To-Morrow

CHARACTERS PETER DALE, Plant-Breeder . MANA, [Footnote: 1Kb ] Pronouned: Mah-na. His Daughter . MARK FREEMAN, His Assistant . MRS. HENSHAWE. JULIAN, Her Son: of the State Senate . ROSALIE, a Child . REV. IGNATIUS SPOFFORD. PROF. RAEBURN, Biologist: of the State University . WESTGATE, Lumberman . MISS WINCH, Reporter . A CHAUFFEUR. A TRAINED NURSE. Mexican and Japanese Laborers.

SCENES ACT I. — Peter Dale's garden, in northern California; afternoon . ACT II. — Among the cypresses, on the Pacific coast; evening and night . ACT III. — The garden again; late afternoon of the next day .

ACT FIRST

The garden of PETER DALE, in northern California. On the right is visible the end of a greenhouse, beside which vines are growing. Through the open door are seen tables, reaching beyond sight; on these are low boxes filed with seedling plants. Around the corner of the greenhouse, up scene, a path leads to a gate, beyond view, and a roadway, also unseen but indicated by its border of tall eucalyptus trees, in the right background .

The groundplan of the scene is filled with beds of bright flowers — poppies, amaryllis, and other varied species — through which a broad central path leads back to another which crosses it in the middleground; this is bordered behind by tall cactus plants in bloom, and here the central path ends. Beyond the cactus bed, an orchard of young fruit trees stretches green toward dull-golden mountains and bright azure sky. The immediate foreground is a wide path which divides, on the left, around the circle of a pool, with lilies. Beside the broad, cement margin of this pool, a curved bench stands beneath ilex trees. Behind this bench the path leads off, left .

It is early afternoon. Shimmering sunlight intensifies the colors of the flowers. Midway the central path, the still figure of PETER DALE stands contemplating. He is dressed in a gray swallow-tail suit of antedated style. Under a wide palm-leaf, Chinese hat, pointed at the crown, his short, white hair accentuates the ruddy sunburn of his shaven face and fine-cut features. With both hands folded over a large blank-book, he gazes, in quizzical quiet, at a flower beside him. From nearby, on the right, the thin, sweet voice of a child is heard lilting to an improvised melody:

THE CHILD'S VOICE

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PETER turns toward the sound, with a pensive smile,over which comes a shade of sadness; then, turning again to the flower, he takes from, his pocket a piece of white string, squats on one heel in the path, and ties the string to the plant's stalk, jotting a note in his book with a pencil . THE CHILD'S VOICE

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Around the corner of the greenhouse, the tall, spare form of MARK FREEMAN comes slowly striding. He is a young man, about twenty-five, powerful m build, sinewy like a mountaineer. His strong face is sun-tanned; his brown arms are bare below the rolled sleeves of a red shirt thrust into hand trousers. On his shoulders — with one hand clutching a starfish, the other MARK'S collar — a little girl rides pig-a-back, her bright curls fluttering close to his tumbled, dark hair. Arriving in the foreground , MARK swings the child down upon her feet by the greenhouse door, against which he places her empty hand. Feeling the door-frame and the vines with a quick touch, she stands a moment, groping, while MARK gazes down at her. Then confidently she walks, with outstretched hands — MARK following her — to the edge of the pool, where she sits and plays with the starfish. By her actions it is evident that she cannot see . PETER rises, and the two men look at the child with tenderness . PETER

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MARK

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ROSALIE Without looking up

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PETER

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[PETER leads MARK toward the flower, and points to the white string . MARK ejaculates with pleasure MARK

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PETER

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MARK

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At the pool , ROSALIE dips the starfish in and out of the water, lilting to her rhythmic motion ROSALIE

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PETER Examining the poppy with MARK.]

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ROSALIE Haltingly

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Calling

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MARK

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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He sits on the bench . ROSALIE jumps to her feet and reaches toward him ROSALIE

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PETER

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Taking her outstretched hands , PETER nestles her to him ROSALIE Cosily

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PETER

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[ROSALIE nods

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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[PETER rises and takes ROSALIE by the hand ROSALIE

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PETER

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He begins to lead her up the central path

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ROSALIE

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PETER

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ROSALIE Pulling loose from PETER'S hand

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She moves lightly ahead of him, with outstretched hands

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Along the middleground path, she goes off, left, through the flowers, humming to herself:

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PETER Following the child, looks back with a quaint smile

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MARK

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Pausing , PETER looks back at MARK, with kindly scrutiny PETER

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PETER

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PETER

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PETER

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PETER Looking again in MARK'S face, with friendly gaze

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MARK

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They clasp hands PETER

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MARK

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[PETER turns away, left. Glancing affectionately toward MARK, and shaking his own left hand playfully with his right, he goes off . MARK, taking a pronged iron from beside the greenhouse, begins to follow him, but stops at the head of the central path to look at a bed of seedling cacti. Here, with his back turned, he stoops down and begins to uproot the seedlings with the iron prong. From the right is heard the click and closing of a gate, and soon, along the middleground path, there enters a man of about thirty-five, simply dressed in gray, with a straw Panama hat. He is quiet-mannered, and wears glasses, behind which his eyes twinkle pleasantly. He is about to pass MARK, but looking closer, touches him on the shoulder THE MAN

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Looking up , MARK gets to his feet with a smile MARK

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RAEBURN Shaking MARK'S hand

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MARK

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RAEBURN

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RAEBURN

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RAEBURN

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MARK Thoughtfully

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RAEBURN

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MARK Touching with his prong the starfish on the ground, murmurs aloud

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RAEBURN More to himself than to MARK.]

