Perhaps
Mr. Hunnable--[He laughs, then, turning, catches sight of his
wife's face. From ANNYS he looks to the others.]
LADY MOGTON [She has risen.] You haven't heard, then, of McCaw
versus Potts?
GEOFFREY "McCaw versus Potts!" What the -
ST. HERBERT Was decided in the House of Lords late yesterday
afternoon. Briefly stated, it confers upon women the right of
becoming Parliamentary candidates.
GEOFFREY [He is staggered.] You mean -
LADY MOGTON Having regard to which, we have decided to bring
forward a woman candidate to contest the next bye-election.
GEOFFREY Um! I see.
ANNYS But we never thought--we never anticipated it would be
Geoffrey's.
LADY MOGTON I really cannot admit that that alters the case.
Geoffrey himself would never dream, I am sure, of asking us to
sacrifice our cause to his convenience.
GEOFFREY No. Of course not. Certainly not.
LADY MOGTON It is perhaps unfortunate that the candidate selected
-
ANNYS It is quite impossible. Such a dilemma was never dreamed
of.
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