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Page 38
QUEX.
[_His discomfort increasing._] Er--indeed?
SOPHY.
Many a man of six-and-twenty would be glad to own such hands, I can tell
you. [_Patting his hand reprovingly._] Keep still! [_It is now his turn
to hum a song, which he does, under his breath, to disguise his
embarrassment. She looks up at him._] But then, you're an awfully young
man for your age, in every way, aren't you?
QUEX.
[_Gazing at the sky._] Oh, I don't know about that.
SOPHY.
[_Slyly._] You _do_ know. [_Wagging her head at him._] You _do_ know.
QUEX.
[_Relaxing slightly._] It may be so, of course, without one's being
conscious of it.
SOPHY.
_May_ be so! ah, ha! not conscious of it! ho! [_Slapping his hand again,
soundly._] Artful!
QUEX.
[_Flattered and amused._] No, no, I assure you! ha, ha!
[_They laugh together. His constraint gradually diminishes. After
shaking some liquid soap from a bottle into the bowl, she places the
bowl beside him on the bench._
SOPHY.
[_While doing this._] My young ladies at a-hundred-and-eighty-five all
agree with me about you.
QUEX.
Do they?
SOPHY.
Yes, do they!
QUEX.
Your young ladies?
SOPHY.
My girls.
QUEX.
Ha, ha, ha! And what terrible pronouncement has
a-hundred-and-eighty-five to pass upon me?
SOPHY.
Seven-and-thirty, _you_ look--not a day older; that's what _we_ say.
There, dip your fingers in that, do!
QUEX.
Into this?
SOPHY.
[_Thrusting his fingers into the bowl._] Baby! [_The water splashes over
her dress and his coat._] Oh!
QUEX.
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