The Sleeping Car Howells, William Dean Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag William Dean Howells, 1837 – 1920 Walter J. Meserve William Merriam Gibson, 1912 – George Warren Arms, 1912 – The Sleeping Car [1882] [in, The Complete Plays of W. D. Howells: Walter J. Meserve ... Under the General Editorship of William M. Gibson and George Arms] New York New York University Press xxxiii, 649 p. THE PORTER: A THIRD VOICE: THE MAN IN THE UPPER BERTH: VOICES: THE CALIFORNIAN: ANOTHER VOICE: THE UPPER BERTH: THE VOICE: THE CONDUCTOR: A FOURTH VOICE: MRS. ROBERTS: A FIFTH VOICE: AUNT MARY: A VOICE: MR. EDWARD ROBERTS: unclear THE PASSENGER: PORTER: MR. ROBERTS: THE STRANGER: CAMPBELL: Farce Comedy Prose data extraction from source 1960 First performed: April 13, 1887
I. SCENE: One side of a sleeping-car on the Boston and Albany Road. The curtains are drawn before most of the berths: from the hooks and rods hang hats, bonnets, bags, bandboxes, umbrellas, and other travelling-gear; on the floor are boots of both sexes, set out for The Porter to black. The Porter is making up the beds in the upper and lower berths adjoining the seats on which a young mother, slender and pretty, with a baby asleep on the seat beside her, and a stout old lady, sit confronting each other — Mrs. Agnes Roberts and her Aunt Mary . MRS. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS, thoughtfully :

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THE PORTER:

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MRS. ROBERTS, to The Porter, who walks away to the end of the car, and sits down near the door :

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AUNT MARY:

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AN ANGRY VOICE, from the next berth but one :

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A VOICE, from the berth beyond that :

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Sensation, and smothered laughter from the other berths . MRS. ROBERTS, after a space of terrified silence, in a loud whisper to her Aunt :

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AUNT MARY, whispering :

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Mrs. Roberts goes and speaks timidly to The Porter, who fails at first to understand, then smiles broadly, accepts a quarter with a duck of his head, and comes forward to Aunt Mary's side . MRS. ROBERTS:

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AUNT MARY, with disdain :

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AUNT MARY, sternly :

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PORTER:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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AUNT MARY, dryly :

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She rises in her berth, and looks up over the edge of the upper . AUNT MARY:

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A shaggy head and bearded face are thrust from the curtains of the next berth . THE STRANGER:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, patiently :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, with more interest :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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THE MAN IN THE UPPER BERTH:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, while Mrs. Roberts shrinks back under the curtain of her berth in dismay, and stammers some inaudible excuse, slowly emerges full length from his berth :

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THE UPPER BERTH:

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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THE UPPER BERTH:

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MRS ROBERTS, hastily re-appearing :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, to The Upper Berth :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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Mrs. Roberts gives way to the excess of her confusion and mortification in a little sob, and then hides her grief behind the curtains of her berth. The Californian slowly emerges again from his couch, and stands beside it, looking in upon the man in the berth above . THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MRS. ROBERTS, from her shelter :

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Loud and continued applause, amidst which The Californian turns from the man in the berth before him, and restores order by marching along the aisle of the car in his stocking feet. The heads vanish behind the curtains. As the laughter subsides, he returns to his berth, and after a stare up and down the tranquillized car, he is about to retire . A VOICE:

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A fresh burst of laughter greets this sally. The Californian erects himself again with an air of bated wrath, and then suddenly breaks into a helpless laugh . THE CALIFORNIAN:

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He gets into his berth, and after cries of "Good for California!" "You're all right, William Nye!" and "You're several ahead yet!" the occupants of the different, berths gradually relapse into silence, and at last, as the car lunges onward through the darkness, nothing is heard but the rhythmical clank of the machinery, with now and then a burst of audible slumber from Mrs. Roberts's Aunt Mary .
II. At Worcester, where the train has made the usual stop, The Porter, with his lantern on his arm, enters the car, preceding a gentleman somewhat anxiously smiling; his nervous speech contrasts painfully with the business-like impassiveness of The Porter, who refuses, with an air of incredulity, to enter into the confidences which the gentleman seems reluctant to bestow . MR. EDWARD ROBERTS:

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THE PORTER:

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THE PORTER, refusing to have any mercy :

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Mr. Roberts's countenance falls, and he visibly sinks so low in his own esteem and an imaginary public opinion that The Porter begins to have a little compassion . THE PORTER:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE PORTER:

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THE PORTER:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE PORTER, thoughfully looking down the aisle :

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Mr. Roberts makes some futile, inarliculate attempts to prevent The Porter from laying the case before The Conductor, and then stands guiltily smiling, overwhelmed with the hopeless absurdity of his position . THE CONDUCTOR, entering the car, and stopping before The Porter, and looking at Mr. Roberts :

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THE PORTER, grinning :

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THE CONDUCTOR, with suspicion :

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MR. ROBERTS, striving to propitiate The Conductor by a dastardly amiability :

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THE CONDUCTOR:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE PORTER, taking compassion on Mr. Roberts's inability to continue :

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE CONDUCTOR:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE CONDUCTOR:

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MR. ROBERTS, unable to resent the patronage of this suggestion :

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THE CONDUCTOR, going out :

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MR. ROBERTS, to The Porter, who is about to pull down the upper berth over a vacant seat :

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He takes the vacant seat . THE PORTER:

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He goes to the end of the car, and returns with a pillow . MR. ROBERTS:

