The Chorus Lady

MY WIFE

AND TO

STEPHEN AND GRACE NOYES WRIGHT

IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION

OF THEIR LOVING ENCOURAGEMENT

AND PITILESS CRITICISM

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY PATRICIA O'BRIEN NORA O'BRIEN MRS. O'BRIEN PATRICK O'BRIEN DAN MALLORY DICK CRAWFORD SYLVIA SIMPSON GEORGIE ADAMS COOTE MILLY SULTZER INEZ BLAIR EVELYN LARUE LOU ARCHER RITA NICHOLS MAI DELANEY ROGERS THE DUKE JAKEY SHRIMP A CALL BOY A LAUNDRYMAN

The Scenes of the First Act are laid in the home of the trainer at the MALLORY RACING STABLES, on Long Island, in the month of November; those of the succeeding acts occur in New York City between the hours of 7:45 and midnight of an evening in the following April, beginning in a dressing room of the Longacre Theatre, continuing in the apartment of RICHARD CRAWFORD, and concluding in the Harlem flat occupied by PATRICIA and NORA O'BRIEN.

THE CHORUS LADY

Original cast, as first presented at the Savoy Theatre, New York, September 1st, 1906.

It is arranged in the order in which the characters first speak.

MRS. O'BRIEN Alice Leigh NORA O'BRIEN Eva Dennison SHRIMP George Colton THE DUKE Thomas Maguire JAKEY Frank Fay PATRICK O'BRIEN Giles Shine DICK CRAWFORD Frank Byrne PATRICIA O'BRIEN ROSE STAHL DAN MALLORY Wilfred Lucas MILLY SULTZER Amy Lesser INEZ BLAIR Claire Lane EVELYN LARUE Helen Hilton RITA NICHOLS Annie Ives LOU ARCHER Margaret Wheeler MAI DELANEY Carolyn Green GEORGIE ADAMS COOTE Amy Lee A CALL BOY Thomas Maguire SYLVIA SIMPSON Maude Knowlton A LAUNDRYMAN George Colton ROGERS Thomas Lawrence

THE FIRST ACT

The kitchen in the home of PATRICK O'BRIEN, the trainer of the Mallory Racing Stables. It is a low ceilinged room with a long recessed window at the back through which can be seen a bleak, November landscape. In an angle at the right of the room is a large chimney, its huge old-time fireplace fitted now with a kitchen range, in which a fire is lighted. Beside the fireplace is a door opening into a hall in which are the stairs. Across the hall is the parlor. There is another door in the rear wall to the right of the window. It opens on to a porch. On the left wall is a dresser for china and a kitchen sink. Above the sink hangs a small mirror, a towel rack and a dishpan. In the centre of the room is a large table. There are a half dozen kitchen chairs with rush seats, an armchair and a rocking chair. The room serves as kitchen, dining-room and living-room, and with its freshly starched white window curtains, its shining pots and pans is the "pink" of neatness .

SHRIMP, JAKEY, THE DUKE, stable-boys and MRS. O'BRIEN, the wife of the trainer, are seated at breakfast . SHRIMP and JAKEY are products of New York's East Side; THE DUKE is a cockney importation, an ex-jockey . MRS. O'BRIEN is a stout motherly soul in the fifties clad in a maroon-coloured merino dress over which is a large kitchen apron. The boys are gobbling their food , MRS. O'BRIEN heaping their plates with hash .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Calling

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

NORA. Outside

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MRS. O'BRIEN.

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NORA Outside

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[NORA, MRS. O'BRIEN'S daughter, a very pretty girl of eighteen, comes in sulkily . NORA. Peevishly

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

She takes a pitcher from the table and goes outside . NORA gets the coffee pot from the stove and pours herself a cup of coffee . NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

SHRIMP.

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NORA.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 89 chars .

THE DUKE.

Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 114 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

JAKEY.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

NORA. To SHRIMP.]

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

THE DUKE. Rising

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

THE DUKE.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

THE DUKE.

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NORA.

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THE DUKE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

NORA.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

THE DUKE.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

JAKEY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

[THE DUKE folds his fist and looks threateningly at SHRIMP, who glares at him . THE DUKE.

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NORA.

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She bursts into tears . SHRIMP rises and goes to THE DUKE. SHRIMP.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

[THE DUKE makes a pass at SHRIMP who returns it . JAKEY rises to watch the fight which is interrupted by the return of MRS. O'BRIEN carrying the pitcher of milk . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars .

The boys scurry to their places . NORA and MRS. O'BRIEN sit at opposite ends of the table. All resume their breakfast . SHRIMP.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

JAKEY.

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MRS. O'BRIEN.

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There is a pause and the boys look covertly at NORA. MRS. O'BRIEN, who is filling the glasses with milk, stops. She looks at the boys, then at NORA. MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

NORA. Innocently

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

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NORA.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

SHRIMP.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

NORA. Coquettishly

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

THE DUKE.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

THE DUKE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars .

The outside door opens to admit PATRICK O'BRIEN. He is in the sixties, spare of figure, with a, kindly humorous face. He is in corduroys. Before going to the table he hangs up his cap . O'BRIEN.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

THE DUKE.

