LAMB Hasn't Chilvers any idea?
SIGSBY Can't get him to talk. Don't think he's seen her since
that shindy over the Deputation.
LAMB Humph!
SIGSBY Even if she herself wished to draw back, the others would
overrule her.
LAMB I'm not so sure of that. She's got a way of shutting her
mouth that reminds me of my old woman.
SIGSBY The arrangement, as he explained it to me, was that the
whole thing was to end with the polling. It was to have been a
mere joke, a mere ballon d'essai. The mistake he made was thinking
he could depend on her.
LAMB Guess she made the same mistake. You can fight and shake
hands afterwards; it doesn't go with kissing.
SIGSBY Man and woman were not made to fight. It was never
intended.
[The woman's "Marseillaise" has been taken up by the crowd. The
chorus has been reached.]
Oh, damn your row! [He slams to the window; it was ajar.]
[JAWBONES has entered, with his purchases.]
[Turning from window he sees JAWBONES, goes to meet him.] Couldn't
they do anything?
JAWBONES [He has bought a new hat; has also brought back the
remains.
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