up?”

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“I wouldn’t dream of locking you up. Did you bring a suitcase?”

37
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“…I wasn’t consulted.”

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“I’ll get it and take you up. There’ll be time to explore your surroundings tomorrow. start walking Oh you can wait here.”

38
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“Alone?”

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“Of course”

39
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“No handcuffs “

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“We have the honour system “ walk out

40
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“Today’s the only certainty”

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walk in carrying suitcase “Hannibal , you heard the buzzer, why aren’t you in your room”

41
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“…fight the night. “ goes out

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“Did they all come in to meet you ? “

42
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“…no business at their age.”

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“I quite agree”

43
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“Do you think I belong here?”

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“We’re understaffed, Mrs Savage. I’m kept too busy to have any opinions .”

44
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“I’d like to know what they told you about me.”

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“Was there anything to tell?”

45
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“…mention my Memorial Fund?”

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“Not to me”

46
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“…my husband’s death affected my reason.”

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“That would be understandable.”

47
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“But untrue”

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“Why, weren’t you happy with your husband?”

48
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“…do you know what that meant?”

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“I think so”

49
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“…and that meant that all the other things I ever wanted had to be forgotten.”

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“But surely you had no regrets”

50
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“…I remembered all the foolish things I’d always wanted to do.”

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“What had you always wanted to do?”

51
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“Things that would have shocked poor Jonathan .”

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“Such as dying your hair blue”

52
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“…I decided to be one.”

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“But don’t you think you waited too long, mrs savage?”

53
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“…noticed the difference in my old age.”

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“Oh, I’d never think of you as old , Mrs Savage.”

54
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“…and that insane idea has brought me here.”

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“Well, you won’t find it too unpleasant here. Shall we go up to your room now?”

55
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“…from my French lessons.”

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“What’s that?”

56
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“…that’s dead duck” - I think.”

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“Now it’s not that bad.”

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