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MARK

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RAEBURN

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MARK

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RAEBURN

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Along the middleground path, left , ROSALIE enters, and passes — groping with outreached hands — behind the greenhouse . RAEBURN watches her curiously, and turns to MARK.]

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MARK

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RAEBURN With a gesture

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MARK

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RAEBURN

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RAEBURN

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RAEBURN

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MARK

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RAEBURN

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By the greenhouse path enter two men. One, of middle height, vividly handsome, restless in gesture, of about forty years, is dressed elegantly in riding clothes and carries a short whip. The other, stocky, sun-burned, about fifty, is dressed plainly and smokes a cigar. The older man, walking close in front of the younger and unconsciously retarding his steps, is speaking earnestly, in a downright, uneducated manner THE STOCKY MAN

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THE OTHER Politely

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THE STOCKY MAN

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JULIAN Nodding approval

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WESTGATE

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JULIAN Trying deftly to pass WESTGATE on the path

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WESTGATE Buttonholing him

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JULIAN Visibly bored, but still affable

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WESTGATE

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JULIAN

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WESTGATE

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RAEBURN Having spoken aside with MARK, approaches

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JULIAN Turning cordially

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RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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RAEBURN

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WESTGATE Winking at JULIAN.]

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JULIAN To RAEBURN.]

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RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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He pauses a moment, playing with his whip

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RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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He starts to leave RAEBURN

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JULIAN

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Speaking to MARK.]

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MARK With a leisurely glance at JULIAN, points off left

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[JULIAN moves quickly away . RAEBURN follows him a few steps RAEBURN

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JULIAN Pausing rigidly, speaks low and constrained

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RAEBURN

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 94 chars .

JULIAN Flicking off a cactus flower with his whip

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He goes quickly off, left RAEBURN Taken aback

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He takes off his glasses and dusts them, glancing oddly at MARK.]

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MARK Slowly, returning RAEBURN'S look

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RAEBURN Readjusting his glasses on his nose

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He starts up the greenhouse path WESTGATE

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RAEBURN

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WESTGATE

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RAEBURN

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He goes out, right WESTGATE Puffing his cigar, stares after him

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MARK

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Sitting on an inverted seed-box in the path , MARK is working at the cactus bed . WESTGATE saunters over and stands behind him, where he speaks with crisp good-nature to MARK, who barely murmurs his replies, being intent on his work WESTGATE

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MARK

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WESTGATE

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MARK

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MARK

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WESTGATE

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MARK

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WESTGATE Peering over MARK'S shoulder

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MARK

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WESTGATE

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MARK

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WESTGATE Viewing MARK'S imperturbable back

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[WESTGATE strolls up the greenhouse path, and disappears. Without looking up , MARK continues his weeding. Through the greenhouse door , MANA DALE springs into the garden, half running — her arms filled with brilliant chaparral. She is hatless, and sun-browned: a strong girl, in her early twenties, free and joyous in her bearing. She is dressed for horseback. Approaching behind MARK, she tosses over him the mass of wild-flowers and grasses MARK Starting up

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MANA

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MARK Quizzically

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA

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MARK Watching her with happy admiration

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MANA

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MARK With a quiet laugh

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA

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Tucking a spray in MARK'S shirt

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MARK Thoughtfully

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA

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She seizes up a vermilion plume from the chaparral, and sways it to her gesture

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From her outreached hand she flings the plume, and stands with flashing eyes MARK

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MANA Starting

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MARK

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MANA

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MARK Slow and earnest

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MANA With sudden introspection, half fearful, as if checking her thoughts

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MARK

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA Absently

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She sits on the box in the path, trying to focus her thoughts . MARK looks at her curiously MARK

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MANA

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[MARK sits on the ground beside her. She puts one hand amid his tumbled hair. Throughout their scene together, by her instinctive actions and looks, more than by her words, it is evident that she feels for MARK deep trust and affection MARK

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA

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MARK With a laugh

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MANA Smiling

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MARK

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MANA

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MARK

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MANA Growing pensive again

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MANA

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MANA

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MANA Closing her eyes

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MANA Murmurs

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[MANA touches his arm, as if to interrupt, then speaks low MANA

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MANA

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MANA Starting up

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MARK Anxiously

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MANA

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MARK Rising slowly

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MANA

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MARK After a pause, deeply

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MANA

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MARK Breathing quick

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[MANA nods; then cries out, impetuously MANA

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She moves toward MARK, naïve, confiding. He extends his hand, abrupt, unconsciously holding her off. She takes it, bewildered MARK Pressing her hand

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He turns away, dazed by deep emotions of which he is himself unaware. From the path he lifts the iron prong. Bending it slowly in his tightened hands, he flings it heavily from him MANA Wonderingly

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MANA

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MANA

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MANA

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MANA Puzzled

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MARK Painfully

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MANA Wistfully

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MANA

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MARK Taking her in his arms, kisses her tenderly

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MANA Looking at him affectionately

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MARK

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MANA Listening, like a doctor for a heart-beat

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[MANA raps his chest with her knuckles. The spray of verbena falls from MARK'S shirt to the path MARK

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MANA With a mysterious smile

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MANA

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MARK With a puzzled smile

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Outside, right, the voice of ROSALIE calls: "Mana! Where are you? Mana!" MANA listens MANA

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Hand in hand , MANA and MARK go round the greenhouse. From the left, on the middleground path, enter PETER and JULIAN. PETER walks slowly, whittling a piece of bamboo . JULIAN slackens his pace to PETER'S, visibly controlling a restless nervousness PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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JULIAN

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JULIAN

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JULIAN

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JULIAN

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JULIAN

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN Fidgeting

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PETER

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JULIAN

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Sitting on the bench , PETER goes on whittling for a moment; then he hands to JULIAN the piece of bamboo PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN Starts to do so, but stops, glancing sharply at PETER.]

