The Decay of Lying an Observation

A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the Library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. CYRIL (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian, don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods, like the purple bloom upon a plum. Let us go and lie on the grass and smoke cigarettes and enjoy Nature.