No!
HARRIET. Yes, indeed, Charles and I are inseparable.
MAGGIE. I wonder.
HARRIET. Do have another cake.
MAGGIE [in relief]. Oh, yes.
[Again her claws extend but do not touch the cake.]
MARGARET [takes cake delicately]. I really shouldn't -- after my
big luncheon. John took me to the Ritz and we are invited to the
Bedfords' for dinner -- they have such a magnificent house near
the drive -- I really shouldn't, but the cakes are so good.
MAGGIE. Starving!
HARRIET [to MARGARET]. More tea?
MAGGIE. Yes!
MARGARET. No, thank you. How wonderfully life has arranged itself
for you. Wealth, position, a happy marriage, every opportunity
to enjoy all pleasures; beauty, art -- how happy you must be.
HETTY [in anguish]. Don't call me happy. I've never been happy
since I gave up John. All these years without him -- a future
without him -- no -- no -- I shall win him back -- away from you
-- away from you ----
HARRIET [does not see MAGGIE pointing to cream and MARGARET
stealing some]. I sometimes think it is unfair for any one to be
as happy as I am. Charles and I are just as much in love now as
when we married.
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