Chapter I: Front Matter

THE HONEYMOON

WORKS BY ARNOLD BENNETT

NOVELS

A MAN FROM THE NORTH
ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS
LEONORA
A GREAT MAN
SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED
BURIED ALIVE
THE OLD WIVES' TALE
THE GLIMPSE
HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND
CLAYHANGER
THE CARD
HILDA LESSWAYS
THE REGENT

FANTASIAS

THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL
THE GATES OF WRATH
TERESA OF WATLING STREET
THE LOOT OF CITIES
HUGO
THE GHOST
THE CITY OF PLEASURE

SHORT STORIES

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS

BELLES-LETTRES

JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN
FAME AND FICTION
HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR
THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
THE REASONABLE LIFE
HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
THE HUMAN MACHINE
LITERARY TASTE
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND

DRAMA

POLITE FARCES
CUPID AND COMMON SENSE
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
THE HONEYMOON
THE GREAT ADVENTURE

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(In Collaboration with EDEN PHILLPOTTS)

THE SINEWS OF WAR: A ROMANCE
THE STATUE: A ROMANCE

(In Collaboration with EDWARD KNOBLAUCH)

MILESTONES

THE HONEYMOON

A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS

BY

ARNOLD BENNETT

THIRD EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON

_First Published_ _October 5th 1911_
_Second Edition_ _January 5th 1912_
_Third Edition_ _1914_

CHARACTERS

FLORA LLOYD _Widow, aged 28._
MRS. REACH HASLAM _A Novelist, aged 56._
MR. REACH HASLAM _Her Husband, aged 58._
CEDRIC HASLAM _Their eldest Son, aged 32._
CHARLES HASLAM _Their second Son, aged 22._
THE BISHOP OF CHELMSFORD _Aged 55._
MR. FRAMPINGTON _Aged 30._
GASTON _A Swiss Waiter, aged 23._
CUTHBERT _Mrs. Reach Haslam's Butler._

CAST OF THE PLAY

AS PRODUCED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. DION
BOUCICAULT AT THE ROYALTY THEATRE,
LONDON, 6TH OCT., 1911.

FLORA LLOYD MISS MARIE TEMPEST.
MRS. REACH HASLAM MISS KATE SERJEANTSON.
MR. REACH HASLAM MR. DION BOUCICAULT.
CEDRIC HASLAM MR. GRAHAM BROWNE.
CHARLES HASLAM MR. BASIL HALLAM.
BISHOP OF CHELMSFORD MR. BERTE THOMAS.
MR. FRAMPINGTON MR. DENNIS EADIE.
GASTON MR. CECIL ROSE.
CUTHBERT MR. HORTON COOPER.

NOTES ON CHARACTERS IN ACT I

FLORA LLOYD. Beautiful. Elegant. Charming. All in the highest
degree possible. The whole play turns on these qualities in her.

CEDRIC HASLAM. Renowned aviator. The taciturn inventive Englishman.
Very self-controlled, but capable of passionate moments.
Obstinate, with enormous force of character. His movements,
gestures, and speech have a certain air of slow indolence, but
are at the same time marked by that masculine harshness and
brusqueness which would specially appeal to a woman like Flora.
No one could guess from his demeanour that he is famous.

CHARLES HASLAM. Boyish. Impulsive. Very self-centred. But very
agreeable.

MRS. REACH HASLAM. Majestic. Richly dressed. The foremost
woman-novelist in England and America. Her name a household word.
No sense of humour. But she is very, very far from being a fool,
and the part is not a low-comedy part. This play shows the least
sympathetic side of her.

MR. REACH HASLAM. The husband of a celebrity. Strong sense of
sardonic humour, which has very little outlet. Always exceedingly
polite and even deferential to his wife, yet preserving his own
dignity. A prim, dry, precise man.

GASTON. There are scores of Gastons in the hotels and restaurants
of the West End. He does not differ from the type.

The Acting Rights of this Play are reserved. Applications for permission to perform should be made to Messrs. J. B. PINKER & SON, Talbot House, Arundel Street, Strand, London, W.C. 2, from whom all particulars as to terms may be obtained.

THE HONEYMOON