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars .

He holds out his plate . O'BRIEN takes it from him and lays it on the table . O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Indignantly

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars .

The boys grab their caps and run out . NORA, unobserved, darts into the hall and runs upstairs . MRS. O'BRIEN bustling about placing chairs against the wall approaches O'BRIEN, who has just sat down to eat his breakfast . O'BRIEN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 30 words in 6 sentences using 145 chars .

She gets the coffee mill . O'BRIEN.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Coming to him

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 95 chars .

She hands him the coffee mill . O'BRIEN is indignant. He has not had a chance to have a mouthful of food . O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 129 chars .

[NORA comes in . NORA. Peevishly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

[O'BRIEN offers the mill to NORA. MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

[NORA and MRS. O'BRIEN begin to remove the breakfast dishes . O'BRIEN sits grinding the coffee . NORA. Sulkily

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 23 words in 6 sentences using 107 chars .

NORA.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 39 words in 5 sentences using 176 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Mockingly

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

NORA.

Contains 53 words in 2 sentences using 247 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

NORA. Scornfully

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 108 chars .

NORA.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

She looks with suspicion at O'BRIEN, who is confused . NORA.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 188 chars .

She jerks the coffee nail out of his hand . O'BRIEN. Rising

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Sitting

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 109 chars .

O'BRIEN. Going to her

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Wailing

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

O'BRIEN. Annoyed

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 96 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Curiosity getting the better of grief

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars .

MR. O'BRIEN.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Proudly

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Angrily

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Smiling

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 85 chars .

[DICK CRAWFORD appears at the door. He is a handsome man of thirty-five, and has great charm of manner, but is rather a "bounder" and somewhat "sporty" in attire . O'BRIEN greets him . O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 84 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Smiling

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

NORA. Embarrassed

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 16 words in 5 sentences using 88 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

She looks meaningly at O'BRIEN, who smiles sarcastically at her . CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

He politely passes the cup MRS. O'BRIEN has filled to O'BRIEN who is seated at the table . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

CRAWFORD. Politely

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars .

NORA. Going to the door to the hall

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 96 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars .

[O'BRIEN, delighted, follows NORA. CRAWFORD.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

[NORA enters, with the photographs wrapped in tissue paper. She gives them to MRS. O'BRIEN. O'BRIEN follows with the crayon enlargement, which he displays proudly in all lights and positions. It is a fearful affair . CRAWFORD looks at it, starts to laugh. They look at him. He coughs . CRAWFORD. Quickly

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

O'BRIEN. Proudly

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

He moves the picture into what he thinks is a better position . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 180 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Proudly

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars .

He puts it down . CRAWFORD looks at the photographs which MRS. O'BRIEN has given him . CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

[CRAWFORD looks at O'BRIEN inquiringly . NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

O'BRIEN. Very proudly

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Impressively

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

CRAWFORD. Lying

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

CRAWFORD. Examining the photographs

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

The O'BRIEN family puzzled, look at one another . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

He indicates their length . MRS. O'BRIEN, shocked, reproves him . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars .

[O'BRIEN goes, carrying the picture carefully . JAKEY rushes in with a telegram . JAKEY.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

He gives it to MRS. O'BRIEN and goes . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 104 chars .

O'BRIEN. Running in excitedly

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

O'BRIEN. Grabbing it

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

He opens it . MRS. O'BRIEN. Grabbing it

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 37 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Reading

Contains 42 words in 5 sentences using 204 chars .

O'BRIEN. Wildly excited

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 113 chars .

O'BRIEN. Indignantly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

She rises . CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

He rises . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

O'BRIEN. Very sulkily

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 91 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

[O'BRIEN gets his cap and goes . CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 144 chars .

She goes . NORA begins to "clear" the table . CRAWFORD.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

NORA.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 93 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

NORA.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

CRAWFORD. Satirically

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

NORA.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

CRAWFORD. Amused

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

NORA.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

NORA.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

[NORA begins to fold the tablecloth . CRAWFORD goes to her to help her . NORA.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

NORA.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

NORA.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

He advances with the cloth and as he hands it to NORA, takes her hands in his . NORA, embarrassed, shyly moves away from him . NORA.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

NORA.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

NORA.

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CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

NORA. Impulsively

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

CRAWFORD.

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NORA.

Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 153 chars .

CRAWFORD.

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NORA.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

NORA.

Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 117 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

NORA. Hesitatingly

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars .

NORA.

Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 167 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

He takes a roll of bills from his pocket . MRS. O'BRIEN'S voice is heard outside . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

[MRS. O'BRIEN enters . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 63 chars .

CRAWFORD. Putting the money in his pocket

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

He smiles at NORA as he goes . NORA gets the duster and starts to leave the room . MRS. O'BRIEN. Eagerly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

NORA.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

NORA. Impatiently

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

She goes . MRS. O'BRIEN. Annoyed

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars .

