Chapter XIII: Act IV

The time is late afternoon on an October day. At R. through window, a spot lamp spreads over desk. Practical fire in grate over L.

LIGHTS. Placement. Fixtures NOT ON.

Floods outside window R.

Bunches Amber in arch C.

Spot in window R.1 to hit R.C.

Proc. Spot to hit Briss, R.C.

Proc. Spot to hit chair L. of table.

RISE FULL UP. Briss ENT. DIM. FTS. to 1/2—5 min.

Rise door bell R.

Red 1 5.

Red—Foots.

Amber—Foots.

White—Foots.

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Transcriber’s Notes

This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text. Stage directions are spaced inconsistently in the original printed text (e.g., “R. I. E.” vs. “R.I.E.”) and are reproduced here as they appear in print. On p. 25, a stage direction has an orphan embrace Judy before she has entered; on p. 104 there appears to be a missing or misattributed line, as Jervis is given two lines in a row (beginning “And I thought...” and “The same idea...”). As the correction is not clear in either case, the passages have been left as printed.

One line and one stage direction in Act 1 reference a character named “Codman,” who does not appear elsewhere in the play but appears to be one of the Trustees; this is possibly intended to be Wykoff.

Below is a list of itemized changes from the original text. Other minor inconsistencies, such as differences in hyphenation (e.g. “armchair” vs. “arm-chair”, “carefree” vs. “care-free”), have been left as printed.

• p. 6: Removed italics from mistakenly italicized line (Say ye knocked this off...) • p. 9: Corrected “flambuoyant” to “flamboyant” (Examines a flamboyant watch...) • p. 10: Corrected “today” to “to-day” (...in this institution to-day) • p. 11: Added missing period in “R. I. E.” (Exits R. I. E.) • p. 13: Corrected “today” to “to-day” (...Jervis Pendleton with us to-day) • p. 23: Corrected “tres” to “très” (Tu es enfant très bon...) • p. 26: Corrected “Lippet” to “Lippett” (This won’t do, Mrs. Lippett!...) • p. 26: Supply missing period after “...upsetting the tea by bumping into Jervis.” • p. 69: Corrected “Mrs. Pritchard” to “Miss Pritchard” in stage direction. • p. 105: Corrected “imposisble” to “impossible” (Of course I know it’s impossible...) • p. 105: Corrected “he” to “be” (She should be here now...) • p. 116: Corrected “Lippet” to “Lippett” (...as Mrs. Lippett turns on bracket lights.) • p. 119: Supply missing comma after “At L. of cupboard an armchair,” • p. 119: Corrected “Sllie” to “Sallie” (...writing materials on table for Sallie.) • p. 124: Corrected “ink-spot” to “inkspot” (...to conceal inkspot)

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