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28 CEC I don’t think you should be so proud of that, though I am sure it must have been very pleasant. ALG It is much pleasanter being here with you. CEC I can’t understand how you are here at all. Uncle Jack won’t be back till Monday afternoon. ALG That is a great disappointment. I am obliged to go up by the first train on Monday morning. I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss. CEC Couldn’t you miss it anywhere but in London? ALG No: the appointment is in London. CEC Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life, but still I think you had better wait till Uncle Jack arrives. I know he wants to speak to you about your emigrating. ALG About my what? CEC Your emigrating. He has gone up to buy your outfit. ALG I certainly wouldn’t let Jack buy my outfit. He has no taste in neckties at all. CEC I don’t think you will require neckties. Uncle Jack is sending you to Australia. ALG Australia? I’d sooner die. CEC Well, he said at dinner on Wednesday night, that you would have to choose between this world, the next world, and Australia. ALG Oh, well! The accounts I have received of Australia and the next world are not particularly encouraging. This world is good enough for me, Cousin Cecily. CEC Yes, but are you good enough for it? ALG I’m afraid I’m not that. That is why I want you to reform me. You might make that your mission, if you don’t mind, Cousin Cecily. CEC I’m afraid I’ve no time, this afternoon. ALG Well, would you mind my reforming myself this afternoon? CEC It is rather Quixotic of you. But I think you should try. ALG I will. I feel better already. CEC You are looking a little worse. ALG That is because I am hungry. CEC How thoughtless of me. I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals. Won’t you come in? ALG Thank you. Might I |