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PETER

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He reaches for it; JULIAN hands it to him

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Looking through it with one eye, he points it upward and about in various directions

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JULIAN Chafing

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PETER Quiet and intense

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JULIAN Starting

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN Controlling himself

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PETER

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JULIAN Darkly

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[PETER resumes his whittling

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN Wincing

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN Startled

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PETER

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JULIAN In lowered voice

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PETER

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JULIAN

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[PETER nods, whittling

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

JULIAN With a moan of relief

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER Putting his hand on JULIAN'S shoulder

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He turns away

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JULIAN

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PETER Darting a keen glance

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN

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PETER

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JULIAN With a faint show of cheerfulness

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PETER

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He flushes, with contracting brows JULIAN

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 95 chars .

PETER With a terrible look

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

JULIAN Stiffening

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

Clutching the bamboo in both hands , PETER looks hard at it, controlling himself. Then, putting it slowly in his pocket, he points right PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

JULIAN

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Moving a few steps, he pauses

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PETER

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JULIAN

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He follows PETER, and cries out

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PETER With deliberation

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[PETER turns up the central path. After a moment , JULIAN goes right, pausing by the greenhouse door JULIAN

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PETER

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

[JULIAN goes into the greenhouse . PETER goes slowly left, along the middleground path. On the same path, right , MANA enters. Seeing PETER, her face lights up, and she approaches softly behind him MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PETER Turning toward her

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

He goes to her and takes her extended hands MANA With eager happiness

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PETER Looking deep in her eyes

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

PETER

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

MANA

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Quickly

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

Slowly, her face clouding deeply

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

PETER

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

He turns away . MANA'S face suddenly lights again. She goes to him fondly MANA

Contains 35 words in 7 sentences using 150 chars .

PETER

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MANA

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

PETER

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

He puts one arm about her, and points to the garden

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

PETER

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 128 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

PETER

Contains 84 words in 4 sentences using 431 chars .

MANA

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars .

PETER

Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 152 chars .

MANA Kissing him

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PETER

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 102 chars .

MANA

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars .

PETER Pinching her cheek

Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 138 chars .

Looking at the flowers, he bends over the one with the white string

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

PETER

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars .

MANA Smiling

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

PETER

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 131 chars .

MANA

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

PETER

Contains 31 words in 1 sentence using 162 chars .

MANA

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

PETER

Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 176 chars .

He starts away MANA

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

PETER

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

PETER

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

PETER

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

Pausing, he watches something in the air; then catches it quickly with his hand, murmuring to himself:

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANA Coming near

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

PETER Opens his hand, revealing a white, downy filament

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

PETER

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

He puts it in his pocket, murmuring aloud:

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars .

He goes out, left . MANA comes slowly down to the pool, sees the starfish, looks down at it pensively, touching it with her foot, and reaching upward her arms in unconscious longing. From the right ROSALIE enters, with flowers. She comes toward the pool, humming low. Hearing her , MANA turns ROSALIE

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 98 chars .

MANA Running to meet her

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

Laughing, she lifts ROSALIE'S face, kissing it; then leads her to the bench ROSALIE

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 129 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

Sorting them

Contains 28 words in 1 sentence using 172 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

Looking in the child's sightless eyes , MANA hesitates and her face quivers. Bending down, she kisses her

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

Then, assuming a quaint cheerfulness, she speaks, confidentially

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 58 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

MANA After a slight pause

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars .

MANA Slowly

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

MANA Picking it up, gives it to her

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

MANA Kneeling down beside her

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

[JULIAN enters from the greenhouse. Not yet seeing him , MANA puts her arms around the child and speaks low

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

JULIAN Tensely, coming forward

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANA Springing up at his voice

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

MANA

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars .

JULIAN Starting

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

Glancing at ROSALIE, MANA motions silence to him, and draws him away. Outside, right, an automobile horn is heard ROSALIE

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN Gently

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN Coming to her

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

He lifts her and kisses her fondly ROSALIE As he puts her down

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

JULIAN Smiling

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

[ROSALIE turns away to the bench, fingering her wildflowers, which she smells of, one by one JULIAN As if playfully, to MANA.]

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MANA Gently, looking in his face

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

JULIAN Clouding

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN Quickly

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN Controlling emotion

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MANA

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

ROSALIE Calling, and holding out a flower

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

JULIAN Glancing toward the child, speaks to MANA.]

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

MANA

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 147 chars .

ROSALIE Coming toward them

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

He stoops to lift a spray of verbena from, the path ROSALIE Pouting

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

[MANA starts to go out. In front of her , JULIAN holds out the spray of verbena. With a brilliant smile, he looks in her eyes JULIAN

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 44 chars .

He reaches for her hand

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

Offering the spray for her to put in his coat, he is about to kiss her MANA Drawing shyly away, waves to him, with a smile

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

She goes off, round the greenhouse . JULIAN stands looking after her. Outside the click of the gate is heard ROSALIE

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

[JULIAN closes his eyes, as in sudden pain. Holding in one hand her starfish , ROSALIE gropes with the other and twitches his coat

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

JULIAN Turning quickly

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

He leads her by the hand into the greenhouse. Outside, is heard the querulous, slightly husky voice of a woman, calling: "Ignatius! Ignatius!" Soon after, on the greenhouse path , MRS. HENSHAWE enters. She is a woman past sixty, of handsome features, penetrating eyes and forceful presence, but dowdy in dress, and fidgety in her slow movements. Her outward appearance conveys a crass contrast of qualities. She wears a dull-colored gown, beneath a duster of ample dimensions. On her head is an ultrafashionable hat, swathed in a light-green automobile veil, and in her white-gloved hand is a purple parasol. Close behind her follows a small, trig, business-like woman of about thirty, with twinkling eyes: MISS WINCH. She also is dressed for automobiling, but in plain, practical garb. In her hands she holds a small camera, which she is focusing upon MRS. HENSHAWE.] MRS. HENSHAWE Muttering audibly

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 62 chars .

