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CRAIG’S WIFE
- Estelle and me. (She turns to the mantelpiece) And then get rid of us both as soon as Estelle was marriageable. (Turning to him suddenly) But the house was never mortgaged over her head, I’ll promise you that; for she saw to it that it was put in her name before ever she took him; and she kept it there, too, right to the finish.
- [She sweeps up towards the back of the room again.
Craig
- Why didn’t you ask me to put this house in your name?
Mrs. Craig (whirling upon him)
- Because I didn’t want it in my name!
Craig
- It would have been more honest.
Mrs. Craig (coming forward to the right end of the table)
- I haven’t done anything that wasn’t honest!
Craig
- How would you know, Harriet?
Mrs. Craig
- I’ve simply tried to be practical; but, with your usual romanticism, you want to make me appear like a criminal for it.
Craig
- I’m not reproaching you at all.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, you shouldn’t reproach me; for there’s nothing to reproach me about.
Craig
- You simply married the wrong man, Harriet.
Mrs. Craig (witheringly)
- I married a romantic fool! (He looks at her narrowly, and she holds his eye) That’s what I married; (she turns