Grumbling, she follows NORA into the hall, closing the door. There is a slight pause, then a voice is heard outside calling "Oohoo." In a moment it is repeated and a figure is seen to pass the window. The door is thrown open and PATRICIA O'BRIEN enters. She is vivid, magnetic and, unmistakably, the "seasoned" chorus girl. Perched on an elaborate coiffure of bleached blonde hair is a large picture hat. She wears a short, tightly-fitting coat of tan cloth and a trailing skirt of black satin. Around her throat and tied in a flaring bow is a scarf of pink tulle. She carries a dress suit case and an umbrella. She looks about the empty room and her expression of happy anticipation gives place to one of disappointed annoyance . PAT.

Contains 48 words in 4 sentences using 218 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Upstairs

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

PAT. Witheringly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

She assumes a manner of spurious elegance and moves away with a "stagey" air of tragic dignity, as MRS. O'BRIEN enters . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

She throws her arms around PAT, who submits to the embrace . NORA. Running in

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

She kisses her . PAT. Half crying

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

NORA.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

She removes her hat and coat . NORA takes them . MRS. O'BRIEN goes to her . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

[PAT smiles and kisses her . PAT.

Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 190 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

PAT.

Contains 75 words in 5 sentences using 357 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

She sits . PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

[NORA goes . PAT comes down to her mother and putting her arms around her, kisses her . PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

PAT. Imitating her mother's brogue

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

PAT.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

[NORA runs on, followed by O'BRIEN. O'BRIEN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

PAT. Rushing to him

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

She sits. The others cluster around her to hear the news . O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

O'BRIEN. Laughing

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

PAT.

Contains 69 words in 5 sentences using 355 chars .

NORA.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

PAT.

Contains 30 words in 1 sentence using 150 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

PAT. Patronisingly

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars .

PAT.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars .

NORA.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 68 words in 9 sentences using 325 chars .

NORA. Delighted

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

PAT.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

NORA. Furiously

Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 220 chars .

She runs out of the room, raging . PAT. Rising

Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 88 chars .

[O'BRIEN and MRS. O'BRIEN exchange guilty looks . O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

PAT. Firmly

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars .

PAT. To O'BRIEN.]

Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 203 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

PAT.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Going to PAT.]

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 159 chars .

PAT.

Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 109 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

[MRS. O'BRIEN goes . PAT runs across to the mirror, fixes her hair . DAN. Outside

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

O'BRIEN. Outside

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

[DAN MALLORY, a splendid specimen of out-door manhood, rushes in and before PAT can say a word he has her in his arms, kissing her . PAT.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

She moves away . DAN. Following her

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

He takes her in his arms again. She snuggles against him, her head on his shoulder . PAT. Sighing

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars .

DAN. Tenderly

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

PAT. Looking at him proudly

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

DAN.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars .

PAT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

She goes to the mirror . DAN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

PAT.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

DAN.

Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 77 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 79 chars .

DAN.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

PAT.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

DAN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

DAN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

PAT. Sagely

Contains 36 words in 2 sentences using 171 chars .

DAN. Going to her

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars .

PAT.

Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 131 chars .

DAN. Taking her in his arms

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

PAT.

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 119 chars .

She sits . DAN. Sitting

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

DAN.

Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 164 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

DAN.

Contains 65 words in 6 sentences using 289 chars .

PAT.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

PAT. Thoughtfully

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

DAN. Laughing

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

PAT. Regretfully

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

[DAN goes to her, leans over the back of her chair and puts his arms about her . DAN.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

PAT. Wistfully

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

DAN. Surprised

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PAT.

Contains 58 words in 4 sentences using 263 chars .

DAN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

DAN.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

PAT. Rises

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

DAN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

PAT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

DAN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PAT.

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 110 chars .

DAN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

DAN.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

PAT.

Contains 56 words in 4 sentences using 250 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

PAT.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

DAN.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

PAT. Indignantly

Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 128 chars .

She moves away . DAN. Following her

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

PAT. Gaily

Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars .

She goes to him. He kisses her . DAN.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

DAN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

[DAN leans over her to get a kiss . DAN. Coaxingly

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

PAT. Dodging him

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

[NORA enters . NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

PAT. Going to her

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

PAT.

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

NORA.

Contains 17 words in 5 sentences using 76 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

NORA.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

NORA.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars .

NORA. Delighted

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

NORA.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

NORA.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

CRAWFORD. Going to her

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

NORA. Shyly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

He leans over and kisses her as PAT enters unobserved . PAT. Sharply

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

NORA. Embarrassed

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

PAT. Frostily

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

PAT. Insolently

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 54 chars .

They sit facing each other across the table in mutual antagonism as the curtain falls .

THE SECOND ACT

A dressing-room in the Longacre Theatre. It is arranged for the accommodation of eight chorus girls. On the wall at the left of the room is a sheet of mirror and underneath it a shelf covered with the litter of theatrical make-up. At the shelf are four chairs. There is a similar arrangement on the right of the room and in the centre of it is a long marble stand with wash-basins four to a side. Over the mirrors are electric-light fixtures unshaded and on the rear wall are rows of hooks for costumes and street clothes. At the back of the room is a door opening into a hall, across which is a door to another dressing-room .