MISS WINCH Cheerily

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Turning portentously to stare at her

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MISS WINCH Clicking her kodak

Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 259 chars .

She laughs pleasantly MRS. HENSHAWE Gasping

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

She sinks into a garden chair, near the greenhouse . MISS WINCH, tucking the kodak under her arm, takes a small pad from her hat, and a pencil from her glove MISS WINCH

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

[MRS. HENSHAWE moves the open parasol between them, raises her voice, and calls: MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

Muttering again

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars .

MISS WINCH Writing on her pad

Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 78 chars .

Peering round the parasol

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

Closing the parasol , MRS. HENSHAWE looks at her with dumb reproof . MISS WINCH bites her lip

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Rising

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars .

Crossing to the bench, she calls again:

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MISS WINCH Following her

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 52 words in 3 sentences using 236 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

[MRS. HENSHAWE turns to speak, but closes her lips again grimly

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 139 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Rising, flustered

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

Enter, right, on the middleground path , RAEBURN and MARK. MARK is pushing a wheelbarrow, with a shovel in it. They stop by the cactus bed MARK Earnestly, to RAEBURN.]

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

RAEBURN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MISS WINCH Glancing toward the men, speaks to MRS. HENSHAWE.]

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

From the greenhouse , MANA enters. She wears a felt hat and carries a short whip. Seeing MRS. HENSHAWE, she comes forward graciously MANA

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE With open arms

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars .

She embraces MANA, with cordial ejaculations, while MISS WINCH, at one side, points the camera . RAEBURN, indicating the three women, speaks to MARK.] RAEBURN

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

MARK Glancing

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

He begins to shovel the weeded cacti into his wheelbarrow. Leaving him , RAEBURN passes along the middleground path and goes out, left MANA To MRS. HENSHAWE.]

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

Catching sight of MISS WINCH, who clicks the camera , MANA checks herself, and bows slightly

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 195 chars .

MANA With a smile

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

She goes off by the greenhouse path MRS. HENSHAWE Starting after her

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

Then turning, with a wreath of smiles, to MANA.]

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

MANA Simply

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

MANA With increasing reserve

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 83 words in 5 sentences using 401 chars .

MANA Uneasily

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 92 words in 11 sentences using 461 chars .

MANA Retreating

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 113 chars .

She pauses in consternation . MANA, going out, right, has smiled and tossed a kiss to MARK in the background. Beholding it , MRS. HENSHAWE stands open-mouthed

Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars .

Sitting on the bench, she leans sidewise and squints at MARK, who is at work. Then, opening and raising her parasol, she rises and walks toward him, up the central path. Here she hems in her throat, and speaks with distinct affability

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

At her voice , MARK drops his wheelbarrow precipitately and moves off MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

He goes out, left . MRS. HENSHAWE follows as far as the cross path and peers after him. Enter, from the greenhouse , JULIAN and a plump, elderly, clerical gentleman, earnest and urbane: MR. SPOFFORD.] SPOFFORD

Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 191 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 174 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 40 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 112 chars .

SPOFFORD Starting back

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 26 words in 5 sentences using 127 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Approaching from the middle ground

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 118 chars .

JULIAN Pacing to and fro

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 111 chars .

[SPOFFORD starts uneasily

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Bristling

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars .

JULIAN Morosely

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 140 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 195 chars .

JULIAN Turning away, bitterly

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

SPOFFORD With reproof

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Glancing toward the cactus bed

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

With effusion she greets MANA, who enters from the greenhouse SPOFFORD Also greeting her

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

SPOFFORD Kissing her hand

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

JULIAN With repressed excitement

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

MANA

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

He takes her riding whip, and starts to go, right. In the left middle ground , MARK reënters SPOFFORD Uneasily

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MANA Quietly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

JULIAN To SPOFFORD.]

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

To MANA.]

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

SPOFFORD With excitement

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

[MRS. HENSHAWE gasps, and hurries, gesticulating, to SPOFFORD.] MANA To JULIAN.]

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 37 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 163 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

He is drawing her away. They are entering the greenhouse . SPOFFORD puts aside MRS. HENSHAWE, who is trying to whisper to him, and speaks with perturbed command SPOFFORD

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

JULIAN With sudden coolness

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

With set face he returns. After a pause, he speaks huskily

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Very low

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE With ineffectual gestures

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars .

With supplication

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANA Very gently

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

JULIAN Awe-struck

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 206 chars .

SPOFFORD To MANA.]

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 88 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Sinking on to the bench, in tears

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MANA

Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 179 chars .

SPOFFORD Embarrassed

Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 149 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

MANA

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 97 chars .

JULIAN Springing to her side

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars .

