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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
The house of John and Constance Middleton.
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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You know that pearl necklace you showed me the other day and you said that Mortimer thought it cost you a lot of money鈥攚ell, he鈥檚 going to Cartier鈥檚 to buy it for you tomorrow. But, my dear, don鈥檛 be such a fool as to accept it with alacrity. Remember that Mortimer has grievously insulted you, he鈥檚 made the most shocking accusation that a man can make against his wife, he鈥檚 trampled on your love and now he鈥檚 destroyed your trust in him. Surely I need not tell you what to do. Refuse to speak to him, but never let him get a word in edgeways. Cry enough to make him feel what a brute he is, but not enough to make your eyes red. Say the same thing over and over again, and when you鈥檝e reduced him to desperation, then consent, as a sign of your forgiving nature, to accept the pearl necklace, for which the wretch has paid ten thousand pounds鈥nd don鈥檛 thank him. Let him thank you for accepting such a paltry gift.

William Somerset Maugham, The Constant Wife, Samuel French Ltd, 1948, p. 38.

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