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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: VIVIE [merciless to herself] No: it's good for me. It keeps me
from being sentimental.
FRANK [bantering her] Checks your strong natural propensity that
way, dont it?
VIVIE [almost hysterically] Oh yes: go on: dont spare me. I was
sentimental for one moment in my life--beautifully sentimental--
by moonlight; and now--
FRANK [quickly] I say, Viv: take care. Dont give yourself away.
VIVIE. Oh, do you think Mr Praed does not know all about my
mother? [Turning on Praed] You had better have told me that
morning, Mr Praed. You are very old fashioned in your
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