MANA

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

JULIAN Going with her

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

They go out. As they go , MARK — from the middleground — comes slowly forward SPOFFORD Intensely

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Rising, in great agitation

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 101 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Shrilly

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

She hurries off, along the greenhouse path . SPOFFORD starts to follow her. As he passes the central path , MARK steps abruptly in his way SPOFFORD Trying to pass

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARK Tensely

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

SPOFFORD Avoiding MARK'S eye

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MARK

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

MARK Slowly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

MARK Breathing hard

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

SPOFFORD Looks in MARK'S quivering face

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

He whispers an instant to MARK, whose flushed face sets pale and hard MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

SPOFFORD Hurrying past him up the path, glances backward in fear

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

He disappears. The gate clicks . MARK stands with closed eyes and clenched hands. Outside, right, the clatter of horses' hoofs sounds harsh on the stone court, then muffled on the roadway. Meantime, in the left middleground , PETER DALE enters quietly. Hearing the hoofs , MARK starts, and runs up the central path, meeting PETER. There, clutching PETER'S arm, he points along the row of eucalyptus trees, staring. The sound of galloping grows fainter in the distance . CURTAIN.

ACT SECOND

Among the cypresses on the California coast. A cliff, overlooking the sea. The scene is sparsely overshadowed by somber wraiths of trees: writhing boughs and contorted skeleton trunks, twisted slantwise from the shore, from which the stricken grove seems to be fleeing in rooted frenzy. Through the dun-green foliage and stark gray silhouettes, the setting sun reddens the purple Pacific between fog-banks. On the left, a jutting elevation of the cliff rises above the scene's level, and scrambles in sharp, rocky heaps beyond sight, leaving a rough-sided stone niche, on the ground level, shut off from the sea and the winds. By this stands a boulder; nearby, lies the log of a fallen tree. On the right, clutched and half concealed by the cypresses, the porch and squat roof of a small bungalow blend with the surroundings .

From the left enters a woman, wearing a gray automobile veil. She is followed, with quick steps, by a man dressed in a chauffeur's uniform. The woman looks about her furtively; goes to the porch and tries the door; then peers through a slit in the shade-drawn window. The woman is MISS WINCH.

MISS WINCH

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

THE CHAUFFEUR

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

MISS WINCH Points off right

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

CHAUFFEUR

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

MISS WINCH

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

She blows softly a little whistle attached to her watch chain

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 138 chars .

CHAUFFEUR

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 5 chars .

He goes out. The woman stands a moment, looking off left; then she moves quickly toward the bungalow, and disappears behind it. Enter, left , MANA and JULIAN. MANA'S face is vaguely troubled. She walks close to JULIAN, who appears rather to lead than to accompany her. Restively she turns her head, glancing from tree to tree JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

MANA In a low voice

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

[MANA points — with a gesture at once fascinated and repelled — toward the trees

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANA

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

JULIAN With a laugh

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

MANA

Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 194 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MANA

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 130 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MANA

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 99 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN Taking her arm, leads her nearer the bungalow

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 142 chars .

MANA

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

He points; she gazes a moment, without speaking. He shows his disappointment

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MANA Murmurs

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

JULIAN Softly

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA With sinking voice

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

Going to the porch, he unlocks the door

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

MANA Looking back at the cypresses

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

They go within and disappear. After a brief pause , MARK enters from the left. He is heated with riding, and covered with dust. Going hastily toward the bungalow, he pauses near the door, gazing in. Slowly then he moves off, right, and disappears among the trees, as JULIAN and MANA come out again JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

MANA

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars .

JULIAN With embarrassment

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

[MANA steals away from the house. He follows anxiously

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MANA

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 131 chars .

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

JULIAN Playfully assuming a terrible aspect

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

Laughing, he seizes her

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Draws away fearfully

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN Discomfited

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANA

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

Gazing about her

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

JULIAN Growing gloomy

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

MANA Moving farther away

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

MANA Pensively

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

MANA

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

She pauses JULIAN uneasily

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

JULIAN Startled

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

MANA

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

JULIAN Looking at the ground and shifting his feet

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

He is silent for a moment; then glancing up, he is about to speak, when MANA continues pensively MANA

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

JULIAN Nervously

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MANA

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

MANA

Contains 84 words in 5 sentences using 448 chars .

JULIAN With a smile

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

MANA

Contains 50 words in 5 sentences using 257 chars .

JULIAN Passionately

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 51 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

She sits on the fallen log JULIAN

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 53 chars .

MANA Simply

Contains 55 words in 4 sentences using 316 chars .

JULIAN Mutters low

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANA Oblivious

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

JULIAN In a flat voice

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MANA Starting from her thoughts

Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 232 chars .

JULIAN Sitting beside her, looks close in her face

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MANA Smiling faintly

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

JULIAN Fervently

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 93 chars .

MANA Low and fascinated

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

MANA Eluding his embrace, rises

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars .

With a glad cry, she looks up through the boughs

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MANA Mysteriously, pointing

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

Looking upward

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 120 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MANA With a happy sigh

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MANA

Contains 71 words in 8 sentences using 366 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

MANA Shaking her head

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

Moving away

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MANA

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

[JULIAN goes into the bungalow . MANA, stooping down, begins to gather wood on the ground, humming to herself. The scene grows dimmer in the twilight MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

Visibly a tranquil reverie steals over her. Laying an armful of the gathered dead wood near the rocky niche, she stands — with her back to the boulder — looking under the boughs toward the paling sunset. Silently where she is gazing the shadowy figure of MARK emerges and stands silhouetted . MANA'S lips part, and she reaches one hand toward him. Thus, motionless, they stand gazing at each other — shadow confronting shadow. Only the sound of the sea is faintly heard. Suddenly the voice of JULIAN snaps the silence JULIAN Coming from the house, holds up a little box

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

For an instant , MANA moves her hand across her eyes, but does not turn. As quickly the form of MARK disappears. She gazes again . JULIAN speaks lower

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

[MANA seems not to hear. She moves again slowly to gather boughs, and resumes her humming. In the quiet pause , JULIAN watches her, fascinated, where she bends in the dusk, rapt in a kind of happy reverie. He murmurs to himself

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Humming

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

MANA Oblivious

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

JULIAN Approaching her

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANA Handing him an armful of dead branches

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars .

