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1 88 George Bernard Shaw
me prayers at er knee, an how I used to come home
drunk and drag her out o bed be er snow-white airs,
and lam into er with the poker.
Rummy, That s what s so unfair to us women. Your
confessions is just as big lies as ours: you don t tell what
you really done no more than us; but you men can tell
your lies right out at the meetin s and be made much of
for it; while the sort o confessions we az to make as
to be whispered to one lady at a time. It ain t right,
spite of all their piety.
Price. Right! Do you suppose the Army d be al
lowed if it went and did right? Not much. It combs
our air and makes us good little blokes to be robbed and
put upon. But I ll play the game as good as any of em.
I ll see somebody struck by lightnin ,
or hear a voice
sayin , "Snobby Price: where will you spend eternity?"
I ll ave a time of it, I tell you.
It is inevitable that the Salvation Army, like all
other religious and charitable institutions, should
by its very character foster cowardice and hypoc
risy as a premium securing entry into heaven.
Major Barbara, being a novice, is as ignorant
of this as she is unaware of the source of the money
which sustains her and the work of the Salva
tion Army. She consistently refuses to accept
the
"
conscience sovereign
"
of Bill Walker for
beating up a Salvation lassie. Not so Mrs.
Baines, the Army Commissioner. She is dyed in
the wool in the profession of begging and will
take money from the devil himself
"
for the
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