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THE PORTER:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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He indicates a, certain berth . THE PORTER:

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MR. ROBERTS, astutely :

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THE PORTER, evidently shaken by this reasoning, but recovering his firmness :

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE PORTER:

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THE PORTER:

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MR. ROBERTS, reaching his left hand towards The Porter's, and pressing a half-dollar into his instantly responsive palm :

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THE PORTER:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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The Porter retires to the end of the car, and resumes the work of polishing the passengers' boots. After an interval of quiet, Mr. Roberts rises, and, looking about him with what he feels to be melodramatic stealth, approaches the suspected berth. He unloops the curtain with a trembling hand, and peers ineffectually in; he advances his head farther and farther into the darkened recess, and then suddenly dodges back again, with The Californian hanging to his neckcloth with one hand . THE CALIFORNIAN, savagely :

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MR. ROBERTS, struggling and breathless :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, getting out of the berth, but at the same time keeping hold of Mr. Roberts :

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MR. ROBERTS, agonized :

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MRS. ROBERTS, suddenly parting the curtain of her berth, and springing out into the aisle, with her hair wildly dishevelled :

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MR. ROBERTS:

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A VOICE:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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A VOICE:

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THE CONDUCTOR, returning with his lantern :

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A VOICE:

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The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment . THE CONDUCTOR, to Mr. Roberts :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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THE CONDUCTOR, silently taking The Californian's measure with his eye, as he stands six. feet in his stockings :

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He goes out, and the passengers disappear one by one, leaving the Robertses and The Californian alone . THE CALIFORNIAN, to Mr. Roberts :

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MR. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, solemnly :

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MRS ROBERTS:

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS, bustling aimlessly about :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, getting out in his stocking feet :

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MRS. ROBERTS, flying upon the infant thus exposed :

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She clasps him in her arms, and covers his face and neck with kisses . THE CALIFORNIAN, as he gets back into his berth, sotto voce :

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MRS. ROBERTS, returning with her husband to his seat, and bringing the baby with her :

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A SOLEMN VOICE, from one of the berths :

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A laugh follows, in which all the passengers join . MRS. ROBERTS, in a hoarse whisper, breaking a little with laughter :

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MR. ROBERTS, endeavoring to teach his wife by example to lower her voice, which has risen again :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS, mystified :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS, doubtfully :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, with plaintive endurance :

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MRS. ROBERTS, triumphantly :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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VOICES, from various berths :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, issuing from his berth, and walking up and down the aisle, as before, till quiet is restored :

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MRS. ROBERTS, in deep mortification :

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MR. ROBERTS, offering a belated and feeble moral support :

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MRS. ROBERTS, promptly turning upon him :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, soothingly :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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They bow themselves away, and return to their seat, while The Californian re-enters his berth .
III. The train stops at Framingham, and The Porter comes in with a passenger, whom he shows to the seat opposite Mr. and Mrs. Roberts . THE PORTER:

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THE PASSENGER:

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The Porter goes out, and the Robertses maintain a dejected silence. The bottom of the bag, thrown carelessly on the seat, is toward the Robertses, who regard it listlessly . MRS. ROBERTS, suddenly clutching her husband's arm, and hissing in his ear :

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MR. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS, as wildly as one can in whisper :

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS, eagerly :

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS, ecstatically :

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CAMPBELL:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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CAMPBELL:

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CAMPBELL:

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CAMPBELL:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MR. ROBERTS, timidly indicating a berth :

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CAMPBELL, plunging at it, and pulling the curtains open :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, appearing :

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CAMPBELL, falling back :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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CAMPBELL, laughing :

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THE CALIFORNIAN, sleepily :

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CAMPBELL:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS, briskly, as if she had often tried it and failed :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, rising :

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He patrols the car from end to end, and quells some rising murmurs, halting at the rebellious berths as he passes . MRS. ROBERTS, enraptured by his championship :

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MR. ROBERTS:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL, starting up impetuously :

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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CAMPBELL:

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MRS. ROBERTS, distractedly :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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AUNT MARY, thrusting her head from the curtains of the berth before which The Californian is standing :

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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AUNT MARY:

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MRS. ROBERTS, turning toward her, followed by Campbell and Mr. Roberts :

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AUNT MARY:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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AUNT MARY:

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She indicates The Californian . MRS. ROBERTS:

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AUNT MARY:

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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AUNT MARY:

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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MRS. ROBERTS:

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AUNT MARY:

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A VOICE, from one of the berths :

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The Californian looks vainly round in an endeavor to identify the speaker, and then turns again to Aunt Mary . AUNT MARY:

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THE CALIFORNIAN, eagerly :

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THE VOICE:

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AUNT MARY:

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THE CALIFORNIAN:

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AUNT MARY, in sharp disgust :

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She withdraws her head and pulls her curtains together; the rest look blankly at one another . CAMPBELL:

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THE VOICE:

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CAMPBELL:

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THE VOICE:

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ANOTHER VOICE:

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A THIRD VOICE:

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A FOURTH VOICE:

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A FIFTH VOICE:

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CAMPBELL, laying his hand on The Californian's shoulder, and breaking into a laugh :

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VOICES:

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CAMPBELL, looking round :

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They gather up their several wraps and bags, and move with great dignity toward the door . AUNT MARY, putting out her head :

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MRS. ROBERTS, running back in an agony of remorse :

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CAMPBELL:

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AUNT MARY:

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CAMPBELL, turning round and confronting The Porter :

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AUNT MARY:

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