. Dialogues of the day. face?) By Jove! Its her! Lady Boyce (looking from her husband to MajorDorrington): Her! Her! Not his wife! Major Dorrington {walking unsteadily to the doorof the box): Open this thing, Jim. Let me go! Illswear I thought she was dead. Let me go. Open itI say! I cant see the handle anywhere. vSir James: All right, old fellow. Lean on me.(Opens the door?) Miss Munroe, would you mind lookingafter Millie? Shes a little, upset. (Exit Sir Ja?nes arid Major Dorrington?) The Audience (as the Seliora finishes her turn):Brava! Brava! Lady Boyce: Oh! my poor Alice! Alice: Dont. You
. Dialogues of the day. face?) By Jove! Its her! Lady Boyce (looking from her husband to MajorDorrington): Her! Her! Not his wife! Major Dorrington {walking unsteadily to the doorof the box): Open this thing, Jim. Let me go! Illswear I thought she was dead. Let me go. Open itI say! I cant see the handle anywhere. vSir James: All right, old fellow. Lean on me.(Opens the door?) Miss Munroe, would you mind lookingafter Millie? Shes a little, upset. (Exit Sir Ja?nes arid Major Dorrington?) The Audience (as the Seliora finishes her turn):Brava! Brava! Lady Boyce: Oh! my poor Alice! Alice: Dont. Youve got to help me. He thoughtshe was dead. Its as bad for him as it is for shall I do? (Begins taking the flozvers out ofher dress.) An Unrehearsed Effect 101 The Audience: Brava! Brava! Encore! Encore! {The Senora returns and bows her acknowledgments,Alice rises in the box and throws her bouquet on tothe stage?) The Audience: Brava! Brava! Alice: I doubt if the other lady would have openedmy eyes wider. W I mm. cossie; You seem to have heard a great deal abovit Jack Walsham. TRUTH WILL OUT. By Marion Hepworth Dixon. mrs. emerson (30), An Anglo Indian widow. cossie pinching (28), An impecunious young man. Scene: The gallerv of a London Church, where a wedding is going on. Cossie: Glad we thought of coming up here, wecan see the show and be out of the ruck. Mrs. Emerson : Cossie, remember we are in church! Cossie: Thought you were too modern to mind,Zoey. It is a bit of farce after all, say what you will,and who should know it better than ls who was engagedto the girl myself? Mrs. Emerson: He marries her for her money ? Cossie: I should say for her expectations. OldFlamborough is as rich as Croesus. Mrs. Emerson: But she is pretty, they say. Cossie: That wouldnt count with Walsham. Hesseen too many of em. 106 Dialogues of the Day. Mrs. Emerson {sharply): Too many? Too many ofwhat? Cossie: Pretty women—and known em too well. Mrs. Emerson : {hesitating a little): Is Colo
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