. Monologues. Jt Jt JC Zhc ipear after Gbe ll?ear after Scene. The veranda of a summer hotelon the shores of a broad stretch of wa-ter. Below, in the harbor, is concourse of yachts, the reflectionsof their lights glittering intermittentlyas the boats rise and fall with themotion of the waves. From a distantballroom echoes the strains of a all, a moon, high in the heavens,sends its steady illumination. A wom-an, clad in white, and bearing ahuge bouquet of roses, enters at speaks off. iS9. JES, Gilbert—in a want just one morebreath of this divine nightair
. Monologues. Jt Jt JC Zhc ipear after Gbe ll?ear after Scene. The veranda of a summer hotelon the shores of a broad stretch of wa-ter. Below, in the harbor, is concourse of yachts, the reflectionsof their lights glittering intermittentlyas the boats rise and fall with themotion of the waves. From a distantballroom echoes the strains of a all, a moon, high in the heavens,sends its steady illumination. A wom-an, clad in white, and bearing ahuge bouquet of roses, enters at speaks off. iS9. JES, Gilbert—in a want just one morebreath of this divine nightair. [She advances slowlyto the veranda rail andgazes pensively down at the yachts. Atthe same instant a man enters right. Shehears his step and turns involuntarily.] Why—why, Jeff—I beg your pardon—Mr. Cryder. ... Oh yes, but that waslast year, and this is—the year after.[She turns away for a brief interval andburies her face in the roses. She is visiblyperturbed as she speaks again.] Do you know, I—I. Well, I supposeyou think I— Oh, dear, I mean, I believeyou are absurd enough to think that I 160 flfeonologues am behaving as though I were embarrass-ed—but Im not—just because we had alittle flirtation last summer. . Now,you dont think so, do you? . . You hadbetter not. [She is silent for a moment,and then speaks with mock earnestness.] But, do you know, there were timeswhen you appeared so desperate thatyou might have deceived a less dis-criminating young woman into believ-ing you were in
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