The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot by T.S. Eliot

Author:T.S. Eliot [Eliot, T.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: nepalifiction, TPB
ISBN: 9780571262335
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2011-11-22T18:15:00+00:00

You will keep our appointment?

EDWARD. I shall keep it.

UNIDENTIFIED GUEST [Sings].

Tooryooly toory-iley,

What’s the matter with One Eyed Riley?

[Exit]

JULIA. Edward, who is that dreadful man?

I’ve never been so insulted in my life.

It’s very lucky that I left my spectacles:

This is what I call an adventure!

Tell me about him. You’ve been drinking together!

So this is the kind of friend you have

When Lavinia is out of the way! Who is he?

EDWARD. I don’t know.

JULIA. You don’t know?

EDWARD. I never saw him before in my life.

JULIA. But how did he come here?

EDWARD. I don’t know.

JULIA. You don’t know! And what’s his name?

Did I hear him say his name was Riley?

EDWARD. I don’t know his name.

JULIA. You don’t know his name?

EDWARD. I tell you I’ve no idea who he is

Or how he got here.

JULIA. But what did you talk about

Or were you singing songs all the time?

There’s altogether too much mystery

About this place to-day.

EDWARD. I’m very sorry.

JULIA. No, I love it. But that reminds me

About my glasses. That’s the greatest mystery.

Peter! Why aren’t you looking for them?

Look on the mantelpiece. Where was I sitting?

Just turn out the bottom of that sofa —

No, this chair. Look under the cushion.

EDWARD. Are you quite sure they’re not in your bag?

JULIA. Why no, of course not: that’s where I keep them.

Oh, here they are! Thank you, Edward;

That really was very clever of you;

I’d never have found them but for you.

The next time I lose anything, Edward,

I’ll come straight to you, instead of to St. Anthony.

And now I must fly. I’ve kept the taxi waiting.

Come along, Peter.

PETER. I hope you won’t mind

If I don’t come with you, Julia? On the way back

I remembered something I had to say to Edward …

JULIA. Oh, about Lavinia?

PETER. No, not about Lavinia.

It’s something I want to consult him about,

And I could do it now.

JULIA. Of course I don’t mind.

PETER. Well, at least you must let me take you down in the lift.

JULIA. No, you stop and talk to Edward. I’m not helpless yet.

And besides, I like to manage the machine myself —

In a lift I can meditate. Good-bye then.

And thank you — both of you — very much.

[Exit]

PETER. I hope I’m not disturbing you, Edward.

EDWARD. I seem to have been disturbed already;

And I did rather want to be alone.

But what’s it all about?

PETER. I want your help.

I was going to telephone and try to see you later;

But this seemed an opportunity.

EDWARD. And what’s your trouble?

PETER. This evening I felt I could bear it no longer.

That awful party! I’m sorry, Edward;

Of course it was really a very nice party

For everyone but me. And that wasn’t your fault.

I don’t suppose you noticed the situation.

EDWARD. I did think I noticed one or two things;

But I don’t pretend I was aware of everything.

PETER. Oh, I’m very glad that you didn’t notice:

I must have behaved rather better than I thought.

If you didn’t notice, I don’t suppose the others did,

Though I’m rather afraid of Julia Shuttlethwaite.

EDWARD. Julia is certainly observant,

But I think she had some other matter on her mind.

PETER. It’s about Celia.

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