It is a quarter before eight of an April evening . MAI DELANEY and MILLY SULTZER, "ponies," EVELYN LARUE, RITA NICHOLS and INEZ BLAIR, show-girls, are in various stages of dress and undress, preparing for the evening performance; MAI is seated on the floor, putting on her slippers , RITA adding a final touch of rouge , INEZ washing her hands , EVELYN applying a liquid-white to her arms and shoulders, and LOU ARCHER, another show-girl, completely dressed, is seated with her feet cocked up on the wash-stand, engrossed in a paper-covered novel and smoking a cigarette. In a corner of the room, reading a newspaper which conceals her face from the spectators, is another girl, evidently, from what can be seen of her costume, a dancer. There is a high-pitched babel of conversation, which has followed upon INEZ'S recital of an adventure of the previous evening .

MILLY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 88 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

RITA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

LOU.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MAI.

Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars .

MILLY. Singing

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

RITA.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

MILLY, MAI, EVELYN and INEZ. Singing

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

LOU.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

Enter MRS. GEORGIE ADAMS COOTE, a one-time soubrette, now the wardrobe "lady" of the Longacre Theatre. She is a fat, jovial gossip in an illy fitting skirt and crumpled white shirtwaist. From her belt hangs a pair of scissors, a tape-measure and a pincushion. She is carrying over one arm a costume which she has been repairing; in one hand is a pair of slippers, in the other a hat, and on her head is a large picture-hat gaily coloured and elaborately trimmed, looking sadly out of place on her tousled hair which was originally brown, then blonde, afterwards red, and is now a mixture of all three shades and plentifully streaked with grey . EVELYN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

GEORGIE. Crisply

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 123 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars .

She has thrown the costume over the back of a chair at the dressing-table on the left of the room, placed the slippers on another chair, and one hat on the shelf, then catching sight of her reflection in the mirror has adjusted the one she is wearing at a very rakish angle and with the aid of a hand-mirror is admiring the back view . GEORGIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

RITA.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars .

She snatches the hat off GEORGIE'S head. The girls guy her and GEORGIE stares after her in speechless indignation as RITA flounces out of the room and goes into the dressing-room across the hall. There is a general movement . MAI rises, sits at the dressing-table, paints her lips; EVELYN adjusts her hat , MILLY powders her neck , INEZ throws off her kimono and gets her costume . GEORGIE hooks her into it . GEORGIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MAI.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

MAI.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

LOU.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 78 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

LOU.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 124 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

The girls laugh . GEORGIE.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

EVELYN. Coming to GEORGIE.]

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

They glare at each other . INEZ, between them, interferes . LOU turns, sees them, rises . LOU.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

GEORGIE. To EVELYN.]

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

MILLY. Rising and going to them

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 162 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

CALL BOY. Off

Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars .

[GEORGIE stares pugnaciously at EVELYN, who looks at her contemptuously and moves away with LOU. MILLY returns to her place at the dressing-table . INEZ puts her foot on the chair from which LOU has risen and ties her shoe-string . MAI makes up leisurely, and RITA, having complained about GEORGIE to the girls in the other room, strolls in, her hat on, and lolls in front of her mirror, admiring herself. The figure reading the newspaper has paid no attention to anyone . GEORGIE.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

[RITA, bored, rises and again pays a visit to the other dressing-room . EVELYN washes her hands . LOU joins MAI. GEORGIE sits in the chair at the lower end of the dressing-table beside MAI and begins to mend the costume she has brought in . EVELYN.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars .

MAI.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

LOU.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

MILLY. Proudly

Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 133 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars .

The person behind the newspaper drops it in her lap, revealing NORA in the costume of a dancer . NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

She rises and walks down to the chair beside the wash-stand . INEZ. Sympathetically

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars .

NORA. Sitting wearily

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

NORA. Reading

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 93 chars .

MAI. Petulantly

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

INEZ. Impatiently

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

NORA.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

LOU.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

NORA. Reading

Contains 34 words in 2 sentences using 175 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

LOU.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

NORA. Reading

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars .

NORA.

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars .

GEORGIE.

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

NORA. Reading

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 158 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

LOU.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

NORA.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars .

NORA.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

[INEZ crosses to her place, looks for a bit of paper . RITA returns and expostulates with EVELYN, who has, in her absence, gone to her place and taken some of her lip salve . MAI rises and goes to NORA. MAI.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

LOU.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

MAI.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

She closes her eyes and places her finger on the racing chart in the newspaper . NORA. Reading

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars .

LOU.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

MAI.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

EVELYN. Coming to them excitedly

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

LOU.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

RITA.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

[MAI, smiling complacently, returns to her dressing-table . RITA joins LOU, then they go to the other dressing-room . INEZ brings a pencil and sheet of paper to NORA, who makes a memorandum of the wagers . GEORGIE rises, shakes out the costume and hangs it on a hook at the rear of the room . GEORGIE.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars .

GEORGIE. Indignantly

Contains 67 words in 7 sentences using 296 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

The girls laugh . GEORGIE.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars .

She flounces out angrily; the girls hoot after her . INEZ.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars .

NORA.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

LOU. Running on, followed by RITA.]

