of writing table and
round back, watching_ GEORGE). Are you ready, dear?
GEORGE (_mounting the steps_). Yes, quite ready.
OLIVIA. There! (_The curtains become entangled and he nearly falls_.) Oh,
take care, dear!
GEORGE (_again mounting steps_). Oh, that's all right, dear. They're a
little long. (_The curtains become entangled round his head_.)
(MR. PIM _enters mysteriously from up_ L.)
(OLIVIA _is looking up at_ GEORGE.)
(PIM _touches her on the shoulder and with a start she turns to him_.
DINAH _seeing him enter stops playing. OLIVIA, unwilling to attract_
GEORGE'S _attention, signals to_ DINAH _to continue playing, and, she
does so_.)
PIM. Mrs. Marden! I _had_ to come back--I've just remembered his name was
_Ernest_ Polwittle--not _Henry_! (_Going off up_ L.) Not Henry!
(DINAH _plays forte_.)
QUICK CURTAIN.
SCENE PLOT
_Oak panelled chamber_, with deep decorative frieze.
_Ceiling cloth_, painted with carved oak beams.
_Fireplace_.--Large open stone fireplace decorated all over with
flutings and carved stone
_Doors_.--Heavy oak doors down R. to open off.
_Windows_.--C. windows (French windows) opening on stage from
terrace.
_Stairs_.--Stairs up back R. with carved balustrade. Transparent
windows stained glass at top of stairway.
_Back cloth_.--Painted garden and terrace with stone seat C.
PROPERTY PLOT
ACT I
_Stage cloth down_.--Parquette stage cloth with marble pavement
piece attached at back for terrace
_Persian carpet_ laid up and down R.
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