THE CLAJIBAR A'S



  RUTH. Ah, my dear, that's just it! The watch.

word of our age is self! We are all for ourselves;

the twentieth century is to be a glorification of

selfishness, the Era of Egotism! Forget yourself,

and what would you do The dignified thing.

You would live quietly beside your husband if

not with him. And your son would be worthy

of such a mother!

  BLANCHE. And I

  RUTH. You would be glad in the end.

  BLANCHE. Perhaps -

  RUTH. Surely! Blanche, for twenty years Mr.

Mason and I have loved each other.

      [BLANCHE is astonished. There is a pause.

  [RUTH smiles while she speaks, though her

    voice breaks.]

You  never guessed!   Ah, well, your father

knew.



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