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

She throws the newspaper under the wash-stand and scurries to her place beside MILLY and begins to rouge feverishly . INEZ and RITA follow her and sit . LOU and EVELYN rush to sit at their places beside MAI. All of them begin to make up and to gabble of everything except racing . VOICE. Outside, in respectful tones

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

LOU. Disgusted

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MISS SIMPSON. Outside, in a drawling voice

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

VOICE. Outside

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

The girls turn and look at one another . MISS SIMPSON. Outside

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

[SYLVIA SIMPSON, a tall and strikingly handsome woman of the "show-girl" type, bejewelled and gorgeously attired, appears in the doorway, where she poses briefly, to give the girls who turn to look at her an opportunity to get the jull effect of her magnificence . GIRLS.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

She saunters in . MAI.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

SIMPSON. Affectedly

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars .

NORA. Going to her

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

SIMPSON. Sweeping across the room

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MAI.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 52 chars .

She removes her coat. The girls gasp at the costly beauty of the gown that is revealed as she parades languidly across the room . NORA, who has taken the coat, runs over with it to MILLY. The other girls cluster about, admiring it; finally EVELYN, at the suggestion of INEZ, puts it on . EVELYN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars .

She sits . LOU.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

SIMPSON. Getting a cigarette from her case

Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 138 chars .

EVELYN, MAI and MILLY. Sympathetically

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

LOU.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 184 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 182 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

NORA. Trying to stop the impending row

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

SIMPSON. To NORA.]

Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 170 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

She jerks the coat off EVELYN and throws it at SIMPSON. Then she , LOU, EVELYN and RITA, talking viciously about SIMPSON, leave the room and disappear in the direction of the stage . MILLY gets her costume and MAI helps her to adjust it . SIMPSON places her coat on a chair, then sits and lights another cigarette . SIMPSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

NORA.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 26 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 207 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

She moves quickly to the dressing-table and sits . SIMPSON.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

SIMPSON. Going to NORA.]

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars .

NORA. Indignantly

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

She rises and moves away from her . SIMPSON.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 197 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

She goes out in the direction of the stage . SIMPSON. Calling after her

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

VOICE. Outside

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

PAT. Outside

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

VOICE. Outside

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

PAT. Outside

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

[PAT appears at the door, meeting EVELYN and INEZ. VOICE. Outside, nearer

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

PAT.

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

VOICE. Outside

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars .

Followed by EVELYN and INEZ, PAT walks airily into the room. She is wearing a new suit of brown cloth, a new hat over which is draped an elaborate veil, a small scarf of fur and a muff. The girls gaze at her in admiration , PAT enjoying keenly the sensation she is making . MILLY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

[LOU strolls in . PAT.

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars .

MAI. Going up to get her costume

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

LOU.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

SIMPSON. Sarcastically

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

PAT.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

MILLY. Going to PAT.]

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

PAT. Ignoring her

Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 157 chars .

[SIMPSON subsides, to the delight of the girls who resented her sneer at PAT'S furs which MILLY, after examining appreciatively, has reverently put away . PAT.

Contains 33 words in 5 sentences using 164 chars .

SIMPSON. Brushing the coat off her lap

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 112 chars .

[LOU hangs the coat on a hook . PAT slips off her skirt, showing a petticoat of violent hues . EVELYN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

PAT.

Contains 24 words in 5 sentences using 131 chars .

RITA.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MAI.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

PAT.

Contains 31 words in 5 sentences using 160 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

She takes off her hat and her shirtwaist, hangs them up carefully, then puts on a kimono, steps out of her petticoat, shakes it out admiringly and places it carefully on another hook, talking all the time. The girls are very much interested , SIMPSON taking great pains to show that she is horribly bored . PAT.

Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 195 chars .

She sits at her place, which is at the lower end of the dressing-table on the left side of the room. The girls, sensing that PAT and SIMPSON, who invariably indulge in a verbal battle when they meet, are about to stage another, are seated at their places in eager expectancy INEZ.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

PAT.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars .

[BLANCHE, SIMPSON'S "coloured" maid, enters from the dressing-room across the hall, bringing several letters to her mistress . SIMPSON.

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars .

[PAT turns and winks at the girls. She is removing her hair-pins and loosens a bunch of false curls, which she displays . PAT. Rising

Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 203 chars .

INEZ. Going to her

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

PAT. Indignantly

Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 143 chars .

MILLY. Going to her

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars .

She returns to the dressing-table . INEZ.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

SIMPSON. Angrily

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

PAT.

Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 183 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

PAT.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

MILLY. Going to her

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

PAT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 98 chars .

PAT. Reading

Contains 31 words in 5 sentences using 153 chars .

CALL BOY. Outside

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

[INEZ and MILLY run to their places. All the girls begin to add last touches to their make-up . PAT.

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars .

MAI.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

MILLY.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PAT.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

PAT.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

INEZ.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

PAT.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 74 chars .

EVELYN. Going up for PAT'S costume

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

PAT.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 126 chars .

MILLY. Sighing

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

MAI.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

[PAT has "slapped" on her make-up . EVELYN has brought down her costume . PAT rises, goes to her , EVELYN helps her . EVELYN.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars .

PAT.

Contains 102 words in 7 sentences using 467 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

PAT.

Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 210 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

[PAT sits at the mirror. She removes a transformation, revealing a tiny wisp of hair . EVELYN begins to braid it . PAT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

EVELYN. Holding up a tiny braid

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

PAT.

Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 109 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

PAT.

Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 136 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

PAT. Gazing at her reflection

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars .

EVELYN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

VOICE. Outside

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

GIRLS.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

PAT. Yelling

Contains 39 words in 5 sentences using 187 chars .

VOICE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

VOICE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

PAT.

Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 139 chars .

She slams the door . VOICE. Outside

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

[MILLY, INEZ, RITA, LOU, EVELYN and MAI dash out . PAT starts to her dressing-table . NORA. Outside

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

She enters . PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

NORA.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

PAT. Going to the door, calls off

Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 70 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

PAT. Hurrying to the mirror

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars .

[PAT is adjusting her wig. Suddenly her movements are arrested as she sees in the mirror the effect of SIMPSON's words on NORA. Motionless she stands watching their reflections . NORA. Running to SIMPSON.]

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 209 chars .

PAT. Turning upon SIMPSON.]

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 55 chars .

PAT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 209 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

NORA. Pleadingly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

SIMPSON.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 102 chars .

She goes and as she opens the door the first bars of the overture are heard in the distance. She slams the door angrily . PAT stands speechless . NORA, her head bowed, is sobbing bitterly . NORA.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

[PAT goes to NORA, takes her roughly by the shoulders . PAT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

NORA. Indignantly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PAT. Taking NORA in her arms

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

PAT.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

NORA.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

NORA.

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 107 chars .

PAT.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

NORA.

Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 149 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

NORA.

Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 149 chars .

PAT. Sinking into a chair

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

NORA.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

NORA.

Contains 17 words in 5 sentences using 88 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 88 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

PAT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

NORA.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars .

PAT. Rising

Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 158 chars .

She goes to the dressing-table, and begins to whiten her arms . NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

NORA.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

NORA.

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars .

She sinks sobbing into a chair . PAT. Turning on her bitterly

Contains 92 words in 5 sentences using 404 chars .

There is a knock on the door . NORA, frightened, springs to her feet. There is a slight pause . PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

VOICE. Outside

Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 175 chars .

NORA. Wildly

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

PAT.

Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars .

NORA.

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars .

She rushes off towards the stage. Through the opened door come the strains of a gay waltz . NORA is crying hysterically as she walks up and down the room talking to herself . NORA.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

CALL BOY. Rushing past the door

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 29 chars .

NORA. Running to the door

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars .

[NORA, seizing her coat from the rack by the door, dashes down the hall in the direction of the stage door. The overture ends in a crash of sound . INEZ and MAI dart out of the dressing-room across the hall and rush towards the stage . PAT runs in carrying a glass . PAT. At the door

Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars .

She puts the glass down and rushes up to the rack; grabs her street clothes, throws them on a chair . MILLY comes running in . MILLY.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

She is tearing off her costume in frantic haste as the curtain falls .

THE THIRD ACT DICK CRAWFORD'S apartment in New York — an attractively and luxuriously furnished living-room; on the left at the farther end of the room is a door to the hall, on the right a fireplace and a door to a bedroom, at the back a large window. There are comfortable chairs, a large table with newspapers, magazines, a lamp and a silver box containing cigars; on a side table are decanters and glasses and on a small table at the left of the room are a tobacco jar, cigarettes and matches. Sporting prints hang on the walls and the mantelpiece is crowded with silver cups and autographed photographs of actresses. The curtains are drawn, the lamp is lighted and a fire is burning in the grate . NORA is seated by the fireplace . ROGERS, CRAWFORD'S man servant, enters from the hall . NORA rises quickly . NORA. Anxiously

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 102 chars .

NORA.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

The sound of the opening and closing of a door is heard . ROGERS.

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars .

He leaves the room . NORA stands at the fireplace, nervously twisting her handkerchief . CRAWFORD enters . CRAWFORD.

Contains 50 words in 6 sentences using 217 chars .

NORA. Moving away

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

CRAWFORD. Following her

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars .

NORA.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 70 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars .

NORA.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

NORA.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

CRAWFORD. Uneasily

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

CRAWFORD. Relieved

Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 103 chars .

NORA.

Contains 39 words in 8 sentences using 166 chars .

She drops into a chair by the table and covers her face with her hands . CRAWFORD comes to her, takes her hands from her face and kisses them . CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

NORA.

Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars .

CRAWFORD. Meaningly

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

He leans over and kisses her . NORA is frightened . NORA.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

She runs away from him . CRAWFORD follows her . CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

NORA.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 129 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

NORA. Rising quickly in alarm

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 181 chars .

CRAWFORD. To NORA.]

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 69 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

He puts her quickly into the bedroom and closes the door as ROGERS enters, followed by DAN. ROGERS.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

DAN.

Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 170 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

He sits . DAN.

Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 198 chars .

CRAWFORD. Startled

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

DAN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

He sits . CRAWFORD. Relieved

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars .

DAN.

Contains 66 words in 4 sentences using 322 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

DAN.

Contains 52 words in 4 sentences using 247 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars .

DAN. Rising

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

DAN.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 56 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

They sit . DAN.