JULIAN Stops abruptly, looking at her. Then, after a pause, speaks

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Starting

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

Puzzled

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

He turns quickly and carries the branches behind the rock, beyond sight . MANA follows and, standing by the boulder, speaks to him behind it MANA

Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 89 chars .

Humming

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MANA

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MANA

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars .

JULIAN Coming from behind the rock

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MANA

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars .

MANA

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

Springing lightly toward the bungalow, she calls back

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN Starting again, eyes her keenly

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

Speaking slowly, while his face darkens

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Not hearing the last, speaks from the porch

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

She goes indoors . JULIAN stands a moment, looking after her. Within the house a match is struck, and soon candle-light shines through the open door . JULIAN'S face grows darker with feeling; and he murmurs harshly JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 30 chars .

He turns slowly and, gathering up more fuel, moves behind the rock. In a moment his stooping shadow is cast, by a flickering glow, across the scene. The glow increases, and smoke drifts upward along the stony ridges on the left. On the right , MARK enters from the cypresses, and stands gaunt in the firelight. Deliberately, he crosses toward the rock, and pauses near it. Suddenly the stooped shadow of JULIAN lengthens to full height, and his voice comes sharp from behind the rock

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MARK Quietly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN Coming from behind the rock

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

MARK

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

MARK

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars .

MARK Still more quiet

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars .

MARK

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

JULIAN Moving, in agitation

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

MARK

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 35 words in 4 sentences using 172 chars .

MARK

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

He turns, and moves toward the bungalow . JULIAN follows him feverishly JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 4 sentences using 52 chars .

MARK

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

He moves on JULIAN With sudden intensity, causing MARK to pause

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

Then slowly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MARK

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

MARK Harshly

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 78 chars .

MARK Keenly

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

He moves on again JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

MARK

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

MARK

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

From within the house , MANA'S voice calls: "Julian!"] JULIAN

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars .

MARK

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars .

MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 141 chars .

MARK With a scorching look

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

He turns to go into the house . JULIAN gets in his way JULIAN Feverishly

Contains 42 words in 8 sentences using 168 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MARK

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

JULIAN Painfully

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MANA Calls from within

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

JULIAN Wildly

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

MARK Slowly

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

He disappears in the darkness, left . JULIAN moves out of the fire's glow into the obscurity of the background, where his form, indistinctly visible, paces back and forth against the pale sea-line .

From the bungalow , MANA reappears, carrying in her hand a covered basket. She comes lightly from the porch toward the fire, still humming to herself

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 145 chars .

JULIAN Huskily

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

She lifts it from the basket

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

Approaching , JULIAN looks at her, trembling; takes the doll in his hand, then lets it fall to the ground JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MANA Stooping to lift it, looks up suddenly as JULIAN turns away with a moaning sound

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

JULIAN Shuddering

Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 98 chars .

MANA Going to him

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN Wildly, pointing at the cypresses

Contains 31 words in 1 sentence using 181 chars .

MANA

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MANA

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 65 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 52 words in 3 sentences using 257 chars .

[MANA holds out the doll MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

JULIAN Takes it again, stares at it blankly, then looks closer

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

JULIAN Agonized

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

He flings the doll into the darkness MANA

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 91 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

He pauses MANA Gently

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN Pointing toward the bungalow

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

He buries his face MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars .

His voice breaks MANA Pitifully

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

Looking in MANA'S face, he reaches for her hand, with a cry

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MANA Caressing his hand

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 21 words in 5 sentences using 106 chars .

MANA Gently

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

JULIAN Controlling himself

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars .

MANA Murmurs

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

MANA Faintly

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN Very slowly

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

MANA With deep pity

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

JULIAN Staring at her

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

He grasps MANA'S arm — his features twitching — and speaks huskily

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

With bowed head, he sinks upon the ground, clinging to MANA'S knees. She caresses his forehead MANA

Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 104 chars .

JULIAN Hysterically

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MANA Gently

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 100 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

JULIAN Growing more hysterical

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 61 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 50 words in 7 sentences using 221 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 153 chars .

MANA

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars .

JULIAN Wildly

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MANA

Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 78 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

MANA Appealingly

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 62 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

JULIAN Growing wilder

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars .

MANA Breathing quicker

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

JULIAN

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MANA Drawing away from him, appalled

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

They gaze for a moment in each other's eyes — fearfully . JULIAN'S eyes fall. He reaches toward her JULIAN

Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 58 chars .

MANA With an anguished cry

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

JULIAN Clinging to her, hysterically

Contains 40 words in 9 sentences using 166 chars .

