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Design for Living

I'm ashamed of many things, but not of t...

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 3, Scene 2
Time & Place
A New York penthouse apartment, 1930s
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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I'm ashamed of many things, but not of this! This is real. I've made use of you, Ernest, and I'm ashamed of that, and I've lied to you. I'm ashamed of that, too; but at least I didn't know it:

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Oh, Ernest, you've understood such a lot, understand just this much more, and try to forgive me — because I can't possibly live without them, and that's that!

Noel Coward. Design for Living. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1933. pp.133-134

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