He is not a hog, Hesione. You don't know how wonderfully
good he was to my father, and how deeply grateful I am to him.
MRS HUSHABYE [to Lady Utterword]. Her father is a very remarkable
man, Addy. His name is Mazzini Dunn. Mazzini was a celebrity of
some kind who knew Ellie's grandparents. They were both poets,
like the Brownings; and when her father came into the world
Mazzini said, "Another soldier born for freedom!" So they
christened him Mazzini; and he has been fighting for freedom in
his quiet way ever since. That's why he is so poor.
ELLIE. I am proud of his poverty.
MRS HUSHABYE. Of course you are, pettikins. Why not leave him in
it, and marry someone you love?
LADY UTTERWORD [rising suddenly and explosively]. Hesione, are
you going to kiss me or are you not?
MRS HUSHABYE. What do you want to be kissed for?
LADY UTTERWORD. I DON'T want to be kissed; but I do want you to
behave properly and decently. We are sisters. We have been
separated for twenty-three years. You OUGHT to kiss me.
MRS HUSHABYE. To-morrow morning, dear, before you make up. I hate
the smell of powder.
LADY UTTERWORD. Oh! you unfeeling--[she is interrupted by the
return of the captain].
THE CAPTAIN [to Ellie]. Your room is ready. [Ellie rises]. The
sheets were damp; but I have changed them [he makes for the
garden door on the port side].
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