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Mary opens a door, Mason comes in .
Mason: Good morning!
Mary: Good morning, Mason.
Mason: I am… here you're surprised to see me here, so am I but then I never learn that I am not wandered, which raise me to you.
Mary: What do you mean?
Mason: I have news for you, something you'll find interesting. Janice wants me to help her with her divorce from Mark.
Mary: Does she?
Mason: Aha. She is insisting on quite a hurry for it, she want me to put a rush on it, I thought you would find it interesting
Mary: Well, I am not a sort of gloating person who gets the kicks out of hearing other people's bad new.
Mason: What bad about it? They both want a divorce but I thought the run of occasions would be interesting to you. For example, when I found out that Mark was in this mad rush I thought it might be because he had proposed to you, hence the haste. Am I right?
Mary: That's not really any of your business, Mason.
Mason: Has he?
Mary: I don't believe this…
Mason (taking her hand and looking at it): Let's see, there's no ring on the finger and the question maybe doesn't work as fast as I've given it credit for.
Mary: Stop that!
Mason: Has he been doing any verbal pussyfooting about the subject “You know how I wish…” or “ It would be nice”, anything like that?
Mary: Mason, I don't think I'll discuss this with you.
Mason: Well, I think I have a right to ask.
Mary: You know, you think you have a right to ask a lot of things.
Mason: Has he?
Mary: All right, if you must know – yes.
Mason: Yes?
Mary: Yes. Mark asked me to marry him.
Mason: He did…
Mary: Yes he did, he even gave me a ring.
Mason: Is it so small that I missed it?
Mary: I gave it back to him.
Mason: You did?
Mary: Yes, I told him I needed some time to think about it.
Mason: Well, I suppose that's traditional, “this is so sudden, I need more time”. How much time has he given you?
Mary: As long as it takes me to make up my mind.
Mason: Well. I hope he grows out of waiting for you, he could, you know, enough one for snap decisions.
Mary: You know, Mason, I am thinking very seriously about it, not something I take lightly, I mean, you might but I don't.
Mason: I hope you take as much time as necessary. Two or three years at the least.
Mary: I don't want your advice.
Mason: You know, I think it's interesting to tempt to think about it all. I would think a woman should know her own heart. I take that as a sing that you're going to turn down, you should, you know…
Mary: Why not you go away Mason? I don't want you anything to say on the subject.
Mason: I am not surprised. That's not fool around logic and reason, you never know loosing my lip.
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