The Impossible Howells, William Dean Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag William Dean Howells, 1837 – 1920 Walter J. Meserve William Merriam Gibson, 1912 – George Warren Arms, 1912 – The Impossible, A Mystery Play [1910] [in, The Complete Plays of W. D. Howells: Walter J. Meserve ... Under the General Editorship of William M. Gibson and George Arms] New York New York University Press xxxiii, 649 p. unclear THE VOICE OF THE TELEPHONE: MRS. FOUNTAIN: FOUNTAIN: JULES: Drama One-act Prose data extraction from source 1960 MRS. FOUNTAIN, sweeping into the drawing-room of her. apartment in complete dinner toilette, her head held illustratively erect on a body bowed a little forward; while her left hand presses a lace handkerchief to her belt, and her right just lifts her skirt from the floor, freeing her feet for their gliding movement over the carpet, she advances with conscious challenge toward her husband :

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He sits with his feet stretched as far out in front of him as they will reach, showing the soles of his patent-leather shoes, and as he speaks he lifts his sunken head from the expanse of his shirt-front, and stares absently at his wife . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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She presses her gown inward a little and glances down at it on either side, with graceful curves and turns, as if at a rehearsal of deportment . FOUNTAIN:

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He is himself again stretched out in the informal attitude which he had taken at first, and looks up at her with his hands clasped behind his head . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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She laughs bitterly . FOUNTAIN:

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He runs toward the window, but is intercepted by Mrs. Fountain, who detains him by his lapels . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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He returns to his attitude of extreme leisure, and Mrs. Fountain goes to the window and peers out through a slightly lifted curtain . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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MRS. FOUNTAIN, in a fine attitude of dramatic attention :

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A confused colloquy at the telephone ensues, and then Jules, with a heavy Alsatian accent of his English, appears between the dining-room doors . JULES:

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As Fountain reappears with an agitated air, Mrs. Fountain takes the word from his mouth . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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She walks excitedly to and fro, while Fountain goes to the telephone . FOUNTAIN, without, and talking into the transmitter :

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FOUNTAIN, at the phone :

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FOUNTAIN, replying to her, but speaking all the time into the transmitter :

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She goes and smooths it down for him, and then sinks into an attitude of smiling and hospitable expectance on the sofa. A muted colloquy takes place between Jules and some one at the door; there is a clumping of heavy shoes on the floor, and a sound of hard breathing; the door shuts and Jules appears . JULES, offering two notes on a tray :

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FOUNTAIN, while Mrs. Fountain remains piercing Jules with an eye of inarticulate indignation :

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He takes Mrs. Fountain gingerly into his arms so as not to disarray her, but she flings herself sobbing on his neck . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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MRS. FOUNTAIN, lifting her head, and drying her tears while still in his arms :

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After a moment Jules appears between the dining-room doors. JULES, indiscriminately :

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He returns to the drawing-room, rather pale, and with apprehension in his eye, but with an air of preparation for the worst. Jules has passed him in going into the dining-room . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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Her tone is one of mixed challenge and imploring . FOUNTAIN:

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He goes out through the dining-room . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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He resumes his easy full-length attitude in his chair, and looks up at Mrs. Fountain . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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He offers his arm, and Mrs. Fountain puts forward her hand to take it, and then suddenly draws back . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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The voice is stilled: Fountain runs to the telephone . FOUNTAIN:

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Again the voice repeats its message; Fountain runs back to his wife . MRS. FOUNTAIN, whimpering and clinging to her husband :

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They retire a little way from the table, and with arms interlocked, regard it approvingly . MRS. FOUNTAIN:

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FOUNTAIN, with a sigh, after a moment of reflection :

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She puts her hand through his arm, and pulls him toward the dining-room . FOUNTAIN, musingly :

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