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Maggie is desperate to have her husband love her once again. She has
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MAGGIE: Why are you looking at me like that?
BRICK: (whistling softly) Like what, Maggie?
MAGGIE: The way y’ were lookin’ at me just now, befo’ I caught your eye in the mirror and you started t’ whistle! I don’t know how t’ describe it but it froze my blood!--I’ve caught you lookin’ at me like that so often lately. What are you thinkin’ of when you look at me like that?
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BRICK: (wryly) Why, thanks, Maggie.
MAGGIE: You’re the only drinkin’ man I know that it never seems t’ put fat on.
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Signet Books, 1983, pp. 15-17.
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