You left because you did not want us. Was there
no heartbreak in that for your father? You tore yourself up by
the roots; and the ground healed up and brought forth fresh
plants and forgot you. What right had you to come back and probe
old wounds?
MRS HUSHABYE. You were a complete stranger to me at first, Addy;
but now I feel as if you had never been away.
LADY UTTERWORD. Thank you, Hesione; but the influenza is quite
cured. The place may be Heartbreak House to you, Miss Dunn, and
to this gentleman from the city who seems to have so little
self-control; but to me it is only a very ill-regulated and
rather untidy villa without any stables.
HECTOR. Inhabited by--?
ELLIE. A crazy old sea captain and a young singer who adores him.
MRS HUSHABYE. A sluttish female, trying to stave off a double
chin and an elderly spread, vainly wooing a born soldier of
freedom.
MAZZINI. Oh, really, Mrs Hushabye--
MANGAN. A member of His Majesty's Government that everybody sets
down as a nincompoop: don't forget him, Lady Utterword.
LADY UTTERWORD. And a very fascinating gentleman whose chief
occupation is to be married to my sister.
HECTOR. All heartbroken imbeciles.
MAZZINI. Oh no. Surely, if I may say so, rather a favorable
specimen of what is best in our English culture.
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