MANA Tearing herself from him

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

She rushes into the bungalow, closing the door . JULIAN stands for an instant, dazed, swaying, muttering: "Mana, Mana, no!" Then, recovering himself, he staggers after her. As he reaches the porch, the candle-light from the window is obscured by a shadow, which emerges from behind the porch pillar. Before him stands MARK who has entered from the darkness beyond . JULIAN pauses and draws back, breathing hard. Then he speaks huskily JULIAN

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

MARK Stepping toward him

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

Seizing JULIAN with both arms, he lifts him bodily, with a mighty clutch, and bears him into the middleground. Here the two forms sway in the firelight, now flickering from its embers. Partly freeing himself , JULIAN cries out, struggling for release JULIAN

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

Gagging him with one hand , MARK twists backward JULIAN'S torse, and forces him backward, writhing, beyond the glow of the fire. At JULIAN'S cry, the door has opened, and MANA looks forth, straining to see MANA Groping outward

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

Silently the forms wrestle backward. On the dim verge of the cliff they pause, panting. There, with a sudden jerk, one is flung outward, falling, and disappears with a quivering cry MANA Calls, in fear

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

Stumbling toward the cliff, she confronts the tall form of MARK, moving into the firelight

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

With a smothered, half-joyful sound, she runs to him, crouching close, as for protection MARK Looking down at her

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MANA Faintly

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MARK Points toward the cliff

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

MANA Drawing back

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

MARK Slowly, staring ahead of him

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

With a low, moaned cry , MANA sinks on the ground, cowering. The fire goes out in darkness. Faintly, from the right, a whistle sounds; from the left, a far motor-horn. Below the cliff, dully, the surf beats . CURTAIN.

ACT THIRD

The garden: late afternoon. Long shadows of eucalyptus trees fall across the flame-colored flowers. Far on the mountains the slant sun-beams sharpen the ridges of the golden canyons .

In the central path stands ROSALIE, alone. She seems bewildered. She is listening. From the left rises a droning of men's voices in song .

The sleepy sound draws nearer and, along the middleground path, laborers enter in file. They are Mexican half-breeds and Japanese coolies, bearing on their backs brush-heaps of small trees. Some of these have fallen and clutter the paths. Passing through the flowers, they disappear, right, the Mexican workmen murmuring their stuttered song, the Japanese in stolid silence .

While they have been passing , ROSALIE has picked up a small broken branch, and stands fingering it, as she tries to hum the men's minor-keyed song, which dies away beyond the scene .

From the right enters a young woman, dressed as a trained nurse. She has a hushed, impersonal air. She comes toward ROSALIE.

THE YOUNG WOMAN In a low voice

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

ROSALIE Starting

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

THE YOUNG WOMAN

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars .

THE YOUNG WOMAN

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

ROSALIE

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

THE YOUNG WOMAN

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

ROSALIE Going with her

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

They go into the greenhouse. From the right enter MRS. HENSHAWE and SPOFFORD. MRS. HENSHAWE'S eyes are red with weeping, and occasionally she sobs . SPOFFORD is divided in his attention between a bundle of newspapers, which he holds under his arm — reading from one which is open — and his solicitude for MRS. HENSHAWE. Together they pass slowly along the middleground path MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

Mutters as he reads

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

SPOFFORD Consolingly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

SPOFFORD Muttering

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Pausing to look at the wheelbarrow in the path

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 90 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE As they go out, seizes SPOFFORD'S arm, and points suddenly off scene, toward the left foreground

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

They go out. On the path behind the bench MARK enters, followed soon by PETER. On his entrance, there is evident in MARK'S face and movements a new and feverish energy, controlled but burning inward. Pausing in the path, he breaks suddenly a flower from its stalk and mechanically tears its petals to pieces, while his eyes search the garden . PETER enters slowly, holding in both hands his inverted straw hat, into which he looks down pensively PETER

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars .

MARK Murmurs

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

PETER

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars .

MARK

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

PETER

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

Glancing at the flower, which MARK has torn and scattered on the path, he touches MARK'S arm

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MARK Starting

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 38 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MARK Searchingly

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

PETER

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars .

MARK Introspective

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

PETER

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MARK

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 101 chars .

PETER

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MARK

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

With sudden conviction, he turns to PETER.]

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

PETER

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MARK Bursting forth

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars .

PETER With a faint smile

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MARK

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars .

PETER Nodding

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MARK

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars .

PETER

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARK

Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars .

PETER

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars .

MARK

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

PETER

Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 193 chars .

MARK

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

MARK

Contains 35 words in 5 sentences using 168 chars .

PETER

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

MARK

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

PETER

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

MARK

Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 112 chars .

PETER

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MARK

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

PETER

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MARK

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

He turns away with a gesture of passionate suffering . PETER, with an anxious look, follows him PETER

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MARK

Contains 39 words in 5 sentences using 178 chars .

PETER

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MARK

Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 141 chars .

He starts away, right . PETER doesn't move, but speaks quietly PETER

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARK Pausing

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PETER

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

PETER

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

MARK Returning slowly

Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 100 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

They go out, by the foreground path, left. From the left middleground , SPOFFORD enters, looks about, and passes off, right, round the green-house. Presently the tall cacti in the background are parted, and MANA emerges. She is dressed in a simple, flower-like gown of gray, and comes slowly down the central path to the pool. Here for a moment she stands silent and rigid, then sinks to a crouching posture on the margin, staring in the water. Behind her, from the left foreground , PETER enters, sees her and approaches quietly. Bending over, he touches her with a light caress, and speaks low PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MANA Without turning, shivers

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MANA

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 133 chars .

PETER

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MANA

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

PETER

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars .

With quaint tenderness, he draws her to him. Oblivious, she looks away, right MANA

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

PETER

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANA

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 141 chars .

PETER

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

MANA

Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 128 chars .

PETER

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

MANA

Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 199 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

MANA Turning, startled

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

PETER Smiling faintly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MANA

Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 153 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

MANA

Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 122 chars .

PETER

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

PETER

Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 159 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

PETER

Contains 84 words in 6 sentences using 424 chars .

MANA

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 76 chars .

PETER Ruminating

Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 180 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PETER

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

MANA Putting her face against him

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

PETER Caressingly

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

She kisses him; then turns away

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

PETER

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars .

PETER

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MANA

Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 130 chars .

