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Page 54
QUEX.
[_Shaking himself up._] No, no; nothing--the hot weather. Come along; we
mustn't be late for grace. [_Boisterously._] At any rate, a glass of
champagne--[_slapping_ FRAYNE _on the back_] a glass or two of F�lix
Poubelle, hey? F�lix Poubelle, Carte d'Or! ha, ha, ha!
[_As they turn to go, they see_ SOPHY _on the other side of the low
hedge, looking at them steadily._
QUEX.
[_To_ FRAYNE, _quietly._] Wait!
[_They stand still, while_ SOPHY _very demurely walks to the steps,
ascends them, and disappears._
QUEX.
[_In an altered tone._] Chick--you see that hussy?
FRAYNE.
Miss Fullgarney?
QUEX.
I can't make her out. I believe she wants to play some trick on me.
FRAYNE.
Trick?
QUEX.
'Pon my soul, I believe she's prying--spying on me.
FRAYNE.
That nice gal!
QUEX.
Oh, I daresay I'm wrong. But if I found it so, I--I'd wring her neck.
FRAYNE.
[_Wistfully._] It's an alluring neck.
QUEX.
Possibly. But I'd wring it--!
[_They go up the steps together._
END OF THE SECOND ACT.
THE THIRD ACT
_The scene represents two rooms--a bedroom and a boudoir--separated by
an arched opening across which a porti�re is hung. The porti�re is,
however, drawn aside, and the bedroom, in which is a bed with an
elaborate canopy, is partly revealed. The boudoir is nearest to the
spectator. Above the fireplace, with bare hearth, on the right, is a
broad window running obliquely towards the centre, concealed by heavy
curtains. On the left of the window, facing the audience, is a door
admitting to a long, narrow passage in which a hanging lamp is burning;
and on the left of this door is the arched opening dividing the bedroom
from the boudoir. Another door opens into the boudoir on the opposite
side from a corridor or landing. Beyond this door, against the wall, is
a cabinet, on the top of which is a clock. A chair stands at each end of
this cabinet. On the left of the arched opening--placed obliquely, the
mirror turned from the audience--is a cheval-glass; and on the right is
a sculptured figure or ornamental pillar supporting a lighted lamp.
Before the window stands a large dressing-table. On the table are a pair
of candelabra with lighted candles, a looking-glass, toilet-bottles, and
a hand-mirror. A chair faces the dressing-table. Nearer to the
spectator are a writing-table, with a heap of French novels on it, and
an arm-chair. Opposite stand a circular table, an arm-chair, and a
settee. A silver box containing cigarettes, an ash-tray, a match-stand,
and a lighted spirit-lamp are on this table._
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