The Constant Lover | MusicalTheatreResourceCenter

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EVELYN. Reggie? [The sparrows' chatter starts again.] CECIL [nods]. Reggie's in love with you, isn't he? So am I. And both at once too! I'm only in love with one person at a time. EVELYN [rebelliously]. I can't help Reggie being in love with me. CECIL. And I can't help my being in love with you. That's just my point. I knew you'd see it. EVELYN. I don't see it at all. Reggie is quite different from you. Reggie's love is true and constant.... CECIL. Well, I'm a constant lover if you come to that. EVELYN. You aren't. You know you aren't. CECIL. Yes, I am. A constant lover is a lover who is constantly in love. EVELYN. Only with the same person. CECIL. It doesn't say so. It only says constant. EVELYN [half-laughing]. How ridiculous you are! [Turns away.] CECIL [sigh of relief]. That's right. Now you're good-tempered again. EVELYN. I'm not. CECIL. What a story! EVELYN. I'm not. I'm very, very angry. CECIL. That's impossible. You can't possibly be angry and laugh at the same time, can you? No one can. And you did laugh. You're doing it now. [She does so unwillingly.] So don't let's quarrel any more. It's absurd to quarrel on such a fine day, isn't it? Let's make it up, and be lovers again. [The sparrows die away.] EVELYN [shaking her head]. No.

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