PETER

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MANA With amazement

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

PETER

Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 214 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

PETER

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

Smiling happily, he starts away

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

PETER

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

PETER

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

PETER

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars .

He points off scene, left MANA Following him

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

PETER Pausing to return her caress

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

Laborers are passing in the middleground. He shows her the brushwood on their backs

Contains 45 words in 5 sentences using 221 chars .

He goes out, left . MANA follows him with her eyes; then she turns and moves slowly toward the greenhouse. In her path lies MARK'S garden prong. Seeing it, she pauses with a look of reminiscence. Then she lifts it, examines the bend in the iron; tries to bend it, but cannot. Meantime MRS. HENSHAWE enters, in the left middleground. Seeing MANA, she sets her features hard, and approaches, in slow-moving haste MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

[MANA drops the iron, closing her eyes, as if struck

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

MANA Without turning

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 55 words in 5 sentences using 263 chars .

MANA In a low voice

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

[MANA quivers

Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 156 chars .

MANA Turning

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE With increasing rapidity

Contains 54 words in 6 sentences using 254 chars .

MANA With wonder

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 95 chars .

MANA Intense and quiet

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 34 words in 6 sentences using 166 chars .

MANA

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Exasperated

Contains 71 words in 7 sentences using 375 chars .

Breathing hard with pent-up emotion , MANA turns quickly to speak, but curbs herself. Then she murmurs low MANA

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 65 words in 9 sentences using 301 chars .

MANA Starting as at a quick sting

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

Her voice and face kindle

Contains 103 words in 7 sentences using 538 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Gasping

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Swept by her feeling

Contains 100 words in 9 sentences using 527 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 58 words in 7 sentences using 263 chars .

MANA With quiet tensity

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE With a scared look

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Fidgeting to control herself

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 114 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Increasingly moved

Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 173 chars .

MANA

Contains 29 words in 4 sentences using 157 chars .

[MANA puts one hand gently on MRS. HENSHAWE'S shoulder. For an instant the older woman returns her look of tenderness with a glance half fearful, half in tears. Then, embarrassed, she shakes MANA off, with a shrug of affected unconcern MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 165 chars .

MANA

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 91 chars .

From the greenhouse, the TRAINED NURSE enters THE NURSE

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

THE NURSE

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MANA Quietly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

[THE NURSE goes out MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA Slowly

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Staring

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MANA

Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 157 chars .

She turns away MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

Enter SPOFFORD, right. He carries a newspaper

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

SPOFFORD Approaching

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MANA

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 40 words in 6 sentences using 205 chars .

Showing the newspaper

Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 198 chars .

MANA Very low

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA

Contains 27 words in 1 sentence using 168 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MANA

Contains 60 words in 8 sentences using 339 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 248 chars .

MANA

Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 214 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MANA

Contains 46 words in 2 sentences using 264 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars .

Reënter, right, the TRAINED NURSE.] THE NURSE

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

[THE NURSE goes out SPOFFORD To MANA.]

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MANA Quietly

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

SPOFFORD

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 128 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Tearfully

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MANA Anguished

Contains 73 words in 6 sentences using 371 chars .

SPOFFORD To MRS. HENSHAWE, with a look of troubled questioning

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MRS. HENSHAWE Hurrying him off

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

[MRS. HENSHAWE and SPOFFORD go off, right . MANA gazes after them, shuddering. Behind her, left, enters MARK. With swift motion, he approaches her — his face lighted with inward fire. Just behind her, he pauses and visibly controls himself. Then, speaking, his voice rings wild and strange — as of one in pain speaking through him MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

At his voice , MANA turns, glances in fear, and — wild-eyed — springs away

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

[MANA pauses, compelled

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MANA Hardly vocal

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARK

Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 66 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARK

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MANA Mechanically

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MARK

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 73 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARK

Contains 29 words in 6 sentences using 151 chars .

MANA Awe-struck

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MARK

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars .

MANA Murmurs

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MARK

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 66 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MARK

Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 220 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARK

Contains 30 words in 6 sentences using 160 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

MARK

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 125 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARK

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MARK

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 39 chars .

MANA Breathless

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARK

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

With a deep cry

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

He starts away MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MARK

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 117 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

MARK

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

MANA Tense and low

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

[MARK is moving away

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 56 chars .

MARK Pausing

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MANA

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

MARK With vague questioning

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MANA

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANA

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARK Murmuring

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

MANA

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars .

MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MANA

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MARK Staring

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANA

Contains 40 words in 7 sentences using 194 chars .

MARK In wonder

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

MANA

Contains 65 words in 10 sentences using 317 chars .

MARK Yearningly

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

MANA

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars .

MARK

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

MANA

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 96 chars .

MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

MANA

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

MARK Slowly, gazing at her

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MANA Simply

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MARK With awe

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MANA

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARK

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANA

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

MARK With a great breath

Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 113 chars .

MANA

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARK

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MANA Murmurs

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

MARK

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

MANA

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARK

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

They move toward each other . MARK draws suddenly back, with a hoarse cry

Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 55 chars .

MANA

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

MARK

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANA

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MARK

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

MANA

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

MARK

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MANA

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MARK

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANA

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

MARK

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars .

Enter the TRAINED NURSE, right THE NURSE

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MARK

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

THE NURSE

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 83 chars .

MANA Feverishly

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

THE NURSE

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANA Faintly

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

[THE NURSE goes out. During a long, silent moment , MANA and MARK look at each other MANA

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MARK

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

Contains 0 words in 0 sentences using 0 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

MANA Happily

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

PETER Glancing from his little tree to where they stand

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

He gazes with a quaint smile. His gaze seems to fondle all the garden CURTAIN .

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