Second Mrs. Tanqueray

Aubrey Tanqueray marries a woman with a past which he believes will not matter in society. "I know you think me a fool, Cayley—you needn't infer that I'm a coward into the bargain. No! I know what I'm doing, and I do it deliberately, defiantly. I'm alone; I injure no living soul by the step I'm going to take; and so you can't urge the one argument which might restrain me. Of course, I don't expect you to think compassionately, fairly even, of the woman whom I—whom I am drawn to— [] Thanks. I've heard you say that from forty till fifty a man is at heart either a stoic or a satyr. [] I am neither. I have a temperate, honourable affection for Mrs. Jarman. She has never met a man who has treated her well—I intend to treat her well. That's all. And in a few years, Cayley, if you've not quite forsaken me, I'll prove to you that it's possible to rear a life of happiness, of good repute, on a—miserable foundation." - Summary From the Play Cast list: Aubrey Tanqueray:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Paula Tanqueray, his wife:Beth Thomas [https://librivox.org/reader/6281] Ellean Tanqueray, Aubrey's daughter:Leanne Yau [https://librivox.org/reader/10614] Cayley Drummle:Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Mrs. Cortelyon:Sonia [https://librivox.org/reader/10179] Captain Hugh Ardale:Jason in Panama [https://librivox.org/reader/11064] Gordon Jayne, MD:Son of the Exiles [https://librivox.org/reader/8879] Frank Misquith, QC, MP:DrPGould [https://librivox.org/reader/11651] Sir George Orreyed, Bart:alanmapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] Lady Orreyed:TJ Burns [https://librivox.org/reader/11790] Morse:Jessie Percival [https://librivox.org/reader/11838] Servant:Roger Melin [https://librivox.org/reader/2156] Stage Directions:Availle [https://librivox.org/reader/4174] Edited by:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754]