More portmanteau plays . lights within grow bright anddisclose a lovely little room with a beautifulpiano in the centre. In a moment a youngwoman appears and opens the doors. It isSusan Sample. She is charmingly older; butshe is dressed almost as she was in the old lum-ber Please, Miss — why — SUSAN What do you want? JONATHAN I — dont you know me? SUSAN No, I dont know you, little boy. What do youwant? 147 MORE PORTMANTEAU PLAYS JONATHAN I ~ dont you really know me? SUSAN Ive never seen you before. JONATHAN I know you. . YouVe Susan Sample. SUSAN Who told you? JONATHAN Pm— {He be
More portmanteau plays . lights within grow bright anddisclose a lovely little room with a beautifulpiano in the centre. In a moment a youngwoman appears and opens the doors. It isSusan Sample. She is charmingly older; butshe is dressed almost as she was in the old lum-ber Please, Miss — why — SUSAN What do you want? JONATHAN I — dont you know me? SUSAN No, I dont know you, little boy. What do youwant? 147 MORE PORTMANTEAU PLAYS JONATHAN I ~ dont you really know me? SUSAN Ive never seen you before. JONATHAN I know you. . YouVe Susan Sample. SUSAN Who told you? JONATHAN Pm— {He becomes conscious of his hack)Why Jonathan told me. SUSAN Have you seen Jonathan? JONATHAN Yes. SUSAN Where Is he? JONATHAN I dont know. SUSAN He ran away. Why doesnt he come home? JONATHAN Because — oh, I dont know. SUSAN Who are you? JONATHAN Pm a vagrant. SUSAN Are you hungry?JONATHAN {looking toward Hank) No. Pm not. . Pm not begging. . But will you do something for me? SUSAN Yes, if I can. , 148. :^ < JONATHAN MAKES A WISH JONATHAN Will you play for me? SUSAN Oh, yes. . What shall I play? JONATHANAnything. \_Jonathan notices his dirty me a moment. [He goes to a bird-bath and washes his hands,wipes them and returns to the plays a bit of a nocturne with ease andgrace. JONATHAN Do you remember this? [He hums ^^ All on a Summer Day!^ SUSAN Oh, yes. [She plays the tune in a sophisticated musicalway J but Jonathan is You dont like it? JONATHAN That isnt exactly the way it goes. SUSAN Oh, yes, it is. [She plays it once more and sings it. JONATHAN No — no — no. It ought to go this way.[He sings it as he had sung it years before. SUSAN You sing that just as Jonathan used to singit. JONATHAN I like i-t that way. 149 MORE PORTMANTEAU PLAYS SUSAN Did Jonathan teach It to you? . JONATHAN Yes. ... A long time ago. SUSAN Did he tell you — JONATHAN About the lovely lady who danced to the tune?Oh, she was wonderful! SUSAN Jona»t
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