Yes: I must have my own separate house, or my own
separate part of a house. Boxer smokes: I cant endure tobacco.
Boxer believes that an open window means death from cold and
exposure to the night air: I must have fresh air always. We can
be friends; but we cant live together; and that must be put in
the agreement.
EDITH. Ive no objection to smoking; and as to opening the
windows, Cecil will of course have to do what is best for his
health.
THE BISHOP. Who is to be the judge of that, my dear? You or he?
EDITH. Neither of us. We must do what the doctor orders.
REGINALD. Doctor be--!
LEO [admonitorily] Rejjy!
REGINALD [to Soames] You take my tip, Anthony. Put a clause into
that agreement that the doctor is to have no say in the job. It's
bad enough for the two people to be married to one another
without their both being married to the doctor as well.
LESBIA. That reminds me of something very important. Boxer
believes in vaccination: I do not. There must be a clause that I
am to decide on such questions as I think best.
LEO [to the Bishop] Baptism is nearly as important as
vaccination: isnt it?
THE BISHOP. It used to be considered so, my dear.
LEO. Well, Sinjon scoffs at it: he says that godfathers are
ridiculous.
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