Category: Humour
The Title: A Comedy in Three Acts
The scene throughout is a sitting-room in the well-furnished West End abode of the Culvers. There is a door, back. There is also another door (L) leading to Mrs. Culver's boudoir and elsewhere.
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
The scene throughout is a sitting-room in the well-furnished West End abode of the Culvers. There is a door, back. There is also another door (L) leading to Mrs. Culver's boudoi...
2. Chapter 2TRANTO. Great heavens! (_imitates sketchily the motions of cutting up a piece of steak. Shaking hands with_ John, _who has risen_). Well, John. How are things? Don't let me dist...
3. Chapter 3CULVER. Darling, once in the old, happy days--I think it was last week--you and I were walking down Bond Street, almost hand in hand, but not quite, and you saw a brooch in a sh...
4. Chapter 4HILDEGARDE (_imitating her mothers manner_). Well, mamma darling, we hate bothering you. We know you've got quite enough worries, without having any more. But it's about this ba...