Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - The English Drama - Stanley Houghton - Hindle Wakes
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
230 Stanley Houghton
Alan. And you want me to marry Fanny?
Beatrice. Yes. Oh, Alan! can t you see what a
splendid sacrifice you have it in your power to make?
Not only to do the right thing, but to give up so much
in order to do it.
The Jefcotes and the Hawthornes gather to ar
range the marriage of their children. It does not
occur to them to consult Fanny in the matter.
Much to their consternation, Fanny refuses to
abide by the decision of the family council.
Fanny. It s very good of you. You ll hire the par
son and get the license and make all the arrangements
on your own without consulting me, and I shall have
nothing to do save turn up meek as a lamb at the church
or registry office or whatever it is. ... That s just where
you make the mistake. I don t want to marry Alan. . . .
I mean what I say, and I ll trouble you to talk to me
without swearing at me. I m not one of the family yet.
The dismayed parents, and even Alan, plead
with her and threaten. But Fanny is obdurate.
At last Alan asks to be left alone with her, confi
dent that he can persuade the girl.
Alan. Look here, Fanny, what s all this nonsense
about? . . .
Why won t you marry me?
Fanny. You can t understand a girl not jumping at
you when she gets the chance, can you? . . . How is it
that you aren t going to marry Beatrice Farrar?
Weren t you fond of her?
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
