Plays : Third Series. John Galsworthy

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       John Galsworthy

      Plays : Third Series

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066137380

Table of Contents

       THE FUGITIVE

       PERSONS OF THE PLAY

       ACT I. George Dedmond's Flat. Evening.

       ACT I

       ACT II

       ACT III

       SCENE II

       ACT IV

       THE PIGEON

       PERSONS OF THE PLAY

       ACT I

       ACT II

       ACT III

       THE MOB

       PERSONS OF THE PLAY

       A MOB

       ACT I

       ACT. II

       ACT III

       SCENE II

       ACT IV

       AFTERMATH

THE FUGITIVE

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      A Play in Four Acts

PERSONS OF THE PLAY

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      GEORGE DEDMOND, a civilian

       CLARE, his wife

       GENERAL SIR CHARLES DEDMOND, K.C.B., his father.

       LADY DEDMOND, his mother

       REGINALD HUNTINGDON, Clare's brother

       EDWARD FULLARTON, her friend

       DOROTHY FULLARTON, her friend

       PAYNTER, a manservant

       BURNEY, a maid

       TWISDEN, a solicitor

       HAYWOOD, a tobacconist

       MALISE, a writer

       MRS. MILER, his caretaker

       THE PORTER at his lodgings

       A BOY messenger

       ARNAUD, a waiter at "The Gascony"

       MR. VARLEY, manager of "The Gascony"

       TWO LADIES WITH LARGE HATS, A LADY AND GENTLEMAN, A LANGUID LORD,

       HIS COMPANION, A YOUNG MAN, A BLOND GENTLEMAN, A DARK GENTLEMAN.

ACT I. George Dedmond's Flat. Evening.

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      ACT II. The rooms of Malise. Morning.

      ACT III. SCENE I. The rooms of Malice. Late afternoon.

      SCENE II. The rooms of Malise. Early Afternoon.

      ACT IV. A small supper room at "The Gascony."

      Between Acts I and II three nights elapse.

      Between Acts II and Act III, Scene I, three months.

      Between Act III, Scene I, and Act III, Scene II, three months.

      Between Act III, Scene II, and Act IV, six months.

      "With a hey-ho chivy

       Hark forrard, hark forrard, tantivy!"

ACT I

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      The SCENE is the pretty drawing-room of a flat. There are two doors, one open into the hall, the other shut and curtained. Through a large bay window, the curtains of which are not yet drawn, the towers of Westminster can be seen darkening in a summer sunset; a grand piano stands across one corner. The man-servant PAYNTER, clean-shaven and discreet, is arranging two tables for Bridge.

      BURNEY, the maid, a girl with one of those flowery Botticellian faces only met with in England, comes in through the curtained door, which she leaves open, disclosing the glimpse of a white wall. PAYNTER looks up at her; she shakes her head, with an expression of concern.

      PAYNTER. Where's she gone?

      BURNEY. Just walks about, I fancy.

      PAYNTER. She and the Governor don't hit it! One of these days she'll flit—you'll see. I like her—she's a lady; but these thoroughbred 'uns—it's their skin and their mouths. They'll go till they drop if they like the job, and if they don't, it's nothing but jib—jib—jib. How was it down there before she married him?

      BURNEY. Oh! Quiet, of course.

      PAYNTER. Country homes—I know 'em. What's her father, the old

       Rector, like?

      BURNEY. Oh! very steady old man. The mother dead long before I took the place.

      PAYNTER. Not a penny, I suppose?

      BURNEY. [Shaking her head] No; and seven of them.

      PAYNTER. [At sound of the hall door] The Governor!

      BURNEY withdraws through the curtained door.

      GEORGE DEDMOND enters from the hall. He is in evening dress, opera hat, and overcoat; his face is broad, comely, glossily shaved, but with neat moustaches. His eyes, clear, small, and blue-grey, have little speculation. His hair is well brushed.

      GEORGE. [Handing PAYNTER his coat and hat] Look here, Paynter! When I send up from the Club for my dress things, always put in a black waistcoat as well.

      PAYNTER. I asked the mistress, sir.

      GEORGE.