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Did you have a row with the doctor when you were born?
[To which ELIZABETH replies, though the words reach only PHOEBE:
"I might have, if I had known that my mother was doing all the
work, while he was pocketing the fee!"]
LAMB You see, Mrs. Chilvers, our difficulty is that there is
nothing to be said against you--except one thing.
ANNYS What's that?
LAMB That you're a woman.
ANNYS [Smiling.] Isn't that enough?
SIGSBY Quite enough, Mrs. Chilvers, if the guv'nor would only say
it.
ANNYS [To GEOFFREY.] Why don't you? I'll promise not to deny it.
[The others drift apart. They group themselves near to the window.
They talk together--grow evidently interested and excited.]
GEOFFREY I have just had a letter from your--Election Agent,
expressing indignation with one of my supporters for merely having
hinted at the fact.
ANNYS I don't understand.
GEOFFREY [He takes from the table the letter and hands it to her
in silence. He seats himself on the settee and watches her.
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