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the way of the world-第6部分

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FAIN。  Frenzy!







MRS。 MAR。  By all my wrongs I'll do't。  I'll publish to the world



the injuries you have done me; both in my fame and fortune:  with



both I trusted you; you bankrupt in honour; as indigent of wealth。







FAIN。  Your fame I have preserved。  Your fortune has been bestowed



as the prodigality of your love would have it; in pleasures which we



both have shared。  Yet; had not you been false I had e'er this



repaid it。  'Tis truehad you permitted Mirabell with Millamant to



have stolen their marriage; my lady had been incensed beyond all



means of reconcilement:  Millamant had forfeited the moiety of her



fortune; which then would have descended to my wife。  And wherefore



did I marry but to make lawful prize of a rich widow's wealth; and



squander it on love and you?







MRS。 MAR。  Deceit and frivolous pretence!







FAIN。  Death; am I not married?  What's pretence?  Am I not



imprisoned; fettered?  Have I not a wife?  Nay; a wife that was a



widow; a young widow; a handsome widow; and would be again a widow;



but that I have a heart of proof; and something of a constitution to



bustle through the ways of wedlock and this world。  Will you yet be



reconciled to truth and me?







MRS。 MAR。  Impossible。  Truth and you are inconsistent。I hate you;



and shall for ever。







FAIN。  For loving you?







MRS。 MAR。  I loathe the name of love after such usage; and next to



the guilt with which you would asperse me; I scorn you most。



Farewell。







FAIN。  Nay; we must not part thus。







MRS。 MAR。  Let me go。







FAIN。  Come; I'm sorry。







MRS。 MAR。  I care not。  Let me go。  Break my hands; doI'd leave



'em to get loose。







FAIN。  I would not hurt you for the world。  Have I no other hold to



keep you here?







MRS。 MAR。  Well; I have deserved it all。







FAIN。  You know I love you。







MRS。 MAR。  Poor dissembling!  Oh; thatwell; it is not yet …







FAIN。  What?  What is it not?  What is it not yet?  It is not yet



too late …







MRS。 MAR。  No; it is not yet too lateI have that comfort。







FAIN。  It is; to love another。







MRS。 MAR。  But not to loathe; detest; abhor mankind; myself; and the



whole treacherous world。







FAIN。  Nay; this is extravagance。  Come; I ask your pardon。  No



tearsI was to blame; I could not love you and be easy in my



doubts。  Pray forbearI believe you; I'm convinced I've done you



wrong; and any way; every way will make amends:  I'll hate my wife



yet more; damn her; I'll part with her; rob her of all she's worth;



and we'll retire somewhere; anywhere; to another world; I'll marry



theebe pacified。'Sdeath; they come:  hide your face; your tears。



You have a mask:  wear it a moment。  This way; this way:  be



persuaded。











SCENE IV。











MIRABELL and MRS。 FAINALL。







MRS。 FAIN。  They are here yet。







MIRA。  They are turning into the other walk。







MRS。 FAIN。  While I only hated my husband; I could bear to see him;



but since I have despised him; he's too offensive。







MIRA。  Oh; you should hate with prudence。







MRS。 FAIN。  Yes; for I have loved with indiscretion。







MIRA。  You should have just so much disgust for your husband as may



be sufficient to make you relish your lover。







MRS。 FAIN。  You have been the cause that I have loved without



bounds; and would you set limits to that aversion of which you have



been the occasion?  Why did you make me marry this man?







MIRA。  Why do we daily commit disagreeable and dangerous actions?



To save that idol; reputation。  If the familiarities of our loves



had produced that consequence of which you were apprehensive; where



could you have fixed a father's name with credit but on a husband?



I knew Fainall to be a man lavish of his morals; an interested and



professing friend; a false and a designing lover; yet one whose wit



and outward fair behaviour have gained a reputation with the town;



enough to make that woman stand excused who has suffered herself to



be won by his addresses。  A better man ought not to have been



sacrificed to the occasion; a worse had not answered to the purpose。



When you are weary of him you know your remedy。







MRS。 FAIN。  I ought to stand in some degree of credit with you;



Mirabell。







MIRA。  In justice to you; I have made you privy to my whole design;



and put it in your power to ruin or advance my fortune。







MRS。 FAIN。  Whom have you instructed to represent your pretended



uncle?







