By Debra654
Date: 2004 Feb 16
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Of Human Bondage

Nora:  Philip, why haven't I heard from you?
Philip: I was just going to write.
Nora:  Why haven't you come to see me?
Philip:  Well, I've been busy.
Nora:  Why so silent?
Philip:  Nora, I have something strange to tell you... you've been
         so good to me, it only makes it harder.
Nora:  Philip, what's wrong?
Philip:  I'm sorry, - it's just over.
Nora:  You mean you don't care for me anymore?
Philip:  I'm afraid so.
Nora:  Why, what'd I do?
Philip:  Nothing, you've been wonderful, it's just that I...
Nora:  Course I knew you never loved me as much as I loved you.
Philip: Yes, I'm afraid that's usually the case, there's usually one
        who loves, and one who is loved.
Nora:  Oh it's always the same, if you want a man to be nice to you,
      you have to be rotten to him - if you treat a man honestly he'll...
      Philip, there's someone else.
Philip: Yes.
Nora:  Who is she?
Philip:  Mildred.  She's come back.
Nora:  After all she's done, - how could you?
Philip: That's what I'd like to know.
Nora:  It's just though you were bound to her in some way,
       like I am to you, and she was to Miller.
Philip: As every human being is to something or another.