Contains 47 words in 2 sentences using 227 chars .

CRAWFORD. Offering a cigar

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

DAN.

Contains 67 words in 5 sentences using 306 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

DAN.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

Enter ROGERS. ROGERS.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

He goes over to the table at the left in search of matches . CRAWFORD, rising, glances uneasily towards the door to the bedroom . DAN turns and CRAWFORD, seeing that DAN is looking at him curiously, laughs and leaves the room. The door to the bedroom opens . NORA looks out, sees DAN, whose back is turned to her as he lights his cigar. She makes an exclamation of dismay . DAN turns quickly and sees her hand as it is closing the door. He chuckles . DAN.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

CRAWFORD. Entering

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

DAN.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 81 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

DAN. Alarmed

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

He goes . CRAWFORD runs to the bedroom door, opens it and NORA appears . NORA.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

NORA. Alarmed

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

NORA. Plaintively

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

[DAN'S laugh is heard outside . CRAWFORD hastily closes the door and moves to the centre of the room . DAN enters laughing . DAN.

Contains 81 words in 10 sentences using 364 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars .

DAN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 118 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

The door bell rings sharply, then again . ROGERS hurries to answer it . CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

The voices of PAT and ROGERS are heard outside in excited argument . PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

[ROGERS leaves . PAT.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

PAT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

[CRAWFORD shrugs his shoulders . PAT is disconcerted . CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

PAT.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

PAT.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

CRAWFORD. Annoyed

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

He offers her a chair . PAT sits wearily, and to CRAWFORD'S intense annoyance begins to remove her hat . PAT.

Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 146 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

PAT.

Contains 34 words in 5 sentences using 168 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

PAT. At the door

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

CRAWFORD. Casually

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars .

PAT. Sitting

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

CRAWFORD. Making conversation

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

PAT.

Contains 85 words in 10 sentences using 403 chars .

CRAWFORD. Sarcastically

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

PAT. Meaningly

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PAT.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 89 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

PAT.

Contains 122 words in 7 sentences using 600 chars .

She laughs . CRAWFORD. Annoyed

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

PAT.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 96 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

PAT. "Jollying" him

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

PAT. Angrily

Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 155 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

PAT. Rising, goes to him

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

PAT.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 110 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

PAT.

Contains 41 words in 2 sentences using 179 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

PAT.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

PAT.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

PAT.

Contains 60 words in 6 sentences using 263 chars .

ROGERS. Enters agitatedly

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars .

PAT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

[PAT looks about wildly . PAT.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

She rushes to the door of the bedroom . CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

Before CRAWFORD can stop her PAT rushes into the room, slamming the door behind her. An instant's pause, then PAT'S voice is heard in heartbroken surprise exclaiming "Nora." ROGERS shows in MRS. O'BRIEN. She wears her "Sunday best," a black silk dress, a fichu, a Paisley shawl and a bonnet. She is very much agitated. She glances quickly about the room . CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

[CRAWFORD'S manner reassures MRS. O'BRIEN, who controls herself and sits . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

CRAWFORD. Sitting

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

There is a pause . MRS. O'BRIEN is embarrassed, and makes several efforts to address CRAWFORD. She finally plucks up courage . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

There is another pause . MRS. O'BRIEN. More embarrassed

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 180 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 56 words in 3 sentences using 259 chars .

CRAWFORD. Rises

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Rising

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 29 words in 6 sentences using 149 chars .

She turns to go . ROGERS enters . ROGERS.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

[DAN rushes past ROGERS into the room . DAN. To MRS. O'BRIEN.]

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

[ROGERS leaves . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

CRAWFORD. Indignantly

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

DAN.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

DAN. Going towards him

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

DAN.

Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 205 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 25 words in 5 sentences using 133 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

DAN.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

He starts for the bedroom . CRAWFORD, trying to intercept him, is thrown aside roughly by DAN who pulls the door open . PAT, who has been holding it closed, is dragged into the room. She closes the door hastily and stands against it, barring the way . MRS. O'BRIEN. Sinking into a chair

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

PAT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

DAN.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Rising

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

DAN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

DAN. Turning on CRAWFORD.]

Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 231 chars .

He goes towards CRAWFORD threateningly . PAT stops him quickly . PAT.

Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 102 chars .

DAN. Turning on her

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 77 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars .

DAN. Grimly

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

PAT.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 152 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

DAN.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

DAN.

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 119 chars .

PAT.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

DAN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

PAT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. To DAN.]

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

CRAWFORD.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 128 chars .

DAN.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars .

PAT.

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 63 chars .

DAN.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

PAT.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

DAN. Contemptuously

Contains 81 words in 6 sentences using 349 chars .

He turns to leave . PAT. Following him

Contains 47 words in 5 sentences using 201 chars .

She takes her position again at the door . MRS. O'BRIEN. Angrily

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 117 chars .

DAN.

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 118 chars .

He advances menacingly towards CRAWFORD. CRAWFORD.

Contains 61 words in 5 sentences using 262 chars .

He makes a movement towards the bedroom . PAT stops him . PAT. Imploringly

Contains 73 words in 13 sentences using 308 chars .

