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COAST. Shut up, Lou! You'd better get a little legal advice before you
start on that track.
GEORGIANA. Louise!
[_Goes to_ LOUISE.
LOUISE. Well, what have _you_ got to say? My mother brought _you_ up,
was a second mother to your brother who ruined us, but you've got _your_
money, I suppose. You've been clever enough to keep _your_ money in your
own hands,--you and he will always have enough!
[_Crying hysterically._
GEORGIANA. _Will_ you listen to me and let me say what I'm trying to?
LOUISE. [_Bursting into floods of tears, overwhelmed with sympathy for
herself._] He's broken my heart! That's what he's done; broken my heart!
GEORGIANA. [_Going to_ LOUISE.] Oh, no, he hasn't, Louise, he's only
broken your bank, and you don't know the difference. I want to say to
you now,--that all Steve needed was real love, and the guiding hand of a
true, sensible woman--
STEVEN. [_Interrupting her, goes to_ GEORGIANA. GEORGIANA _turns to_
STEVE.] No, Georgy! You mustn't blame Louise! I love her and always
will, just as she is. She doesn't mean all she says now--she's angry,
and she has a right to be--I'm one of those men who never succeed--who
never have any luck, and it's bad luck for her to have to share mine.
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