Monday, November 17, 2014

The Browning Version 2014 Screen 30

Millie

Oh, you're being so sensitive to his feelings!  What about mine?  It doesn't matter to you that I love you!
Frank
You should go to him, Millie.  He needs you.  Well, he needs a wife.  
Millie
Why all this concern for him all of a sudden?  
Frank
He's hurt, Millie.  As badly as a person can be.  
Millie
Oh, you can't hurt Andrew.  He's dead.
Frank
Why do you hate him so much?
Millie
Because he keeps me from you.
Frank
That's not true.
Millie
Because he isn't a man at all. 
Frank
He's a human being.
Millie
Oh, what a lofty way you have of talking after deceiving him for six months.  
Frank
Twice in six months.  At your urgent invitation.
Millie
slaps him
Frank
I deserved that.  And worse.
Millie
Frank, I'm sorry.  Frank, I love you.  I understand that you don't love me as a person.  As the human being you see in Andrew.  I just want you to love me as a woman.  You do that very well.  You do love me in that way, Frank.
Frank
is silent

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