This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...home by daybreak; but far or near" Could I have written such words? Fool that I was! and should my husband ever know. VIOLENT knocking R. Suz. Some one knocks! Louise. It was there--there! Baron (without R.). Open the door! Suz. Your husband! Give me the letter. (Snatches it.) Louise. Good heavens! where shall I hide? ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...home by daybreak; but far or near" Could I have written such words? Fool that I was! and should my husband ever know. VIOLENT knocking R. Suz. Some one knocks! Louise. It was there--there! Baron (without R.). Open the door! Suz. Your husband! Give me the letter. (Snatches it.) Louise. Good heavens! where shall I hide? Suz. (low; going to open the door). Don't think of hiding, --stay where you are. Louise. No, no--he would see my agitation. (Runs to R. 4 E. Baron continues to knock.) Suz. (low, her hand on lock of door, R.). No--stop, I tell you! (louise exits room R.; with vexation.) Oh! foolish woman! (She opens the door, R. 3 E.) Enter Baron, in shooting dress, with his gun. Baron (r., surprised). You! Suz. (r. C, calm and smiling). Yes--I! What an uproar you have been making! Baron. Here? Suz. In this museum. I'm looking at all the curiosities. Baron (looking round him). Alone? (Comes to a) Suz. You see (Sits at table l. c, and examines a drawer full of shells.) What a wonderful collection of shells to be sure--only look! Baron (putting down his gun, h. a to L. ). But I heard talking. Suz. I was trying to pronounce these dreadful words aloud. Why will scientific men give such preposterous names to things? Oh! look--isn't that pretty? Baron. You were not alone--Louise was here. (Comes to l. of table, l. a) Suz. What should she be doing here? Baron. Something she was ashamed of apparently, since she made her escape. Suz. (laughing, still looking at shells). Ha, ha, ha! does tnis fit often seize you, cousin? Baron. She was here, I say! Suz. And if she was, why shouldn't she be here still? Da you think she has hidden herself under the table? Baron (roughly, looking her full in the face). Then why didn't you open the door immediately? Suz. (not at all dis...
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