Quality street : a comedy in four acts . .^™?^^ ^ ^^^ They are swept away on the arms of the impatient Captain MISS SUSAN {Clever for the only moment in her life) Wenever mention him. {They are swept away on the arms ofthe impatient captain.) 99 Quality Street [acth. MISS WILLOUGHBY, MISS HENRIETTA,AND MISS FANNY What has Thomas done? (TJiey have no suspicion as yet of whatMISS PHOEBE has cionc; but theybelieve there is a scandal in theThrossel fatnily, and they will notsleep happily jiutil they know whatit is.) End of Act II. ^. Act III THE BALL A BALL, but not the one to ivhick lue have seen
Quality street : a comedy in four acts . .^™?^^ ^ ^^^ They are swept away on the arms of the impatient Captain MISS SUSAN {Clever for the only moment in her life) Wenever mention him. {They are swept away on the arms ofthe impatient captain.) 99 Quality Street [acth. MISS WILLOUGHBY, MISS HENRIETTA,AND MISS FANNY What has Thomas done? (TJiey have no suspicion as yet of whatMISS PHOEBE has cionc; but theybelieve there is a scandal in theThrossel fatnily, and they will notsleep happily jiutil they know whatit is.) End of Act II. ^. Act III THE BALL A BALL, but not the one to ivhick lue have seen MissSusan and Miss Phoebe rush forth upon their careerof crime. This is the third of the series, the one ofwhich Patty has foretold ivith horrid relish that itpromises to be specially given over to devilries. Thescene is a canvas pavilion, used as a retiring rooju andfor card play, and through an opening in the back zvehave glimpses of gay uniforms and fair ladies inter-mingled in the bravery of the dance. There is comingand going thi-ough this opening, and also through slitsin the canvas. The pavilion is fantastically decoratedin various tastes, and is lit %vith lanterns. A good-natured moon, nevertheless, shines into it of the card tables are neglected, but at one a gameof quadrille is in progress. There is much movementand hilarity, but none from one side of the tent, wheresit several young ladies, all pretty, all appealing andall %voeful,for no gallatit comes to ask them if he mayhave the felicity. The
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