JINNY. Who?
AUSTIN. I didn't know who; it just seemed to be a familiar back.
JINNY. [_Playfully._] Oh, come! I think the present works of art and
your loving wife are quite enough for you to look at without hunting
around for familiar backs!
AUSTIN. And Baedeker! [_Reading from Baedeker about the Apollo._] Apollo
Belvedere, found at the end of the fifteenth century, probably in a
Roman villa--
JINNY. Of course, Apollo!
AUSTIN. Great, isn't it?
JINNY. Stunning! [_She turns and looks at him, smiling quizzically._]
_Still_--but I suppose I'm prejudiced!
AUSTIN. [_Obtuse._] Still what?
JINNY. You dear old stupid! You know, Jack, you're deeply and
_fundamentally_ clever and brilliant, but you're not quite-- _bright_--
_not quick_!
[_Laughing._
AUSTIN. Don't you think having _one_ in the family quick as chain
lightning is enough? What have I missed this time, Jinny? You don't mean
you've found a family likeness in the statue over there? I don't want to
be unappreciative, but it doesn't suggest your father to me in the
least,--nor even Geoffrey.
JINNY.
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