The Wife Quotes in The Good Woman of Setzuan
SHUI TA: Miss Shen Te has been delayed. She wishes me to tell you there will be nothing she can do—now I am here.
WIFE (bowled over): l thought she was good!
NEPHEW: Do you have to believe him?
HUSBAND: I don’t.
NEPHEW: Then do something.
HUSBAND: Certainly! I’ll send out a search party at once.
[…]
SHUI TA: You won't find Miss Shen Te. She has suspended her hospitable activity for an unlimited period. There are too many of you. She asked me to say: this is a tobacco shop, not a gold mine.
The Wife Quotes in The Good Woman of Setzuan
SHUI TA: Miss Shen Te has been delayed. She wishes me to tell you there will be nothing she can do—now I am here.
WIFE (bowled over): l thought she was good!
NEPHEW: Do you have to believe him?
HUSBAND: I don’t.
NEPHEW: Then do something.
HUSBAND: Certainly! I’ll send out a search party at once.
[…]
SHUI TA: You won't find Miss Shen Te. She has suspended her hospitable activity for an unlimited period. There are too many of you. She asked me to say: this is a tobacco shop, not a gold mine.
