Mrs. Dot: A Farce

Well, the result is that after I’ve paid everything up, I shall have about five hundred pounds left. I’m proposing to go out to America and rough it a bit.

Then I beg you to listen to this: [_Taking up a “Morning Post” and reading it._] A marriage has been arranged between Lord Hollington and Eleanor, only daughter of the late Gene...

Freddie, I’ve come to the conclusion that you want a holiday. I wish you to pack up your things at once and go to Brighton for a week. You’re looking pale and tired. I’m sure yo...

Cold! Heaven knows what would have happened if I’d given you any encouragement. I’ve never been able to take my eyes off the ground without finding yours fixed on me with the la...

JAMES BLENKINSOP FRED KERR GERALD HALSTANE W. GRAHAM BROWNE FREDDIE PERKINS KENNETH DOUGLAS CHARLES HERBERT ROSS MR. RIXON GEORGE BELLAMY MASON HORTON COOPER MR. WRIGHT BRIAN EG...

Did I leave my scissors here? Just see if you can find them, Freddie. Perhaps they’re in the next room. [_He goes out._] I wonder if I left them on the writing-table.