Mrs. Dot: A Farce

by W. Somerset Maugham

[Delighted.] Ah, that’s what I said to you a month ago, Philippine.

Gerald.

Now, perhaps, you’d like to know what my feeling is towards you?

Mrs. Dot.

No, I’m quite indifferent, thanks!

Gerald.

Well, I shall tell you for all that. It’s a joke to you, and you can afford to laugh at it.

[He goes up to her and then stops suddenly.

Mrs. Dot.