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           )DawsonRyderismorepatientthanIthoughthe’dbe.Youhaven’tgivenhimaneveningthisweek.

           ROSALIND:(Withaverywearyexpressionthatisquitenewtoherface.)Mother—please—

           MRS.CONNAGE:Oh,Iwon’tinterfere.You’vealreadywastedovertwomonthsonatheoreticalgeniuswhohasn’tapennytohisname,butgoahead,wasteyourlifeonhim.Iwon’tinterfere.

           ROSALIND:(Asifrepeatingatiresomelesson)Youknowhehasalittleincome—andyouknowhe’searningthirty-fivedollarsaweekinadvertising—

           MRS.CONNAGE:Anditwouldn’tbuyyourclothes.(ShepausesbutROSALINDmakesnoreply.)IhaveyourbestinterestsatheartwhenItellyounottotakeastepyou’llspendyourdaysregretting.It’snotasifyourfathercouldhelpyou.Thingshavebeenhardforhimlatelyandhe’sanoldman.You’dbedependentabsolutelyonadreamer,anice,well-bornboy,butadreamer—merelyclever.(Sheimpliesthatthisqualityinitselfisrathervicious.)

           ROSALIND:Forheaven’ssake,mother—

           (Amaidappears,announcesMr.Blainewhofollowsimmediately.AMORY’Sfriendshavebeentellinghimfortendaysthathe"lookslikethewrathofGod,"andhedoes.Asamatteroffacthehasnotbeenabletoeatamouthfulinthelastthirty-sixhours.)

           AMORY:Goodevening,Mrs.Connage.

           MRS.CONNAGE:(Notunkindly)Goodevening,Amory.

           (AMORYandROSALINDexchangeglances—andALECcomesin.ALEC’Sattitudethroughouthasbeenneutral.