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Maria But I’ve already written to Ogarev… I told him I have no intention of marrying again, and so had no need of a divorce. Natalie No... The need is Nick’s. Maria Exactly. Mine is to protect my position as his wife.
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Natalie We can’t all be artists, of course, so the rest of us do the best we can at what’s our consolation, we fall short at love. (Beat.) I know what it is. He’s got your tits too high and your arse too small.
For full extended scene, please see the edition cited here: Stoppard, Tom. The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck. Act 2, “April 1849.” 2002.
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