Why Jesus Wept

38 WHY JESUS WEPT. SIR PERCY. You will. You have written more than this. ANGELA. If I must — SIR PERCY. You must. ANGELA. Ah love ! (She yields herself up to him. A long pause.) Learn my first lesson ; at these great moments of life, silence is the best. (Aside.) There is a more important one. Had that silly gowk but the wit to lead him — “ à fin — where were I now ? Not a drain on his stores, but a — Professor Spooner, in your next lecture warn the girls to go slow ; it is dangerous as well as cruel to leave a lover standing. SIR PERCY. Oh I have learnt that lesson and a thousand others. ANGELA. You must go now. The moon — SIR PERCY. This love is not of the moon. To-morrow — ANGELA. “ And to-morrow and to-morrow.” Speak not that idle word !