MIRA。  Waitwell; my servant。







MRS。 FAIN。  He is an humble servant to Foible; my mother's woman;



and may win her to your interest。







MIRA。  Care is taken for that。  She is won and worn by this time。



They were married this morning。







MRS。 FAIN。  Who?







MIRA。  Waitwell and Foible。  I would not tempt my servant to betray



me by trusting him too far。  If your mother; in hopes to ruin me;



should consent to marry my pretended uncle; he might; like Mosca in



the FOX; stand upon terms; so I made him sure beforehand。







MRS。 FAIN。  So; if my poor mother is caught in a contract; you will



discover the imposture betimes; and release her by producing a



certificate of her gallant's former marriage。







MIRA。  Yes; upon condition that she consent to my marriage with her



niece; and surrender the moiety of her fortune in her possession。







MRS。 FAIN。  She talked last night of endeavouring at a match between



Millamant and your uncle。







MIRA。  That was by Foible's direction and my instruction; that she



might seem to carry it more privately。







MRS。 FAIN。  Well; I have an opinion of your success; for I believe



my lady will do anything to get an husband; and when she has this;



which you have provided for her; I suppose she will submit to



anything to get rid of him。







MIRA。  Yes; I think the good lady would marry anything that



resembled a man; though 'twere no more than what a butler could



pinch out of a napkin。







MRS。 FAIN。  Female frailty!  We must all come to it; if we live to



be old; and feel the craving of a false appetite when the true is



decayed。







MIRA。  An old woman's appetite is depraved like that of a girl。



'Tis the green…sickness of a second childhood; and; like the faint



offer of a latter spring; serves but to usher in the fall; and



withers in an affected bloom。







MRS。 FAIN。  Here's your mistress。











SCENE V。











'To them' MRS。 MILLAMANT; WITWOUD; MINCING。







MIRA。  Here she comes; i'faith; full sail; with her fan spread and



streamers out; and a shoal of fools for tenders。Ha; no; I cry her



mercy。







MRS。 FAIN。  I see but one poor empty sculler; and he tows her woman



after him。







MIRA。  You seem to be unattended; madam。  You used to have the BEAU



MONDE throng after you; and a flock of gay fine perukes hovering



round you。







WIT。  Like moths about a candle。  I had like to have lost my



comparison for want of breath。







MILLA。  Oh; I have denied myself airs to…day。  I have walked as fast



through the crowd …







WIT。  As a favourite just disgraced; and with as few followers。







MILLA。  Dear Mr。 Witwoud; truce with your similitudes; for I am as



sick of 'em …







WIT。  As a physician of a good air。  I cannot help it; madam; though



'tis against myself。







MILLA。  Yet again!  Mincing; stand between me and his wit。







WIT。  Do; Mrs。 Mincing; like a screen before a great fire。  I



confess I do blaze to…day; I am too bright。







MRS。 FAIN。  But; dear Millamant; why were you so long?







MILLA。  Long!  Lord; have I not made violent haste?  I have asked



every living thing I met for you; I have enquired after you; as



after a new fashion。







WIT。  Madam; truce with your similitudes。No; you met her husband;



and did not ask him for her。







MIRA。  By your leave; Witwoud; that were like enquiring after an old



fashion to ask a husband for his wife。







WIT。  Hum; a hit; a hit; a palpable hit; I confess it。







MRS。 FAIN。  You were dressed before I came abroad。







MILLA。  Ay; that's true。  Oh; but then I hadMincing; what had I?



Why was I so long?







MINC。  O mem; your laship stayed to peruse a packet of letters。







MILLA。  Oh; ay; lettersI had lettersI am persecuted with



lettersI hate letters。  Nobody knows how to write letters; and yet



one has 'em; one does not know why。  They serve one to pin up one's



hair。







WIT。  Is that the way?  Pray; madam; do you pin up your hair with



all your letters?  I find I must keep copies。







MILLA。  Only with those in verse; Mr。 Witwoud。  I never pin up my



hair with prose。  I think I tried once; Mincing。







MINC。  O mem; I shall never forget it。







MILLA。  Ay; poor Mincing tift and tift all the morning。







MINC。  Till I had the cramp in my fingers; I'll vow; mem。  And all



to no purpose。  But when your laship pins it up with poetry; it fits



so pleasant the next day as anything; and is so pure and so crips。







WIT。  Indeed; so crips?







MINC。  You're such a critic; Mr。 Witwoud。







MILLA。  Mirabell; did you take exceptions last night?  Oh; ay; and



went away。  Now I think
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