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Book, page 51 / 92 ANABEL. I don't think she's mad at all. I think she has most desperate courage. GERALD. "Courage" is good. That's a new term for it. ANABEL. Yes, courage. When a man says "courage" he means the courage to die. A woman means the courage to live. That's what women hate men most for, that they haven't the courage to live. GERALD. Mother takes her courage in both hands rather late. ANABEL. We're a little late ourselves. GERALD. We are, rather. By the way, you seem to have had plenty of the courage of death--you've played a pretty deathly game, it seems to me--both when I knew you and afterwards, you've had your finger pretty deep in the death-pie. ANABEL. That's why I want a change of--of--- GERALD. Of heart?--Better take mother's tip, and try the poker. ANABEL. I will. GERALD. Ha--corraggio! ANABEL. Yes--corraggio! GERALD. Corraggiaccio! ANABEL. Corraggione! GERALD. Cock-a-doodle-doo! (Enter OLIVER and FREER.) Oh, come in. Don't be afraid; it's a charade. (ANABEL rises.) No,
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