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The Worsted Man What has he done that you should treat him thus? The fashion seems to me so very stupid, And from some points of view pre posterous. Doll. And is that why, when you con structed me, you left out my heart? (Reproachfully.) Did you wish me to be as preposterous as all the rest ? Impatience. I intended to give you one later, as soon as I was convinced that you were capable of using it prop erly. We do not permit children to play with fire-arms until they have been taught to handle them. When you have shown your fitness to possess a heart, Mr. Woolley, you shall have one. Doll (Gleefully.) But I have, I have, I have. I already have one. [Dances joyously about the stage, holding the large heart high in s 57