[MRS. O'BRIEN, crying, goes towards the door to the hall . DAN looks at PAT who apparently defies him, then he leads MRS. O'BRIEN gently from the room. As the door closes PAT makes an impulsive move to follow them, then stops and breaks into heartbroken sobbing . CRAWFORD watches her, then, moved to sympathy, comes to her . CRAWFORD.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

PAT. Bitterly

Contains 120 words in 8 sentences using 559 chars .

She is sobbing in an hysterical rage as the curtain falls .

THE FOURTH ACT The parlour of a four-room flat in Harlem occupied by PAT and NORA. It is characteristically "cheap," the woodwork is painted in an imitation golden oak, the wallpaper garish. It is a very small room; at the back is a door opening into the main hall of the building, on the right a door to the bedroom, on the left the opening to an alcove which serves as the dining-room. There are only a few articles of furniture in the room and these are plainly of the installment plan type. On the walls are numerous signed photographs of musical comedy favourites, and gaudily coloured "Art" reproductions. The room is in darkness. As the curtain rises a key is heard turning in the lock . PAT enters from the door to the hall. She is tired, dejected . NORA, wearing a simple house gown, enters from the dining-room . NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

NORA.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

NORA.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

PAT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

NORA.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

PAT.

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars .

NORA.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

PAT.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

NORA.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

NORA.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

PAT. Sitting wearily

Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 153 chars .

NORA. Peevishly

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

NORA. Angrily

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

NORA.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars .

PAT.

Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 173 chars .

NORA.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

PAT.

Contains 62 words in 4 sentences using 267 chars .

NORA.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

PAT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

NORA.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

PAT.

Contains 42 words in 6 sentences using 184 chars .

[NORA goes out . PAT sits a moment in thought, then begins to cry softly . PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

There is a ring at the door bell . PAT starts to her feet . MRS. O'BRIEN enters from the bedroom . MRS. O'BRIEN. Severely

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars .

DAN.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

PAT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

DAN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

PAT.

Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 155 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

PAT.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 130 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

PAT. Sadly

Contains 43 words in 4 sentences using 176 chars .

[MRS. O'BRIEN looks at her, then at DAN. PAT goes over quickly to DAN. PAT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

DAN.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

[MRS. O'BRIEN looks helplessly at DAN who shows by a look that she must consent . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

She turns to leave the room . DAN. Following

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

PAT.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 134 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

PAT.

Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 146 chars .

She leaves the room in a passion of tears . MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 96 chars .

She sits and begins to cry . DAN. Going to her

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 125 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

DAN.

Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 128 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 114 chars .

DAN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

DAN. Soothing her

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

She goes into the bedroom . DAN stands looking after MRS. O'BRIEN. NORA enters hurriedly, excitedly . NORA. Indignantly

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

NORA. Angrily

Contains 76 words in 9 sentences using 357 chars .

DAN.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

NORA.

Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars .

DAN.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

NORA.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

NORA. Flustered

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

NORA.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

DAN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

DAN.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

NORA.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

DAN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

NORA.

Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars .

DAN.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars .

NORA.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

NORA.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

DAN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

NORA.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

NORA.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

NORA. Lying

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

DAN.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

NORA.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

DAN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

NORA.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

DAN.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

[NORA goes . DAN stands pondering the information he has secured from NORA. He feels that PAT'S presence in CRAWFORD'S room is in some way connected with NORA. PAT enters . PAT. Coldly

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

DAN.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

PAT.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

DAN.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

PAT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

DAN. Hastily

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars .

PAT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

DAN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

PAT.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

PAT. Bitterly

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

DAN.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

PAT. Sadly

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

DAN.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

PAT. Joyfully

Contains 35 words in 6 sentences using 149 chars .

DAN.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

PAT. Indignantly

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

DAN.

Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 146 chars .

PAT.

Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 146 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

PAT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

DAN.

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 116 chars .

PAT. Scornfully

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

DAN.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PAT.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars .

She starts to leave the room . DAN.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

PAT. Surprised

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

DAN.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

PAT.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

DAN.

Contains 14 words in 7 sentences using 69 chars .

Enter MRS. O'BRIEN. PAT. Despairingly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

DAN.

Contains 97 words in 2 sentences using 432 chars .

Much moved, he turns away . MRS. O'BRIEN goes quickly to PAT. MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 51 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

DAN.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

A pause . DAN and MRS. O'BRIEN indicate their fear that CRAWFORD has told everything to O'BRIEN. MRS. O'BRIEN. Reassuringly

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 102 words in 11 sentences using 463 chars .

There is a pause . PAT is nonplussed . DAN comes to O'BRIEN. DAN.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

DAN. Taking the note

Contains 31 words in 5 sentences using 137 chars .

PAT. Tearfully

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

DAN.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

DAN.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

O'BRIEN.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN. Going to O'BRIEN.]

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars .

O'BRIEN. He goes to PAT.]

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

PAT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

She kisses him . O'BRIEN.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

PAT.

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars .

MRS. O'BRIEN.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

She folds PAT in her arms, kisses her, then follows O'BRIEN. DAN.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

[PAT goes smiling into DAN'S outstretched arms. She sighs and kisses him . PAT.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

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