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GB Shaw
MAZZINI
. But he doesn’t know anything about machin-
ery. He never goes near the men: he couldn’t manage them:
he is afraid of them. I never can get him to take the least
interest in the works: he hardly knows more about them than
you do. People are cruelly unjust to Mangan: they think he
is all rugged strength just because his manners are bad.
MRS HUSHABYE
. Do you mean to tell me he isn’t strong
enough to crush poor little Ellie?
MAZZINI
. Of course it’s very hard to say how any marriage
will turn out; but speaking for myself, I should say that he
won’t have a dog’s chance against Ellie. You know, Ellie has
remarkable strength of character. I think it is because I taught
her to like Shakespeare when she was very young.
MRS HUSHABYE
[
contemptuously]. Shakespeare! The next
thing you will tell me is that you could have made a great
deal more money than Mangan. [
She retires to the sofa, and
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