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START: Florence: I don’t know what you mean — by coming here and ordering Helen out of my room.
Nicky : I’m sorry, mother. I felt I had to talk to you alone,
Florence: At this hour of the night — you’re mad!
[... …]
END: Nicky: It doesn’t matter about death, but it matters terribly about life.
Florence: I know
Nicky (desperately)'. Promise me you’ll be different- promise me you’ll be different
Florence: Yes, yes — I’ll try
Nicky: We’ll both try.
Florence: Yes, dear. — Oh, my dear--!
Noel Coward. The Vortex. Ernest Benn Ltd, 1924. pp.93-106.
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