Two Ways of Love.
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But, come. Is this your fan? 'Tis very late.
Make your adieus and let us get away.
[Exit Tom and Nellie.]
Make your adieus and let us get away.
[Exit Tom and Nellie.]
Scene II.
Tom and Nellie, in their home, seated at dinner.
Tom—
Well! tell me of your day, Inscrutable!
What have you done? whom seen? and what remarked?
What sudden silence clogs my chatterbox?
Where have you been? What! Nowhere! Lucky girl!
And visitors? whom have you had to-day?
A gasman, and a grocer. Well! Well! Well!
And so ennui has marked you for his own,
So young, and once so eloquent
Tom and Nellie, in their home, seated at dinner.
Tom—
Well! tell me of your day, Inscrutable!
What have you done? whom seen? and what remarked?
What sudden silence clogs my chatterbox?
Where have you been? What! Nowhere! Lucky girl!
And visitors? whom have you had to-day?
A gasman, and a grocer. Well! Well! Well!
And so ennui has marked you for his own,
So young, and once so eloquent
Nellie—
Oh, Tom! do hush! How stifling hot it is!
No more—I cannot eat, it is too hot.
I wonder when they will be married, Tom?
Oh, Tom! do hush! How stifling hot it is!
No more—I cannot eat, it is too hot.
I wonder when they will be married, Tom?
Tom—
What! some engagement? Ah! we live again!
I really feared that something ailed you, child.
What! some engagement? Ah! we live again!
I really feared that something ailed you, child.
