I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts

Excerpt: ...is Bobbie; he's mad on Faith Crombie. Daniel . So I gathered-why, do you suppose? Sylvia . We can't think-she's the most irritating girl I've met for years-and her mother's hateful, too. Daniel . Why are they here? Sylvia . Oh, Bobbie wanted them asked, and mother's much too sweet to deny us anything in reason. Daniel . I shouldn't call Mrs. Crombie in reason-she's trying to pump me. Sylvia . You are rather a mysterious person you know, uncle, I should like to know lots more about you. Daniel . Everything about me is absolutely honourable and above board. Sylvia . I don't know that it is. Daniel . My dear Sylvia-you wound me, you grieve me-I feel deeply pained. I-- Sylvia (laughing). It's no use trying to bluster out of it, uncle, you know as well as I do that it wasn't honourable of you to single me out for your money without letting the others know anything about it. Daniel (quickly). You haven't told them, have you? (Puts his feet down.) Sylvia . No-I don't break my word. Daniel . And I don't break mine, so you needn't be so sniffy. Sylvia . It is breaking it in a way to show favouritism. Daniel . I only told you in the very strictest confidence because I had faith in you-trusted you. Sylvia . It was very sweet of you, uncle, but I don't think you should have. Daniel . Well, after all, I. it's my money and surely I-- Sylvia . You see, it's so terribly unfair to the others-of course they don't know, and I shall never breathe a word, but, uncle, I do wish you'd leave everything to one of them and not me-I shouldn't feel happy for a moment with the money-not for a single moment if I'd known all the time that I was going to get it. Rule me out of the list, there's a dear-I'm earning an awful lot now, you know, on the films and I really don't need any more-promise you'll do what I ask you? Daniel . I don't think you're quite in your right mind, but,...