One Act Plays
_The sitting-room of a little flat in Shaftesbury Avenue. At back is a door leading to the dining-room--it is open, and the dinner-table is in full view of the audience. To the extreme right is another door, leading to the hall._
CROCKSTEAD. Thank you. I will finish it my own way. I will say that when a woman deliberately tries to wring an offer of marriage from a man whom she does not love, she deserves...
4. Chapter 4JOE. I had money there--money in my hand--money that you need so badly, you, the woman I love with all my ragged soul--money that would have put food into the body of my little...
2. Chapter 2HECTOR. [_Turning fiercely to her, roaring madly._] Silence, Jezebel! [_She shrinks back, in alarm, towards the fire._] Your name! Wait a bit, I'll tell you! [_He takes a step t...
5. Chapter 5LADY TORMINSTER. That's because he shot your tiger, and you rubbed his nose. Besides, you talk about horses, and so on. And yet I heard him, for a solid hour, telling you about...
1. Chapter 1_The sitting-room of a little flat in Shaftesbury Avenue. At back is a door leading to the dining-room--it is open, and the dinner-table is in full view of the audience. To the...
6. Chapter 6HARVEY. [_Eagerly._] Look here, on my honour--I _am_ fond of her, of course, in a way--but I'm old enough to be her father--and I swear to you all--I've seen her about, of cours...