[Unconsciously they let loose of one another.] You see, I shall
have the right of hitting back. [Again she laughs.]
GEOFFREY [Also laughingly.] Is woman going to develop the
fighting instinct?
ANNYS I wonder.
[A moment's silence.]
GEOFFREY The difficulty in our case is there seems nothing to
fight about.
ANNYS We must think of something. [Laughs.]
GEOFFREY What line are you going to take--what is your argument:
why they should vote for you in preference to me?
ANNYS Simply that I am a woman.
GEOFFREY My dear child, that won't be enough. Why should they
vote for you merely because you're a woman?
ANNYS [Slightly astonished.] Because--because women are wanted in
public life.
GEOFFREY Who wants them?
ANNYS [More astonished.] Who? Why--[it doesn't seem too clear.]
Why, all of us--you, yourself!
GEOFFREY I'm not East Poplar.
ANNYS [Is puzzled a moment, then valiantly.] I shall ask them to
send me to Parliament to represent the interests of their women--
and therefore of themselves--the interests of their children.
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